Quote Originally Posted by WoLong View Post
I am so sick of the 'stop the horrible threat' kind of stories. Why does the story always have to revolve around 'high-stakes' races and doom if the protagonists fail? That describes almost all high fantasy; give me something new.

Of course I don't mind if that's a major element, but you seem to be complaining that you're not feeling sufficiently threatened all the time.
Just because you're tired of it doesn't mean others don't want that sort of story.