Agree with Ariel and Helen here; I think you must be right Castle Anthrax scene--although I always get hung up on that point I made in our teams chat: does the satire and critique go far enough? After our discussion last week, I kept finding myself idly wondering what a feminist Monty Python-esque medieval satire would look like.
Love your point about Le Guin! It got me curious, and so I checked to see what she'd written about it! The closest I could find was a throwaway line from this blog post: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/some-assumptions-about-fantasy
It's fascinating because I think she actually agrees with your last point about nobility, which makes me wonder: what to her was so egregious about Ishiguro's take on fantasy?
Love your point about Le Guin! It got me curious, and so I checked to see what she'd written about it! The closest I could find was a throwaway line from this blog post: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/some-assumptions-about-fantasy
It's fascinating because I think she actually agrees with your last point about nobility, which makes me wonder: what to her was so egregious about Ishiguro's take on fantasy?