Some fantasy is heightened by that, though.

I think CS Lewis employed a similar strategy, and Narnia is all the more fantastical for it. I mean what the fuck is going on in The Horse and His Boy and The Silver Chair?

JK Rowling’s strategy of adding lore via halfassed Twitter replies may have a bit less thought involved, though.

I am normally used to high fantasy where the worldbuilding makes sense, but harry potter just flows like she thought of what could come next, and that’s it.

Just a quick reminder that she designed Quidditch specifically in a way that would infuriate any person even remotely familiar with how sports games work, because she wanted to “bet back at” a guy who dumped her.