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That’s how I’ve viewed it most of my life, but now I think that those subgenres have the ability to appeal to a crossover audience, and that’s part of their allure. For example, a hardcore fantasy fan might not be willing to pick up a novel set in Tudor England, but they might be willing to pick up Fawkes. that way they’ll still have their dose of fantasy and magic, but they also have the added benefit of easing themselves into the historical genre and learning about the Gunpowder Plot and the tension between Catholic and Protestant England (and take all the mask magic out of Fawkes, and its really historically accurate. Nadine Brandes did a great job at blending the magic and history).