Dude! Where's My Princess? (stubbed)

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Status

Ongoing

Year

2025

Author

Timothy Baril

• 1-3 - Magic and Puns, Blue People, The Garden
  Feb 11, 2025

Reviews

Community Reviews(9)

• SpaceDorfRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I love these books.
  If you ever wanted to get Isekaid to the Discworld this is the right book for you.
  The Characters are Quirky yet relateable and deeper then just a single feature.
  It is full of hope, puns and adventure.
  And of course a totally normal dude looking for his princess
• ju3tb0redRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Feels like a western equivalent of a Japanese isekai that has been edited. The main character naively talks and fumbles his way through. Each book seems like a stand alone story. Almost like a modern day fable. However in this story expect the main character to go on a ton of side quests and puns.
  Book 1 is about freeing the slaves literally from the tyrannical nobility & royalty with parallels and metaphors to our modern day society. Then meeting a fallen knight and his quest to save his princess with a detour through a goblin horde and dryads.
  Book 2 is about meeting the "evil" sorceress and discovering things aren't so black and white. The tone of the story shifts to romance and drama. Finally book 3 is kind of like Alice in wonderland/mythology where all sorts of familiar names come reinterpreted.
  Some flaws are the main character can be quite preachy with his modern day values. Which is fine since he eventually get punished for it when he can't talk his way out a major conflict. Then there's the part when they must escape a dungeon as soon as possible. For some reason him and his 1200 year old fallen skeleton knight try to loot some treasure chests before they go triggering traps.
• Celladora_StRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Sometimes, you just want some good old-fashioned fun, and this absolutely delivers. An unapologetically upbeat fantasy quest-type adventure that doesn’t take itself too seriously and will make you laugh out loud and even snort out your drink if you’re not careful (seriously, don’t read this while eating or drinking).
  Story: Starts off with a literal bang when the MC (Arwin) crashes through a magical portal into the fantasy land of Heartstone, which just happens to be filled with puns. There’s a whole hilarious plot that takes place in the Blue Region with blue stuff making people feel literally blue (including wearing ‘blue collars’ as they slave for the benefit of ‘blue bloods’) that develops into a peasant uprising akin to the French Revolution. The main quest really picks up around chapter 15 when Arwin agrees to accompany his new friend, an undead skeleton knight, to find the titular princess. After some side quests, they arrive at the doorstep of the legendary and feared Enchantress, and what follows is a playful cat-and-mouse-game as Arwin desperately tries to convince the Enchantress NOT to feed them to her giant pet spiders.
  Style: There are some tone shifts between the chapters, and this may not be to everyone’s taste. The story is generally lighthearted and punny, but there are also chapters that are mostly fight scenes (though these are all very entertaining), or delve deeper into the lore and history of Heartstone (which I found fascinating and even wished more of), or the tense but charming banter between Arwin and the Enchantress, or scenes that feature social commentary on the differences between Heartstone and (modern) Earth. However, humor and heart are always at the forefront in almost every chapter.
  Grammar: No notes here, everything reads smoothly and the quality of the writing is very good.
  Character: Arwin is a very likeable character, though he can come off as a bit naive at times, since he tends to wear his heart on his sleeve and thus often
• Dragon317Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is a very good story
  Highly recommend this to everybody
  I don't want this to get stubbed but honestly it is worthy
  I want the author to continue this but I can understand if they have some personal problem
  I just ask everyone to read atleast book 1 then u will notice that it is actually good
• Rowdha Al SolRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is nice and unironically funny. The author takes semi-serious situations and manages to turn them into a parody of themselves. I don't know; that to me is just simply hilarious.
  It also helps that the writing is very, very competent. This is something I can see as the author's side-fun to a major project, yet it still stands on its own two feet, especially if you're a fan of comedic reads.
• B ERoyal Road

  ★★★ 2.5

  Just like the author, I love Xanth, too. So, I thought maybe this story could be for me. A chance for a light hearted tale while I wait for new chapters of my favorite books on Royal Road. Seems I was wrong to hope for that.
  The first few chapters proved to be more pun then plot. Oh boy did that change fast. The last few chapters have forgotten the literal power of pun to instead focus on: Revolution!!!, passionate speaches, evil aristocrats, home invasions, and communal living. In a quick turn around the MC is leading a civilian uprising against the parasitic "blue bloods," a group of nobles who are enslaving the local people.
  These villians are so rapaciously evil that it makes this reader wonder if the story will have any subtlety to its social comentry.  I guess I shouldn't have expected thought provoking moral questions from a story where puns are littleral. Of course, I actually didn't! Because usually tongue n' cheek  commodies stay far away from parallels to real world politics.
  As of Chapter 12 the plot hasn't started. What we do have is an almost impossible to believe civilian uprising. This revolt seems like the daydreams of an ANTIFA member. Yes, in a story where puns are literal, the most unbelievable aspect is a civilian uprising lead by the MC.
  The author has clear skill and could write something really enjoyable, but these first few chapters don't seem to work.
• oneizmRoyal Road

  ★★ 2.0

  Starts off good, then the MC gets really cucky around chapter 60. Completely out of left field and for no good reason.
  His big dilemma is also just an inability to tell the same woman he’s proven he can stand up to for much more useless things, the truth about what he wants and how he feels.
  The author forces earth morals into a world that isn’t earth. The MC is a boy scout to the point of being a loser. The type of guy willing to stand up for a slave owner who was willing to have his slaves murdered seconds ago.
  it’s technically well written. But the plot is just not worth it.
• Moon C.H. LachsRoyal Road

  ★★ 2.0

  The grammar's not atrocious, I'd rate the overall quality of the writing from a language perspective as above average from what I'm used to.
  The rest of what I can say is just Wish Fulfillment. If you are looking for it, and you vibe with the general premise, you should be alright reading this and will probably enjoy it.
  This story takes the premise of, "I hate my life, and this is how I wish I'd be if I could do anything" and plays it out.
  The reason I rate is as below average is that I feel the execution of it needs work. Examples.
  The MC crashes the car, to quote, the car is described as "Appearing as if giving the tree a hug", is how bad the crash is. No air bags pop, the MC is unaffected by the crash and just walks it off.
  Next, the character has a somewhat childish view of Good and Evil. The first thing they do when realising how bad this crash will be for their father? Immediately start describing any company involved as evil. Evil insurance company, evil and lazy repair company etc.
  Like, it's wish fulfillment, so I get it, but it still feels impersonable and lazy, and more so an attack on the concept of both, rather than a more personalised hatred of them in practice.
  Also, after feeling sympathy for his father, feeling guilt, the main character immediately decides "Screw going home, I'm gonna go exploring". The contradiction in their love for their family, particularly the father, and abandoning him at the first go, tells me that there's some lacking foresight on the Main Character, and they'll probably end up as less of a character and more a vehicle for the wish fulfillment.
  Following that point, the character IMMEDIATELY speaks to someone and the first thing they do is talk about how the local Nobility is evil, and the boys IMMEDIATE response is to let a desire to rebel get to his head and he immediately decides to go combat the nobles and bring forth his equality.
  If he were that sort of person, why was he not doing that in the Modern world before? The
• AtheistmanRoyal Road

  ★ 0.5

  The story starts off with a fairly interesting concept and quickly devolves into Kaiju levels of Mary Sueism and preachy self righteous slop. The MC and anyone on his side suffer no real struggle or significant personal loss, every enemy is cartoonishly evil with zero humanity to them, while every ally is impeccably perfectly aligned with the MC's morals and ethics and the political message shoved down your throat every chapter after the second or third chapter.
  Author is well written in terms of correct grammar and word flow, but the storytelling leaves a very large amount to be desired.
  Every bit a wish fulfillment story with no stakes and no character depth or growth, and every opportunity that arises for such is immediately smoothed out and resolved, with no consequence or concern. The original premise of exploring a world so magically enabled by puns is quickly discarded, with only one or two puns thrown in as an offhanded thought once the political message being pushed comes to the forefront.
  Dropping it here at chapter 13, I don't have enough time in my life to see if it gets back to the promise the first chapters made of the magical world introduced.