But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world.

You can also make explicit certain social problems which, again, would be prejudged or not encountered at all in real life, because people have set up defenses against it. Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world.

No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.

Normal' is a dryer setting.