Not sure if this is the write place for this since it doesn't pertain solely to writing.
I have been devoted to scifi and fantasy since I learned how to read, and probably even before then, thank you Saturday morning cartoons. However there are always aspects of this genera in its many medias that bugs the crap out of me.
One of the biggest for me is the portrayal of good and evil. In most fantasy media there are always those certain races or types of magic that are always evil incarnate and no self respecting person would ever even consider associating with them. The first that come to mind are Orc's and Necromancy. Now orcs can be interchanged with any "barbaric" race but the principle is the same. In a lot of fantasy settings, orcs are nothing but raping, murdering thieves and raiders with few to no redeeming qualities. However this would also make most ancient European civilizations evil including the Romans and Spartans who's entire culture was centered around making war and concurring and enslaving others.
Necromancy also irks me when its said to be only evil and no good can come of it. Mostly this is because I do not view Death as an evil thing but simply the natural ending of things, its not good or evil it just is. Maybe it's just me but I could see a lot of really useful and benevolent uses for death magic. Being able to pull poison of disease from the blood, or remove necrotic infections without killing the patient, communing with a murder victim's ghost to help find their killer and bring them to justice, heck even in the Dresden files it was used to keep someone from dying before they could receive medical aid. Grated the person that did that was kind of a nutter but the principle still stands. As for making Zombies and the like I personally see no problem with it depending on the circumstances. Raising an army of the undead to go slaughter people is usually bad, raising them to help build an orphanage not so much. As for it being used to kill people, well duh its death magic, but any magic can be used to kill a person even "white" magic, heal someone to much and you could give them cancer or you could just keep bringing them back over and over to keep torturing them because your a sadistic dick.
any way these are just a few of the Stereotypes that bug me, does any one else have particular stereotype or archetype that just rubs them the wrong way. Pleas share what it is and why you dislike it.
I encourage healthy debate if your opinion differs from others but keep it civil and educated. No whining, or bitching or starting a flame war. Thank you