The mode is not satiric fantasy, as in the islands Gulliver visited; it is exuberantly realistic, firmly observant, and genuinely knowledgeable about how things have been, and are now, in Saudi Arabia, or Turkey, or Downing Street.
With diverse swing states like Virginia and Colorado now firmly off any realistic target list, Trump's sole remaining path to victory relies on winning Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, states where he is currently an average of two points, three points, eight points and three points behind, respectively.
A distinction is thus sometimes drawn between myths (set in a semidivine world) and sagas (more realistic and more firmly grounded in a specific historical setting).
Then, rather more firmly: "Syriza is plainly the only realistic leftwing choice in Greece now.
The characters remain firmly on the right side of realistic and the touching moments are naturally occurring, rather than plonked in for tonal variety.
"We firmly believe that the bid we put forward was, in fact, a realistic sporting solution for the stadium, along with a substantial return to the taxpayer, community programming and athletics provision".
There is no realistic chance of Chelsea securing the services of Everton's highly regarded midfielder Ross Barkley – the player firmly in their sights as a potential successor to Mata – until the summer.
But we have to be realistic, we're going to go there, we're going to play our game and I firmly believe we can take some points off them.
"I firmly believe that the incinerator should not be burdened with the safety of the community, when we don't present a realistic threat to the community," Mr. Abrams said.
