The funniest fantasy worlds are often not worlds where everything is a joke. They are worlds where ridiculous circumstances are treated with complete professional seriousness.
The joke gets stronger when the rules are real
If a peculiar property has permits, financing problems, inspection issues, neighbors, and a seller who wants too much money, the humor comes from watching ordinary systems collide with extraordinary circumstances.
Characters should want something sincerely
A comic protagonist is more engaging when the goal matters to them. Ambition, embarrassment, money, pride, and the desire to be competent give the jokes something to push against.
Consequences make absurdity land
A failed deal, a bad showing, an unsuitable buyer, or an expensive mistake is funnier when the character cannot simply reset in the next scene. The world keeps a ledger.
Gnormous Doomwhistle: Licensed to Lair follows that principle: the properties may be absurd, but to Gnorm they are inventory, clients, commissions, mortgages, and the beginning of a career he desperately wants to make work.
Gnormous Doomwhistle: Licensed to Lair
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