Rule of thumb: Say that fembots can be made from women.Rule of thumb: Say there are vampires in New York.
- If the existence of vampires doesn't shock anyone, but the fact that they're vampires is constantly being pointed out, it's Urban Fantasy.
- If a cop's partner is very pale, very strong, generally acts odd, and come to think of it, he's never been seen in daylight, but the story focuses primarily on just a Police Procedural or the interpersonal relationships, it's Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane.
- If the cop just goes through his life as a cop, but his partner is a vampire whose ID has "vampire" printed next to his eye color, who's greeted by cheerful children in the street who are more fascinated by his shiny badge than by his teeth, and who casually drinks blood in plain sight out of transfusion packs during coffee breaks, it's a case of Magical Realism.
If the existence of fembots made from women doesn't shock anyone, but the fact that they are automated women is constantly being strongly implied or pointed out, it's [Urban Fantasy].
If a female [cop, or whatever] is suspiciously beautiful; never seen to be tired or unpleasant; never seen to sleep or eat or drink; but the story focuses primarily on just a [Police Procedural, or whatever] or the interpersonal relationships, it's [Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane].
If the cop just goes through her life as a cop, but her partner is a fembot whose ID has “involuntarily automated” printed next to her eye color, and that unit never sparks terror in human women at the specter of forced automation, it's a case of [Magical Realism].
- Dale Coba