(Hi! also found re fandom_lounge link!)

Warrior ducks with chicken feet wearing football helmets, people riding giant insects, a military leadership made up entirely up of eternally young clones, robots made of barrels, forgetful girls who can teleport...
...and that's all in one video game. (Suikoden III.)

an oracle powered by feeding people to a vampiric tree; live insects being used as hair decoration (random David Drake novels)