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⌈ Secret Post #2676 ⌋

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Re: Difference between high and low fantasy

[(Anonymous)]

As you can see from the previous responses, there's some ambiguity.

I've generally seen "official" definitions as high fantasy= takes place in a created world, low fantasy = takes place in our world, but with magic. This is not a terribly useful definition.

I more often see it used as high fantasy= what I'll call "heroic" fantasy, fantasy in the vein of Lord of the Rings, with the conflict epic in scope, and less focus on individual scales of plot. Tends toward a more black-and-white, good vs. evil morality. Magic tends to be a matter-of-fact, but not necessarily well-examined part of the world.
Then low fantasy = what I'll call "warts and all" fantasy, where you get a lot smaller in scale, more stuff about political or personal conflicts, and a tendency towards more grey morality. Magic and magical creatures tend to be either more out-of-focus, or much more detailed on a human level.

I think a lot of the ambiguity comes from historical reasons, where having a built world was mostly equivalent (in the mainstream) to a Tolkien-esque story, and setting a story in our world was mostly equivalent to a more down-to-earth story. These days, there's a lot more variety in the mainstream of built-world fantasy fiction, so it's a lot blurrier. For example, something like Game of Thrones is a "warts-and-all" fantasy in a built world, while something like Harry Potter is a "heroic" fantasy in "our" world.

Re: Difference between high and low fantasy

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for more clarification. I'm definitely seeing a divide in this thread on whether the defining difference between the two is in it's setting, or in it's narrative. Your explanation for the ambiguity makes sense. So you would consider Harry Potter to be high fantasy or low fantasy? Or a mix of both?

Re: Difference between high and low fantasy

[(Anonymous)]

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