[ SECRET POST #2956 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2956 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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09. [ SPOILERS for Fiddler on the Roof ]



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12. [ WARNING for abuse ]



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14. [ WARNING for rape ]





















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Comments

[lb_lee]

Yeah, I'm unlikely to ever read those books because I LOATHE epic fantasy. Combine it with rape and characters that are unsympathetic, and I'm just not the correct demographic.

If I want epic fantasy with political intrigue and sexual violence, I'll just reread Sasha Miller's Ladylord. There, yes, rape sadly does happen, but it's treated as a bad thing, and at least two female characters it happens to get revenge and justice. The book is far from perfect, but I love it. (Also, it does a really good job, I think, of writing a society where women are oppressed but still take strong roles in what's going on!)

--Rogan

[(Anonymous)]

If you ever want to try epic fantasy, maybe something by Guy Gavriel Kay? He's kind of Tolkien-esque but darker, but doesn't go down the Path Of Grimdark like GRRM. He also has more female characters that do stuff, and I don't recall a lot of rape, or constant gratuitous rape.

[lb_lee]

Enh, it isn't the grimdarkery that pulls me away from epic fantasy. It's purely an idiosyncratic thing. For me, the base minimum required for me to enjoy a story, regardless of quality, is that there must be two sympathetic characters interacting entertainingly. (Unless there's only one character in the story, in which case, just one.)

Epic fantasy, by necessity, has large casts, often switching from group to group, and having that rule fulfilled by every group is often not practical. Furthermore, I often have trouble just keeping track of all the various plots and groups. So it's not that epic fantasy is BAD at all, it's just that it often doesn't fulfill my personal requirements of enjoyment. (Again, Ladylord is an exception.)

--Rogan