[ SECRET POST #3231 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3231 ⌋

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Comments

[dreemyweird]

I... don't dislike fantastical works at all? I love fantasy. I only dislike those whose premise is that something super magical happens to a regular person and thus makes their life interesting and full of adventure. I don't think it's a logical leap to assume that these plots are inherently escapist.

[(Anonymous)]

It kind of is. They can be escapist, definitely. But it's also a valid starting point for a story following the Hero's Journey, which isn't necessarily escapist at all, or a useful lens through which to show an alien world, or be wholly subverted when the hero realizes that they prefer an ordinary life where things don't want to torture and kill them.

It's an incredibly broad basic premise that can be executed in a lot of different ways, and dismissing them all as escapist twaddle is, again, pretty reductionist.

[dreemyweird]

Nope, I agree with this. I actually thought about wording my previous comment more clearly, but failed to do so. I have nothing against things like The Never-Ending Story, where the something magical that happens is only there because it aids the hero's self-exploration. Or, hell, against classics like A Trip to the Moon! I'm specifically wary of the stuff that introduces a spectacular magical event for no reason other than to make the hero's life -more interesting- or even plain better (the latter is not the case with DW, but I've definitely seen media like this).