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⌈ Secret Post #3444 ⌋

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[ketita]

Yeah, but I'd argue that emotionally, they're there to serve a similar purpose or representing the world and life in an idealized, fantastic way.

[sarillia]

That makes fantasy sound kind of aspirational which is definitely not how I approach it. I don't want an idealized society when I read fantasy. I want an interesting one.

[ketita]

Depending on which mythology you're looking at, most of them are neither idealized nor aspirational?
I mean Hercules' Labors? Nothing idealized about that, and I'd argue most Greeks wouldn't want to be hounded by Hera, either. It's aspirational in the "wouldn't it be cool" sense, but at the end of the day most people would probably prefer to live the quiet life, and not get like, turned into a tree.

[sarillia]

But idealized is the word you used. I'm confused.

[ketita]

I think that there are elements of idealization in every fantasy world, even if it's very abstracted, in the sense of a world where good/evil is clearer, or the option of instant healing, or having visible, present gods to rage at. The element of escapism that people enjoyed in myths is also similar to what people get from fantasy.

Also I may not be making so much sense because I am severely jetlagged.

[sarillia]

I think you're right that there are elements of idealization in a lot of fantasy worlds but I don't think it's every. Personally I try to avoid the whole clearer good and evil thing and such.

[ketita]

...you're kind of latching onto one example here, which is not my broader point.

[sarillia]

But that one example is the thing I disagree with. Otherwise I don't really have anything to say.