[ SECRET POST #6232 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6232 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm hoping for a return to magic crystals and psyonic aliens, personally. I could use some of that old fashioned seventies wackadoodle Sci Fi.

[(Anonymous)]

Compliments to the artwork and font choice for this secret, it looks great.

As for the actual secret - I assume you mean movies/tv? Because new stuff is popping up all the time in books and games. I kind of like the idea of there not being one big franchise, but just fun little popular projects all over.

[(Anonymous)]

not op

Part of the problem, for me at least, is that a lot of the new stuff isn't so much indie as it is consciously trying not to be traditional stuff. It isn't fresh stuff, it is just a overly self conscious attempt to not be the franchised stuff. IYSWIM. It isn't the author going where their story goes, it is the author forcing the stories to not be like other stories. It is still all carefully constructed around franchised values, just trying not to be them instead of trying to be them. We've a ways to go yet to get truly indie fiction again.

[(Anonymous)]

Idk I see what you're saying but at the same time I've read a number of books in the last few years that I felt were such fresh takes. Travis Baldree, TJ Klune, Martha Wells, CM Waggoner, Becky Chambers - they maybe aren't reinventing the wheel or anything but the reason I liked their books were because it just felt fresh or different than what I'd been reading over and over again.

But I'm also not looking at this stuff in a scholarly literary way, if that makes sense. I just go by the feelings and satisfaction (or lack thereof) I get when reading. I could also be totally misinterpreting what y'all mean with looking for new indie or non-trad stuff.

[feotakahari]

When I was a teen, I thought teens who write free online sci-fi inspired by action anime would make the jump to selling sci-fi as they got older. Maybe it’ll happen when the baby boomers die out.

[(Anonymous)]

Most of the people selling sci-fi now are millennials, so you might still havde some waiting to do.

[(Anonymous)]

I know a ton of people who are into super-popular fantasy series that aren't part of major franchises - they're just mostly xianxia, shounen, and other Asian imports.

[(Anonymous)]

The only way to make new franchises is to keep making original stuff, see what clicks with people, and then make a big huge franchise out of that.

Actually, the medium for coming up with new franchises is almost certainly just gonna be video games. And they're gonna stay primarily in video games.

[greghousesgf]

Everything Everywhere was a breath of fresh air, I just hope there aren't any bad sequels in the works.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm kind of hoping that fantasy and sci-fi TV and movies take a break for a few years to let other genres have some time in the limelight. This break could also spark some ideas for more inventive genre crossovers for fantasy and sci-fi.

[(Anonymous)]

Space for cop shows or misery porn dramas? Because we sure do have a shortage of those. /s

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, those are definitely the only other possible options.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I was thinking more along the lines of romantic thrillers, cerebral suspense movies (like The Pelican Brief), or historical adventure films. I'll even take biopics of people like Grace Hopper.

[(Anonymous)]

I think there is a need to change what is considered breakthrough. Because right now it means "everybody and their mother loved it and watched it 50 times and it brought us 100500 of money". Really good thing is rarely for everyone's taste. And I mean it not in a gatekeeping way, just universal experience isn't real