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David Lynch dead at 78

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This one hit me hard.

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What makes you think that?

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How could that possibly be racist?

Re: David Lynch dead at 78

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that does hurt...

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno if this is racist per se, but this comes off as not knowing much about African history or the African continent and the variety therein. Also as not knowing much about Asia, if you think monarchy and European climates were the norm and it didn't have tons and tons and TONS of tribal societies and tropics, with shamans all over the place. The word shaman is literally from Asia...

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It hasn’t been canceled though.

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I was saying the same thing! I absolutely loved it and would have loved a second season, but it was a very weird show that was a little uneven. I mean it worked perfectly for me, but I have weird tastes.

+1

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idk what's going on with Chinese fantasy at present except that a lot of westernized concepts have really been leaking into it, but most other Asian countries have mythologies that predate even Greek and Roman myths with fascinating pantheons, concepts, and characters, including demigods mapped onto actual historical personages. the first fantasy books were definitely written in China and Japan, before England even existed (Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Tale of Genji). OP throwing Asia as a monolith in with Europe is just weird.

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I don't think it is necessarily a racist pov, but I could see how it could be. Could also be subconscious racist bias, which we all have now and then. But I can definitely see why this is a secret because I feel like in a lot of places when you express opinions like that you get dogpiled and accused of racism and/or ignorance.

But I have Opinions on fantasy settings as well (I think we all do). I'll give anything a chance, but my favorites do seem to be more 'traditional' western world types.

just curious

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Did you read it as them saying Asia and Europe were the same? Or are you saying Asia and Europe shouldn't be referred to as a monolith but should be broken down into specific areas/histories?

ayrt

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I do read the secret as suggesting they like "Asian" "non-tribal/shamanistic" settings along with western european, which is bonkers to me since Asian settings are very different from European and can be, as airt said, tribal and shamanistic. But you do have a point that monoliths should be broken down. I feel like a lot of sword-and-sorcery high fantasy is distinctly English/French based with the barest smattering of Germanic and Renaissance Italian, but almost never Norse, nor Eastern European, not even Spanish. Whether it's the history of the region, its culture however changed or influenced by other cultures, or the mythological bases that underly a lot of fantasy, there's so much to work with everywhere in the world.

But, then, I go back to the secret and OP putting Asian AND Western European fantasy together that leaves me scratching my head, wondering which Asian fantasy they mean.

Re: David Lynch dead at 78

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Yeah. He was one weird dude, but he really owned it, and I admired him for it - even his projects that I couldn't get into.