[ SECRET POST #2575 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2575 ⌋

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

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[Sleepy Hollow]


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03.
[Aneurin Barnard]


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04.
[Trailer Park Boys]


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05.
[Orphan Black]


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06.
[Sherlock (BBC)]


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07.
[Agents of SHIELD, Torchwood]


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08.
[Saiyuki]


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09.
[Blake's 7]


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10.
[The L Word]

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 050 secrets from Secret Submission Post #368.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: "All fiction—even science fiction—is a subset of fantasy."

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Part of my mind says that definition is probably not a bad one because sci-fi and fantasy differ mostly in the mechanics of how the fantastical elements work. Sci-fi is based on scientific ideas, while fantasy is based on magic/supernatural ideas.

But then I also read the other replies and I feel conflating the two could lead to confusing the issue too much, and one or the other loses it's rights to it's label.

If I see something labelled "Sci-fi" I expect it to have either a hard or soft scientific approach. This can include taking classically fantasy ideas and giving scientific explanations to them.

If I see something labeled fantasy, I expect to see concepts based in magic or the supernatural. You could, conceivably have space travel that is done via magic, but it's an idea I have never seen done. I have definitely seen interdimensional travel via magic.

I don't want one genre stealing the name of the other so when I say "I like fantasy!", meaning swords and sorcery, someone says "Oh, you like robots and space travel?". I like that too, but if I were intending to say I like "robots and space travel" I'd say "I like sci-fi!" and not be expecting someone to tell me "No! That's fantasy!".