1 | ->'''Mufasa:''' Look Simba. Everything the light touches is our kingdom.\ |
2 | '''Simba:''' Wow. ''[...]'' But what about that shadowy place?\ |
3 | '''Mufasa:''' That's beyond our borders. You must never go there. |
4 | -->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' |
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6 | The '''Shadowland''' is an archetypal setting. That is, it is a setting that meets the needs of the ShadowArchetype out of [[UsefulNotes/CarlJung Jungian]] philosophy. Fancy way of saying that this setting has the specific purpose in the story of providing a darker view of ''another'' setting in the story. {{Mordor}} serves as a shadowland of the Shire in ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'', for example. Another example would be the grimy underground dwellings of the Morlocks, provided as a shadow of the [[{{Arcadia}} agrarian paradise]] enjoyed by the Eloi in ''Literature/TheTimeMachine''. |
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8 | Its exact composition depends on what it is the shadow ''of''. It might be densely wooded, to contrast a prairie, if [[GardenOfEvil life in the woods is dark and dangerous]] and life on the prairie is free and breezy. It could be [[ViceCity a bleak dystopian cityscape]] versus [[{{Arcadia}} a vibrant agrarian hamlet]], or [[EnchantedForest a dark and haunted wilderness]] versus a [[ShiningCity shining crystal city]] or [[DecadentCourt the vicious royal court]] versus the [[GhibliHills peaceful countryside]]... you get the picture. |
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10 | May be the "before" setting of the realm during the RightfulKingReturns, if the FisherKing trope is deployed. |
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12 | Compare {{Foil}}, which works with characters. |
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14 | Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Shadowlands}}'' (the biographical movie about Creator/CSLewis) or ''ComicBook/{{Shadowland}}'' (the Marvel crossover comic). Also not to be confused with the Shadowlands of ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'', ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' or ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', though they often play this role. |
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16 | !!Examples: |
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18 | [[index]] |
19 | * BadFuture |
20 | * CrapsaccharineWorld |
21 | * CrapsackWorld |
22 | * DarkWorld |
23 | * {{Dystopia}} |
24 | * LandOfFaerie |
25 | * {{Mordor}} |
26 | * PurgatoryAndLimbo |
27 | * ViceCity |
28 | * VillainWorld |
29 | [[/index]] |
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