How sweet it is
#2: Feb 18th 2021 at 5:03:53 PM
~Stage7-4, you should've had a wick check ready before starting the thread. Declining.
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Been reading through the Low Fantasy trope, and while the trope qualifications are deliberately ambiguous, several entries seem to be stretching that a ton.
For a reminder, Low Fantasy is some combination of a down-to-earth plot, little to no magic/fantastical elements, fantasy races are basically human or basically animals, and morality on a grayscale. With that in mind some misuse entries to me are:
1. RWBY
2. Octopath Traveler
3. Attack On Titan
4. Berserk (the entry states just the Golden Age arc so maybe this is fine?)
5. Ascendence of a Bookworm
6. Tangled
7. The Craft
8. Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl
9. Birds of Prey 2020
10. Watership Down
11. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
12. Fire Emblem (the series)
13. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Most either don't feel like fantasy examples at all, even low ones (Birds of Prey, Watership Down) or are really pushing the "little to no magic/fantastical elements" (RWBY, Fire Emblem, etc).
The RWBY one especially made me examine this, as it seems the furthest from what a Low Fantasy means (tons of fantastical elements even if they aren't called "magic", also magic, a good vs evil plot with very little gray morality, the Grimm being an always evil monster race, plot being over the fate of the world).
Can someone help me with a wick check on this?
Edited by Stage7-4 on Feb 18th 2021 at 3:30:02 AM