I think that to some extent, the more you've lived, the less exciting the trappings of fantasy become. Possibly. Unless you're in a really horrible situation, in which case fair enough. But I can't think of a way of expressing this that doesn't boil down to being offensive and probably using the word 'escapism'.
Fay, I'm actually fairly sure that's true. But for me, right now: 1) bad situation (some days even horrible). 2) Not getting a whole lot of oppertunies for living. 3) Needing the escapism.
Hence the "Elves! Shiny!" attitude.
it needs to have resonances beyond that.
For me, characters who behave realistically, whose problems have echoes in real life problems, and who-- this is the key part-- have ways in which they can win through and solve most of those problems, is resonance enough.
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RL, I'm still a little unclear on how it's OK for you to ignore certain reading options due to dislike, disinterest or lack of experience, whereas it's not OK (naive) for Suela or someone else to ignore certain reading options due to personal choice, ethics or visceral squick, but we seem to be talking past that point now.
And I said, that's not what I said.
LOTR, not slash: Yasmin's The White Ladies of Rohan.
AtS, not on lj, spoilers through "Awakening": Sheila's Light Walks.
Also LOTR, hobbit love, not the slashy kind unless you insist upon it: Sheila's Love All Alike.
And I like language *and* characterization *and* plot, and I've found those things in both sf/f and literary fiction, and more than once in books that have been published as both at different times in their publication histories.
Serial: And for West Wing fans, the Jeds winners are up.
t /not too bad for fanfic awards
Fail-Safe, The movie I watched last night.
One of the very first DVDs I ever bought. I watched it on AMC a couple of years ago, and
loved
it.
When it comes to reading/avoiding certain stories, I always listen to my squick. It usually takes some heavy badgering by someone I trust before I will read something that contains any of my hot-button issues.
love all of the stylistic and metaphorical things that one can do with fantasy, but as you said, it's how the fantasy mirrors reality that makes it interesting, at least to me.
Yes, this is what I actually mean when I go off on my "real people/real world" thing.
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One of the very first DVDs I ever bought. I watched it on AMC a couple of years ago, and loved it.
(It was great! Plus I get to make fun of all the insane, stupid people in my class who wrote insane, stupid papers on it.
Oh wait that's not a good thing.)
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....so has anyone used the title
Menage A Troika,
for a piece of slashy fic, I wonder?
....IWillNotWriteFicJustBecauseOfAPun. IWillNotWriteFicJustBecauseOfAPun. IWillNot.....
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