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2018-01-13, 08:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How to capture the fairytale feel?
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
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2018-01-13, 09:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How to capture the fairytale feel?
read some george macdonald and puruse things like pierre dubois' the complete encyclopedia of elves, goblins, and other little creatures. The myths and legends podcast is also useful.
Last edited by FabulousFizban; 2018-01-13 at 09:16 AM.
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2018-01-13, 09:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-01-13, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How to capture the fairytale feel?
There are still a lot of examples that would have to be avoided no matter how civil, and I don't necessarily mean that I'd be the one taking it in a bad direction.
As one hopefully harmless example, someone I know says "I don't need my gladiators to be Rhodes Scholars or Noble Peace Prize winners" whenever a scandal with an athlete comes to light.
Let's just say that on that side-topic, I've seen exactly the cultural shift you're talking about.Last edited by Max_Killjoy; 2018-01-13 at 09:26 AM.
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.
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2018-01-13, 10:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How to capture the fairytale feel?
Avoiding a discussion here doesn't really help the topic on hand, right, and I think the mods will agree on this.
To pick up on your example, think Hare and Tortoise, but also think Frog and Scorpion as used in L5R, which as a game draws heavily on "Faerie tales".
Hare is the short-term winner, but Turtle wins the Marathon. Frog is good, skilled and all doped up, but Scorpion writes the rules.
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2018-01-13, 12:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: How to capture the fairytale feel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FuaSdOdpzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5JMuURuLMc
(personally I think the images on the second video are ill suited but it's the only one I could find with this particular recording)Last edited by Bohandas; 2018-01-13 at 12:09 PM.
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