Feb. 11th, 2011 (UTC)
- 7:05 PM (UTC)
YES. EXACTLY.
And even if fantasies take place in A TOTALLY NEW SPARKLY ~FANTASY WORLD OMG!!1!, if it has no relation to our world, if we can't recognize ourselves and our lives in it somehow, then it's probably not going to ring true.
YES x1000.
(now is not the moment to confess that I have never read LotR, is it.)
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And even if fantasies take place in A TOTALLY NEW SPARKLY ~FANTASY WORLD OMG!!1!, if it has no relation to our world, if we can't recognize ourselves and our lives in it somehow, then it's probably not going to ring true.
YES x1000.
(now is not the moment to confess that I have never read LotR, is it.)
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