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Commented on In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #3 It's the Archetypes, silly!
"Of course" you turned down a puppy nomination? Because you didn't like the fans doing the nominating? Hugh, There were no "fans" doing the nominating -- there was just one fan. Black Gate was included in Vox Day's Rabid...
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Ms. Sunlight commented on
In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #3 It's the Archetypes, silly!
Erm... you realise I wasn't actually arguing with you? Just giving a little additional information that actually confirmed your point?...
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icehawk commented on
In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #3 It's the Archetypes, silly!
"These tropes may sometimes be clichés" No, really? Satires of stereotyped fantasy tropes (like Pratchett) is possibly the oldest genre of novel existing. Don Quixote, a parody of the cliched tropes about knights-errant, chivalrous quests, etc was written in 1605. They call it the "first modern novel". Meanwhile "Journey to the West" (often called "Monkey" in its English translation) is a chinese novel from 1592 that sits on the boundary between retelling Chinese mythic stories and satire....
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anonemouse commented on
In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #3 It's the Archetypes, silly!
I guess there probably once was a standard female identity. But feminists spent a century destroying it. So I found the article slightly disingenuous; it read a bit like, "Wah! We're being oppressed by the burden of choice forced on us by the patriarchy!" To which my reaction was, "Hang on, wasn't destroying the uniform female identity the point?!" A "uniform female identity" is exactly what that article doesn't want. It's pointing out how difficult it is for women (and other "marked" minorities) to partake of the identity "person" without it being qualified. Is a choice with the "none of...
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val_lixembeau commented on
In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #3 It's the Archetypes, silly!
So glad to have read this! I first came across Eagle of the Ninth in elementary school but didn't take note of the author or title and could never find her books again. I had high hopes that my latin teacher in high school would be able to help me out, but that turned out to be a sad dead end as well. Who could have guessed that thirty years later I'd be able to rediscover a boys' own adventure series on an SF writer's blog. God bless Al Gore and his invention, the Internet!...
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J Thomas commented on
In defence of Traditional (Eurocentric Quasi-Medieval) Fantasy: #3 It's the Archetypes, silly!
A "uniform female identity" is exactly what that article doesn't want. It's pointing out how difficult it is for women (and other "marked" minorities) to partake of the identity "person" without it being qualified. Interesting! What would it take to write a story people want to read, where the main character is a person whose gender doesn't matter? I think you should do it. It might possibly start out something like this: You're on the job. You are replacing a failed circuit board deep in a crawlspace. All around you are other circuit boards that you mustn't touch. You hold...
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