tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post8791241437005503815..comments2024-03-27T10:35:46.596+01:00Comments on Ravalation: Capturing High FantasyRavanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-26935865977935132742015-05-28T16:58:11.990+02:002015-05-28T16:58:11.990+02:00The funny thing is that this screenshot probably w...The funny thing is that this screenshot probably would've been rotting in my collection if it wasn't for Murf's choice of screenshot categories. I have trouble coming up with things to write about for GW2 posts lately. I'm still enjoying the game a lot, but I'm playing it so casually... somehow SWTOR comes up as a topic more naturally.<br /><br />I'm glad you like the picture, though. I really loved the place in-game but wasn't so enthralled with the screenshot itself. One more of those cases that proves that tastes differ. ^^<br /><br />Oh, and the Last Unicorn sounds fantastic in its own way!Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-33603324153888882015-05-26T19:48:43.092+02:002015-05-26T19:48:43.092+02:00great screenshot - love the misty greys and greens...great screenshot - love the misty greys and greens :)<br /><br />I prefer the first definition that wikipedia page gives: "High fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, defined either by its setting in an imaginary world or by the epic stature of its characters, themes and plot"<br /><br />So, the magic and 'other' nature of the high fantasy setting can almost be secondary to the issues and themes explored and illustrated in the story. <br /><br />eld :)<br /><br /><br /><br />eldaerielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804104385755451301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-61471638367548699342015-05-26T16:41:21.443+02:002015-05-26T16:41:21.443+02:00I love that screenshot might be one of the best on...I love that screenshot might be one of the best ones you took so far. :)<br /><br />And that is a strange definition about fantasy from Wikipedia. The way I learned the definition of high fantasy was that high fantasy was where magic and fantastic elements were pretty common in a setting. For example, a lot of the D&D and fantasy games would fit into that category since if you throw a stone in an inn it wouldn't be too hard for it to hit a wizard. Then the wizard would counter with a fireball and destroy the entire inn. :p<br /><br />Low fantasy is the opposite, it is where magic and fantastic elements are extremely rare and more subtle. I am trying to think of an example in fiction and I guess the Last Unicorn would qualify. In the entire book you only meet one magician there and even the unicorn, the main character of the book, is considered such a myth that many people end up confusing her with a horse much to her indignation. :)Rakunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253609981961681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-66217581685085302122015-05-26T16:03:39.860+02:002015-05-26T16:03:39.860+02:00In all likelihood, this will be the ninth entry in...In all likelihood, this will be the ninth entry in this particular category. By far, it is one of the least entered and admittedly one of their more challenging ones to engage.<br /><br />I am definitely not a fantasy elitist. I think that'd be hard to do. If this were 'True Science Fiction', however, I'd personally throw away every single Star Wars entry given to me. To me, Star Wars is fantasy (and sometimes quite good fantasy), though I may allow someone to argue it is science fantasy, but that's a stretch.<br /><br />In general, it is all speculative fiction and I don't break it down much further than that.<br /><br />In other words, the phrase 'high fantasy' isn't limited in its definition or scope. Like any of the categories, if you want to step outside the box a bit on what you expect the limitations are, then please do so, just give me a little reasoning so I can follow along.<br /><br />You've done just that here and it is an excellent entry. I agree with your interpretations too. To me, Lord of the Rings is just fantasy and something like Harry Potter is magical realism (with a lot of focus on the magic). I've always considered true high fantasy to be a hard thing to maintain over an entire work. To me, the high fantasy are the most fantastical parts of a fantasy story where things begin to feel truly alien to our own world and to the world it is set in too. Balrogs and Treants, for example, are high fantasy to me, despite the fact that the rest of the Lord of the Rings is pretty much magical realism for a medieval age.<br /><br />Always fun to debate though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00289459451344261371noreply@blogger.com