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  • Sarah Inkdragon replied to the topic The Fantasy Writer's Realm in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 years, 7 months ago

    @h-jones

    Hey! Welcome. XD

    Ooooh, you like royalty too? Awesome.

    I love seeing good vs. evil as well, but I also have a soft spot for redeemed villains/anti-heroes, so yeah…. I do like seeing gray characters portrayed accurately. There’s a difference between a gray character and a good gray character, if you know what I mean. Like…. Han Solo, I guess. Or Batman. Or Zuko or , from ATLA(If you’ve seen that show, which if you haven’t, go watch it. It’s one of the best written and executed shows I’ve ever seen. XD). I appreciate characters like them, while other gray characters(*cough* any character from contemporary YA fantasy *cough*) do not do it so well and should be labeled more accurately as: that-jerk-who-is-cute-so-therefore-gets-a-free-pass-to-being-a-total-jerk. XD

    And as much as I love elves, they are definitely a bad trope in fantasy. XD I looooooove seeing elves done well, but I don’t like seeing how so many people simply rip off Tolkien and copy and paste in his elves. I have elves in my fantasy, but I am trying(and hopefully succeeding) at making them unique.

    YESSS! Dragons and forests and royalty are awesome.

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