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  • PenSword replied to the topic Depicting God in Fantasy in the forum Fantasy Writers 6 years, 3 months ago

    It depends on the set up of the world for me, I think. If it’s set up like a “lost country” or something that could have existed, and the world behaves the same way any other story on our world would behave, it’s not out of place to portray God as you would in a his fic.

    When there’s any kind of magic though, that’s when things get iffy for me. Copy/pasting Christianity into a world that’s obviously made up seems easier to me to be dismissive of everything in the story, including God.

    Narnia/Aslan actually bothers me a little for this reason. Especially everything outside “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” I don’t mind the allegory in that specific book, but the entire series being held as highly as I’ve seen some people regard it feels concerning, and there’s a lot that feels off to me.

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