Hey all.
I've been working on merging three or four old story ideas into three stages of one coherent semi-humorous setting. Based on the general nature of the setting, everything is supposed to be dripping with over the top magic-driven characters and cliches. A character might be based off of Tony Soprano, if Tony Soprano had magical weapons instead of guns.
But I'm at a loss for what role race should play in a setting like this. The idea is to parody the genre, not the real-world counterparts that genre portrays. So if there's a witch, or a witch-doctor, or some kind of a tribal character, where's the balance in drawing the line between fantasy parody and real-world commentary?
I don't want to use humor to "justify" things I shouldn't. But it's hard to find the right lines. Where do I start?
I've been working on merging three or four old story ideas into three stages of one coherent semi-humorous setting. Based on the general nature of the setting, everything is supposed to be dripping with over the top magic-driven characters and cliches. A character might be based off of Tony Soprano, if Tony Soprano had magical weapons instead of guns.
But I'm at a loss for what role race should play in a setting like this. The idea is to parody the genre, not the real-world counterparts that genre portrays. So if there's a witch, or a witch-doctor, or some kind of a tribal character, where's the balance in drawing the line between fantasy parody and real-world commentary?
I don't want to use humor to "justify" things I shouldn't. But it's hard to find the right lines. Where do I start?