Just throwing this blog post out there for discussion:
Throwback Post: These Are Not Rules of Fantasy | Legends of Windemere
A quick comment on the "a wizard did it" discussion. I think part of the problem people have with "realism" in fantasy is when a fantasy world violates it's own internal logic. Take the example of waterfalls running upside down, for example. You can have a world with fireballs, dragons, and so on, but if every day, mundane gravity always seems to operate according to the real world, and then suddenly you have a waterfall running upside down, I think it needs an explanation.
Throwback Post: These Are Not Rules of Fantasy | Legends of Windemere
A quick comment on the "a wizard did it" discussion. I think part of the problem people have with "realism" in fantasy is when a fantasy world violates it's own internal logic. Take the example of waterfalls running upside down, for example. You can have a world with fireballs, dragons, and so on, but if every day, mundane gravity always seems to operate according to the real world, and then suddenly you have a waterfall running upside down, I think it needs an explanation.