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LittleOwlbear reacted to Naruzeldamaster's post in the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them? with
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Newer media has taken to making elves less idealistic. Now they're more just magical humans (and it depends on the author how much)... -
LittleOwlbear reacted to Malik's post in the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them? with Like.
Terrarch, Court of Elves, a crapton of Romantasy, Bethany Adams's whole Return of the Elves series from Soulbound onwards, many others...
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LittleOwlbear replied to the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them?.Why is this repeated all the time? Not counting LotR, but I never have seen someone writing elf characters like this.
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LittleOwlbear reacted to caosCatQueenuu's post in the thread Your Top 10 Favorite Shows Of All Time? with Like.
Yes this is mostly my special interests growing up. Yes it is 70% animation. Yes, all have queer and/or neurodivergent characters or...
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LittleOwlbear reacted to pmmg's post in the thread "My Characters are not Me" Train of Thought? with Like.
Well, I don't go around hitting things with a sword, so obviously...I am not my characters. But, my characters do spring from my...
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Tolkien was supposedly quite fond of monarchy, or rather, he didn't trust anyone that went about seeking power for themselves and kings...
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LittleOwlbear replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.Yeah, he did refuse for a long time, but he wouldn't had a realistic chance to step out of it. Being made responsible for a life path...
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LittleOwlbear replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.I mean... I do have issues with the "the one true king"-trope, because it states that people need one true ruler and it's written in...
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LittleOwlbear replied to the thread Male characters.That's one of the beautiful things in a fantasy world: if you don't have the same societal structures going on like you do in the real...
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A handy tip I learned from people here (and elsewhere) Don't write them as men/women, specifically write them as "people" who also...
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LittleOwlbear reacted to Jasnah- Ariel's post in the thread A World without the Patriarchy with Like.
A pet peeve of mine is the permanence of the patriarchy and sexism in fantasy worlds. You're telling me you can imagine a world with...
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LittleOwlbear replied to the thread Male characters.I love seeing and creating male characters that are not stoic, masculine guy. There are some that I like at least, but when I think...
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LittleOwlbear replied to the thread "My Characters are not Me" Train of Thought?.My characters are not me, but they still come from my imagination, my worldviews, my experiences and preferences etc... It tells a lot...
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Sometimes I wonder if "worldbuilding" is an independent hobby. A separate activity from "story telling".
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LittleOwlbear reacted to ludwig1beethoven's post in the thread Overthinking Worldbuilding? with Like.
I think it very much is, at least for me. Totally different things