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Malik 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)... -
Malik replied to the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them?.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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Malik reacted to pmmg's post in the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them? with Like.
Funny, I used Vogon Poetry as a reference on another site, and then I had to explain what it was.... Exasperated sigh.
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Malik reacted to Prince of Spires's post in the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them? with Like.
Still sounds better than Vogon poetry... They sound like fun elves. And it makes a lot of sense that someone who lives forever unless...
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Malik replied to the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them?.As far as what I dislike about elves as a fantasy convention: Shiny, pointy-eared humans who are awesome at everything. They have to...
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Malik replied to the thread Elven race / elves - what do you like about them?.I use them. D&D type elves but I made a few functional changes. Tan or bark-colored skin, catlike fangs. They're forest creatures. I...
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Malik replied to the thread "My Characters are not Me" Train of Thought?.So, yes. I feel you. My characters are not me. I needed to make that as clear as possible, especially with this new novel. I'm merely...
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Malik replied to the thread "My Characters are not Me" Train of Thought?.
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That was pretty much the plot of threes company every episode.
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I find this happens too often in TV writing.
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Malik replied to the thread Your Most Hated Tropes.Refusal of The Call The Call Knows Where You Live The Call is on Your Front Lawn Holding a Boom Box Playing "In Your Eyes" at Max Volume
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Malik replied to the thread So I think I've established Third Omniscient. But Questions..I'm not sure I understand this correctly. There is a main character to the story, of course. An omniscient narrator will be primarily...
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Malik replied to the thread LAUNCH DAY.Absolutely. And I worked hard to not make this into war porn/gun porn/Navy SEAL Ooh Rah BS. It's much more about the personalities and...
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Probably the earliest examples of fantasy authors putting their real life military experiences into their world building are JRR Tolkien...
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I think there's a fair bit of stretch left in that trope to be honest. Only issue is that most people never subvert it. You only really...