AcolytePersonally,I am a big fan of Warhammer Fantasy because claim to like a Grimdark world is badass.And as we know,the world of Warhammer,and Shadow of the Demon Lord,and Conan the Barbarian,and every Dark Fantasy World is full of Gore,Death,Despair,Tragic story,and Cosmic horror.
But after I read Blood Meridian，I find some thing very different bewteen BM and a Dark Fantasy World. The biggest difference is that in BM,almost every characters are blood-thirsty monster,there kill and r*pe and destory every thing in their path,let the pure hatred and dark desire filled with them.But in most Dark World, We always told that the main characters are not "So" bad .In Warhammer 40K, even the Imperium, a faction benchmark Lawful Evil, was is always described as "a necessary evil" or "the only way out".And the space marine and Imperium Guard was always has taken on the hue of a tragic hero.
In China and in some Japan stories,if we want to create a Dark Fantasy World, many writers would like to make the main character a Ture Terrible Monster,He will torture and kill everyone he doesn't like,seize every beautiful woman,and destroy old world order without thinking twice.
So what do your guys think of the two different type of Dark Fantasy?A world full of evil with a understandable main faction or character,Or a world tortured by bad main faction or character?Which make you feel more grim,and which make you more uncomfortable?
But after I read Blood Meridian，I find some thing very different bewteen BM and a Dark Fantasy World. The biggest difference is that in BM,almost every characters are blood-thirsty monster,there kill and r*pe and destory every thing in their path,let the pure hatred and dark desire filled with them.But in most Dark World, We always told that the main characters are not "So" bad .In Warhammer 40K, even the Imperium, a faction benchmark Lawful Evil, was is always described as "a necessary evil" or "the only way out".And the space marine and Imperium Guard was always has taken on the hue of a tragic hero.
In China and in some Japan stories,if we want to create a Dark Fantasy World, many writers would like to make the main character a Ture Terrible Monster,He will torture and kill everyone he doesn't like,seize every beautiful woman,and destroy old world order without thinking twice.
So what do your guys think of the two different type of Dark Fantasy?A world full of evil with a understandable main faction or character,Or a world tortured by bad main faction or character?Which make you feel more grim,and which make you more uncomfortable?
