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What I like to see more of in fantasy?
Whimsy, Light-heartedness, Wonder, and some Fun with your fantasy (don't be so serious like with Harry Potter).
@nailamoonsi.bsky.socialThe LGBTQ... (Prominently.)
Goodbye #SeptemberWorldbuilders! Will likely join in on another month. đ
@nailamoonsi.bsky.socialCuriously in Blue Horizon, characters are able to mix together their elemental magic via their cores. There's a mysterious theme of the sunlight and ocean waters mixing. đ
Relatedly, Antonio Chandrani-Rivera is an ocean-shadow [moon] mage and Alejandro Altaha is a sun mage. #SeptemberWorldbuilders
@nailamoonsi.bsky.socialWithin Blue Horizon, in reality when ultra-ancient Earth began being populated by Elementals, humans feared mages of the Sun and the Dark most. Both Sun mages and Darkness mages were considered highly alien and un-Earthian, i.e., unlike that of water, fire, earth, air, etc.
@nailamoonsi.bsky.socialA dark, secretive place focal in Blue Horizon is the Chandrani caves!
The Protector and the Annihilationâthe already-released first book of Blue Horizonâstarts with Part 1's cast seemingly sighting Antonio Chandrani-Rivera within.
Reflects a vital location in the Boundless. #SeptemberWorldbuilders
![Excerpt from The Protector and the Annihilation:
A young man stood in a faraway time. There was too much Armando couldnât comprehend about him; he could only comprehend, for the briefest instant, Ranvirâs utter confusion mixing with his.
In the blue-bright darkness of the Chandrani caves, he seemed to be dying. Amid the mystical waters that would always pool throughout the caves shone fractal light onto every surface around them, there was an obscured humanoid body lying by the young manâs feet, with a strange reddish glow cast over their entirety. Like they were being hidden away.
The young manâs eyes focused directly on the two of themâirises glowing the eerie fuchsia of any true red-eyed human being. The refracted blue light from the mystical waters shone upon the blood that soaked him, splotchy, dark and trickling, trailing down his mouth and down his stomach. While the man looked indigenous of either Nelavenir or the Guardian regionsâ people since the eons-ago era galactic-worthy Earthians had begun to settle across the planet, something thatâcouldnât beâflashed before Armandoâs eyesâa vision, like a memory atop of a memoryâof a black woman, smiling directly at him, with the sun nearly obscuring his vision if not for the Hermakhet Mountain towering high so far away, its skies a perpetual dawn-like cast till the fall of night.
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Had to think long and hard about this one, as there were a lot of ways I could have answered it. However, I guess the one thing I love to see most in writing is when everything ties back to a central theme, motif or idea.
@joharraharper.bsky.socialDay 30. What types of characters, trope, elements do you like to see in fantasy?
Magic.
Other worlds.
Chosen ones.
Prophecy.
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@kiraofthewind.com.
@ayrtonmsilva.bsky.socialI'm a simple man. If I see a magic sword, I'm immediately invested.
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I love to see subversion of old tropes but done respectfully to the cast, reflective cultures (Queer, BIPOC, Disabilities), and without excess cynicism or no-hope. Gotta keep hope.
@skarabraeauthor.bsky.socialI like it when the implications of magic and monsters existing are actually taking into account in the worldbuilding.
@catherinewinters.com#SeptemberWorldbuilders 30: I like seeing characters' day-to-day lives. Do they have to wait while boiling well water? Are there dead pixels on the "window"? What's their favourite thing to order at the diner down the street? What colour is the sky over the port?
@lcyruswhelchel.bsky.socialI definitely like seeing characters in non-traditional occupations step into the role of hero/MC. Itâs part of the reason FWC revolves around Kai, a healer.
Give me more of that! We need folks from non-heroic roles stepping up to save the day!
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I love to see strong minority representation in both fantasy and science fiction. I'm honestly tired of the cis-het white man from a well-off family who never had to struggle or face adversities.
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@wreybies.bsky.socialSpecifically about Science Fiction:
In general, I want Science Fiction to care as much about its narrative constraints and what those constraints do for a story as Fantasy does about constraining magic so it doesn't kill the stakes of the story. 1/6
@lockheartfiction.bsky.socialI like the level of worldbuilding where there are unexplained/unexplored areas. Something for me to have fun with. What's beyond the desert? kinda thing.
I like narration with an opinion. Unreliable is great, but does the narrator think what is happening is BS?
@mplbooks.bsky.socialI love anything rooted in the commonplace--magical realism, I guess, the mundane laced with fantastic or sci-fi elements. And, as I've often mentioned, I love disparate personalities for character pairings. Doesn't have to be grumpy/sunshine, just mismatched. đ
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Day 30
Fantasy tropes I love: light vs. dark, enemies to lovers, ancient magic, and the price to pay.
Characters: a smart, mortally gray villain, and the reluctant hero.
Worldbuilding: pseudo-medieval setting, rare magic, unusual creatures.
Thanks @kiraofthewind.com
@miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.socialTime travel is one of my favourite tropes, but I can get picky about it.
Broadly speaking, in fantasy, I love worlds that feel properly otherworldly, with elements that are just completely unlike our world, that to the people of the world are just the norm.
@andria-kennedy.comI'm not a trope person. đ¤ˇââď¸
The elements a show or movie contain don't interest me anywhere near as much as what the story is saying. I can get lost in a low-budget film with killer writers just as easily as a blockbuster with questionable dialogue.
Tell me a good story.
@rtjenkinsauthor.bsky.social#SeptemberWorldbuilders
30: I am a huge fan of lovable rogues, heists, grimdark/crapsack worlds, and other elements of stories related to fantasy-style thieves' and assassins' guilds, especially. I will say, that while these will inevitably suck me into a story, I wouldn't necessarily call them a...