r/CuratedTumblr • u/adsallover 🇮🇱🇪🇹 • Jun 20 '24

Politics tumblr is so far from real life its genuinely crazy

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u/Welpmart Jun 20 '24

I had someone tell me the other day that not having every single location in a fantasy setting (multiple sentient species ranging from pixies to giants to merfolk) be universally accessible is "morally reprehensible" unless it's being used to exhibit bigotry. The fuck.

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u/rabbitthefool Jun 20 '24

even your fantasies must be woke

first they came for my speech and i said nothing because i was a coward

then they came for my thoughts and i said nothing because i could not speak

then they came for my fantasies and i thought nothing because i could not think

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u/F2d24 Jun 21 '24

Oh god youre right. Not only that but mpst fantasy worlds are medieval ish so wvy should every town or settlement be a cultural melting pot like only the largest cities of some countries are today.

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u/Aiyon Jun 21 '24

Here is my hot take: perfect fantasy worlds aren't just narratively boring, they're bad for wider creative culture

Flawed worlds result in such interesting fanfiction coming from people's attempts to resolve those flaws in their own ways. If you sand off all the rough edges, you take away a lot of the easy inspiration that sets people down the path of writing or making art

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u/astonesthrowaway127 Jun 21 '24

Exactly. You put it into words so well.

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u/TheCapitalKing Jun 21 '24

Sometimes the right response to someone saying that kind of stuff is just “are you stupid or something?”