/lit/ - Literature

>>23054595
I'd say the "heroic fantasy" is more focused on the story than the setting, and focusing on story gets you into Campbellian gender psychology, masculine and feminine themes nesting within each other like a russian doll.
Conan, for example, is heroic fantasy that barely features and fantasy at all. Flash Gordon is a heroic fantasy with a sci-fi setting.
I was more talking about setting-focused pieces. If you compare "fighting a dragon in the woods" and "fighting aliens on a spaceship", and are asked to pick one to be masculine and one to be feminine, the choice is pretty damn clear.

>be me
>/sffg/ fag
>I was raised in a no-television household so I read a lot
>but I don't read anything profound or difficult, just fantasy, scifi, and mystery novels
>people see me reading and say "wow anon you're so smart"
>I try to explain to them that this is the book equivalent of superhero movies
>"I could never read as much as you, you're so smart"
>I am not smart
>I literally can't get through Joyce or Sartre or whoever, it's boring and makes my head hurt
>I am literally reading YA fantasy shit for literal children
>"You're so smart anon you know so many words"

I swear to shitting christ I am going to write out a hogwarts acceptance letter as my suicide note