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Do you prefer your fantasy high or low /lit/?

The difference being that the former has more focus on magic, creatures, or places otherwise unknown to unknown to our reality, and the latter focusing on poorly dressed and smelly men going through the mud for miles upon miles and sexing up wenches or otherwise doing normal shit just in a more realistic setting.

Feel free to disagree with my definitions as well, I'm not well read on the differences.

>> No.8890189

bad definitions and the only example given is not even literature (nor fantasy, by most standards)

in conclusion: bad thread (good movie!)

>> No.8890204

>>8890002
I always saw it as this

Low fantasy is like the real world only with some magical elements. Maybe fictional races and species similar to what u might see in science fiction as aliens. But it's overall more bound in realism

High fantasy is just fuckin crazy and you can have elves riding on brooms while their bat giant flying turtle soars the sky with a castle made completely of a fictional magic mineral. Not so much bound in realism.

>> No.8890221

I didn't like that film at all

>> No.8890225

>>8890002
>Do you prefer your fantasy high or low /lit/?
I want to be whatever /lit/ doesn't like.

>> No.8891626

I like high fantasy. Give me the magic, weird maical stuff, named magic swirds and creatures any day. Well written low fantasy is great but I miss the magic, wizards, creatures after a while.

>> No.8891631

I like good quality fantasy, low or high doesn't matter

>> No.8892416

>>8890002
Is this a good movie? I really REALLY liked Bronson, and enjoyed Drive to a decent extent too.

>> No.8894038

>>8892416

I thought it was confusing but it held my interest. It's worth a watch.

>> No.8894170

>>8892416
Valhalla Rising is his best film imo, others will disagree.

I prefer low fantasy in general as a lot of high fantasy I've read tends to be self-indulgent, but I'm not particularly well-read in either

>> No.8894173

>>8890002
what are the best examps of each ?

>> No.8895263

>>8894173
Lord of the rings is high fantasy

I feel like GoT straddles the line, since the plot lines following ordinary characters seem like low fantasy, but there's also dragons and magic and the white walkers

Don't know any good examples of low fantasy, sorry

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>> No.8896211

>>8890221
pleb

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>>8896158
>mecha
> in a traditional fantasy setting
That's completely fucking absurd

I guess it would be post-apocalyptic like Nausicaa or something where only some ancient technology remains? Fucking dumb though

Nothing against /m/ either I just posted there after reading about a Korean proto-mech in the newspaper, but mecha belong only in futuristic high tech settings tbqh