YEP
fantasy, as a genre, is unnecessarily tied to a single time and culture and, most importantly, RACE
LIKE ITS SUPER HARMFUL AND JUST IGNORES THE REST OF THE FUCKIN WORLD
theres some stuff that explores stuff outside of this, but thats outnumbered by the fucking billions of other fantasy settings that are just “what if we ripped off tolkein”
without really thinkin “wait shit tolkein’s stuff was basically founded in racism and anti-semitism”

YEP

fantasy, as a genre, is unnecessarily tied to a single time and culture and, most importantly, RACE

LIKE ITS SUPER HARMFUL AND JUST IGNORES THE REST OF THE FUCKIN WORLD

theres some stuff that explores stuff outside of this, but thats outnumbered by the fucking billions of other fantasy settings that are just “what if we ripped off tolkein”

without really thinkin “wait shit tolkein’s stuff was basically founded in racism and anti-semitism”

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  1. dragonsbreathingflowers said: I seriously love your posts ripping into generic McFantasy because I have so many problems with it as a whole and you sum it all up in one big blunt fell swoop
  2. ectojammer posted this