The Importance of "Other" in Fantasy
Jul. 24th, 2003 11:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
changelingThoughts in progress.
Rhysenn makes some comments about the importance of real-world place for fantasy stories.
Australian fantasy... the idea of setting one at Melbourne -> old buildings ->cool, but why not simply set it in Europe? What's the difference?
But what's the alternative? Aboriginal Sacred Sites -> v. unclassy; not in depth, treats a spiritual site with flippancy.
Why not set it in regular Melbourne? Too mundane, too boring.
What do these two settings have in common? Are "other" from the normal. Fantasy by its nature needs "otherness" -> magic vs technology etc; the collision of the mundane and the supernatural.
How can we find the "other" in Australian settings without resorting to the above?
(Just a quick note before bed. Longer entry, as always, to follow. I have So Much To Tell You.)
Rhysenn makes some comments about the importance of real-world place for fantasy stories.
Australian fantasy... the idea of setting one at Melbourne -> old buildings ->cool, but why not simply set it in Europe? What's the difference?
But what's the alternative? Aboriginal Sacred Sites -> v. unclassy; not in depth, treats a spiritual site with flippancy.
Why not set it in regular Melbourne? Too mundane, too boring.
What do these two settings have in common? Are "other" from the normal. Fantasy by its nature needs "otherness" -> magic vs technology etc; the collision of the mundane and the supernatural.
How can we find the "other" in Australian settings without resorting to the above?
(Just a quick note before bed. Longer entry, as always, to follow. I have So Much To Tell You.)
