This is one powerful thread... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Allow me share my two cent's worth, simple though my words will be...
What effects did fantasy have? Well, like most who have posted here, I too can relate to those reasons.. as like any adolescent, I went throught tough times, too. And its those times that shape you, or break you.
In these times I find that the world can be very cruel and cold. Fantasy can give one a scene of "what could be". The setting need not be ME, or Pern, or Star Trek Voyager, or King Arthur's Court for that matter. It also reminds me that Man has virtues - no matter how bad the world seems to be. That like in a fantasy book, there is good out there. There are people who are heroes, willing or not.
I believe if man did not fantasize, mankind would not have "grown". If flying or going to the moon was JUST a fantasy, how could airplanes and space shuttles have been made? Or many other inventions, for that matter... It may have started like a wild idea... stories of flying, of fantasy. If a country under colonial rule for 300 years did not "fantasize" of freedom... would it have ever known democracy?
In my personal opinion, without fantasy Man would be just like any other animal... or plant. Thinking ONLY of his basic needs, fighting ONLY for territory. (No I'm not mistaking fantasy for ideals and such.)
What was the effect of fantasy on me? A lot. It has given me dreams.
King Carlton, I like non-fiction too, but not as much as I like fantasy! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
[ April 26, 2002: Message edited by: Thalionyulma ]
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