But eol and nar...
Of course every moment has past, present and future.
Now has future. But it is clouded from us. We can assume "progress"... or degeneration... or the end of the world by nuclear catastrophe... or just end by god flushing the cosmic toilet.
One NEEDS NOT have much development in fantasy. One can end the story (in wide meaning of the word... "we're home" was the end of the LOTR epilogue.) in the "now" of the story. Absolutely no need exists to fill the historical gap between the end, "now" of the story and the "now" of the real world.
Author can write the story to the words: "were home" and flush the cosmic toilet of the universe of the story.
I believe strongly in stories that have definate ends... ambiguous preferably... but the kind that make sequels impossible.
I PREFER fantasy that is set in pre-industrial period, stays there and has definate good and evil. That hardly qualifies me as Tolkien copycat/plagiator. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
BTW: what comes to my story... which is still a roleplaying saga about to be refined to a story one day, I dirched the orcs (and the dragons, dwarves and TOLKIENISTIC eleves, classic wizards and eh... what is there else that ne would expect in fantasy... errrm....) For example there are many variations in consept of Evil. I am sorry that we only explored the surface of the subject. I for one believe that there needs to be the Total Evil, but prefer as story element that it is not usually seen and its servants cannot be recognised outright. This consept might be called "Veiled Big Evil That Lurks In Shadows."
Janne Harju
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