Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Thinhyandoiel]

Well look who's here! Me! Wierd, ne? Anyways!

So is a world where people might be killed necessary for fantasy so that the stakes are high enough?

Like Paul said in regards to this question, I do believe that the concept of death or at least a threat to life or a way of life is necessary for fantasy. Because it is this threat, this danger, that sets everything in motion. Even for a simple "rescue princess from evil dragon"-tale there is a threat of death.

Because it is natural instinct to survive, ingrained within all creatures, life is reverenced in human beings. Of course, there are the exceptions where death is equally or even more so revered or honoured like Eol pointed out. I think a good fantasy idea for a culture like that would be for some typical evil lord to come up and turn everyone immortal, and their resulting struggle to live without what they honoured most. *muses* Huh...muse is at work now. Great. I'm off! ^_~