Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Saxony Tarn]

Go you, Nazul #10, keep writing that poetry -- but maybe you'd like to start a poetry thread? (just chiming in on some of the previous experiences of this board. Okay, enough scolding, now for the latest from the cellar)

Interesting question -- religion in fantasy: Sure, why not? After all, more often than not a sentient being's gotta believe in something (even if it's not believing in anything or anyone specific) somewhere in my files i've got a "What-If" tale that postulates that if "Demonic Rock Music" is 'for real' then there must be Angelic Rock to counter it, and tracks the amateur careers of a few modern-day spellsingers and bards while they save the world a few times in their own small ways. (yep, Archangel Mike with a Gibson Flying V slung over his winged shoulder -- the Apocalypse will never sound the same!)

Alas, since music plays such a strong role in it, there are too many agents who'd need to be dealt with -- so in a sense, this is '80's-era rock&roll fanfic.

But certainly -- religion in fantasy is natural and logical, and lends that much more mystery and mysticism to your world. (after all, where magic fails, the Divine generally prevails...)

s.t.

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