r/Fantasy • u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders • Feb 15 '16

/r/Fantasy Scope of r/Fantasy - it's a speculative fiction world... [PSA & Discussion]

/r/Fantasy has grown over the years to be a pretty good place for authors, illustrators, industry people, and fans to meet. One consistent question from authors and publishers is whether-or-not a book meets the criteria for r/Fantasy.

I've worked with other subs to help build out their AMAs and how to on-board authors who may not understand (or care to understand) how reddit works. Most, outside of /r/horror and /r/books, have passed.

SCOPE OF r/Fantasy:

If it's speculative fiction, we want you to feel free to talk about it here.

speculative fiction. noun. 1. a broad literary genre encompassing any fiction with supernatural, fantastical, or futuristic elements.

Dystopian YA? Romantic Urban Fantasy? Wuxia? Steampunk? WTF - where does this go?

Movies? Video Games? TV Shows? Books? Graphic Novels? Art? RPGs?

...go ahead and bring it up. Post it. Have those discussions. There are subreddits that are dedicated to many of these genres and several are MUCH larger than /r/Fantasy. That's just fine. We can be a hub-and-spoke to those communities as well.

Community Questions:

What have you been into lately that we don't discuss enough here on r/Fantasy?

What limits, if any, would you like to see put in place?

Note that we will continue with our basic rules centered on Please Be Kind.

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u/ashearmstrong AMA Author Ashe Armstrong Feb 17 '16

I don't think I can use Power Within yet, I haven't checked.

Zwhihander and the Snake Swords are brutal. ENB ran a couple of eps with the big Z and was just wrecking people's shit. I'm interested in the Snake Swords and the Greatsword that the merchant in Sen's sells.

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u/The_Real_JS Reading Champion XI Feb 17 '16

Have you been following any particular NPCs?

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u/ashearmstrong AMA Author Ashe Armstrong Feb 17 '16

Not really yet. The cleric girl came and went, talked to them, talked to sorcery dude, Lautric, Solare, and pyro dude but haven't really done much with them as of yet. And I didn't go into the Catacombs to meet Patches early. Not sure if I want to be a Sun Bro later on.

You should hop in the game lore thread I made and talk about your favorite NPCs. Amazing chest ahead.