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What I meant about Death of Fantasy

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So quite a good while ago I mentioned in my last journal about the "Death of Fantasy". But didn't explain what I meant by it. Well here's my reasoning for what I said and why I believe it's an unavoidable end to what we call "Fantasy" and the birth of a new genre that at the moment is a bit mistaken as that "Fantasy".

"Death of Fantasy" is the end result to a long road of readers and viewers becoming increasingly tired of fantastical elements that deviate from the real world over the course of hundreds of years of story telling. A side effect of increased education, over saturation of the genre, millions of copy cat and follow the leader stories, very poor executions of fantasy and popular tropes, and changing interests in what entertains us as a society. We're becoming more and more wanting of stories more grounded in reality, and less interested in anything deviating too far from it. Partly due to the genre and it's tropes being too commonly used to hide writing mistakes and laziness among other things/issues. Eventually we will reach a point were no one is going to want to read a story about anything that doesn't or can't exist or happen in real life in some way shape or form. No magic, no space travel (unless we've reached that point), no different creatures and races that don't already exist or at least have existed before going extinct. And no impractical clothing such as coats and capes or impractical weapons like the famed and well known "Keyblade" from a certain franchise I doubt will live in such an era. There are many examples of this from complaints about stories that run on rule of cool (Dragonball, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann), Rule of Sexy (Queens Blade which I swear is seemingly self aware from what I've seen) or both (Kill la Kill), along with other similar rules. To the massive success of stories like the Hobbit and Game of Thrones. Even Castlevania's grand return is much more ground then the games were. Gaming is also going through a similar transformation as well with Final Fantasy being among the most biggest examples (FFXV and onward). I don't think it'll happen any time soon. But I do believe it's an unavoidable future.

Is this a bad thing? No, it's only natural for something like this to happen. And really there's nothing we can do to stop it. You may love it, but your grand kids likely won't and so on. At best it may get a revival or two but only for a short while and as something to mock the past for liking in the first place. And at average we'll just see old ips re-imagined in more realistic settings, to the point of being related to the original in name only. Something we are already seeing today for better or worse depending on the ip in question and the execution.

For now I suppose we should enjoy some of the old fun while it lasts (keyword there being "some", certain tales were just that bad). While continuing to move forward and preparing to enjoy the great new tales this evolution will bring us. And the new bad stories we'll get along the way as well. Why am I so obsessed? Well I've been working on this project of mines for almost a decade (with only the failed Mischief Knights to show for it). And after all the studying I've been doing and just from my own experience with fellow fantasy fans and friends alike. I never stopped thinking about rather or not this project and what story comes from it would live on or not. Rather it would be remembered as a fun little series or be forgotten in the sands of time. Or even hated/mocked for just how badly it turned out. It's gone back in forth from being fantastical and whimsical (Mischief Knights) to more grounded with the current version of the project (Sonata of the Phantasm). I wanna stick to my guns on certain things but I also want to write a competent story and rely greatly on everything I've learned and will learn throughout school, my brief stay in college before that all came crashing down, and self studies through research on the internet and books (as I acquire them). I don't want all of the time spent on this long project to amount to nothing. I want to release something, and I want it to be something people will enjoy and remember for many years to come. And I want to keep creating more and more wonderful stories and games for all to enjoy for even more years to come.

Deep down, I think that's what all content creators and artists want to accomplish.

Also! It's worth noting that this is merely my opinion based on my experiences in life. For all I know I could be wrong in the end.
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