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Mooncalf · 11-30-2003, 01:27 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>If you are going to go after Gandalf, then where do you stop? If you are going to accept wizards, orcs, elves and ents, this stuff seems a pretty small step.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Well, but you accept wizards, etc in fantasy because the story has a realistic basis. If everything in fantasy were utterly fantastic, what would be the point in reading it??

11-30-2003, 01:27 PM	#38
Mooncalf Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: ::looks around:: Crap, I'm lost again... Posts: 17	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>If you are going to go after Gandalf, then where do you stop? If you are going to accept wizards, orcs, elves and ents, this stuff seems a pretty small step.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Well, but you accept wizards, etc in fantasy because the story has a realistic basis. If everything in fantasy were utterly fantastic, what would be the point in reading it?? __________________ "To the well-ordered brain, death is but the next great adventure."