To love, or not to love fantasy - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

the mortal elf · 12-08-2002, 05:04 PM

Hmm...thoughtful question. I, personally, can't live without fantasy. This year for my english class, we had to make a reading goal, and I chose to read genres beside fantasy. It isn't working. I'm giving in, and that's only after about 4 different types of books. I know...I'm really bad...

I'm not quite sure why I like it so much. Possibly because I grew up with it. My dad first read The Hobbit to me when I was five and I've been hooked on anything Fantasy, Tolkien related in particular, ever since.

I also read to escape some things. You know, sometimes things in the books are actually worse than in the real world, so I guess I don't read to escape the situation, but I read to escape real people. The characters in fantasy are so multi-dimensional and occasionally loveable that I keep returning to it. People in the real world can be good, but you always feel...safe...with the characters in fantasy, in The Lord of the Rings especially.

Anybody else have anything in common with me, or am I just an obsessed oddball? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

12-08-2002, 05:04 PM	#5
the mortal elf Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Posts: 201	Hmm...thoughtful question. I, personally, can't live without fantasy. This year for my english class, we had to make a reading goal, and I chose to read genres beside fantasy. It isn't working. I'm giving in, and that's only after about 4 different types of books. I know...I'm really bad... I'm not quite sure why I like it so much. Possibly because I grew up with it. My dad first read The Hobbit to me when I was five and I've been hooked on anything Fantasy, Tolkien related in particular, ever since. I also read to escape some things. You know, sometimes things in the books are actually worse than in the real world, so I guess I don't read to escape the situation, but I read to escape real people. The characters in fantasy are so multi-dimensional and occasionally loveable that I keep returning to it. People in the real world can be good, but you always feel...safe...with the characters in fantasy, in The Lord of the Rings especially. Anybody else have anything in common with me, or am I just an obsessed oddball? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ My imaginary friend says you have problems.