CLASSIC VS MODERN FANTASY

I worked 15 hours straight yesterday to get this done, so I might be taking a break for tomorrow’s video. Something easy and quick.

Daniel green has achive his godlike form as he now known as Daniel Green Screne

I'm not sure if Daniel is coping badly with isolation, or if he's coping LIKE A BOSS.

He’s done it. The lad has turned himself into Rayman

Daniel turned into a VR game protagonist!

Hm... Classic Daniel is a full-body experience, but Modern Daniel is light and airy. It's a toss-up, I guess. Me, I'm looking forward to Retrofuturistic Daniel.

In some ways, Lord of the Rings is a “modern” fantasy novel. Aragorn May be the classic hero, but he’s not the protagonist of the story and he knows it. Meanwhile, the actual protagonist, Frodo, ends up with PTSD. It’s not really that close to books published now, but you can still see how it’s a stepping stone from the “classic” stories like King Arthur

Let's see here... Modern: - Grittier, flawed characters. - More likely to have morally grey plots and characters - Sanderson revolutionised the magic system, popularising exclusively hard magic systems - Less complex prose - Less allegory - More diverse settings - Subversion of modern tropes is common - More character driven than plot driven (although they're not mutually exclusive - Sanderson does both really well.) - Almost always 1st / 3rd person limited - Many utilise plot twists Some examples of modern fantasy: The Stormlight Archives / Mistborn series, The First Law trilogy, ASOIAF, The Gentleman Bastards Classic: - More contrasted theme (ie. good vs evil) - Softer magic systems - Almost always inclusive of a prophecy - Medieval European inspired setting - Standard tropes without much subversion is the norm - Archetypical characters (ie. muscle bound warrior, wise old wizard, farmer/small town protagonist) - Plot twists are somewhat rarer or not as impactful - Sometimes uses 3rd person omniscient Some examples of classic fantasy: LOTR, The Belgariad, Narnia, Shannara

Next up: Daniel using a full green morphsuit with only his eyes visible

That intro is officially the best one yet

I saw his face floating in the sky and I immediately left the video out of fear

If the cover art could be airbrushed on the side of a van its classic

I’m 95% sure Daniel doesn’t really have a torso and is really a floating head with floating arms.

“I’ve decided it’s no longer necessary to have a body to talk about fantasy..” Day 38 of quarantine: Danile’s sanity is beginning to crumble as his powers increase. This cannot end well...

(Classic protagonist) A farm boy who turns out to be the chosen one, (early modern protagonists) an orphan living on the streets in the big city who turns out to be the chosen one, (modern protagonist) A girl who was born on the farm but comes to the city and lives on it's streets after being orphaned turns out to be the chosen one.

I chuckled when you listed Rothfuss as an author who is "still putting out content."

Just a tought: if Tolkien is classic fantasy, does it mean Robert Howard, E. R. Eddison or, further down the line, Jules Verne are ancient fantasy? :-D

I largely agree. When I was a wee baby nerd in the 80s, this exact discussion was happening and took the form of “Modern Fantasy” being LeGuin, Herbert, and (post-Empire) Star Wars vs. the “Classic Fantasy” of Tolkien and Lewis. Which, like it looks, involved a lot of discussion of Modern in terms of genre busting and problematizing binaries. Then, in the 90s, if you weren’t doing Sandman or Vlad Taltos... why were you writing? And Jordan, et al. were considered throwbacks to Tolkien, but even more overly wordy. We read and loved them all, but they were definitely considered “Classic.” Etc. Etc. Etc. All of which to say: it’s weird being old enough that this debate is just itself cyclical and funny. And old.

This intro has left me confused and terrified and mildly aroused.

Want to has more flowery fantasy. Something about that stylistic kind of language really helps immerse me into the fantasy world, especially if it takes place in a pseudo-medieval timeframe.