Timeline for Is mixing cultures for the setting of a fantasy story frowned upon?
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| Feb 15, 2017 at 20:48 | comment | added | Lew | I do not know why @JamieWhitt decided to adhere to so widely abused cliches labeling his ingredients (vampires, sirens, bean nighes, etc.)--he likely knows better--but only originality in his settings seem to rely upon using well-known tropes in odd combinations. Very hard to pull off believably, as you rightly mentioned. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 17:37 | comment | added | Thomas Reinstate Monica Myron | @Lew I think originality by itself doesn't have to be appealing. Anything is original if it hasn't been tried before. It might not be tasteful as you pointed out, but it is certainly original. What readers want is the combination of originality and something they like, as you said. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 14:06 | comment | added | Lew | "What you are doing is called being original" Only if it is written well. The combination of pickled cucumbers and whipped cream can be called original, but one will have a very hard time convincing me to try it, although those are perfectly viable ingredients by themselves. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 6:21 | comment | added | Thomas Reinstate Monica Myron | @JamieWhitt SE isn't a discussion based site; so all questions in answers are rhetorical. I was mainly just trying to get you to ask yourself questions and head in the right direction. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 2:56 | comment | added | Jamie Whitt | Thank you. That was really helpful. I'm not sure if your question about vampires and ancient Rome is rhetorical, so I'll answer as shortly as possible: the gods in my novels are rivals, and they use mortals to carry out their battles for them. One god controls fire, and the other one controls water. The one who controls fire liked the Roman-esque culture and them his powers (including vampire-like "devouring"), and the water one gifted his power to people based off the Greeks. They've been at war since. | |
| Feb 15, 2017 at 2:36 | history | answered | Thomas Reinstate Monica Myron | CC BY-SA 3.0 |