r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 1d ago

I really hate this

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Fantasy and science fiction being cramped in the same section, which is already so small :(

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u/Bardmedicine 1d ago

There is so much crossover, why make things difficult?

Where would you put Star Wars?

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u/PlagiT 1d ago

I'd put it into science fiction. Yeah it has elements like the force, but the whole universe is sci-fi with all the spaceships and stuff and it focuses more on the sci-fi elements.

Fantasy is often set in the medieval times or a form of the present world, rarely focuses on the technological advances or the future and when it does it puts emphasis on stuff like technology and civilization strongly influenced by magic or other fantasy elements.

They both have a different character, I for example don't enjoy reading sci-fi nearly as much as reading fantasy and mashing genres like that makes it harder to find stuff I'm interested in, so yeah, it's annoying.

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u/Bardmedicine 1d ago

You are completely right and yet disagree with me. Which is my point :)

I'd argue Star Wars is high fantasy and they just replaced water/air ships with space ships and bow with blasters. It has the structure, characters, arcs of high fantasy.