r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 2d 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/earth_west_420 2d ago

Star Wars is high fantasy. There's no science.

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u/Gelato_Elysium 2d ago

Here comes the "ackshually" guys lol

No but for real, despite not having science, the layman understanding of the terms is : Sci-fi = future, technology, fantasy = Past.

Even if sci fi is supposed to have science in it, it's just how it is represented in the collective mind.

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u/ButterscotchLow7330 2d ago

Starwars = past, technology, so doesn't that just make it a mix of sci-fi and fantasy by your own metrics?

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u/Gelato_Elysium 2d ago

Even if it's written "a long time ago" at the beggining there are spaceships, blasters, interplanetary travels and futuristic technology, that's all it takes for people to classify it as sci fi.