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| Feanor_Karnil |
Posted - 20 Dec 2002 : 02:06:22
I would like to hear anyone's views on the fantasy realm and what affects it has on our realm.
-Feanor Karnil The Moon-Star |
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| Feanor_Karnil |
Posted - 23 Dec 2002 : 19:55:35
Indeed, our realm is affected by the fantasy realm. Our realm is dark, cruel, and gray but so is the realm of fantasy.
Prioner's Carnival
So many humans, it seems, a vast majority, have mithin their makeup a darkside, a hunger for the macabre, and the ability to dispassionately dismiss the agony of another in the pursuit of the self.
Nowhere is this more evident than in the Prisoner's Carnival at Luskan and other such pretenses of justice. Prisoners, sometimes guilty, sometimes not-it hardly matters-are paraded before the blood-hungry mob, then beaten, tortured, and finally executed in a grand fashion. The presiding magistrate works very hard to exact the most exquisite screams of the purest agony; his job is to twist the expressions of those prisoners into the epitome of terror, the ultimate horror reflected in their eyes.
-Drizzt Do'Urden
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| Frey |
Posted - 22 Dec 2002 : 12:09:00
Well, it's a great way of escapism to start with, and who wouldn't need that from time to time?
Everyone can be a hero and experimenting with aspects of that in FR can surely benefit you IRL (and vice versa  ).
Apart from that there are loads of lessons to be learned from FR.
So I quite agree with Artalis that it can be benificial. THIS world is unjust and unfair and sometimes harsh. Then again, there's mystery enough if you care to look .
And yes, Salius, these bounderies may tend to blur. So what? Kitira surely has a point IMHO. It doesn't mean I'm too keen on psycho's (depends where those bounderies are, crazy or weird can be a giant gain for the world, but too psycho... well can be dangerous to mention something. (Hmm, tendency to grow off-topic here)) |
| Salius Kai |
Posted - 21 Dec 2002 : 04:09:28
Well Kitira, as far as I know, I never have met you. But I must admit, thats a great point. Somebodys got to play the psyco. If everyone was normal, this would be a dull, dull world. I admit I've played my psycho card a few times.
As far as taking a part of FR with them, I can honestly say I have. Its affected my view points of this world even, dramaticaly. |
| Kitira Gildragon |
Posted - 20 Dec 2002 : 14:40:35
Psycho? You've never met me, have you, Salius?
In all honesty, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps people have taken a bit of FR and made it part of them. who really knows? I never had a code of honor until about 5 years ago. Did it come from FR? I'll never know. Maybe it was a small influence. *shrugs shoulders* Perhaps it even added to my completely twisted and morbid sense of humor. <insert evil grin here>
I see life as drama, and all of the world is a stage. I like RPing characters and would like to, up to and including sword fighting. After all, isn't it just another role to play? |
| Salius Kai |
Posted - 20 Dec 2002 : 14:20:40
OK Feanor, first I'd just like to point out that your pretty much psycho, but I would like to comment on your scroll by adding one of my favorite Quotes (which I've already told you several times  )
"Psychologists have claimed, time and time again, that when someone lives in the realm of fantasy for an extended length of time, the lines deviding reality and fantasy become distorted, fuzzy." (Robie 5) |
| Artalis |
Posted - 20 Dec 2002 : 03:33:15
If I understand the question properly: I think the effect is beneficial. The world we live in is unjust, unfair, only shades of grey with no good and evil, without mystery and magic.
It's a dream in the waking world, people need dreams. |
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