Fantasy World Meme

[sangate]

You find yourself in front of seven identical doors.
                A voice from above tells you:
"These seven doors lead to seven places:
Narnia, Neverland, Wonderland, Hogwarts, Camelot, Middle-earth, and Westeros.
Which door do you go through?
Why that door? What happens?"I've had a good think on this and realised it's a very difficult

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[redfeu]

Really interesting post! :D The questions is - which group would you belong to in Middle Earth?

For me: how to choose between Westeros, Middle Earth and Hogwarts? I think I'd pick Hogwarts in the end because much as adolescence sucks, being a teenager in a school for magic would be pretty bloody awesome. :D (And I always wanted to try those Honeydukes sweets...)

[sangate]

Cool question to think about right? :D

That's the thing though. A big part of answering it lays in where and when do I join the world? Am I a regular human or can I fit in with the world itself, say have magic? Can I turn into an Elf? Yes? Then I'd love to go to Lothlórien. Just a human? Then Gondor after the fall of Sauron and return of Aragorn. Can I go back to being an adolescent? Then Hogwarts is definitely an option too :D

I just love thinking about these things XD

[redfeu]

Yes, it all depends, I suppose! And the possibilities are interesting.

If I could choose who I'd be in Middle Earth, I'd be an elf - 100% sure! Coolest damn people in the land. :D And Rivendellllll.... I've always wished I could live there. :DD

I love thinking about them too, especially as I'm writing fantasy and want to create a world that's good. It's intimidating sometimes, looking at people like Tolkien and Rowling and thinking how they've created worlds so detailed that you want to fall into them and live there... but it's inspiring too!

[sangate]

Same here! :D I'd also be definitely an Elf :D Ooh I would LOVE to visit Rivendell! Can you imagine the Rivendell library? agscjhsffadhgf

Heh, again, same here :D I'm also focussing on fantasy and scifi myself. So cool though that the novel you're writing will be fantasy! :D And tell me about it yeah.. Often I think of something for the story, be it for the plot or for a character or a characteristic of a race and then think: no wait.. Tolkien already did that.. Something you can't really get around, and as much as I love the man, as a writer it can be annoying because you feel derogatory every time. But so true though, at the same time it is also so, so inspiring :D

[redfeu]

:DDD One could live in that library!

Tolkien is kind of the pioneer of modern fantasy, so everyone who writes after him is writing in his wake. But I think you should feel positive about innovating and writing something very different - look at ASOIAF! It's about as different from Tolkien as you can get!

[sangate]

That's very true about ASOIF, but I do feel very repetitive when I'm writing. But I try to think that there are certain boundaries within the fantasy genre that you just can't get around of and that will undoubtedly be invented by others too. All you can do is apply your own imagination :)