Return of the Rant Meme

[sarolynne]

It's been a while, so I have lots of ranting built up, probably.

Same as before. You provide the topic, I provide the rant.

ETA: And I might as well add these, since I'm posting.

Comments

[redbrunja]

Fullmetal Alchemist, please.

[sarolynne]

Hmm. Got a second choice? I got distracted from FMA a long time ago, and I keep meaning to catch up but then never quite finding the motivation.

[redbrunja]

Sure.

Hmmm.

How about a nice rant about fantasy, since you already talked a bit about sci-fi below.

[sarolynne]

My biggest rant about fantasy would probably have to do with how few people really try to do something different with it. Especially when it comes to settings. I mean, seriously, how many different stories do we really need set in medieval Europe, only with Lysol? There is a whole wide world full of cultures, and a long history to draw from. Expand!

And, you know, there's room not to be limited to just existing cultures.

Fantasy ought to have every bit as much freedom to experiment with gender and other social constructs as sci-fi. And not just fringe fantasy. Seriously, there is so much freedom to the genre, it's depressing to see so little of it explored.

[redbrunja]

Totally agreed. I'm always really happy to find fantasy that ISN'T set in generic pseudo europe.