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kay_brooke

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Jul 29, 2011 09:31

I am thinking of doing a project. I don't want to talk details yet because I honestly don't have any. It's kind of a nebulous thing in my head (it's like a plan, but with more greatness). But as part of it, I wanted to ask you all ( Read more... )

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yachiru July 29 2011, 14:07:12 UTC

Godlings. I'll always read a book with a godling/character inhabited by a godlike being or half god.

nidoking July 29 2011, 14:25:20 UTC

I'm a big fan of intelligence without emotion. I suppose it's not strictly a sci-fi/fantasy theme, but I can't recall seeing it in any other context. I think it's just widely accepted that humans are inseparable from emotion, so it requires a non-human entity (alien, thinking computer) to be intelligent without being swayed by emotions. I like to see entities like that dealing with everyday situations - the manga series Karakuri Odette and Parasyte and the TV show Sarah Connor Chronicles are probably the best examples of what I'm thinking of.

jediknightmuse July 30 2011, 03:23:49 UTC

Magic is a big thing that draws me in to a book. That's what drew me in with the book Graceling, because it's all about magic, though also about character development. Another thing would be the typical action-adventure sort of things, like having to rescue someone or save a kingdom or find a magic item...or the good VS evil thing. Even if they're overdone in general, if they're done well they still draw me in.

shayna611 July 30 2011, 05:24:20 UTC

animate/interactive/anthropomorphic deities - I love interpersonal drama, and high-stakes drama with eons of baggage and disposable mortal pawns to employ can be oh so much fun

well developed magic - especially where the characters can treat it like its own sort of science - warms my heart

immortal/ridiculously long-lived characters who do NOT spend the whole plot falling madly in love with a mortal and angsting over their own immortality or their partner's demise (after a few hundred years you've been there, done that, learned to deal)

Characters make or break it for me far more often than plot/setting. Favorite fantasy character tropes include the badass with the big sword whose typical plan of action is just to hit things as hard as he can, and the thief/outlaw/excuse me, that's TREASURE HUNTER with his own firm moral code or heart of gold ( ... )