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Paul Farquhar reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with
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Genre is pretty much just semantics. And based on the definition of Urban Fantasy in the Wiki page, I don't see any basis not to count... -
Paul Farquhar replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.You could certainly relocate a Dresden Files story to Coruscant and not notice the join. Chicago is not familiar to me. Just because...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to ZeshinX's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with Like.
The movie Bright springs to mind.
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.It has fast food chains, why would the specific brand matter? There are lots of of places in the real world that also don’t have...
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.And it’s twin city Tracy?
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.That comes from noir, specifically Raymond Chandler (a big influence on Dresden). But it’s certainly far from genre-defining.
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.Pretty sure Rivers of London isn’t noir! It’s a police procedural. Not all crime fiction is noir - that’s a specific subgenre. They...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with Like.
Genre is slippery.
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Stalker0's post in the thread Trailer live action Moana | "Official Trailer" with Like.
This one gets a pass from me. Its a pretty different story all said and done, so I don't see it as a remake.
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread Trailer live action Moana | "Official Trailer".We have always been here.
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Skeleton Familiar plus Net = Fisher of Men.They are both specific rules. There is no general rule for that situation.
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Paul Farquhar replied to the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting.The Dark Tower? That's a compulsive genre hopper like Doctor Who. They do urban fantasy - sometimes. But Dark Tower is most strongly a...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with Like.
Those are Urban Fantasy, yes, but the subgenre is broader than that, and per the definition you provided Ravnica hits the marks.
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Parmandur's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with Like.
Yes, 100%, per the Wikipedia article provided. Ravnica is a secondary world Urban Fantasy, but secondary world is not a deal breaker...
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Paul Farquhar reacted to Corinnguard's post in the thread WotC Why WotC SHOULD Make A New Setting with Like.
Everyone here has their own subjective idea of what an Urban Fantasy ought to be like based on past reading experiences. Agreed.