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Her weakened state is also a plot point. Although the cause of that never made it into print.

It's normal to assume that when someone says something to you, they are being honest. If they feel the need to state that they are being...

The point is, you are refusing to accept that modern fantasy is based on anything but European Romance. When it has a great many...

Survey design: I would make the time period a bit more prominant. I would have gone for "last 12 months" to be more meaningful too. And...

You have the Princes of Elemental Evil and the Elder Elemental Eye (AKA you know who). Nothing says that a 5e paladin needs to be good...

Nevertheless, she's a witch. In any case, I think that you perceive her a s psion just shows how the distinction between mages and...

Not really no - magical stuff is widely portrayed as a nuisance that Grant gets lumbered with because no one else wants to be bothered...

I couldn’t disagree more. Jabbercrombie may depict kings and warriors and whatnot, but he is profoundly cynical about all of them (and...

Yes, because it’s important to the question of what is modern fantasy? And the answer ain’t entirely Euro-centric. The blindingly...

Jon being a Targaryan was pretty obvious from the first novel, too.

Yup, and they say they are making money...doubt they would continue if they weren't.

Once they realised the ending they had wouldn’t go down well they just wanted to get it over with.

Personally, I would find an all-white mostly male cast objectionable.

It’s the progenitor of all modern European fiction. The events depicted were real to their audience, no more fantastical than a modern...

These shows are really better suited to long form animation. There was a survey recently in which younger folk indicated that they would...