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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8695101" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Of course they do. We only pay attention to people who have actually interesting experiences. This isn't a matter of &quot;illusionism.&quot; We don't read histories about nameless 15th-century porters who died at age 36 from cholera, having done nothing particularly interesting. We read histories about Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth because they have the opportunity to do things in their time and context. Adventurers in a fantasy setting are just us paying attention to fictional people whose lives are Particularly Interesting, because there's no real point in paying attention to the (very large number of) people whose fantasy lives aren't actually interesting or noteworthy.Slice-of-life is a valid genre. It's just not one that has much appeal in this context.Imagination is not the same as telling lies.Anyone who says otherwise is not only wrong, they are advocating a position corrosive to doing imaginative work or play.There is a very, VERY big difference between, &quot;I know that I am here because I want to imagine cool things that are not physically real&quot; and &quot;I am here to make choices, except that they won't actually be choices at all most of the time, and you'll do everything you possibly can to prevent me from ever finding this out. Oh, and you won't tell me this, but instead present it as though I really am making choices.&quot;The former is imagination. The latter is being sold a bill of goods. The difference is obvious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8695101, member: 6790260"] Of course they do. We only pay attention to people who have actually interesting experiences. This isn't a matter of "illusionism." We don't read histories about nameless 15th-century porters who died at age 36 from cholera, having done nothing particularly interesting. We read histories about Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth because they have the opportunity to [I]do[/I] things in their time and context. Adventurers in a fantasy setting are just us paying attention to [I]fictional[/I] people whose lives are Particularly Interesting, because there's no real point in paying attention to the (very large number of) people whose fantasy lives aren't actually interesting or noteworthy. Slice-of-life [I]is[/I] a valid genre. It's just not one that has much appeal in this context. [I]Imagination is not the same as telling lies[/I]. Anyone who says otherwise is not only wrong, they are advocating a position corrosive to [I]doing[/I] imaginative work or play. There is a very, VERY big difference between, "I know that I am here because I want to imagine cool things that are not physically real" and "I am here to make choices, except that they won't actually be choices at all most of the time, and you'll do everything you possibly can to prevent me from ever finding this out. Oh, and you won't tell me this, but instead present it as though I really am making choices." The former is imagination. The latter is being sold a bill of goods. The difference is obvious. [/QUOTE]

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