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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fifth Element" data-source="post: 3247176" data-attributes="member: 48135">I don't find that shocking. Sad? Yes. Shocking? Not hardly.The average person is quite ignorant. No elitism or condescension in that statement; it's simple fact. Public school will do that to you, if you don't have a real drive to learn things on your own.The average role-player is far more interested in reading and learning than the average person. Again, no elitism there, simply fact.That being said, I know that I enjoyed the animated crapola I watched as a child as much as anyone. It spurred my imagination.I am a role-player who will admit to not being a voracious reader; at least not in the traditional sense. At this point in my life (full-time job, RPG writing, two young kids), I simply don't have the time. And I always preferred the stories I created myself to those written by someone else. It takes me forever to drudge through LOTR, and I prefer light fantasy comedy to epic five-volume sprawls. I have too many interests in addition to fantasy to spend a lot of time reading the stuff.That being said, I am rarely found at home without an open book in my hands. It's just not fantasy literature. It's an RPG book, or a history book, or a sports magazine. I read a lot, but not nearly as much fantasy as most people hear, I would venture.Fifth Element.</blockquote>