Reynard
aka Ian Eller
I was going to make this a poll, but I realized there were just too many options.
So, what do you consider your formative geek media. it doesn't have to be the best, or even your favorite, but rather the geek media that had a real impact on your "geekness". Because this is EN World, of course that means your TTRPG preferences, but also your writing, your world view, and the kinds of things you enjoy to this day.
For me (and 98% of the world) Star Wars mas a major formative power in my geekness. Yes, I like space fantasy, but even more I like melodrama and shallow, immediate world building and nonsense names etc... On the opposite end of the spectrum is Lord of the Rings, which taught me about depth and intention in world building in a way no other geek media has ever gotten close to.
A perhaps less well known formative media was The Guardians of the Flame -- an adult portal fantasy (almost isekai before that term was used) that I was WAY too young to be reading but did anyway. Solidly in the "D&D players enter their gameworld" it talked about death, slavery, assault and building something better. I don't know how well it would stand up if I revisited it now, but for a 10 year old it was powerful.
There are others, of course: He-Man, Thundaar, Neverending Story, Karate Kid, Wizards, Snarfquest, and on and on. But while I liked all of those things, I can't say they really formed who I am as a geek.
How about you?
So, what do you consider your formative geek media. it doesn't have to be the best, or even your favorite, but rather the geek media that had a real impact on your "geekness". Because this is EN World, of course that means your TTRPG preferences, but also your writing, your world view, and the kinds of things you enjoy to this day.
For me (and 98% of the world) Star Wars mas a major formative power in my geekness. Yes, I like space fantasy, but even more I like melodrama and shallow, immediate world building and nonsense names etc... On the opposite end of the spectrum is Lord of the Rings, which taught me about depth and intention in world building in a way no other geek media has ever gotten close to.
A perhaps less well known formative media was The Guardians of the Flame -- an adult portal fantasy (almost isekai before that term was used) that I was WAY too young to be reading but did anyway. Solidly in the "D&D players enter their gameworld" it talked about death, slavery, assault and building something better. I don't know how well it would stand up if I revisited it now, but for a 10 year old it was powerful.
There are others, of course: He-Man, Thundaar, Neverending Story, Karate Kid, Wizards, Snarfquest, and on and on. But while I liked all of those things, I can't say they really formed who I am as a geek.
How about you?
