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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 2288589" data-attributes="member: 812">Wayside, Dannyalcatraz: I assume you are not both deliberately ignoring the definitions I have put forward, but I'm at a loss to understand why you are attacking definitions I never put forward.To be clear -- I have not said (nor do I think) that SF is about identity, nor that fantasy is about power. Please, if we are going to continue this discussion, it is necessary that you read the (I think) very explicit definitions I have given.(taken from Celebrim's post, which I quoted and stated my agreement with) SF is about the question, "Who am I?", "Who are we?", "What does it mean to be human?", and the method it employs is to speculate who we would be if we weren't who we are or who we would be (and what we would do) if we were someplace completely outside our ordinary experience.(from my post above)Fantasy stories employ a metaphorical representation of power and demonstrate ideas about the individual's relationship to that power.Please, I have no interest in defending arguments I haven't made. I apologize if I was unclear.</blockquote>