D&D 5E Listened to latest "Lore you should know" and......

[Parmandur]

So, finally got around to listening to the latest podcast: it was interesting. They suggest alternative "canons" may evolve going forwards, ala Marvel, so future novels/movies will not toe into RPG material directly, and RPG material will not get canonical versions of how they played out. The APs are potential events that could happen in an alternate universe, not something to bind with other media directly. Very interesting.

 

[Irennan]

The APs are potential events that could happen in an alternate universe, not something to bind with other media directly. Very interesting.

What they have done up to now, with some novels tying into the APs, and their MMO including a lot of contents specifically about those APs, contradicts this statement of theirs. Their declared approach of multiplatform storytelling also contradicts their statement. Basically each of their stories up to know has had tie-ins to other media, be it games or novels.

There goes their multimedia approach, I guess.

 

[Parmandur]

What they have done up to now, with some novels tying into the APs, and their MMO including a lot of contents specifically about those APs, contradicts this statement of theirs. Their declared approach of multiplatform storytelling also contradicts their statement. Basically each of their stories up to know has had tie-ins to other media, be it games or novels.

There goes their multimedia approach, I guess.

Well, that's where the comparison to Marvel is: they had a movie Winter Soldier, which tied into an old comic: but not in continuity with each other.

 

[Mirtek]

Well, that's where the comparison to Marvel is: they had a movie Winter Soldier, which tied into an old comic: but not in continuity with each other.

But with Marvel it's actually the opposite. They realized how pivotal it would be for their MCU to have a good canon and continuity and they also realized that sadly they #### up their comic IP in the past decades that it has become a wreck that could never provide that. Thus they created positions solely with the responsibility to etablish and watch over the new MCU continuity.

There's no Avenger, Winter Soldier, Thor 2 - just pick any order you'd like them to happen. All phases have been carefully orchestrated to build a continued canon.

With all the small faults that sneaked in during the past, the FR were far, far, far from the mess that the comic universes have become with their frequent reboots and re-re-boots and re-boots of those but with migration certain elements from this reboot and that alternate canon over the the main canon before rebooting all that over again.

 

[Parmandur]

But with Marvel it's actually the opposite. They realized how pivotal it would be for their MCU to have a good canon and continuity and they also realized that sadly they #### up their comic IP in the past decades that it has become a wreck that could never provide that. Thus they created positions solely with the responsibility to etablish and watch over the new MCU continuity.

There's no Avenger, Winter Soldier, Thor 2 - just pick any order you'd like them to happen. All phases have been carefully orchestrated to build a continued canon.

With all the small faults that sneaked in during the past, the FR were far, far, far from the mess that the comic universes have become with their frequent reboots and re-re-boots and re-boots of those but with migration certain elements from this reboot and that alternate canon over the the main canon before rebooting all that over again.

Well, even if they had a cleaner continuity available (which they did, in Ultimates), they likely would have had a separate canon going anyways. Just makes sense. And the Realms canon is ludicrous at this point, in terms of convoluted history and events.

Honestly, this approach will probably be to benefit of Realms fiction fans longterm. The movie may or may not good; it'll probably be mediocre and do decent business if it is slickly produced (and the producer is slick, so that is likely); and if it is even with par on the business end, we will likely see the novels liven up again.

Question for anybody who knows: how are the current D&D comics...?

 

[MNblockhead]

Question for anybody who knows: how are the current D&D comics...?

If you are asking in terms of continuity, don't know.

I bought the Curse of Straud comics. They we okay, but I didn't feel that they were really worth the cost. I read them with my 7-year old. They kept his interest but he wasn't that into it (versus, say, the Bones series, which I read to him, he's read to me, and he's read and reread on his own).

My older son (10) had not interest in them at all, even though he's many graphic novels.

I'm not into comics much myself, so I know that I'm not the best to review the D&D comics. There are few graphic novels that I really enjoy (From Hell, Erfworld, Order of the Stick, are some I'm a big fan of, but there are not many).

The Curse of Straud comics were "good enough" for me and my 7 year old to read together but not good enough for my 10 year old or for my 7-year old to re-read and they didn't make me interested enough to continue reading the comic series post Barovia or read any of the older ones.