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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 8074748" data-attributes="member: 63508"><p>I think American (the country) Fantasy isn't fantasy written by Americans but for Americans using American ideas, mythology, and tropes.</p><p></p><p>This is why Urban Fantasy is bigger in the US than Europe or Asia. The US is a young nation and shyed away from the history of the Natives for so long. It missed the boat on Medieval knights and Classical empires. And by the time it fully united, it was the Modern Era. So it's fantasy would be based around the thoughts and fears of the cities, the ruggedness and familiarity of the small towns, or the sense of exploration of going out on your own.</p><p></p><p>For example,<strong> factions</strong> are big in American Fantasy. Because the US is a melting pot of different cultures, there is always a sort of faction system in most American societies. American facial has racial groups, "racial" groups, gangs, cartels, unions, alliances, cliques and the like.</p><p></p><p>Look at Vampire. It's vampire families teaming up to make an organization. Then some other the families rebel and make their own organization. Then OH NO the first organization didn't learn their lesson and the youth ones ditch AGAIN. Then OH NO one of the major clans goes neutral and a clan almost completely switch sides. THEN you have the magic vampires who do their own thing with all the groups. THEN their is the vampire church in Africa unsure where to go. And that's before you add in the many human groups and the werewolves and the other stuff in WOD.</p><p></p><p>You have factions in European style Fantasy but it's different. It's less about the factions and more about the heads of them as Europe has a history or kings and emperors. The US rebelled against a king so it runs power and methods in different ways.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 8074748, member: 63508"] I think American (the country) Fantasy isn't fantasy written by Americans but for Americans using American ideas, mythology, and tropes. This is why Urban Fantasy is bigger in the US than Europe or Asia. The US is a young nation and shyed away from the history of the Natives for so long. It missed the boat on Medieval knights and Classical empires. And by the time it fully united, it was the Modern Era. So it's fantasy would be based around the thoughts and fears of the cities, the ruggedness and familiarity of the small towns, or the sense of exploration of going out on your own. For example,[B] factions[/B] are big in American Fantasy. Because the US is a melting pot of different cultures, there is always a sort of faction system in most American societies. American facial has racial groups, "racial" groups, gangs, cartels, unions, alliances, cliques and the like. Look at Vampire. It's vampire families teaming up to make an organization. Then some other the families rebel and make their own organization. Then OH NO the first organization didn't learn their lesson and the youth ones ditch AGAIN. Then OH NO one of the major clans goes neutral and a clan almost completely switch sides. THEN you have the magic vampires who do their own thing with all the groups. THEN their is the vampire church in Africa unsure where to go. And that's before you add in the many human groups and the werewolves and the other stuff in WOD. You have factions in European style Fantasy but it's different. It's less about the factions and more about the heads of them as Europe has a history or kings and emperors. The US rebelled against a king so it runs power and methods in different ways. [/QUOTE]
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