Jag vet att 80% av forumet hatar AI, men jag utgår ändå från en googling på "fantasy categories" och AI-lägets sammanställning. Då fick jag:
Main Fantasy Categories
Personlighen hade jag tolkat high och epic fantasy som två separata kategorier. High hade jag mer tolkat som "magi/övernaturligheter överallt" än vad som finns i Lord of the Rings (som absolut är epic). Jag har ingen ordentlig motivering att komma med, bara en tanke att det finns väldigt få magiska präster, bag of holdings, etc.
Main Fantasy Categories
- High Fantasy (Epic Fantasy): Set entirely in a fictional world with its own history, geography, and often high stakes, such as The Lord of the Rings or Stormlight Archive.
- Low Fantasy: Takes place in the real world (or a rational world) but contains magical elements, such as Harry Potter.
- Dark Fantasy: Combines fantasy elements with horror, resulting in a dark, terrifying tone, such as The Witcher or Berserk.
- Grimdark: A subgenre characterized by gritty, violent, and morally ambiguous content, notably A Song of Ice and Fire.
- Urban Fantasy: Set in a modern city or urban environment where magic exists alongside daily life, e.g., The Dresden Files.
- Historical Fantasy: Set in a specific, known historical period but with added magical elements, such as Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
- Gaslamp/Steampunk Fantasy: Combines fantasy with Victorian-era aesthetics, technology, or gothic elements.
- Flintlock Fantasy: Features magic within an early modern/gunpowder era setting, like The Powder Mage Trilogy.
- Comic/Humorous Fantasy: Parodies or satirizes standard fantasy tropes, largely influenced by Terry Pratchett’s Discworld.
- Sword and Sorcery: Focuses on personal, action-packed quests rather than world-threatening stakes, typically featuring a single hero, such as Conan the Barbarian.
- Romantic Fantasy: Focuses on romantic relationships within a magical setting, commonly known as Romantasy.
- Portal/Crossworlds Fantasy: Characters travel from the real world into a magical, alternate world, such as The Chronicles of Narnia.
- Magical Realism: A realistic, modern world where magical events are treated as mundane, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude.
- Science Fantasy: A blend of scientific technology and magical elements, such as Star Wars or The Book of the New Sun.
Personlighen hade jag tolkat high och epic fantasy som två separata kategorier. High hade jag mer tolkat som "magi/övernaturligheter överallt" än vad som finns i Lord of the Rings (som absolut är epic). Jag har ingen ordentlig motivering att komma med, bara en tanke att det finns väldigt få magiska präster, bag of holdings, etc.