Mainstream Fantasy

[chasingisis]

It's okay. I figured you guys would have to slap me down. I'm just too passionate about fantasy to shut up about it. And I probably stepped on someone's toes. Sorry.

I'm also intriegued as to why I can't change the modification to my post. But I'll assume some higher-up has control over that.

[Entsuropi]

It's part of this forum. When you type something the admins deems to be vulgar, it automatically replaces the text with something different (usually something the admin in question thought was the height of humour, but it rarely is).

To get rid of it, you have to remove the text. Try putting in numbers or spaces to break up the offending word.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Well THIS particular filter was specifically designed in response to a newbie who was very gangta' and used a lot of net abbreviations.  One he used all the time was  "w u t" for the word "what".  So they filtered it so that everytime he typed that it would change it to I'm a moron.  Nothing personal against you, but man it was hilarious at the time.

I really do like what you have to say about fantasy, but when I saw that in Wu-thering Heights, I just busted up laughing.

Don't worry about it.  

[JP Dogberry]

I've seen scholars claim I'm a moron too.

[chasingisis]

Ok. That explains so much.   I was worried I had really offended somebody, and I felt bad about it.

Actually, though, it is very funny ? that newbie must have been so frustrated!

From now on it's WU-THERING HEIGHTS

[stacer]

ChasingIsis, I completely agree with you on all your arguments about fantasy. No time to respond, though.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

actually, i'm removing that line. We don't usually think it's ht height of hilarilty, just an accurate depiction of what we think about the use of the filtered word.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Well its safe to say wut

[silver_kage]

I think science fiction is fine as main stream, ive read a lot and i do not get bored I just can't find stories that are good enough . . . .
Some say authors such as Robert Jordan should have kept their series short and continued for too long but i completely disagree! The newer books are of a slightly different style than we are used to but they are still equally as good as the older books, they are just a bit more complex and may require slowing down the pace to truly understand them. . .
I believe that mainstream will always be popular, it is merely finding mainstream fantasy that has a sufficiently intriguing plot! The epic/quest/coming of age style is still my favourite!

[Bookstore Guy]

less thread necromancy please.

[Madjius]

I had no idea Fantasy was only 25 years old.
In asia there are tales witch are thousands of thousands of ears old.

Anyways.
I belive that as time pass, more readers will flock to our obsessive behaviour and some will keep reading, some will stop. But some, will start writing their own fantasy's