I wish I'd seen some of the conversations that sparked this, because for some reason I'm not quite getting your point. (also, sick and end of semester...).
Is it that Eurofantasy isn't actually dead? or that people shouldn't re-write cultures, no matter which culture? Or both?
This sounds argumentative, and isn't meant to. I'm just not sure of the connection of people who misappropriate European cultures to the death of Eurofantasy. I think you know me well enough to know that I also cringe at any world-building based on any culture that doesn't ring true. It has to either be clear that the author is picking and choosing and playing, so that the reader can admire the creativity, or it has to feel right. This is why I think Braveheart and Mists of Avalon are still really good examples: there is the implication that we should believe they are truer that fact, whereas when someone like Pratchett borrows, we know he is playing, albeit with purpose.
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Is it that Eurofantasy isn't actually dead? or that people shouldn't re-write cultures, no matter which culture? Or both?
This sounds argumentative, and isn't meant to. I'm just not sure of the connection of people who misappropriate European cultures to the death of Eurofantasy. I think you know me well enough to know that I also cringe at any world-building based on any culture that doesn't ring true. It has to either be clear that the author is picking and choosing and playing, so that the reader can admire the creativity, or it has to feel right. This is why I think Braveheart and Mists of Avalon are still really good examples: there is the implication that we should believe they are truer that fact, whereas when someone like Pratchett borrows, we know he is playing, albeit with purpose.