#’’For fuck’s sake Timmy IT HAS DRAGONS IN IT!’’/‘’GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALIEN DRAGONS! WHAT PART OF THAT ISN’T SCI-FI?!’’/‘’The DRAGONS!’’
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Tim & Jason have both read the entire Dragon Riders of Pern series.
They regularly have very loud arguments over what genre it falls into.
#(If you ship it please don’t tell me.)#tim drake#jason todd#batfam#timothy drake#robin#red hood#red robin#batman#dragonriders of pern#my writing#my life#mine#//#This is based on the long & sometimes loud arguments /I’ve/ had with people over whether it’s sci-fi or fantasy.#Tim argues sci-fi because of the overall setting and the technology the original colonists had.#Jason insists everything but the origin story is classic fantasy based on both structure & use of tropes.#’’For fuck’s sake Timmy IT HAS DRAGONS IN IT!’’/‘’GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ALIEN DRAGONS! WHAT PART OF THAT ISN’T SCI-FI?!’’/‘’The DRAGONS!’’#’’So is the AI supercomputer fantasy too?!’’/‘’You mean the unknowable mythic beingthat shows up in the 3rd act to impart lost knowledge on#the heroes? Yeah Tim. Classic. The fact it’s made of wires & plastic instead of being afae or something doesn’t change its role in the#story.’’/‘’That’s Yoda. You just described Yoda.’’/‘’Star Wars is fantasy too.’’/‘’OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD—‘’#Dick’s in the corner despairing ever making book recommendations to his little brothers. He just thought they could bond over this.#(They are. This is how Tim & Jason bond.)
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