#I write this because I'm reminded of George R.R. Martin complaining about why Tolkien never wrote the Hobbits having sex | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

interstellar-elf · 16 days ago

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Sometimes I think a good piece of writing advice is you don't need to explain everything. Sometimes I feel like some of you writers need to write an appendix for your fantasy story because that would be nice. You can have your story and a little aside about the linguistic tics of the Dwarves or the textile history of the Elves etc. And I think that's nice.

#ash talks #I write this because I'm reminded of George R.R. Martin complaining about why Tolkien never wrote the Hobbits having sex #and knowing there's people who agree with him and consider all fantasy that doesn't have at least one sex scene to be fascistic in nature #like I think some people need to chill #literally #stop acting like writing detailed sex scenes make a fantasy good and grown up #and this isn't an eww sex thing it's basically do you need this #and this isn't to say you don't have to indulge in adding something to the narrative you think is awesome #I just think you'd be happier writing an appendix to your fantasy story

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