#fantasyslop

[peoplegettingreallymadatcards]

[neomedievalist]

very good paragraph basically describing neomedievalism in its most trite and least inspired form. brief reductive definition for probably a significant amt of you who dont know what it is, neomedievalism is a fictional medieval setting inspired by other fictional medieval settings rather than the actual middle ages

i like neomedievalism (In the highly specific instances that define it for ME) which is why . its my url. but like the term was kind of invented as like. Well if it was invented today by a twitter user they'd call it fantasyslop. And like admittedly the reason the term needs to exist is bc of derivative shit like this.

the entire reason a medieval setting can be safe and cozy for some ppl is basically bc the fantasy genre has certain tropes and beats that are expected and unsurprising for people. it's escapism and wish fulfillment to the maximum. it reminds me of one of the introductions to neomedievalism that i read that i tend to dislike for being overly negative but i feel is relevant from the paper neomedievalism, hyperrealism, and simulation by brent and kevin moberly:

this is really relevant for this book because it tries to be escapism, "turn-your-brain-off" type of fiction but you can't help but wonder hey how the fuck does this function? i thought this was supposed to be a medieval society? like they said in the article:

this is really the "staging its own death" that they were talking about

[flabebabe]

I love fantasyslop but I'm hoping and assuming that Dragon Quest 11 isn't going to play it this straight through the entire game. I kinda want to spoil it but I'm having a lot of fun wondering what direction this story will take. If someone can tell me if there's a twist or whatever without spoiling it, I'm all ears.

[consistantly-changing]

[Image description: a screenshot of three anonymous 4chan comments, which say:

There's a reason fantasyslop is a term.

It's not a term. You just attach the word slop to everything you don't like or is vaguely popular.

this is postslop]

[cryptid-catnip]

fantasyslop should 100% be a term