This brings uniformity between worlds, but it also shows a level of unoriginality when it comes to interspecies relations. Elves hate dwarves, orcs are always evil bandits, humans are always seen with some disdain, and all vampires are monstrous killers. Why is this?įor one thing, fantasy has many racial traditions authors and readers accept without thinking about them. I went on to realize how often fantasy goes with the multiple races hating or distrusting each other. This relationship made the earlier scene even stranger unless one sees it as a bunch of drunks teasing a stranger being hit on by a woman. In fact, I had a half-elf running a school where one of her senior staff was a dwarf who was one of her dearest and oldest friends. This racial feud never popped up anywhere else. It would be years later that I looked at the scene, which still worked for what I needed, and wondered why I took such a path. Why did I do this? All because I was much younger and I never thought about going away from the overused cliché of elves and dwarves hating each other. A character is in a tavern and is hit on by an elf while a bunch of dwarves tease him for the encounter. Enjoy.)Īt the start of Beginning of a Hero, I touched on a cliché of fantasy because I didn’t know any better. So, this can act as a sneak peek of a book I hope to release before the end of the year. Instead, I realized I had a lengthy section of Do I Need to Use a Dragon? (Fantasy Writing Tips) that covered the topic of racism in fantasy. (I was going to write a post about the traditional Elves vs Dwarves in fantasy.
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