> I'm still thinking about it, but I do wonder if diverse casting works in European fantasy stories. Hmm, I haven't seen Rings of Power, but your statement see

> I'm still thinking about it, but I do wonder if diverse casting works in European fantasy stories. Hmm, I haven't seen Rings of Power, but your statement seems to be a not-so-subtle for a Think Bigger call for revolutionary new fantasy story settings. Not just stories, not even worlds, but complete mythical ecosystems. I've read a few fantasy stories lately by non-white non-male authors that were good, even great, like The Fith Season. Others that I was too dismissive of, with my own ugly biased offhand remarks, like Binti. Ironically, I'd rather roll up a character in the Binti universe. Which seems like one interesting Litmus test for a "Kuhnian Paradigm" shift in fictional work. Could I imagine sitting around with friends in a campaign in this world? We'll always have the classic fantasy setting. It uses metaphor effectively to tackle capitalism and war and minority issues. But you can ironically escape that now. I think others saw that before me too.