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So narrow that it encompasses 90% of all fantasy in popular culture? Even science fantasy like Star Wars or Dune are all about swords.
by gherkinnn 3y ago
So narrow that it encompasses 90% of all fantasy in popular culture? Even science fantasy like Star Wars or Dune are all about swords.
- spoiler 3y agoStar Wars has guns. They shoot lasers/plasma instead of lead propeller by gun powder, though. There's fantasies that incorporate various "{propellant}-powered projectile weapons" but your right that they're not common, though (and maybe not considered "classic" fantasy). There's also alchemical way to work in guns into a fantasy setting not reliant on gun powder. Or why not have gun powder; alchemy+magic could be a superset of science even.
- orbital-decay 3y ago> Star Wars has guns. They shoot lasers/plasma instead of lead propeller by gun powder, though. That's just because they're "more advanced" in Star Wars universe, it has nothing to do with gunpowder avoidance. Isolated societies like Tusken Raiders use firearms and that's clearly depicted as a crude tech, long obsolete in the rest of the galaxy.
- spoiler 3y agoYeah I agree with you, I probably muddied my point a bit, though. I just meant to say that fire-arm style weapons (regardless of propellant or ammunition type) still have a place in fantasy settings
- throw0101b 3y ago> Even science fantasy like Star Wars or Dune are all about swords. Shields, personal or larger, hamper many projectile weapons in Dune: the projectile has to 'burrow' through the shield.
- dllthomas 3y agoThat's the justification, but not the reason.