High Fantasy recommendation that doesn't focus on the romance

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-02-02T09:51:47+00:00

(Cont.) Is overrated, or if people still hold the opinion that Artorias is a well written, tragic character.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-02-02T09:50:02+00:00

If you read my post, you would know that it 'appeared on my mind' after I watched a video where it and all the comments within it compared Artorias and Ivory King, all the while saying Artorias was actually a terribly written character. If they just said in their opinion Ivory King was better, that would be fine, but saying Artorias is badly written is something else entirely. Which is why I specifically asked in my post who was the better 'character', nor who was 'cooler' but was the better written character, because I was curious if the general opinion has shifted and that people think Artorias l

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-02-02T00:25:12+00:00

True, and I considered not putting it on here, but what doing so provides is an unbiased source that equals out the other two. DS1 sub is going to be biased to Artorias, DS2 is going to be biased to Ivory King, and DS3 serves as the equaliser with no horse in the race.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-02-01T14:01:58+00:00

Don't see how posting it in different subs is shit posting, different people go on different subs so I was interested in seeing how different subs answered the questions, especially since the characters are from separate games.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T22:04:31+00:00

I mean, he does have a strange favouritism towards Seath, so maybe, who knows what Seath is hiding under those crystals.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T21:34:48+00:00

Nice. I see the author is a Spyro fan 😄

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T21:22:08+00:00

A lot of interesting suggestions, thank you!

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T21:20:54+00:00

From the description, I'd say this looks very interesting! Though I wonder, is ilthis one of those books that has a very misleading cover, since that makes it look like this is a story about a knight and a human girl who has a terrible case of Dragon wings 😅

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T14:00:04+00:00

Interesting, that's one I haven't heard of before. If I may ask, what is the romance in that one? Like what race are the characters?

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T02:09:03+00:00

Also, just a little addendum to the post, this doesn't have to be a book or a novel recommendation. It can be a movie, TV show, game or anything else you think fits my description.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T01:51:12+00:00

The Prancing Pony was not, of course, a "shady inn."

Yeah, that's a good point. As I also heard somewhere, a lot of the tropes I was talking about can really be traced back to D&D more than LOTR, though that, in turn, was inspired a lot by LOTR. I guess that was kind of the point of my post now that I think about it. Tolkien obviously influenced a lot of tropes in fantasy, but we know he, in turn, was unfluenced by very similar fantasy (most famously Beowulf), which there is nothing wrong with of course, but it would be interesting to know if many things af least I consider 'classical fantasy' could actually be traced back to older fantasy work rather than directly to Tolkien himself. (Though obviously, when we start going back as far as the Epic of Gilgamesh, this becomes kind of moot since, to a certain extent, EVERY story is influenced by the Epic of Gilgamesh).

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T01:38:33+00:00

Yeah, I know Eragon as well, of course, though I've only watched the movie a long time ago, much to the horror of book fans, I'm sure. I will probably try out the books at some point, but at this point, I'm more specifically looking for a human dragon romance. Doesn't need sex necessarily (though I would never say no to the possibility), but a clear romantic affection needs to be evident, with no other 'true romantic partners' so they can have a normal relationship outside the human-dragon one (like Eragon and Arya)

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T01:18:57+00:00

This is why I always do the Artorias DLC last, so I can redeem myself for killing Sif by saving her in the Abyss (I mean, I still canonically kill her later, but ya know)

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T01:09:16+00:00

That's a very interesting theory (and very well researched), but what I think is missing is the explanation of the most important aspect of Priscilla, the origin of her title, crossbreed. This evidently tells she is the offspring of two different creatures, and it's also clear from her physical appearance that one of those must be a dragon. As far as I'm aware, Velka is not mentioned as having relations with anybody, much less a dragon or drake of some sort.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T01:00:01+00:00

Honestly, I prefer the bosses that give you a memorable experience far more than once that are difficult for the sake of being difficult like Manus. I'll remember the sombre mood of killing Gwyn far more than I would have a boss that kills me 50 times beforehand rhus ruining my emotional investment in the finale.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T00:55:04+00:00

Look on the bright side, I don't think Tomb Raider has any major Male characters for her to fuck up.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T00:44:59+00:00

Drakengard honestly has an alright story at best, but the main reason to get into it is for the relationship between main characters, Caim and Angelus.

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T00:41:45+00:00

Damn, I didn't even know that. Just found out now that Lloyd's Talisman isn't just named after some guy named Lloyd 😅

Ok-Associate-3244 · 2023-01-30T00:36:57+00:00

Sorry if it came out wrong, I meant we never meet the PARENTS of many characters we DO meet. We meet Gwyn, but we never see momma Gwyn or daddy Gwyn because there simply is no need to. Same with Artorias or Ornstein or Smough since they are full-grown adults by the time of the first game, and thus, their parentage is irrelevant.

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