Dark Fantasy Worldbuilding: A Subgenre Deep Dive

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  • @LoreGeist
    @LoreGeist  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    What are your favorite elements in Dark Fantasy?

    • @jamestipton3342
      @jamestipton3342 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@LoreGeist The idea that everything is not so cut and dry. That luxury of morality ties to the moment and that survival is the highest importance.

  • @jamestipton3342
    @jamestipton3342 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I'm an aspiring Dark Fantasy novelist, my favorite series are A Song of Ice and Fire and The Elric Saga. Also the next video should be about Sword and Sorcery.

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      asoiaf is a huge favorite of mine (probably noticeable since I mention it in almost every video lol), I'm not that deep into the lore of Elric Saga though. Sword and Sorcery is added to the list! Also, which "branch" of Dark Fantasy would you say your novel fits the most?

    • @tasosalexiadis7748
      @tasosalexiadis7748 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Blood and Souls for my Lord Arioch!

    • @jamestipton3342
      @jamestipton3342 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @LoreGeist Most likely towards Grimdark, especially with certain machinations going on.

  • @PR1ME98
    @PR1ME98 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Berserk is the motivation for my dark fantasy story.
    My friends are aspiring writers as well. But they admitted themselves that their stories are very formulaic and standard.
    I want my stories to haunt people but also give them a sense of hope.

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, berserk is a classic.
      I’m also working on something dark fantasy related, which “branch” of dark fantasy specifically are you writing about?

    • @PR1ME98
      @PR1ME98 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ⁠@@LoreGeistits definitely a mix of gothic and sword & sorcery.
      Its about a group of teenage demigod siblings who have to endure a trial of spending time in the mortal world. If they succeed, they become full gods. But after their deific father released magic in the world decades before they were born, they realize that the world is not the beautiful land that their mortal mother told stories of.

  • @katsandall3673
    @katsandall3673 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I'm currently working on a dark fantasy/scifi novel which is set in a fictional world where at night plants wake up and attack any thing that gets too close. Plants do this because they require blood and moonlight in order to live instead of water and sunlight. (7 year old me came up with this idea, I only rediscovered it reccently).

    • @williamerickson520
      @williamerickson520 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sounds intriguing. Best of luck to you, I would love to read it someday.

    • @johannageisel5390
      @johannageisel5390 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hm, why have those plants not already been eradicated by whatever species lives in your fantasy world and is capable of planning things and using tools and weapons?
      Do the plants camouflage themselves? Do they have powers to defend themselves during the day? Are they absolutely necessary in the ecosystem?

    • @katsandall3673
      @katsandall3673 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@johannageisel5390 it's just a part of the ecosystem, you can't have fresh air without trees. There are lots of interesting ways to make use of the killer plants. Still figuring out some of the uses for them 😅.

    • @johannageisel5390
      @johannageisel5390 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@katsandall3673 Ah, so it's ALL of the plants, not just one species. Yes, that makes it difficult to get rid of them. ^ ^

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That’s a fun concept, I like the idea of kinda maturing a childhood idea into something feasible / working out the kinks and implications. Good luck with that 👌

  • @G-Blockster
    @G-Blockster 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My favorite "dark fantasy" is also my favorite military fantasy: The Annals of the Black Company by Glen Cook. It's been described as the Vietnam War on LSD. And maybe they served as the inspiration. Heavily recommended.

  • @바보Queen
    @바보Queen 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    elden ring is one of the most hauntingly beautiful settings ever..

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It is! Absolutely mesmerizing

  • @williamerickson520
    @williamerickson520 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My two favorite dark fantasy settings are Ravenloft and The World of Darkness franchise. Close behind is the Arkham Horror series with Warhammer's Time of Legends a distant fourth. It is my favorite subgenre of fantasy.
    I have been working on a novel which I describe as conteporary gothic fantasy where a being of living darkness wages a war on humanity for the soul of the world. I'm playing with inversions of good vs. evil as well as questions on what one does with ultimate power. It's been a challenge, to say the least.

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Pretty heavy themes to tackle there, seems pretty interesting. I’m waiting for a huge gothic fantasy epic to come out yet and what that would look like

  • @trollsmyth
    @trollsmyth วันที่ผ่านมา

    My favorite dark fantasy settings are probably the worlds of Cook's Black Company, Moorcock's Hawkmoon, and Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen. I agree that Swords & Sorcery should be next, but also think about doing one on Science Fantasy.

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah, Sword and Sorcery is in the list and will come up soon! With SciFi I need to ask in the community tab if more people are interested in exclusive Sci-fi Content though because the last Sci-Fi video bombed (time travel)

  • @mayorathfoglaltvolt
    @mayorathfoglaltvolt วันที่ผ่านมา

    Personally, I went with a fantasy world which is the "hero's dream". What makes it dark is the POV character's perspective. A different viewpoint of the perfect world.

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  วันที่ผ่านมา

      So which elements of dark fantasy are you including? Also, how many POV characters are you planning?

  • @heretic5579
    @heretic5579 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Please cover sword and sorcery. It’s my favorite genre.

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@heretic5579 it’s not gonna be the next video but it’s the next video about sub genres 👌

  • @KittySapphire8989
    @KittySapphire8989 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I like gothic dark fantasy

    • @LoreGeist
      @LoreGeist  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I like Gothic Dark Fantasy as well. Would like to see something like that in an epic scale but haven't found that yet.

    • @KittySapphire8989
      @KittySapphire8989 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @LoreGeist sure ^^