I know it's a skit, but that "Fantasy books are all the same" line gave me such a visceral reaction that I actually had to pause the video and compose myself again.
Mainstream readers: “Fantasy is full of cliches” Meanwhile on the best sellers list: “check out this great new novel about….. a criminal detective!!!!! 😮”
Very accurate. I get this every time I read or watch anything remotely fantasy and get mocked for doing so but my family will watch endless dramas and soap operas and claim they are "realistic" and "grounded" or something lmao
I don't really see the point of reading fictional stories that could happen to be honest. If I want to read about something that can happen I'll read a history book or a biography
@@laurencewinch-furness9450 hahaha and that's what I mostly get when I'm saying that I also like reading eg classics... 🤣🤣 Well, in history books it's not the same! You cannot know what exactly where the personalities of the characters involved or what are their thoughts and other experiences! In biographies, the "problem" is that you cannot know, you can only guess that that person was like that purely from his actions or sayings... So fiction books are the only way to go!
Ha! As the second child in a family of seven children, I can say this is completely accurate! My brothers and sisters would spend their money on Legos and toys and spend their days outside playing sports, and I spend my entire day reading. First it was Narnia, then LotR, then EVERYTHING by Tolkien, then the Witcher, then the wheel of time and currently The Stormlight Archive, with many in between!
Tolkien is my favorite. A lot of people dislike Wheel of time and call Robert Jordan a rip off of Tolkien, but that’s what I love about fantasy; there are so many different styles of writing within the genre and it is always expanding into new directions.
I'm so glad I come from a family of sci-fi and fantasy nerds. Obviously I've had this convo with others, but I never had to live with it. My sympathies! 😃
And then you finding them reading your book a week later. "I thought you didn't like fantasy?" "I only picked it up because I was bored. It's still dumb though"
Who likes fantasy lmao, I'll go read classics like Alice in wonderland, a hundred years of solitude, dracula, a Christmas carol, the picture of Dorian gray, the metamorphosis, etc. Those are good, unlike those books with fantasy elements on them, they nauseate me.
I have a sister who is three years younger than me, and for my ENTIRE LIFE I was always the reader and she never was, and it broke my heart that we couldn't share books together....and NOW she suddenly got hooked on Mistborn!!!!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR HER TO ENJOY BOOKS AND SHARE THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF READING WITH ME!!!!!! And Brandon Sanderson as her FIRST book!? Impressive! She loves it! Whenever I see her reading them, I secretly take pictures of her because seeing her reading makes me sooo happy. I'VE BEEN WAITING MY ENTIRE LIFE FOR THIS MOMENT!!!!!! /pos
As the son of 2 nerds who Played D&D in the 80's, and who grew up on LOTR, was introduced to Dragonlance by my dad, and Shakespeare by mom. I can firmly say that people like this in my experience are just tired of many of the tropes in typical fantasy. Which I think makes this all the better as the Witcher novels actively use and mock those tropes.
>DnD Players >Your Parents Shit man, I'd rather my dad be the type to either go out for milk or be the type to only see me as a person when I become a doctor than ever have to deal with "people" with mid taste in games.
I have my favourite genres like everyone else but I am able to appreciate skill and the beauty of all genres that I read so far. I like fantasy exactly because it's not real and "nonsensical", it's an escape, trying to imagine so many mythical world with your imagination can lead you to beautiful places and sometimes, the plot of the books, is very adventurous and teaches good lessons. I love nonfiction, but there is beauty in reality and in imagination as well.
I don’t get the fantasy hate. Personally, I read very little of it but that doesn’t mean it’s not an art! Let people read what they want, books can be amazing an every genre.
I have seen similar opinions about YA, Sci-Fi, Romance and Children's Lit. I am exclusively reading one genre or other, but I'd have to admit it's quite silly to just make caricature of a book of what YOU think about the genre as a whole. People who bash books/movies/shows without watching or reading them without any pre conceived notion are pretty closed minded. Like fine, you don't want to read it or watch it, but please for the love of god, stop bashing it for no reason and let others enjoy it in peace.
Fantasy book have wonderfull literature and words but some people always hate fantasy and only like classics I dont know why people doing like fantasy It's the best genre out there !
Oh man the irony. Yesterday I was reading a fantasy book and my “younger” brother came to me and told me: “Why don’t you read a good informative book?”
It is literally my mother.Whenever she come to my room while I am reading an fantasy book she is saying'This is not an book for me.It has no literature side.When I was at your age I was reading Anna Karenina,why dont you read that?(Believe me It is always that book) and after that she does an scan to my bookshelves and saying'Ohh you are wasting soo much money for nonliterature books which are doesnt add something to your life' and she just go after that.
As a fantasy/sci-fi/magical realism reader myself, this video made me boiling lol. A short funfact, the word ‘magic’ in my country is only limited to ‘witchery’ (so to say, in my Native language, magic/sorcery = witchcraft). Moreover, in our society, psychic/shamanic practitioners still exist and in remote villages those people are considered important (especially in medical field). Nowadays, that job is viewed to bring negative influence, but people generalize that all ‘magic system’ in fantasy genre ONLY contains wizardry like Harry Potter or Gandalf from LOTR. I think this is also one of the reasons that fantasy as part of literature in my land is very underdeveloped (our fantasy books are 99% the translated Western fantasy novels or Japanese manga). Even a local (famous) author who experimented to write in this genre was too ashamed to call his magic system with the term ‘magic’ (he used the word ‘power’ instead and explained the magic system as real-world-based rational as possible… which is even to put it in hard-magic system category, it objectively doesn’t make any sense lol). So yeah, it’s sad that the one who stigmatises fantasy genre is the whole society, but it doesn’t prevent me to consider fantasy as my most beloved genre in literature :) Btw, if you ask, I come from Southeastern Asia.
I'm so glad my dad likes sci fi, and my friends like it too, and both sometimes read my recommendations. But it sucks not being able to talk to people about your favourite books, and when people don't appreciate reading as much as you do.
I was in a creative writing class and I submitted a fantasy story in which a guy is traversing some mountains and confronts a mountain god who controls the wind. The god make the wind cut the guy's face. One of the people said having it be debris was more realistic.
I don’t like fantasy for a number of reasons. However, I get the sense of this skit is to poke fun at readers who act pretentious for hating a specific genre and say that it’s not a good genre. Who are you to decide what is a good genre? I’ll be the one to admit that I can’t wrap my head around most fantasy books and I’ll jokingly say “why would I read a 900 page book about characters who’s names I cannot pronounce?” Because typically that is what fantasy books are like, base off the ones I have seen. I’m allowed to roast my least favorite genre, but I’m not allowed to make anyone feel bad for reading it. It’s just not for me.
Right, and that is totally okay. But yes when you dismiss other people's choices just because you don't like it. That is the problem. I might know some people like that too...
I literally had this conversation with someone and theeen I asked “well what do you read then? Any suggestions?” She replied “Oh I don’t read. I watch tv” blaaaugh RAGE!!! 🤬
People that hate fun infuriate me. They can't accept that people like escapist stuff. I've been told I'm encouraging mediocrity in art and I've actually been insulted and yelled at for my part in the "dumbing down" of entertainment (their words). All because I think you can't control what you like and that entertainment is a subjective experience.
This makes me think of articles I've seen of people who don't understand fantasy but don't understand why if a setting has fantasy elements such as mystical races or creatures or magic but why most think it's ridiculous for it to have blank aspect.
This and the tired old "videogames/comics are just for kids". I think it comes down to envy, really. Their own imagination is so stunted that imaginative things scare them or give them an inferiority complex.
I was a book snob once, thinking only "classics" were good reads. boy was i wrong. Although I didn't love the Lord of the rings and the Hobbit I recognize the genius mind of Tolkien and enjoyed reading his trilogy most of the time-- will surely re-read it in a couple of years. Loved Harry Potter but I'm heading towards other series as well (GoT, the mirror visitor series, Mistborn) mixed with other genres
Yeah.. people so often don't understand that fantasy has logic аnd that the world in this lives according to certain laws. We even have a scientific fantasy in which the laws of the magical universe are explained in such a way as to at least roughly correlate with the laws of physics although what I'm talking about, some people don't understand when I bring a hypothetical situation in a dispute
I used to be a high fantasy fan before but not anymore. Ngl I'm not intrested in most books anyway cuz I get bored in a second even if its a best selling or whatever. All those details are just brutally overwhelming and painful for me! But I prefer movies and I van take any details about it. that's just ok. Anyone has their oen cup of tea. Making fun of any troupe is just dumb (unless for memes lol)
Witcher is awesome. I completionist ran Witcher 3 then went back and read the books. Then played Witcher 1 and 2…then replayed Witcher 3 again with quality of life mods. It was a journey man, good times. I work in a very rough field. Lot of machismo and alpha type people. I fit in and do the work well but I always catch shit when conversation turns to hobbies and entertainment. Nobody gets it. But I do like to bust the stereotype of sci-fi/fantasy aficionados being weaksauce chuds. Even turned a few people on to tabletop gaming. I work so much that my coworkers are like family, so this hits home lol.
Something happened today that reminded me of this video. I was reading a fresh, new book I had bought from the shelves of Barnes and Noble and was at a burger restaurant with my mom. The book was The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne. I was reading it peacefully while my mom was in the bathroom when this crotchety old lady walks up to me, snatches the book from my table, tears it up, and tosses in the trash can. She tells me that "fantasy isn't real literature and I should pick up a book that will improve my intellect, not destroy it." I went off on her right then and there. Long story short, my book was ruined and we went back to B&N for an entirely new book(Malice also by John Gwynne) because that was their last copy of The Shadow of the Gods.
Omg that is terrible! It is so hard for me to believe that someone would do that to another person just minding their own business reading a book. I hope you get to read The Shadow of the Gods soon!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 It sucked for sure. But I have enjoyed what I’ve read of Malice. I was at another Barnes and Noble yesterday, but couldn’t find Shadow of the Gods. I did find Dragons of Autumn Twilight and A Sword Named Truth, though. Both seemed interesting, so I bought. 🤣
Thank you! My bookshelf is unfortunately in my closet since that is the only area my toddler can't get to. So it might be hard to do a bookshelf tour any time soon
Luckily, I haven't experienced that for fantasy!! Though I do have experienced the opposite many times: Why do you like reading eg classics/other-than-fantasy? The whole point is to be transported into a different world, why read about realistic setting and events? 🤣🤣
They were tricked into thinking game of thrones was fantasy for people who hate fantasy, and did for fantasy what watchmen did for comics, when in reality it was just part of a subgenre people didn’t know existed before the show came out.
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 yeah you will really like Berserk it's a dark fantasy. As a novel reader you are already familiar with dark fantasies so you will have a great time reading it and like you don't have to imagine the world, creatures and other things they are already present there, the whole manga medium is great. One more recommendation - Monster it's of course a manga.
He is the guy who probably doesn't realize.... That Mistborn is also kind of a spy thriller mixed with a darker fantasy world. (Also before anyone replies... please no spoilers... I didn't finish the first book yet.)
I'm reading the Mistborn series (& Brandon Sanderson) for the first time, too! Am about 1/2 way through book one. Really enjoying his writing style! Joe Abercrombie books are my next to try 👍
Well if you have never read fantasy I would start with the chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, or the Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
As much as it gets overrated by its fanatical fanbase the Harry Potter books are a great starting point on account of just how easy they are to read. Im not a fast reader and I got through its longest book (800 pages) in just a week and that was while juggling it with my uni course and my social hobbies. But if you want something more adult then try the First Law Trilogy, it has some of the most interesting characters Ive ever read and it has a great sense of sardonic humour that dosent interfere with the dark tone of the books. If you want a standalone maybe try Tigana.
My mom loves a good fantasy story, but she still hates the word "magic," especially if it's in the context of reality. Not that she hates magical powers or magical things in general; it's just that the very word "magic," in her opinion, is such an irresponsible word used by people who try to con or scheme their way through life. She likes words like "power" or "energy."
I’m wondering what your reasoning is behind claiming that people who read mostly just classics don’t know the definition of “good literature.” There is an obvious difference between literary fiction as it is commonly described and most fantasy novels. Most classics are classified as literary fiction and most fantasy novels are classified as, well, fantasy. By definition a reader of “literary fiction” (annoying as the term may be) is equipped to know what qualifies good literature, much the way a fantasy reader can know what qualifies good fantasy.
You basically illustrated what it was like getting English literature degree. Like we had utopias and distopias and a bunch of utter nonsense, but "fantasy" genre was not even mentioned ONCE. And the most hilarious is that a lot of 'classics' would be categorized as fantasy by our modern standards.
I want to read good fiction or fantasy book but don't know from where to start ,the only fiction or fantasy book I read was Germino Stallion and Goosebumps so I would really appreciate some recommendations from Veterans.
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I know it's a skit, but that "Fantasy books are all the same" line gave me such a visceral reaction that I actually had to pause the video and compose myself again.
Those people have never heard of things like Imajica and Dune
@블랙나르시사 no one is changing your mind that has already been made up 😂😂 we don’t care
@@themushroom_dude dune is scifi
Mainstream readers: “Fantasy is full of cliches”
Meanwhile on the best sellers list: “check out this great new novel about….. a criminal detective!!!!! 😮”
Very true!
It's either that, or another book about someone's affair with a married woman.
@@Normaschthewanderer the lack of self awareness in this comment is hilarious 😆
@@ZaxololRiyodin Where's the lack of self awareness?
@@user295. in the comments above
Very accurate. I get this every time I read or watch anything remotely fantasy and get mocked for doing so but my family will watch endless dramas and soap operas and claim they are "realistic" and "grounded" or something lmao
I don't really see the point of reading fictional stories that could happen to be honest. If I want to read about something that can happen I'll read a history book or a biography
The books, film and tv shows that has fantasy have the most real stories If that make sense.
@Laurence It's about preferences
Because surprise twins are so common🤣
@@laurencewinch-furness9450 hahaha and that's what I mostly get when I'm saying that I also like reading eg classics... 🤣🤣
Well, in history books it's not the same! You cannot know what exactly where the personalities of the characters involved or what are their thoughts and other experiences! In biographies, the "problem" is that you cannot know, you can only guess that that person was like that purely from his actions or sayings... So fiction books are the only way to go!
Ha! As the second child in a family of seven children, I can say this is completely accurate! My brothers and sisters would spend their money on Legos and toys and spend their days outside playing sports, and I spend my entire day reading. First it was Narnia, then LotR, then EVERYTHING by Tolkien, then the Witcher, then the wheel of time and currently The Stormlight Archive, with many in between!
@@hhhfdsfs 💀
@@hhhfdsfs you surely don't go to the beach. Or do you like sand now?
Tolkien is my favorite. A lot of people dislike Wheel of time and call Robert Jordan a rip off of Tolkien, but that’s what I love about fantasy; there are so many different styles of writing within the genre and it is always expanding into new directions.
@@Shrek-ru5of indeed
Oh hey! I'm just starting Oathbringer!
Edit: I actually just got it in the mail today but I only read 30 pages because I had to go somewhere -_-
I'm so glad I come from a family of sci-fi and fantasy nerds. Obviously I've had this convo with others, but I never had to live with it. My sympathies! 😃
This is just a regular conversation between me and my father. I loved it.
"Fantasy books are all the same"
Me: so you have chosen, death
And then you finding them reading your book a week later. "I thought you didn't like fantasy?" "I only picked it up because I was bored. It's still dumb though"
First stage
Denial
Who likes fantasy lmao, I'll go read classics like Alice in wonderland, a hundred years of solitude, dracula, a Christmas carol, the picture of Dorian gray, the metamorphosis, etc. Those are good, unlike those books with fantasy elements on them, they nauseate me.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 your comment is totally on point
Journey to the West is the only good fantasy book. Arguably the Illiad too.
I think Tolkien and Lewis have good quality to them, but I agree that classics are pretty good.
@@georgerichardson7505
Lewis' apologetics and theological arguments, though, is just pure sophistry and is a surefire way to get brainrot.
Dont forget Sherlock Holmes. Which has him survive falling like 50 feet while Moriarty still dies
I have a sister who is three years younger than me, and for my ENTIRE LIFE I was always the reader and she never was, and it broke my heart that we couldn't share books together....and NOW she suddenly got hooked on Mistborn!!!!!! I'VE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE FOR HER TO ENJOY BOOKS AND SHARE THE MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF READING WITH ME!!!!!! And Brandon Sanderson as her FIRST book!? Impressive! She loves it! Whenever I see her reading them, I secretly take pictures of her because seeing her reading makes me sooo happy. I'VE BEEN WAITING MY ENTIRE LIFE FOR THIS MOMENT!!!!!! /pos
I don't know if you are a Harry Potter Fan or not but you had the perfect moment to say " I DID MY WAITING.....12 YEARS IN AZKABAN" 😕😕
@@sangeetamukherjee hahaha!!! True!!!!😍🤣🤣
That's really cute.
Hahaha This has to be satire lol
Lol I love how the paper on the shirt changes every time. I paused each to read them.
As the son of 2 nerds who Played D&D in the 80's, and who grew up on LOTR, was introduced to Dragonlance by my dad, and Shakespeare by mom. I can firmly say that people like this in my experience are just tired of many of the tropes in typical fantasy. Which I think makes this all the better as the Witcher novels actively use and mock those tropes.
I love this! This is the kind of parent I will be! 😂
>DnD Players
>Your Parents
Shit man, I'd rather my dad be the type to either go out for milk or be the type to only see me as a person when I become a doctor than ever have to deal with "people" with mid taste in games.
Then a game comes out and now they like it (Witcher), or a TV series comes out... (Game of Thrones)
I have my favourite genres like everyone else but I am able to appreciate skill and the beauty of all genres that I read so far.
I like fantasy exactly because it's not real and "nonsensical", it's an escape, trying to imagine so many mythical world with your imagination can lead you to beautiful places and sometimes, the plot of the books, is very adventurous and teaches good lessons. I love nonfiction, but there is beauty in reality and in imagination as well.
I don’t get the fantasy hate. Personally, I read very little of it but that doesn’t mean it’s not an art! Let people read what they want, books can be amazing an every genre.
I have seen similar opinions about YA, Sci-Fi, Romance and Children's Lit. I am exclusively reading one genre or other, but I'd have to admit it's quite silly to just make caricature of a book of what YOU think about the genre as a whole. People who bash books/movies/shows without watching or reading them without any pre conceived notion are pretty closed minded.
Like fine, you don't want to read it or watch it, but please for the love of god, stop bashing it for no reason and let others enjoy it in peace.
Fantasy book have wonderfull literature and words but some people always hate fantasy and only like classics I dont know why people doing like fantasy It's the best genre out there !
Lol the changing notes were a nice touch
Thank you!
That is just like me but my brother doesn’t even read. Always great vdeos
Thank you!
As someone with a deep love for fantasy and temper issues, shouldn't have watched it.
I can relate. I hate explaining why books and other things are great. Also, Tolkien's books are awesome. AWESOME, I SAY!
Oh man the irony. Yesterday I was reading a fantasy book and my “younger” brother came to me and told me: “Why don’t you read a good informative book?”
And normally those people rarely read
Please make a video of what's like reading the witcher 🙏🙏❤
It is literally my mother.Whenever she come to my room while I am reading an fantasy book she is saying'This is not an book for me.It has no literature side.When I was at your age I was reading Anna Karenina,why dont you read that?(Believe me It is always that book) and after that she does an scan to my bookshelves and saying'Ohh you are wasting soo much money for nonliterature books which are doesnt add something to your life' and she just go after that.
Your mom needs to get a wake up call and realize all books are literture and non-literture books don't exist
As a fantasy/sci-fi/magical realism reader myself, this video made me boiling lol. A short funfact, the word ‘magic’ in my country is only limited to ‘witchery’ (so to say, in my Native language, magic/sorcery = witchcraft). Moreover, in our society, psychic/shamanic practitioners still exist and in remote villages those people are considered important (especially in medical field). Nowadays, that job is viewed to bring negative influence, but people generalize that all ‘magic system’ in fantasy genre ONLY contains wizardry like Harry Potter or Gandalf from LOTR. I think this is also one of the reasons that fantasy as part of literature in my land is very underdeveloped (our fantasy books are 99% the translated Western fantasy novels or Japanese manga). Even a local (famous) author who experimented to write in this genre was too ashamed to call his magic system with the term ‘magic’ (he used the word ‘power’ instead and explained the magic system as real-world-based rational as possible… which is even to put it in hard-magic system category, it objectively doesn’t make any sense lol).
So yeah, it’s sad that the one who stigmatises fantasy genre is the whole society, but it doesn’t prevent me to consider fantasy as my most beloved genre in literature :) Btw, if you ask, I come from Southeastern Asia.
You from India?
I'm so glad my dad likes sci fi, and my friends like it too, and both sometimes read my recommendations. But it sucks not being able to talk to people about your favourite books, and when people don't appreciate reading as much as you do.
I love your channel. You are incredibly down to earth, and I especially love how you don't beg for subs. One does get tired of that.
Thank you!
i have literally never met someone who explicitly dislikes fantasy. that is such a bizarre mindset to have
I was in a creative writing class and I submitted a fantasy story in which a guy is traversing some mountains and confronts a mountain god who controls the wind. The god make the wind cut the guy's face. One of the people said having it be debris was more realistic.
@@Normaschthewanderer lmao
I don’t like fantasy for a number of reasons. However, I get the sense of this skit is to poke fun at readers who act pretentious for hating a specific genre and say that it’s not a good genre. Who are you to decide what is a good genre? I’ll be the one to admit that I can’t wrap my head around most fantasy books and I’ll jokingly say “why would I read a 900 page book about characters who’s names I cannot pronounce?” Because typically that is what fantasy books are like, base off the ones I have seen. I’m allowed to roast my least favorite genre, but I’m not allowed to make anyone feel bad for reading it. It’s just not for me.
Right, and that is totally okay. But yes when you dismiss other people's choices just because you don't like it. That is the problem.
I might know some people like that too...
I have same conversation with my mom and sister everytime I read fantasy books or watch fantasy movies 😂
I literally had this conversation with someone and theeen I asked “well what do you read then? Any suggestions?” She replied “Oh I don’t read. I watch tv” blaaaugh RAGE!!! 🤬
People that hate fun infuriate me. They can't accept that people like escapist stuff. I've been told I'm encouraging mediocrity in art and I've actually been insulted and yelled at for my part in the "dumbing down" of entertainment (their words). All because I think you can't control what you like and that entertainment is a subjective experience.
Please make a video on what it's like to read The Chronicles Of Narnia.
This makes me think of articles I've seen of people who don't understand fantasy but don't understand why if a setting has fantasy elements such as mystical races or creatures or magic but why most think it's ridiculous for it to have blank aspect.
Those kind of people disturb our precious reading time, and annoy the hell out at the same time.
They have a special place in hell for that.
You point out all my teeth-clenching pet peeves in a world that doesn’t value books or reading.
Ok Ok Ok... How can i make skits as creatively as you? Another great one man!
Glad you like them!
This and the tired old "videogames/comics are just for kids".
I think it comes down to envy, really. Their own imagination is so stunted that imaginative things scare them or give them an inferiority complex.
Exactly.
People regard fantasy as childish, then praise a book like "Faust" (which has magic in it)
But its really good too though
Why do I get the feeling that this was personal. 😆
LotR is the best book series ever! In fact JRR Tolkien is the best Author ever!
Imagine saying all fantasy is the same, when The Dark Tower exists
These skits are so relatable
WOW!!! My brother was in that skit.
"UGH! i hate reading fiction! i _only_ read nonfiction because im smart!"
like bro just admit you're a little boring, its okay
The Witcher is amazing
Your videos are becoming veryy interesting!
Thank you!
Nice video. Thats me and my dad 🤣🤣🤣
"anyway how would you know?" exactly 💯
Interesting
I was a book snob once, thinking only "classics" were good reads. boy was i wrong. Although I didn't love the Lord of the rings and the Hobbit I recognize the genius mind of Tolkien and enjoyed reading his trilogy most of the time-- will surely re-read it in a couple of years. Loved Harry Potter but I'm heading towards other series as well (GoT, the mirror visitor series, Mistborn) mixed with other genres
Yeah.. people so often don't understand that fantasy has logic аnd that the world in this lives according to certain laws. We even have a scientific fantasy in which the laws of the magical universe are explained in such a way as to at least roughly correlate with the laws of physics
although what I'm talking about, some people don't understand when I bring a hypothetical situation in a dispute
Don’t kill me but fantasy was never really my cup of tea but lord of the rings and Harry Potter and the Witcher are an exception
It's all good! I'm glad you at least gave Fantasy books a chance. :)
Day 1: Can you please make a video of the Stormlight Archive
Oh yes, absolutely!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 thanks
I used to be a high fantasy fan before but not anymore. Ngl I'm not intrested in most books anyway cuz I get bored in a second even if its a best selling or whatever. All those details are just brutally overwhelming and painful for me!
But I prefer movies and I van take any details about it. that's just ok. Anyone has their oen cup of tea. Making fun of any troupe is just dumb (unless for memes lol)
*can
That's fine. Some books and reading in general are just too challenging for certain people. As long as you don't judge anyone's else's taste in books.
This video is a lot like how it feels to discuss religion with strangers online.
I'm also into dimensional elves, they look damn good
*Im slowly getting into fantasy for a series of MLPFIM fanfictions*
"Fantasy books are all the same". This can be only said by someone who either read less than 3 fantasy books or none.
Witcher is awesome. I completionist ran Witcher 3 then went back and read the books. Then played Witcher 1 and 2…then replayed Witcher 3 again with quality of life mods. It was a journey man, good times.
I work in a very rough field. Lot of machismo and alpha type people. I fit in and do the work well but I always catch shit when conversation turns to hobbies and entertainment. Nobody gets it. But I do like to bust the stereotype of sci-fi/fantasy aficionados being weaksauce chuds. Even turned a few people on to tabletop gaming. I work so much that my coworkers are like family, so this hits home lol.
Something happened today that reminded me of this video. I was reading a fresh, new book I had bought from the shelves of Barnes and Noble and was at a burger restaurant with my mom. The book was The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne. I was reading it peacefully while my mom was in the bathroom when this crotchety old lady walks up to me, snatches the book from my table, tears it up, and tosses in the trash can. She tells me that "fantasy isn't real literature and I should pick up a book that will improve my intellect, not destroy it." I went off on her right then and there. Long story short, my book was ruined and we went back to B&N for an entirely new book(Malice also by John Gwynne) because that was their last copy of The Shadow of the Gods.
Omg that is terrible! It is so hard for me to believe that someone would do that to another person just minding their own business reading a book. I hope you get to read The Shadow of the Gods soon!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 It sucked for sure. But I have enjoyed what I’ve read of Malice. I was at another Barnes and Noble yesterday, but couldn’t find Shadow of the Gods. I did find Dragons of Autumn Twilight and A Sword Named Truth, though. Both seemed interesting, so I bought. 🤣
"It's not like you ever read fantasy." More like, it's not like you ever READ, period.
Hi! Nice video! Will you do a bookshelf tour?
Thank you! My bookshelf is unfortunately in my closet since that is the only area my toddler can't get to. So it might be hard to do a bookshelf tour any time soon
Luckily, I haven't experienced that for fantasy!! Though I do have experienced the opposite many times: Why do you like reading eg classics/other-than-fantasy? The whole point is to be transported into a different world, why read about realistic setting and events? 🤣🤣
Exactly. Fantasy haters are such r-tards
I’m on the blood of elves, so these videos have been oddly coincidental for me lately. Love it lol
Hey there I'm a new subscriber and you are funny p.s have you read the books written Rick Riordan
Thank you! I read Percy Jackson back in the day. But that is the only Rick Riordan I've read
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 ok and he's also written Heroes of Olympus and Trials of Apollo and Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase and The Gods of Asgard.
This was accurate before TV Game of Thrones. Then… these people is silent, and irrelevant
They were tricked into thinking game of thrones was fantasy for people who hate fantasy, and did for fantasy what watchmen did for comics, when in reality it was just part of a subgenre people didn’t know existed before the show came out.
Ugh people who say things like this make me so angry
I'm the one who doesn't read fantasy 🤣
🤣🤣 I’m an older brother and I love books!!
So true
"Fantasy books are all the same." middle school girls
"So are romances." middle school boys
I had to watch this video twice because I only realized by the end that the text on your chest changed every cut.
Hey a suggestion read "Berserk" it's a Japanese comic/manga.
Cool, thanks for the recommendation!
@@miketravelsnowhere6557 yeah you will really like Berserk it's a dark fantasy. As a novel reader you are already familiar with dark fantasies so you will have a great time reading it and like you don't have to imagine the world, creatures and other things they are already present there, the whole manga medium is great.
One more recommendation - Monster it's of course a manga.
I think your sketches would improve a lot if the editing was tighter, just far fewer moments of silence would improve the pacing.
Thanks for the tip!
Very accurate :)
He is the guy who probably doesn't realize.... That Mistborn is also kind of a spy thriller mixed with a darker fantasy world.
(Also before anyone replies... please no spoilers... I didn't finish the first book yet.)
I'm reading the Mistborn series (& Brandon Sanderson) for the first time, too!
Am about 1/2 way through book one.
Really enjoying his writing style!
Joe Abercrombie books are my next to try 👍
@@ladyfox6705 Yeah Mistborn is my first Brando Sando experience. It's pretty good.
I am so lucky that my entire family are fantasy and sci-fi nerds 🧝♂️
you're super funny n humorous you will be hyped one day
Serious question: why do you guys like fantasy? And what are some good beginner books?
Well if you have never read fantasy I would start with the chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling, or the Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
As much as it gets overrated by its fanatical fanbase the Harry Potter books are a great starting point on account of just how easy they are to read. Im not a fast reader and I got through its longest book (800 pages) in just a week and that was while juggling it with my uni course and my social hobbies. But if you want something more adult then try the First Law Trilogy, it has some of the most interesting characters Ive ever read and it has a great sense of sardonic humour that dosent interfere with the dark tone of the books. If you want a standalone maybe try Tigana.
The hobbit is where I started it might work for you.
So ppl i wanna get into fantasy but the genre is overwhelming
Some recs?
"Oh, okay, 'Lord of the Rings'"
(Pulls out what appears to be a flip phone and starts quickly tapping random buttons) 😅🤣😂😹😆😅🤣😂
“How can you take the story seriously if it has nonsense like that?”
Simple, it’s this funny little human concept called fun.
The Dark Tower series are decent too
I've heard a lot of good things about the Dark Tower series. I might have to read that series when I get through my backlog
Don’t tell these people Star Wars is basically just fantasy.
"Time-traveling space elves" loool
Would like to read a book with these elves
My mom loves a good fantasy story, but she still hates the word "magic," especially if it's in the context of reality. Not that she hates magical powers or magical things in general; it's just that the very word "magic," in her opinion, is such an irresponsible word used by people who try to con or scheme their way through life. She likes words like "power" or "energy."
In this special case your brother is right... Fr, it's the most none-of-good-qualities book I've ever read, and i've read a lot
Why are both characters looking towards the right-hand side, and not towards each other?
Good catch! :)
that’s my mom but with science fiction
Grand Teton on his shirt literally means great b00b in French 😂
lol I did not know that. Makes you wonder why they named a National Park that. :)
I’m wondering what your reasoning is behind claiming that people who read mostly just classics don’t know the definition of “good literature.” There is an obvious difference between literary fiction as it is commonly described and most fantasy novels. Most classics are classified as literary fiction and most fantasy novels are classified as, well, fantasy. By definition a reader of “literary fiction” (annoying as the term may be) is equipped to know what qualifies good literature, much the way a fantasy reader can know what qualifies good fantasy.
You basically illustrated what it was like getting English literature degree. Like we had utopias and distopias and a bunch of utter nonsense, but "fantasy" genre was not even mentioned ONCE. And the most hilarious is that a lot of 'classics' would be categorized as fantasy by our modern standards.
Why even care what other people read?
Close minded people are the worst.
Unfortunately they're the majority
This is literally my dad except he doesn’t read but he doesn’t like the movies
lol
I want to read good fiction or fantasy book but don't know from where to start ,the only fiction or fantasy book I read was Germino Stallion and Goosebumps so I would really appreciate some recommendations from Veterans.
Wow, ya have siblings that actually read? Im the only reader in the family. It is lonely.
Exsqueeze me, the witcher has INTERDIMENSIONAL ELVES?!?!?!?
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