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In lugnet.castle, Alex Polimeni writes:
> Subconsciously take some of the ideas? haha!
> The way we see castle worlds like Ikros is because of tolkien. Warhammer,
> the popular minitures game, owes alot to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. so
> does the Sword of Shannara and the other Shannara books.
Okay, that's probably true. However, unlike many others,
I usually tend to be unorthodox and look from the other
side of the boundary. Why borrow from someone else when
I can create my own creatures/ continguincy?
(okay, I admit I have used several principles from
other genres, so I'm not going to be use hypocrisy
and lie about it :)
> If not for lord of the rings, we would not have:
> Orcs
> Goblins as small green creatures
> Halflings
> Treants (which are a AD&D takeoff of Ents. Ents were copyrighted by then, i
> think.)
Why would AD&D take off from ents? Hmm...just changing
the name sounds like of an easy way out, I guess.
> Elves as tall, fair skinned tree loving creatures that use mostly bows
> dwarves
> a all powerful spirit evil
> Demons of darkness
I've read so many people's works that deal with
'magical worlds of elves and goblins.' Not that
I dislike it or anything, just...isn't there more
to write about?
> Im missing a few, i know.
Probably...
> If not for tolkien, there would be very little of what i mentioned above, and
> all stories would be (maby not all) of knights in shining armor.
Nah, I think more people would have used greek and
norse mythology to write their respective works. Not
all fantasy is medieval (in fact, there are very few,
if any, knights in my writing. I'm just going for a
fuse between japanese and brisith culture. That's
going to prove difficult, though.)
In later chapters, you'll find my writing to be
a fuse between fantasy and science-fiction.
> All mid-evil fantasy owes something to tolkien, so
> take the liberty and read it.
I'll pick up a copy and maybe read a few chapters.
(keep note I'm still going to pursue some degree
of originality. No elves or goblins for me, though.
I'm going to create a world from the ground up.)
> Alex
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Fellow lego enthusiast
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| Hi Matt, I too think that it would be a good idea to dive a bit into LOTR. Not, however, to get story/character ideas. You are taking the correct path, IMO, in creating your own world and creatures. The value from LOTR, I believe, will come from the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Subconsciously take some of the ideas? haha! The way we see castle worlds like Ikros is because of tolkien. Warhammer, the popular minitures game, owes alot to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. so does the Sword of Shannara and the other (...) (22 years ago, 21-Dec-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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