New chapter of Agent Carter: Phantom Pain is up. In today’s chapter our characters explore wormholes, eldritch gods, unravelling plots, and Clarke’s Third Law! And you can read it all here:
high / epic fantasy - a genre of fantasy that holds its own world and creatures. examples of this could be J.R.R. Tolkien's LOTR, or C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia
low fantasy - a genre where there are regular magical happenings in "our" world—such as a magical school, or people with magical abilities. this could be found in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, or Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away
urban fantasy - essentially low fantasy, only it takes place in an urban setting such as a big city. an example of this is Cassandra Clare's City of Bones
sword and sorcery - fantasy that is centred around swords, magic, and witchcraft. it is a subgenre of high fantasy. a book is Robert E. Howard's Conan series
dark fantasy - fantasy elements mixed with horror. The Atlas Six, by Olivia Blake
fable - a story with a moral lesson
arthurian fantasy - anything derived from the tales of King Arthur (the Sword in the Stone, etc.)
crosswords fantasy - essentially where the main character crosses between their world and a fantasy world. an example of this could be Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
dragon fantasy - what it sounds like.
historical fantasy - a cross between the historical fiction and low fantasy subgeneres. it could be set in a royal court filled with goblins, for example, in a time that was once present on earth.
Okay actual Blorbo Wrapped for 2023 (in attempted chronological order) (focusing on new/particularly more intense than usual blorbos for brevity’s sake)
Professor Aronnax, Conseil, Ned Land, Captain Nemo (20k Leagues under the Sea) (yes I need to name every single one)
Sherlock Holmes
Cassandra Sithe (my TTRPG character)
Victor Frankenstein
Xenk (DnD movie)
Mina Harker
Maruki (Persona 5 Royal)
The Spot (Across the Spiderverse)
Major Hob, Chirp Featherfowl (ACOFAF)
Cui Buqu, Pei Jingzhe (Peerless)
Ballister Boldheart (Nimona movie)
Sissel, Yomiel (Ghost Trick)
Arlo Black, Howard Margrove (Candela Obscura)
Nona, Camilla (The Locked Tomb)
Walter Hartright (The Woman in White)
The Fix, Imelda Pulse (Mentopolis)
Laudna, Fearne, Imogen (Critical Role)
Zulf (Bastion)
Resh’an (Sea of Stars)
Arthur Holmwood
Inspector Lestrade (Granada Holmes)
Rocky, Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary)
Otto von Chriek (The Truth)
Oscar (Malevolent)
Blorbo-in-laws include Asterion (BG3), Basil Hallward (Dorian Gray), all of Helen’s danmei faves, and Varney the Vampire.
Jesper and Inej from Six of Crows are blorbos-in-process.