#for having a fantasy

[daisywords]

One of my biggest nitpicks in fiction concerns the feeding of babies. Mothers dying during/shortly after childbirth or the baby being separated form the mother shortly after birth is pretty common in fiction. It is/was also common enough in real life, which is why I think a lot of writers/readers don't think too hard about this. however. Historically, the only reason the vast majority of babies survived being separated from their mother was because there was at least one other woman around to breastfeed them. Before modern formula, yes, people did use other substitutes, but they were rarely, if ever, nutritionally sufficient.

Newborns can't eat adult food. They can't really survive on animal milk. If your story takes place in a world before/without formula, a baby separated from its mother is going to either be nursed by someone else, or starve.

It doesn't have to be a huge plot point, but idk at least don't explicitly describe the situation as excluding the possibility of a wetnurse. "The father or the great grandmother or the neighbor man or the older sibling took and raised the baby completely alone in a cave for a year." Nope. That baby is dead I'm sorry. "The baby was kidnapped shortly after birth by a wizard and hidden away in a secret tower" um quick question was the wizard lactating? "The mother refused to see or touch her child after birth so the baby was left to the care of the ailing grandfather" the grandfather who made the necessary arrangements with women in the neighborhood, right? right? OR THAT GREAT OFFENDER "A newborn baby was left on the doorstep and they brought it in and took care of it no issues" What Are You Going to Feed That Baby. Hello?

Like. It's not impossible, but arrangements are going to have to be made. There are some logistics.

#idk what to tag this #worldbuilding #writing fiction #historical fiction #fantasy #a real-life example: my dad (a pediatrician) was once entrusted with the care of a baby who was born with a rare condition #this was in a place without great hospital/medical access and anyway they were going to fly the baby over #and he specifically asked them to bring the mother and baby #they show up with baby and...the baby's uncle #and he was like. y'all. do you think I asked for the mom to come just for fun??? We don't have formula here. what is the baby going to eat?

[septembersart]

the epic highs and lows of high school bloodrush...

#fhjy #fhjy spoilers #dimension 20 #fantasy high #artists on tumblr #illustration #my art #arts #digital art #truly obsessed #want to draw the cafeteria confrontation next i just have to rewatch first

[lizardsfromspace]

Still in awe of how well the D&D movie mimicked the feeling of D&D without doing anything as tediously literal as a "sitting around the table" framing device. The way some characters have names that sound like names a DM improvised on the spot, the sudden appearance and disappearance of a overpowered DM NPC for a single dungeon, the way they used the fact that characters can plausibly just mess up for no clear reason to escalate action scenes...that was cinema

#film #movies #if it weren't for the unironic dead wife flashback it'd be a perfect film #but also it's really funny to have a high fantasy film have a 'dead wife giggling under the sheets' shot so #dungeons and dragons

[colourmeastonished]

Body swap movie where one of them has invisible disabilities and when the other one lands in their body they immediately collapse catatonic on the floor from the pain and fatigue and the first one is like 'oh damn guess I don't have to worry that I'm faking it anymore'

#i have this fantasy of one my able bodied friends and or coworkers occupying my body for like an hour #just to get a real sense of how much i am truly weathering hellfire every day of my life #sometimes i take stock and im like holy crap ive gotten so used to so much #im a frog in a pot and ive convinced myself the bubbling is just fun ambience #my thoughts #invisible disability #chronic illness #chronic pain

[tired-fandom-ndn]

Extremely nitpicky but I hate white wedding gowns in fantasy, especially when they make absolutely no sense in the setting. No, that culture in the far north that prioritizes function over form and mostly wears heavy furs would not have the means, ability, or desire to make a sleeveless ivory silk gown with a semi-sweetheart neckline. Please be sensible about this and use your creativity instead of just slapping a Kleinfeld wedding gown into a medieval fantasy setting.

#WHERE ARE THEY EVEN GETTING SILK #HAVE THEY FORMED A TRADE ROUTE WITH FANTASY CHINA

[elucubrare]

i firmly hold that it's my duty as a reader to believe it when an author tells me at the beginning of the series that the dragons are gone forever and never coming back. but god it's a struggle sometimes.

#that is: i don't think it's fair to hold that kind of genre knowledge against a specific instance of it #not even because while i've read hundreds of bad fantasy novels someone else might not have read any #but because hm. 'the dragons are gone' is the foundation of a kind of feeling - discovery; renewal; awakening - #there's not a way to get the feeling later on without laying the foundation #so even if the foundation feels like busywork for me the reader #it has to be there in some form or other

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

You know, it's kinda funny how much of high fantasy centers around kings and nobility and courtly intrigue considering that the archetypal high fantasy, Lord of the Rings, had the rather explicit moral of "saving the world is up to this backwater hick and his gardener because no politician, least of all inherited nobility, would have the ability to see past their own ambition and throw away a weapon". Oh sure, Aragorn is a great king and all, but there's a reason he's over there running a distraction ring while the hobbits do the real work. Sauron loses because he gets distracted by kings and armies and great battles (i.e. typical high fantasy stuff) letting Frodo and Sam sneak through his back door and blow it all to hell.

Just saying, maybe old Jirt knew what he was saying when he said that the small folk doing their best and holding to each other was more powerful than a dozen alliances and superweapons and we should respect him for it.

#high fantasy #tolkien #lotr #lord of the rings #to be clear i don't mind courtly intrigue high fantasy #it's fascinating and it's fun and it is absolutely still high fantasy cause JRRT doesn't have a monopoly on how high fantasy should be writ #what i object to is the idea that it is the only or the best way to write high fantasy when we have such a stunning counter example

[glassrooibos]

FABIAN DON’T DO THAT. THAT’S SCARY.

#dimension 20 #fantasy high #adaine abernant #fabian seacaster #fantasy high junior year #illustration #this was so fun #adaine… is this kristens room? #and the immediate DREAD #YOU FEEL #love it love it #Lou plays a great spooky game. #baron from the baronies #honestly? slay from baron #they seem cool actually #let em join the bad kids I think #they’re serving looks #they have the cunty curly wig #love it #Adaine also not catching a BREAK!!!

[minionsunclee]

We’re haemorrhaging money on the groundskeeper, Jawbone!

Some of my favourite little bits. This is like the first time i fully color them ^.^ it was fun. Took wayy longer than it shouldve LOLL

#fantasy high #d20 #fhjy #d20 fhjy #gorgug thistlespring #riz gukgak #fig faeth #kristen applebees #adaine o'shaughnessey #fabian seacaster #rizs vein is so special to be i better see everyone drawing it from now on #also god i love gorgug i was gonna include the bobby dawn but where he says just a regual freak but i didnt have enough spcae

[angsty-art-ist]

certified coolkid moment: finding the rotting corpse of your classmate in the woods

#i know the players were mostly focusing on the mystery in this scene. but for the characters that must have been terrifying #i’m so emo about lucy frostblade #i hope she knows that she’s being avenged. i hope she knows her body was found. i hope she knows the rats stood vigil around her grave #arcades art #illustration #procreate #fantasy high #fantasy high d20 #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high fanart #dimension twenty fanart #dimension 20 fanart #fantasy high dimension 20 #dimension twenty #dimension 20 #kristen applebees #kristen chilis applebees #fabian aramais seacaster #fabian seacaster #fig faeth #figueroth faeth #gorgug thistlespring #adaine o'shaughnessey #adaine abernant #riz gukgak #the bad kids fantasy high #the bad kids #lucy frostblade

[colinprovolone]

the low quality children

#FINALLY. ALL OF THEM #it’s fun how the colours on this ended up similar to the only other time i drew them all #d20 #fh #fhjy #fantasy high #my art #riz gukgak #fabian aramais seacaster #gorgug thistlespring #adaine abernant #fig faeth #kristen applebees #the bad kids #i’m so glad i don’t have to draw tiedye i’m eternally thankful for kristen’s new outfit #god what is fabian wearing. i do not know

[cinnamon32]

i love riz gukgak because hes a little cunt but is also kind and gentle at heart and i love gorgug thistlespring because he is kind and gentle at heart but is also a little cunt

#fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #d20 fhjy #dimension 20 #d20 fantasy high #they have such an underrated dynamic #gorgug thistlespring #gorgug fantasy high #its gorgug keep going #riz gukgak #the ball #both of them are such cunts (both in the lgbt slang way and the normal way)

[xiewho]

its all love baby

#fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #dimension 20 #gorgug thistlespring #fig faeth #fhjy #d20 #my art #gorgug hauling his ass to do 4 yrs of coursework only for aa to say “yeah u didnt have to in fact u shouldntve” is CRAZY #fig mvp honestly #AUUAGHH THEY WERE ALL SO COOL i really fw combat eps

[the-greatest-magic-of-all]

Can't wait for Hallariel and Gilear to come back to Seacaster Manor only to find that their home is now essentially a youth community centre.

Studying! Dance and Music! Martial students use the Seacasters' training grounds and equipment! Fabian hires a life guard because so many kids want to use his pool! Kids who don't have enough food at home know that they can go to the Manor and order whatever they want and Fabian won't even notice the charges!

Fabian basically starts a YMCA in his house.

#i just find it so funny that he’s supposed to have a party house but it's now become this wholesome hangout spot #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fabian seacaster #fabian aramais seacaster #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high junior year spoilers

[bardic-irritation]

Fucking props to Zac Oyama for successfully pulling off what is probably one of the most brilliant attempts to outsmart the DM I've ever seen in the history of Dimension 20.

#'and then... i have mindless rage...' #LOSING MY MIND HE'S SO SMART #going in the hall of fame with Emily's aso 'how did you know there'd be a plinth' moment #zac oyama is so iconic to me #dimension 20 #fhjy #fantasy high #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year #d20

[hamable]

You’re Ruben Hopclap. You’re a teen rock star headlining a local festival. Your interim principal attempts to kill you multiple times. The elusive crush you wrote all your songs about vanishes with some other kids and returns covered in gore. The most popular guy in school jumps fifteen feet in the air, turns to you with a smirk and says, “I’m actually a huge fan,” and spears said principal through the core. Your crush boards a bus going who knows where. Someone gets on a mic and tells everyone to go home. It’s been four minutes.

#I want Ruben to have a little crush on Fabian am I crazy #fhjy #fantasy high #dimension 20 #fantasy high junior year #I think Ruben can have a little bi crisis as a treat #even for just a moment #the most popular jock ultimate legend straight As football captain hero just saved his life #he’s allowed to lay in bed tonight staring at the ceiling like ‘uh oh’ #fantasy high spoilers #fhjy spoilers #fantasy high junior year spoilers