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19 May

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Fantasy is defined by being fiction, being impossible, and using fantasy aesthetics.

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With these three definitions in place-fantasy being fiction, which is impossible, which is presented with intentional fantasy aesthetics-we can finally approach the purpose of this essay.

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Fantasy requires structure to succeed as a literary genre.

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Yet in order to succeed as a literary genre-to change from stories whimsically imagined, to stories repeated around hearth fires, to stories that fill the pages of novels in a satisfying and profound way, fantasy must adopt structure.

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Fantasy can be defined as the genre where anything can happen.

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Fantasy can be, at its most simple, defined as the genre where anything can happen.

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26 January

Brandon SandersonKorrents 26 Jan

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Generative AI models lack the capacity for personal growth or change through the act of creation.

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It cannot be changed. It can be changed by feeding it more copyrighted material, but creating the new work will not change it. It will not learn. It will not grow. It will not care.

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The process of creating art is as significant as the resulting product.

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The most important thing to understand is that the process of creating art makes art of you.

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