the art of dying and being dead

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1.  An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic.

2.  The limitations of a magic system are more interesting than its capabilities.

3. Go deeper instead of going wider - expand on what you already have before introducing new elements

if all of the fantasy races in your setting (except ones that are very racist caricatures) are white and based off of white european cultures you’re doing a bad job

if any of the fantasy races in your setting are based off of a poc culture (e.g.: japan, china, native american cultures, etc) but the people in that fantasy race are white/predominantly white you’re doing an Even Worse Job

if all of the fantasy races in your setting (except ones that are very racist caricatures) are white and based off of white european cultures you’re doing a bad job

if any of the fantasy races in your setting are based off of a poc culture (e.g.: japan, china, native american cultures, etc) but the people in that fantasy race are white/predominantly white you’re doing an Even Worse Job

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Your high fantasy world can have dragons, magic, or entirely new races and species, but somehow it’s impossible to make the cultures non-homophobic? 

How curious.

i have noticed that there’s a lot of white writerblrs and the last time i created a post like this, i put poc and/or lgbt, which got a lot of reblogs yes! but it was mostly white lgbt, which is great, don’t get me wrong, however i’d like to follow more POC writers and creators!

it is astounding how people of color are considered “unrealistic” in settings of any sort. it can be fantasy, sci-fi, historical fiction, and you’ll always get people decrying the “””accuracy””” of the material.

you know, the material that has fire-breathing dragons, magic, and mystical prophecies. or aliens, parallel universes, commercial space travel. hell, plausible things that could have happened in history.

there is no goddamn reason why people of color can’t be a part of the story, especially when typically, everybody is white in fantasy, or a horrible stereotype against a) black people or b) Jewish people. it’s more uncreative to stick with your fearful, racist, hate-fueled interpretation of ONLY white people everywhere.

now, the amazing thing is that you don’t need a reason or lore excuse or anything to have a diverse population in a fictional world. it will better your stories and writing to research other races and people because hey! there’s more to the world than fucking european history.

here’s a homework assignment: look up pre-colonial philippines. and know that pre-colonial filipinos had a higher literacy rate than madrid. just a fun fact to set you up for something beyond the “jungle savages” people imagine when they think about what my people could have possibly been before spain came to plunder and subjugate.

AND DON’T YOU DARE TRY TO TAKE POC HISTORY AND LAY IT OVER WHITE PEOPLE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT.

but asian people alone are real, tangible people in this world and it’s more unrealistic to say that we’re NOT here.

especially when the population in asia is 4.541 billion.