tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post4462753049597388145..comments2023-03-25T19:02:40.687+08:00Comments on Trees Are Not Lollipops: Why do Adults Read Fantasy?Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06949383007237428146noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-26602196791819198692009-04-17T07:17:00.000+08:002009-04-17T07:17:00.000+08:00I'm an oddball because I've never been into fantas...I'm an oddball because I've never been into fantasy much. Not as an adult anyway, but of course it's different when you're a kid. I still struggle with fiction at times, but only when it comes to adult stories. Spirituality is a totally different story for me, as is religion.Rena Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328844122193024220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-27709139646577457322009-04-15T08:45:00.000+08:002009-04-15T08:45:00.000+08:00Beautifully put, Angela.
It's a shame adulthood ...Beautifully put, Angela. <br /><br />It's a shame adulthood tends to preclude time for imagination isn't it?<br /><br />Now...why is everyone so afraid of the word 'spirituality'? Is that not a belief in something beyond the norm, a sense of wonder?Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949383007237428146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-84431126831431957312009-04-15T07:32:00.000+08:002009-04-15T07:32:00.000+08:00I think this is right on the money. As adults, pro...I think this is right on the money. As adults, probably the most common words of wisdom to kids is, 'Don't be in a hurry to grow up'. No matter how we might say otherwise, it isn't because of the lack of responsibilities, the free time, the clean laundry magically appearing in our dressers...it's the magic we miss most. Once we grow up, we loose the freedom we once had to look at everything sideways. As kids, the world and all the things in it have infinite possibilities. As we mature, knowledge squeezes out imagination. We fold it up, smaller and smaller, making room for things that impact us in the real world, things like morgages and rooms that need painting and buying the kids new shoes for school. <br /><br />Fantasy lets us escape all of that and return to what we used to be: ignorant, impressionable and imaginative. Free.Angela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-62224048907556358302009-04-15T03:23:00.000+08:002009-04-15T03:23:00.000+08:00Eric said it, and much better than I can.
Readin...Eric said it, and much better than I can. <br /><br />Reading is a sort of escape, and with normal fiction, the distance is not big enough. I can still read about stuff that is uncomfortably close to my problems. With fantasy, a magical barrier makes that distance absolute, and I feel I can safely submerge in a whole different world. <br /><br />I personally, am not seeking for something spiritual in fantasy (at least not on a conscious level).Luc2https://www.blogger.com/profile/01069557738924277313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-39825542016228185092009-04-14T20:55:00.000+08:002009-04-14T20:55:00.000+08:00Good post, I felt bad for the boy who felt sad abo...Good post, I felt bad for the boy who felt sad about his loss of wonder! I just think if a story is well written, no matter what genre, it is well received. Maybe adults like the aspect of childhood where anything is possible, and we want to relive that a little, too.Kelly Polarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968381456100611120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-25219924435933721482009-04-14T12:43:00.000+08:002009-04-14T12:43:00.000+08:00I think we are all adventurers at heart. I'd like...I think we are all adventurers at heart. I'd like to think there's a bit of Huckelberry Finn in me. However, it's not possible to truly have all those adventures in one lifetime; so we let all those fictional people have them for us. We just go along for the ride.<br /><br />Great topic!<br />Warm Regards,<br />MelanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-27106868319693062332009-04-14T11:05:00.000+08:002009-04-14T11:05:00.000+08:00Eric, you could be right. It's always nice to get ...Eric, you could be right. It's always nice to get away from reality when you need a break.<br /><br />Martha, yes, you need rules in any fantasy, but I love it when fantasy merges with reality. But then, I'm slightly mad! :)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949383007237428146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-39384180327799832942009-04-13T14:02:00.000+08:002009-04-13T14:02:00.000+08:00I also think, as fantastical as fantasy is, there ...I also think, as fantastical as fantasy is, there is always order and rules and part of me likes controlled imagination. I have a much harder time with magic realism and that kind of inexplicable fantasy.Martha Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577165520610942727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277366449172785787.post-42677282367959396842009-04-13T12:05:00.000+08:002009-04-13T12:05:00.000+08:00Well, if the adults are anything like me (heaven h...Well, if the adults are anything like me (heaven help us), fantasy helps drag us away from the humdrum of normal life. Its also a great way to go somewhere that there is no stress, no impending disaster (other than within the story maybe). Its a form of release, and I think you're stretching to say its a search for something more spiritual. It may be, but I think its more basic than that. Its something different, something interesting, and something thats not part of our "normal" lives. Variety is indeed the spice of life.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07823808700523297184noreply@blogger.com