I also have issues with the overwhelming straightness of most UF, among other things (and authors who act like they're going to go there and then go "Teehee, don't worry! Protagonist is still straight!" /bitter)
One of them said, "I'm writing fantasy--why shouldn't my world be full of beautiful people?"
Because that would be boring, unless we're redefining beauty outside of its narrow conventional definition? And even then, that would be boring (and probably villain-less).
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Date: 2011-04-05 07:54 pm (UTC)One of them said, "I'm writing fantasy--why shouldn't my world be full of beautiful people?"
Because that would be boring, unless we're redefining beauty outside of its narrow conventional definition? And even then, that would be boring (and probably villain-less).