tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post7877352816693283351..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Romantic Fantasy and the Heroine's Journeytrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-17194126840601135762016-09-19T17:24:42.300-05:002016-09-19T17:24:42.300-05:00@Trollsmyth Sheepfarmer's Daughter (and the re...@Trollsmyth Sheepfarmer's Daughter (and the rest of the books in that series) read like a D&D game because the basic storyline came from a game of D&D Elizabeth Moon played at a convention, The Village of Hommlet or The Temple of Elemental Evil if I remember correctly. Paksenarrion even fights giant frogs near a moathouse filled with bandits in one of themNostrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00768178696239135304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-46957537555316192652016-08-21T12:32:24.893-05:002016-08-21T12:32:24.893-05:00@ TS:
Back in Ye Old Telnet days of my university...@ TS:<br /><br />Back in Ye Old Telnet days of my university youth (circa '95), a MUSH was like a MUD except that it was more concerned with role-playing and crafting stories. If a MUD was the precursor to MMORPGs (like Warcraft, etc.), than the MUD was kind of the on-line equivalent of a LARP. <br /><br />Actually, that's a terrible apples-oranges analogy. Sorry.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-61198654410415367922016-08-19T17:32:41.702-05:002016-08-19T17:32:41.702-05:00Timothy Brannan: Yep, not far off at all.
JB: Tha...<b>Timothy Brannan:</b> Yep, not far off at all.<br /><br /><b>JB:</b> Thank you. But wait, old MUSH games? Please tell me more. I'm afraid I missed most of those.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-48742706253464739882016-08-19T16:34:02.834-05:002016-08-19T16:34:02.834-05:00@ Trollsmith:
Wow, this is the most clear, concis...@ Trollsmith:<br /><br />Wow, this is the most clear, concise description of heroine/romantic fantasy that I've ever read. This is the stuff those old MUSH on-line games were made of.<br /><br />There must be a way to do this in an RPG. Something like what Blood Red Sands does with rotating protagonists. Jeez, now I want to get a copy of Blue Rose just to strip it down and re-jigger it to the genre!JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-88059242287778770902016-08-19T15:37:23.792-05:002016-08-19T15:37:23.792-05:00Or basically, Wizard of Oz, minus any romance.
Or basically, Wizard of Oz, minus any romance.<br />Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-41541448201873761182016-08-19T09:41:08.226-05:002016-08-19T09:41:08.226-05:00Scott Anderson: Really? I'll admit, I haven&#...<b>Scott Anderson:</b> Really? I'll admit, I haven't seen a romcom since "The Truth About Cats & Dogs" I think. Got any to recommend?<br /><br /><b>faoladh:</b> <a href="http://snowwitchshieldmaiden.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Snow Witch, Shield Maiden</a>. Kiel's been working on it for a while now, and he just started playtesting at GenCon.<br /><br /><b>PCBushi:</b> Yep, it's not quite the same (there were multiple teases that Ron and Harry were going to end up rivals in a love triangle, for instance), but it's not too far off. I've also heard it posited that A Song of Ice and Fire is a romantic fantasy in which everything goes horribly, horribly wrong. trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-60687994033982030702016-08-19T07:46:44.661-05:002016-08-19T07:46:44.661-05:00That formula reminds me of Harry Potter, actually....That formula reminds me of Harry Potter, actually. Minus psychic familiars or gays. Orphan living in a bad family situation; stands up for Ron and makes his first and best friend. He "collects" friends and allies who are kind of outsiders or marginalized - arguably Hermoine, Luna, Neville, Hagrid, etc. Perhaps doesn't fit your description perfectly, but that's the first story that came to mind for me. "Family" is put in danger when war comes and people start dying. And finally Harry goes to sacrifice himself to end it.PCBushihttps://pcbushi.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-46218958547350522802016-08-19T02:51:00.221-05:002016-08-19T02:51:00.221-05:00"SW, SM"?"SW, SM"?faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-53606387808267053482016-08-19T00:05:51.147-05:002016-08-19T00:05:51.147-05:00This sounds almost exactly like a modern romantic ...This sounds almost exactly like a modern romantic comedy movie.Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.com