FANTASY FAVORITES TAG// in which Faith rants about unpopular opinions
by
R.F. Gammon
- March 11, 2019
I hope you all remembered to comment on my blogoversary post (I would post a link to that but I'm writing this post two weeks in advance and I'm lazy, lol.) The answers to the Q&A will be coming next week, and now I've decided that there's DEFINITELY going to be a giveaway (of the bookish variety!), so stay tuned for that.
On to today's post, which is, of all things, A TAG!
How exactly did this conversation go? Oh, yeah:
Faith: I stole a tag from Lila!
Faith: I never get tagged for anything anymore. Writing tags must be over :(
Christine:
Nicki:
Christine & Nicki: HERE HAVE A TAG!
So, in other words, I've been double tagged for the wonderful Fantasy Favorites Tag! Without further ado, let's jump into this.
What is your favorite fantasy book?
Well, the proper answer would be Lord of the Rings, wouldn't it? But...but...IT'S NOT. *cowers under a rock*
I know! It sounds totally sacrilegious! But never fear, it's still something good. My favorite fantasy book (or rather, series), would be:
Anne Elisabeth Stengl's Tales of Goldstone Wood.
The characters in this series are amazing, the settings lush, the descriptions gorgeous. They rip your heart out and put it back a little fuller than it used to be. I'm in love with this series, and I think it's a love I will never get over.
Some runners-up:
-Lord of the Rings
-Wingfeather Saga
-Blades of Acktar
-Strange the Dreamer
-The Traitor's Game
(you're not surprised by a single thing listed here are you)
What is your favorite fantasy movie or TV show?
Seeing as I don't watch TV (except for kids' shows and Doctor Who, neither of which count as fantasy), we're going to go with movie.
There's only one right answer here, and that would be the one, the only, Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Yes, the movies are actually incredible. Do I agree with everything they changed? No! Do I like Faramir or appreciate the Osgiliath subplot or like the way Frodo treats Sam? Not at all. But these movies are, hands-down, the best ever made. There, I admitted it. There are definitely other movies that rank very, very high in my heart (Amazing Grace, anyone?) But Lord of the Rings is the single best movie series ever to grace the silver screen.
Some runners-up:
-The Princess Bride
-The Chronicles of Narnia
-It's actually really hard to think of fantasy movies? I really only watch sci-fi/action/animated movies, so I'm not really sure.
-Dr. Strange. It's magic. It counts. xD
Who is your favorite fantasy hero/heroine?
Whyyyyyy do you torment me in this way? I can just imagine you all cackling right now. *glares*
Hero:
-Aragorn
-Leo/Lionheart of Southlands
-Sam Gamgee
-Mortimer/Silvertongue/Bluejay
-Simon Hatch
-Lazlo Strange
-Leith Torren
-many, many others
Heroine:
-Eowyn
-Kestra Dallisor
-Rose Red/Varvare
-Renna Faythe
-Others but I can't actually think of any at the moment? Lol
Who is your favorite fantasy sidekick?
Dustfinger of Inkheart! (Who's also a protagonist and a villain's sidekick but can serve as a sidekick...his role changes drastically depending on who you ask)
Who is your favorite fantasy villain? (The one you most love to hate)
Ahhh, this is actually super hard? I feel like it's very easy for fantasy villains to be one-dimensional or creepy without much else to them, and I really love my villains to be well-fleshed-out. I'm NOT mentioning my own characters here, because I'm not that person xD (but one of them is SO ANNOYING to write and I hate her with all my heart because she BUGS me with her very existence, so her, maybe? No names given here but you might could guess if you've read it xD.)
Fine, we'll go with the Wingfeather Saga villains. Ouster Will, the Stone Keepers, Khrak, Gnag the Nameless, the spoiler characters...ALLLLL of them. This series has the best villains.
What is your favorite fantasy sub-genre?
Honestly, if it's super quirky like anything by Laini Taylor or Maggie Stiefvater, I'm gonna love it. Quirky fantasy. xD (Okay, I know that's not a thing really, but for the sake of argument...)
What is your favorite thing about fantasy?
The possibilities are endless and you can write a story with a plot that's more than angst and bad romance! *gives historical and contemporary the evil eye*
What is your favorite fantasy realm?
Goldstone Wood, obviously. *shivers with delight* It's so dangerous but so beautiful. <3
What is your favorite magic fantasy system?
I'm really digging the magic system of the Traitor's Game right now! Only one particular race of people, the Endreans, have magic, and so the villain, Endrick, has it and is trying to eradicate it from everyone else. It gives you super cool powers, but you have to be careful, because magic is corrupting and will steal your soul and turn you bad, given enough time. It's so dangerous and awesome like everything else in that series and I love it. *runs away to cry someplace because I am slain* (Also, the powers are SO COOL.)
Sell me a fantasy book! Have you written a fantasy book? Give me your best pitch for it! Have you read an exceptionally great fantasy book recently? Convince me to make it my next read!
I feel like I scream about all the books I love, both that I'm reading and writing, WAAAAAY too much?
But we'll try this. Try is the key word here. I hate pitching.
A princess who never asked for this responsibility.
A boy who only wanted a chance.
Their worlds will collide, and this war will never be the same.
Princess Esma Pentegreen longs for peace--but those days are long behind her and her kingdom. With her family entangled in a war they don't understand and never asked for, secrets and betrayals are everywhere. Spies could lurk in every shadow.
When a patrol captures perhaps the most important prisoner the Pentegreens have ever held, Esma finds herself thrown headfirst into a conflict she had sought to avoid when she volunteers to interrogate this mysterious boy...
Me, going into author fangirl mode: Oh, and there's also a spy girl hiding more than her scars, a soldier boy determined to be the optimist here, about forty thousand other spies (plus assassins!), and a slew of magic abilities that may or may not include mind control at some point...
I won't be tagging anyone for this (look at me, being a nice person! *glares at Nicki and Christine*), but I hope you enjoyed reading this!
Chat with me in the comments about your fantasy reads! Do you agree with my choices? Or am I ridiculously controversial here? XD Let me know what you think?
