Fantasy Sub-Genres EXPLAINED!

I go through and define as many sub-genres of fantasy as possible! There are so many. Fantasy is one crazy landscape of ideas man.

[whalewil]

I believe that magic realism is a mostly Latin American subgenre where magic is mostly seen as normal and some normal things are seen as magical. In the most famous Magical Realism book (100 years of solitude) the book begins with the main characters father showing the main character Ice. There is also a moment where it rains flowers and it is seen as normal.

[besc]

1:52 Alternative history
2:18 Arthurian Fantasy
3:00 Assassin Fantasy
3:30 Christian Fantasy
4:06: Comic/Absurdist Fantasy
5:05 Coming of Age Fantasy
6:01 Court Intrigue Fantasy
7:02 Dark Fantasy
7:42 Dragon Fantasy
8:02 Epic/High Fantasy
10:16 Erotic Fantasy
10:40 Fable/Fairy Tale Fantasy
11:13 Gaslamp Fantasy
12:10 Grimdark Fantasy
13:18 Gunpower/Flintlock Fantasy
14:10 Heroic Fantasy
14:27 Low Fantasy
14:49 Magic Realism Fantasy
14:57 Medieval Fantasy
15:03 Military Fantasy
15:08 Paranormal Fantasy
15:17 Quest Fantasy
15:39 Portal Fantasy
15:48 Romantic Fantasy
15:54 Science Fantasy
16:05 Series Fantasy
16:11 Steam Punk Fantasy
16:32 Superhero Fantasy
16:43 Swashbuckling Fantasy
17:22 Urban/Modern Fantasy
17:56 Vampire Fantasy
18:14 YA Fantasy

[johnmobley]

I love how discworld literally helped people come to terms with death. Viewed it less as something scary and more as an inevitable comfort. Fans with terminal illnesses genuinely sent letters to the author explaining how his depiction of death made them less scared, how they hoped he was as kind.

[tisus]

When Daniel said “dragons that are important.”
and my mind screamed Eragon. I really felt that

[KingsandGenerals]

If anyone is looking for a unique urban fantasy, Russian author Lukyanenko can be an interesting option. Most of the books in his World of Watches series are available in English.

[juanpablovillarroel]

Magic realism is s genre that adds magic or fantastical elements to a realistic setting and usually deals with exploring the culture of a society. It was really popular in Latin America in the 20th century and it's most known authors are Latin American like García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges, Isabel Allende, etc. Great video btw.

[albinodeer]

The "this sub-genre is better than that one" comes when some people forget that what they like isn't an objective truth
What they should be saying is "this sub-genre fits my tastes better than that one" and a lot of the unnecessary conflicts would not come up

[JMTgpro]

Daniel, magical realism is Sanderson's antithesis.
It is where fantasy has no rules beyond serving as allegory. Where the fantasy is part of the ordinary to the point of being ignored.
Example; One Hundred Years of Solitude. The "guilt" of a character for being indirectly responsible for the death of an enemy, is shown in the narrative as a ghost that simply inhabits his old house, where a character returns from his death just because he considered it boring. Where the knowledge of the death of a son reaches the mother when the blood of this son travels from a house through the streets, crossing an entire town only to reach her feet.
Anyway, it is magic without rules that only follows a figure similar to fables, that is, fantasy is used to explain everyday or cultural things (Human guilt, love, fear of death or rejection of the idea of this, mother's instinct).
And I say that it is Sanderson's antithesis, because in fact it is common in this kind of story that when there is a character who tries to "learn" magic, he is condemned to live in the ordinary.

[gerbie]

15:50 Oh my dear Daniel... I wasn't ready for that.

[TK_Creative_Studio]

Would be cool if you did a video focused on the Asia sphere fantasy genre. Things like Transmigration, reincarnation, Isekai varieties and cultivation.

[Marco_Onyxheart]

Star Wars is science fantasy is the Hill I will die on. People need to stop calling Star Wars science fiction. It just isn't.

[alvarosager]

For alternative history, and I guess also dragon fantasy, I cannot recommend the Temeraire series enough. It's a reimagining of the Napoleonic wars, with the addition of an air force of dragons. I'm obsessed.

[davidecamurani]

I've read "The Name of the Wind" when I was 'coming to age' and will probably read the last book of the lot when I get to retirement...

[yolomcswagerton]

"In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium, there is only war."
Love that Warhammer 40k birthed a whole sub-genre.

[ryanratchford]

It's probably because of critical role but i like it when a main character has a flintlock, but i prefer the world not to have guns because i guess i prefer pre-gun combat for armies & worlds

[shcheerchic]

What a fantasy way of saying having sex for the first time, “having their first lay”

Love it

[TheKnudie]

Good morning to you too, Daniel! I voted for this video and can't wait to watch it on my break! Just wanted to stop in and say your awesome.

[extrem]

15:44 "Portal Fantasy" aka Isekei Anime

[ordowaid.]

Magical Realism is an entirely different thing than what you described. Look Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami, Sulman Rushdie etc. It has nothing to do with Mistborn.

[SerafRhayn]

Daniel: Erotic Fantasy— it is a real subgenre

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