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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 7:18 pm
i believe there has come to be a problem concerning the appearance of magical creatures in works of fiction.
the traditional ones have been written of so often that even a really wonderful treatment can begin to seem old hat.
"Oh, another dragon yarn? *yawwwn*"
i enjoy Robin McKinley very much but when she wrote of winged horses in her book Pegasus I was disappointed. why? maybe because there is only so much one can say about winged horses.
so i try to invent new creatures, but they seem unconvincing, like a mish mash of different things scrunched together, a winged blue pig that blows bubbles, a giant ant that plays the fiddle, and so on.
so what is the answer to this conundrum?
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:18 pm
I think a bit of both, yes some magical creatures are over done, but when written into a story well still works.
I think the main problem with using existing magical creatures is that some people can get annoyed if the creature isn't done 'correctly' in their mind.
I haven't had the need personally to come up with new creatures in any stories I have written, though I imagine it to be very hard.... all I would think to do it to think what is the purpose of the creature and what adaptations would fulfill that purpose, I doodle so though I dont intend to create made up creature I have alot of pictures of them though none are named.
As for the fiddle playing ant, I can imagine that working I like things such as bugs taking on human traits.
I dont think there is an answer there are too many different opinions none are wrong.
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Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:15 pm
your reply makes me feels authorized to be creative! biggrin
thanx
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