Thread 24530378 - /lit/ [Archived: 506 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/8/2025, 2:03:30 AM No.24530378
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What do you think generates better fight scenes: prose, or verse?

Or, perhaps to ask a better question: for dynamic action, do you prefer a novel, or a narrative/epic poem?
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Anonymous
7/8/2025, 2:08:54 AM No.24530396
Neither. Action is best depicted visually. TV and cinema are vastly superior for action.
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Anonymous
7/8/2025, 2:11:21 AM No.24530406
>>24530378 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqKGrhgTHo
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Anonymous
7/8/2025, 6:21:58 AM No.24530905
>>24530378 (OP)

>>24530406
Robert Jordan did a well rounded job of describing action using illusory terms during the sword fights.
>Swan Flailing with Fish Eyes
Anonymous
7/8/2025, 6:23:35 AM No.24530906
>>24530396
Cinema has never created action scenes are intense and exciting as Walter Scott's.