>>714399757>medieval englandOne of the things that I always hated about a lot of fantasy is that it doesn't even do that. It's not medieval england, it's a theme park of medieval European culture.
Where's the vassal/feudal system?
Where is the obligation a serf has to his lord AND vice versa?
Where is the growing middle class expanding in influence (depending on the time period of course)?
Where is advances in metallurgy and warfare that changes the name of the game of war?
Where is the ecclesiastical politics? Where is my ecclesiastical prince?
Where is the invasions/raids from a truly alien/horrific foe? This aspect some fantasy do well, but I always feel that the bad guy is too familiar. That he is just another bad guy, while in real life the opponent can truly be terrifying, like the Hungarian invasions of Europe, or the Normandy invasion?
Where is invading cultures mixing in with the local culture? Roman Britan becoming Anglo-Saxon Britian for example?
Where is my long-gone empire that unified everyone and created a culture, EXCEPT those fringe/outsider groups?
Where is my succession crisis, causing civil wars over a kingdom because the inbred monarch got cancer and died at 25?
WHERE IS MY DISEASE? WHERE IS MY CROP FAILURE? Where is God ruining the machinations of mice and men, uprooting kingdoms?
Where is my architecture that was created/designed by dozens of cultures?
Nah fuck all that, just imagine everyone in plate armor that's heavy to move in, everyone using swords because they can pierce armor, and humans can use magic like no tomorrow. That's fantasy.
No sieges too. You know, one of the most iconic icons of the period, not doing it's main role of repealing invaders in terms of land domination and protecting local populations, that grew from Roman fort-building tradition? Nope, we just get stone bricks with tons of weakpoints.
