: Re: Why should I try to create realistic fantasy characters? One use for fantasy is wish-fulfillment. With that in mind, why is there a need for realism in creating a character in a fantasy novel?

The â€œFantasyâ€ genre is stories that are â€œfantasticalâ€ â€” not stories that are unrealistic wish-fulfillment. If I write a book where the main character is a total loser who wins the lottery and travels the world dating the most beautiful people, that is not a â€œFantasyâ€ genre book. That story has wish-fulfillment but it is not fantastical.

If the characters are not realistic then we wonâ€™t care about them. If we donâ€™t care about them character, why would we read a story about them?

If you look through any genre, the standout stories are always the ones where the characters are real people that we can relate to and fall in love with and learn from. The worst stories are always populated by cardboard cutouts that we canâ€™t understand and forget about immediately.

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