tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472833061426444581.post8895193881195293053..comments2024-03-26T08:20:43.881-04:00Comments on The Daria Fandom Blog II: Fairytales and FantasiesThe Angst Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372064037368191923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472833061426444581.post-5880644072755096042008-02-16T12:52:00.000-05:002008-02-16T12:52:00.000-05:00Marvel and DC go to great lengths to justify their...Marvel and DC go to great lengths to justify their characters' powers using scientific means; even wizards have their powers quantified and limited, in the main. There is already an entry for superhero tales on DariaWiki, and eventually it could go as a subgenre of SF.The Angst Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372064037368191923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472833061426444581.post-19249127692842689602008-02-16T12:41:00.000-05:002008-02-16T12:41:00.000-05:00So where does superhero fiction fit in? I've seen...So where does superhero fiction fit in? <BR/><BR/>I've seen the genre called "heroic fantasy" which I suspect is a euphemism to get away from the Men in Tights image. It has borrowed quite liberally from both science fiction and fantasy, yet tries to ground its pseudo-explanations in scientific jargon.<BR/><BR/>Most likely "superhero fiction" is a bastard child of both genres, claimed by neither. I'd be quite surprised if it is counted as fantasy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com