CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
@ShieldWife
You just reminded me, I’ve wanted to talk about this concept for quite awhile
This is a concept I’ve only now noticed relatively recently in High/Dark/Low/Epic Fantasy
But the idea of there having been many ancient long forgotten civilizations with their own ancient times honestly feels to me to be a true Cosmic Horror
The fact that the characters or people of those older times weren’t too different from those of “today” in a way, even moreso
How well do you think it compliments fiction, especially Fantasy to have things like Atlantis or old Aldmeris to have existed in-universe but be far from perfect or ideal itself with its own “Deadly Decadent Courts” or daily struggles even with somewhat more advanced technologies and the like
You just reminded me, I’ve wanted to talk about this concept for quite awhile
This is a concept I’ve only now noticed relatively recently in High/Dark/Low/Epic Fantasy
But the idea of there having been many ancient long forgotten civilizations with their own ancient times honestly feels to me to be a true Cosmic Horror
The fact that the characters or people of those older times weren’t too different from those of “today” in a way, even moreso
How well do you think it compliments fiction, especially Fantasy to have things like Atlantis or old Aldmeris to have existed in-universe but be far from perfect or ideal itself with its own “Deadly Decadent Courts” or daily struggles even with somewhat more advanced technologies and the like