Science Fiction or Fantasy?

MeltingCORE 2021-06-04 20:46:32 UTC #5

When it comes to my own creations? Sci-fi all the way! It just really gets my imagination pumping. For consumption? Equal!

mossiroots 2021-06-04 20:55:26 UTC #6

@jcmraz
What do you take from each genre to make it a mix?

@thecrystalrook
when they are mixed what do you like to see from each ganre?

@MeltingCORE Why? Like is it the setting or?

darryljoll14 2021-06-04 20:58:21 UTC #7

I like both genres, they're cool

mcmx 2021-06-04 22:09:34 UTC #8

Sadly I'm rather biased as I am writing a fantasy novel ahaha and never taken to science fiction shows or books.

Legendarylankman13 2021-06-04 22:15:35 UTC #10

I like both flavors. Oi. Scifi goodness and fantasy with all it's magic and whatnot.

djourner 2021-06-04 22:21:14 UTC #11

Though I can like both, fantasy is usually the one I like the most out of the two.

Bonus points if you can mix both of them in the same setting in a cohesive manner.
Stuff like 'final fantasy' or 'endless legend' are just the epitome of world aesthetic to me;

thecrystalrook 2021-06-04 22:34:31 UTC #12

A vast futuristic universe that has some type of magic system at its core. Star Wars has the force, Dragonball has ki for ex

mossiroots 2021-06-04 23:07:43 UTC #13

Right now im between do i want one planet or multiple lol in my fantasy vs scifi thoughts.

lomcia 2021-06-04 23:10:14 UTC #14

WHY? WHY?! I ask why people like more fantasy than scifi? xDDD
ALIENS! DUDES! ALIENS!!!
I Love Aliens. I draw them a lot, like to read about them xD
Tho... I do fantasy comic xD But its the only fantasy comic which I will ever made, next ones are about ALIENS!
I love aliens....

mossiroots 2021-06-04 23:10:24 UTC #15

Omg yeah FF did an amazing job with that.

Ordinaryaverageguy 2021-06-04 23:22:51 UTC #16

Seems the story will do a lot to determine whether to label it fantasy or sci-fi. There is a lot of overlap in the two genres and the division is blurry. But (in my mind) sci-fi isn't simply defined by adding in space ships or aliens to a basically non-scientific story about (for example) magic or romance. Sci-fi should be (or used to be) an examination in a fictional setting of scientifically plausible "what-ifs".
OTOH, I bet you may find a somewhat larger audience with a Fantasy label than Sci-fi, but I could be all wrong about that. Slap both labels on it. Others do.

thecrystalrook 2021-06-04 23:58:17 UTC #18

I'm going the multiple route in my story

monochrome0M394 2021-06-05 01:33:10 UTC #19

why not both? or maybe urban fantasy???

BitterBadgerZ 2021-06-05 03:41:29 UTC #20

I say both, only because I always wanted to have a story that transitions from fantasy into sci-fi. Given enough millennia in certain fantasy worlds I'm sure civilization would evolve to the point where space travel would be possible.

oshirockingham 2021-06-05 04:08:07 UTC #21

My comic is a science fantasy it's set on a fictional planet with the fantasy part being more obvious, dragons, elves, orcs, and magic.

MeltingCORE 2021-06-05 04:56:57 UTC #22

Right - explanation would be useful lol! Yes, it's the settings. I've always been into sci-fi ever since I was a little girl (Star Wars, Star Trek, War of the Worlds, etc) ...I just love,love the idea of exploring things like alien civilizations, artificial intelligence, physics through fiction... there's so much beyond our understanding in all reality and it's fun to imagine what's really out there!

Kaydreamer 2021-06-05 08:55:14 UTC #23

Mages! In! Space!

I mean, I absolutely love both, and there are myriad ways you can blend a fantasy magic system with a sci-fi setting. Mass Effect does it brilliantly, with a more sci-fi leaning. The She-ra reboot puts the cast in space in S5, and that's mostly straight fantasy with some speampunk. And I use a magic system in my own sci-fi story, which is really just fantasy in a sci-fi setting. The only thing sci-fi about it is the fact they're in space at all.

rumpenstiltzkin 2021-06-05 09:00:52 UTC #24

for me its fantasy 110%

but strangely enough when it comes to movies i do enjoy a good sci-fi (star trek, doctor who) but i just have a very hard time getting into sci-fi comics for some reason.
there is a very very few sci-fi comics i read and enjoy, but i can get easily bored when its to much of boring spaceship interior panels

i just want forests, and magic and elves

iHateFridays 2021-06-05 11:21:41 UTC #25

In general I prefer fantasy but I've seen some good sci fi stuff around too :o

jcmraz 2021-06-05 12:29:09 UTC #26

I have a magic system that functions as a part of technology in a futuristic world. Really the magic system is just a part of the technology but any technology sufficiently advance will look like magic. So effectively it's just a magic system.