#Tapas_AF_Tourney: What are your SUB genre's?

SpookySky 2024-10-22 22:37:06 UTC #1

So we all have an Action Fantasy, but what is your SUB GENRE? What makes your story stand out? What's the time period? What makes your story stand out from OTHER action fantasies? Share with everyone more depth about your AF Tourney Entry!

1) Time Period: Historical, Modern, Futuristic
2) Is it: Western-based, Eastern-Based, Space-Based
3) Is it: Romance, Family, or a Solo-Journey
4) Is it: Comedy, Horror or Slice-of-Life
5) Is it: Urban, Country, Fantasy Setting?
6) is it: based on historical facts or fairy tales/folklores?
7) Is there: Drama, mystery, psychological elements?

Share what makes your story stand out and maybe find something YOU want to read next! Here's mine:

Dogmatic Dungeon Dominion is a modern, western-based urban guideverse/dungeon-crawler with a touch of slice-of-life, a dusting of slow-burn romance, with heavy touches of drama, mystery AND psychological elements.

Rodimus13 2024-10-22 22:56:38 UTC #2

1) Time Period: Historical, Modern, Futuristic
I mean the MC is from the modern world. But it's magical fantasy.
....
I'm gonna go with modern fantasy.

2) Is it: Western-based, Eastern-Based, Space-Based
It's... hmm... I mean I have some eastern and western recipes. I'm gonna say.... food based? checks, gets thumbs up from Enoki Yeah food based.

3) Is it: Romance, Family, or a Solo-Journey
Oh it's sol- stops and sees Daikon come up to Enoki I mean rom- Sees enoki say wait and Daikon respectfully agree It's Budd- sees En'mat walk in to stop the chaos babies
.... Found Family Journey
4) Is it: Comedy, Horror or Slice-of-Life
Dra-....sees entire discord staring.... comedy. I didn't know I was writing a comedy till chapter 8 ok?!

5) Is it: Urban, Country, Fantasy Setting?
Fantasy. 100%
I mean look at this little guy He's fantasy friend shaped.

6) is it: based on historical facts or fairy tales/folklores?
I mean there's real recipes in there. And I'm using established races but putting my own twists (and trying to erase some racial stereotypes)

7) Is there: Drama, mystery, psychological elements?
Yes! So much drama! Like One Piece and DBZ! is pulled aside. comes back I have been reminded those are still comedies.
....there are hangry gods tho.
And beat up Bandits.
And giant birds to eat.

Neila 2024-10-22 22:58:55 UTC #3

Slayer of Yggdrasil is:
Action Fantasy horror isekai with body horror and Norse mythology elements.

Rebecka Holt is flung into a magical world when her version of Earth collides with the world of Utgard. She's infected by a sentient carnivorous talking axe named Aettartangi and sent on a quest to kill the corrupted world tree, Yggdrasil.

Memyselfnchester 2024-10-22 23:27:52 UTC #4

1) Time Period: Historical, Modern, Futuristic

The story takes place in the modern era, but it’s a world where magic exists freely. Think of a magical version of our contemporary world, where magic fuels technological advancements, and large corporations like Magic, Inc. control magical resources.

2) Is it: Western-based, Eastern-Based, Space-Based

It’s Western-based, using both modern corporate culture and old-world magical traditions. The power dynamics are built around a capitalist system where magic is heavily regulated and exploited by the upper echelons of society.

3) Is it: Romance, Family, or a Solo-Journey

While the focus is primarily on Alex and his epic journey of saving the world, there’s also a romantic subplot that gives the story a more intimate layer alongside the main magical conflicts. As well as exploring friendship dynamics within the team.

4) Is it: Comedy, Horror or Slice-of-Life

There are some funny parts throughout though comedy is not the focus.

5) Is it: Urban, Country, Fantasy Setting?

Primarily set in an urban fantasy environment.

6) is it: based on historical facts or fairy tales/folklores?

The world within the story is original, however the story does include some folklore and ancient prophecies.

7) Is there: Drama, mystery, psychological elements?

All of the above. The story is mostly drama and mystery. However there are also psychological elements throughout.

Leyelle 2024-10-23 14:21:54 UTC #5

sub genres: mystery and psychological thriller. as a disproportionate amount of my spec-fic pieces often end up being lol

Joisarjaydeep11 2024-10-24 05:44:39 UTC #6

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SpookySky 2024-10-24 19:27:27 UTC #7

Please share what was described in the main post

ntando4j 2024-10-25 12:21:57 UTC #8

Sub genre : Fantasy action

SoaringMoon 2024-10-25 13:30:50 UTC #9

Many of the examples you have given are not "subgenres". Many of your questions kind of come from a specific worldview which doesn't actually fit most Action Fantasy stories.

Question 1 appears to imply the distinction that a time period must be relative to something happening on Earth? What "time period" are the DnD / Pathfinder universes set in. The question doesn't make sense in this context. Are they in the past, because 80% of the universe has no high technology, or set in the future because they are traveling the astral sea which is logically equivalent to space?

Question 2. Does Dune have a setting of a "western" or "eastern" culture? Difficult to tell, considering the universe has hundreds of populated worlds.

Question 3. Romance? If the story is a romance, then it is in the romance genre. If it contains "romances", as most stories do, then that doesn't really indicate a story's subgenre.

Question 4 just names 3 large genres of fiction with no additional context.

Question 5 is the only question so far actually asking about a subgenre of the story.

Question 6 seems to come from a viewpoint that all fictional stories occur in an alternate Earth, and that anything that isn't on Earth is automatically fairy tale. The rebels dying in the star wars universe sees their fictional universe as very real to them. So it isn't really a "folk tale".

Question 7. Drama, psychological horror, or mysteries aren't "sub genres" of fiction either. This is just question 4 with 3 new examples.

For example @skylisette your story's "subgenre" appears to be, based on its synopsis, is an emotional supernatural reluctant partner buddy cop story in a dark military urban fantasy setting with dungeon crawl elements.

Your subgenres would be "military fantasy", "buddy copy", "urban fantasy", "psychic supernatural", and "dungeon crawler".

Anyway...

Keygemin: Allegiance is a historical sky fantasy set in a world that is not Earth. The world contains 20 major factions which each have allegories to cultures in our own world. It is a hero journey type story in a military urban-fantasy setting. In the context of the world of Una, it is historical fact and depicts real events. There is some dramatic moments, but I wouldn't really call it a "drama".

tl;dr - Keygemin is a sky pirate monster trainer urban fantasy with gempunk magitech and flintlock elements.

SoaringMoon 2024-10-25 13:49:42 UTC #10

Action fantasy is not a subgenre.

SpookySky 2024-10-25 16:00:11 UTC #11

everyone here is Action Fantasy, we're asking what ELSE is your story?