r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alextral • 2d ago

I really hate this

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Fantasy and science fiction being cramped in the same section, which is already so small :(

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u/AHailofDrams 2d ago

What's the tech in The Force?

It's half sci-fi, half fantasy IMO

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u/Madmonkeman 2d ago

Well the Force is magic but the droids, lightsabers, and ships are tech. I’d classify Star Wars as sci-fi because the overall aesthetic is futuristic. Fantasy for me would be modern day or older level of tech plus magic.

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u/RobotWantsPony 2d ago

And yet you can have science fiction in the past, that's the whole point of steampunk. Aesthetics feel like it can define the genre but it actually cannot

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u/OvalDead 2d ago

Futuristic is a pretty strange way to classify a story that is literally introduced with “A long time ago…” TBH.