One for the Books | 25+ Fantasy Subgenres | Definitions & Disagreements @OnefortheBooks | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
This video was inspired by a combination of these two videos:
@PetrikLeo
youtu.be/3jq4RyQdnvA?si=rVzDGES28mNBexxN
@ToriTalks2 & @Johanna_reads
youtube.com/live/ObZGaN3onI4?si=2In5LAKkwPuSzpNG

This video is in conversation with similar videos attempting to define fantasy subgenres:
@CapturedInWords
youtu.be/CTlEiEyX80k?si=VUPER1GAya2-mlFd
@DanielGreeneReviews
youtu.be/q-rCtBEIfbc?si=wJ8TzJUh71JxQa4A
@Bookborn
youtu.be/7GZFUVOg_J0?si=C1BrYfDc8n_0OyDS

Please join in the conversation in the comments! Let me know which of my takes you agree or disagree with. Also, stay tuned all the way to the end of the video for a very epic cameo from my cat. :)

TIMESTAMPS
Intro (0:00)
Inspiration (0:21)
Genre, Subgenre, Category, & Tropes (1:18)
Fantasy Subgenres (6:25)
High Fantasy (7:05)
Epic Fantasy (8:07)
Cozy Fantasy (9:52)
Historical Fantasy (10:25)
Urban Fantasy (11:22)
Paranormal & PN Romance (11:49)
Grimdark (12:20)
Dark Fantasy (12:52)
Dark Academia (13:11)
Romantasy (13:50)
Heroic Fantasy (14:43)
Sword & Sorcery (15:10)
Low Fantasy (15:36)
Magical Realism (17:43)
Steampunk (18:20)
Flintlock/Gunpowder (19:08)
Gaslamp Fantasy (19:58)
Portal Fantasy (20:29)
Comic/Absurdist (21:01)
Fable/Fairy Tale (21:33)
Sci-Fantasy (22:03)
Christian Fantasy (23:02)
Erotic Fantasy (23:14)
Military Fantasy (23:26)
LitRPG & Progression (24:01)
New Weird (24:41)
Final Thoughts & cat cameo (25:46)


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