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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by stcredzero on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:39PM (#16852532)
For the same reason that there's so much high school in Anime?
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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by gascan on Monday April 16, 2018 @05:27PM (#16852945)
You mean the target market of fantasy novels is chefs?
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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by stcredzero on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:38PM (#16854692)
No.
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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:44AM (#16855813)
Because...fantasy readers enjoy food? Who doesn't?

Am I missing something subtle here, or are you actually going "HURR DURR FANTASY FANS ARE FAT"?

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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by stcredzero on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:34PM (#16860464)
Am I missing something subtle here

Yes.

or are you actually going "HURR DURR FANTASY FANS ARE FAT"?

No.

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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @06:54PM (#16863017)
That's good, then. Would you care to enlighten us, or are you just going to be smug and inscrutable?
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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by stcredzero on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:20PM (#16877813)
That's good, then. Would you care to enlighten us

"Us" generally, yes. I think I've succeeded.

or are you just going to be smug and inscrutable?

I find that your reaction indicates that my approach is commensurate with the tone you've displayed in the rest of this thread. I hope that most everyone else has a different experience.

The inscrutability is part and parcel of the message.

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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by herpes on Thursday April 19, 2018 @01:46AM (#16873598)
That poster might be saying it’s a life experience that most people can relate to. I suspect most of anime’s audience has attended high school.
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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by PhasmaFelis on Friday April 20, 2018 @01:06AM (#16882285)
Maybe. A lot of high school anime is marketed directly at teenagers, though. If their intention was to say "it's something everyone understands" rather than "it's something relevant to the target market specifically," they picked a bad example.
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