QUESTION What defines dark fantasy? (sffa.community)

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What defines dark fantasy?

Is it just elves that wear black or is there more to it? Maybe a mood or setting? Maybe it's an antihero thing? Im curious as to what it means and what some of the defining/seminal works of dark fantasy might be.

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[-] SirSnuggleBottom@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The First Law series by Joe Abercrombie is also a great grimdark series. Cannot recommend it enough if you haven’t read them. Also, obligatory shout out to the audio books which are some of the best audio books in existence.

[-] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, a great example.

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