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Romance fantasy stories share the same basic story line. The heroine has lost her place in society and must form new relationships, including social, political, and romantic relationships, in order to gain acceptance elsewhere. The heroine usually possesses magical powers and falls in love with a man who is also capable of performing magic. However, the magic in romance fantasy is much gentler. The heroine and the hero discover together how their powers can be used in order to restore good. Unlike realistic novels, romantic fantasy novels can end unhappily. Although there is little to no violence, non-graphic sex is common.<ref>"Romantic Fantasy." Best Fantasy Books. Web. 26 June 2015. http://bestfantasybooks.com/romantic-fantasy.html</ref> | Romance fantasy stories share the same basic story line. The heroine has lost her place in society and must form new relationships, including social, political, and romantic relationships, in order to gain acceptance elsewhere. The heroine usually possesses magical powers and falls in love with a man who is also capable of performing magic. However, the magic in romance fantasy is much gentler. The heroine and the hero discover together how their powers can be used in order to restore good. Unlike realistic novels, romantic fantasy novels can end unhappily. Although there is little to no violence, non-graphic sex is common.<ref>"Romantic Fantasy." Best Fantasy Books. Web. 26 June 2015. http://bestfantasybooks.com/romantic-fantasy.html</ref> | ||
==Fantasy in Media== | ==Fantasy in Media== | ||
An important factor in the development of the fantasy genre was the arrival of magazines devoted to fantasy fiction. When ''Weird Tales'', the first English language fantasy fiction magazine was created, the pulp magazine format was at the height of its popularity.<ref name="Fantasy">"Fantasy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> This magazine brought fantasy fiction in audiences in both the U.S. and Britain, and because of this magazine, science fiction and fantasy began to be associated with each other.<ref name="Fantasy">"Fantasy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> In 1950s, epic fantasy hit mainstream with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy, ''The Lord of the Rings''. | [[File:Weird Tales.jpg|thumb|Weird Tales November 1941]] An important factor in the development of the fantasy genre was the arrival of magazines devoted to fantasy fiction. When ''Weird Tales'', the first English language fantasy fiction magazine was created, the pulp magazine format was at the height of its popularity.<ref name="Fantasy">"Fantasy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> This magazine brought fantasy fiction in audiences in both the U.S. and Britain, and because of this magazine, science fiction and fantasy began to be associated with each other.<ref name="Fantasy">"Fantasy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> In 1950s, epic fantasy hit mainstream with J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy, ''The Lord of the Rings''. | ||
The American Film Institute defines the Hollywood fantasy film as “a genre where live action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world”.<ref name="Fantasy and Animation">"Cfp.english.upenn.edu." Fantasy/Animation: A Conference on Media, Medium and Genre. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> Because of the components of fantasy, animation seems to inhabit an unavoidable position in fantasy cinema.<ref name="Fantasy and Animation">"Cfp.english.upenn.edu." Fantasy/Animation: A Conference on Media, Medium and Genre. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> | The American Film Institute defines the Hollywood fantasy film as “a genre where live action characters inhabit imagined settings and/or experience situations that transcend the rules of the natural world”.<ref name="Fantasy and Animation">"Cfp.english.upenn.edu." Fantasy/Animation: A Conference on Media, Medium and Genre. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> Because of the components of fantasy, animation seems to inhabit an unavoidable position in fantasy cinema.<ref name="Fantasy and Animation">"Cfp.english.upenn.edu." Fantasy/Animation: A Conference on Media, Medium and Genre. Web. 3 July 2015.</ref> | ||