Admin Post: Drawing Challenge #23 - Fantasy Reversal

[goss]

Challenge #23 - Fantasy Reversal

Draw a character or scene as a Fantasy AU, or reverse Fantasy to the Real World.

Take a fantasy genre fandom and turn it into a mundane human AU, or turn a fandom based in the real/human world into a fantasy alternative universe. Please feel free to use the comment section of this post for discussion of the prompt (ie. ideas, suggestions, questions, etc.).

A round-up post for submissions to this challenge will be done on Saturday 2nd March, 2019.

Happy Drawing, everyone! :)

Comments

[goss]

I'm thinking of taking a real world character and placing them perhaps in a world of Superheroes, or maybe a Heaven/Hell AU. I love giving characters wings. ^___^

[mific]

Wingart and wingfic - eternal faves!

One thing to mention is that science fiction is a different genre from fantasy, so sci-fi can be used as a "real world" option here - e.g. shows like Star Trek and Stargate, as long as they don't inherently contain magic/magical creatures. Fantasying up sci-fi fandom characters or settings is always fun - I can think of at least two fandom sci-fi characters with very pointy ears!

[goss]

sci-fi can be used as a "real world" option here

Ah, good to clarify that. I was wondering whether Alien worlds with human-looking characters would qualify as fantasy or real world.

(My current fandom obsession, Guardian, has human-looking people in it, but it's based on a supposed non-Earth world.)

[juzo_kun]

>> so sci-fi can be used as a "real world" option here

I was asking myself if this option might have been available. Thank you!

[minoanmiss]

Ooooh. *contemplates* Does the 'real world' just mean now or mean any historical era?

[goss]

I think any era in history would count as real world. :)

[mific]

Yes I think any historical era would be okay because, rumors aside, as far as we know magic/magical creatures didn’t exist then either!

[minoanmiss]

I know what I'm going to (try to) draw, then! \o/

[amberdreams]

Aw flip, I really want to do this one!! (But I'm so busy dammit!)

Mmm ponders, wonder if I can use this to inspire a prompt for the Wincest BB.

[goss]

Oh yeah, that would be cool. :)

[mific]

Great idea!

[ascerain]

I'm still trying to figure out where Yu-Gi-Oh falls on the fantasy to not-fantasy scale. ...Eh, I'll draw the characters doing mundane things in a fantasy world (as opposed to fantasy things in a mundane world).

[goss]

I'll draw the characters doing mundane things in a fantasy world

Sounds good! :)

[mific]

Yes, examples of taking fantasy genre characters and putting them in a mundane world would be things like a coffee shop staffed by hobbits, with Aragorn and Arwen sharing a muffin, or just fantasy characters in ordinary clothes, like if they usually wear silk gowns, put them in modern jeans and a t-shirt, etc. Or modernise a fantasy warrior's weapons, so instead of a sword they carry an AK-47. Or anything like that you can dream up!

[seleneheart]

I'm going to have to put this one in the back of my mind! Something might pop out, but I'm really busy at the moment. I never know what I'm going to come up with when I'm supposed to be doing something else though, so you never know.

[goss]

No problem, the community challenges remain open even after the Round-Up date. :)

[mekare]

This is such a great challenge! I am spoilt for choice regarding fandoms and thatis exactly the problem right now.