 Fantasy: January 01, 2025 Issue [#12908] |
This week: Wish-Fulfillment Edited by: Annette  
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Wish-Fulfillment
Like dreams, a lot of fantasy stories deal with wish-fulfillment.
Some are blatant. Like the idea of a Land of Milk and Honey where everything is made to be eaten without any preparation. The rivers are delicious beverages and the birds fly fully roasted through the sky.
Other fantasies are more subtle. In The Lord of the Rings, the hobbits spend a lot of time in the Shire where they eat food and enjoy a nice and quiet existence. The books go on and on about describing that peaceful existence. After serving in World War I, J R R Tolkien's primary fantasy was silence and abundance. And flavors. So many flavors.
What kind of fantasy would fulfill your wishes? Do you really crave to live in a world with fire breathing dragons, people-eating trolls, and evil fairies that drag their victims into a realm where time stands still?
Wouldn't it be closer to reality, but still a fantasy to meet your favorite star and spend a day with them?
Ryan Boudinot once disguised one of his childhood fantasies as a memoir. In An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe Boudinot describes how this Heavy Metal band spent the night in his rural home in the state of Washington. In Boudinot's memoir, the tour bus broke down and the musicians along with some groupies, roadies, managers, and the bus driver asked for help, which Boudinot's parents willingly gave.
Boudinot used his own life of growing up in Washington near Seattle and being a fan of Mötley Crüe to write a memoir that stretched reality until it was barely visible.
You can do that too. Through your own writing, you can live out any dream that you didn't actually experienced in reality. Make it something that could happen if the circumstances were right. Who knows, maybe you'll end up getting that experience.
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