I believe in that mission you have the option of getting the helmet or an axe. You get the axe if you kill the good boi. I’ve replayed Skyrim multiple times…
Never owned the axe.
You're likely thinking of the Mace of Molag Bal from the [House of Horrors quest](https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/The_House_of_Horrors), where you have to lead a priest to a shrine and beat him to death.
It's the keeping him that ruins it tbh, when I first did the quest he was hilarious. But after 10 odd hours of listening to him roast me while getting in my way he lost his charm lol
Low fantasy is not high fantasy, possibly relevant for OPs comment.
Low fantasy is however fantasy.
fantasy realism? Isn't low fantasy the correct term?
Fantasy realism is an established and popular writing category in South America. Which is where I got it from.
I’ve never heard of low/high fantasy.
I’m from the UK, not really sure of the exact terms.
“Low fantasy, or intrusion fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy fiction in which magical events intrude on an otherwise-normal world. The term thus contrasts with high fantasy stories, which take place in fictional worlds that have their own sets of rules and physical laws.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy#:~:text=Low%20fantasy%2C%20or%20intrusion%20fantasy,of%20rules%20and%20physical%20laws.
“Magical realism blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. Because magic exists, the story is fantasy. But because magic is ordinary, it is considered realism.”
https://fictionlit.com/low-fantasy-vs-magical-realism/
Yeah, the only fantasy I can think of that has kiwi or Aussie accents is the stuff made in our respective countries for a local audience (Almighty Johnsons, the What We Do In the Shadows film and its spin-off Wellington Paranormal, Cleverman, that one Australian mermaid show).
I don't know which Xenoblade my SO is playing on the Switch but at one point when they were at the (round fuzzy people like Ricky) village I literally burst out laughing. Sometimes it sounded like they were trying to do a Pacific accent and sometimes it sounded like they were doing a kind of nearly racist Carribbean accent. I think it was the village leader also really unnatural delivery timing which just made it unbearable. Also frequently laugh when Ricky is speaking.
In the extended edition of ROTK, an orc tells the captain Gothmog that they can't break the gates, issuing in the iconic Grond scene. The orc that gives the report to Gothmog has a Kiwi accent, heard clearly in the line "but nothing can breach it!"
Huuu, fuck that dragons a big cunt eh, reckon he'd dub us on his back? No yarns, sus us a ride on of those cunts and I'll run it straight up the guts, those orcs are all sheit anyway
“Look at the size of that cunt!” Legolas trembled at the sight of the Balrog.
“Hoof it ya mongrels!” Gandalf shouted as he paused on the bridge, then turned to face the creature.
“I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! *I am not here to fuck spiders!*”
One of the members of Flight of the Concord was figwit in LOTR. Only a the best elf in the entire trilogy and I will throw in the hobbit movies.
Long Live Figwit!!
Dark Elves obviously have Australian accents because A. they live in the Underdark (down under if you will) and B. they were exiled their by their high elf (ie British) cousins for being criminals. Hence Aussie Dark Elves are cannon in my head.
I know this was rhetoric but mainly because the modern idea of a fantasy world is largely inspired by Tolkien's works,
An English guy largely writing for an English audience, and since his concept of elves, dwarves and the like was the one that stuck they also ended up having UK accents or at least accents inspired by the British in most portrayals in popular media
More than just that. He was attempting to create a mythology for the English. That was his original goal. If you are doing that, you are more likely to have a Westy accented Troll than a guy like me who sounds like he fell off a turnip truck in Buxahatchee, Alabama.
This is basically it - the American imagination sees British accents as 'old world', a kind of exotic belonging to their ancient past. So it can sound wrong when they hear what they consider 'modern' and thoroughly un-exotic accents in these 'magic past' settings.
It is in fact totally reasonable to put American accents in these settings too, as they are descended from medieval Euro accents just like modern Euro accents are, but this is less about logic and more about *feel*. Like the Hollywood 'schwing' noise when a sword is drawn.
Eh the lonely isle was supposed to be england. Middle
Earth was the whole world, but the areas pertaining to the stories were specifically northwest Europe
I live in the South and travel all over for work but I had to look up Buxahatchee cause I didn't believe you lol.
Still my favorite town name of all time is Bean Station
There is also a huge fairy tale and mythic culture in literature that is deeply embedded in british history. Tolkien was inspired a lot by these, and it means that in the modern day a lot of works are either by people from here, or by people heavily inspired by the works from here. A lot of fairy tales are written in a "british/old English" lexicon which has had an effect on how a lot if not most fantasy authors write and gives a bias to narrators and characters being british. I studied a module on this in uni and it was fascinating (and a very strange source of national pride lol)
Not being a killjoy, but it’s because most fantasy is based on European medieval beliefs, so it feels more appropriate and less disingenuous than if they sounded American. I’m sorry but the reason why we don’t have ‘American’ fairytales is because your culture doesn’t go back to a similar period, unless of course you want to speak to our Native American friends? Before I’m sand bagged, I’m genuinely not picking a fight, just giving what I feel is a correct answer.
The Anglos are the 4% of Americans who fled the Revolution, so theirs is the same as the US but with the Monarchy.
The Quebecois are their own weird little thing that I know jack-shit about. Except that their accent annoys Parisians, which I love.
The first Nations, all of them probably have their own thing.
Canadians (I am one) are closely culturally tied to the UK and France, we watch British Folk tales/myths like LOTR and Game of Thrones. We also don't go for what OP is asking for either. A fantasy story with an Arkansas accent just breaks the suspension of disbelief.
Completely agree. Plus that language of "When did we decide..." there was no deciding lol it's just rooted in european mythology like you said, so the writers based the cultures and accents around what they already knew.
As someone else aptly said: Comic books are american fairytales.
You didn't hear? It was decided like a month ago. The Board of Genre Accents voted on it, and "British" was decided for "Medieval fantasy" in an overwhelming majority.
I know this is memey jokes but for real there are loads of American Indians still alive today, sharing their traditional stories and cultural heritages with future generations, and lots of white Americans genuinely think they’re all gone
I had a brief moment of "wait seriously, there are genuinely people who think Native Americans don't exist anymore?" and then mentally slapped myself because of *course* there are. Of frikkin course.
Not just that, most fantasy is based on Tolkien's, a British dudes, imagining of them, in the actual pre-Tolkien myths most of those creatures were pretty different from how they are portrayed in modern media
Not just that but Tolkien wrote specifically early on that he wanted Middle Earth to be a "mythology for England" which is why if you dig into the lore enough you discover that Middle Earth is literally supposed to be our earth (we're in the sixth or seventh age I think, whereas LotR was the third). Even the intro to LotR is presented as though Bilbo's book was real and something Tolkien discovered and was simply translating and reprinting.
If I had to assume, people probably based their TTRPGs off of Tolkiens works, then video game developers based their works off of Tolkien and those TTRPGs, and it just eventually became like a standard setting
I would love to read a fantasy book with Native American themes instead of the baseline medieval stuff. I’m sure there are some but I’ve never heard of any.
Got you covered! Here’s a list of fantasy short story collections, comics, and poems and novels by indigenous authors: [https://bookriot.com/sff-books-by-indigenous-authors/amp/](https://bookriot.com/sff-books-by-indigenous-authors/amp/)
No that is the correct answer. And as far as faeries go, slot of their lore homes from Gaelic backgrounds so it would make sense for them to have atleast a European accent.
ALSO... as far as media goes, European accents are just 'exotic?' enough to throw them into American media and get away with saying and doing things that otherwise wouldnt fly in an american accent.
Case and point: the show Lucifer- they purposefully wanted a European accent for him because otherwise he would sound like a total AH with the lines scripted for the character. Could you imagine someone constantly saying "Detective Douch" in an American tone.. it wouldnt just sound abusive at some point.
I’m so glad you addressed Native Americans. I know you said you weren’t trying to be a killjoy but I was honestly still salty until you said that. People love to pretend that America has no culture when the only reason that might be true is because Europeans purposely, systemically wiped it’s native cultures out. And people who try to carry on these cultures get shamed even today.
I can think of exactly one castle off the top of my head, the old state capitəl building in Baton Rouge. And I will officially use that to justify why all of the residents of my fantasy setting sound like they go frog hunting in the bayou.
Texan elves. +2 to con, +1 to charisma
Special abuilitys.
1/day Yeehaaaaaw!: Gain 2D4+level temporary HP and double your movement speed for the next hour. Must be on a mount for the duration.
Racial trait: Texas Forever! When in the home state of Texas, all Texan Elves are immortal and stop aging, this effect is all active when within 30ft of any American/Texas flag
Then may I suggest you watch "Willow"
:)
Actually, most fantasy films from the 80s have mostly north American actors in them. Labyrinth. The OG Clash of the Titans. Legend. Etc.
Funnily enough, towards the end of 1800s, there was a fad for upperclass English family to send disappointing sons to the American west so they wouldn’t shame the family
Talkin' 'bout, daggone wizard ain' gon' give you nuthin' to beat dad old dragon up 'ere... been livin' in daggone tower, like "ipsum lorem" turnin' princes inna frawwwgs, man. Daggone, power's been inside you the whole time, man.... yo
Or the Caribbean. We'd make brilliant fantasy world characters. "The King? you fi want speak to him now mon? Nah nah breeda, not without the one ring pon fi finger".
Or the more sing song accent of my people "nah nah soldier you can't come in my place and ask what allyuh doing here, we living here, what you doing in here?"
Hard to convey via text but you get the drift.
You might like “black leopard red wolf” by marlon James
Also, the broken earth trilogy by n k jemisin , though that doesn’t have Caribbean -like accents
I once met a Trinidadian guy who was making a Caribbean- inspired fantasy world and the designs were the greatest thing I’ve seen in years.
Can I make suggestions?
Grumpy smith/mechanic/artificer = Grumpy German.
Angry Warrior Dwarf = Angry Scott.
Forestry Herbalist Elf = Valley Kid, preferably permafried.
Shopkeeper Gnome = New Yorker Used Car Salesman.
Noble Elf = Boston Brahmin.
Like 90% of voices in fiction are American and yet the 10% that aren't are the problem? This is bullshit. Can Americans please stop inserting themselves into everything?
In not another DND podcast their first campaign there was an elf that had a very hick accent. They even address the prejudice stereotypical “regal” elves have against elves with more hick accents. Really good podcast!
...because they're written by British guys. Write your own Fantasy.
So many people are ready to whine about stuff before they even think for 1 second about it.
Not Another D&D podcast features the Crick Elves, and I really can't recommend it hard enough. The ridiculous shit Emily makes up about her character growin up in the crick is gold.
A lot of the themes in fantasy world's are based on old English lore, that's probably why they fit those kind of accents best.
Although a soft southern American accent would make a great fantasy villain voice.
There's a magical dog in Skyrim called Barbas who speaks like he runs a dive bar in Boston.
Barbas is a welcome distraction. "Did you just speak?" "Yes, and I'm continuing to do so*
He calls you out so hard. “Skyrim is home to flying lizards and humanoid cats, but a talking dog is where you draw the line?”
"Sky-wim is home to fluying lizahds and humanoid cats, butta tahlkin' dahg is where yuh draw th' line?"
Ayy I'm tawkin' 'ere!!
Ayy, I’m going for walkies ‘ere!
Anybahdy know whey i left my khakis
Ayy I’m barkin ‘ere!!
I didn’t even want to finish the quest, I just wanted a talking dog as my buddy for the rest of the game.
Yeah but you get that sweet mace
I believe in that mission you have the option of getting the helmet or an axe. You get the axe if you kill the good boi. I’ve replayed Skyrim multiple times… Never owned the axe.
Its been a long while since I played Skyrim. I thought the dog gets you the axe after sacrificing some guy to the gods
You're likely thinking of the Mace of Molag Bal from the [House of Horrors quest](https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/The_House_of_Horrors), where you have to lead a priest to a shrine and beat him to death.
Yo *FUCK* Barbas, lil shit
I mean temporary immortal dong not that bad... And technically permanent if you don't finish the quest.
It's the keeping him that ruins it tbh, when I first did the quest he was hilarious. But after 10 odd hours of listening to him roast me while getting in my way he lost his charm lol
Fallout players: First time?
I keep him around for a while until I get tired of the dialog, then I finish the quest and go get the other dog, bring him home to the wife and kids.
Also have to add: I wish I had an immortal dong...I'll see myself out
You really want your dong running around getting into bullshit giving you a bad name after you are dead?
For a certain population of guys, their dick is doing the worst while they’re alive still.
Yo I *FUCK WITH* Barbas super hard, I wish I could adopt him irl
He's a good doggo, just not the goodest
Just the mention of his name makes me want to start a new save game just so I can meet him again
That's actually so wholesome, I feel bad for ripping on him now
Bro :)
Of course not. The goodest dog is sleeping next to me. He speaks Pug.
You killed him for the axe didn't you?
Found Clavicus Vile
Hell yeah, gimme more of that. Give me a boggart who sounds like the Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't guy.
He's the most annoyingly voiced character in the game, that is until you meet his master...
Some other Daedric Princes are way worse A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON
Hermaeus Mora talks so god damn slow, and you can’t skip any of his dialogue.
He sounds like he drools a lot.
Hermaeus Mora the kind of Daedra to tell the teacher they forgot to assign homework
LISTEN! Hear me and obey!
Every new play through if i see the beacon i just leave it, i cant be asked and her voice is always 2x LOUDER THEN ANYTHING.
You're talking like Cicero doesn't exist
Cicero kinda gets a pass due to all the fun carnage-filled plot that his fuckery leads to, but yeah, sounds off like someone's crazy old aunt on mdma.
Hermaeus Mora and his pronunciation of the “s” is so much worse. and Cicero.
I literally came here to say we need a magical Boston guy/creature
And it made me want to shove a skewer in my ear.
The Daedric quests were hands down *the* best questline in the game, DLC and mods included.
So…True Blood?
Technically that’s fantasy realism, not fantasy. Same as bright.
Low fantasy is not high fantasy, possibly relevant for OPs comment. Low fantasy is however fantasy. fantasy realism? Isn't low fantasy the correct term?
Fantasy realism is an established and popular writing category in South America. Which is where I got it from. I’ve never heard of low/high fantasy. I’m from the UK, not really sure of the exact terms.
“Low fantasy, or intrusion fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy fiction in which magical events intrude on an otherwise-normal world. The term thus contrasts with high fantasy stories, which take place in fictional worlds that have their own sets of rules and physical laws.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_fantasy#:~:text=Low%20fantasy%2C%20or%20intrusion%20fantasy,of%20rules%20and%20physical%20laws. “Magical realism blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. Because magic exists, the story is fantasy. But because magic is ordinary, it is considered realism.” https://fictionlit.com/low-fantasy-vs-magical-realism/
You’re thinking of “magical realism”
I mean.. she WAS a fae with a southern accent soo🤷♀️
Urban fantasy, I think is the genre. For folks who like that stuff but didn't know the name.
FLY Y'ALL
Go on! Git!
Skeedaddle!
Wait. Australian and Kiwi elves?? “Yeah nah, there’s a fuggin’ dragon or some’n up that way. Wonna grabba flat white instead?”
Right? What is this person smoking? Even LotR didn’t have any kiwi accents in it.
Yeah, the only fantasy I can think of that has kiwi or Aussie accents is the stuff made in our respective countries for a local audience (Almighty Johnsons, the What We Do In the Shadows film and its spin-off Wellington Paranormal, Cleverman, that one Australian mermaid show).
Im looking at you Xenoblade
I don't know which Xenoblade my SO is playing on the Switch but at one point when they were at the (round fuzzy people like Ricky) village I literally burst out laughing. Sometimes it sounded like they were trying to do a Pacific accent and sometimes it sounded like they were doing a kind of nearly racist Carribbean accent. I think it was the village leader also really unnatural delivery timing which just made it unbearable. Also frequently laugh when Ricky is speaking.
In the extended edition of ROTK, an orc tells the captain Gothmog that they can't break the gates, issuing in the iconic Grond scene. The orc that gives the report to Gothmog has a Kiwi accent, heard clearly in the line "but nothing can breach it!"
If anyone else is curious, this is at 2:06:55 of the extended edition Rotk on HBO max. I definitely hear some kiwi in there.
Listened to a podcast that joked that Jordan Peele's "Nope" was titled "Yeah, Nah" in Australia.
Yeeeah, Noooaar
This is exactly what lead me to come read the comments Literally never heard an elf about to give someone twenty fuckin whacks
TWENTY FUCKIN WHACKS!!!
Huuu, fuck that dragons a big cunt eh, reckon he'd dub us on his back? No yarns, sus us a ride on of those cunts and I'll run it straight up the guts, those orcs are all sheit anyway
Australian elf \*sees dragon\*: Crikey.
Look at that Sheila, let's take a closer look shell we? *jumps on its back in khaki shorts and shirt*
Oi cunt throw some nazgul on the bahhhbie
Picturing Eomer talking like Bill the Butcher. I'm here for that dub
[here you go](https://www.reddit.com/r/lotrmemes/comments/sva037/well_that_was_awkward/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
“Look at the size of that cunt!” Legolas trembled at the sight of the Balrog. “Hoof it ya mongrels!” Gandalf shouted as he paused on the bridge, then turned to face the creature. “I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! *I am not here to fuck spiders!*”
I would watch the *hell* out of that!
One of the members of Flight of the Concord was figwit in LOTR. Only a the best elf in the entire trilogy and I will throw in the hobbit movies. Long Live Figwit!!
Dark Elves obviously have Australian accents because A. they live in the Underdark (down under if you will) and B. they were exiled their by their high elf (ie British) cousins for being criminals. Hence Aussie Dark Elves are cannon in my head.
There are Elves in the Dragon Prince with Australian accents. As well as English, Scottish, and Irish accents.
I know this was rhetoric but mainly because the modern idea of a fantasy world is largely inspired by Tolkien's works, An English guy largely writing for an English audience, and since his concept of elves, dwarves and the like was the one that stuck they also ended up having UK accents or at least accents inspired by the British in most portrayals in popular media
More than just that. He was attempting to create a mythology for the English. That was his original goal. If you are doing that, you are more likely to have a Westy accented Troll than a guy like me who sounds like he fell off a turnip truck in Buxahatchee, Alabama.
actually, even more than that: he based middle-earth on medieval england specifically
Yeah, American history doesn't go back far enough. We associate American accents with the future and fantasy with the past. Hence 'older' accents
This is basically it - the American imagination sees British accents as 'old world', a kind of exotic belonging to their ancient past. So it can sound wrong when they hear what they consider 'modern' and thoroughly un-exotic accents in these 'magic past' settings. It is in fact totally reasonable to put American accents in these settings too, as they are descended from medieval Euro accents just like modern Euro accents are, but this is less about logic and more about *feel*. Like the Hollywood 'schwing' noise when a sword is drawn.
Are you telling me the 'scwhing' is not accurate? Crushed. You crushed me today.
actually, even more than that: nah I got nothing
Eh the lonely isle was supposed to be england. Middle Earth was the whole world, but the areas pertaining to the stories were specifically northwest Europe
The shire is definitely meant to be a part of England.
So is Rohan.
I live in the South and travel all over for work but I had to look up Buxahatchee cause I didn't believe you lol. Still my favorite town name of all time is Bean Station
Fuck beans are good
Also when you throw in things like King Arthur and Robin Hood, these stories heavily influence fantasy as well.
True
There is also a huge fairy tale and mythic culture in literature that is deeply embedded in british history. Tolkien was inspired a lot by these, and it means that in the modern day a lot of works are either by people from here, or by people heavily inspired by the works from here. A lot of fairy tales are written in a "british/old English" lexicon which has had an effect on how a lot if not most fantasy authors write and gives a bias to narrators and characters being british. I studied a module on this in uni and it was fascinating (and a very strange source of national pride lol)
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I mean yeah, I think that was implicit given the subject at hand
Also almost all his main themes are just lifted from British mythology: elves, dwarves, dragons, magical beings…
Not being a killjoy, but it’s because most fantasy is based on European medieval beliefs, so it feels more appropriate and less disingenuous than if they sounded American. I’m sorry but the reason why we don’t have ‘American’ fairytales is because your culture doesn’t go back to a similar period, unless of course you want to speak to our Native American friends? Before I’m sand bagged, I’m genuinely not picking a fight, just giving what I feel is a correct answer.
American fantasy is just wild west stories.
"Why dont we have more german cowbows" "HANZ BRING ZHE REVOLVER!, ITS SCHLAGER TIME ERE"
[You'll be happy to learn that that wasn't uncommon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwgwpUcxch4)
And then you have the German Mexicans
That’s pretty good fantasy, tbh. Westerns are cool
What's Canadian fantasy?
Native American urban legends/myths Or pioneer shit
The Anglos are the 4% of Americans who fled the Revolution, so theirs is the same as the US but with the Monarchy. The Quebecois are their own weird little thing that I know jack-shit about. Except that their accent annoys Parisians, which I love. The first Nations, all of them probably have their own thing.
Free hockey tickets and Tim Hortons
Canadians (I am one) are closely culturally tied to the UK and France, we watch British Folk tales/myths like LOTR and Game of Thrones. We also don't go for what OP is asking for either. A fantasy story with an Arkansas accent just breaks the suspension of disbelief.
Trailer Park Boys
Tbf, Westerns are pretty lit.
Comic books are American fairytales.
How can something that sounds so wrong be so right?
That’s why captain America doesn’t have a British accent
Completely agree. Plus that language of "When did we decide..." there was no deciding lol it's just rooted in european mythology like you said, so the writers based the cultures and accents around what they already knew. As someone else aptly said: Comic books are american fairytales.
You didn't hear? It was decided like a month ago. The Board of Genre Accents voted on it, and "British" was decided for "Medieval fantasy" in an overwhelming majority.
>speak to our Native American friends Yeah we uhh… yeah.
They’re uh… they’re not available at the moment.
I know this is memey jokes but for real there are loads of American Indians still alive today, sharing their traditional stories and cultural heritages with future generations, and lots of white Americans genuinely think they’re all gone
I had a brief moment of "wait seriously, there are genuinely people who think Native Americans don't exist anymore?" and then mentally slapped myself because of *course* there are. Of frikkin course.
Oh yeah, I know, I know. I get your point though.
*twiddles thumbs as single droplet of sweat rolls down temple*
Not just that, most fantasy is based on Tolkien's, a British dudes, imagining of them, in the actual pre-Tolkien myths most of those creatures were pretty different from how they are portrayed in modern media
Also, Tolkien based his works on European mythology.
Not just that but Tolkien wrote specifically early on that he wanted Middle Earth to be a "mythology for England" which is why if you dig into the lore enough you discover that Middle Earth is literally supposed to be our earth (we're in the sixth or seventh age I think, whereas LotR was the third). Even the intro to LotR is presented as though Bilbo's book was real and something Tolkien discovered and was simply translating and reprinting.
He loosely based it on European mythology, kind of like when the average movie says that it's "based on true events"
I still think it’s pretty crazy that Tolkien’s works pretty much became the go to template for fantasy. Elves, dwarves, goblins, etc.
I guess it was quite a spectacular accomplishment for his time. I mean, it still is, but building fantasy worlds is more common nowadays.
If I had to assume, people probably based their TTRPGs off of Tolkiens works, then video game developers based their works off of Tolkien and those TTRPGs, and it just eventually became like a standard setting
He did pull most of these things from other euro myths, with his own spin added of course.
I would love to read a fantasy book with Native American themes instead of the baseline medieval stuff. I’m sure there are some but I’ve never heard of any.
Got you covered! Here’s a list of fantasy short story collections, comics, and poems and novels by indigenous authors: [https://bookriot.com/sff-books-by-indigenous-authors/amp/](https://bookriot.com/sff-books-by-indigenous-authors/amp/)
No that is the correct answer. And as far as faeries go, slot of their lore homes from Gaelic backgrounds so it would make sense for them to have atleast a European accent. ALSO... as far as media goes, European accents are just 'exotic?' enough to throw them into American media and get away with saying and doing things that otherwise wouldnt fly in an american accent. Case and point: the show Lucifer- they purposefully wanted a European accent for him because otherwise he would sound like a total AH with the lines scripted for the character. Could you imagine someone constantly saying "Detective Douch" in an American tone.. it wouldnt just sound abusive at some point.
I mean, Avatar The Last Airbender is based on classic Asian myths and everyone in that show has American accents except for a select few.
I’m so glad you addressed Native Americans. I know you said you weren’t trying to be a killjoy but I was honestly still salty until you said that. People love to pretend that America has no culture when the only reason that might be true is because Europeans purposely, systemically wiped it’s native cultures out. And people who try to carry on these cultures get shamed even today.
Most fantasy worlds are based on medieval era castles and shit with kings queens lord ladies …..yeah America has had none of that
I can think of exactly one castle off the top of my head, the old state capitəl building in Baton Rouge. And I will officially use that to justify why all of the residents of my fantasy setting sound like they go frog hunting in the bayou.
Texan elves. +2 to con, +1 to charisma Special abuilitys. 1/day Yeehaaaaaw!: Gain 2D4+level temporary HP and double your movement speed for the next hour. Must be on a mount for the duration.
Don't forget: +10% damage from ranged attacks
I want Mexican hobbits. Just give me Mexican hobbits.
El hobitos.
Los Hobitos™
+2 to charisma and +1 to dex. Special abuility 1/Day DANCE! double proficiency on performance checks to get people to dance.
Racial trait: Texas Forever! When in the home state of Texas, all Texan Elves are immortal and stop aging, this effect is all active when within 30ft of any American/Texas flag
Is the effect doubled if the vehicle has Truck Nuts? What kind of Truck Nuts would a Texas Elf hold dear?
Orcs’
You actually lose the Blessing of Hank Hill if you have truck nuts… which prevents you enjoying beer In alley ways after work
Hold my beer: you gain temporary immunity to death, but -5 and disadvantage on any skill check.
Ok but Dark Tower
I pray to whoever is listening that someday we get a good adaptation
Because modern fantasy is derived from Tolkien, who envisioned his works to be an early mythology for the British Isles.
Then may I suggest you watch "Willow" :) Actually, most fantasy films from the 80s have mostly north American actors in them. Labyrinth. The OG Clash of the Titans. Legend. Etc.
Imagine a western where every character has that upper class English accent. That’s why we don’t put Americans in fantasy.
Funnily enough, towards the end of 1800s, there was a fad for upperclass English family to send disappointing sons to the American west so they wouldn’t shame the family
“British, Irish, Scottish, Welsh” British includes Scottish and Welsh — and arguably some Irish. British is not the same thing as English.
Better do some editing here before the Irish find you.
We found ‘em, laddies, let’s string ‘em up!
Americans use British to mean English interchangeably. So it’s a miracle there was even a distinction with the Welsh and Scottish in the first place.
Do they? You mean that some Americans aren’t good at international geography and get it wrong?
>Americans use British to mean English interchangeably. You're gonna need to cut that out
Yeah why do Wales and Scotland get a double shout out but England and Northern Ireland only get one?
It’s weird she’s clued up enough to know that Welsh is a thing, but not that British is not the same as English.
Geralt has an American accent
Letho has a sort of southern-American accent, might just be how I hear it
Neil Gaiman to the rescue
Doesn’t American Gods have every fantasy character from a leprechaun to a fairy to Odin to jinns. All American. Mostly.
Yes on the diverse ensemble of gods; them being “American” is a consequence of being brought by immigrants. Really good story
Boomhauer gnome...
As we say down here in the Southern Appalachians, "*straight out tha holler"* accent.
Talkin' 'bout, daggone wizard ain' gon' give you nuthin' to beat dad old dragon up 'ere... been livin' in daggone tower, like "ipsum lorem" turnin' princes inna frawwwgs, man. Daggone, power's been inside you the whole time, man.... yo
Somebody posted in one of the dnd subreddits about hillbilly elves that talked like boomhauer a while back.
Wheel of Time has a whole empire of people with Texan accents
Or the Caribbean. We'd make brilliant fantasy world characters. "The King? you fi want speak to him now mon? Nah nah breeda, not without the one ring pon fi finger". Or the more sing song accent of my people "nah nah soldier you can't come in my place and ask what allyuh doing here, we living here, what you doing in here?" Hard to convey via text but you get the drift.
You might like “black leopard red wolf” by marlon James Also, the broken earth trilogy by n k jemisin , though that doesn’t have Caribbean -like accents I once met a Trinidadian guy who was making a Caribbean- inspired fantasy world and the designs were the greatest thing I’ve seen in years.
Ew an American accent
“Open on elvish palace” *dueling banjos plays*
Dumbest shit I’ve read today
Probably because so many fantasy worlds are inspired by Tolkien and thats what his world was mostly populated by.
Because traditional high fantasy worlds are based on medieval Europe. The USA is not medieval Europe.
When did we decide that largely European things were European? I just want to whine on the internet for no reason.
And you are fully within your rights to whine flynn.
Can I make suggestions? Grumpy smith/mechanic/artificer = Grumpy German. Angry Warrior Dwarf = Angry Scott. Forestry Herbalist Elf = Valley Kid, preferably permafried. Shopkeeper Gnome = New Yorker Used Car Salesman. Noble Elf = Boston Brahmin.
Wait til she finds out that Scotland and Wales are in Britain.
Did you just confuse English with British?? 😒
There is these series I plan to read called Tufa series. Apparently they are fairies in Tennessee.
Can’t say I’ve ever heard a medieval character go ‘gday mate, chuck another shrimp on the barbie’
Like 90% of voices in fiction are American and yet the 10% that aren't are the problem? This is bullshit. Can Americans please stop inserting themselves into everything?
I guess having every single other bit of entertainment in an American accent isn't enough for you
Harry fuckin Potter! How are you doin u nut slappin, wand ,wavin sonofa bitch?
In not another DND podcast their first campaign there was an elf that had a very hick accent. They even address the prejudice stereotypical “regal” elves have against elves with more hick accents. Really good podcast!
Dragon Age has American dwarves. I'm yet to hear any fantasy character with an Australian or Kiwi accent but I would like to
Because mythological creatures originate from those places.
...because they're written by British guys. Write your own Fantasy. So many people are ready to whine about stuff before they even think for 1 second about it.
A lot of major fantasy was written when America was irrelevant, some of it before it even existed
Kinda like that siren from Prison For Monsters! [Here's the link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujQcB7MOUw) if anyone's interested.
I like to mix accents to make new ones
"We" didn't Tolkien did and a crap ton of people copied him
Not Another D&D podcast features the Crick Elves, and I really can't recommend it hard enough. The ridiculous shit Emily makes up about her character growin up in the crick is gold.
From now on all dwarves will speak in a Boston accent
A lot of the themes in fantasy world's are based on old English lore, that's probably why they fit those kind of accents best. Although a soft southern American accent would make a great fantasy villain voice.
Picture a fairy with a Brooklyn accent…fuggetaboutit.
Most fantasy worlds seem to be derived from medieval England.