To live oneself into a fantasy world is really a joy. If you have ever had a home for yourself in the shire near Bagend, or tried your luck in an Elder Scrolls game then you must know what I am talking about here.
The thing with fantasy world though is no matter how grave the danger is, or how scary the monsters are the truth shall always be stranger. It seems to be a law of nature as iron clad as gravity.
We simply just cannot imagine events and stories that are as bizarre as a history book. Imagine that.
Some might be sceptical but I shall make you see reason dear reader. I know there might be exceptions people have dug out of the dark corners of a second hand book store but for the most part imagine a crime or mystery story you have seen on TV recently. CSI, or a court room drama like Judge Dred (technically) the stories generally make sense even through the plot twist. There are a handful of characters central to the story but not too many to lose track of, there is a definite beginning and conclusion even with an open ending. Imagine if the story ends after the initial hearing gets postponed and the credits roll?
Unlike here in the real world where continuity does not care if you tuned in half way through the story. No remakes, no sequels, no book to movie deals, just one big long very confusing tale. For that reason a former Olympian is still crying his way through court hearing almost four years after the crime or our biggest issues living in eMalahleni is not a dark lord of some kind or dragons but unemployment, pollution, a slippery economy, and a local government rife with misadministration and corruption. Imagine if the super secret league of awesome hamsters or whatever cleaned house stopped the bad guys and got the girls all in under 19 minutes? That would make so much more sense.
Has fiction given us a wrong idea of how things work or can it inspire us to take action and change for the better. Being a glass half full kind of guy I am hopeful that the K53 license test will accommodate giant flying eagles in the near future.
