Is Romantasy Ruining Welsh (and Scottish and Irish) Culture?
Romantasy (or 'romantic fantasy' - go figure) has been all over the internet this month, especially over on TikTok, where BookTok has been debating whether the genre is ruining fantasy (it's not). But a wider discussion has appeared too, asking if romantasy authors have a responsibility to be sensitive and aware of the real life cultures they're borrowing from, be they Scottish, Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Gaeilge, Manx, Breton, or otherwise. Well this "Celt" has opinions and thoughts, and he decided to stick some of them in a YouTube video to get them across. Find me elsewhere: Business email: jade@scarletragemedia.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/jimmyjohnson Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thewelshviking My actual website: www.welshviking.com Insta: @littlewelshviking Letters, parcels, packages? The Welsh Viking, PO Box 821, YORK, YO1 0PY, UK Editing software: DaVinci Resolve Camera: Panasonic Lumix GH5 Intro by @Anttimation
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And I really liked this video by the Welsh Viking aka Jimmy Johnson who talked about this issue of under researched use in fantasy in some depth, because it is an issue! youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
Jimmy the Welsh Viking is wonderful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-1... There's some interesting stuff to be done with a Dymchurch Flit style Celtic diaspora, and I'd love to read it, but nobody is writing it! (PS: I am available for Welshness sensitivity reading.)
A good informative video! #booksky #welsh #romantasy youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
suuuuper interesante youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
this was such an interesting watch youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
a fellow Cymro giving a lukewarm take on this tepid topic that I wholeheartedly share. Worth a watch. "Yes we have given you King Arthur and The Mabinogion. Yes it is a beautiful place. But Wales is not a fantasy-land. " If you're going to take any inspiration, just do it respectfully.
Was able to get out of bed today, and am a few minutes into watching this video and I think it solidifies and gives words for uneasy feelings I've had about certain things throughout my life: youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
Pretty cool "lukewarm take" on Welsh culture and appropriate representation of Welsh culture in literature. youtube.com/watch?v=58-1...
So happy to see that I’m not crazy and that others have noticed this as well. I usually go into the Scottish side of it all but I’m glad he speaks about the Welsh side too. Highly rec giving this a watch! youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
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This was great, and I'm sending to every person I've ever seen describe Hozier (for example) as "fae-coded" or "bog core" www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-1...
Got wildly off topic but the vid that sparked the soliloquy
Romantasy versus Celtic Cultures youtu.be/58-1EOObzso
In which the author talks about the great genre of 'did not do the fucking research!' Enjoy! PS I am a Devonian and will fight to point out Arthur was Dumnonian, not Welsh! youtu.be/58-1EOObzso?...
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