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A guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy: (startrek.website)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I separate by the mechanics at play: do supernatural things exist in places they do not exist in reality (humans doing telekinesis, mind reading for example... Or outright magic like the force)? If yes, it's likely fantasy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Where does subspace fall on this line? Stargates? The TARDIS?

Sometimes the science is magical. The line is pretty fuzzy