From Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. Why does all fantasy have to be like that?
Please recommend some fantasy novels with themes of real liberation to me. I love fantasy but I hate that it's always a new monarchy people happily submit to...
I want to write an anti-colonial, anti-monarch fantasy novel but that involves writing and I dunno about that
Just do it. I used to write something like that and while it's never getting finished or released it was really fun to screw with the format. Made sleeping a lot easier when you could lay in bed thinking about cool premises and tropes instead of worrying about life
Just start writing lol
E: bad and lazy advice tbh :bern-disgust:
Real world building hours, whos up?
Wikipedia is actually a decent resource to get started. Your story seems set: an oppressed people in a colony yearns for freedom. Congo under Belgian rule is a great reference to describe the horrors of colonialism. Describe it from the protagonist's point of view - what's their life like? What do they know about their colonizers, like, are there rumors about where they came from? Then look at various anticolonial struggles. Sankara is a magnificent template for The Chosen One. Once you set up the world and have started describing your protagonists life, your story starts writing itself.