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Grimdark is a subgenre of speculative fiction with a tone, style, or setting that is particularly dystopian, amoral, and violent. The term is inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000 : "In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war."
The Poppy War is a 2018 fantasy novel by American author R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager.A grimdark fantasy, it draws plot points and politics from mid-20th-century China, [1] [2] [3] with the conflict in the novel based on the Second Sino-Japanese War, and an atmosphere inspired by the Song dynasty. [4]
The game has received widespread praise for the tone and depth of its setting, and is considered the foundational work of the grimdark genre of speculative fiction, the word grimdark itself derived from the series' tagline: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war". Warhammer 40,000 has spawned many spin-off media.
Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy and horror literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror elements with one or other of the standard formulas of fantasy.
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Stories in the hopepunk subgenre reject the fatalism and cynicism of grimdark. Hopepunk characters persevere, believing in the possibility of something better in the face of difficult realities. [12] Hopepunk is an approach in which characters choose to fight to make things better, and are motivated by noble motives.
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