Biggest-Kusa-Out-There
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I think, lol. What I meant is that low fantasy doesn't really need explanation because it's mundane happenings, while high fantasy needs to stick to the rules set in-world.I think you got these backwards? Low fantasy is an elf selling drinks at a 7-11, High fantasy is an elf enchanting a ship to sail through the air and shoot fireballs at that forty foot tall dragon.
I grew up reading more Sci-Fi than fantasy, so I expect a ton of realism when I'm reading. And writing, I suppose.
That doesn't mean I expect absolute reality, like historical dramas or modern stories without magic. I actually hate that type of thing. I want to see realistic magic. I want people to exceed the limits of reality. I want a believable excuse for why you can move faster than the eye can see. A dragon can create hurricanes with its wingbeats because it literally weighs enough to displace the air faster than it can fill the gap. How can it live while weighing that much? Magic... But so what?
Magic is just a new law of reality that adds more to the realism.
Like doraemon is low fantasy (lol this example), and mahouka is high fantasy... i guess?