http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/25/childrens-fantasy/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:36:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/25/childrens-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-17822 Thrace Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:45:06 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=347#comment-17822 It's a parody on loads of kids and young adult books about regular children who are whisked off into a magical land, perform heroics and such, and then return to the real world. People who grew up reading stories like this (like me) secretly have always wanted something like this to happen to them. Honestly, this comic is kinda sad. It’s a parody on loads of kids and young adult books about regular children who are whisked off into a magical land, perform heroics and such, and then return to the real world. People who grew up reading stories like this (like me) secretly have always wanted something like this to happen to them. Honestly, this comic is kinda sad.

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/25/childrens-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 Taneria Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:17:12 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=347#comment-1311 The Narnia Stories are full of adult Characters trying to get back to Narnia after leaving The Narnia Stories are full of adult Characters trying to get back to Narnia after leaving

]]> http://www.explainxkcd.com/2010/01/25/childrens-fantasy/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Allan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:20:29 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=347#comment-1244 I think the point is revealing a critical flaw in all those books about discovering a secret magical world. If you can't go back you probably wont be that happy. Then again I believe both Neverending Story and Narnia partly touched that problem themselves. I think the point is revealing a critical flaw in all those books about discovering a secret magical world. If you can’t go back you probably wont be that happy. Then again I believe both Neverending Story and Narnia partly touched that problem themselves.

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