Fantasy rednecks

No one decided that, if you’re looking at Tolkien based fantasy then of course it’s British because it’s British fantasy

All of the Asian fantasy I’ve seen has been populated by people of their respective country.

Everyone knows the Grim Reaper is Jamaican

This post is stupid, just write your desired fantasy

Ancient city-sized dragon that is eons older that any surviving historical text or man-made structures in the world, speaking to the dwarf that stands bravely before her: "Well ain't chu just the most precious lil' thang I ever did lay eyes on! Wut's yer name, sugah?"

I don't want none of them there dragons yonder.

What better way to break immersion than have your quest giver start screaming GO ON GIT

Why so much room for activities on this image?

Because its fantasy no ones fantasising about American accents.

Orc: "Y'all lil fellers in the wrong gotdam place I reckon. You boys jus' git on up in them rocks and take them panties right off."

Pretty sure because the “original” fantasy was written as a false history for England (LoTR was this). So it makes sense that the people would bear an English accent

Fantasy is based upon the middle ages.

During the middle ages the US did not exist.

Because New Zealand is a fantasy hence why it doesn't exist on many world maps.

It's british because it's based on medieval times, when USA (or Australia/New Zealand for that matter) was yet to be permanently settled by europeans.

It's not a different european language, because english has become the lingua franca of the world.

Let's see.

Dwarves: Billy-Bob Thornton's accent from Sling Blade.

Elves: Transatlantic accent. Used by stars in the 1930s/1940s.

Hobbits: Cajun. Makes sense, they love food, live a rural life, etc.

Orcs: NYC accent

Goblins: Chicago Accent

Or, if you wanted to go international.

Dwarves: Gotta go with the classic. Glasgow.

Elves: South African. I think it can sound smart but foreign-influenced, as elves should.

Hobbits: Aussie

Orcs: NYC accent again

Goblins: Newfoundland accent

Most have Eurocentric accents because those are the areas the various legends and stories originated.

Various depictions of leprechauns make them pretty much Irish rednecks. I love Mad Sweeney's depiction in American Gods.

We do, they just tend to be the Orcs or Goblins lol

Geralt has an American accent in the games.

I would like to take this moment recommend Not Another D&D Podcast solely because of the Crick Elves

Good lord no. Here in the US I hear plenty of that. It's the last thing I want to hear in a fantasy.

Because for fantasy we think of middle ages, and middle ages america is full of natives, not a single English speaker in sight

In Dragon Age, the dwarves speak with an American accent, which was pretty unique during the time.

I mean go and watch true blood or read the books ots based off of ?

Yes we collectively decided it. We all had a big vote, but you weren't invited.

Modern fantasy is heavily based on ancient European fairytales and folklore

Fantasy species are supposed to be ancient.

America is a toddler of a nation, in age and behavior.

The German translation of Baldur's Gate decided for some reason that elves spoke in an east-German accent. Imagine Legolas sounding like he was from Texas.

I did a dnd campaign once where it had a Louisiana bayou theme. Rednecks? Southern belles, and swamp gnomes with Cajun French accents. Was a lot of fun!

"y'all want some fairy dust?"

A great example of this is Not Another D&D Podcast, a comedy D&D podcast. The first campaign has a player character who sounds like she’s from Appalachia!

Because English speaking viewers don't want to read subtitles

The Seanchan would like a slowly drawled word.

There's a DnD podcast called "Not Another DnD Podcast", where one of the characters is a redneck elf. That one's played by Emily Axford, who's also part of D20: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GcTIDkgnB9wP6CmUyOSqa?si=2FX7y8bcTfitOVluc7pVcw

I give you Tex of the Black Pants Legion talking about playing D&D in rural Texas. We gonna praise Palor up in hyaugh!

Theres not enough guns in Fantasy stories to warrant a redneck accent

Careful what you wish for. I believe it’s in the first book* of Wheel of Time that suddenly there's a group of "darkfriends"** (basically worshippers of the ultimate evil) who all speak in a dialect that sounds like they're from rural Georgia.

Even with Rosamund Pike doing a fantastic job reading the audio book, that was immersion breaking as fuck 😂

*Second book

** not all darkfriends, see reply below

Monsters, Inc. Fairy trailer trash with a southern accent. You're welcome.

Ever been to Tennessee? You really don't want that lol

So you want Neil Stephen's American gods? got it

An elf with a heavy Southern California accent.

British Scottish Welsh (Irish is complicated)?

I have English being conflated with British but never the other way round.

I have no idea how I feel about this

Definitely listen to the audible book The Hum and the Shiver it has fairies in the Appalachian mountains and definitely has red-neck voiced fairies.

guess they missed True Blood

Dwarves in the Dragon Age universe have an US-American accent.

Has nobody here seen The Wizard of Oz?

Aye reckon

Because Tolkien.

They made at least one "southern fantasy" show, it was called Man in the High Castle based on work by American fantasy writer Phillip K Dick.

Two hick PCs in the current Critical Role cast.

Only an American would do something like that, but because most Americans can't read...

I'm imaginig everyone just speaking erasmus english

My last character was an orphan (or course), taken in by a dwarf clan, where he worked alongside them in the mines. So, naturally, he was Appalachian

And I thought there was a remark about the suspiciously missing foreign accents in there... I was disappointed

What a gross crop