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Variations on a Name: The -Punks of our Times

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  1. Apos
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    I clicked on this by mistake, and ended up reading this by mistake. I'm glad I did though, the author has a really nice writing style. Never thought about steampunk that way too.

    I clicked on this by mistake, and ended up reading this by mistake. I'm glad I did though, the author has a really nice writing style. Never thought about steampunk that way too.

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    alyaza
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    just as an aside to this now that i'm not close to falling asleep, it's interesting to me as a part of this that steampunk is apparently seen as both niche and overplayed in some circles. maybe...

    just as an aside to this now that i'm not close to falling asleep, it's interesting to me as a part of this that steampunk is apparently seen as both niche and overplayed in some circles.

    Steampunk is dead, I am told. “An agent told me I can’t use the word ‘steampunk’ to describe my novel,” a friend told me, “and I asked other editor friends and they said the same thing. You can’t call your book steampunk anymore.”
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    And now we apparently can’t have steampunk, because steampunk as a commercial genre is overdone and too niche. Nobody wants steampunk anymore, it seems.

    maybe it's because i haven't paid much attention to literature and the media as a whole recently, but it certainly doesn't seem like there's that much steampunk to go around to begin with. i feel like i haven't heard the term to describe a piece of media in at least three years, and off the top of my head i can't really name a piece of media i'd actually describe as steampunk.

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    1. Apos
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      I see steanpunks in a lot of games. I also get the general feeling that people are tired of it. Personally, I think it's really cool. For example, the steampunk stuff in League of Legends is so...

      I see steanpunks in a lot of games. I also get the general feeling that people are tired of it.

      Personally, I think it's really cool. For example, the steampunk stuff in League of Legends is so awesome. (Check the Ekko trailer among other ones.) (The also have a lot of short stories.)

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEpp9lkfxA

      https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/region/piltover/

      https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/region/zaun/

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