I love Halloween. Possibly more as an adult then when I was a kid, or at least what I loved about it has changed with other aspects becoming more important. As a kid candy was what mattered, sure your costume was important, but only as far as candy was concerned. Nowadays I'm not such a big candy eater. What I find most exciting about Halloween now is the costume.
As someone who writes, and reads, in the fantasy genre Halloween in extra fun. But also a learning experience. That corset my heroine has been fighting in, well that's actually really hard to move in. Not to mention breathing. Good to know. How possible is it to flee in a long skirt, that depends on the terrain. Look at all this learning. Its a lot of fun to put our characters in fun costumes, and lots of times there isn't much thought into how realistic they actually are. Like all those female super heroes in heels. Seriously?! I don't care who you are, fighting in heels is stupid, and really all that would happen is that they would break their ankle.
Some would say, but its fantasy, it isn't real. But what makes good fantasy is not whether or not its real, its whether or not its believable. That somewhere, way in the back of your mind that small voice says, "Just maybe."
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