Scifi is when you get shot by a blaster bolt
Fantasy is when you take an arrow to the knee
If there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
So we are living in science fantasy. No one has any idea where the four fundamental forces come from. They just “exist” like magical forces.
Ooh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
Arthur C. Clarke has entered the chat
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
Corrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
What about force fields?
Humans - Humans (duh)
Vulcans - Elves / High Elves
Romuluans - Dark Elves / Blood Elves
Klingons - Orcs
Andorians - Ice Elves
This is as much as I could come up with.
This checks out.
Who would be the dwarves? Ferengi?
I separate by the mechanics at play: do supernatural things exist in places they do not exist in reality (humans doing telekinesis, mind reading for example… Or outright magic like the force)? If yes, it’s likely fantasy.
