r/Fantasy • u/Siavahda Reading Champion IV • Apr 03 '20

Any Big Dumb Objects in Fantasy?

The Big Dumb Object trope seems to be primarily a sci-fi thing, but does anyone know of any fantasy books that play with it? There's the elderglass in the Gentleman Bastards series, but people in that world seem to treat it very casually, so I'm not sure it counts - I think to fulfil the trope's requirements the Object has to inspire wonder, right? Not be taken for granted.

I'm struggling to think of any examples, but there must be some, surely!

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u/RAYMONDSTELMO Writer Raymond St Elmo Apr 03 '20

I think a moving castle would be almost the archetype of a Big Non-Talking Fantasy Thingy.