sleptcraft

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for various reasons i cannot keep going on tumblr so from now on this blog will kindly be managed by my partner. essentially nothing will change other than me no longer reblogging things to here, or live posting. this also means i will be unable to see any comments or messages through here, so i encourage the usage of alternative methods of contact if you must contact me.

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heavily work in-progress

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[image ID (copied from alt text): Painting of a lush cave from Minecraft. A geode is visible in the background. End ID]

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[image ID: Digital painting of an Ancient City center. The view is from a low angle, looking up at the structure which is half lit by an unseen light source. Candles sit on chiseled deepslate bricks. Soul fire is lit underneath the structure, illuminating the ground. End ID]

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Thinking about the overworld fossils and how massive they are. They're significantly larger than the Ender Dragon that exists in the world, but also a large portion of them are not fossil (still bone), meaning they're recent in the grand scheme of things, since fossils take thousands of years to form.

So it makes me wonder what kind of things were big enough to make those fossils. I've considered having actual dragons too as opposed to the megaorganism of the dragon, but I'm not sold on the idea.

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God I forgot how much I hate looking at Standard Galactic. I have yet to come up with a neography I actually like in place of it.

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Distinction between magic and science, and gods and beings

For the purpose of this world building, magic are actions that are not congruent with our (real life) understanding of physics. This means things such as creating new material from nothing and enchanting. Weapons enchanted with flame, for example, have no physical properties that enable them to ignite a target struck, they simply do that.

Any mention of a god in this setting is implied to be unknowably real in universe. The purpose of a god seems defeated to me if we know they are real, because then they are simply a very powerful guy rather than divine. Therefore, out of universe, they are neither real nor unreal.

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Some examples of variation of guardians.

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Another valid interpretation of the Ender Dragon

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The Ender Dragon, being an endless and eternal being is infinitely large and thus contains everything that could exist.

Because of this, She is simultaneously alive and dead. Any and all interpretation of Her is correct. As an organism, She maintains Herself by consuming possibilities of universes and their contents.

She exists as a singular in the End. The End itself is the Ender Dragon's mind, in idle processing not otherwise being used.

The Nether occurs in Her corpse, her flesh and blood turned to stone and magma.

The Overworld then is Her soul itself, exerting its will.