#ITS A FANTASY SETTING

[fantasticgothicpeachsludge]

“he's like a brother to me”...”he's my best friend”....

[bacchuschucklefuck]

truly this one's just for me. I can do what I want foreverrr

[kinerxy]

Honrses

[fearmeeeee]

Zealot

[cubbihue]

So, a changeling is sort of like a p-zombie?

(For the unaware, “p-zombie” stands for “philosophical zombie”. It’s a thought experiment in philosophy that describes a being that’s outwardly identical to a human, but does not have a consciousness; that is, a p-zombie does not think whatsoever, although it looks like it thinks to an outsider observer. There’s a whole wikipedia article on it that explains the concept better than I can!)

They don't exactly think, as in "I dont want this" "I like that". But, Changelings do have a form of "Consciousness". It's just that their consciousness is more like a series of commands or tasks than actual formulated thoughts.

Timmy's Changeling has a very advanced "consciousness". It can predict future actions and reroute its tasks to pick only the best options for its situation.

We fill their heads with static to ensure that the Changeling does not form thoughts about anything. Thoughts leads to opinions, and opinions leads to incorrect actions. A proper Changeling should have more static in their mind than a TV screen on a defunct channel!

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[antares-dupont]

started this at the beginning of sophomore year and now im nearly done w junior year lol

anyways. guess whos my favorite 👍

[nabaath-areng]

I have this one "OC" that does not yet have a name that I've drawn several times for a couple years. I was thinking that if I tried making them in FFXIV that I'd use elezen as a base... but then I remembered what other race have their near exact hairstyle... and now I'm like damn... I played myself...

[heynhay]

let's drive out

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

fantasy au whiteboard scribbles <3

[frogcroaks]

Hanasei, the chorus of Koegama

Height: 1.20-1.60m | Weight: 50-100kg | Hypercarnivores | Semi-aquatic

A frog-like species, Hanasei are known for their powerful vocals, using their gills for vocalization out of water and being able to mimic any sound. Their societies tend to live near riverbanks and lakeshores, constructing stilt houses with direct access to the water. Most are fishermen, but some host farms of larger animals in artificially constructed lakes and deviated river branches.

They have an affinity for water Aether, but hold a unique reproduction system of using it to create eggs, meaning they lose access to their water abilities for a few months each year and lack sexual organs. In trade, they can create from 50 to 100 eggs per reproductive season.

[galaghiel]

How tommy found shroud in the runaway au

[alicenpai]

started reading emma by kaoru mori today and by golly. i am not a binger by any means (far from it) but i zoomed through half of the story in a day. it's literally That Good................

[bacchuschucklefuck]

dreaming abt sophomore year class swap bard!riz

[kingjasnah]

the further i get in my wok reread the more apparent it is to me that kaladin's depression is so central to who he is that you cant think of him as a protagonist w/o considering it. and yeah the premise of the radiant magic system means that people who are actively trying to heal from various traumas are gravitated towards pursuing oaths that help them do so but it's really good that all of kaladin's childhood flashbacks are like yeah no the depression was clinical. it was always there. all that terrible shit also happened and he is getting better but no matter how many ideals he swears he's still gonna have to deal with it. meg thee stallion said it best 😔 bad bitches have bad days too.

[dinoserious]

been idly muckin w the manfish recently. his name is tiberius (tiber or ty, mostly) and he has a companion character, bazal, an eagle man whos design is still in the works (not a griffin btw! i just like the earsies, no other feline traits present)

the two of them are formerly human mercenary types, and pissed off a god while working a job together. they continued working together because who else do you work with after something like that

(they wear clothes ive just not decided what i want those clothes to be, stylistically)

[spookygibberish]

I've sort of developed a strange relationship with the concept of "realism" in the things I make.

Something I was very into as like, an eleven year old (im not implying this was immature to be into, just that it was formative for me), was speculative biology specifically for dragons, and now, specifically in the case of dragons I find a lot of attempts to make them biologically plausible fully missing the appeal of dragons at all.

Thinking specifically about the supernatural elements of JoM and where the line is drawn. The dagnyds are made from the remains of godlike entities, and are not entirely earthly animals. They have a supernatural origin. It would be fully justified in giving them magic abilities or making magic an aspect of the setting, but have absolutely zero interest in doing so. It doesn't interest me. I think about shit like healing powers or glowy energy attacks and my reaction is just "what does this even add? Why do I need this? Does this make things more interesting?" And it simply doesn't. Healing is more interesting as a prolonged process, combat is more interesting with teeth and claws and metal and blood. These are options which are more realistic, closer to real life, but the realism isn't what makes them interesting: it's physicality.

When I design a creature for this world, I am not thinking about making it biologically plausible, and yet, I try to design things which look like they could 'move under their own power'. There is a sense of heft and mechanical "soundness" which I value more than realism, but often also aligns with looking 'realistic'.

I would say that it's better to serve a narrative than strive for absolute realism, but I don't actually write stories, although I do have ideas for them occasionally. I guess a version of this which is more relevant and applicable is that i prefer to strive for a particular vibe.