#Miscellaneous worldbuilding
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hogoflight · 1 year ago
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here’s another delusional one for y’all: so we’ve got Apollo hibernates in Hyperborea during the winter right. What if. Considering the fact that Hyperboreans are also said to not age or fall to illnesses. WHAT IF WHEN APOLLO WASN’T SLEEPING THERE THEY FELL INTO A SORT OF CRYOSLEEP AND THE LAND ALMOST FROZE OVER, WHAT IF THEY SET UP A SPECIFIC TEMPLE WITH A SUPER COMFY BED ETC ETC FOR APOLLO WHICH IS ALSO OPEN WALLED AND AT THE VERY TIP OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF HYPERBOREA, AND WHEN HE SLEEPS THERE IT’S LIKE HYPERBOREA’S OWN LITTLE SUN, RAYS PEEKING OUT FROM THE COLUMNS OF HIS TEMPLE. (I’m also imagining that when he sleeps he sort of melts Into matter and intense light. Maybe like a big noodle.) WHAT IF HOUSES HAD MIRRORS OF SORTS POSITIONED TO REFLECT HIS LIGHT FOR VARIOUS USES, ONE OF WHICH BEING TO WAKE THEM UP SO THEY CAN USE HIS LIGHT FOR VARIOUS. LIVING. PURPOSES. LIKE FARMS HAD HUGE MIRRORS WITH BIGGER, ROUGHER SURFACES TO SCATTER THE LIGHT OVER A BROAD AREA ONTO VARIOUS PLANTS PRESUMABLY ON DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OR LEVELS ON DIFFERENT ANGLES, ALSO WITH THE HELP OF PRISMS. WHAT IF THERE WERE SUPER TALL “STREETLIGHTS” THAT WERE THIN (so as to not completely block out much of the light) AND REFLECTED LIGHT ABOVE CITIES IN CONNECTED BEAMS OF LIGHT. WHAT IF AS THANKS THE PEOPLE LAID STONES AND GOLD AND JEWELLERY WITH MANY FACETS AT HIS ALTAR, TO MAKE THE LIGHT HE GIVES OFF SEEM EVEN MORE BRILLIANT. WHAT IF THE RAVENS HERE ARE SACRED TO APOLLO BECAUSE THEY BRING HIM THE SHINY THINGS AND ARE SAID TO BE HIS VOICE WHILE HE SLEEPS (mixture of sleep talking and actual advice). WHAT IF BECAUSE RAVENS ARE GOOFY AS HELL, HYPERBOREAN RAVENS ARE ESPECIALLY GOOFY AS HELL BECAUSE HYPERBOREAN APOLLO IS A MORE OF SILLY GOOFY / YOUNG GUY THAT DOES, IN FACT, SEEM LIKE THE KIND OF GUY THAT THE HYPERBOREANS WOULD SACRIFICE COW BUTTS TO TO MAKE HIM LAUGH (actual source). EDIT: sorry I meant donkeys??? He finds donkeys silly and goofy??? I don’t know why I wrote cow butts??? I got temporarily possessed??? This is what I get for writing something vaguely based off of something in my head I read months ago??? Sorry again??? (however if you want. character wise if he’s more young here then yeah If he laughs at donkeys I think he would laugh at butts too. Look at him (guy in my brain).)
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wbqotd · 3 months ago
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If a community in your world had to create a time capsule to help preserve their culture and time for future study, what items would they place inside and why?
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aroaessidhe · 9 months ago
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2024 reads / storygraph
A Tempest of Tea
first in a YA fantasy duology
follows a young immigrant woman in a fantasy Victorian city who runs a tearoom that doubles as an illegal bloodhouse for vampires at night
when their business is threatened, she gets a chance to save it by teaming up with her best friend, a rich girl with a talent for forgery, a vampire artist, and a mysterious city guard to do a heist to infiltrate high society and collect a logbook that may reveal the extent of the corruption in the city
fantasy city with a masked ruler, arthurian elements, themes of colonialism
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wheres all the high lord's mothers? Like, the highlord and his father (or whoever his predecessor is) cant coexist because he has to die in order to pass down the highlord magic and you cant be highlord without the magic, but that doesnt apply to the capital-l Ladies of the courts because they dont have any kind of special inheritance magic, theyre literally just women who married high lords. So like, where are they? Theres no way every single one of them got revenge-killed ala Rhysand and Tamlin's moms. Especially Tarquin's mom since he wasnt even the high lord's son, I think he was his nephew, and hes said to be very young by fae standards so I definitely feel like he should be advised by his mom or by the previous Summer Lady archduchess Sophie-style yknow what I mean
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lemonxlimee · 1 month ago
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Enderman slurs probably
-green eyes (libertarian; those who dislike the end culture of being obedient to the ender dragon) (a reference to how, in older versions, endermen's eyes would turn green once the ender dragon was defeated)
-waterborn (overworld origin)
-mite kisser (for those in intermob relationships)
-porter (for those in nondevoted relationships) (a reference to how "teleporting" is a means of "getting around") (this is because endermen mate for life if they mate at all so a nondevoted enderman is seen as taboo)
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cicadaghost · 1 year ago
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ERROR: INDEX_ID_OUT_OF_BOUNDS x43484950
INITIATING EMERGENCY PROTOCOL. TARGET ACQUIRED.
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pama-saga · 6 months ago
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Here we go, worldbuilding time!
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woodsplinter · 8 months ago
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some rough character sketches
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ur-favorite-pal-cal · 5 months ago
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Putting this here for organization sake.
Herro! I’m Cal! (He/She/They) I draw the silly little guys and sometimes make them move. I just made this to show and archive my things somewhere.
FYI:
- Blog may contain mature themes and I advise you to browse at your own risk!
- This is mostly OC art so if you came here for something else, I’m sorry- >_<
Tags are just here for organization- uwu
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the-knife-consumer · 2 years ago
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Are you a fellow Cosmic anatomy studier, or do you make your own stuff up?
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You could say i do a little pondering
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softgrungeprophet · 7 months ago
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i promise to always be on my bullshit
oh—points of reference for the spiral roof:
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza and the Church of Our Saviour in Copenhagen
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but with a like, spike at the top instead of the sphere, and also it's solid (green) bronze and covered in gargoyles. lmao.
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wbqotd · 3 months ago
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Describe a typical chair, sofa, or other object designed for sitting from your setting.
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riwrite-a · 1 year ago
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( writes anything with link ) oh yeah twipri era hyrule is a place that is real and i have lived there for 17 yrs
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deception-united · 7 months ago
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Writing Tips Master Post
Character writing/development:
Character Arcs
Making Character Profiles
Character Development
Comic Relief Arc
Internal Conflict
Character Voices
Creating Distinct Characters
Suicidal Urges/Martyr Complex
Creating Likeable Characters
Writing Strong Female Characters
Writing POC Characters
Building Tension
Plot devices/development:
Intrigue in Storytelling
Enemies to Lovers
Alternatives to Killing Characters
Worldbuilding
Misdirection
Consider Before Killing Characters
Foreshadowing
Narrative:
Emphasising the Stakes
Avoid Info-Dumping
Writing Without Dialogue
1st vs. 2nd vs. 3rd Perspective
Fight Scenes (+ More)
Transitions
Pacing
Writing Prologues
Dialogue Tips
Writing War
Writing Cheating
Worldbuilding:
Worldbuilding: Questions to Consider
Creating Laws/Rules in Fantasy Worlds
Book writing:
Connected vs. Stand-Alone Series
A & B Stories
Writer resources:
Writing YouTube Channels, Podcasts, & Blogs
Online Writing Resources
Outlining/Writing/Editing Software
Writer help:
Losing Passion/Burnout
Overcoming Writer's Block
Fantasy terms:
How To Name Fantasy Races (Step-by-Step)
Naming Elemental Races
Naming Fire-Related Races
How To Name Fantasy Places
Ask games:
Character Ask Game #1
Character Ask Game #2
Character Ask Game #3
Miscellaneous:
1000 Follower Post
2000 Follower Poll
Writing Fantasy
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lemonxlimee · 2 months ago
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hi you reminded me of objects OBJECT WORLDBUILDING BEAMBLAST GO!!!!!!! cw bugtalking
fish and insects are much more commonly consumed than red meats and co.,, it's way easier for objects to harvest insects than, say, cows or pigs. chicken is one of the rare exceptions, given it's so easy to keep them at bay and they also lay eggs. it's much more common to just sell their eggs, though.
insects are like their farm animals…… it's not unusual for farms to consist of just bugs.
since fish farming is a little more complicated, those are usually not as cheap as bugs.
farm bugs are usually bred to be bigger and fatter than their wild counterparts, and are usually much more docile.
other animals like frogs, mice and squirrels are also common food options objects may see in their local walmart. these aren't as easily bred as literally any other bug, so they're not as common as them, but they're very common alternatives to those.
pig and hogs are less common farm animals and they have their own kind of malls dedicated to them sometimes, since they're so scarce compared to fish and insects. these shops are regulated by mostly carnivorous objects.
cows are like exotic foods to objects… they're only eaten by those who can afford to buy them and know where to find them (aka, the rich)
↑milk isn't usually used because of this, it's much more common to use other milks instead, like soy milk, rice milk, coconut milk, etc.
Wow youdre sos mart ❤️
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madelinelovesick · 9 months ago
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