#and part of it is 'rinji amatori uses the power of being a business/econ double major to monopolize Aftokrator's clothing industry'

[obseletrix]

no yeah i feel your pain. most of my aftokrator worldbuilding is based off of victorian social norms combined with the architecture of Pompeii, the internecine politics of the Borgia family, and the violence of the Second Crusade. plus also the stuff we can extrapolate from Yuma and Replica’s information. and i have decided that they have a senate which is completely insane because representatives from all houses are present and obviously factional politics are a thing, but no triggers (or other weaponry) are allowed so. there are fairly minimal casualties. i also have a lot of thoughts about the economy.....

doing worldbuilding/development for Aftokrator and the Afto away squad is a really weird feeling honestly bc usually in a fandom, I will adopt a minor character or obscure unexplored corner of the worldbuilding and feel fairly secure in saying it is My City Now. I don't expect to get further details about Lio's backstory or how the Ultimate 5 joined Claw or Zaal'Koris's relationship history with Han'Gerrel. Even in the rare case where I'm in a fandom for an ongoing series/franchise... I mean, Paramount could theoretically announce a new show set in the Gamma Quadrant tomorrow, if they wanted, but everyone's ignored the Dominion for the last 25 years and I don't expect anyone to stop now, so, you know. My City Now.

watori, though? I honestly have no doubt that we will see the Afto squad again, certainly Aftokrator itself, and there's probably tons of details we don't know yet even if it's years before we see it in the series. so there's the distinct sense that everything I'm building is going to get torn down eventually, and I don't even dread it the way I sort of selfishly don't want the Star Trek franchise to follow up on the Dominion, because I don't trust canon to be as interesting as what's in my own head. No, I really really want to see Hyrein and Aftokrator again so bad! I want to know what Houses Mira and Enedora and Viza are from! I want to know what their cities look like and what happens to the people they capture! I want to meet House Ellin and learn about the people who raised Hyuse! My fics will be like a little time capsule of this period where almost everything about Afto is deliciously unknown and all we can do is speculate... I think I'm okay with that.