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mantisgodsdomain · 11 months ago

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Also have realized that we may have worded things oddly to exaggerate the amount of the Wasp Kingdom that is actually in active conflict but in our defence the power structures we currently have there have it so that whenever there aren't things to fight something like 40-80% of the Wasp Kingdom military gets re-allocated to Basically Whatever The Wasp Kingdom Needs At That Moment since they're, like, the Designated Supply Of Able-Bodied Wasps That The Queen Uses To Do Shit.

Marble is also banned from the non-combat parts of that setup, btw. Their particular tendency towards volatile-yet-effective is not something that ANYONE wants designing things that will be used in day-to-day civilian things just Around The Wasp Kingdom because generally you don't want your heavy-use architecture to Fucking Explode if you don't read and religiously adhere to the 120-page manual.

#we speak #marble #ocs #the wasp kingdom's hive tends to get significantly damaged or destroyed a few times a decade thanks to. The Deadland Border Thing #and when that happens instead of shrinking their military they just start making their footsoldiers learn construction instead #pretty much everyone has to be at least competent in combat because if they Aren't then people Fucking Die #for related reasons they tend to have surprisingly decent attitudes about shit like disability #because injury in the field is something that around 60-70% of wasps will experience in their lifetimes #and that's a VERY LARGE part of the population that they Really can't just leave out of work or anything #because they need all the damn hands that they can get most of the time #which results in things like WMS having a truly ridiculous number of variant signs for amputees or people with limited range of motion #its uhh. plus side: wasp kingdom is insanely ahead in disability accommodations and such compared to Everyone Else #minus side: it's because any member of the wasp kingdom is fully expected to become disabled in some way during their lifetime #plus side: they will accept anything and everything into the kingdom up to and including parasites and criminals #minus side: it's because they live in one of the single most deadly inhabited areas in bugaria and you will be drafted into the military #also there are Quite A Few Things that make socialization cross-kingdom Difficult #and if youre a mimic fly coming in especially you Really have no indication as to what is friendly and what is Not #and you Know when youre being mocked but youre also not gonna be capable of viewing Friendly Interaction as Nonhostile #because everyone here grew up getting at least mild battle training more or less from splitting the cocoon and expects you to play rough #and you are a fly that is not going to interpret someone biting and shaking you in a non-aggressive manner #even if it's a deliberate play-shake that doesnt actually Hurt or break shell #worldbuilding #they only actually need the kaiju squad like once or twice a year but uhh. yknow. The Beasts

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