#u would need to consume several different ocs stories to see half of jt

[red-dyed-sarumane]

theres like 2 posts about world building ive seen circulating & every time & im. wow. felt. i wish i had a cool story for my world but all my little guys end up like slice of life stories. & then i get to some minor detail about how would it be different from this world & instead of doing the reasonable thing of "this would be cool no one needs to know the specifics" im like. oh yeah the religions in the world would be different from this world that would be a fun little trivia thing [proceeds to make very in depth elaborations to various religions from different in universe countries] [makes up specific figures for them] [gives them weird little personal lives on top of the lore]. the fact i havent made a conlang for at least one of the countries is solely dependent on the fact its a lot more intricate than i have time for. i added whales in the sky so it'd be cool & instead of leaving it at that i went yeah sure why shouldn't they be in replacement of planes & have a history of breeding programs both for commercial flights & competitive whale racing & shows (much like horses) and on top of that different species have different tolerances to how high they can fly or how close to the poles/other hemispheres they can travel without having adverse effects. theres giant deer in the forests with their antlers & hooves composed of gemstones relative to the area theyre in. they have the ability to confuse people & make them walk in circles to remain undiscovered. literally a type of cryptid. theres region specific terrains & landscapes that each pose there own unique threats & rewards to people in them. there's islands that just float around in the sky -electromagnetism perhaps im still deciding on this one- that are near impossible to count so no one knows if theyve all been discovered or if the same ones are ever discovered twice. etc etc.

and this is all mostly irrelevant and or minor bc the single big thing that matters is that half of the population is born with some sort of psychic abilities that are highly personalized.