#worldshapers

[wtfearth123]

17 Equations that changed the course of history.

[chadwickginther]

2024 Mid-year Check In

For those readers who might be new around here, every year I make some writing related goals to try and keep my creative year on track. I also check in at the midpoint to see how things are going. So … that said, here were my goals for 2024: Revise and submit my WIP novella. Continue submitting my short fiction. Submit at least four new stories. Right now the plan is for these stories to…

[finlaena]

"I grow sentimental in my rot. Else I’ve been down here long enough to find kinship with my fellow jetsam. Instead of final death, I offered her the insult of rescue. A worldshaper’s breath “adapting” her shape to better survive our shared prison. And still her spirit did not break, my Shadow!"

Had to draw Yareli Pandea with Hunhow at some point because reasons.

I hate doing this dramatic lighting crap, it's unreal.

[zecchou]

hi. i set out on a journey to build the Argyris Estate, a sci-fi spin on baroque chateaus set in a space opera that i co-write with like three other people. this is day 2. i am making this post just to start documenting. more info under the cut

don't ask me how long this took i'm not counting the hours. day 1 was spent on outlining the floorplan itself after some drawings that took like an additional 2 days. it's not a 1:1 beause i suck at planning and also the reason i'm not actually an architect.

i use a modpack on Forge called Valhelsia 6, mostly for the decorative elements. i have like 4 variations on polished calcite, it's a little insane. however, Create has been very helpful with the creative worldshaper tool, or this would've taken far longer!

inspiration, as mentioned, sources from baroque french architecture and also the Ghiblicraft Howl's Moving Castle Kingsbury section. go look at it, it's not even done but it's so pretty. glass facade concocted by my bestie @ako-kipali. more updates to follow as i work on this

[leliwardens]

with that recent article i know i'll be oscillating about my feelings well after da4's release i'm sure but while i'm simmering with still being deeply upset i've been kind of settling on feeling just...stupid? for being excited? despite it being no fault of my own or even overblowing my expectations?

like at most i expected codex entries or banter like previous games for quantum characters and possible cameos for non-quantum, fair enough it's mostly par for the course with previous titles. and that's what gets me is, was it wrong to believe what previous titles have given us??? why would anyone expect or think differently?????

i never expected anything to be worldshaping choices because that is so not feasible in terms of story and resources plus hasn't been what the games have ever done, but i don't think it was wrong to go "oh man i can't wait to see the divine! like seeing anora and/or alistair in inquisition!"

idk i feel duped when there was nothing i could of done to know otherwise and it's not a great feeling!

[pluralzalpha]

Galactic Gazetteer: Eye of Orion

Type: earthlike planet

Moons: several

Location: Constellation of Orion

Visited by: the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough

(also the 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th Doctors and the Curator)

First appearance: The Five Doctors (1983)

Fun fact: the Doctor's third favourite planet.

Another fun fact: supposedly the most tranquil place in the universe, energised by the bombardment of positive ions, and not at all like a wet hill in North Wales.

Fun fact 3: the planet was once geohacked by a worldshaper, and its moon still looks like the face of Jack Harkness.

[lilliancdoodles]

in the Passa Tudo base there's an artifact area(?) and there's a lot of stuff here.

5 lankyas, an Araldo bot, a creative motor, a creative worldshaper, a white monster, some pink stuff (Not sure exactly what it is) and there was a book on one of the pedestals.

Pac took this book and replaced it with the neutrarkanya dagger.

There is a hidden room in the back where there are at least 9 guns and magazines. There was a hidden wall that revealed a small room covered in cheese where Ratomanocu was XD

This message also flashed on the screen

[all-things-are-nothing-to-me]

Not only do we argue the religious nature of science, we also assert that it is a direct ideological descendant of Christianity, and while the ascendance of Enlightenment rationalism constituted a rupture with Church power and doctrine, we would qualify this as an evolutionary rupture, incurring no more breakage or damage to Church structures and thinking than was strictly necessary for Science to gain its independence and make a qualitative leap as the hegemonic worldshaper, as the butterfly must break the chrysalis.

[magnetarbeam]

Maybe it's just because I read TCW stuff first, but I don't think the dedicated writers of fic about post-ROTJ Legends tag enough. So here, I guess, is a list of some Legends AO3 additional tags I'd like to see that I haven't yet.

Lightsaber Retrieval Specialist Vestara Khai

Clone Darth Caedus

Lesbian Falynn Sandskimmer

Falynn Sandskimmer Lives

BAMF Vestara Khai

Transfem Ben Skywalker (Star Wars Legends)

Psychometric Ben Skywalker (Star Wars Legends)

Psychometric Corran Horn

Iella Wessiri and Wedge Antilles Adopt Cheriss ke Hanadi

Darth Caedus Being a Meme

Keshiri Culture & Customs (Star Wars)

Adumari Culture & Customs (Star Wars)

Vestara Khai Needs a Hug

Vestara Khai Gets a Hug

Ben Skywalker (Star Wars Legends) Gets a Hug

Healer Tahiri Veila

Shaper Riina Kwaad

Nen Yim Lives

Tahiri Veila | Riina Kwaad and Viull "Scut" Gorsat are Siblings

Yuuzhan Vong Shaping (Star Wars)

Twin Suns Squadron (Star Wars)

Warrior Riina Kwaad

Keshiri Species (Star Wars)

Keshiri Language (Star Wars)

Sarasu Taalon is an Idiot

Bisexual Trey Courser

Pansexual Myri Antilles

Trans Myri Antilles

Jedi Battle Meld (Star Wars)

Dathomiri Blood Trail (Star Wars)

Vestara Khai & Jagged Fel Friendship

Yuuzhan Vong Religion (Star Wars)

Jade Shadow | Mara Jade's Horizon-Class Star Yacht

Nonbinary Jaden Korr

Kenth Hamner Lives

Supreme Commander Gavin Darklighter

Rogue Squadron Leader Syal Antilles | Lysa Dunter

Wes Janson is a Little Shit

Genderfluid Corran Horn

Corran Horn Has Issues

Kyp Durron Gets a Hug

Abeloth's Planet (Star Wars)

Taras-Chi (Star Wars)

Chaotic New Jedi Order (Star Wars)

Kyp Durron Being a Dick

Kessel Slave Culture (Star Wars)

Antilles Family Feels (Star Wars)

Adopted Valin Horn

Adopted Jysella Horn

Planet Shedu Maad (Star Wars)

Ksstarr | Trickster | Jaina Solo's Yuuzhan Vong Frigate

Jaina Solo is Yun-Harla

Garik "Face" Loran Is Indirectly Responsible For Everything

Post-Battle of Uroro Station (Star Wars)

Post-Battle of Ebaq 9 (Star Wars)

Yuuzhan Vong Worldshaping | Vongforming (Star Wars)

Transitory Mists (Star Wars)

Bisexual Jaina Solo

[machathemorrigaesystem]

Seeing @niseag-arts 's planewalker, this reminds me of my own Planeswalker OC

Thane, Mad Artificer!

A Planeswalker that was an artificer, but he researched what shouldn't be researched, and contancted what shouldn't be contacted, and planeswalked where none should go

It is said he lost his sanity by unearthing an Eldrazi from an abandoned mine, then struck by manic genius, he made a blueprint in his workshop, then he went to a dilapidated factory to make his inventions (Izzet tron idea)

His invention is what he calls Mecrakul, a throne/vehicle/mechagodzila based off of his visions of emrakul. He unleashed Mecrakul after sacrificing enough other artificers on his home plane. Mecrakul was banished to the eternities by a group effort, and Thane was bansihed to the eternities aswell.

Eventually Thane would resurface, having now made Servomog and The Engine of Madness, and also improving Mekrakul into Mekrakul, Worldshaper by adding glistening oil.

Other notable inventions is a shattered eldrazi monument he made into a terrifying construct by imbuing it with a stolen spark, a deployable portal based off of the efforts of Phyrexia.

He studied Phyrexia, Urza, Saheli, the Olmec, and anyone else he could find.

I'll tag him with #stygiantma for future reference

[emberoops]

I’ve decided to step back from my role as worldshaper.

It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, but it’s the right thing to do.

[sweepseven]

20 Questions for Fic Writers!

Another post in a seemingly unending series of posts in which I talk about writing to make me feel like I've accomplished any actual writing. Results so far are middling.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

53! How and when?? (The answer is "Kà and a pandemic.")

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

228,456

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Just Cirque du Soleil at the moment, but a long running rp is soaking up the majority of my creative thoughts just now. That's its own whole thing with a blog and fics and AUs upon AUs.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Wing Dust (Miraculous Ladybug, T, perpetually bemused that I wrote this in the first place and yet here it is at number one)

Downpour (Mad Max Fury Road, G, my first for a fandom that did so much for me as an author)

War Song (Mad Max Fury Road, T, strong contender for favorite fic I've ever written)

Idle in Neutral (Mad Max Fury Road, G, I forget I wrote this one all the time and whenever I get kudos for it I'm like whom??? I love that it has a life all its own.)

Mantle (Mad Max Fury Road, G, another one I continually forget about lol)

That's the curse of writing for tiny fandoms! The ones I have loved most, that have mangled my brain for months on end are destined to have like a dozen readers total. On the other hand it's very gratifying to know I'm writing for a small handful of people extra extra psyched to find content. And in the meantime I have these, many of which I've let myself forget, that have found their audience anyway. It's a very rewarding feeling, like I could make the effort, move on, and still leave people happy years later.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Most times yes!! And I'm so so lucky to get the most thoughtful comments of all on my most niche fics. Makes it all more than worth it.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Walkabout and I love it. Cirque du Soleil Kà, T.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Tea Series by a mile. Didn't know I had it in me until pushed by @studiokawaii , and I'm so glad they did. Cirque du Soleil Kà, T.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Honestly so few people are aware of them that it's not really a risk. What is hugely embarrassing is the confirmed knowledge that Cirque artists know about and have read some of them. But there's nothing I can do about that, lol.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Yes! Somehow I feel like I'm always writing it, and then I look at my total body of work and am like "...where is all of it." Historically it was mostly M/M, but Kà got me actually writing F/M for the first time. Most common themes are experience vs. inexperience and tense power dynamics. I'd love to write more dub con.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Only ever one. Decree, another for Mad Max Fury Road, in which the Vuvalini are each granted one single potentially worldshaping wish à la Puella Magi Madoka Magica. I know why people don't click on it, but I'm fond of it!

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

No and tbh I can't imagine anyone would bother.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No but I'd be open to it if anyone cared to take on the project! I love translated fics. What a nice thing to do, granting someone else's work the opportunity for new eyes.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, but again @studiokawaii and I have had some great fic/art collaboration in the past couple years with inspiration coming from both directions.

14. What’s your all time favourite ship?

Snape/Harry. I never talk about it, I've never written it myself (I think?? maybe in high school I did), but honestly it's been so long that I think there's no unseating it now. The amount of care, dedication, creativity, and talent coming from that group, even after so long, is truly unique and remarkable. All time favorite ship to write has been Counselor's Son/Twin Sister by a landslide.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

It pains me, but I think I'm kidding myself if I try to claim The Shape of Things To Come doesn't qualify. I love the idea, I know exactly where I want it to go, but something about the enormity of the ground that needs to be covered in order to get there has spooked me.

I also have two highly embarrassing WIPs - one for Shadow & Bone and another for fucking Teen Titans - that I doubt will ever be finished. I just adore both ideas and it's fun thinking they've at least taken some kind of shape somewhere, even if they never make it out into the world.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Creating believable characterization and distinctive voices from very sparse source material. At least that's what I've been told, which I take as an immense compliment. I also think I write tension rather well, whether it be sexual, conflicting emotions, or threatening hostility.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Well right now my ability to finish anything feels pretty fuckin weak. I struggle with action scenes, like physical fights or scenes in which a lot is going on in multiple places at once. Hitting a natural rhythm with them is very difficult for me. Pacing for longer fics doesn't come easily to me either, and I always worry if my longer work reads like a bulleted list of stuff I knew needed to happen rather than an actual story with a true and natural flow. That's part of what's bogging me down with Shape of Things.

I also love commas too much.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Depends. You can't just throw it in there imo - it's a great opportunity for mindful characterization and shouldn't be treated like checking a box, or worse, a reminder to your audience that the source material doesn't match the language you're writing in. I'm not multilingual so the most you're likely to see from me are vague hints at certain dialects and accents in Kà, for instance, since they're not speaking any real language anyway.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Teen Titans. It's still out there somewhere, likely a somewhat embarrassing blip on the radar of some long forgotten LJ community. I got some early encouragement there that put me where I am today. Nurture and welcome new writers, people!!

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

Borderline Suspect. I put so much into it. It was a real milestone fic for me, unlike anything I'd ever written before, and it stands so apart in my memory that I just can't choose any other. At the time I thought it was everything I could possibly want to say about Ka and CS/TS, but when it was through I found myself more motivated and inspired than ever.

Some of the most valuable and rewarding feedback I've ever gotten came from this fic, and the intensity of the response, however contained by the size of the fandom, has made me feel incredibly lucky. People came out of nowhere to talk to me about it, send art for it, push me through writing lulls with comments that turned entire days around. I made new friends because of it. I don't see myself writing anything quite like it ever again. Even if I did, I couldn't dream of a more gratifying response. Cirque du Soleil Kà, E.

[chadwickginther]

Worldshapers Volume V Kickstarter! New Story!

I will have a new short story in Edward Willet’s Shapers of Worlds V anthology. That is, I will have a new short story if the project funds on Kickstarter… Editor Edward Willett from the Shapers of Worlds Volume V Kickstarter page: I’m raising funds to publish an anthology of short stories by some of the authors, including many major award-winners and international bestsellers, who were guests…

[dawn-of-worlds]

Primordial Beasts

Some creatures from the Isle of Velarië:

The Mottled Nightbeast is visible only in darkness; as dawn approaches, it becomes more insubstantial, until it vanishes at sunrise. The nature of these creatures' existence in the daytime is mysterious; they must sleep in some fashion, and perhaps even wander, but save for the occasional wispy outline visible in some patch of particularly deep shade, they are almost impossible to track.

The Firedarter is a small, swift bird whose life is painfully brief: they are hatched, grow to full maturity in a few minutes, and die but hours later. They live their short lives at a breakneck pace, darting from flower to flower to feed, too quickly for their bodies of living flame to even singe the petals. Finally, as they cool and slow at the end of their lives, they crawl into the underbrush and lay a clutch of embrous eggs, before they finally crumble to ash.

The Lesser Shadowling grows up to a meter long, and is a nocturnal hunter. In the daytime, it curls up in hollows and holes, and is easily mistaken for a swirl of empty smoke, or a particularly deep shadow. It is the smaller and less threatening cousin of the Elder Shadowling, a fearsome predator that, fortunately, is very rare, and spends most of its time hibernating underground.

The True Titans were shaped by Velarië from the bones of the world to aid her in her worldshaping. Despite their immense size, they are docile; their primary concern is carrying out the commands of their creator, to gradually shape the landscape in ways favorable to life. They are ageless, and their size and armor makes them very durable, but they do not reproduce; with time, their number will only decrease, until they go extinct.

[the-divine-realms]

Morkantis, the Prime World, pt 1

Please excuse the poorly drafted map for this section, both because it's very old and because I'm no cartographer. Furthermore, some borders have been shifted along with some things being renamed from what you see here. I'll try to get an updated map soonish.

Morkantis is my longest running world in this whole project, preceding the creation of the Divines and even preceding the Essences of Creation. This world has gone through several iterations and names to get to where it sits, so I really hope you enjoy what's to come with it. Going to go ahead and start with a general overview of the humanoid species to start.

The People of the Prime World

With influence from three pantheons of deities, the Prime World is populated by quite the wide array of humanoid species. While there will exist conflict wherever there exists life, it should be stressed that no species or subspecies of humanoid is inherently good or evil. If there is an exception, it will be clarified, but as of yet none exist in the Divine Realms.

The Elderfolk; the first born species of the Divine Realms, the Elderfolk are generally a hardier, more technologically inclined variety of peoples - their cultures having started their development prior to mortals having access to magics. On Morkantis, this group is made up of the dwarves, orcs, and goblins.

The Diviborn; brought forth by the Divines after the reordering of the Realms, the 'Children of the Divines' are prone to mastering and relying on magics in their day to day lives - having had access to them from the beginning. On the Prime World, this group includes the humans and the elves.

The Wilderkin; born of the Worldshaped pantheons, the Wilderkin hold a deep reverence and connection with the natural world. These peoples tend to find common ground easiest among each other in situations where other groups might experience higher tensions. On Morkantis, this group includes the veitoa, rendao, and leracol.

Others; beginning as one thing and emerging in the world as another, some species experience tremendous change through events that may or may not be within their control. On the Prime World, vampires and fallen angels fall into this category - but need much more elaboration than simply their names to explain their existence.

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[thenihilistofthevoid]

The Worldshapers

(A starter for @cmdrace)

It was the work of an instant, smashing through the doors of the local eatery as he entered with his crew. All of them were animal-human hybrids. To the educated, victims of a terrible experiment. To the unaware, odd Zoans with a penchant for violence. But the jolly roger was unmistakeable, the Mutant Pirates were relative newcomers but rose meteorically, spreading destruction and amassing a considerable bounty for themselves through heists and piracy. They had something to prove as the 7 foot tall form of Captain Kusanagi sat on a bar stool which creaked under his weight. His human eye was black, but his other one seemed to be like that of a bird of prey, yellow and refocusing in the dim light. His normal human hand was contrasted by a crustacean claw on the other side, it was huge. The man appeared to be a living chimaera of sorts, never fully human. Wordlessly, he slammed the fistful of notes on the table, enough to make the other patron's glasses shake. "Rum for all of us." He stated, his voice gruff as the man scoffed. "I'm afraid not, sir." The waiter replied. "What's wrong with my money, you too good for it?" Saburo asked, his voice soft and dangerous. "Your reputation precedes you..." The man began. "Glad to hear it. Rum, now." Saburo grumbled. The security guard that came over found himself hoisted in the air by the huge claw tightening around his throat, lifting him up like a child holding a ragdoll. "You want to lose your head?" The dark-haired captain threatened, if he tightened much harder the man's neck might snap.