vbaflyingheadwritingmusings

[vbaflyingheadwritingmusings]

One thing i really want to explore as a writer, if i ever get to do it, or even wish there was more of.

Is the exploration of inherent biological differences between different fantasy races. And not just normal body!biology differences

Psychological differences rooted in the very fact that their brains are wired differently, and they have a different neuro-chemistry.

Ex:

How does the longevity of elves affect their way of seeing the world?

How does it compare and contrast to the same longevity of Dwarves?

A Dwarf and an Elf artistic preferences are inherently different, Dwarf culture puts a huge importance on making monuments that will last for ages, and rather then having a concept of “money” as we have it, for a dwarf a thing inherent value is how they can be used to make things beautiful. WHILE the Elves prefer ephemeral things, things that are never the same each time you see it. Because your are going to be looking at it for your entire life and if it’s the same thing all the time it gets boring

Or Orcs being naturally more aggressive and prone to violence and how that shapes their culture. With evil forces conspiring to poison their culture with “toxic“ culutre.

Or even as Bethesda did in the Warcraft franchise, Make the Orcs drink “Evil Demon Blood” to introduce an external toxic element.

A Psychological exploration of how the changes affect the Orcs, with detailed introspection and exploration of the effects. An Orc who got affected by it since he was a baby? DEAR GOD I CAN’T GET TO THRALL STORY IN THE NEXT MOVIE FAST ENOUGH. (if there is a second movie)

Or Dragons having a psychological\biological need to hoard stuff. As in if they don’t have a hoard it’s not good for them.

Dragons Being naturally greedy. How does that factor in their psychology?

And almost naturally proud.

And them being beings of both sapience and instinct, how does that work and shape their psychological profile.

How would a semi territorial species develop and evolve as a society.

What about also having to deal with other species?

WHAT ABOUT HOW, IF THOSE SPECIES CAN MACH THEM, How does their “pride” deal with it?

…

Dragons developing with the times, instead of hoarding gold, Dragons start to hoard “things that are valuable”.

And some Dragons taking it as “things that are valuable TO THEM”. Such as friends, or idk some UNUSUAL HOARDS of very personal stuff?

AND SPEAKING OF THAT?

How do neuro divergences work in different fantasy races?

Dragons that don’t feel the need to have a hoard?

Orcs that are more pacifistic?

How does being a Half-orc, or Half-dragon (or dragonborn), or Half-elf, etc. Affect the psycology and brainstuff of those mixed races?

How much influence does a Half-Dragon dragon lineage has over them?

Or how about a race that was made by demons to be their slaves, and because demons take their sustante out of suffering & bad stuff. They made said race to be almost naturally inclined to evil. Like full on bioengineering the race to be predisposed to evil. But They can’t make them full on evil because FREE WILL.

But then this race is rescued.

So how do they cope with their nature?

NURTURE! THAT’S HOW

And also purposefully building their culture to be all about overcoming the stuff the demons did to them. Hating the demons and at the very least not succumbing to their darkness just to spite the demons.

So in the end they emerge as one of the MOST HEROIC Races on the realm, because they purposefully created a culture that pumps out heroes like crazy.

You know….

That sort of stuff.

[vbaflyingheadwritingmusings]

I have come to the realization that, if I'm going to be writing anything, i really need to work on writing at least an entire notebook worthy of information.

Because right now, what I initially thought was a lot, is spread so thin over multiple stories that its mostly nothing.