Height Comparison Tag

Height Comparison Tag

Thanks for the tag, @bunnymermaidwrites and @nailamoonsi! I'll be using Crown of Blood.

Rule: List the heights of your OCs, add any notes you'd like, and make a chart!

Honestly, I haven't really considered the heights of most of my characters, besides probably "tall", "average", "short", or heights relative to each other (x is taller than y, etc.) But this seems fun!

Before you ask, yes, I intentionally made a lot of them unreasonably tall, and I do this for ✨worldbuilding purposes✨, as I intentionally am leaning into certain tropes for plot reasons. Not so say I needed a justification, but I'd just like potential audiences to be aware!

Tagging: @mysticstarlightduck, @amaiguri, @rivenantiqnerd

OC Questionnaire Tag

Thanks for the tag, @mysticstarlightduck! These will be answered by Seraphina, Iris, and Lilia.

Questions:

Do you care more for the 'greater good' of the world or for what is good for you and those you love?

Who was the most important person to you growing up?

Do you prefer sad songs or upbeat songs

Seraphina [Broad smile, customer service voice]:

Well, both answers kind of overlap, don't they? If the world burned, where would I, my family, and my company be? 😀😀😀

Oh, I'd hate to pick favorites. My parents were equally as attentive to me throughout my childhood. 😀😀😀

There's a beauty in both, but I think I choose upbeat more! 😀😀😀

Iris:

Depends on the extent. I and my loved ones are included in "the world", so in many ways what's good for the world would be good for us. But if you're asking if I'd, say, falsify and tamper with evidence to avoid an arrest, or potentially hypothetically frame someone else...

.... Listen. My sisters are in the other room. They will hear us. I'm not answering this question.

Upbeat. I'm usually sad enough already.

Lilia:

I think if sacrifice is necessary, my friends and family would understand and be proud that I choose to save the world. My mother always told me to be considerate, and to put others ahead of myself- (keeps going for another 20 minutes probably)

My mother. It was just us that entire time. I miss her dearly. But I promise to make her proud, now that I've moved to the capitol- (keeps yapping)

Upbeat, I'd think. Oh, I just love to dance! But I'm afraid I'm not good enough to do so in front of others yet. Sad songs are nice to sing, though. They can help you go through tough times...

Not sure who to tag, lol. If I find some, I'll add some questions. OPEN TAG!

Badly Summarized Magic System

Stole from @anyablackwood's post :D

Rules: "Explain the magic system of your current WIP as poorly as possible. Bonus points if you use bullet points."

God exploded. His wife is 3 wives now. He turned into a worm

There's more god now. like a planaria..... They're just guys (hungry)

Creationism if it were cool and epic

Creationism is gods trying to one up one another. No MY toy is better then YOUR toy! Well im going to nerf your toy >:3

Mole People

DIVINE GIFTS IN THE BLOOD. GENETIC MAGIC

Souls are complicated... :( and prone to breaking

Afterlives are also complicated :)

Atheism is like being a flat earther. Like... the gods are right there, guys. You can shake their hands.

Gods crave consumption....... What if you consumed them instead!? You get incredibly lame vampires.

Ah fuck there's another demi-god running around

Skeletal horse steam trains who don't stop hunting for anything.

What if the guy who channelled God was under 3ft tall

Shens funny humonculi!

Fae are bug that fell in a puddle

You guys should do it @bloodmoodtrash @saint-nevermore

zlibrary gone... FUCK TIKTOK FUCK BOOKTOK I hope that app burns in hell

HELLO I am here for Supernova Q&A!!! I love world building and planet building in scifi. Love to get in the weeds about it. Can you please ramble at length about your favorite aspect of inter-planetary politics? Specifically within the Khosmonian Galaxies (just to narrow it down). How is trade? Weirdest planet import/export? Is there a 'galactic basic' of sorts, or are politicians expect to know multiple languages? A fun little tidbit of world building that won't ever come up in the story?

Thanks for the ask, @littleladymab!!!!

Can you please ramble at length about your favorite aspect of interplanetary politics?

Absolutely!!!!

So, it's hard to pick a favorite, since there are a lot of different political angles and details that eventually make up the story's current political context, but here go a few aspects that I find particularly important, intriguing, cool, or haunting!

The Junction came to power centuries ago with the promise of bringing utopian-like progress to a galaxy in shambles after the downfall of an ancient civilization that had once ruled over it. And in a way - as far as the common citizens of the rich, metropolitan central planets and space stations of the Junction are concerned - they kind of did, in a twisted, flawed way. Their capital cities and main Stations are highly technological, clean, and supposedly safe, though that safety is maintained by the steel watch of the Junction Sentries (who are infamous for being particularly ruthless to rulebreakers). However, most of the other planets and moons under Junction jurisdiction do not bask in the same "utopian" reality as the main Stations and capital planets do. Most of the planets on the outer rims of the Junction galaxies, and those that compose the main bulk of the Junction's ever-expanding empire, merely serve as the feedstock that provides the main planets and stations under the regime with the resources they need to maintain their so-called Utopia, while those planets - the vast majority of the Junction galaxies - are strip mined, colonized and have every resource of their milked dry and sent to the main planets. This makes it so that this dichotomy causes a lot of tension in the population, generating a strong, generational hatred between settlers (the Junction) and the planets they conquered for resources, a pressure box that eventually breaks and culminates in the Civil War currently going on in the story.

The planet of Thalassen has infamously gigantic sea creatures, with some behemoths reaching almost 300ft with ease. Though it does have smaller, and even microscopic creatures, almost everything within its oceans is larger than it is in other planets, almost double the size. This makes for quite an interesting wildlife that lurks on the inky depths of the planet. Thalassen is located on the edge of one of the Khosmonian galaxies but is a mostly neutral or independent planet that hasn't sided with either the Khosmonians or the Junction, though it is eventually invaded by the Junction, which does seal its position against it. The population of Thalassen lives on giant, floating, mountain-like islands that fly/float scattered across the pinkish skies of this planet thanks to a gravitational anomaly (the same anomaly that allows its sea creatures to grow so gargantuan), and their cities are amongst the safest and most technological in all the galaxies, while they do remain close to their ancient traditions as well.

The Khosmonian Galaxies are by far much larger and much more ancient than the Junction Galaxies. They've been here before the Junction even existed and before the downfall of the civilization that preceded the Junction. They are a varied, culturally vast cluster of interplanetary civilizations. Due to their vastness, their galaxies are represented by chosen leaders that form the Khosmonian High Council, a political alliance between all the different galaxies under the Khosmonian Rule, and who represent the people, in theory. In reality, the members of that Council have become just as corrupt and belligerent as the Junction, eventually allying themselves to infamously murderous warlords like Eldora Thalax or even demanding weapons from AstraCorp, founded by the genius ye political extremist and anarchist, Zenyth Astrophell.

How is trade?

Trade depends a lot on which part of the galaxy we're talking about, but it is mostly a pretty crucial part of both daily life and politics in the galaxy. While there are far too many different exports and imports to explain here and they all depend on which planet, moon, or even galaxy we're talking about, one important detail about trade is that most of it heavily relies on the intergalactic portals built to facilitate the travel between the Junction and Khosmonian Galaxies and that while regular trade is pretty bureaucratic and heavily monitored by both governments, especially given they're in the middle of a civil war, there is a sprawling network of the underworld, black market trade that is controlled by powerful crime families on both sides of the war, most notably the Saphyr crime family, and almost every planet and moon - some more than others have some form of underworld marketplace where the smuggled goods and contraband are sold.

Weirdest planet import/export?

Hmm. Tough question!

I would definitely say that the Glow-Slugs from Cethea III, used in the traditional glow slug jiggly pudding of that moon and often considered a delicacy in a lot of other planets are among one of the most disgusting/weird/unusual exports in the galaxies, especially when considering that some of those Glow-Slug Puddings are literally made raw and with... still live, wriggling slugs?

There are a couple of others but my Insectophobia tells me the Glow-Slugs are the Top 1 Weirdest Export/Import of all time lmao

Is there a 'galactic basic' of sorts, or are politicians expected to know multiple languages?

Yes to both!!!

There is a galactic basic language that is generally referred to as "Common", "Basic", "Base" and other synonyms. It's used as a common tongue in most of the Junction as the Main Language and is widespread in most of the Khosmonian planets as well as a Second or Third Language, though the Khosmonians do tend to speak their native languages or dialects as a first language, differently than the Junction settlers.

As for the politicians: while all politicians from both sides are perfectly fluent in Common or at least have some form of automated translator device, most politicians, diplomats, figureheads, and generally influential people are expected to know at least three to five extra languages, especially those from the planets in their region of influence.

A fun little tidbit of world-building that won't ever come up in the story?

While the following tidbits/fun facts are at least mentioned or referred to/implied in the story, they aren't main plot points so I think it counts! Here it goes:

Zatrians - the native species of the planet Deimos Soll comes from - have mammalian-like biology but are born from actual eggs, which are incubated in communal Nests, that are beloved and protected by the community as a whole. The species is also known for practicing alloparenting, and the hatchlings/kids of a certain Nest consider each other as Nestmates (best friends/surrogate siblings) regardless of whether or not they come from the same bloodline until they come of age.

The dwarf planet of Stryxus has fungi/mushrooms instead of trees in its sprawling tropical forests and some of those fungi species can be as tall as some skyscrapers.

This is actually important to the plot but it is really cool so I'll mention it: sentient robots, despite being fully made of artificial materials and synthetic imitations of organic matter, actually are capable of feelings and complex decision-making if they are freed from their original programming (like Meridian Shardd did), and cyborgs, while often confused with sentient robots, are traditionally humanoid alien/human beings like any other that "upgraded/added" cybernetic implants to their naturally organic body gradually, so cyborgs are a mesh of metallic servos and actual organic flesh.

Sad Fact: Individuals of the Melieth species have special neural connections to those they share blood with. This means they can communicate to their family members telepathically and also sense what they're feeling as if it's their own emotions/sensations. This unfortunately means Kid!Vesper not only witnessed Atherys' torture but also may have physically felt some of it as if it were her that was in pain, because of their neural connections as Melieth siblings.

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@diabolical-blue @oh-no-another-idea

@cakeinthevoid, @clairelsonao3, @sleepy-night-child

@thepeculiarbird

@the-golden-comet, @urnumber1star, @ominous-feychild, @anyablackwood

Let me know if you'd like to be added!

✦ OC Moodboard Tag ✦

Thanks for the tag, @ominous-feychild (here) Let's go with my boi Valen Cassidy from my WIP Scrapyard Boys for this one!!!! (:

Rules: make a collection of 5+ images that represent or symbolize one of your OCs! It can be in any way, for any reason! Just have fun with it!

✦ Character Aesthetic: Valen Cassidy

♡ Moodboard ♡

Tagging (gently): @sleepy-night-child, @kaylinalexanderbooks, @smol-feralgremlin, @oh-no-another-idea, @littleladymab,

@winterandwords, @eccaiia, @sarahlizziewrites, @illarian-rambling

@agirlandherquill, @anoelleart, @ray-writes-n-shit

@writernopal, @anyablackwood, @unstablewifiaccess, @forthesanityofstorytellers

@i-can-even-burn-salad, @cakeinthevoid

@lassiesandiego, @thepeculiarbird, @clairelsonao3, @memento-morri-writes, @starlit-hopes-and-dreams and OPEN TAG