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Update thingy?
SO About Starfall. I have decided I am going to continue it instead of putting it on hiatus. It just won't be my main focus which means it will update slower. But this raises the question again, should I continue it as a comic or actually write it out? I would be interested in trying to write it but at the same time I really enjoy the thought of it being a conic. So what do you all say? Comic or Written out? Comment what you think As far as what WILL be my main focus it's a story called The Band of Misfits: Tale of Beasts that I am co-writing with @jadenheart101 it will feature mine and her characters traveling across the multi-verse exploring new places and finding things from the ancient past. I am currently working on the first chapter of that while also helping her plan out chapters two&three so it's been fun owo I hope to have that up soon(ish) Anyway that's all for now! Baii
World Building
Creating Land
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⥇ agriculture
⟿ what is grown in abundance? how common is farmland? where is the farmland?
⥇ architecture
⟿ what kind of buildings? how tall/spacious? what are they made of? how well made? how well planned?
⥇ animals
⟿ what wild animals are lurking in the area? hunting? any animals affecting the livestock or agriculture?
⥇ biomes
⟿ desert? tundra? grassland? forest? savanna?
⥇ bodies of water
⟿ seas? lake? ponds? rivers? fresh water/salt water? fishing? keep in mind, settlements are often built near bodies of water
⥇ climate
⟿ dry? rainy? temperate? tropical? polar? how have people adjusted to this climate?
⥇ elevation
⟿ altitude? how does the altitude affect lifestyle?
⥇ geology
⟿ rocky? types of rocks?
⥇ landforms
⟿ mountains? valleys? plateaus? plains? hills? glaciers? peninsulas? volcanos? canyons?
⥇ latitude / longitude
⟿ location on planet? how does it affect other elements of land?
⥇ livestock
⟿ common domesticated animals? common animal usages?
⥇ minerals
⟿ any valuable minerals / metals? are they mined regularly? how are they used?
⥇ natural disasters
⟿ earthquake? tornado? volcano? duststorm? flood? hurricane? tsunami? how often do these occur? protocols?
⥇ population
⟿ how many people? how dense is the population? how does the population affect surrounding nature?
⥇ resources
⟿ what is abundant? scarce? how are they used? how available are they?
⥇ sacred land
⟿ religiously important land? historical importance? widely accepted as sacred? how is it honored?
⥇ soil
⟿ good or bad for vegetation? rocky?
⥇ tectonic activity
⟿ earthquake frequency? volcano frequency? trenches?
⥇ topography
⟿ how common are maps? how accurate? how long have they been around? who makes them?
⥇ vegetation
⟿ what is abundant? scarce? what grows easily? with difficulty? what is commonly foraged? who forages? plant types? tree types?
ꜱʜᴏᴡ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ (ɪɪ)
fear - open mouth - backing away - fake smiles - hugging themselves - long / dragged breaths - rocking
jealousy - snide remarks - darting looks - self-deprication - visible judging - folded arms - arguing a fair point
hurt - steadying breaths - overly bobbing head - teary - anger - trembling - pressed lips - insisting everything is 'fine'
lying (ticks) - picking at nails - touching hair - licking lips - laughing too loud - avoids subjects - won't meet eyes
worry - reaching out physically - pursing lips - looking to others - reassuring smiles - looking you up and down - tilted head - sympathetic nod
shame - will not meet eyes - feet turned away - teary - desperate - fidgeting - begging
humiliation - lashes back - cheeks flush - palms turn sweaty - face frowns -> brows scrunch, lips pull back - teary
love - looks for approval - blushing / turning red - clammy palms - nervous around certain people - laughs hard - turning clumsy - slip of thought
Dear people who aren't physically disabled who plan to write fantasy settings:
[ID: Several images taken from the Geordi La Forge yes and no meme format, with Geordi holding out a hand disapprovingly for the no section, then pointing in approval for the yes section.
The first image is the meme:
No: "Saying the existance of magic in your setting means there are no disabled people (this literally just means disabled people are killed. AKA eugenics)"
Yes: "Having disabled people who use magical mobility aids and other assistive devices. Realizing that someone is still disabled even if their prosthetic arm is made of magic instead of plastic."
This is followed by four more panels of yes section:
"Geordi la Forge is still literally disabled. His visor helping him does not erase his disability and make him magically abled."
"Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender is still literally disabled even though her Earthbending helps her. It does not make her disability ~magically~ go away."
"Having your disability be accomodated does not mean the disability goes away. Having a prosthetic hand, even one that's made of magic, does not mean you're not disabled."
"Magical mobility aids do not mean disabled people don't exist. It just means they use magical mobility aids instead of plastic or metal ones. A limb made of magic is still a prosthetic even if it's made of the soul of the universe instead of plastic and metal."
Then another no panel: "'There's no disabled people beacuse magic'".
Then one last yes panel: "'Magic helps disabled people in a variety of ways'".
End ID.]
This also applies to science fiction; just because Luke Skywalker's prosthetic hand is super advanced doesn't mean it's no longer a prosthetic, or that he's not disabled. Same with Darth Vader - just because he has a suit that lets him breathe and walk around doesn't mean he's not disabled. (And Star Wars' propensity for making the villains visibly disabled while the heroes disabilities get covered up by super advanced prosthetics is a topic that deserves its own post, especially with how ableist some of the authors of the books are. Troy Denning is especially ableist)
If for your setting you say "There is no [naturally occurring population]", that's either genocide, or eugenics, or both!
EX:
"There are no disabled people" Yeah that only way that could happens if if people are killed the moment they become disabled, and if they're born disabled that means they're killed immediately.
Disability is a part of life. If you have a population of people, even if they all start out 100% healthy, eventually some of them are going to become disabled, or they'll have kids who are disabled.
Random accidental injuries, food poisoning, illness, things going wrong with pregnancy, environmental factors, and so much more are going to happen eventually.
"There are no queer people" why, because you kill them all?
"There is no religion" because you're killing anyone who's religious??
And this also applies to aliens or other fictional species - - if you say the entire species that's found all over the world is a single faction, and they all look the same and speak the same language and have the same religion....zyg that literally fucking means they committed genocide against everyone else and wiped out everyone who looked different or spoke other languages.
Disabled people exist no matter how advanced your technology is or how much magic the people have access to. Species are not factions. Different religions and languages and cultures are going to exist.
New characters new places
“This is the tenth time this hour!”
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It's 9059 words!
Got a writing project ongoing and got quite a lot done today.
This is me being proud
We're at 11653 atm-
Passed the 10k by a lot, wohoo! Only going up from here but hhhh Hell I know, there's still difficult scenes to write-
I want y'all to know:
28.403 words
Thanks for listening :}
For everyone who wanted to know-
My humble author self sits at about 42k+ words currently.
For everyone who wanted to know-
My humble author self sits at about 42k+ words currently.
Happily vibing at 53,800+ words, knowing I'm still not done.
GAME, WDYM THERE'S ANOTHER CHAPTER AFTER THIS ONE HHVSVGS
Just remembered that none of y'all know about what kind of thing I'm writing-
Should I tell you? Probably.
Will I tell you? Absolutely not c: or so it seems-