TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

On an unrelated note, what do you guys like when it comes to dystopian worlds? I'm a big fan of utopia-looking places that have a dark dystopian reality just under the surface, and morality questioning dystopias where a perfect world is achieved but at the cost of something important (e.g: free will, diversity, earth, etc). There's a lot more “combinations” for dystopian-esque worlds out there- what's the most interesting/unique one you can come up with?

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

petme wrote:

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

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ok! what mud likes. she likes feeding her pet spider and reading horror books and watching horror movies the old ones are her favs. what she don't like is pink ( not p!nk btw ) and flowers and dead trees and pop songs. she likes punk music and rock an roll too, trees and recaticorns. ( its a you-tube thing ) she's happy when a new song comes out by her fav bands and when she's watering a tree. She's sad when one of friends dies, and when her guy don't like her. She's angary when she don't get the soul she wants and when no one understand her. what she is scared of is cats, birds and bad souls. her physical habits are to claw who ever soul and well really torcher them to and go invisible. her vocal habits is to howl at the moon and whispering threats. if its day time and shes in the sun she well well not be seen. she can fly and turn into a bird too. and yes she well go into a dark gloomy cave.

Nice, you're doing great! To take this further you could think about some specific personality traits that define her and how she acts, or maybe begin outlining the important details of her backstory. Ok! once there was a wolf always getting bullied by the pack because she can turn into a human. one night after a bad day she lied down in tall grass she heard something say they must pay! her ears went up she turned into a human in shock she ran away hoping that what ever it was not following her a boy saw her running he had yellow hair and light blue eyes he was wearing a red t-shirt and jeans. why are running? he asked mud didn't know what to say. um? I like running at night mud told him. Oh ok he said walking away she sat down in the grass and looked up at the starry night her eyes glowing red she back up and looked around no one was there she was alone. That's good she told herself she turned into a wolf and ran away on all 4s. that night she was lying in the grass OW! she sacred she turned into a human again she touched the top of her head there was blood and something hard too. the hard thing got bigger and bigger mud grabbed the horns she shocked her head screaming in pain. arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! she screamed she had knew for along time she will die but why now? why this? her eyes glowed red and she felled over the last thing she saw was a dark tall thing that almost looked a shadow. she opened up her eyes and saw all of the pack. what's wrong asked a small wolf her blue eyes looking at her. Um? I don't know mud got up she could feel like she the power off hell her eyes glowed red and she opened her mouth red flames came out grinning she pounced at the wolf pup with blue eyes. I will kill you. she whispered to her blue eyes grow to size of a basket mud bite her neck she could feel the blood going down her neck her blue eyes turned into a lifeless black. mud looked up blood dripping from her mouth whos next mud hungry. The end

On an unrelated note, what do you guys like when it comes to dystopian worlds? I'm a big fan of utopia-looking places that have a dark dystopian reality just under the surface, and morality questioning dystopias where a perfect world is achieved but at the cost of something important (e.g: free will, diversity, earth, etc). There's a lot more “combinations” for dystopian-esque worlds out there- what's the most interesting/unique one you can come up with?

Hahgoot wrote:

On an unrelated note, what do you guys like when it comes to dystopian worlds? I'm a big fan of utopia-looking places that have a dark dystopian reality just under the surface, and morality questioning dystopias where a perfect world is achieved but at the cost of something important (e.g: free will, diversity, earth, etc). There's a lot more “combinations” for dystopian-esque worlds out there- what's the most interesting/unique one you can come up with?

I like those too. The world in The Giver is like that.
(I tried to quote Nether but I messed it up lol)

cheese-duck wrote:

Hahgoot wrote:

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Mmm dystopia. It can be done so well but if you mess it up, ouch.
I guess I like the examples mentioned; I also like wacky weird ones. I like some post-apocalyptic ones for the Appreciate Nature™ and starting-anew kinda feeling, but a lot of them kinda feel grindy and edgy. Not sure if it counts, but I also like what I call “pre-dystopian”– like the story focuses around trying to stop someone who's trying to create a dystopia. (I guess that can also be done badly. But I love how Pokemon does it hehehe)

cheese-duck wrote:

Hahgoot wrote:

On an unrelated note, what do you guys like when it comes to dystopian worlds? I'm a big fan of utopia-looking places that have a dark dystopian reality just under the surface, and morality questioning dystopias where a perfect world is achieved but at the cost of something important (e.g: free will, diversity, earth, etc). There's a lot more “combinations” for dystopian-esque worlds out there- what's the most interesting/unique one you can come up with?

I like those too. The world in The Giver is like that.
(I tried to quote Nether but I messed it up lol)

Mmm dystopia. It can be done so well but if you mess it up, ouch.
I guess I like the examples mentioned; I also like wacky weird ones. I like some post-apocalyptic ones for the Appreciate Nature™ and starting-anew kinda feeling, but a lot of them kinda feel grindy and edgy. Not sure if it counts, but I also like what I call “pre-dystopian”– like the story focuses around trying to stop someone who's trying to create a dystopia. (I guess that can also be done badly. But I love how Pokemon does it hehehe)

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

On an unrelated note, what do you guys like when it comes to dystopian worlds? I'm a big fan of utopia-looking places that have a dark dystopian reality just under the surface, and morality questioning dystopias where a perfect world is achieved but at the cost of something important (e.g: free will, diversity, earth, etc). There's a lot more “combinations” for dystopian-esque worlds out there- what's the most interesting/unique one you can come up with?

Okamihowl122 wrote:

I really like “post-really-bad-natural-disaster” worlds, where there's no evil corporations, but the world is covered in ruins and fragments of lives, and the protagonist (along with everyone else) has to fend for him/herself.

mistywaves wrote:

Okamihowl122 wrote:

I really like “post-really-bad-natural-disaster” worlds, where there's no evil corporations, but the world is covered in ruins and fragments of lives, and the protagonist (along with everyone else) has to fend for him/herself.

Those are really fun (in a sense) too XD It's interesting to see how quickly people turn against each other when their lives are on the line.

--_Nova_-- wrote:

Any of you tried WorldAnvil?

--_Nova_-- wrote:

Any of you tried WorldAnvil?

Seam49 wrote:

A tip of the day does not come everyday, Why?

Seam49 wrote:

A tip of the day does not come everyday, Why?

Okamihowl122 wrote:

mistywaves wrote:

Okamihowl122 wrote:

I really like “post-really-bad-natural-disaster” worlds, where there's no evil corporations, but the world is covered in ruins and fragments of lives, and the protagonist (along with everyone else) has to fend for him/herself.

Those are really fun (in a sense) too XD It's interesting to see how quickly people turn against each other when their lives are on the line.

Yep, exactly. Really speaks to how fragile our idea of being “human” is, eh?

Okamihowl122 wrote:

mistywaves wrote:

Okamihowl122 wrote:

I really like “post-really-bad-natural-disaster” worlds, where there's no evil corporations, but the world is covered in ruins and fragments of lives, and the protagonist (along with everyone else) has to fend for him/herself.

Those are really fun (in a sense) too XD It's interesting to see how quickly people turn against each other when their lives are on the line.

Could not agree more

Okamihowl122 wrote:

mistywaves wrote:

Okamihowl122 wrote:

I really like “post-really-bad-natural-disaster” worlds, where there's no evil corporations, but the world is covered in ruins and fragments of lives, and the protagonist (along with everyone else) has to fend for him/herself.

Those are really fun (in a sense) too XD It's interesting to see how quickly people turn against each other when their lives are on the line.

Yep, exactly. Really speaks to how fragile our idea of being “human” is, eh?

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

Okamihowl122 wrote:

mistywaves wrote:

Okamihowl122 wrote:

I really like “post-really-bad-natural-disaster” worlds, where there's no evil corporations, but the world is covered in ruins and fragments of lives, and the protagonist (along with everyone else) has to fend for him/herself.

Those are really fun (in a sense) too XD It's interesting to see how quickly people turn against each other when their lives are on the line.

Yep, exactly. Really speaks to how fragile our idea of being “human” is, eh?

I mean, that's not fully accurate. Whether people fling themselves into anarchy or work together to thrive really depends on the person in question, and those who'd work together tend to be in the majority- we're social creatures after all, our whole existence comes from collaboration. I mean, pretty much everyone's “zombie apocalypse” plan involves some aspect of gathering their friends and helping each-other out. Those who'd become “savage” tend to be more entitled types that don't respect others- fyrefestival (the irl event) is a good example of this- or paranoid “prepper” types who think isolation is the safest option rather than the average Joe.
Of course, it's very likely that humanity would end up in a whole bunch of tiny groups containing like-minded people and it's fully believable that these groups would squabble depending on their beliefs and the availability of resources.

Hahgoot wrote:

TheRealNetherBefore wrote:

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I'd probably be one of those “I work alone” people lol