Kind of a weird question I know, but let me explain. I’m not talking about your themes or messages, but the general feeling someone looking into your world or imagining themselves in it might get about the situation, when the world is not in conflict. Basically, you know how when you watch a franchise like Star Trek, it has certain recurrent moods and feelings, like the tranquility of flying through space, the bittersweet isolation of being on a ship in deep space, where you are close to your crewmates but far from everything else you know, and the general professional but still sufficiently jovial atmosphere that they seem to go for? Or with Pokemon when it’s very adventure driven and based around meeting everyone you come across and making friends both with other humans and also with these magical creatures! I’m sure you can think of descriptions like these for your favourite franchises. We’ve all imagined ourselves in these worlds or imagined ourselves as characters in these worlds right? What were some of the vibes or feelings you imagined when you imagined your world? Or I guess another way of putting it is what would a slice of life exploration of your world be like?

  • trslim@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    My world is generally supposed to be what I call bright grimdark, but it depends on the time period. The low moments of the world are absolutely horrible, involving hopelessness, suffocation and horror. But there are moments of happiness, shining through all the grim darkness, there is a future, it just has to be fought for, and even then, it’s not garrunteed. Thats, at least, in the electromedeival era. In the “modern” era, things are typically better, if still dark, though in this era, its more about mystery and the unknown, rather than hopelessness and fighting through that. The world is much more united in the modern era, but violence, whether by the state or individuals, will always be a thing, even when greater threats beset the world.