Recent content by Cobwebs

Well luckily with the correct approach then it WILL be clear. Say for instance you have a nonbinary character, agender asexual and goes by "them." It's easy to make it clear about your character through various interactions- especially if the MC is agender there will definitely be moments where...

If your focus is on a character who is struggling with their gender in a society that goes against what they feel/are, then go for it. If you're story is about something that isn't directly related to gender or sexuality, then treat it as it is: another thing. Don't make a spectacle out of it...

I find rape, young character deaths, and torture easy to use a leverage on your readers when it comes to "look how bad this dude is, look how terrible!" Think of it this way: If you have to "prove" your character's "evilness" by making them do something that is (for the most part) taboo for the...

I may not be as lengthy in text as some of the folks who answered you here, but my short answer is this: no, not really. I'll explain further, but take gender out of the equation because it's just a secondary attribute for this type of character and plot. If they are a character who is...

The classics are good if you're sticking to the classics- which I am not. I am building a new world entirely, and thusly need to spend some time working on the main races within it. The Ishi and Humans have grown up and evolved together, they've always been the two dominant species on earth...

Ah thank you, someone seeming to understand what I'm getting at here. I do plan on making the more humanoid species have some characteristics that see different from humans like you and I. I was mainly trying to see if people realized the psychological tendencies they fall into when dealing...

I think you misunderstood my post a tad, here. Of course Atlas (just a placeholder name, not the canon name) has words that are synonymous with "human being" and "Earth." But that's the main point of the initial post- those are our words. We, as homo sapiens on planet Earth, use those words...

Hello! I'm working on a webcomic that involves a planet similar to Earth that has two intelligent species on it: Humans and my original species, Ishi. However, I've run into the idea that the humans would not necessarily be called humans, due to the fact that this is not Earth and the psychology...

@Pythagoras Yes I think so, I noticed when they commented it sort of put him in the thread maker's slot too. How weird. Thank you for the welcome, though. @Legendary Sidekick I am still in the world building process of getting everything solidified- flora and fauna, language, races, etc. I...

(For a third time. Something weird happened to my last two posts- one never made it to the page and the other became a weird blank post.) Hello! I am Cobwebs, an ambitious artist/writer setting up childhood material for a long term web comic. I have revamped most everything and started things...

(I thought I already posted one of these? Apologies if two show up.) I'm Cobwebs, glad to find an active forum for worldbuilders. I've been working on some material I've been carting around for 10+ years and getting things refined for use in a long-running webcomic series (which has been my...

My birthday has already passed (November 13th). Celebrating my 23rd trip around our sun.