Recent content by evolution_rex

the negative response in this thread sort of completely deflated my interest in this particular project and I’ve moved onto another one. Not that the criticism was unjustified, names are a total weak spot for me but I guess I underestimated how bad I was at it. But I’ll defend myself against...

I edited my comment which gives a little more context into the world. But, yes, serious, and of course stylized.

Oof, I wasn’t expecting such a critical comment. You did a pretty good job at dissecting the origins of my methods BUT you interpreted meaning into some names where there were none and didn’t catch the origin of quite a few so I’ll take that as a win. I guess I did go too far in being inspired...

Just wanted to put in my two cents here and suggest that politics actually have nothing to do with. Plenty of ‘woke’ movies fail but plenty do well, in truth there are vocal groups that attack movies that pander to ‘woke’ audiences, and when they turn out to be good nobody notices it but when...

Thank you for the in-depth response! The teenage mutant ninja turtle country will be noted. As for Azurjian, I believe that was one of 20 or so I created while researching real former nations, so there was once a country with a similar name.

This specific element is more for my internal world building rather than what might be on the page narratively. Correct, most countries will not be mentioned. Still, I would like opinions regardless, especially because the names people like more would help me determine which countries are those...

I am in the beginnings of a world-building project set in a massive Europe-like continent with early 1900s technology, set shortly after a great war. There were 100 nations at the start of this war but by the end of it 55 of those will have collapsed/taken over/or absorbed by other nations. I...

Anything macabre and horror-orientated. Regardless of the genre I’m writing, there is usually a horror element to it, not just within the story literally but also conceptually. Some motifs in my writing also include; loss of religion, the question of authority, fascism, inescapable dread...

It has been some time since this thread was made, but nothing has happened to Pal World. They were never successfully sued. Now that the dust bas settled, it’s clearly parody. I never understood this ‘they stole from Pokemon’ thing. Even it was meant to be taken seriously, the only thing one...

Are we talking incest like in A Song of Ice and Fire, to critique monarchy and for realism, or are we talking an incest romance that the readers are supposed to root for? Either way, softening the issue does nothing. If we’re not supposed to root for the romance, then going all in will make the...

Maybe I misunderstood the thread but if the genre is flintlock fantasy, doesn’t mean the OP is implying flintlock technology exists in the world?

Nothing sounds jarringly advanced, and I think steamed powered vehicles, with the limits you provided, wouldn’t majorly impact a fantasy story where mechanization and steam energy is already in use. However, I think if you don’t establish those limitations in your story, you’ll have people...

At first glance it seems like a great and simple way to categorize magic but I feel touch-based magic comes across as more varied and broad than the rest. Scent based magic comes across as especially narrow. In your world are you able to use magic of one or more sense at a time or are they...

I like to use the end of chapters as a stopping point, and because I personally have problems reading more than 30 or so pages in one sitting, I tend to appreciate smaller chapters. I would say I’m happiest with Michael Crichton-leveled chapters. However, it never really comes to play when...

I think what you’re saying is like what I mentioned, it is not a literal child just merely looks like one. And like others have said, the idea is very discomforting. It sounds like to me the romance is the more important dynamic, and that the goblin looking like a child is inconsequential. So...