Should keep it. Adds an interesting angle. And possibly a bit more like grubs. Got to have some interesting food animals after all. Hells, I've got a shelled octopus that teems all over several of the southern coastal cities and can be plucked off the walls and grilled as they climb around the...
All sorts. Mostly coming out of a speculative evolution and biology area. From dinosaurs to stem mammals all sharing the world. And some domesticated, some not.
First, we should probably break down what you think are uninteresting and unrealistic plots. Plots are, as a whole, just actions and reactions summed up in a story. Something kicks it off, the characters respond to it and suddenly you somehow have a convoluted fifty year running soap opera.
These sound more like nations then continents. But, I can throw noodles at the wall for you with them.
So, we talking tropical nation? Granted pirates aren't restricted to such waters, but we're just gravitating towards it because it's easier. Given they're also pirates, it's likely a fairly...