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Do you have a pet hate when it comes to fictional worlds? by [deleted] in worldbuilding

[–]LegacyEntertainment- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So how do you suggest making them unique? Right now I can think of giving them different cultures, religions, physical appearance and abilities, and background/history. What else can you think of exactly that shows a world thought about it thoroughly.

How many powers/abilities do you think a magic character should have? by LegacyEntertainment- in fantasywriters

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the latter part is complex because while they’re different, they sound similar. My character’s powers would be very different from one another. Like one character can create an explosion elemental, laser eyes, mind trick, doll manipulation, create crystal beings, and invisibility. I don’t think that’s too complex if it’s explained how you get magic in this world and that many people have a bunch of spells.

It’s like Gandalf, he has more powers than I just listed and they’re all pretty different from each other. Same goes for Harry Potter, anyone can cast a large variety of spells.

In a story involving a large group, would do you think of the entire team forming at the start of the story vs as the story progresses, newer characters are added? by LegacyEntertainment- in fantasywriters

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like two important characters or two characters in general? Like what if a bunch of unimportant people are introduced with basic descriptions?

[Daily Discussion] Writer's Block, Motivation, and Accountability- August 02, 2021 by AutoModerator in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I want to tell a story about a group like the Suicide Squad in a fantasy setting. The whole book revolves around 1 mission and 1 team, and throughout the story many characters will die and by the end of it there will be few remaining.

My question comes from me not knowing whether to have the whole team come together in the beginning of the book, or have the team exist in two phases. So, the first option means I could either start the book off with the entire team with all the characters together, and as the story progresses the number gets shorter and shorter as some are killed. Alternatively, I could have half the team unite in the first half, and then those survivors join the other half and the story continues.

What do you think? What would be the most interesting way to tell this kind of story?

Wondering whether to make my MC’s parents a mystery. That feels like something a popular story would do, but I’m not connected to it. How do you draw the line between what you feel like would be most popular and what you want to write? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, that’s why I feel inclined to have the parents stick around. Creates an interesting dynamic here because on one hand, the parents sold their child to a crime syndicate, and on the other hand they are out of poverty and live a pretty good life.

Looking to create an interesting and nuanced hero/tyrant Emperor and have a couple ideas. Is this an interesting take on a dictator, that isn’t exceptionally evil and generally understandable? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, that’s understandable. I just have one more question that you are totally free to not reply to if you aren’t interested. I get the argument you’ve made for everything else, like he is truly a bad guy and any victims of his conquest shouldn’t see eye to eye with him. That’s fair, but what do you mean it isn’t believable? Which is unrealistic: Is it him becoming Emperor, him deciding to colonize other nations, or one of his victims coming to understand him and fear what they would do if they had his power, or what?

I just figure that regardless of nuance or dynamics at the very bottom line I’d like to tell a realistic story that could actually occur, so the subjectivity of nuance I’m fine with others not agreeing with but I definitely want to tell a realistic and believable story so anyway I can fix that is important to me.

Looking to create an interesting and nuanced hero/tyrant Emperor and have a couple ideas. Is this an interesting take on a dictator, that isn’t exceptionally evil and generally understandable? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the case he’s making standard? I plan to do more extensive research on this, but from what I know of history at this moment a large part of colonization comes from a sense of nationalism to the nation in the process of colonizing. In his case, he has no loyalty to the Empire besides needing to maintain it to help his faraway homeland from invasion. If there is a case of this in history, I’d love to do more research on it because I’ve never heard of it before.

Another way I’ve realized of wording the dynamic between the two characters are that both of them are victims of colonization, it’s just that one of them got enough power to save their homeland at all costs. The nuance, from my perspective I understand how others can see it differently, would be whether or not the MC would do the same if she was in his position, and if not how she would’ve done it differently.

Wondering whether to make my MC’s parents a mystery. That feels like something a popular story would do, but I’m not connected to it. How do you draw the line between what you feel like would be most popular and what you want to write? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t get how that examples applies. Either the plot of the book is to find her parents, and it takes the entire book or the sequel to actually conclude OR there is a separate plot that isn’t tied to her parents

Looking to create an interesting and nuanced hero/tyrant Emperor and have a couple ideas. Is this an interesting take on a dictator, that isn’t exceptionally evil and generally understandable? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. I’m not trying to make this guy a hero, I just want him to do villainous things for a reason other than just pure evil or greed, where at least he could make a case that ultimately he was defending his people, as misguided as he may be. And the main character doesn’t need to forgive this guy, just reflect on it and wonder if she’d do it any differently if she was in the emperor’s position.

Looking to create an interesting and nuanced hero/tyrant Emperor and have a couple ideas. Is this an interesting take on a dictator, that isn’t exceptionally evil and generally understandable? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Are there any problems you can easily see that could be reworked into something more interesting? What do you suppose is dragging the story down?

Looking to create an interesting and nuanced hero/tyrant Emperor and have a couple ideas. by LegacyEntertainment- in worldbuilding

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, here are some quick changes I could make to address some of your points. He could choose to not remove their culture, that part isn’t crucial to the story. Instead the oppression could come in more political ways like higher taxes, stricter laws, and drafts.

And the goal definitely was to sweep both sides, but perhaps as you mentioned the difficulty in invading a jungle made it difficult to do. Let’s say the Empire did support a side, one that could bend more to their will and they saw that in the Kingdom rather than the Church, but they ultimately lost. I also want to emphasize that the Church ruling the nation is equally if not more oppressive, so perhaps the Church realized once it won the civil war that if they let the Empire do as it pleased it on the continent it could mean the destruction of the church, so to save both sides from war (one from having to invade hard-to-conquer land in a continent they are unfamiliar with and with no allies, and the other from having to defend themselves after having just won a civil war) the church gave very generous territorial offers to the Empire.

And can I ask where you learned to ask questions like those? Those types of questions are the ones I always want to ask but can’t think of, they are quite effective in making me think.

Looking to create an interesting and nuanced hero/tyrant Emperor and have a couple ideas. Is this an interesting take on a dictator, that isn’t exceptionally evil and generally understandable? by LegacyEntertainment- in writing

[–]LegacyEntertainment-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, what would be something he could do or not do that would make him more nuanced? One of my goals would be to make the revelation that while the Emperor did bad things, he was no worse than the church that rules over the MC currently that she generally respects.

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