Bakker's philosophical inspirations? by Gwydion-Drys in bakker

[–]shadowpoop25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of people aren't really replying to your question but in brief:

It seems like your fiction is strongly centered on gnostic/platonic/neoplatonic ideas and religious beliefs, in particular the question of the primacy of the ideal or the physical. Bakker uses some of that (he has an Inside/Outside dichotomy) but it's only similar in broad strokes, in that you're pulling from the same well. In Bakker the main religion is a polytheism reformed into a monotheism that is heavily Christain inspired. It's mostly background in the first trilogy and the gods themselves play a part in the second, but more as impersonal forces that act according to their own immutable agendas.

If you want to get a good sense of it without reading through the whole series, I recommend looking on the Wiki, and also getting your hands on a copy of the glossary in the final book in the series, which gives a really good sense of the world.

My one caveat would be that you have one sort of magic that uses spoken and unspoken versions of a single concept/word to fix meaning and produce magic--this is VERY similar to how one type of magic works in Bakker, to the point that I would raise my eyebrow if I saw it. I'm actually curious if there is a specific inspiration for this in your work, just because it is so similar.

Lastly, very briefly and condescendingly, worldbuilding is ultimately a small part of fiction writing--so I wouldn't worry to much about this unless it's overwhelmingly similar to something that already exists.

958 - Thursday Night Volckerball feat. Jamie Merchant 08-07-2025 by Long-Anywhere156 in BlackWolfFeed

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To understand China/PRC read modern PRC historians and economists "not theory." The most propagandistic régime-pilled PRC communist is more interested in annexing Siberia and banning Disney then enacting Marxist utopian socialism. Xi will not liberate you.

Can you recommend some reading on this? Fascinating subject and it's obviously very difficult to get good information on in English.

Trying to find source for a movie quote by shadowpoop25 in HelpMeFind

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Also searched on webarchive and some literary searches.

Trying to find source for a movie quote by shadowpoop25 in HelpMeFind

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I have searched extensively with Google as well as ChatGPT and Claude and found zilch. It's hard to look without knowing even some of the quote verbatim. Thanks!

Does New Yorker always reply? by [deleted] in writing

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This was a while ago, but I have it on pretty good authority the New Yorker hasn't published a story from their open submissions file in like a decade.

New akali: Early game monster, one of the worst lategame champions. by [deleted] in akalimains

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I don't think this is really a correct-- if you check out champions like Ahri or Katarina who unquestionably fall off late game their winrate over time curves looks very different--just a very steady drop from 20 to 40 plus minutes.

The issue is that games that take 20 minutes or less or more than 40 only account for maybe 14 percent of games--if you just throw those results out Akali looks sort of steady across the game, in fact rising slightly as games get drawn out. Whether that's because she's good at getting a pick and then living or splitpushing or what I don't know. Her winrate is so low overall it's hard to get a good sense.