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Pondering the sorts of imitation-of-modern-day technology that you could do with clockpunk.
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not-so-secret not-so-society
May. 16th, 2017 09:32 pmWorking on the bad guys.
Who form an organization called the Web, which is, if not commonly known, at any rate not actively hidden.
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Who form an organization called the Web, which is, if not commonly known, at any rate not actively hidden.
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the game of names
May. 12th, 2017 09:30 pmIn this world, I think that wizards are called in an old-fashioned style: Master Firstname, Mistress Firstname.
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supers and the city
Apr. 1st, 2017 06:49 pmZoning, of course, would be interesting in trying to deal with any super in a city not designed for supers.
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super-zoning
Mar. 31st, 2017 09:32 pmWas contemplating a city built for superheroes. A Super City
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magical places
Jan. 31st, 2017 12:25 amSome characters are about to spend some time in some magical places -- some magical buildings, some magical natural features with buildings in them.
Not because they are on some kind of vacation, or to study (though they are students), but because the magic can be used to protect them.
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Not because they are on some kind of vacation, or to study (though they are students), but because the magic can be used to protect them.
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the gentlemen
Jun. 1st, 2016 11:09 pmSome children are going to get some advice in a story. The sort Kipling put in verse:
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tech and the superhero history
Mar. 17th, 2016 12:15 pmThe rise of technology -- whether normal human or Gadgeteer/Mad Scientist -- would have a big impact on a super world. Just not the same as in ours. . . .
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superhero history
Mar. 13th, 2016 11:41 pmMost superhero stories have them appear recently. With perhaps rumors back into the 19th century or allusions to the Greek gods or the like. One can see why.
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miracle cures in urban fantasy
Feb. 28th, 2016 09:14 pmOne thing that keeps the setting stable in urban fantasy is that there are no miracle cures for werewolfery or any of the other curses and afflictions of the genre. . . but what if there were?
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pureblood rhetoric
Aug. 16th, 2015 03:58 pmThere isn't much in Harry Potter. Logical. There frequently isn't. When Sir Water Eliot raises his objections to the Navy in Persuasion, he just states the objection of social climbing:( Read more... )
motives for men
Jul. 13th, 2015 10:59 pmOnce upon a time, there were two young men of gentle birth living in a magical city where royals visit but do not reign. Was pondering why.
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supers and scale
Apr. 1st, 2015 11:55 pmOne crucial aspect of world-building for superheroes is whether they are more or less on par with each other.
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hereditary magic
Jan. 18th, 2015 01:33 amRead a story recently where magical powers are hereditary. Strictly. You don't descend from the people who first got them, you don't get them. And while the way to get them is known, it was stopped. (However plausible you find that.)
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Once upon a time, my heroine got her orders from a royal official and got sent off to work her magic and fix a problem.
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babies and castes and mutual sterility
Apr. 6th, 2014 10:25 pmWhat would a society be like if it contained species of intelligent beings -- which, being species, could not interbreed with each other?
A lot of SF and fantasy writers don't like the problem. You get the most improbable abilities to interbreed, even among beings that evolved independently in separate star systems.
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A lot of SF and fantasy writers don't like the problem. You get the most improbable abilities to interbreed, even among beings that evolved independently in separate star systems.
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heroes and highwaymen
Mar. 29th, 2014 08:08 pmIn an outline, the hero is off, nobly going to save the realm despite the way the king treats him.
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