tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post938823728701796100..comments2023-10-15T12:08:43.014+01:00Comments on Suzanne McLeod: Creating Better Fantasy Economies: Who Does All the Work?Suzanne McLeodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00239006528474008402noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post-10808503774463243932014-01-23T16:10:03.961+00:002014-01-23T16:10:03.961+00:00Monarchy's chief charm is that you can more ea...Monarchy's chief charm is that you can more easily push it out of the way and so get on with the stuff the story's about.Maryhttp://marycatelli.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post-84063447975642506272014-01-23T16:05:59.558+00:002014-01-23T16:05:59.558+00:00This makes a great checklist for worldbuilding!
O...This makes a great checklist for worldbuilding!<br /><br />One item I would add to the consequences of war: unemployed soldiers in peacetime. Men who have fought for several years straight may find it hard to go back to civilian life (as modern-day veterans can attest) and in medieval societies had no support system to fall back on - so they frequently turned to banditry. The end of a war was no guarantee of peace.Anne Lylehttp://www.annelyle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post-32025796619958963652014-01-23T14:58:49.870+00:002014-01-23T14:58:49.870+00:00Here's a story that focuses specifically on po...Here's a story that focuses specifically on point #5: http://www.kasmamagazine.com/thedragonslesson.htmlMatthew Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905727799828366356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post-86333384137612176592014-01-22T23:55:03.941+00:002014-01-22T23:55:03.941+00:00And combine #2 and #3. A character who is literate...And combine #2 and #3. A character who is literate in their own language may feel at sea when dealing with something written in a foreign language. This is kinda doable if the foreign language uses the same writing system and has cognates or simple words the person can learn (e.g. many English speakers can order from a French or Italian menu).<br /><br />But I have a vivid memory of the first night of a visit to Japan, and my friend taking me to a local pub, and realizing I couldn't read the menu AT ALL. I wanted her to read the whole thing to me--but she didn't, instead just recommending things she thought I would like. So vexing, to feel so dependent on someone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post-79842023988985694212014-01-22T19:27:20.176+00:002014-01-22T19:27:20.176+00:00Love the post, and I do agree with them.
I used t...Love the post, and I do agree with them.<br /><br />I used to write, now I just read, but when I did write I wondered about the whole, oh yup most of these peeps here are white. But then I though, well I am sure people would complain too if I ventured too far. They would say I do not know anything about it. So my world was European and when you went further you found more.<br /><br />I should just make everyone blue ;=)Blodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3763849776035451598.post-8723357636618282402014-01-22T17:15:07.140+00:002014-01-22T17:15:07.140+00:00You're right, in many ways. These things can ...You're right, in many ways. These things can add realism to fiction. The best stories take a few of these into account. The caution being that you can easily lose your story in the realism. All of these things need to be filtered through the story. If I'm not trying to write a story with race relations as a major plot than I should probably avoid building a world with too much racial tension. Same goes with patriachy and other big current political hot button.(Sexuality, Sex, Abortion, Privacy, Religion, Race, War, Slavery, etc.)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com