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Worldbuilding Exchange 2023
Jan. 21st, 2023 11:36 amDear Author,
Thank you for agreeing to write for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Since you probably don't know me, here's a quick primer on my likes and dislikes which might come in handy.
Likes: I usually prefer gen, especially focusing on platonic and familial relationships. I’m interested in found families, biological families, younger siblings, sidekicks, friends who become lovers and friends who don’t. I'm always down for outsider POVs, especially ones who are ignorant or unreliable narrators. For the purposes of this exchange, that can include anything from newspaper articles and academic writings to stories narrated by the preverbal man on the street. Feel free to play around in terms of genre and formatting. When it comes to canon characters, I'm always a big fan of character studies and have serious respect for ones with actual plot since that’s something I tend to struggle with.
Do not want: Anything focused on romantic relationships, smut, character bashing, graphic depictions of sex or bodily harm.
A Song of Ice and Fire
Characters: Original Character(s), Any/None
Worldbuilding Aspects: Old Gods, gods and religion, region-specific customs and cultural traditions, economics and trade, myths legends and songs, skinchanging and warging.
I’m interested in the interactions between the different sections of Westeros with their unique ethnic and cultural heritages. How do the different regions see each other? Are there accents? Are there regional/ethnic slurs? Do religious leaders of different faiths preach against each other? How do different regions react to proselytizing? Are there different magics common to different areas and ethnic groups? My favorite regions are the Iron Islands and the North and something focused on the ways they interact might be interesting.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Characters: Original Character(s), Any/None, Horde Soldiers
Worldbuilding Aspects: Establishment and rise of the Horde, Horde recruitment, growing up in the Horde
Canon has all these hints about how Adora and the gang were raised and trained, but I want more. Who is in charge of the day to day care of child recruits? Are there different career tracks within the Horde (child care, teachers/trainers, food production, weapons manufacturing, soldiers, etc.)? The Horde is both an army and a society. How does it all work?
Infinity Train
Characters: Original Character(s), Any/None Worldbuilding Aspects: Origins of the train, how passengers are chosen, re-integration after the train
I just finished this series and have so many questions. What is the train and where did it come from? Why are certain people abducted and not others? What does all this look like from the outside when a loved-one goes missing for an extended period of time and comes back radically different? What happens to kids who spent years on the train and now have to integrate back into society? Do they need therapy from the trauma of the train?Do people believe when they say what happened to them?
DCU (Comics)
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Original Character(s), Any/None
World building Aspects: Civilian response to superheroes, superhero intellectual property and copyright claims, Outsider POV on child superheroes
I love the Batfamily, Batgirls included. I would love to see an outsider POV on their super heroic activities. How annoying/traumatizing is it to live in a city where weirdly themed terrorist attacks happen regularly? What do the press and the internets have to say about the latest Robin? Who does the public suspect? Give me all the secret identity shenanigans. Read The Law of Superheroes and run with the legal implications Batman using tech from Wayne Enterprises’ R&D.
Thank you for agreeing to write for me. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Since you probably don't know me, here's a quick primer on my likes and dislikes which might come in handy.
Likes: I usually prefer gen, especially focusing on platonic and familial relationships. I’m interested in found families, biological families, younger siblings, sidekicks, friends who become lovers and friends who don’t. I'm always down for outsider POVs, especially ones who are ignorant or unreliable narrators. For the purposes of this exchange, that can include anything from newspaper articles and academic writings to stories narrated by the preverbal man on the street. Feel free to play around in terms of genre and formatting. When it comes to canon characters, I'm always a big fan of character studies and have serious respect for ones with actual plot since that’s something I tend to struggle with.
Do not want: Anything focused on romantic relationships, smut, character bashing, graphic depictions of sex or bodily harm.
A Song of Ice and Fire
Characters: Original Character(s), Any/None
Worldbuilding Aspects: Old Gods, gods and religion, region-specific customs and cultural traditions, economics and trade, myths legends and songs, skinchanging and warging.
I’m interested in the interactions between the different sections of Westeros with their unique ethnic and cultural heritages. How do the different regions see each other? Are there accents? Are there regional/ethnic slurs? Do religious leaders of different faiths preach against each other? How do different regions react to proselytizing? Are there different magics common to different areas and ethnic groups? My favorite regions are the Iron Islands and the North and something focused on the ways they interact might be interesting.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Characters: Original Character(s), Any/None, Horde Soldiers
Worldbuilding Aspects: Establishment and rise of the Horde, Horde recruitment, growing up in the Horde
Canon has all these hints about how Adora and the gang were raised and trained, but I want more. Who is in charge of the day to day care of child recruits? Are there different career tracks within the Horde (child care, teachers/trainers, food production, weapons manufacturing, soldiers, etc.)? The Horde is both an army and a society. How does it all work?
Infinity Train
Characters: Original Character(s), Any/None Worldbuilding Aspects: Origins of the train, how passengers are chosen, re-integration after the train
I just finished this series and have so many questions. What is the train and where did it come from? Why are certain people abducted and not others? What does all this look like from the outside when a loved-one goes missing for an extended period of time and comes back radically different? What happens to kids who spent years on the train and now have to integrate back into society? Do they need therapy from the trauma of the train?Do people believe when they say what happened to them?
DCU (Comics)
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Original Character(s), Any/None
World building Aspects: Civilian response to superheroes, superhero intellectual property and copyright claims, Outsider POV on child superheroes
I love the Batfamily, Batgirls included. I would love to see an outsider POV on their super heroic activities. How annoying/traumatizing is it to live in a city where weirdly themed terrorist attacks happen regularly? What do the press and the internets have to say about the latest Robin? Who does the public suspect? Give me all the secret identity shenanigans. Read The Law of Superheroes and run with the legal implications Batman using tech from Wayne Enterprises’ R&D.
