its amazing how people come up with worlds in their heads

its a true beauty that language has evolved to be able to communicate entire complexities that represent what is years of thinking

i know people dont like it in books because often the story falls flat

one of the first prominent worldbuilders is Tolkein and his impact is synonymous with fantasy

compare with C. S. Lewis who also was one but his method involved story first and then a world justifying it

i think without capitalism and copyright laws we will see a lot of collaborative works that build a world in fiction

think of franchise owned "extended universes" or roleplaying game worlds

you see this emerging online a bit with online roleplaying fiction and open universes like the SCP Foundation

  • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    scp foundation is a direct continuation of the collective cthulhu mythos, change my mind

    edit: you cant. it is. :squidward-chill:

      • ToastGhost [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        u mean the potatoes that multiply and consume the world, which battle against the cake that multiplies and consumes the world?

    • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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      4 years ago

      Yep, cosmic horror but they actually went on with the "fear of the unknown" instead of just endless jerking around with tentacles because that's what lovecraft do.

      People acts that cosmic horror must be about crazy super gods when spooky peanut boi do. I mean SCP still have lots of crazy super gods, but the best stuff are the unexplainable inanity.

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        for sure.

        plus loads of cthulhu mythos stories by any number of authors really dont involve the whole "its an eldritch being from beyond the stars!" aspect if it anyways, instead relying on the other being ill defined to in itself be spoopy

    • ToastGhost [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      scp is such good horror probably because of its collaborative nature. there is so much depth to the world that it becomes a horrifying place, knowing that there are unexplainable and dangerous things hidden everywhere not even new world order has a chance to scratch the surface. no one individual could create a universe so large.

  • Invidiarum [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    The commodification of ideas, stories, products of culture into intellectual property has been a disaster for the human race.

    Just imagine if it had always been this way: Sorry Sophokles, gotta wait another 70 years till you can use the Zeus ™️ property, maybe don't be a freeloader and popularise and then use your own pantheon. Whats that Aristophanes, you claim this is satire? Better trademark this concept, and also our algorithm divine omen of birds flying low has decided its not fair use. But maybe use our appeal process, write a complaint, stick it into an amphora and toss it into the sea, we swear we'll give it a fair consideration once we read it. Oh Marcus Tullius has re-released the republic on papyrus limited edition? - well I guess it wont pass into res publica anytime soon.

  • Enzo [he/him,use name]
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    4 years ago

    i seriously dont understand how people can make an entire world from scratch in they heads. like that completely blows my mind

  • KiaKaha [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    We already do see it, in fan fiction. However, those works end up hitting a ceiling, as they lack the resources to get polished, or the legal rights to get published.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      excluding something like the 50 shades of grift which essentially carpet bombed the bdsm community on top of everything else.