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Posts by Incognito‭

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Q&A How do I know if a concept is sexist or not?

In my story's world, witchcraft is a respected institution, with the most powerful practitioners being at the top echelons of society. Due to this, society traces its lineage through matrilineal li...

9 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A how can I showcase the internal struggles between a man and his demons?

The character in this story is a human-demon hybrid. He is good natured on a normal day, but because of the demon genes and blood coursing through him, as struggled with certain urges his entire li...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can you humanize infanticide of the evil-tainted?

The world is surrounded by an alternate realm called the spirit world. Humans existed as separate physical entities, but maintain an attachment to the spirit realm due to their connection with god....

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you normalize a taboo custom in a setting that most readers would not agree with?

This setting' world is populated by witch covens that function as both royal houses and political entities. They are matriarchial, with witches had the head of families who directly control their h...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can you frame ritual suicide in a "positive" light?

Eons ago, there was a war among gods that came close to destroying humanity and the mortal realm. Gods depend on humanity, and their destruction would inevitably hurt them as well. At the conclusio...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you make sex magic feel like a natural part of a setting?

In this world, witchcraft is practiced openly and is a neccessary function of society. Men cannot use magic directly, but possess much more mana than women. There are some spells that a witch may n...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you know if your story concepts contradict each other? [closed]

This country has a long line of female rulers going back since its inception. Due to a divine connection with the goddess, only queens can inherit the throne, and rules as both leader of the nation...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How should you use sexually deviant monsters in fantasy?

terror is a real and powerful thing. A monster is ever-so-slightly scarier if it violates you in some way. there have been many of these types of creatures seen in myths and fairy tales. This goes ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you escalate a story's plot after killing the Big Bad?

Everyone remembers the Death Star and how it was supposed to be the most potent superweapon in the Star Wars-verse. Then in the Expanded Universe, they needed to add tension to the series since the...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A how can I portray a culture that practices human sacrifice as not being uncivilized?

In our world, we consider human life to be precious and valuable. It is meant to be preserved, and a deliberate act of taking a life is considered deplorable by society. This is considered normal. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I make distinctions between a hive-mind and a super consciousness?

Not sure if this is a worldbuilding or writing question, but here it goes. In this setting, gods of humanity are beings of absolute order that exist in another plane of existence. They are consta...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How graphic should a grimdark fantasy setting be?

Should a setting go into the gritty details of the horrible things that happen to show how awful they are? (Torture, brutal violence, rape, etc)? Or does grimdark work better when its subtle and le...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I design a "rational" religion that eliminates faith as a requirement? [closed]

Faith is defined as a belief in God based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Religion and science can be seen to oppose one another due to conflicts between people of those practices. In ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I push a protagonist to a moral event horizon without making them a sympathetic Sue?

We human beings have no control over our destiny, and it is arrogant and foolish to think as such. Our fates are decided by a group of dark gods who control the strings of time. It is they who desi...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you deal with an abrupt change in personality for a protagonist?

The crawling chaos, Nyalathothep, has formed a cult on the mortal plane devoted to his cause which worships him as a god. This cult has been operating in secret for thousands of years, sowing destr...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A what techniques or approaches can I use to explore distasteful concepts while also making them necessary?

In my story democracy crumbles in a nation, replaced by a powerful dictatorship. Our world has been invaded by servants of the elder god, Nyalathotep. Governments have been fighting back for years,...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to write an inversion of a messianic trope? [closed]

I want to do a story revolving around the inverse of the Christian tale in the bible. In it, the savior sent by God is tempted by the adversary, similar to how Jesus is tempted by the devil in the ...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Incognito‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭