worldbuilding

WARNING: GOOGLE DOC

This document is basically a Cyber core-Hopepunk thing I'm working on mainly so I could work with people in the Imperial Periphery who wish to write stories.

The main premise is that America and the other Imperial Core countries have lost their power and are trying to regain their strength. America for example has turned into the Neo-American States and have become a mask off oligarchy. But there is a group that I call "Tinkers" who work to fix the Americas as there different threats.

I mainly wanted to start with Neo-America since I wanted to make an anthology series about my frustrations with America and how if this keeps up. Soon we'll be living in a world of "The Men Of Action Are Dead".

Ex: Grey Goo taking over the Western Coast due to Elon Musk and Co thinking they could make more land through nano machines.

If you wanna use these idea, go for it as I know I might not get this stuff done anytime soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/jan/01/george-orwell-is-out-of-copyright-what-happens-now#:~:text=The%20distinguished%20Orwell%20scholar%20Professor,held%20by%20Penguin%20Random%20House.

this face is probably still under copyright for a few decades tho: :nineteeneightyfour:

which is unfortunate, because big brother face is about all I know about the series.

What would you do if you were in a position to make a game/film?

In a bleak and mundane world, a child born to mysterious circumstances discovers they have a gift, but that gift is forbidden by the bad people that resent how awesome the gift is and want to punish special people that have the gift, so that special chosen one of destiny must embrace their destiny and restore the good and proper status quo with a little(a lot) of help from their friends. :so-true:

That isn't just Harry Potter or Star Wars, mind. That's also Terry Goodkind's cryptofascist slop, among many others.

I'm kinda asking about story-breaking powers you avoid, but it could just be abilities that make you uncomfortable writing or exploring.

One thing that makes me uncomfortable for example is telepathy. Not even mind control or psychic surgery levels of mind powers. Just simple mind reading/communicating.

I get very uncomfortable with the idea of someone being able to look into my mind and I get skeeved out when trying to imagine how characters like that would work.

Another uncomfortable power for me is time travel of any kind. Maybe it's the perfectionist in me. The idea of being able to undo any mistake is overwhelming. And I dunno, feels sort of trivializing of people.

What about the rest of you? Are there any powers you prefer not to explore or write about?