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Dear Worldbuilder
Feb. 3rd, 2023 07:30 pmI absolutely love all of the canons I requested, and I am truly so excited to see what nooks and crannies of these worlds you decide need a little more exploration!
General likes and DNWs:
I love epistolary fic, academic pastiche, social media pastiche, outsider POV, slice-of-life fic, primary source documents, academic debates, monks, mysticism, humor, and hopeful endings.
DNW: Explicit sex scenes, anything sexual involving children, "onscreen" rape/noncon/sexual assault, BDSM, non-canonical pregnancy or parenthood fic, and infidelity.
The Silmarillion
Manuscripts and Manuscript Transmission, Archaeology of Beleriand
As far as both the archaeology and manuscript transmission requests go, what's behind them is really a fascination with (a) what survives the sinking of Beleriand, (b) how it survives, and (c) how the surviving material is interpreted and reinterpreted by future scholars (and laypeople!) to recreate the history of Beleriand. What are the gaps that still need to be filled in? Where is the guesswork right – and where is it wrong? Why were these things preserved and not others – was it chance? If it was deliberate, who decided what was to be preserved, and how did they make that decision? Are there questions of authenticity and suspected forgeries?
I'm also very interested in manuscript production in Beleriand. Where and by whom were manuscripts produced? What scripts were used, and how could the uses of particular scripts or different dating systems indicate political affiliation? How did Mannish, Elven, and Dwarven writing practices differ?
Star Wars Legends
Jedi Culture, Jedi Philosophy, Holocrons, Centerpoint Station
Centerpoint Station absolutely fascinates me. What is it like to live in the hollow interior of a space station the size of a planet? Who were the first people to live in Centerpoint, and why did they choose to settle there?
I've been low-key obsessed with holocrons recently – the Legends version of holocrons, that have one or more personalities within them. How sentient really are holocrons? What role do they play in Jedi society – both in the Old Republic and in the rebuilt Jedi Order? What is it like to interact with the holographic echo of someone you knew in life?
I'm generally very interested in Jedi culture and Jedi philosophy, in whatever direction you'd like to explore it! I'm fascinated by the historical development of the Jedi Code and by Jedi mysticism generally. I'd also love to see more about how the Jedi Order operates in day-to-day life as a multispecies society – what does the cafeteria look like? How about Jedi holidays? We mostly see the Jedi as warriors, but what do their other roles in galactic society look like – as diplomats, scholars, or anything else?
James Asher Vampire Series
Ex-vampires, Vampires and Belief Systems, Master & Fledgling Relationships
For ex-vampires: I'm really intrigued by what happens to Ysidro in Prisoner of Midnight – what are the mechanisms for this, biologically and/or spiritually? What are the long-term effects? Or, perhaps, has anyone else previously undergone a transformation out of the vampire state, by similar or vastly different means?
In terms of belief systems, I'm curious about how vampires might conceptualize themselves in the context of different religious traditions – would definitely welcome Ysidro's relationship with his Catholicism, of course, but also any of the other characters we see, or original vampires of your choice!
For master and fledgling relationships, I'd love to see an exploration of that bond on a metaphysical level, or a chiefly social/cultural level – or both! I'm fascinated by the variety of attitudes toward that connection we see throughout the series, from the Master of Istanbul's desperation for it to Ysidro's determined avoidance, and how that might interact with the ways different people understand the vampiric state itself.
General likes and DNWs:
I love epistolary fic, academic pastiche, social media pastiche, outsider POV, slice-of-life fic, primary source documents, academic debates, monks, mysticism, humor, and hopeful endings.
DNW: Explicit sex scenes, anything sexual involving children, "onscreen" rape/noncon/sexual assault, BDSM, non-canonical pregnancy or parenthood fic, and infidelity.
The Silmarillion
Manuscripts and Manuscript Transmission, Archaeology of Beleriand
As far as both the archaeology and manuscript transmission requests go, what's behind them is really a fascination with (a) what survives the sinking of Beleriand, (b) how it survives, and (c) how the surviving material is interpreted and reinterpreted by future scholars (and laypeople!) to recreate the history of Beleriand. What are the gaps that still need to be filled in? Where is the guesswork right – and where is it wrong? Why were these things preserved and not others – was it chance? If it was deliberate, who decided what was to be preserved, and how did they make that decision? Are there questions of authenticity and suspected forgeries?
I'm also very interested in manuscript production in Beleriand. Where and by whom were manuscripts produced? What scripts were used, and how could the uses of particular scripts or different dating systems indicate political affiliation? How did Mannish, Elven, and Dwarven writing practices differ?
Star Wars Legends
Jedi Culture, Jedi Philosophy, Holocrons, Centerpoint Station
Centerpoint Station absolutely fascinates me. What is it like to live in the hollow interior of a space station the size of a planet? Who were the first people to live in Centerpoint, and why did they choose to settle there?
I've been low-key obsessed with holocrons recently – the Legends version of holocrons, that have one or more personalities within them. How sentient really are holocrons? What role do they play in Jedi society – both in the Old Republic and in the rebuilt Jedi Order? What is it like to interact with the holographic echo of someone you knew in life?
I'm generally very interested in Jedi culture and Jedi philosophy, in whatever direction you'd like to explore it! I'm fascinated by the historical development of the Jedi Code and by Jedi mysticism generally. I'd also love to see more about how the Jedi Order operates in day-to-day life as a multispecies society – what does the cafeteria look like? How about Jedi holidays? We mostly see the Jedi as warriors, but what do their other roles in galactic society look like – as diplomats, scholars, or anything else?
James Asher Vampire Series
Ex-vampires, Vampires and Belief Systems, Master & Fledgling Relationships
For ex-vampires: I'm really intrigued by what happens to Ysidro in Prisoner of Midnight – what are the mechanisms for this, biologically and/or spiritually? What are the long-term effects? Or, perhaps, has anyone else previously undergone a transformation out of the vampire state, by similar or vastly different means?
In terms of belief systems, I'm curious about how vampires might conceptualize themselves in the context of different religious traditions – would definitely welcome Ysidro's relationship with his Catholicism, of course, but also any of the other characters we see, or original vampires of your choice!
For master and fledgling relationships, I'd love to see an exploration of that bond on a metaphysical level, or a chiefly social/cultural level – or both! I'm fascinated by the variety of attitudes toward that connection we see throughout the series, from the Master of Istanbul's desperation for it to Ysidro's determined avoidance, and how that might interact with the ways different people understand the vampiric state itself.
