Dear Worldbuilder
Feb. 19th, 2025 09:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ermingardenThank you so much for creating for me! I'm really excited to see your take on any of these worlds.
General likes and DNWs
I’m a big fan of epistolary fic, in-universe documents (including academic pastiche and social media pastiche), outsider POV, slice-of-life fic, primary source documents, academic debates, humor, and hopeful endings. I like hurt-comfort, as long as there’s at least a little comfort at the end.
DNW: rape/sexual assault, PWP/porn without plot, BDSM, omegaverse.
The Silmarillion
Religious practices in Beleriand, Elven funerary customs
I'm curious about the ways different groups of people in Beleriand relate to the Valar (or don't). In particular, how do the Noldor adjust to not having the immediate contact with the Valar they've been used to? Might they look to the practices of the Sindar or the Avari, and what would their opinion be of those practices? How do those who have never been to Valinor worship the Valar? (And what about those who don't?)
I'm also interested in how people for whom death isn't quite as permanent would mark it (or not). How is it different in Valinor as opposed to Beleriand, or among, say, the Noldor as opposed to the Sindar?
The Lord of the Rings
Relations between hobbits and Rangers
I'm sure various hobbits had many interactions over the years with the Rangers guarding the Shire, whether or not they knew what the Rangers were there for - some that went well, and maybe some that went...not so well. I'd love to see anything from a specific anecdote to a general retrospective overview of this history, from anyone's perspective!
The Chronicles of Narnia
Talking Animal customs
I'd love to see any thoughts you have on the customs of a group (or groups!) of Talking Beasts, whether extraordinary or mundane, from Mice to Horses and everyone in between. I'm curious about a few things in particular, if you want a starting point: How do Talking Beasts think of, and interact with, their dumb counterparts? How do the (presumably) varied life expectancies of different Beasts affect Narnian society in general and relations among different species? Are there Talking Insects of any kind, or are Mice as small as it goes? And speaking of Mice - we're told that the Talking Mice had their start with the mice who chewed through Aslan's bonds on the Stone Table. What was it like for there to be a new kind of Talking Beast? Or is that not unusual - have other kinds of animals begun to talk who weren't chosen at the beginning?
General likes and DNWs
I’m a big fan of epistolary fic, in-universe documents (including academic pastiche and social media pastiche), outsider POV, slice-of-life fic, primary source documents, academic debates, humor, and hopeful endings. I like hurt-comfort, as long as there’s at least a little comfort at the end.
DNW: rape/sexual assault, PWP/porn without plot, BDSM, omegaverse.
The Silmarillion
Religious practices in Beleriand, Elven funerary customs
I'm curious about the ways different groups of people in Beleriand relate to the Valar (or don't). In particular, how do the Noldor adjust to not having the immediate contact with the Valar they've been used to? Might they look to the practices of the Sindar or the Avari, and what would their opinion be of those practices? How do those who have never been to Valinor worship the Valar? (And what about those who don't?)
I'm also interested in how people for whom death isn't quite as permanent would mark it (or not). How is it different in Valinor as opposed to Beleriand, or among, say, the Noldor as opposed to the Sindar?
The Lord of the Rings
Relations between hobbits and Rangers
I'm sure various hobbits had many interactions over the years with the Rangers guarding the Shire, whether or not they knew what the Rangers were there for - some that went well, and maybe some that went...not so well. I'd love to see anything from a specific anecdote to a general retrospective overview of this history, from anyone's perspective!
The Chronicles of Narnia
Talking Animal customs
I'd love to see any thoughts you have on the customs of a group (or groups!) of Talking Beasts, whether extraordinary or mundane, from Mice to Horses and everyone in between. I'm curious about a few things in particular, if you want a starting point: How do Talking Beasts think of, and interact with, their dumb counterparts? How do the (presumably) varied life expectancies of different Beasts affect Narnian society in general and relations among different species? Are there Talking Insects of any kind, or are Mice as small as it goes? And speaking of Mice - we're told that the Talking Mice had their start with the mice who chewed through Aslan's bonds on the Stone Table. What was it like for there to be a new kind of Talking Beast? Or is that not unusual - have other kinds of animals begun to talk who weren't chosen at the beginning?
