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Hey btw, if you're doing worldbuilding on something, and you're scared of writing ~unrealistic~ things into it out of fear that it'll sound lazy and ripped-out-of-your-ass, but you also don't want to do all the back-breaking research on coming up with depressingly boring, but practical and ~realistic~ solutions, have a rule:

Just give the thing two layers of explanation. One to explain the specific problem, and another one explaining the explanation. Have an example:

Plot hole 1: If the vampires can't stand daylight, why couldn't they just move around underground?

Solution 1: They can't go underground, the sewer system of the city is full of giant alligators who would eat them.

Well, that's a very quick and simple explanation, which sure opens up additional questions.

Plot hole 2: How and why the fuck are there alligators in the sewers? How do they survive, what do they eat down there when there's no vampires?

Solution 2: The nuns of the Underground Monastery feed and take care of them as a part of their sacred duties.

It takes exactly two layers to create an illusion that every question has an answer - that it's just turtles all the way down. And if you're lucky, you might even find that the second question's answer loops right back into the first one, filling up the plot hole entirely:

Plot hole 3: Who the fuck are the sewer nuns and what's their point and purpose?

Solution 3: The sewer nuns live underground in order to feed the alligators, in order to make sure that the vampires don't try to move around via the sewer system.

When you're just making things up, you don't need to have an answer for everything - just two layers is enough to create the illusion of infinite depth. Answer the question that looms behind the answer of the first question, and a normal reader won't bother to dig around for a 3rd question.

#reference #similarly #i think of a core belief of the society and answer all problems that crop up based on that core belief #it keeps you from getting stuck in the planning stage and provides you a guide of central logic #i recommend!

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azura's blessing, travellers 🌙☀️

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Kristoffer Zetterstrand 2003- oil on canvas

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You’re meeting the friend of a friend for the first time, who’s apparently an empath. When they shake your hand, they immediately rip their hand away from you.

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obsessed with the april fools day joke from the another crab's treasure devs

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Karlach the SECOND you stand still lol

Volume up!

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OP: 想记录一下锻炼日常 突如其来的大爷跟我们桃园三结义让一切都变得不再普通……

↳ Wanted to record our daily exercise and suddenly a grandpa joined us in an Oath of the Peach Garden* and everything changed, never to be ordinary again......

*The Oath of the Peach Garden was sworn by Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu at the beginning of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

English added by me :)

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the lion, his weeds and his baby chick

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I've been playing Skyrim...

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Katamari Damacy (2004)

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not to sound like a medieval peasant or a catholic but i resent anti-carb propaganda so much like bread will never be evil it is holy it is divine it is one of life’s most simple yet decadent pleasures. love is stored in the bread

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I need to (remembers to not make casual suicide jokes in order to encourage a more outwardly positive mindset and healthy conversational environment in my day to day life) kill myself

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i love six o clock because the clock looks so stupid. "|" like get real