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why-the-heck-not

Plenty of coffee, little bit of reading

playtokens

tinybed

bastard

ewfadsasddsdasd-deactivated2018

he’s just a baby please

tinybed

baby bastard more like

hoziersgirlfiend

its he..

tinybed

more bastardous than ever….

bitchspacenine

The older I get, the more trouble I have getting into the Christmas spirit. I think it’s time for my annual viewing of Santa Claus. Lupita, no!

bibliotheque-la-nature

Waldsassen Abbey library in Bavaria, Germany

assignedfaggatbirth

listened to Bohemian Rhapsody today… i’m so very sorry

assignedfaggatbirth

If this post gets 100 notes I’ll recreate the entire song through memes

assignedfaggatbirth

OK so I’ll do my best to get this done soonish–it may be a week or two, but I’m doing it

assignedfaggatbirth

My masterpiece… is complete.

chidi-anaqonye-deactivated20181

op did not put in this much work for 160 notes

kaypier-deactivated20200518

More often than not I’ll crack into a sprawling fantasy series and, while I appreciate the luscious descriptions of furniture, landscapes, and clothing, all I’m focused on is that I don’t actually know how this world works. I only know what it looks like.

Including some functionality to your universe can add to immersion and give your reader a strong foundation on which to build their mental model of your universe.

You certainly don’t need to use all of these questions! In fact, I recommend against that, as all of these certainly won’t make it into your final draft. I personally find that starting my worldbuilding off with 5 to 10 functional questions helps pave the way for glittery and elaborate aesthetic development later on.

How is the healthcare funded in your world?

How does healthcare functionally differ between the wealthy and the poor? (i.e. can only the wealthy go to hospitals? do poor families often have to rely on back-alley procedures?)

Where are health centers (i.e. hospitals, small clinics, etc.) organized in your cities?

Does it differ in smaller towns?

How does this affect people’s ability to get healthcare?

Is healthcare magical, and if it is, how does that affect the healthcare system?

If healing is instantaneous, how does that affect people’s views on injury, illness, and chronic ailments?

If you have both magical and physical healthcare, which one is deemed superior and how does that affect society?

What illnesses are common in your world?

How does this affect daily life?

What do the people in your world think illnesses are?

Is it a miasma theory?

Humor theory?

Demons?

Do they know about biological viruses and bacteria?

How does this affect healthcare?

How do people get water?

Is the water sanitary and if not, how do they sanitize it?

How does agriculture work?

Is it large corporations or individual farms?

What sort of agricultural technology exists in your world and how does it affect food production?

Are farmers wealthy or poor?

What sort of natural resources does your world/country(ies) have and how are they obtained?

How does this affect the average wealth of the country?

How does this wealth affect the culture?

What livestock or beasts of burden are most valued? Least valued? Why?

What is considered a luxury good vs. a regular good?

What forms of transportation does your world have?

What classes use what forms of transportation?

How far has the average citizen traveled, given your transportation limitations?

Which cities are the most accessible and which are the least? Why?

How do popular transportation methods change how cities/towns are laid out?

Does your world have public transportation? What is it?

Is there a coming-of-age aspect to travel?

Describe your world’s postal system or whatever equivalent there is.

Who pays for it?

How reliable is it?

Are there emergency methods for transporting information?

How does your world keep time (i.e. watches, sundials, water clock, etc.)?

Does your world have a currency system, barter system, or something else?

If you have multiple countries, do different currencies have different values across said countries?

How does this affect travel?

Do you have banks in your world and if so, how are they run?

Who owns the banks? Government? Wealthy? How does this affect the economy and/or class system?

How does credit operate in your universe?

Does your world operate more on big corporations or small business? Something in between?

How are workers/labourers treated in your world?

Are there workers unions and if so, what are common views on unions?

Describe your tax system. If you don’t have a tax system, explain why and how your world is affected by that.

Can certain social classes not own property, certain livestock, certain businesses, etc.? Why?

How are business records kept? Are business records kept?

If your world has technology, does your world prioritize developing entertainment tech, communications tech, transportation tech or something else entirely?

What does this say about your world?

How does this affect your economy?

To the closest approximation, what type of government does your world have?

How are rulers/presidents/nobles put in place?

How much power does an individual ruler have?

Is there a veto process?

If you have multiple countries, do they have different types of rulers?

Describe any large-scale alliances (i.e. countries, factions, etc.) that are present in your world.

How did they come about and how are they maintained?

Are they strained or peaceful?

How does it affect the greater politics of your world?

Describe how wars are fought both internationally and nationally.

Do methods of war differ between countries/races?

What about philosophies about war?

If there is a military, what is its hierarchy structure?

How does the military recruit?

Is the military looked upon favourably in your society?

What weapons are used by each country/type of people during warfare, and how does that affect war strategies?

Describe the sentencing system of your world.

Is your accused innocent until proven guilty, or guilty until proven innocent?

How are lawbreakers punished?

If you have prisons, describe how they are organized and run, and who owns them.

Does differing ownership change how the prisons operate?

What are the major ways in which laws between countries vary?

Do laws between cities vary? If so, how and why?

How does citizenship work in your world? What rights and privileges do citizens have that others do not?

Can certain classes or races not become citizens?

Are there certain taboo subjects or opinions that artist/authors/musicians are not allowed to depict (i.e. portraying the official religion in a negative light, explicit sexual material, etc.)? What does this say about your society?

How do people get around these censorship laws?

What is the official hierarchy of duty in your world? (i.e. is family the most important, or patriotism? What about clan?)

How many languages are there in your world, and how many languages share a common origin?

How many people are multilingual?

Which language is the most common?

How is multilingualism viewed?

How are different languages viewed? (i.e. is one language ugly/barbaric while another is romantic and sensual?)

Feel free to add your own questions in reblogs or in comments!

xsunnyeclipse

starlightomatic

Saturday morning, on the 26th of October, a Nazi walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue, shouting “All Jews must die!” and opened fire. He killed eleven Jewish people, including grandparents, husbands, wives, and a doctor remembered for his compassionate care of his patients during the AIDs crisis. Several of them were there celebrating a baby-welcoming ceremony for a gay couple’s newly adopted twins.

This was the deadliest antisemitic attack in all 364 years of American Jewish history. Jews all over the world are shaken, upset, and scared. We know that this could have been any of us, but beyond that, this attack struck at the heart of our people. We were attacked in a place of safety and sanctity. We were reminded that as Jews, we are not safe in America. And we lost eleven Jewish souls.

Some of us are grieving, some of us are angry, some of us are devastated, some of us are numb, some of us are crying, some of us are terrified, some of us are anxious, and some of us can barely walk up the stairs because this doesn’t make any sense and yet it makes so much sense because we all, on some level, imagined this was coming. Our history has taught us that our safety is never guaranteed, and over the past two years we have watched the sickening rise of Nazism and antisemitism all over the world, including in America, where, despite our history, many of us had been lulled into believing it could never happen here.

We lost a third of the world’s Jewish population within living memory. So many Jewish families, in every country, fled antisemitic violence within the past few generations. The tragedy we just experienced is visceral, it’s terrifying, it’s devastating.

So please, check in on your Jewish friends and ask how they are doing. Please, take a moment to understand and absorb this tragedy. Please, understand how this is not just yet another mass shooting (that while theoretically tragic, you don’t really have the space for another one, what with compassion fatigue), but rather an attack that pierced the heart of a group of people already carrying centuries of pain and trauma. Please, make space for this one. Please, when you talk about this, don’t use generalized language about hate and about how no one should be killed for their religion. Please speak the words: Jewish. Antisemitic. Say this was an antisemitic attack, on Jewish people. And please, keep us in your thoughts today.

starlightomatic

Folks who aren’t Jewish, you can reblog this. In fact I’d be grateful if you did.

npr

Studies have shown LGBTQ students are more likely to be bullied at school, which can lead to missed classes and a higher risk of suicide. For those kids, a teacher who knows how to be inclusive — or how to “queer” the classroom, as some refer to it — can make a big difference. But many teachers aren’t sure how to do that. Over the years, gender and sexual identity have evolved, and not everyone has kept up.

“When they [teachers] realize, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing,’ you know how vulnerable it feels? It’s a big deal. They need support,” says Bethy Leonardi, co-founder of A Queer Endeavor, an initiative of University of Colorado Boulder School of Education. A Queer Endeavor helps teachers navigate questions like how to intervene when they see anti-LGBTQ bullying, how to be there for students who identify as gender-fluid and how to address kids who use gender-neutral pronouns like “they.”

The organization has put out a list of tips for making classrooms more LGBTQ-friendly. They include:

Let students identify themselves on the first day of class. Ask them to fill out index cards with their preferred name and pronouns, then be sure to update the class list and share that list when there’s a substitute teacher.

Avoid using gendered language to address students (“ladies and gentlemen,” “boys/girls”). Instead, use words like “scientists,” “readers,” “athletes,” “writers,” “artists,” “scholars,” etc.

Avoid grouping students by gender. Instead, use birthdays, ice cream preferences, pet preferences, etc.

If there are all-gender bathrooms, make sure students know where they are and that they are for everyone.

Make your ally status known by hanging a rainbow flag, sharing your own pronouns and/or supporting the school’s LGBTQ groups.

5 Ways To Make Classrooms More Inclusive

Illustration: Gracia Lam/NPR

anthropofagy-deactivated2021041

things are hard right now for Jewish people all over the world– if your synagogue has a donation page link it on this post and i’ll spread it around.

to start: here is the official gofundme to help the Tree of Life synagogue pay for building damage and help the people effected.

skittykittys

my synagogue is doing some really great accessibility and inclusivity work right now and works with a lot of local charities–you can donate to them here

the-disney-elite

A Brief Introduction to: Space Mountain

(The pics above show Space Mountain’s gradual evolution from 1960s Disneyland concept art to 1975 Walt Disney World reality.)

The idea for Space Mountain originated with Walt Disney himself in the early 1960s. Disneyland’s Matterhorn ride was a hit with park-goers, and Walt is said to have asked, “Why can’t we have a ‘space mountain’ ride?”

Walt put Imagineer extraordinaire John Hench on the project. The ride was initially conceived of “as a way to simulate an astronaut’s return trip to Earth.” Hench quickly arrived on the idea of an indoor a roller coaster that took place entirely in the dark, with small stars and asteroids projected throughout. Space Mountain was planned as “the centerpiece of a newly reconfigured Tomorrowland in Disneyland,” but the project was shelved when Walt Disney died in 1966.

Ten years later, the idea for Space Mountain was resurrected. Walt Disney World had recently opened in Florida, and although the reviews for the park were favorable, visitors bemoaned its lack of ‘thrill rides.’ The folks at Imagineering immediately realized that this was their chance to make Walt’s “space mountain” a reality, and jumped at the opportunity. The rest, as they say, is history.

miiriya

thegirlwiththemooglehat

a small collection of whose line identities

idowithyahoo

Fall is here. Get ready for cozy sweaters, pumpkin-spice everything and warm colors. Add some orange roses, eucalyptus, or Privett berries to your wedding bouquet to give it that autumn or Halloween inspired feel.