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[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Guide to Worldbuilding

Language and Culture

You have your land and your people. Now onto what kind of people they are and what they sound like. Culture is the greatest worldbuilding tool you need to master. Language is extra spice.

Culture

Culture is a collection of customs and attitudes formed over time. Culture forms around a land, metaphorical cling film if you will. Land influences culture.

Entertainment: What amuses your people? Bull fighting? Gladiators? Tasteful plays?

Food and drink: What food is common? Is there a delicacy popular in the region? Pasta is Italy’s delicacy. Beer is a common drink in Germany

Taboo: The no-no of society. What can’t be spoken about or done? In Harry Potter, the name of Voldemort is taboo. In our world, for most of us anyway, incest and cannibalism are the major taboos

Myths: Are stories that explain things without evidence from science. The Egyptians thought that a dung-beatle rolled the sun across the sky. Celtic cultures believe that a death is sounded by the scream of a banshee.

Games: What games are played by children or adults? Are card games popular or board games? Is it popular to watch games or gamble on them? How often are they fixed?

Traditions: What do your people do? Do they have holidays? In Incan tradition, human sacrifices were common. On a light note, the Greeks held the Olympics ever few years. Is there traditional ceremonies or words one says on a daily basis?

Values: The Spartans valued Spartan behaviour. Renaissance culture valued skill and honour. What is the important concepts of your people? Strength? Honour? Intelligence? Do people get treated differently when they don’t follow the values of the land?

Meeting and greeting: How do people say hello? Is there a word or saying? A signal? And goodbye?

Language

Language is the heart of a land. You don’t need to create a large lexicon of made up words and rules. You can. I did once, it was fun. You don’t need to show the language in every line. A word here and there can add spice to a story. Language effects accents and way of speaking.

Side note: “Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam.” A country without a language is a country without a soul. Ireland is a county with two main languages: Irish (Gaelige) and English. Colonization almost stamped out the language. The Irish language is difficult to learn but it brings pride to me as Irish girl to know parts of it. It breaks my heart not to be fluent in my native language even after almost fifteen years of study. Language is not just words. It is the heart and soul of a land.

[did-you-know]

Fika is the Swedish tradition of having coffee, cake, and a chat. It’s such an integral part of the culture that many businesses have fika twice a day, and sometimes it’s mandatory. Source Source 2

According to IKEA’s corporate website: “Some of the best ideas and decisions happen at fika.“

[setheverman]

so after reblogging this to find out if other countries had this as well, i found out the following:

germany: yeah we have something similar called “Kaffee und Kuchen” :)

america: i work 16 hours per day at minimum wage and get a 7 minute unpaid lunch break, and instead of “fika” i have “suffering” and “death”

[tastefullyoffensive]

LabraThor. (via TrePic__)

[socialistexan]

[bisco]

I must post TOO ASS! at every opportunity because the source video has since been deleted so I think this is the only proof TOO ASS! ever existed

[possums-rp-blog]

My character has a deer form so I was thinking we could do something with that if you wanted ! Other then that i'm not really picky on settings and such. )

Most of my characters are human so a deer form isn't necessary hahaha. What kind of plots do you like?

[possums-rp-blog]

For rules um I guess it kind of varies between person. Usually like stuff about what they will or won't do and any thing else they wanna say. I'm super curious though. Usually people have an about page to about their character. Apologies if i'm being annoying, i'm just super curious and interested in possibly rping with you. I don't mind furry stuff either. ))

I don’t enjoy writing sex hahaha.

I’ve got a ton of characters that I pick from depending on the proposed scenario and setting!  Did you have anything in mind?

[possums-rp-blog]

Question for ya, What character do you rp ? And do you have any rules ? Also I love your icon. ))

I only RP original characters! I'm new to RPing on Tumblr so I'm not sure what rules one might have.

[unbfacts]

Man of the moment Keanu Reeves has shown his generosity by giving away £50 million of his earnings from the Matrix sequels. The 38-year-old decided to hand over the money to the unsung heroes of the sci-fi blockbusters - the costume and special effects teams.

[drst]

*fistbump*

[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

Confirmed.  He’s also dumped millions into cancer research.  I really do love Keanu Reeves a lot.

[fluffy-overlord]

Keanu Reeves is like the nicest person. He still lives in an apartment/flat and he gives most of his money away to charities and people who need it. He even invites some paparazzi people to sit down and eat with him when he’s at a coffee shop or restaurant. He’s such a nice person.

[utf2005]

[airspaniel]

When I was working on the UWS, one of my delivery guys accidentally backed his scooter into a parked car in front of the restaurant. I went out to help, since the driver didn’t speak much English, and it turned out the car belonged to Keanu Reeves. He helped us pick the scooter up, and when I asked if we could exchange insurance information (because the front of the car was pretty banged up), he kept telling us not to worry about it and put his hand on the driver’s shoulder and said “I just want to make sure you’re okay, man. Are you okay?” And he was so sincere about it and so kind that I decided in that moment I would always defend Keanu Reeves at all costs. He is an excellent man.

[jehovahhthickness]

I need to be more like Keanu Reeves because I’m evil compared to him.

[putmeincoach]

“Next few centuries”

Keanu dropping hints that he is an immortal.

[sunquark]

i love keanu reeves

[holdtightposts]

My wife and I were dining at Nobu’s in Honolulu and sitting across from us was Keanu or at least I thought it was. We kept talking about whether it was him or not and finally, I decided to throw some old school Bill & Ted at him.

I stood up and threw my arms up into the motion of an air guitar, my wife is begging me to sit back down, and I pointed at the guy who may be Keanu Reeves, and said, “Most Excellent.”

He stood up and did it back at me. Then we both had a moment and pointed at each other. I sent him another of whatever it was he was drinking. It was a cucumber sake martini. That was the end of it.

Or so I thought.

He left before we finished our meal. By the time we were done, dessert came that we didn’t order. We thought, “oh, must be compliments of the chef.” Then the bill never came. When we asked for it, our waitress said Keanu Reeves took care of it.

IT WAS REALLY HIM. And he left a note. It said, “thanks for the refresh. Keanu.”

When I finally saw him again years later, because of work. I brought it up. Then he air guitar and said, “most excellent. I remember. At Nobu’s. Thanks for the drink.” We chatted a bit and I got an autograph for my mum because she’s a huge Keanu fan. Then that was that.

What a moment.

[50shadesofyodaddysdick]

An angel

[elusianknight]

And he does a lot of anti human trafficking work iirc. Seems like a really awesome guy.

[missshirley]

Back when I first moved to NYC, I got a job as a theater usher. We were all young, 18-20 or so, and it was heavily impressed upon us that we needed to treat the theatergoers with TOTAL respect at ALL times or risk our jobs. As such, we were all totally underprepared for the drunk guy who tried to steal a bottle of wine from the lobby bar during intermission. We were trying to politely get the bottle back, but he was growing loud and belligerent. Since the second act was now starting, this was a countdown to all of us being in trouble. 

Then Keanu walks up. Calmly charms the guy. Slips the usher behind the bar cash to cover the bottle, without the guy even noticing, and walks him back in to his seat like it’s a normal thing he does every day. He didn’t know the guy, didn’t know any of us, but effortlessly deescalated the situation and quite probably saved some jobs that night. 

Just a wandering do-gooder, this man.

[walkingoutintherain]

#everything i’ve ever heard anecdotally about keanu reeves #further convinces me that he is the chillest immortal #like he’s probably just spent centuries donating blood instead of drinking it (via @revolutionarygirlshati)

[synekdokee]

I’m not even super invested in him as an actor but this whole post made me smile so I’m reblobbing.

[imovedtothefluffychubbybunny]

Keanu Reeves is actually a god. Tom Hanks, Danny DeVito, Jeff Goldblum

[iguanamouth]

honestly i just wanna experience life with the same enthusiasm as kids from early 2000s razor scooter ads

[iguanamouth]

[rp-meme-slut]

Reblog this if you have an OC rp blog, support OC rp blogs, or you’re secretly a skeleton plotting to dominating the world!!

[fullleatherartillery-archive]

Reblog if you stick with an RPer even through their hiatus.

[lordofelves]

lirimvivaldi:

I’m all like:

[nukachemistry]

dungeons and dragons

expectations: lord of the rings, elder scrolls, game of thrones, etc

reality: It’s Always Sunny in The Forgotten Realms

[notyourdxmsel]

PSA: I will never ever judge how fast you reply. I know every roleplayer is different. I know real life happens. I know not everyone sits at their computer 24/7 just to rp. I understand. I promise I will never get upset if I don’t get a reply right away, or if you’re feeling someone else’s thread a little more than mine at the moment, and I expect the same understanding in return. Reblog if you agree.

[possums-rp-blog]

Looking for RP partners!

Hello, reader!

I’m a long-time RPer who hasn’t had any consistent RP partners in the past couple years.  I can provide writing samples upon request, if the quality of my writing is a concern.

In the past, I’ve only RPed original characters in original settings, and I’d like to continue that.  I’ll RP non-original settings (i.e., original characters at Hogwarts, etc), but I will not RP as characters that are not my own.

If you’d like to RP with me, feel free to drop me a line and we can talk!