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Which Animated Town Likely Sees the Most Property Damage on Average?
Springfield (The Simpsons)
Peach Creek (Ed Edd n Eddy)
Wherever Dib and Zim Live (Invader Zim)
Bikini Bottom (Spongebob)
Dimmsdale (Fairly Oddparents)
Insert Alternative Option Here...
Official logo for the (fictional) town of Raven's Landing, NC!
Presenting the official logo for the fictional town of Raven's Landing, NC - the setting for the "Renegade's Shadow" audio adventure! Designed & created by the talented @gwenifred , who also plays Gretchen Harris in the series!
Merch and wiki entry coming soon-ish. 😁
I'm not sure whether to be happy or worried that there's a Wikipedia page dedicated to this
Finally getting to run the Magnus Archives RPG! One statement in (which took 1 and 1/3 sessions for our group, or roughly 4 hours), and I've already got a PC paranoid about the computer system in the Institute (The Magnetic (& Unusual Phenomena) Research Institute, in the very fictional town of Tiger's Hush), and a second who is trying to learn to disguise himself from a Leitner. The third is likely to get some bad new about the barge he came in on in a few sessions here...
The Leitner is one I invented, called "Becoming Other".
Tiger's Hush is located at the tricorner intersection of Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, mostly because I didn't want to commit to a specific state (U.S).
The computer system pulled up a statement with a name related to the name of a person who showed up in the first session, without prompting, and this is what set the PC off about it.
If you could insert yourself into any work of fiction (film, television, books, etc) what would it be and why?
I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN GRAVITY FALLS, OREGON
or in night vale, actually, their whole town is gluten-free because all their wheat and wheat byproducts turned into snakes, so i think it’d be worth it
Animated Locations Quiz
Any tips for creating an imaginary town (one that fits in with the normal world today)?
Imaginary Towns
I love imaginary towns, and I frequently use them in my own writing. When you make up a town, as opposed to choosing one, you get to spend your time being creative instead of doing endless research that leaves you wondering just how accurate you really need to be. Here are your tips:
1) Choose a place to get inspired by.
Even though you’re about to make up your town, it’s smart to go into it with an idea of what type of town you’re modeling it after. Are you wanting a small town? A foreign city? A metropolis? Decide what kind of vibe you’re going for. Even better, if it’s the city/town you currently live in, allow yourself to get inspired by the energy of the town, the traditions, the habits and routines of the people that live there.
2) Naming your town.
Generators are great for this, but be prepared to cycle through several options before finding one that really fits your town. Seventh Sanctum is my go-to place for most generators (especially character names), but as far as settings go, it’s more geared towards fantasy setting names. For my anon’s purposes, I’m going to recommend this City and Town Name Generator. Here’s what I like about it, and how you should use it.
Allows you to choose a country, so the name you pick fits in well with the region
Gives you names of mostly small, unknown cities, so they won’t sound made up
Let’s you generate up to 50 at a time for easy browsing
Even though they’re giving you real city names, you can doctor up the names to make them unique. I did a test run and saw two city names beside each other: Westville and Bellview. Quick Google search, we’ve got a town in Indiana and a town in Florida. Put them together and we get Westview. Westview is a school district in Indiana, but as far as Google is concerned, this is not an existing city anywhere in the U.S. So by combining two real city names, we have a new city name that sounds legit enough to work.
Experiment with two word city names too, by adding words like “falls,” “hills,” “park,” or even just straight up “city.” Use this generator as a place to start, and get creative.
And always Google your town name when you’re finished. It’s okay if the town name does already exist, as long as you’re putting it in a different region and making it really different. If you’re writing about a big city in Kentucky, and the name you come up with is an existing small town in Oregon, that will be fine.
What you’re really doing with the Google search is having a background of the town name and seeing if there are any existing associations people might have with it. Once you’re happy with what comes up, you can move forward.
3) Choose important locations within your town.
Figure out what places in the town your characters will be frequenting, and have a clear picture of where these locations are in relation to the other. Are they walkable? How long does it take to get from one to the other? Also, what’s famous about the city (if anything) or what landmarks/statues/bodies of water/parks ect., are at the center of town? What are the places that everyone who lives in the town are aware of it and what all do they know about it?
4) Think about transportation.
What is the public transit system like? Are there buses, subways, trains, streetcars? Do you see taxis in large quantities? Do a lot of people drive their cars? Or is it small enough that many people even just walk or ride bikes? Figuring out the main mode of transportation for residents will really help bring it to life. The action on the streets paints a clear picture for most readers.
5) Don’t forget weather.
You might just go for a temperate climate that is as most people expect, but decide if it’s the type of place that never sees snow, or that gets more rainy days than other places. Everyone believes their home city has quirky weather, so what would residents of your town say about its weather?
Ultimately, just have fun with it. Choose a source of a inspiration and then just alter aspects of it to make it something really new. Good luck!
-Rebekah
