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[gurlu]

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm doing it.

Sapient lava people and their cities.

[aromanticsky]

For you queer culture ask game; Norve and Senki!

Norve:

The Norves have five genders- child genderless, man, woman, holy genderless, and mixed man+woman. (Pronouns for these are, respectively: ey/em, he/him, she/her, ze/hir, and they/them.) Each one has their own role (except mixed, which takes on a combination of men's and women's roles). Gender norms are becoming less rigid but transgressing them is still notable, especially for holy people; Daanah is trans because she is expected to be holy-genderless as a Divine Scribe and instead insists upon being a woman. Upon coming of age, people generally gravitate towards (and are expected to choose) the adult gender most aligned with traits they already exhibit or at least desire to exhibit. They have three terms for types of marriage and related desires: solo-partnering (monogamy), which is the norm, and multi-partnering and non-partnering, which- at least in Daanah's village- are generally fairly accepted but non-normative. A marriage is a declaration of loyalty, a physical and financial merging of households, and a legal guarantee of financial rights and recognition of parents' relationship to children regardless of biological relation. A marriage of one man and one woman is seen as the most balanced and complete; mixed people can fulfill either role in a relationship and holy people are expected to partner with a mixed person or with no one in order to maintain the female-male balance in the relationship.

Senki:

There are many, many variations of the Senki religion and its traditions, but something common to every Senki culture that assigns gender to its children is that transition is considered a type of rebirth. Trans people are called twice-born, and re-named, re-blessed, and re-prophesied by gods and priests. (Senki infants are taken to priests for a prophecy and in many sects named based on that.)

[ericdrawsart]

How did you spend your Sunday? ... I spent the afternoon watching the dragon prince and sketching out maps. How do you like my props? ... ... #maps #cartography #workdbuilding #mapmaking #sketching #sketch #pencil #drawing #fantasymaps #fantasyart #artist #art #artnerd #artistsofinstagram #instaart #instaartist (at East Cambridge, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buj4wAyBqll/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nemegssdur1j

[crossroadsalpha]

(Way With Worlds runs at MuseHack, Seventh Sanctum, and Ongoing Worlds) Every worldbuilder, author, artist has had that moment. That moment where originality seems to be a fleeting illusion. Perhaps they feel that they can't seem to do anything original. Every idea they have seems done (and perhaps done better). The fear of being accused of derivation. [...]