You know what’s more fun than worldbuilding that makes some fantasy races EEEEVIIIIIIILLLLL!!!!? Worldbuilding that gives the different races cultural differences that help explain why there’s a lot of conflict between them:
Goblin culture doesn’t have a concept of “Property”. A stick on the ground and a tool in a locked shed are equally up for grabs if a thing needs doing. They casually take and leave things all over their communities, eat from communal pots, and genuinely Do Not Understand why the Core Races are so Angry and prone to Violence all the time.
Consequently Goblins who live near Core communities develop a reputation as “Thieves” despite not even having a *word* for that. (The closest word they have is more like “Greedy” and it means a person that hides things so nobody else can use them, and it’s a surefire fight-starter to call a Goblin that)
Common Orc Spiritual beliefs hold that a Soul can only grow stronger by overcoming Challenges in life, and see intruding on another person’s Challenge unasked for as not just Rude, but Deeply Harmful. You’re Stealing their chance to Grow. Asking for help is deeply personal and doing so can be both a way to grow closer with them or a too-personal intrusion, depending on your existing relationship with them. An exception is Children, as far as most Orcs are concerned, all Children are fundamentally the responsibility of the Whole Community, regardless of whose child they are, or even if said child is an Orc at *all*.
This means that Orcs who live near Core neighbors often seem Rude and Standoffish if not outright hostile, because they neither ask for nor offer aid even in times of trouble, and respond to unasked for aid themselves with Anger. There are even rumors that they Steal Children, because if an Orc finds a child lost in the woods they’re pretty much immediately going to start feeding it, and if they can’t find where to bring it back to, or it doesn’t seem to be well cared for, they’re just gonna keep it.
Someone: Star Trek is set in the future, why would disabilities exist? me, a disabled trekkie remembering that tng had a disabled character in the main cast, had an episode about a ‘genetic utopia’ in which that disabled character finds a solution to their problem BECAUSE he’s disabled, and that star trek has shown multiple people with some kind of disability: in the grand future, disabilities are ACCOMMODATED for, not erased.
some dumb bitch: in star trek all the disabilities would’ve either been cured at birth or wiped out long ago
me, thinking about geordi, julian, tilly, barclay, etc: oh, haven’t you heard?
Ableists: why wouldn’t they cure disabilities at birth?
Me, knows that eugenics is strictly against the code of the United Federation Of Planets: lol fake nerd boy
Frisk, you didn't choose to have these powers. It's not your responsibility. You are a kid. You deserve to be just that
Fellas I’m really not trying to sound like that kinda guy but I’m literally gonna lose it
“EMPLOYEE NO. 3023, YOUR ENJOYMENT LEVELS HAVE DROPPED BY 5%. DO YOU NOT ENJOY WORKING FOR AMAZON? YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO IMPROVE YOUR MOOD, OR YOUR NEXT PAYCHECK WILL BE MADE TO MATCH TO MATCH YOUR CURRENT ENJOYMENT LEVELS”
Fellas I’m really not trying to sound like that kinda guy but I’m literally gonna lose it
“EMPLOYEE NO. 3023, YOUR ENJOYMENT LEVELS HAVE DROPPED BY 5%. DO YOU NOT ENJOY WORKING FOR AMAZON? YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO IMPROVE YOUR MOOD, OR YOUR NEXT PAYCHECK WILL BE MADE TO MATCH TO MATCH YOUR CURRENT ENJOYMENT LEVELS”
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
