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its amazing how people come up with worlds in their heads

its a true beauty that language has evolved to be able to communicate entire complexities that represent what is years of thinking

i know people dont like it in books because often the story falls flat

one of the first prominent worldbuilders is Tolkein and his impact is synonymous with fantasy

compare with C. S. Lewis who also was one but his method involved story first and then a world justifying it

i think without capitalism and copyright laws we will see a lot of collaborative works that build a world in fiction

think of franchise owned "extended universes" or roleplaying game worlds

you see this emerging online a bit with online roleplaying fiction and open universes like the SCP Foundation

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago

We already do see it, in fan fiction. However, those works end up hitting a ceiling, as they lack the resources to get polished, or the legal rights to get published.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (2 children)

scp foundation is a direct continuation of the collective cthulhu mythos, change my mind

edit: you cant. it is. :squidward-chill:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago

scp is such good horror probably because of its collaborative nature. there is so much depth to the world that it becomes a horrifying place, knowing that there are unexplainable and dangerous things hidden everywhere not even new world order has a chance to scratch the surface. no one individual could create a universe so large.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago)

Yep, cosmic horror but they actually went on with the "fear of the unknown" instead of just endless jerking around with tentacles because that's what lovecraft do.

People acts that cosmic horror must be about crazy super gods when spooky peanut boi do. I mean SCP still have lots of crazy super gods, but the best stuff are the unexplainable inanity.