u/EducationalComment62

I'm creating a Pokémon region based on Melanesia and would like to give the starters a theme that draws inspiration from the region. I also want the starters to have at least two or three themes:

Something like the 9th generation starters (entertainment and holidays/celebrations from Spanish-speaking countries).

I'd like to do something similar here.

As for now, I just have an idea of what animal the fire starter will be based on—a Bird of Paradise.

A question for the people who are creating, have created, or will create their own Transformers universe: What's an idea that initially seemed strange and too crazy/different to you, but after a while you incorporated it into the story because you thought it was cool or something?

Which cults/cult-like groups without a religious character do you find most interesting (besides NXIVM)?

I need a name for a fan-made Faction active before the war.

This faction opposes the elites and the Autobot Faction, ruled by Sentinel, which controls Cybertron.

The faction later began to emulate something resembling a mafia with elements of a political cult.

My general inspirations are The Khmer Rouge and The O

I love reading the stories of cult leaders and cults themselves. And I'd like to write the story of one of the characters as a cult leader (or something resembling one). However, this isn't my original character, but rather an interpretation of that character. I associated him less with charisma and more with manipulation. And what character traits should I give him to easily attract his first followers and allies (I have no problem with later members). As an explanation, here's some information about the character and the "cult" (I'd rather include it just in case). The leader was born into a very wealthy family (though I don't want money to be the only thing that attracted others to him). He founded a political movement that later transformed into a political cult (though more like a sect) with elements of criminal groups (gangs, mafia, terrorist groups). Their ideology would be strange: It would be a mix of various political views (even some that contradict each other), misinterpreted by the founder of philosophical ideologies, and pseudoscience. I imagine the group's structure itself inspired by... The O (Political Group) the Khmer Rouge and a bit of a Masonic lodge.

I love reading the stories of cult leaders and cults themselves.

And I'd like to write the story of one of the characters as a cult leader (or something resembling one).

However, this isn't my original character, but rather an interpretation of that character. I associated him less with charisma and more with manipulation.

And what character traits should I give him to easily attract his first followers and allies (I have no problem with later members).

As an explanation, here's some information about the character and the "cult" (I'd rather include it just in case).

The leader was born into a very wealthy family (though I don't want money to be the only thing that attracted others to him).

He founded a political movement that later transformed into a political cult (though more like a sect) with elements of criminal groups (gangs, mafia, terrorist groups).

Their ideology would be strange:

It would be a mix of various political views (even some that contradict each other),

misinterpreted by the founder of philosophical ideologies,

and pseudoscience.

I imagine the group's structure itself inspired by...

The O (Political Group)

the Khmer Rouge

and a bit of a Masonic lodge.

I love reading the stories of cult leaders and cults themselves.

And I'd like to write the story of one of the characters as a cult leader (or something resembling one).

However, this isn't my original character, but rather an interpretation of that character. I associated him less with charisma and more with manipulation.

And what character traits should I give him to easily attract his first followers and allies (I have no problem with later members).

As an explanation, here's some information about the character and the "cult" (I'd rather include it just in case).

The leader was born into a very wealthy family (though I don't want money to be the only thing that attracted others to him).

He founded a political movement that later transformed into a political cult (though more like a sect) with elements of criminal groups (gangs, mafia, terrorist groups).

Their ideology would be strange:

It would be a mix of various political views (even some that contradict each other),

misinterpreted by the founder of philosophical ideologies,

and pseudoscience.

I imagine the group's structure itself inspired by...

The O (Political Group)

the Khmer Rouge

and a bit of a Masonic lodge.

I've been writing my own universe recently, and one of the characters was once the leader of a political cult (or something that resembled a cult but wasn't entirely one).

And I'd like to read about some really interesting political cults

for inspiration.

Is there a list of such groups somewhere?