u/lllsandralll
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▲ 32 r/AsoiafFanfiction
Day 17: Your Favorite Westerlander Female Character
u/lllsandralll — 3 days ago
▲ 14 r/AsoiafFanfiction
Day 12: Your Favorite Riverlands Female Character!
u/lllsandralll — 8 days ago
▲ 23 r/worldbuilding
Made my first ever map (finally), any opinions?
I want to preface this by saying I have very little knowledge of geography. I did try to do some research then compared to other fantasy maps I know. I made this on inkarnate.
What I have:
Black Isles to the North: extremely violent but episodically active great volcanic region.
White Isles to the South: huge desert with white (quartz) sand dunes.
The Northern area is connected to an unexplored continent further North, same with the Southern area.
Now, for the central continent/landmass:
It's ~6.5m km² (give or take 1.5m, haven't decided yet)
From the West: young/very high mountain range. The climate is tundra-like even in lower altitudes due to the frequent avalanches.
The islands to the west are supposedly also part of the mountain range, unfortunately I really didn't know how to visualize the size/scale of the mountains there.
East of the mountains: An attempt at a foothill, then a very dense forest that gradually becomes more sparse and includes more grass. The forest is abruptly cut by an older hill range.
The hills are sparse across the entire Northern Coast, but are more present in the line surrounding the forest as well as the North-East. They include some smaller lakes
The Southern West includes a western river running from the mountains to an 'endorheic' basin near the center. The basin is next to smaller lakes and the entire area is basically bog/marshes biome.
Then there is a great plain that should be similar to the steppe, with irrigation mainly from the eastern and western lakes. Farming also relies on seasonal and underground water.
South East: an abandoned river channel originating from the hills, now surrounded by a small forest area.
East: the eastern river now flows into the sea in the South East instead of South. There is a fertile delta and very fertile islands.
I don't know what else I should keep in mind. I think this is somewhat "plausible", but for my overthinking soul I wanna know if there is anything I am missing/other things to look out for...
u/lllsandralll — 11 days ago
▲ 9 r/Dreams
I don't even remember the last time I had a dream that wasn't stressful and infuriating
I don't get nightmares, but my dreams are always, always frustrating. I wake up even more exhausted and it's starting to be a problem because I really need rest.
It's been happening when I sleep irregularly, when I sleep regularly, when I am stressed during school year, when I am not stressed in summer break, literally every time. It has to be stressful. If the content itself isn't stressful then it's the overall atmosphere like my brain is a computer trying to run an app way above its RAM capacity.
Yesterday I had a dream I was in the air force and was ordered to allow a spy to shoot me down so his cover isn't blown. What? I have ZERO relation to the military. And then somehow I was stressed because I needed to calculate the task and was adjusting my parachutes carefully and getting ready like????? I have never in my life been in an AIRPLANE. I have never even seen an airport before. Why
u/lllsandralll — 16 days ago
▲ 39 r/houseofleaves
The PERFECT book for me, but I just can't f*cking get through it
I got recommended House of Leaves a couple of years ago by a friend after complaining that I can't find anything I like. Started it immediately. Found it perfect. Deciphering puzzles and codes and translation and taking notes?? Plus psychological horror? PERFECT. Exactly what I love and have been wanting.
I can't get more than ~90 pages into it. Every other month I try again, reread an earlier part to remember where I left. For some reason it really just won't take. I tried going at it like 7 different times and I just stop and leave it for a few months before mustering enough courage to try again
I don't even know what exactly is the problem. Yes, it feels daunting and overwhelming to me, but I still find that intriguing. I absolutely love the prose too (yes I like the academic writing)
I genuinely cannot tell what precisely is stopping me but I just can't do it. I desperately want to do it because I am bored out of my mind and I already love it.
Any advice?
u/lllsandralll — 17 days ago
"Mystery" fantasy that doesn't have the same repetitive themes.
Classism, prejudice, and similar themes concerning "unjust disparity between different groups" are the main themes in the majority of (modern) mainstream fantasy worlds out there. Obviously some are far better written than others, and many I really enjoyed and are my favorites, but at some point I really just want something different from "oppressed underdog protagonist who is the chosen one in their rebellious fight against evil tyrannical authority".
Which subgenre of fantasy specifically doesn't matter a lot? I think I prefer high fantasy/epics, but I am also fine with low fantasy as long as it gives an eerie/abnormal atmosphere.
Very preferable if it has a touch of mystery or the uncanny. Less Sherlock Holmes and more House of Leaves
u/lllsandralll — 18 days ago