Worldbuilding so intricate speculative fiction writer Ted Chiang called it the best ever put to film, yet it's pretty much forgotten outside of anime enthusiast circles.
>>287702480Normies actually prefer things that are not quite so amazing.
it's because of the rape scene, isn't it?
>>287702480you're back again? I thought you'd given up on spamming this shit
>>287702480>Ted Chianghe's Ch*nese and Am*rican, I'm not trusting anything he says
>ted chiangthat's not the praise you think it is
>>287703496name a better modern fantasy writer
>>287702480literally who
>>287703121infinitely better than the LoGH retroautist spam
>>287702480I don't keep up with ecelebs, but Honneamise was a masterpiece.
>>287702480The most popular series have terrible worldbuilding, so maybe worldbuilding isn't worth wasting time on.
>>287703564It's the same mauritanian.
The intricate worldbuilding in question: What if the Soviet Union vs American space war turned hot? Wow so unique and interesting
>>287703820There is no space race in this film and the cultures depicted are not analogues of the American and Soviet ones. Try harder.
>>287702886>NormiesFuck off.
>>287703536Rifujin
>>287703694Characters don't exist in a vacuum, they need a world to exist in, influence, and be influenced by
>>287702480Nobody gives a flying fuck about worldbuilding except some highly mentally ill people, is the bottom of the barrel of the entertainment media.
>>287704737Worldbuilding is more important than adding a million pointless characters
>>287704183Sure, but good worldbuilding is when those worlds exist in spite of the characters, yet the majority of stories have worlds that exist specifically for the characters. Just look at Hunter x Hunter and Jujutsu Kaisen. If characters aren't on the screen or mentioned in speech bubbles, they probably don't exist. The same characters show up arc after arc, despite the world logically requiring tons of other characters to exist who should be showing up instead. Characters are always given reasons to exit the story, but they're never explained so we don't know what they are - and it's honestly difficult to imagine what they could be, given the abilities the characters in question are capable of.
>>287702480>called it the best ever put to filmWoah...
>>287704892>good worldbuilding is when those worlds exist in spite of the characters, yet the majority of stories have worlds that exist specifically for the charactersNo? Good worldbuilding serves the story being told. Bad worldbuilding is a bunch of trivia that doesn't affect the main characters at all.
>>287702480what the fuck i've been misremembering that quote for years, i thought it was DOUG chiang the sci-fi illustrator and designer.
>>287705082arr rook same
>>287705030with this freakin logic dude it means you're trashing ELDER SCROLLS LORE and TES LORE IS FUCKING EPIC.did you know the central figure in knights of the nine in oblivion is actually a cyborg terminator genocidal homosexual from the future according to obscure off-site lorebook #12378?? bet you didn't know that!
>>287705030It's not trivia, it's about the believability of the world. Worldbuilding needs to serve the story only in the sense that the story falls apart when the reader's attention is drawn to the fact the world is an artifice of the author. You might have a good message, but people will be less inclined to listen to it if all they can think about is, "Why are high schoolers saving the world instead of adults?" Good worldbuilding prevents those intrusive thoughts.
>>287702480They look retarded.
>>287702886this
>>287703536He's a science fiction writer though.>>287703496Pleb, moron>>287703552>>287703568Is /a/ illiterate? Holy shit
>>287708815As a casual consumer of sci-fi I have never even heard of this man or any of his works. Have you considered he might just be your favorite author without being wildly popular?
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