ruins edition FAQ:>What is worldbuilding?Worldbuilding is the process of creating entire fictional worlds from scratch, all while considering the logistics of these worlds to make them as believable as possible. Worldbuilding asks questions about the setting of a world, and then answers them, often in great detail. Most people use it as a means of creating a setting or the scenery for a story.>"Isn't there a Worldbuilding general in >>>/tg/ already?"Yes, there is. However, that general is focused on the creation of fictional worlds for the intended purpose of playing TTRPG campaigns. Here you can discuss worldbuilding projects that are not meant to be used for a roleplaying setting, but for novels, videogames, or any other kind of creative project.>"Can I discuss the setting of my campaign here, though?"If you want to, but it would probably be better to discuss it on >>>/tg/ . We don't allow the discussion of TTRPG mechanics, however. If you want to discuss stats or which D&D edition is best, this is not the place.>"Can I talk about an existing fictional setting that is not mine?"Yes, of course you can!>"Does worldbuilding need to be about fantasy and elves?"Worldbuilding, as already stated above, and contrary to what many believe, does not inherently imply blatantly copying Tolkien. In fact, there are many science-fiction setting out there, and even entire alternative history settings which do not possess supernatural elements at all. Any kind of science fiction book has an implied setting at least, which involves a certain degree of worldbuilding put into it.Old thread: >>24868365
Thread Questions:>Are there any prominent ruins, abandoned places or remains of great cities in your setting? What happened to them to become abandoned and ruined?>Have there been any kind of large scale disasters in your setting? (Chernobyl, Pompeii, Hurricane Katrina, etc.) Were they manmade or natural? What were the longterm consequences?>Does your setting feature any kind of unique religious practices? How did these practices start? Are they good or bad for society?>What's theatre like in your setting? Are there any great acting troupes performing the equivalent of Shakespeare?
Is mysticism real or just your neurons misfiring and making you hallucinate God?
>>24969857From a Catholic historical point of view, the 20th century was kind of "miracle rich".
>>24969893Physics isn’t fundamental
>>24969857It didn't, though?
>>24969893Prove it.
>>24967750As long as people believe it is real, it is in fact somewhat real, at least to some extent (not an objective reality but it can be objective in its consequences). If you are asking if theres "something else out there", like literally, "does IT exist?", then you are asking the wrong answers since theres no way to prove any of that
Nietzsche or Buddha?
>>24965717BBC
>>24968805Gross
>>24968257https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDeMD_JkGY
>>24965767Came here to say this which means the answer is Jung
>>24965717Diogenes, anything else is fake and homosex
PBUH?
>>24968950Why the long face?
PBUH!!!
>>24969002If you care about siddhis, you really don't get Guénon.
>>24968950Merry Christmas Guenons, you keep transforming from crisis to crisis and paganize the heathens.
>>24969830Oh comeon. Something about manifestation taking after the metaphysical priciples, which would thus mean siddhis coincide with being on the right path the most perfectly. So my question is identical to "how to be detached and stable in buddhi" or something.
Besides Kerouac, what are the best authors to read?
>>24969262later bukowski when he got over larping as blue collar
>>24969262Hunger by Knut Hamsun
Henry Miller. You can start just about anywhere.
>>24969262Pic related. You want authenticity? My dude lived in a cave as a hermit...for decades on end. Can't get more hardcore. When everyone else is getting distracted with social roles, wealth, sex, all the games, my dude is repenting. When everyone else is watching the news or their careers, or even fulfilling the archetype of a bohemian, my dude is attaining the Gnosis. Few have come so close to grasping the Absolute.
>>24969262>KerouacDude was a hack and a massive faggot. His books are pretty shit honestly and Blue Highways series is way better.
>If you meet the Buddha, kill him.What does he mean?
>>24966582>Literalists need to be figuratively killedIts a metaphor against traditionalism and orthodoxy.Truth exists beyond these man-made constructs.Traditionalism, in order to preserve a past 'Truth', crystallizes and becomes resistant to present and future 'Truth'.It literally becomes Untruth and obstructs and fights against the real living Truth.
>>24966630lfmao
>>24966630Exactly, that's why devadatta was a hero. He sent himself to hell just so we would know that saddartha gautama was truly the buddha
>>24966582The point is to sever yourself from attachment to things in this world which are ever changing and which cannot thus serve as any sort of grounding. Instead focus on the transcendent and eternal divine and become one with it.
>>24966582He means your rent is going up and your girlfriend doing onlyfans in her bedroom is a zoning violation.
Have you ever done anything epic at the bookstore?
>>24969671I completely ignored Jeffrey Archer, who was doing a book signing. Nobody seemed to notice him.On another occasion in the same store, I nearly walked right into Peter Garrett of Midnight Oil.
>>24969731No I should be washing HER feet
>>24969671She's a funny gal but she needs a white man to give her a half-dozen octaroon children so she can stay in the kitchen and too busy to larp as an edgy influencer anymore.
What is Anne Frank doing there?Also the Jews stole from Greeks
>>24969671One time as a kid I was sitting in the comics section by myself reading Garfield or sum shit and spilled the Coke I was drinking all over the pages lol I closed the book, looked around, put it back and booked it out of the store as casually as I could.
Even hardcore bible thumpers don’t defend “their” book as fervently as Tolkien fans do.
>>24960283>incelMethinks the lady doth protest too much
>>24963796Nice. Unpretentious. Respect, la'.
>>24969881Back to your Gurmslop, lowlife.
>>24960229I live surrounded by subhumans and yearn to live in an all White Christian nationSeriously whatever opinions he had, they probably weren't conservative enough
>>24969922Case in point
>2026>I am forgotten
You need to start spelling words with “w” instead of “ v” wherewer “v” appears. This is because “w” is an inherently heroic and wholesome shape, whereas “v” embodies ewerything harmful, deceitful, and willainous (note, I’m only talking about written language, I make the “v” sound as normal when speaking) Trust me, this will improwe your entire way of life.
>>24969373deboonked.>>24965485
>>24962509Anon I'm literally crying right now
>>24962509Lmfao
>>24961669>>24962800the lower eyelid is an underappreciated feature in women. people will go "oh, she has a nice smile" or whatever but the crescents of her lower eyelids are doing so much of the work
>>24961669vy vould eny vun do det, keptin?
>be American Protestant child>after 364 days of boiled vegetables and dry chicken, it's finally that most wonderful time of the year, Christmas>after a dinner positively Catholic in its decadence (steamed Brussels sprouts, unsalted mashed potatoes, one cold slice of ham, and one unbuttered bread roll) you are finally permitted to open your one present, which is labeled "from Santa" to teach you that gifts always come from supernatural sources, never your friends or family>heart racing, you open the present>it's a novel about a little girl who gets both her legs broken>"Merry Christmas, young Anon! I hope getting such a lavish gift doesn't spoil you and make you as entitled as a heathen!
>>24969877Lutherans aren't really American protestants, those are European protestants
>>24969865Only og jewish rituals allowedProtestant hannukah when
>>24969941Christmas is basically a Jewish holiday today
>>24969942maybe in the US, not everyone makes it about consumerism and praising israel
>>24969942It's a secular, consumerist holiday.
Renaissance edition>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·>>24914151>Μέγα τὸ Ἑλληνιστί/Ῥωμαϊστί·https://mega dot nz/folder/FHdXFZ4A#mWgaKv4SeG-2Rx7iMZ6EKw>Mέγα τὸ ANE·https://mega dot nz/folder/YfsmFRxA#pz58Q6aTDkwn9Ot6G68NRg>Work in progress FAQhttps://rentry dot co/n8nrkoAll Classical languages are welcome.
>>24969121Fair enough. Although he does recommend the Greek Intensive course by Hardy Hansen which i have a copy of.So that work and athenaze ill be studying.
Random questionAre Dante's Inferno and Divine Comedy the same book? Is Purgatory a separate work?
>>24969897Belief in magic isn’t really the alien part for me at all, especially since it’s common to both classical and medieval times. Lots of Americans believe in ghosts n’ stuff. It’s more about deeper stuff like how they view time or culture or what a nation is or history itself.I finally got around to reading Spengler recently and how he describes the medieval-classical difference is pretty close to how I’ve generally felt about it, I.E. that classical civilization is a separate thing, with the age of the poets and philosophers being a fairly late stage of that civilization, while medieval culture is just the youthful stage of our own civilization. Insofar as we draw analogues to classical civilization, it has less to do with being classical ourselves and has more to do with us also being in the latter chunk of our own civilization’s lifespan.
>>24969926Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise are the three books composing the Divine Comedy
>>24969933Wait really?Well that saves some money
Literally just learn them. For the effort expended (a few years at most, and you'll still be able to maintain a social life and read in English), the rewards are immense. You'll get to enjoy a lifetime of reading in them. A hundred years ago every educated man could read them. Not to mention that learning to read other romance languages will be a joke after this.With the advent of AI it's never been easier to learn languages on your own, at this point your're just lazy and a midwit.>hurr durr i dont have timeThen stop cooming and watching tiktok and browsing 4chan>but i will miss out on reading by studying themNo, most of the learning of these languages is reading in them to build up to fluency>i can just read translationsok, your loss, lazybones
>>24968945German US would be so based
>>24969425Name me 5 Swahili authors off the dome.Oh wait, you can't, because they are functionally irrelevant. Same as Spanish authors.Fin.
>>24968512>Westerners are more familiar with Western literatureShock of a lifetime
>>24969819>Spanish isn't Westernbased
>>24969988Don Quixote
read itNOW
>>24968789..what?
>>24968836don't careread it
>>24968047I can't read Italian, idk what the cover says. Can you post an English translation?
>>24968056But that’s like half of all authors worth reading.
>>24968867No
Reminder that the exodus of white men from literature began when women vilified men on a massive level for liking DFW... so much so, that admitting to liking Infinite Jest was seen as a massive social blunder. Eventually, the message became clear that literature wasn't for people like them, and more for people that appreciated African diaspora literature.
>>24967267Why does everyone assume the 90s was some rosy paradise?
>>24968503>>24968421Fair, but if we do anything the left calls us terrorists and the right calls us feds and we go to prison. The illusion of free choice i guess.
>>24967267The exodus of men from literature began when we started playing videogames and compulsively masturbating at out computers and phones. If we stopped doing things just because women "vilify" us for doing them, videogames and porn addiction would have been the first things we'd dropped - every existing trend is showing otherwise.
>>24967267You made an "exodus" from all of literature because women made fun of you?
>>24969785NTA but white men left literature when 1990s lit became period-pieces and no more white men were being publishedhttps://www.compactmag.com/article/the-lost-generation/It's not that women were making fun of anon, it's that well-connected women were making fun of the publishers of books anon was reading. The publishers truckled under, quit writing books for anon, and anon got the hint and downloaded snekguy's alien furry porn instead.
