your last comment has fired off the ferretbrain - fb is very similar to a turning machine - and it's popped something out.
1. why can't the research be a stand-alone piece in and of itself? 2. have you heard or ever read Tales of Nevèrÿon?
if one is getting that much /inside/ a world and exploring the archeology (for want of a better word) of that world, then it is purely logical imo to be looking at producing supporting documentation - we have maps of these worlds, we have language for these worlds in terms of translations of each characters dialects, therefore why wouldn't we things like what they would read, or enjoy themselves? in exploring that 'other world' culture, we are as writers some strange anthropologists unearthing as we go...
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on 2018-11-26 07:30 pm (UTC)1. why can't the research be a stand-alone piece in and of itself?
2. have you heard or ever read Tales of Nevèrÿon?
if one is getting that much /inside/ a world and exploring the archeology (for want of a better word) of that world, then it is purely logical imo to be looking at producing supporting documentation - we have maps of these worlds, we have language for these worlds in terms of translations of each characters dialects, therefore why wouldn't we things like what they would read, or enjoy themselves? in exploring that 'other world' culture, we are as writers some strange anthropologists unearthing as we go...
i'll shut up now...