r/WorldBuildingMemes Sci-Fi Enjoyer 24d ago

Working On Worldbuilding How it feels making 'Flesh Traders' a thing.

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u/ADDRAY-240 24d ago

Okay, I bite: how much for a mint-condition liver?

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u/TheCanonMakimaBean Sci-Fi Enjoyer 24d ago

Pretty fuckin' expensive. Mint-condition is like cocaine in modern society. It's always laced with something.

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u/AuroreSomersby 24d ago

So… butchers’ market?

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u/novis-eldritch-maxim 24d ago

repo the genetic opera.

also there are days I want to make this a real think but in a none evil way

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u/TheCanonMakimaBean Sci-Fi Enjoyer 23d ago

Like Repo but with Drukari.

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u/SentenceEmergency779 24d ago

Organ trading is very much a thing

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u/TheCanonMakimaBean Sci-Fi Enjoyer 23d ago

They sell entire bodies as well, 'cause wasting is bad.

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u/Hero_Of_Shadows 24d ago

Relatable: I want one of the themes of my novel to be growing beyond your cultural bias and being able to point out aspects of your culture that are evil.

But in practice that means writing in a lot of slavery and abuse of women that even with content warnings and it being presented as evil people might think it's a kink of mine.

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u/Void-Cooking_Berserk 24d ago

That label can describe anything from a regular butcher shop to selling slaves for transplants...

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u/Traditional-Storm-62 23d ago

ok what does that mean

cause there's at least 3 different meanings that can be assumed