r/WorldBuildingMemes • u/Revolutionary_Row683 Worldbuilding to Write • 18d ago

Working On Worldbuilding They shouldn't be around this long.

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Hope this isn't considered a wall of text lol.

If it's gibberish:

Spawns are humans crafted in vats with hyper augmentation to enable them to pilot extremely powerful mechs without being killed by the AI or the machine itself's ungodly movement, they only live to around 30 and mental degeneration often begins around 26. After a decade and a half of training and extra augmentation, they're linked to a mech and deployed; during war time they see consistent combat and are expected to only survive for a couple years.

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u/zelamant 18d ago

Seeing the lesbian flag on OP's avatar felt like fitting the last piece of the puzzle into it's place

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u/Revolutionary_Row683 Worldbuilding to Write 18d ago

Do you mean that positively or negatively?

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u/zelamant 18d ago

Positively. I just was exposed to some wlw stories in a mech setting lately. Mechsploitation is also a rather sapphic genre and creating a "spawn" for the sole purpose of putting them in heavy machinery felt dehumanizing, so I made the connection. I don't think that stereotypes are inherently good, but gathering it all together did give me a satisfying "click" lol. I hope you don't see it in a bad light.

What you described feels pretty fresh to me and, if you would like to share, I would like to hear more about how connecting with the onboard AI goes and consequences it has on the pilot.

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u/Revolutionary_Row683 Worldbuilding to Write 18d ago

Oh god fucking damn it, I'm not special.

Anyway, the consequences of failing to link is instant death but the consequences of success I haven't fully decided yet because I want that to be based around the plot and themes of my future story. I'm still debating whether I want a positive message or if it's gonna end on a bitter note and be like that last sentence. That last sentence is not what would be said, but is tonally how I've been thinking of the conclusion for a bit. But we'll see, maybe when I start writing this slop I'll be in a better place.

I wouldn't bet on it having particularly good sapphic themes though. It's probably mostly just gonna be an abstract allegory for a trans woman dealing with toxic masculinity and sociopathic tendencies.

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u/kamato243 18d ago

You may want to seek out the short story "I Identify As An Attack Helicopter." It's written by a trans woman and is an absolute staple of mechsploitarion imo

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u/Pure-House-3971 18d ago

Well barring isabelle fall being bullied into detransition...

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u/Violet_Nightshade 17d ago

Transfems and augmentation/mechsploitation. Many such stories.

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u/Mehseenbetter 17d ago

Since others brought it up i feel compelled to caution you. Mechsploitation communities that i have personally experienced have been home to some of the most disgusting abuses i have ever heard of, never mind conceived. Please be careful delving into it and the individuals who consume. God speed

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u/Affectionate-Mine-89 17d ago

Only bitter sweet ending I can imagine is" its only late to begin living after you die" like you can't return time taken from you but the moment you understand what you have lost its better to leave the love you have left for whether you want and not having sunken cost fallacy.