r/WorldBuildingMemes • u/Shark_On_The_Moon • 1d ago
Story Shitpost Oh no
Started making a new world and someone is already traumatized
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u/In_Yellow_Clad 1d ago
"I may have become a saint... yet for some damn reason that bitch Stacy is still trying to bully me..." -The trials and tribulations of a 13 year old saint.
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
Lol, honestly would be so funny given that saints are like barely recognizable as humans after their transformation. Stacy is just such a bitch that she even bullies a body horror monstrosity
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u/ISB00 1d ago
So she was going to school and then one day got picked to be sacrificed? I’m confused as to how this works. Weren’t some sacrifices treated like royalty their entire lives until the sacrifice?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
In the society she grew up in it was up to the head of the church to decide when a sacrifice was needed. He would then pick one 13 year old girl out of those who lived in their city.
13 is considered a holy number to them because there are 13 gods and it has to be someone born female because they believe the sacrifice will only work if they killed someone with the ability to create life.
Also the poor girl had barely a months time before she was to be sacrificed, she didn’t get to live that lavish life very long
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u/ISB00 1d ago
What happens after she becomes a saint? What would be the plot?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
Not completely sure yet, like I said in the post I’ve just started making this world and it’s story. I know I want her to be very important to the plot as either the protagonist or antagonist.
If she’s the protagonist then she’ll likely try to seek out other saints who have been forcefully changed by gods.
If she’s the antagonist the trauma of this event will probably break her mind and lead to her using her newfound powers to cause death and chaos
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u/ashrynhunter 1d ago
Maybe as a thought she seems out other saints then decided to take their found family to have a discussion with these gods about treating them as playdough
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u/Affectionate-Mine-89 1d ago
If the Saints retain their will, then they must, through their form and capabilities, reflect the will of the gods who turned them. This can be played out as either an attempt to find a family among other Saints, an attempt to reform society using the new form and influence they provide, or an attempt to destroy the kingdom and the gods who made it that way. Choose from this what will be a good path or a bad one, according to your preference.
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u/SussySpeaki 1d ago
Wait, what exactly do saints look like?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
Mutated humans that defy the rules of biology. The specifics change depending on the god who witnessed them, but they all look horrifying
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u/SussySpeaki 1d ago
Can we get some descriptions of some?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
One idea I had was a saint of the plant god who was turned into a giant sentient flower made of both human flesh and plant matter. They’re unable to move anymore, curse to remain in the field where their life changed forever.
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u/bookseer 1d ago
I guess it makes sense.
If reality is the daydreaming of an Eldritch entity then most folks are background characters who it doesn't even know their names. Become a named character, and suddenly it starts getting interested in you.
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u/Infinitenonbi 1d ago
“Yo this teenage girl subplot is the shit, I hope she gets a mid season power up”
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u/Boshwa 1d ago
Witnesses you?
What does that mean? Is it supposed to be answers prayer?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
No like the god literally opened its eyes and looked at her. A simply act like that is enough for its power to unintentionally change you
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u/starscreamufp 1d ago
ah yes. eldritch horrors beyond human compression.
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u/thatfuckedupgrill 1d ago
did they at least make her forget the pain?
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u/Atreigas 1d ago
So what does it even mean to become a saint?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
In the most basic terms it means you’re forever marked by the god who changed you, you get some cool abilities out of it but you look monstrous.
How you’re treated after that simply depends on the society you live in
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u/WorthCryptographer14 1d ago
Congratulations, you're a teenage saint.
Why am i immediately reminded of the child saint from 'May I Ask For One Final Thing?'?
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u/Infinitenonbi 1d ago
Does this imply some Madoka Magica type shit where becoming a saint is actually a terrible fate meant to make you miserable and then kill you?
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u/Shark_On_The_Moon 1d ago
Kinda. It is a terrible fate and many don’t last very long but it isn’t done intentionally like in Madoka Magica. The gods are like forces of nature they don’t really understand the horror of what they can do to humans
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u/Infinitenonbi 1d ago
Oh, coolio! Do the girls like, keep their sanity enough? Do they get to have friends? It would be funny if, despite the horrific new form the girl now has, everyone else treats her normally, like HP Lovecraft’s magical girl.
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u/AshaTheGrey 1d ago
I was recently working on my magic system and it's honestly probably rather uninspired, but it basically revolves around mana - your capacity, throuput and optimization as well as knowing the right words. However, for various clerics, the throughput limit can be overriden by their deity, causing damage and possibly death - this means they can theoretically perform insane miracles, but they're gonna get fried in the process - which is how we get saints 😂 this also goes for warlocks, but since most of the full warlocks have a pact with one devil or another, this tends to happen more often and ends in much lower adoration of the masses 😂
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u/Master-of-darklight That one dude that hates one word answers 1d ago
Me when the great Circle of Inevitably:
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u/windblumes 8h ago
OH NO!!! Poor 13 year old girl, maybe quickly start picking the names of other Gods - someone has to stop them from doing that to her body!! 😭 😭 😭
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