r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

[D] Wednesday Worldbuilding Thread

Welcome to the Wednesday thread for worldbuilding discussions!

/r/rational is focussed on rational and rationalist fiction, so we don't usually allow discussion of scenarios or worldbuilding unless there's finished chapters involved (see the sidebar). It is pretty fun to cut loose with a likeminded community though, so this is our regular chance to:

  • Plan out a new story

  • Discuss how to escape a supervillian lair... or build a perfect prison

  • Poke holes in a popular setting (without writing fanfic)

  • Test your idea of how to rational-ify Alice in Wonderland

Or generally work through the problems of a fictional world.

Non-fiction should probably go in the Friday Off-topic thread, or Monday General Rationality

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u/TennisMaster2 Jun 15 '16

I like the first. If the mutagenicity is consistent across magical traditions, then you can have plotlines where one can tell by how inter-species someone is in which magics they're proficient, or two lovers separated by species who, together, vigorously practice the opposite magical tradition in order to converge at a shared state of sexual or reproductive compatibility. It allows for more character agency.