invalidusernamelol [he/him]

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  • It works the same for sci-fi stuff too, since sci-fi is just magic in denial. If you want to build an interesting world, you can do it pretty easily by creating the base reality, then setting up your poles/classes/conflicts, and just kinda playing them forwards.

    World has no magic/sci-fi thing. Then magic/sci-fi thing is introduced. Contradiction is formed between the powers of new thing and the old state of affairs. The capabilities of new thing make old way obsolete, but existing power structures use their momentum to resist/suppress new thing so they can maintain control.

    Of course you can just pretend new thing is industrial labor and old thing is the way of kings. Then your world maps 1:1 to what we know.