In these next few, we construct a story based around the previous idea Cailin had of first-world bio-augmentation leaving the third world countries in the dust. There's a lot to be learned here, so pay attention. First rule, as you'll see here: brainstorming works.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 6:01 pm
Should we work on brainstorming the third-world mechs thing now, or do you not have much of that world planned out?
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 6:26 pm
It's just a vague idea at this point. So, brainstorming seems to be a good plan.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 6:44 pm
Economics of this world?
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 6:53 pm
I don't know where to begin answering that question. I figured it was a future Earth? Might feel too commentary-y.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 6:56 pm
Well, the mech technologies have to affect the economy somehow- for example, I suppose the story could take place in a country that has a high supply of the metals they need for the mecha, kind of like third-world African countries that have massive diamond operations, all controlled by the megaindustry so the workers don't get the pay they deserve though they're the ones upon whose backs the thing is founded.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:02 pm
That's a good idea. Makes the sudden cultural interaction more believable.
And on that note, why not make it in Africa, for diamonds, if we were going to go the Earth route? I figured it'd all be hinted rather than stated considering it'd be 1st or 3rd limited, with a naive child protagonist's perspective.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:05 pm
It's true that Africa is underrepresented in modern fiction. The story-potential to actual-story ratio is distressingly low.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:12 pm
Hm. Perhaps the developed culture is also African. That way, we can subvert the African cliches by acknowledging that there's more than one country there.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:14 pm
Great. All we have to do is a little (or a lot of) research and the story writes itself, if it's just a short story through the eyes of an African child.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:16 pm
That was brief, but breathed so much damn potential into this story idea.
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