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worldbuilding: problems

there’s no place where everything runs smoothly. every country has it’s problems. that might be poverty, weak government, fake news, gun violence, or abuse of magical abilities. it could really be anything. so what’s wrong with your world?

what could go wrong:

poverty

corrupt government (a few infiltrations? biased officials? a dictator?)

discrimination/persecution of any kind (sexism, racism, religion, anything that makes someone unique)

violence (gangs, guns, magic, sexual assault)

failing economy

counterfeits (money, expensive products, anything)

drugs (fake drugs, very real and dangerous drugs)

weak government (ie. the government isn’t necessarily corrupt, but no one listens to them and they have no real power at all so everyone just runs amok)

environmental crisis

relations with other countries/regions

war

fake news (can be something smaller like what goes around on the internet today, or something as horrible as the propaganda the axis powers fed their people about the allied powers)

scarcity

terrorist groups

stereotypes (remember, even seemingly positive stereotypes can be damaging)

manipulation/using people

there’s a whole lot more, get creative! as saddening as this will be, scrolling through news articles will give you some good inspiration because our world is pretty messed up

how to choose which problems to include

what is your world like? as obvious as this probably sounds, your world’s problems are directly related to the things in your world. choose pretty much any element of your world, however small it may seem, and there can be made a problem out of it.

in a world of magic:

magic can be abused

magic can be faked (ie. in harry potter, around exam season, students sell items that “enhance your brain” or whatever when it’s really pixie poop, i’m not even kidding)

discrimination between magical and non magical people (muggleborns vs. purebloods)

people rely too much on magic and become weak (a great example of this is the Renegades series, where the non prodigies depend on the prodigies way too much)

non magic people using magical people (or magical people using other magicals, ex. grindelwald/percival graves using creedence to find the obscurial)

really, the problems for a magical world are endless - you can use regular real-life problems with a twist. the magical government lies to the public, buying out the main news source? people of pure magical lineage are somehow better than those related to non magical people? harry potter is a fantastic example of magical worldbuilding, steal stuff from jkr (but don’t make gay characters who are never actually gay)

in a world of science:

i’m a big fantasy nerd, much less sci-fi, so i don’t really have any good examples from books/movies, but here are some ideas anyway

the people who live on a different planet are starting to run out of resources and take over the earth (literally the plot of the Lunar Chronicles series)

the government is testing out new sciencey techy stuff and they accidentally make superhuman demon things (Incredibles, but they’re nice guys, not demon things, except maybe jack jack but he’s a cutie don’t hurt him)

terrorist groups steal a smart guy to make weapons for them (Iron Man)

the world is dying 

two + planets are fighting over something

technology/inventions/whatever can be abused

wow these are terrible i’m sorry i need to read more sci-fi

again, you can take regular real world problems and put a sciencey twist on them; a gang that kills people with laserbeam contact lenses, a new invention that uses a very rare element that’s important to the ecosystem and is starting to destroy the planet, the little robots we send to mars become self aware and build a colony of robots. go off sis

don't think people understand how to interact with popular people or corporations coming to tumblr

if it's a single person, be annoying. that's what we did with alex jones, and he quit after a week. we can do that to popular youtubers who try and move to tumblr. send those people kkp and stupid shit

this will not work on corporations and companies!! they are not people who get annoyed. they are faceless organizations that see any interaction as positive. remember when sony posted those stupid three frame gifs to promote their movies and no one gave a shit an then they left? and now after they left we constantly reblog "electros power cannot be contained"? the only reason sony left is because no one gave a shit about what they were posting until after they left

so when companies like duolingo and shit try and come to tumblr, trying to kkp them will not work. it will only make them more popular.

send kkp to dream and callmecarson or other white youtuber boys I can't remember the names of. do not send kkp to Wendy's.

Masterlist of Headcanons

It is finally here. You never realize how bad you are at tagging things until you have to find shit lol. If there isn’t a link that either means a) I’ve somehow lost them or b) I have an ask for that person and I haven’t gotten a chance to publish it yet.

Character Headcanons: Knights: Elyan, Lancelot, Leon, Percival, Gwaine, Mordred Arthur Merlin Gwen (why were hers specifically so hard to find?! I tagged them! I did!) Gaius Annoying Characters: Agravaine High Priestesses: Nimueh, Morgause, Bonus Morgana Minor Characters (Who are Major in our Hearts): Geoffrey, Balinor, Mithian, Annis, Ygraine, Freya, Will, Elena

Situational Headcanons:

Arthur and Pollen: A Story of Hate

Merlin + Relationship (Morgana and/or Freya)

Gwaine + Lancelot Being the Dream Team

Lancelot + Mordred Being Another Dream Team

Good Morgana Headcanons

Lancelot + Gwen + Merlin Being The Golden Trio

Gwaine Learns About Merlin’s Magic

Morgana + Gwaine Being Bros

Merlin/Arthur Being Married 

Merlin/Lancelot 

Evil!Merlin

Daegal and Mordred Being Chaotic Teenagers

Merlin & Leon Being Bros

Merlin/Mithian Being a Power Couple

Lancelot/Gwaine Content

Merthur Courting

The Time Merlin Poisoned Himself and Everyone Thought He Died

Before/Beyond the Series Headcanons:

Young Morgana and Arthur

Merlin in Ealdor

Merlin After Arthur’s Death

Merlin’s ‘Citizen Test’

Arthur ‘Teaching’ Merlin to Read

General Merlin Headcanons (Part 1, Part 2)

Keeping Up  With The Pendragons (Uther + His Father Getting Camelot)

Merlin + Other Servants

Dragonlord Merlin

How Percival & Lancelot Met

Leon & Arthur (ft. Arthur Receiving Affection)

What Even Happened After the Lamia Episode?

Merlin and His Lovely Singing Voice

AU Heacanons:

Hogwarts(Part 1, Part 2)

Genderfluid Merlin (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 - more discussion in the tags here #genderfluid Merlin)

Elf/Fae Merlin

Demon Merlin (There’s a lot of content here so you can also use #demon merlin for more)

Merlin + Ganieda Siblings Headcanons

Hunith Finding A Bae And Merlin Not Dealing

Dark!Merlin & Dark!Arthur

Modern People Sent Back To Camelot

Nimueh Raising Arthur

Okay… I think that’s a good chunk of them. If you guys remember some headcanons that I probs forgot, let me know and I’ll try to get them on the list for you! Enjoy!

You can fight us all

I'd very much like to punch a feminist.

I’d never, ever hurt a lady but I’d be happy to punch a feminist. It’d bring me great joy.

i think it's so fun that "damn" is such a casual curse word now that it's basically become divorced completely from its original meaning. like oops i dropped my phone, time to invoke the wrath of god about it in the most mildly annoyed tone of voice imaginable.

the point of being alt is to break OUT of the box

hi so i keep seeing so so so many posts about people asking if they are punk because they do x,y,z or posts asking how to look more punk or more emo or more scene, and while theres nothing wrong with asking for fashion tips, music recs, advice, etc,

PLS REMEMBER, u should wear *WHAT YOU LIKE* and listen to music that *YOU* like!!

Labels are used to describe things! we shouldn't change our tastes and preferences to fit a label. that is literally the opposite of the point of being alternative. focus on becoming yourself, then worry about applying labels after! experiment, try new things! there is no rush.

i used to ask myself "does this outfit make me look emo/scene/punk/etc enough?" and i realized bruh what am i doing. it does not matter. labels describe me, not the other way around.

life is too short to constrict yourself to any label!!!

"A world without trans people has never existed and never will"

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