Weekly What If #7

What if all dreams were prophetic?

Do people make an extra effort to remember them, or do they try to avoid them? Do dreams always show a person’s own future, or can they be anything? How does it affect day-to-day life?

Weekly What If #6

What if time passed differently in different places?

How do people synchronize their schedules – or do different settlements live in their own little bubble, like “fairy realms” to each other? Do places with quicker time flow have an economical advantage due to “faster” production, at the cost of “shorter” lives? What happens if someone moves away from their home?

 

Weekly What If #4

What if there were gravity “holes” scattered across the world’s surface, where gravity simply doesn’t exist?

Does anyone or anything live there? How does it affect settlements and infrastructure? What’s the flow of air and water like in and around them – do they drift back into regular gravity zones and “fall” back down, or do the holes cause a constant loss?

Weekly What If #3

What if there weren’t (only) werewolves but a whole assortment of different were-animals?

How are they different from their real-animal counterparts? Are all their transformations connected to the moon cycle, or are there other triggers per species? Are they dangerous to regular humans, or just creepy-cute? How do others view their transformations/animal forms – do they know who it is? Do their transformations influence their human lives? Are they at risk from predators, or from human enemies, when transformed? How do they protect themselves? How do they protect others from themselves?

Weekly What If #2

What if some animal species could use magic?

Which ones? How do they use it? Does it affect their intelligence? Does it affect their natural behaviour? Has it been affecting their evolution? Are humans one of them? Do they treat these species differently because of it?

Have fun!

Weekly What If #1

While I’m slowly but surely getting this site up to speed, I thought it would be a nice idea to share… writing prompts? Worldbuilding prompts? Everyone loves prompts, right?!

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What if rivers consisted of gas, rather than liquid?

Is it a visible gas? Is it heavier than air, or do rivers flow through the sky? How do they hold together if so? Are they used for human transport? Do animals live in them? Get that imagination flowing! (Sorry not sorry for the pun.)