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[planet waba] some more vaguely connected thoughts
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as I recall, we decided Waba is a ringed planet because that whips
Cute Quinn
yes
skerple
so that has some fun implications
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the constant presence of the rings in the sky is definitely going to have shaped their culture and idioms
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nighttime is probably never really fully dark, thanks to the reflected light from the rings
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but also the rings would cast their own shadows on the planet, so there would be parts of the day that are much dimmer than would be expected
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I'm not going anywhere specific with this, I just think it's neat
Cute Quinn
that IS neat
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they'd have all kinds of poetic language around ringshadows and ringlight
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I imagine a lot of Waban cultures use the rings as a symbol of constancy, but also of mystery
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the rings also probably make having artificial satellites something of a challenge but that's neither here nor there
Cute Quinn
I think the Waban space program is still very much in its infancy
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makes sense
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I'm toying with giving Mei some ring associations in either her name or her hero imagery
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I recall seeing rings/hoops as weapons suggested in another plurk, did that end up getting claimed by another girl or is that still open
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because if it's still open I want it
Cute Quinn
nope! I went with a staff
skerple
sick, I'm giving mei hoops then
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also, thinking back on her backstory, and on the note that the first chaos monster infection would be Apathy
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I'm thinking Mei was shooting for a career that she did not, herself, actually care much about
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something meritorious and stable but, to her, boring
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I'm not sure what career path on Waba would look like that, not knowing what their economy looks like, but the details don't super matter
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the important thing is that Mei was putting her whole ass into developing this career she didn't actually want, because ultimately she felt like she should
Gabiluzbad
Accountant? Computer engineer? Ferry captain?
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no big dramatic reason why, it's just the sort of thing where you build up your own ideas of social expectation and obligation as you grow and sometimes you end up putting way sterner expectations on yourself than are really warranted
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Gabiluzbad
: I WAS thinking accountant at one point, yeah
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even if we're not capitalist here, accountants are going to be necessary anywhere there's an economy
Cute Quinn
something that would be good for family standing and class of living
Cute Quinn
but not emotionally compelling
skerple
yeah
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I'm thinking that Do It For Jiao ended up being the reason she adopted for herself to push through - it wasn't originally About Jiao so much, but "I'll be able to make sure Jiao always has someone to catch her if she stumbles" was the only thing that kept standing up against the weight of "ughhh this is boring and I hate it"
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so when the chaos shit started happening and forcibly derailed her carefully laid plans, she was both amazed and appalled at how much she just. didn't fucking care
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
consider rings as the equivalent of halo imagery. rather than a big glow of light around a person, instead they have an actual, literal, ring of light around them.
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
in art and stuff.
Cute Quinn
the holy hoop
skerple
hell yes
Gabiluzbad
And then some astronomer says "Actually recent evidence suggests that our planet's ring system is only 30,000,000 years old" and the religious community goes feral
skerple
If Earth had rings like Saturn, the sky would look l...
Cute Quinn
other thought
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it's hard to get really lost on Waba
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because, like. north is towards the ring
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can't miss it
skerple
yeah
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it's not the most PRECISE navigation, but it really can't fail
Cute Quinn
unless it's cloudy I guess
skerple
the nemesis of all sky-based navigation
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but yeah the ring is like. it's more constant than stars
Cute Quinn
and you don't need as much skill to use it
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I imagine they have relatively few star-based myths because you'd only see the brightest stars and some nearby planets
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but metric fucktons of ring-based myths
Cute Quinn
assume in the beach post that when I said "beneath the glittering stars" I meant "beneath the glittering ring"
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hell yeah
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man I'm obsessed with this image of what a ring system would look like from the equator
man I'm obsessed with this image of what a ring system would look like from the equator
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equatorial cultures would have very different myths and ideas about the ring compared to more northern or southern cultures
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god. the polar view. the planet shadow on the rings
god. the polar view. the planet shadow on the rings
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
i dropped it in discord but i'm dropping it here for the other waba people too
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
What Would Happen If The Earth Had Rings?
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
Video About Rings On Earth