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>Pre-weekend status update encouraged by discussions ITT
Chapter 5 of my WIP is close to finalized. Been writing about a concept for an OC town out on the frontier of Orre. Drawing ideas from lore in the American Southwest, the significance of celestial objects (perhaps due to excellent views of the stars in a desert region) is a reoccurring motif I do not wish to neglect as I develop my theme. Being that the MC is a city girl from Unova, I anticipate to detail culture shocks as she adjusts to a new environment along with her Pokémon; however, I’m trying to balance surprise with concepts a person from the big city should at least be acquainted with. Namely, planets and constellations. Based on game lore, Unova has its own zodiac for the constellations – using Pokémon from that region. It’s probably foreseeable a person who never studied the stars would at least be aware of their sign from reading a horoscope in the papers, tabloids, or online. Therefore, her shock is not so much from the actual cosmological terms, but the greater significance attributed to them, especially for navigation in a place where you don’t have street names.
Function may develop into folklore. For example, a local guild refers to the “Effort Values” when training a Pokémon to six planets, pic related (4.6 billion years in M$ Paint). To someone who is accustomed with super training, a very down-to-earth understanding of ability growth, the use of heavenly objects to classify a Pokémon’s proficiency may be a surprise. Nevertheless, I’m writing this fiction’s POV with a fish out of water mentality. Two resulting consequences: learning wilderness survival, and making connections with locals familiar with the area as well as its quirks.
Thanks for reading a short blog. I’ll have more content published soon, promise.
