Good morning /vtwbg/!
>>36080734>chuubanititrophic dreamwortSomewhat! It’s similar to Moriji’s chuubanititrophic mushrooms in that both make use of environmental chuubanite for their growth. The difference’s that Moriji’s mushroom AFAIK uses chuubanite radiation as an energy source to synthesize nutrition like plants use sunlight, while dreamwort use chuubanite substance in the soil to reinforce its structure and keep warm with its warmth. Hence dreamwort’s chuubanititrophic in that chuubanite is part of its nutrition but it doesn’t use it the same way Moriji mushroom does (I think)
>writingI think it’s probably because (especially for dreamwort) I try to keep the chain of logic coherent to make it sound more plausible so the writing ends up reflecting said chain. That combined with my rather basic writing style probably makes it read like a cross between a wiki article and something you find in a textbook (although I hope mine is at least a bit more entertaining to read)
For dreamwort my logic is pretty similar to what I ended up writing but the trick’s that I did it in reverse and start with the result I want so something like
>I want /vnug/ to feel magical!>This world’s magic system is based on the stuff called chuubanite, so I need /vnug/ air to have chuubanite>What spreads chuubanite from the ground to the air and is common in /vnug/? Plants (this is around the point I write The Owl, which is why I brought up the Blue Mountains in the thread and ask about some ideas)>How do plants spread things from the ground to the air? Transpiration which draws water from the soil to leaves>How do plants draw things deep in spodosol? Hard roots that can push through the ortstein (I learned that bishop pine can do it)>What kind of roots are better at that? Taproot>What would otherwise limit root growth in such an environment? The ortstein itself and short growing season because of the cold>What can help the plant mitigate these problems? Chuubanite’s common effects like latent warmth (from the rentry) and hardened parts (from some threads’ lore)So I basically tidied up the mess above and flipped it over to present it as something that could potentially evolve in such an environment. I also found some nice tidbits that would fit in the above and gives it more interesting/helpful characteristics like
>The Blue Mountains are blue because of volatile droplets from trees (which is why blue is one of the telltale signs of magical trickery in The Owl)>Artemisia has taproot, a lot of volatile molecules, and can grow in taiga and tundra, so dreamwort’s in that genus and shares some additional characteristics (I also like vermouth!)>Spodosol subsoil is fertile and also has a lot of iron, and plants like barley secrete phytosiderophores to help absorb iron, so dreamwort also uses some of its organic molecules to fulfill that roleIt’s kinda funny that the properties of dreamwort itself (making you sleep and have better dreams) are the things that I tacked on outside this logic due to the new member that’s going to debut soon but I like to think it still works out fine. Doing my reps do take alotta time but I’m kinda interested in specbio so it doesn’t feel like a chore. Bitterbug’s also made in a similar manner but the goal’s to recreate kinsects for the insect glaive aesthetics, but since kinsects aren’t real, I had to take more liberties to make it work and it’s one of the reasons why it’s the one without a scientific name. Maximus Narwhal’s admittedly the weakest entry in my mind since it’s kinda a sudden addition because I was inspired by the cetology rentry and wanted something unicorn-like for /vnug/, so I basically just copied actual narwhal and throw in some stuff I want. It ends up being pretty similar to normal narwhal so I’m not too sure if it should count as a species or just a narwhal subspecies
… I didn’t expect myself to sperg out that much, my apologies
