RE: The Falls of Besk (World Building Notes)
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Fascinating idea ! I guess the Beskin idea of a healthy sex life is an endless series of one-night-stands 😁
Although it makes me wonder how they handle the whole childcare thing. Does the degradation only happen on maturity, or are children segregated in single-person cells ? I can see a system of education by machine, or (in more primitive times) a group of tutors following a strictly defined syllabus but rotating so as not to see each pupil more than once or twice.
Dang, you've created some complicated things to think about ! A whole society of agoraphobics !
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Hahaha I'm glad you liked it, and yeah, it's a pretty interesting idea that I would really like to expand on a little bit.
I find that following a Beskin is a good way to focus on loneliness and isolation as part of a story, and it's also a way to focus on a culture different than the others in the setting.
Currently, I'm imagining that Degradation can affect them at all ages, so it's very conscious in the minds of the Beskin people to not get too close to anyone, but now since they've branched out into Free Space, anyone that leaves is faced with ideas and worlds much different than their own, where they're encouraged to form friendships, even though it goes against everything they know. Which in and of itself is pretty interesting.
I would really like to work on them a bit more and go a bit more in-depth as far as their culture is concerned.
One night stands? Ya had to go there huh? 😁🤣🤣
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