This inflection point concept is exactly what I've been needing. Puts an unbrella term on a concept I've been circling around, while going deeper on the subject.
I did something much like this when planning my story. "For the plot to work, the culture needs to be like this. Oh, but in this culture, THAT essential plot point wouldn't make sense. How can I change that?? Oh, it would take THIS kind of magical catastrophe to cause this. But what was it like before that?"
I love putting on your videos and getting things done for work or school. I can put the video on several times and if I don’t listen to everything the first time, I’ll get new information the next couple times I do! Thanks so much for the great thought-provoking content! ❤️
it would be amazing hahaha. I'd love to build an alt history world based on steam power being discovered early either by the Romans or the Song Dynasty in China.
I need to work on it more and flesh it out, but I have a few. I have an elf-like ancient civilisation that got decadent, intolerant and irresponsibly used magic left and right. A big war broke out between several factions, and that caused so much distruction that their civilization pretty much crumbled. Now, 4000 years later, their culture still bears those scars that not all outsiders are even aware of. This is my twist on the "nature-loving hippy elves": they are like this because of this ciltural trauma.
I really love your videos, thank you very much for doing them! When you've mentioned mages enslavement, I immediately though of Final Fantasy XV or so, when one nation utilized their magical gifted population in that way. 🤔
Is Magic somehow became common I think you could have a much friendlier world as far as how Nations interact with each other if the balance of power was more equal you would have more townships city-states and a lot more negotiations
I could easily see the hero of the revolution against that magocricy in fact being a low born mage. I can easily see how a meritocratic magocricy could turn into one ruled by the great houses as those in power put more and more roadblocks in the path of any common born mage. Then a reformer or revolutionary tries to sweep all of that away and leads a revolution against the great houses after someone figures out the earring of control. But then all the mages get oppressed despite the fact that it would have been revolutionary mages making the first of those devices, where now the mages that are shacked by the earrings are forced to make the tools of their own oppression. The if the direct decedent of that same low born mage were to be able to open the original research journal (secret family cypher magical key only this bloodline can open the door to the old lab whatever) and then learns how to shake off the control of the earrings.
@@JustInTimeWorldbuilding as much as I hate books that have two or more plot lines that century's apart three stories one showing the rise of the meritocratic mageocricy one showing it's downfall and a third showing the mage revolution could be very cool... just as a trilogy not one book, I'd hate that as a book. Figure maybe some new technique that was adopted in the first book is what made all the mages vulnerable to whatever magic collar gets put on them in book two and the protagonist of book 3 needs to rediscover the older techniques to break the collars hold, something to do with how you channel mana so you can cast directly rather than with runic artifacts let's the collar drain you vs the older slower (weaker?) method that doesn't let the involuntary drain happen.
This inflection point concept is exactly what I've been needing. Puts an unbrella term on a concept I've been circling around, while going deeper on the subject.
I did something much like this when planning my story. "For the plot to work, the culture needs to be like this. Oh, but in this culture, THAT essential plot point wouldn't make sense. How can I change that?? Oh, it would take THIS kind of magical catastrophe to cause this. But what was it like before that?"
It's a great way to build a world that fits your requirements :D
That's the main fun of worldbuilding: thinking of what would be the effects of adding, removing or changing something familiar!
I love putting on your videos and getting things done for work or school. I can put the video on several times and if I don’t listen to everything the first time, I’ll get new information the next couple times I do! Thanks so much for the great thought-provoking content! ❤️
Such good advice and thank you for making these world building videos they are the most helpful on TH-cam ❤
My pleasure :)
Freiran handled this mythological interpretation of the hero group she was a part of very well!
Yeah, I can't remember who recommended it to me (might even have been you :) ), but I really enjoyed it!
Very simple, yet invaluable advice! Sometimes, merely asking yourself these questions is the key to get the creative juices flowing!
Great video!
Thank you :)
I think a steam powered Roman Empire would be a good inflection point
it would be amazing hahaha. I'd love to build an alt history world based on steam power being discovered early either by the Romans or the Song Dynasty in China.
I need to work on it more and flesh it out, but I have a few. I have an elf-like ancient civilisation that got decadent, intolerant and irresponsibly used magic left and right. A big war broke out between several factions, and that caused so much distruction that their civilization pretty much crumbled. Now, 4000 years later, their culture still bears those scars that not all outsiders are even aware of. This is my twist on the "nature-loving hippy elves": they are like this because of this ciltural trauma.
Thanks so much.
Very good 😍😍😍
This is terrific, it walks me through the concept even when i only have 1.69 brain cells left, you have favorite teacher energy
I think a good inflection point for an Empire would be developing teleportation Gates
100% that is a big change.
I know I never going to write my novel, but I like to listen and imagine me applying all these tips to my text...that will never exist. 😂
Maybe someday :D And then I'll read your novel and be mightily impressed :D
I really love your videos, thank you very much for doing them!
When you've mentioned mages enslavement, I immediately though of Final Fantasy XV or so, when one nation utilized their magical gifted population in that way. 🤔
Yeah, FF, or Jordaan's Damanes, spring to mind as easy examples.
Is Magic somehow became common I think you could have a much friendlier world as far as how Nations interact with each other if the balance of power was more equal you would have more townships city-states and a lot more negotiations
I could easily see the hero of the revolution against that magocricy in fact being a low born mage. I can easily see how a meritocratic magocricy could turn into one ruled by the great houses as those in power put more and more roadblocks in the path of any common born mage. Then a reformer or revolutionary tries to sweep all of that away and leads a revolution against the great houses after someone figures out the earring of control. But then all the mages get oppressed despite the fact that it would have been revolutionary mages making the first of those devices, where now the mages that are shacked by the earrings are forced to make the tools of their own oppression. The if the direct decedent of that same low born mage were to be able to open the original research journal (secret family cypher magical key only this bloodline can open the door to the old lab whatever) and then learns how to shake off the control of the earrings.
That sounds like a great story :D
@@JustInTimeWorldbuilding as much as I hate books that have two or more plot lines that century's apart three stories one showing the rise of the meritocratic mageocricy one showing it's downfall and a third showing the mage revolution could be very cool... just as a trilogy not one book, I'd hate that as a book. Figure maybe some new technique that was adopted in the first book is what made all the mages vulnerable to whatever magic collar gets put on them in book two and the protagonist of book 3 needs to rediscover the older techniques to break the collars hold, something to do with how you channel mana so you can cast directly rather than with runic artifacts let's the collar drain you vs the older slower (weaker?) method that doesn't let the involuntary drain happen.
Can you edit my Afrikaans story
I don’t really do editing, sorry :)