Conics Unfortunately
Guess what! I'm doing LMS again. Is there anyone else who will have participated in all three rounds?
But that's probably not what you're in this thread for, so I shall get a move on.
Conics Unfortunately is not serious. (Or it's the most serious thing ever, but you have to dig through a lot of empty space to get there.) But mostly, it's just a dump of sarcasm and teen antics and--okay, I might intend to discuss race, gender, orientation, etc.
Of course, the idea of aliens lends itself to those discussions. Fed up with the number of humanoid overlord aliens out in the literary universe (especially ones that are basically people with gross faces), I decided to play around with the possibilities. In Conics, Ellipse meets all kinds of aliens, from the humanoid to the very amorphous. The captain of her ship is a photosynthesizing bundle of hydraulically operated stems with a brain. Her best friend is practically a mermaid.
I mean to create abundant diversity of alien species, and then take it a step further and make sure that aliens, like Earthlings, have diversity within their own species.
And the end result? A hero's journey that takes place in a universe overflowing with acceptance. The aliens are not substitutes for human diversity; they compliment it and help it grow by demonstrating the possibilities, and Earthlings do the same for other intelligent life.
Conics is about a place where being inclusive is the norm. No character is defined by their race or gender, and the only questioning of someone's identity comes from healthy culture sharing between species. The existence of characters who are POC, LGBT, or disabled is recognized but not fussed over. No one is all that weird, because--let's face it--everyone is pretty darn strange.
As to why I'm choosing to build this world?
I want Earth to be like it someday.
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