Socialist Worldbuilding

13 readers

1 users here now

Worldbuilding is the process in fiction writing where one develops the setting, background details, in-universe history, lore, basically anything establishes and/or describes the universe in which a fictional story takes place is worldbuilding. Either done in order to create a more compelling and internally consistent plot or just for fun!

This is an explicitly socialist/Marxist space, but the fictional worlds you post does not have to specifically be socialist or leftist worlds, any is fine as long as it follows the broader Lemmygrad rules. Likewise with any genre or medium that your world is portrayed as.

Any type of post relating to worldbuilding is welcome here, including sharing lore that you've developed or generally talking about your world, questions, discussion and advice, writing prompts, etc.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

What are some organization names in your world that is seen as stupid even in-universe? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So this topic seems to be on the brain lately, actually been meaning to do a prompt like this for a while because I'm very much a stupid name enjoyer, but this seems like the right time. What are some organization names, or names in general, in your world that your characters think is stupid? Do people still actually use the name or do they have an informal substitute?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reserve Army of Despair, Despair Speakers... basically anything that comes from the Imperium. It's to satisfy the Padishah Kaiserin's despair fetish, which doesn't really exist, but that's another story.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This actually reminds me of a so-bad-it's-good Canadian cartoon series I used to watch as a kid. It was called Johnny Twoshoes, where the focus "umbrella corporation" type entity is called "Misery Inc." and its CEO is called Lucious Haneous II.

Damn I'm nostalgic now.