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Worldbuilding 205: Perverse Incentives
Worldbuilding, Psychology Vivian Sayan 15/06/2025 Worldbuilding, Psychology Vivian Sayan 15/06/2025

Worldbuilding 205: Perverse Incentives

In today’s blogpost, I will discuss perverse incentives. Why are they always so troublesome? Find out!

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Warfare 205: Genocide
Warfare, Death Vivian Sayan 05/05/2025 Warfare, Death Vivian Sayan 05/05/2025

Warfare 205: Genocide

Today’s blogpost is about a very serious topic: genocide. Proceed with caution.

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Worldbuilding 201: Rituals
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 27/04/2025 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 27/04/2025

Worldbuilding 201: Rituals

In today's post celebrating May Day, we examine rituals: what they are, what purpose they serve, and how we can use them in stories.

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Worldbuilding 205: Assimilation
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 06/04/2025 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 06/04/2025

Worldbuilding 205: Assimilation

In today’s blogpost, I discuss assimilation, or how one culture gets absorbed into another.

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Practicum: Tsxobjit Queerness
Practicum, Sex and Gender Vivian Sayan 23/03/2025 Practicum, Sex and Gender Vivian Sayan 23/03/2025

Practicum: Tsxobjit Queerness

In today’s blogpost, I do a practicum on the Tsxobjezn and a topic that I hold dear: alien queerness! Why this? Read the post and find the hidden reason!

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Practicum: Ethical Circuses
Practicum, Culture Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 08/09/2024 Practicum, Culture Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 08/09/2024

Practicum: Ethical Circuses


In today's blogpost, Anne and I offer a practicum on ethical animals again, this time focusing on circuses as we explore a circus from Stellima!

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Worldbuilding & Writing 105: Propaganda
Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 23/06/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 23/06/2024

Worldbuilding & Writing 105: Propaganda

Today's topic is propaganda and how it can be used in both worldbuilding and writing.

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Character 104: Defining your Character
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 09/06/2024 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 09/06/2024

Character 104: Defining your Character

In this week’s blogpost, Anne and I continue our exploration of building characters by looking at various strategies to define your characters.

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Writing 202: Savior Stories
Writing, Culture Anne Winchell 21/04/2024 Writing, Culture Anne Winchell 21/04/2024

Writing 202: Savior Stories

In today's blogpost, the magnificent Anne discusses saviour stories, the multiple issues with using them, and the ways you can use them to promote tolerance instead of intolerance.

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Worldbuilding and Writing 202: Bigotry
Worldbuilding, Writing, Culture Vivian Sayan 14/04/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Culture Vivian Sayan 14/04/2024

Worldbuilding and Writing 202: Bigotry

In today's post, Anne and I discuss bigotry in terms of worldbuilding and how to write about it without endorsing it.

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Worldbuilding 205: Winners write history
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 07/04/2024 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 07/04/2024

Worldbuilding 205: Winners write history

In today's blogpost, I examine the old saying, “History is written by the winners,” and dismantle it to reveal the truth.

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Worldbuilding 201 Spirituality & Religion
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 31/03/2024 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 31/03/2024

Worldbuilding 201 Spirituality & Religion

In today's post, I discuss spirituality and religion along with the basis for making your own.

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Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/02/2024 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/02/2024

Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation

Anne and I talk about how education and trauma play important roles in how a character becomes who they are.

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Worldbuilding 302: Corruption
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 28/01/2024 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 28/01/2024

Worldbuilding 302: Corruption

In this post, I talk about corruption in broad strokes: how it works, and how it can even be useful to some degree.

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Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Speeches
Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 14/01/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 14/01/2024

Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Speeches

Anne Winchell and I talk about how to do speeches, what makes them work, and what makes them fall short.

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Worldbuilding 202: The Big Lie (of society)
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 26/11/2023 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 26/11/2023

Worldbuilding 202: The Big Lie (of society)

Today’s discussion is all about what I call “the Big Lie” which is inherent to all societies and is fundamental to their function.

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Practicum: Turning Unethical Animal Traditions Ethical
Practicum, Animals Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 12/11/2023 Practicum, Animals Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 12/11/2023

Practicum: Turning Unethical Animal Traditions Ethical

Anne Winchell and I talk about how to turn bullfighting into an ethical practice in a scifi setting.

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Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Scary stories
Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 29/10/2023 Worldbuilding, Writing, Language Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 29/10/2023

Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Scary stories

I talk about how scary stories can be used to enhance worldbuilding and writing in and of itself, and Anne provides an amazing example.

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Character 102: Setting the Foundation
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 16/10/2023 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 16/10/2023

Character 102: Setting the Foundation

Anne Winchell and I discuss characters' childhoods and how they affect their future

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Worldbuilding 205: Alien Queerness
Worldbuilding, Sex and gender Vivian Sayan 08/10/2023 Worldbuilding, Sex and gender Vivian Sayan 08/10/2023

Worldbuilding 205: Alien Queerness

I discuss a bit on how one can add new kinds of queerness when reproductive systems change.

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