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Comment on I’ve got this worldbuilding project where a big chunk of land is cordoned off. I’m not sure what’s inside.

Do you need to know?

It could be interesting to have it just be a canonical black hole - nobody who goes there ever comes back, satellite photos come back corrupted, and people are scared to even mention it

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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I want to know, even if the presentation leaves it very obfuscated. Being able to drop vague, borderline nonsense clues works better if the creator actually knows what they mean. Otherwise I’m just writing LOST.

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- 6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I don’t think that necessarily puts you in Mystery Box territory. JJ would just change it to fit whatever he wants to say at the moment. Think of it more as a currently-unknown variable that will logically reveal itself to you as you continue building the setting outside.
  
  “We just don’t know about what happened in Ohio, but it had to be cordoned off.”
  
  PS You should check out East of West by Image Comics.
  
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gazter@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I would suggest even further restraint. There’s no need to fill the space, just have it as a mystery, maybe even to yourself.

Blank spaces on the map are always so intriguing.

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