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Good morning everyone I feel like doing a worldbuilding project based on those “fictional characters IN THE REAL WORLD” stories. Enchanted comes to mind for tone.
I want at least one character who just absolutely does not want to go back. They’re from some kind of supernatural world that never advanced past medieval Europe and he’s just like “did you guys know they have INDOOR TOILETS???”
The main thing here is “magic vs technology, which is better?” Because these people come from a world of wizards and dragons but the main character is like “wizard school is hard and dragons eat people, you guys have like. Google and air conditioning.”
Also “the past and this fantasy world based on it are way less straight than you think”, the wizard dude and the knight discover that we have lubes entirely for gay sex instead of using whatever oils work and declare it humanity’s greatest invention
This concept has now become “a wizard and a knight from a Tolkien-esque world try their damnedest to never ever have to go back”
I’m at work right now but I can’t stop thinking about how funny this would be. Absolutely zero romanticism for the past, just a lot of “why are you celebrating the queen of a different country’s birthday” and “I’m going to court and marry the subway it’s such a genius concept”
The knight’s name is Lawrence and the wizard’s name is Arlan. They’re 30 and 27, respectively.
Arlan’s magic still works but he does a lot more potions than spellwork so it isn’t really worth much. His role in the “original” story is a traitor who poisons and kills the king, with Lawrence hunting him down at the behest of the prince.
There was a cat and mouse thing going on there but Lawrence was really only doing it out of duty and the SECOND he doesn’t have to worry about being beheaded for refusing the task he’s just like oh alright we’re done then. The king was always making eyes at the serving girls anyways, to hell with the old fart.
By week three, Arlan has shaved his evil wizard beard, Lawrence is wearing a Snuggie like a regular article of clothing, and both of them are addicted to fast food. They are a massive disappointment to their fans.
As is required for this genre, the person who is responsible for them is a college girl who is a huge fan of the books they’re from. The only comfort here is that Lawrence scares the shit out of the creepy dude who was trying to date her because he thinks she’s his manic pixie dream girl
Someone reblogged this and honestly I still think it’s incredibly funny
Arlan: I’ve been informed that without my beard, I look like a ‘twink’. What is that?
Lawrence: It has something to do with sex between men, I saw it on some very explicit website pages.
Arlan: Oh. Excellent. That’s ideal, honestly.
The modern-day protagonist is a closeted lesbian. Nobody is straight here today.
Arlan Kingslayer as a character is one of those characters edgy reddit misogynists get really into because they’ve massively misinterpreted him as a some kind of libertarian bad boy.
In truth, he immediately gets really into anti fascist activism the second he’s exposed to the real world.
This one came back up so I guess I should name it? I’m trying to come up with a terrible pun and failing. I love Arlan with all my heart.
Character concepts, apart from Arlan and Lawrence:
—some kind of computer science/engineering/math grad student that Arlan is sleeping with because a wizard and a STEM student is very funny
—2-3 friends of the modern day protagonist, who I’m thinking is probably 20 or 21. They’re all disaster college students and are not prepared to herd two grown men who don’t know how electricity works or what a car is
—some kind of animal somebody is hiding in their dorm room that can now talk, thanks Arlan
—a professor who is a fan of the books and is always unknowingly arguing with Lawrence about his own character motivations