/lit/ - Literature

>>10973055
planescapeanon is a cool anon.

i mean you've asked a pretty fucking interesting question: what game world would you want to live in? and, honestly, ultima really wouldn't be that bad of a pick, for a couple of reasons.

1. the whole idea of the ultima setting is that you have this cult of the avatar spread out over different cities dedicated to the virtues. i absolutely could see the appeal in living in the new magincia of ultima 5 and learning Into Potato. and when you feel you have figured something out, you move to the next city...
>ofc, the city you actually *think you might belong to* wouldn't necessarily be the city you actually would belong to...and so on.

i find britannia in general a pretty agreeable setting. garriott just had the right attitude in general, i think. aristotelian without being too cozy about the golden mean, and maybe neoplatonic without getting too preachy. and u5 showed that he understood very well that a dystopian society is just one that interprets virtues too literally - but, nevertheless, *remains entirely habitable for many.* it's a pretty goddamn fabulous world.

2. i have to say, i'd be pretty good with sigil too. not even sure which of the factions speak the most to me, but it stands to reason that *that is kind of the point* also. when you are in a nihilistic place, don't stop moving too soon just for the sake of having your ducks in a row. keep suffering! yay!

3. ff6 WoR i'm probably okay with. this setting absolutely works for me. i would 100% live in a zone eater and be a weird mimic. my character arc is entirely self-explanatory: how do i effectively copy you for the Greater Good?

or, perhaps to be slightly more original, maybe i'd be one of those goofy cultists in the tower of kefka and hoping someone would notice that i am a joinable character if you talk to me. powers TBD. maybe 'chant.'

these are all vidya settings and not literary worlds, mind. i might have to go back and re-read the Divine Comedy soon. purgatory is a concept on my mind atm.

i'm assuming that living in the world of Toejam and Earl is out of the question here. i could perhaps make a quiet living as the carrot guy there, i think.