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Topic	Anagram rates and ranks fictional settings
Anagram 04/16/20 7:56:59 PM #51:	British Empire Tier Foundation Universe Middle-Earth French Empire Tier Tetris Universe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe Flatland Aurbis Spira Spanish Empire Tier Babylon 5 Ivalice Rapture Scadriel One Piece Universe Xanth Orthogonal Universe Half-Life Universe German Empire Tier Bionis and Mechanis Eberron Nosgoth Roshar Zemuria Septerra Core Universe Animal Crossing Universe Portuguese Empire Tier Hopes Peak Academy The Expanse Universe Raccoon City Italian Empire Tier Kingdom Hearts Space Jam Superjail! Universe Dream Land ---- Gravity Falls Universe: I plan to watch this at some point, so I wont look it up for fear of spoilers. Sorry! Middle-Earth: You know, a lot of people like saying no sacred cows, or everything should be equally up for judgment and analysis. And I kind of disagree? Like can you imagine if Disney made crappy direct-to-video sequels for Snow White, or a live-action remake? Not even Disney has done that. Not even Disney. So asking me to judge Middle-Earth compared to other fantasy settings, when its the fantasy setting, seems similar to that. It just makes me feel like a jerk for trying. I will say this, though: Middle-Earth is the only setting that I give a full pass for for any generic fantasy stuff, since it obviously invented most of it. Scadriel: Ive only read the Mistborn trilogy, and not the later books. I like Sandersons attempt to include epic fantasy tropes (an ancient evil god that wants to blow up the world or whatever) and semi-humanizing them. I like the Lord-Rulers attempts to fix the world backfiring, which results in ash falling from the sky, a slave race, and all of that nasty stuff. Actually, some of the worldbuilding in Scadriel seemed a bit weak? I had basically no idea what was happening in the human areas outside of the capital and that one other city they visit in book 3. What I mean is that everything we encounter in the books directly relates to the plot; there didnt seem to be much in the way of background stuff. Im sure there was, but it certainly isnt shown in the actual story. This is veering off-topic a little, but Im not the biggest fan of highly-regulated magic with lots of rules. At that point, it becomes fantasy science. Sanderson is all about that, though, so his stuff doesnt quite jive with me. That said, Luthadel is a well-realized city with a social structure, economy, and religion, so I like it. Tetris Universe: In a dystopic world where ones value is determined by the shape hes born with, all children are brainwashed into giving their lives mere seconds after theyre born in a vain, endless attempt to keep the population itself from growing too high and exceeding the limits of the rectangle in which they live. How do they eliminate themselves? By ritualistic mass suicide. All of this in the service of making more room for the next generation. Never questioning their purpose, and praising and worshipping the near-mythical I-blocks that can help as many as four lines kill themselves at once, this world is one of the most depressing and horrifying realizations of socialist healthcare run amok. Babylon 5: My ideal TV show would be about the space UN, where incredibly boring politics are solved by alien ambassadors talking for forty-four minutes straight. The pilot episode would be about the Glorbulans delivering the Zorblaxians only 93% of the FTL fuel that was promised, and the Zorblaxians threatening a trade embargo in response, and the humans trying to prevent this because they fear the broader economic implications. Does Babylon 5 deliver on my stupid premise? Not really. There is some good space UN stuff, but its forgotten in favor of An Ancient Evil Awakens. Sure, later we learn that the ancient evil isnt evil, but whatever, I find mortals squabbling about nonsense to be more interesting than existential threats. Are you taking notes, Game of Thrones? Kingdom Hearts: Ive only played KH1 and 2, but I did watch a YouTube video about the plot of the series, so Ill do Kingdom Hearts in general instead of Castle Oblivion. This should have been the easiest premise ever. Kid on a planet learns that theres a space wizard who wants to destroy the universe or whatever, so he gets on a spaceship, visits Disney planets, and collects the macguffins to stop him. Sometimes Final Fantasy characters show up. The first game follows this, and then everything goes horribly off the rails, with clones, time travel, computer versions of yourself, cloning yourself in other peoples bodies, magically knowing where people are because they have an X on their clothes, Xi-blades pronounced as keyblades, and ancient Jedi orders of keyblade wielders. I cant believe anyone could make something so needlessly complicated. Superjail! Universe: Ive never heard of this show before. So, the premise is that theres a volcano inside of another volcano that houses billions of prisoners, all controlled by a psychopath who ensures that every episode ends with horrible carnage? This, uh, this sounds kind of unpleasant. Obviously, I understand that theyre going for surrealism, but honestly, I want none of this. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005 <cite>Anagram posted [p:937537670] in Anagram ra... [t:78588177]...</cite> <quote>British Empire Tier Foundation Universe Middle-Earth French Empire Tier Tetris Universe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Universe Flatland Aurbis Spira Spanish Empire Tier Babylon 5 Ivalice Rapture Scadriel One Piece Universe Xanth Orthogonal Universe Half-Life Universe German Empire Tier Bionis and Mechanis Eberron Nosgoth Roshar Zemuria Septerra Core Universe Animal Crossing Universe Portuguese Empire Tier Hopes Peak Academy The Expanse Universe Raccoon City Italian Empire Tier Kingdom Hearts Space Jam Superjail! Universe Dream Land ---- Gravity Falls Universe: I plan to watch this at some point, so I wont look it up for fear of spoilers. Sorry! Middle-Earth: You know, a lot of people like saying no sacred cows, or everything should be equally up for judgment and analysis. And I kind of disagree? Like can you imagine if Disney made crappy direct-to-video sequels for Snow White, or a live-action remake? Not even Disney has done that. Not even Disney. So asking me to judge Middle-Earth compared to other fantasy settings, when its the fantasy setting, seems similar to that. It just makes me feel like a jerk for trying. I will say this, though: Middle-Earth is the only setting that I give a full pass for for any generic fantasy stuff, since it obviously invented most of it. Scadriel: Ive only read the Mistborn trilogy, and not the later books. I like Sandersons attempt to include epic fantasy tropes (an ancient evil god that wants to blow up the world or whatever) and semi-humanizing them. I like the Lord-Rulers attempts to fix the world backfiring, which results in ash falling from the sky, a slave race, and all of that nasty stuff. Actually, some of the worldbuilding in Scadriel seemed a bit weak? I had basically no idea what was happening in the human areas outside of the capital and that one other city they visit in book 3. What I mean is that everything we encounter in the books directly relates to the plot; there didnt seem to be much in the way of background stuff. Im sure there was, but it certainly isnt shown in the actual story. This is veering off-topic a little, but Im not the biggest fan of highly-regulated magic with lots of rules. At that point, it becomes fantasy science. Sanderson is all about that, though, so his stuff doesnt quite jive with me. That said, Luthadel is a well-realized city with a social structure, economy, and religion, so I like it. Tetris Universe: In a dystopic world where ones value is determined by the shape hes born with, all children are brainwashed into giving their lives mere seconds after theyre born in a vain, endless attempt to keep the population itself from growing too high and exceeding the limits of the rectangle in which they live. How do they eliminate themselves? By ritualistic mass suicide. All of this in the service of making more room for the next generation. Never questioning their purpose, and praising and worshipping the near-mythical I-blocks that can help as many as four lines kill themselves at once, this world is one of the most depressing and horrifying realizations of socialist healthcare run amok. Babylon 5: My ideal TV show would be about the space UN, where incredibly boring politics are solved by alien ambassadors talking for forty-four minutes straight. The pilot episode would be about the Glorbulans delivering the Zorblaxians only 93% of the FTL fuel that was promised, and the Zorblaxians threatening a trade embargo in response, and the humans trying to prevent this because they fear the broader economic implications. Does Babylon 5 deliver on my stupid premise? Not really. There is some good space UN stuff, but its forgotten in favor of An Ancient Evil Awakens. Sure, later we learn that the ancient evil isnt evil, but whatever, I find mortals squabbling about nonsense to be more interesting than existential threats. Are you taking notes, Game of Thrones? Kingdom Hearts: Ive only played KH1 and 2, but I did watch a YouTube video about the plot of the series, so Ill do Kingdom Hearts in general instead of Castle Oblivion. This should have been the easiest premise ever. Kid on a planet learns that theres a space wizard who wants to destroy the universe or whatever, so he gets on a spaceship, visits Disney planets, and collects the macguffins to stop him. Sometimes Final Fantasy characters show up. The first game follows this, and then everything goes horribly off the rails, with clones, time travel, computer versions of yourself, cloning yourself in other peoples bodies, magically knowing where people are because they have an X on their clothes, Xi-blades pronounced as keyblades, and ancient Jedi orders of keyblade wielders. I cant believe anyone could make something so needlessly complicated. Superjail! Universe: Ive never heard of this show before. So, the premise is that theres a volcano inside of another volcano that houses billions of prisoners, all controlled by a psychopath who ensures that every episode ends with horrible carnage? This, uh, this sounds kind of unpleasant. Obviously, I understand that theyre going for surrealism, but honestly, I want none of this. --- Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig. Started: July 6, 2005</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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