Starfield. Its boring as fuk, and that’s what you want. Nice quiet life. With spaceships.
Stardew Valley. Theres some fucked up shit beneath the surface, but you can financially support yourself just from taking nature walks. thats all i want.
Animal Crossing for me.
I would have said Adventure Time but someone else got there first. I’m only about a third in but maybe Persona (5)? For the music alone 🎶
Idiocracy, at least Kamacho is kompetent
The one where common sense is actually common.
Sigil, FR
Discworld.
Tron, throw me in the computer.
An alternate universe where the shooter didn’t miss.
Star Trek.
TNG era Star Trek; not modern Trek.
This is the one. A post scarcity society where you can do just about anything you want as long as you have a certain minimum proficiency. Plus, almost all the life threatening shenanigans happen way out in space far enough away it’s just part of the background news.
Wheel of time
Star Trek
As someone with some profound ADHD that has affected my career, I have to say, I would be fucking amazing in the Star Trek universe. For someone with an interest-based focus ability, a society where the standard of social merit is, “do cool shit you’re passionate about,” would be Heaven. I can do things. I can do amazing things. When I’m passionate about something, I can move mountains. But stick me in a cubicle and ask me to do the same grind day in, day out? I really struggle. Some people say they would just disappear forever into the Holodeck. But for me, the coolest thing about the Star Trek universe is that regular people can simply do whatever they’re most passionate about, without concern for monetary profit.
Can’t imagine what specific passion you might have. Unforeseeable, that.
Easy. A post-scarcity world sounds amazing. Never have to really worry about the necessities, just explore whatever art or joy you have.
Sure, you can live in the Star Trek universe. In 2026.
Enjoy the impending Eugenics Wars and Post-Atomic Horror.
Haha I was gonna reply with something similar. If you choose the Star Trek universe, then you’d better get awfully specific about when, where, and who you are.
We’re getting close to the Bell riots.
The Bell Riots were supposed to have happened two years ago.
Yeah the timeline is a little messed up. Pretty sure it just got delayed
Instead of sanctuary districts for dims we’ve got concentration camps for immigrants.
It’s a cliche at this point, but I think that means we’re in the mirror universe.
Star trek but in 1417.
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The Cosmere, specifically post-Catacendre Scadrial. The vibe is just so cool between Wild West and 1930s New York mixed with amazing powers that anyone can use given the right tech.
I mean, practically? Orion’s Arm.
Taking care of humanity is literally trivial.
There’s a big soup of civilizations and frontiers and mysteries to explore. Some danger to keep it interesting. Infinite and transcendental pleasure to experience, entire simulated worlds you can try.
But it’s grounded in real physics, so you don’t get that big can of worms from living in a universe that isn’t… self-consistent.
In other words, its as sci-fi as you can possibly get without things getting timey wimey.
But my adventure-yearning-heart says Avatar.
Bending is just so freaking cool. It’s the best magic system ever.
Honestly, my own, but it would depend heavily on exactly where.
In the city of Dragonwatch on New Earth, humans, chimera, and xenos live together in something resembling the modern world but cooler. There’s public transit and healthcare that actually work. Augmetics are common, but not required. Nobody uses the terms ‘cis’ or ‘trans’ because changing your gender just isn’t a big deal. And because I’m writing smut, there’s plenty of opportunities for vigorous entertainment.
Also, no cell service. I’m bringing back phone booths. If you want a network connection outside your house, you go to a terminal and plug your slate into the network. None of this instant communication that’s ruining fiction these days.
I haven’t actually written much, and I’m committed to do the actual writing part without ai, and it’s going very slowly (was really proud of doing 15k words in two weeks and since then I’ve done 100 words in six months). I do use ai for compiling my notes and exploring ideas, and for other uses outside this project. That’s going to be an automatic no from some people and I respect that. If it helps, 99% of the major character and locations and other important details I had established before generative ai was a thing. I’ve been dicking around with this setting since 2001, and have only started using ai a couple years ago.
Anyway, external validation helps the creative process, if my setting sounds interesting I’d love suggestions for communities where I can post chapters when I eventually have something worth sharing.
