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Challenge #126
Nov. 5th, 2022 12:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shivverI once saw a Tumblr post that noted that you have to be careful about using real-world references in fantasy fiction, that you shouldn't be calling the hairstyle your Lord of the Rings elf is wearing a French braid, because there is no France in that realm. You can really go down a rabbit hole with this (after all, you could say that you can't write LotR dialogue at all because English isn't a language there at all), but let's go with the spirit of the thought.
Write a scene set either in a fantasy realm or on a distant planet, with no humans to mention any Earth culture. It can be about anything, but include a familiar concept that has an Earth name. However, you have to transform it into that location's culture. This might be as simple as renaming that French braid as a Milvin twist, or you could describe the hairstyle rather than naming it. You don't need to include in your scene why it's called what it's called; just assume that the worldbuilding had been done earlier in the encapsulating story.
Write a scene set either in a fantasy realm or on a distant planet, with no humans to mention any Earth culture. It can be about anything, but include a familiar concept that has an Earth name. However, you have to transform it into that location's culture. This might be as simple as renaming that French braid as a Milvin twist, or you could describe the hairstyle rather than naming it. You don't need to include in your scene why it's called what it's called; just assume that the worldbuilding had been done earlier in the encapsulating story.
