Xoqiytz: The Great Boil Erupts
Shah-k-ee-yihy-tih-z
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Jul 17, 2020 21:39
Wonderful desaster. Really good work. The concept alone of what to the god is merely a disgusting part of life turning into a cataclysm for the mortals is great. Great work as always, Timepool. Also is that a Lovecraft reference I spot in your Windpeople?
Jul 17, 2020 22:20
by Grace Gittel Lewis
Thank you! And no, it is not— I've yet to read through all of his work. I wouldn't want to directly use any of his creatures, either!
Jul 18, 2020 09:46
Oh no, I didn't want to imply that! They just reminded me of smth and it just seemed plausible, your love for Eldritch beings and all. Having reread the story they are mentioned in, I can assure you that it's in no way a copy of his flying polyps.
Jul 18, 2020 23:01
by Dr Emily Vair-Turnbull
Ewwww. But also, wonderful disaster. I love that this was basically this world's extinction event, and that the civilisations that have come before have left ruins and fossils behind for the modern day people to explore. I also like the reference to the melted glass in the desert, which kind of shows the disaster still has an ongoing presence in the world. My favourite thing is that people don't believe this was really a thing that happened, haha.
Jul 19, 2020 00:01
by Grace Gittel Lewis
Thank you! Yeah, I wanted to have a Toba equivalent here— but give it more impact.
Oct 28, 2020 19:30
by R. Dylon Elder
Ah gross... but good god I don't think I've ever seen a myth that discussed how the body of a god, usually the body of the world, could decay? I mean that makes sense. It's amazing. I could be remembering wrong. It is a dead created god right? Or maybe deathlike slumber? Regardless, its Well done, good sir. I found a little error, "civilizations living upon Qet the time" at the time I think. The visual of the glass towers slowly breakingdown, feeding the horrors is awesome. I just love Qet.
Oct 28, 2020 21:30
by Grace Gittel Lewis
Thank you! I haven't heard of any that do, either. And yes— I did write an article on Qetlon themselves a month or two ago which reiterates the origins and decay thing more clearly. Thanks for catching that!
Oct 28, 2020 21:33
by R. Dylon Elder
Gooood I remember correctly. It didn't occur to me then, despite it being mentioned :/ my bad lol.
Another interesting article! One day I'll have enough time to read everything you've ever written for that world, one day... but in the meantime, I really like that despite being the correct theory, most people do not believe that there was a great catastrophe.
Thank you! There's no pressure to read everything, there are SEVERAL worlds I wish to do that with as well, just takes a lot of time! Glad you like the detail on those who are correct not being believed— it's how discoveries can often go, after all.