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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8527884" data-attributes="member: 6704184">The idea of there not being any difference between the space below the clouds and that between the planet and the sun is…huge.&nbsp; &nbsp;That’s a very different cosmology than our own, in a way that I think would be pretty interesting to explore.&nbsp; &nbsp;Like…imagine the view of earth from the moon. Now imagine that there isn’t a visible shell of atmosphere around the earth.&nbsp; &nbsp;Idk maybe I’m not articulating what is so massively different about a space you can just fly a regular old airplane through, leaving the planet without any more effort than it takes to fly laterally. A hot air balloon could go to the moon and back. There is no barrier.&nbsp; &nbsp;It’s a fun idea. Combine it with &nbsp;&nbsp;“what are the stars? Well, some are the spirit lanterns that we send up into the air every year. Others are balls of burning gas that planets orbit. That one there is the chariot of Amun Aran, and of course our sun is a star, from the perspective of some very far away on some strange world we’ve never heard of. To us, she is The Mother, and the stories aren’t metaphors. She really is a celestial dragon, sleeping but aware, protecting our world and giving us light.”&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;weird stars, and you’ve got the start of a really cool setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 8527884, member: 6704184"] The idea of there not being any difference between the space below the clouds and that between the planet and the sun is…huge. That’s a very different cosmology than our own, in a way that I think would be pretty interesting to explore. Like…imagine the view of earth from the moon. Now imagine that there isn’t a visible shell of atmosphere around the earth. Idk maybe I’m not articulating what is so massively different about a space you can just fly a regular old airplane through, leaving the planet without any more effort than it takes to fly laterally. A hot air balloon could go to the moon and back. There is no barrier. It’s a fun idea. Combine it with “what are the stars? Well, some are the spirit lanterns that we send up into the air every year. Others are balls of burning gas that planets orbit. That one there is the chariot of Amun Aran, and of course our sun is a star, from the perspective of some very far away on some strange world we’ve never heard of. To us, she is The Mother, and the stories aren’t metaphors. She really is a celestial dragon, sleeping but aware, protecting our world and giving us light.” weird stars, and you’ve got the start of a really cool setting. [/QUOTE]

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