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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Unsung" data-source="post: 6608013" data-attributes="member: 6781406">Wonky oddball ideas definitely have a place here. Read the books and you'll see what I mean. @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=11146" target="_blank">CanadienneBacon</a> Children being raised for organs and harvested before the age of majority is exactly the right kind of dark for the Culture to intervene in. It's the kind of thing that the technology to grow organs and limbs from scratch can make obsolete, yet a civilization that would engage in that kind of thing obviously has some problems beyond not having enough organs to go around. I like it! Some kind of biopunk horrorshow planet, or more than one planet. Hidden behind a wholesome homespun exterior, maybe. I haven't read Unwound, but that's what the synopsis makes me think of.I'd encourage you elaborate on the systemic horrors of such a world. Make it as difficult as possible for the Culture to fix. Give yourselves something to do. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=4936" target="_blank">Shayuri</a> The rights of artificial beings are a nonissue in the Culture (obviously), but there are plenty of civilizations where that's not the case. Righting that wrong is doubtless a pet issue for several Minds, and an ongoing mission to some section of Special Circumstances. If you want the best of both worlds (so to speak), you could, as you've mentioned, be a recently emancipated AI given freedom by the Culture-- and, possibly for the first time, a body. The newness of that experience could be another arc for the character.As you've probably guessed, certain elements within Special Circumstances are big fans of poetic justice and letting refugees strike back against their oppressors, but these are the exceptions rather than the rule. Mainstream Culture citizens couldn't really approve of such activities. It might be satisfying to act out your vengeance, but it might be more dramatic to have to try and live without it. Just a thought.Thanks for the kind words, @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=40413" target="_blank">GlassEye</a>. Any tentative thoughts as to the sort of character you'd want to play? Not holding you to anything. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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