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Is 'Primrose Guard' an alright name for a fantasy-setting military? (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 days ago by Osana@hexbear.net to c/worldbuilding@hexbear.net

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The good guys are a leftist Kingdom with gender-equality (sortof a matriarchy).

So I'm going with a deliberately girly name.

Wondering what comes to your mind when you hear this? Does it work as a name?

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 1 points 3 days ago

Yes, Discworld would be a good comparison for the silliness, and it has a benevolent dictator

I love how Vetinari develops over the series

'll just lean into the sinister aspects of matriarchy. I remember an interview where Chuck Palahnuik said that his writing-students always try to solve the problems in their stories, and he has to tell them, "No, don't solve it, make it worse!" Resolving tension leaves you in a serene greyness – you should be trying to intensify it. And I already risk making the queendom a utopia, the more tensions I have in there the better.

Honestly that's exactly what I was hoping you'd say.

50 replies later I have my answer

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