I started with the image because it is on my mind. Is NYC Gotham? It feels so obvious but once you start to factor in other things I had questions. The answer is no. Sure, Gotham may be based on an Idea of NYC, but Gotham (and bludhaven) are in New Jersey. That is a wild revelation to me. Not only that, there are under 300,000 residents in the city. Bludhaven (Nightwing’s ‘jursidiction’) is under 80K. I’ve long thought the cities were larger than that. I suppose it show that I have a very warped sense of how large these places are/should be. Random, to be clear, but it is something that has been on my mind in terms of world building. I gotta get better at realizing the size of things and thinking about what size things should be. I am going to spend some legitimate time world building the fantasy world’s history so that I can reach an understanding of that world and the conflicts and the stories I actually want to tell in that world. Unlike Tolkien, this is not going to be a direct comparison to RL places and races.
Some Thoughts:
- Found myself a really solid ASMR dude voice. Not quite Bob Ross level (who has been less effective as of late), but lacks the rampant oversexualization that really makes me feel odd enjoying the media.