An alternate universe where the shooter didn’t miss.
As awful as Rimworld can be, there’s also some amazing tech that would be great to have. Sure 99% of the planet is some combination of nuclear wasteland, cannibals, Eldritch terrors, ravenous marauding insect swarms and capricious machine god puppets, but my colony is a paradise bastion where each colonist is perfected, given only the taks that fulfill them most, and catered to every need and desire in utmost luxury. Except body purists, but fuck those guys some people simply refuse to be happy.
I feel like I’d totally die of an infected papercut or get mauled by a pack of rampaging Labradors on the Rim, but in the meantime I volunteer for crafting/ research duty!
In my colony, it would never come to that. The medical trainee on duty would amputate and fix you up with a badass bionic spine, kidney and arm the minute the paper cut occurred and probably implant you with some custom genetics while you’re under. But if it did get that far, possibly due to a surgical mishap, we always keep the medicine cabinet stocked with resurrection nanites just in case. As for the Labradors, what’s left of them after the minefield and auto guns, every citizen over the age of 13 is armed at all times with their preferred weapon type and a suit of power armor, so you and your neighbors and the security robots and your faithful alpha thrumbo will certainly be able to handle it.
most of them seem to require an advanced alien/ being to save “humanity”
Culture
Star Trek.
TNG era Star Trek; not modern Trek.
So long as it’s post-show, I would have basically zero qualms living in the Summer Camp Island universe. No spoilers as to why.
I also wouldn’t mind living in the Legend of Hei universe if I was a spirit. The caveat being I am some animal spirit. Otherwise, I probably wouldn’t like it as much. Being a human looking spirit or like that one weird looking blue guy whose cave was turned into a tourist attraction would be kinda mid for me.
Then again, I see no reason why I wouldn’t love to be in a peaceful enough looking universe as Angry Beavers ( but only if I were a beaver or otter ).
Similar thing with Tiny Toon Adventures. Seems like a fine enough fictional world to live in and, if I’m lucky, I think I’d fit in at Acme Looniversity, if I was an animal toon young enough to attend instead of being my current age. Would be kinda creepy for me to be mg current age and attending that school as a student…
Although, I think I wouldn’t mind being my main Toontown character… so long as tge world isn’t as small as the game is. If it were an actual fleshed out world, you bet your jellybeans that I would be off fighting cogs!
Yeah, so I am gonna stop here because there are a TON of different cartoon/cartoon adjacent/animated universes I wouldn’t mind living in.
Seinaru Otome to Himegoto wo
I’ll take my chances of death by snu snu.
Very few of them, which annoys me. 90% of fictional universes are dystopian, on the edge of collapse, and only savable by a smaller group.
The Trails games kind of stood out for having a world that’s usually on pace, and isn’t even aware of whatever sinister plot your detectives/adventurers are looking into.
For a second I thought you said the ‘Trials’ games. I guess living in a world of cartoonish side scrolling motocross wouldn’t be so bad
Not even Trials is safe from dystopian sci-fi. The series has some gnarly entries lol
Frankly, any cozy-game universe would probably be perfect. Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, Hello Kitty Island Adventure, Disney Dreamlight Valley. Even if I end up bored of all the happiness, I can go villain then later have a redemption arc.
Whichever universe food commercials take place in. Soon as someone says their hungry the most beautiful food appears instantly but somehow no one ever gets fat. I know that IRL those commercials use paint, woodchips and all sort of nasty stuff to get it looking like that, but IN UNIVERSE everyone loves it. I wanna live there.
Less well known but,
Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers or
The nine worlds of The Hands of the Emporer by Victoria Goddard
nice people doing the best they can, in a world that isn’t like our current dystopia
I want to live in Gorjo City. Post stipend, please.
In Psalm, would you want to be a robot or a human?
Just assumed I had to be a human, but now given the choice, I’ll take life as a robot.
The Culture
Most correct answer possible.
Culture. No question.
Wouldn’t mind a lift, if the good ship Arbitrary is listening.
Always my first thought when I see this question
same
I’m coming with you.
The world of Shrek has tons of cool magic in it, sign me up! But also most cartoon/animation worlds, where you can survive all sorts of physical shenanigans with no injuries or consequences.
Star Trek
As someone with some profound ADHD that has affected my career, I have to say, I would be fucking amazing in the Star Trek universe. For someone with an interest-based focus ability, a society where the standard of social merit is, “do cool shit you’re passionate about,” would be Heaven. I can do things. I can do amazing things. When I’m passionate about something, I can move mountains. But stick me in a cubicle and ask me to do the same grind day in, day out? I really struggle. Some people say they would just disappear forever into the Holodeck. But for me, the coolest thing about the Star Trek universe is that regular people can simply do whatever they’re most passionate about, without concern for monetary profit.
Can’t imagine what specific passion you might have. Unforeseeable, that.
Easy. A post-scarcity world sounds amazing. Never have to really worry about the necessities, just explore whatever art or joy you have.
Sure, you can live in the Star Trek universe. In 2026.
Enjoy the impending Eugenics Wars and Post-Atomic Horror.
We’re getting close to the Bell riots.
The Bell Riots were supposed to have happened two years ago.
Yeah the timeline is a little messed up. Pretty sure it just got delayed
Haha I was gonna reply with something similar. If you choose the Star Trek universe, then you’d better get awfully specific about when, where, and who you are.
Star trek but in 1417.
Sign me up and call me Q.
Okay B
