Utherworlds

[pyraxis]

I discovered, yesterday, another worldwalker come to Earth from the dreaming. His name is Lucas Sellers and he claims to be just a messenger, and I can see why: the sheer force of vision behind him steamrollers flat any personality he might have had. And that's okay - messenger is a very important role in the multiverse. But his mission (through the link, click "My Message" in the lower right) - and its overwhelming success - raises a hundred questions for me about our own mission.

The Utherworlds business model is very similar to the ideas I have been playing with for the Water Song project, and selling Karn, Ua, and Tapolith on Earth as a new IP. There is a limited edition graphic novel by Ballistic Publishing, soundtrack by Alan Hewitt, a blog, forum, and introductory website. The man Lucas Sellers has hooked up with is exceedingly powerful: Philip Straub, a world-renowned concept artist who has worked with some of the same companies pyraxis has worked with. In fact, she has spent time working down the hall, without knowing it, from one of the people closely involved with the project development.

This leaves many questions for those of us on the committe who are interested in advocacy. Yes, I'm looking at you, leader-of-the-toren. I know that what you want is more than pretty pictures backed up by a marketing machine. Care to explain to us what it is?

That goes for any other worldwalkers, dreamers and multiples out there who have connections to rich undiscovered lands, or who are just awesome people from worlds other than Earth, and are interested in what it would mean to see themselves and their homes well known over here. Or perhaps more than that - who know a little of the fight Lucas is facing on the other side. I see incredible possibility in communities like multipliticy, lacking the organization, connections and business sense - let alone the emotional strength and fighting spirit - to walk openly on Earth as Lucas seems to be doing and let others see all the glory and truth and passion they already live in. There is a big opportunity waiting for us to create a context that singlets can understand, a new mass media image beyond the classic DID stereotypes.

- Lin, Raba Ua

Comments

[yonjuunana.livejournal.com]

There is a big opportunity waiting for us to create a context that singlets can understand, a new mass media image beyond the classic DID stereotypes.

I'll probably respond more later when I have time, but yes- I think I mentioned earlier that there seems to me like there's a huge void out there of information on multiplicity. Not talking about the classic DID stuff, but the creative side of things. It sucks because it would be great to have the info out there so more people could understand, but at the same time having a void creates a big opportunity to fill that void, and whoever successfully gets there first will both be able to do a lot of good in terms of advocacy, as well as possibly getting a fair amount of recognition and get their art/world more out there.

[pyraxis]

Yes, I'm looking at you, leader-of-the-toren. I know that what you want is more than pretty pictures backed up by a marketing machine. Care to explain to us what it is?

Yeh cause this is such a great place to talk about being invisible. Karn they try to kill us, Earth they just Attempt to Disbelieve.

I'll tell you what's real. A country full of scared people who think they're gonna get hijacked on planes when they're really the strongest group in the world. Buncha scared multiples too who think they're gonna be committed for insanity, and there's no better way to get all your rights and freedoms bulldozed than be committed for insanity.

Ya know what, there's already a world full of RPG's and nobody calls that insane. What scares people is how far a multiple takes it: far enough that you have to question your own reality. Your assumptions. That fear's not gonna go away cause people are always scared of the unknown. And multiples don't like RPG people, why, cause RPG characters are created discarded and controlled at whim and us, we like our free will.

We like our free will.

That's what has to be defended outside the pretty pictures. The idea that 'characters' can have a mind of their own, and then a place for them to develop it. Cause it takes a lot of fumbling and awkwardness to learn how to use your free will even when you've got it. It's a call people will answer and orbit in secret, symbol-stalking. Come out of the woodwork at odd times. We gotta give them a woodwork to come out of. Have a presence loud enough to build an environment where they feel safe to speak as themselves.

[yonjuunana.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha, uhh, I had a dream last night that you and Shashigai were living in Washington and looking to buy a new house, and I was all excited about that and following you guys around to help you check out houses. Daria (who had her own physical body IRL) was there, too. And we looked at this one house you really liked, but Daria disapproved because it turns out she's very obsessive and knowledgeable about house architecture styles and the house had trim that was a style she didn't like.

WTF, brain?! XD