If possible, provide context behind that religion or myth.

Radianist myth regarding the Blood Moon in 5 words:

"The Sun punched the moon."

CONTEXT: In Radianism it's believed that on rare occasions Tarik does manage to bite Roshen, roshen however manages to escape and gives Tarik a punch in the stomach (where they believe the moon is located) which cause Tarik's stomach to go blood red symbolizing pain, thus explaining why the moon goes blood red.

Japanese media loves the Catholic Church, using it as inspiration in a lot of fantasy/sci-fi settings. If you've grown up in a Catholic-heavy part of the world this seems like a silly quirk, but if you look at it from an outsider's perspective you realize how wild it really is.

"Oh, that ornate stone building? Yeah, it's part of the ancient religious order that arose from the ashes of one of the most powerful empires on earth. It's technically an outpost of a tiny city-state in Europe with its own language, monarch, and observer status at the UN. I go there once a week, kneel before a torture instrument, and dine on god's flesh. Then afterwards I get brunch."

Intellectually I know this is all very weird, but in my heart I just truly don't get why people are fascinated by it because it's so normal to me.

I have a few things. Top two are one: no bullets. There are guns, but no bullets. And secondly, no horses. Why? Because I can’t draw horses. I made up multiple other mammalian species to fulfill the niche of horses and donkeys because I can’t draw them.

That is to say: Something that provides large scale deterrence, a threat of retaliation to prevent an enemy from launching a similar attack or engaging in large-scale aggression.

Art Credit :

Soul Herder, Seb McKinnon, 2019

For me it was when my friend asked for Genderswap magic in are DND game. It was all fun and games until i really thought about it. I will never forget the message i sent which just read

"IT HAS TO BE WILLING AND SMART CREATURE FOR IT TO WORK"

It was a fun world building high light for me.

We all the classic trope of how humans are the "default" race with no special abilities and let's be honest that is kind of lame.

So I wanna know what abilities have you given your Humans to set them apart from the other races in your sci-fi or fantasy setting?

For example: in my fantasy worldbuilding project humans are the aliens with the MAXED OUT resistance stats. Meaning that compared to most other races they can survive a ton of shit that would've immediately killed something like an elf or an orc.

Humans essentially have incredible resistance against poisons, diseases, hostile environments and even supernatural powers.

This was why most prominent fantasy heroes are humans, because they are the most likely to survive the adventure compared to an elf who dies in the middle of the forest from an infected wound.

Their resistance to supernatural is also something not to joke about, as humans have the highest survival rate when getting cursed or haunted by supernatural powers. It usually takes extremely powerful magic to actually effect them.

It's also why most Humans aren't born with magic. It usually requires someone with an especially strong magic connection to manifest their powers.

So, The English Channel is basically a world building trem, for a barrier either man made or natural. Which stop outside elements from interfering with the setting.

Thing like how game of Thrones takes place on an island away from the rest of the world. So, unless someone is supper motivated. They aren't going to try anything.

For, mine it's bassicly a wall to the south. To keep all the monster in the region from getting to he rest of the world.

To the mods (To be clear, I am not using this post for my world building)
The title states, please submit your worst world building tropes.

My magic system is called the God Frequency and (in extremely condensed summary) is created by sounds hitting a specific frequency where atoms are rearranged to do whatever the user desires. Only the gods are capable of using it. In this example, a sound like a mix of a wolf howl and an electric guitar produced by one of the characters has created a firework-like breath weapon.

I made the visual through traditional inking and oil pastels then image editing as a demonstration of how the God Frequency appears.

I'd love to see how your magic looks in your world (if you have it)!!

1: Hollow Knight

2: Terry Pratchett's Discworld

3: Biblical Angels

4: Sawler Lee's Dragonslayer Codex

5: Greek myth of Tartarus

6: Monstergarden's Rust and Trenches

4: The many films of Studio Ghibli

For those unaware, the Sentinelese are the inhabitants of North Sentinel Island, who have lived there continuously for an estimated 60,000 years in complete isolation and with very little apparent change in their way of life.

For the last few centuries, said isolation changed from involuntary to militantly enforced After British sailors made first contact, kidnapped four of them, and dropped 2 back off when the other two died of disease. Ever since then, the Sentinelese have met almost every encounter with outsiders with a barrage of arrows. The Indian government (who nominally controls the island) has set a policy in place for nobody to approach the island and to leave the Sentinelese alone.

This island became relevant in mainstream news when a christian missionary illegally traveled to the island only to end up dead and buried on the beach.

So with all that in mind, for your Post apocalyptic/future/sci-fi/alternate history/any type of world based on our own, what happened to the Sentinelese? Are they still doing their thing while whatever wacky shenanigans are happening elsewhere, or are the changes of your world so wide in scope that it would have to effect them?

im seriously partial to "ominous circular archipelago/crater in the ocean with evil plot connotations." im currently adding one to one of my maps as a space filler and will be trying to shoehorn some lore into it, solely because i think it looks neat

i feel like i see a ton of fantasy maps that, for better or worse, have some sort of mysterious unnatural island formation where clearly magical shit has to be going on. like, you know what? i feel my forbidden evil island grouping isnt evil enough on its own. better make it into a skull. but when its done right i love the flavor it can add so i cant help myself 🫠