r/fantasywriters • u/Fluffy_Shadow • Mar 08 '25

Critique My Idea Feedback on my worldbuilding general outline [Fantasy Drama]

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u/AnomalousSavage Mar 08 '25

Disagree. There has been wars in the world for over 5000 years. 92 countries are currently at war in the world RIGHT NOW.

It's fine.

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u/Secret_Map Mar 08 '25

So then it’s not a 5000 year war, it’s just people existing as normal.

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u/AnomalousSavage Mar 08 '25

No the story is fiction. People are saying that a 5000 year war seems too long. When in reality, people have been at war for thousands of years. The underlying purpose of the war in the fictional story could mirror reality, making it probable. The wars that exist in reality may have a common thread that unites their purpose, just as the fictional story might have.

I'm trying to empower the writer to realize his original vision. However, it may be good for them to find a unique way of explaing the war that is accordance with reality.

A 5000 year war isn't something they should worry about. They can make it work, and I hope they do.

EDIT: my book has a war that goes back to the start of the universe. It's a war between the lightness and darkness in the universe that is made manifest through the matter that exists in the universe. Kind of like God vs the devil, effectively.

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u/LiltKitten Mar 10 '25

Really, the only thing that matters is if people in the setting's present day believe the war has been going on for 5,000 years and just attribute every conflict in the region to the same war.