u/Flaxorus-solar_cast

Finally got around to worldbuilding because I got to the realization that characters are hard to write in a void. Actually led me down an interesting path that I wanted to share here to possibly get some feedback.

The idea I have so far is that when a character dies, their soul is evaluated by one of the world's Watcher Gods to determine the faults and triumphs that determine where they go. There's no good or bad place to end up, it's more like being a puzzle piece that gets fit into its spot on the board. from there, the person is put in their determined region. They're left to wander on their own of a while, and will hop from town to town and from one fantastical biome to another. One day, they reach a place and notice a new home pop up. The town's Divine host welcomes them into the community as they've found where they're staying for the rest of their afterlife.

The story itself takes place in the town of Coreso, an especially odd community founded in an unusual anomaly. Originally meant as a serene gathering area, it was a tropical, coral-filled ocean fit into the size of a large lake. However, after some troublemakers were messing with one of the divine mediators, the mediator got petty and impulsively drained all of the water out of the lake. Worried about getting punished by higher-ups, the mediator took one of the hosts in training and had him find the community of coreso in the dried up pit so it all seemed intentional.

Admittedly a lot of this is kinda more than needed as i'm writing a character-focused story, but I want everything to have a reason for existing. In addition to the paragraphs above here are some other parts of this that work better as bullet points.

• The afterlife itself is composed of communities that take on a more pre-industrial lifestyle but with a more modern standard of living (more modern clothing styles also carry over from life. When the watcher Gods are choosing a person's destination, they also give them the most suitable outfit from their closet.)
• While I don't have much for the living world, I keep imagining it as a kinda neon city kinda vibe
• Towns will each get rankings for the hosts to go off of. But they can get pretty competitive about it

This is just what's come to my mind within the last few hours, would love to here y'alls thoughts!!

16 F, in USA, adhd and autism and take short acting dextroamphetemine

so basically the other day I got a really good sleep and then ended up feeling super tired the entire day after, like dozing off when I barely ever do that. likewise today I had stayed up till nearly 1 and yet have felt pretty good for all of today and it got me thinking about how I usually function fine despise not exactly getting all the recommended 8 hours.

to elaborate, my average sleep schedule during the week is usually 10:00 or 11:00-5:35 when my alarm goes off. but those 7.5-6.5 hours are also far from being all REM cycle cuz I feel like I’m just rolling around half the time. I sleep in some on weekends but not normally more than 10 hours. It’s not the 8 recommended so I just wanna know if some people naturally function alright on less sleep or if my schedule is not a big enough change/hasn’t caught up to me yet.

thanks in advance for any insight!!!