Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25758988-20160710224301/@comment-25926288-20160711230421

Reginaandgold101 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Reginaandgold and Esk, just wanted to say I found the talk about the EF's society really interesting. You have both put much more thought into it than the writers have. XD Thanks, it is an interesting topic. I am a big fan of understanding the world building of Once but annoyingly I think it will remain speculation as I doubt the writers will ever go into real detail.

As I can imagine it to be quite difficult to create a world, name towns and cities and create a value of things such as how much gold is a dwafs diamond? To know the answers to where does the money come from? Where does it go? Is a trade of cloth equal to a trade of fish? Then add in all the animals both real and mythical and then meld all of this into a well known fairy tale which needs to be twisted and reimaginned and evolved, then they need to create connections between EVERYBODY and then sprinkle all this with magic, how does it work and what can you do with it? Name spells, name potions and understand hand gestures.

So i can imagine the writers have a complicated job to do and maybe I am over thinking it but this is what happens when you start off so well in season 1 and then start skipping over details and giving us half hearted explanations for stuff. Or worse, not giving us explanations at all. Is it too much to ask for for a named kingdom for petes sake lol. Same. Love worldbuilding here to, but I think minute things like how much is a sheep can easily be passed upon. They do add somethings via props and concept art, but not nearly enough of what they could have. It took me a while to accept that the EF is super small due to improper planning.

We don't know the first thing about EF culture. Apparently they have a religion.....which we don't know of and goes unmentioned. They all live in these small vilages, outskirts, and can take a days walk to the next kingdom.

Plus, I do like hand gestures, which Cora is queen of when it comes to magic. But let's not drift off-topic because I can talk threads about worldbuilding and even expound on it and theories of Once. XD