was it intentional that you precisely replicated Evangeline's character voice for the Ghost Cock exchange? it only heightens the comedy to imagine her in the lead role there.
this is a wonderful explanation and a novel concept. the purposeful play of tension between "phasmatopia's" linguistic roots feels just right; it absolutely is useful to have to square these kinds of gentle contractions, moreso when stepping outside the borders of logic and consensus. i've been fond of aidan wachter's term "the field" to describe this outside-area, but you aren't wrong that it evokes the idea of something a fair bit *emptier,* or more desolate, than that of a -topia. maybe, rather than building administration and trade as humans do, the nature of the phasmata is to build upon themselves and each other: cities of rockfalls and log-jams, terracing untamed spiritual landscapes. or that's the rough image that comes to my mind, anyway.
can't wait to see you do more work investigating this concept. great to be here for the grand unveiling!
Ah, fantastic. I wait 6 weeks to have the time, space and wifi to catch up on some good Substacks and then two ghost cocks come along at once.
I would say 'keep it up', but...
This is phasmatastic...
...I'll see myself out.
was it intentional that you precisely replicated Evangeline's character voice for the Ghost Cock exchange? it only heightens the comedy to imagine her in the lead role there.
this is a wonderful explanation and a novel concept. the purposeful play of tension between "phasmatopia's" linguistic roots feels just right; it absolutely is useful to have to square these kinds of gentle contractions, moreso when stepping outside the borders of logic and consensus. i've been fond of aidan wachter's term "the field" to describe this outside-area, but you aren't wrong that it evokes the idea of something a fair bit *emptier,* or more desolate, than that of a -topia. maybe, rather than building administration and trade as humans do, the nature of the phasmata is to build upon themselves and each other: cities of rockfalls and log-jams, terracing untamed spiritual landscapes. or that's the rough image that comes to my mind, anyway.
can't wait to see you do more work investigating this concept. great to be here for the grand unveiling!