Is it possible for two dimensions to exist on one planet?
I'm writing a fantasy comics and I am stuck on a particular idea. Imagine if Hell existed on our planet. Like hell is here, we simply cannot see it, because there is an invisible barrier between the two dimensions, stopping hell from overlapping with our dimension. So if this barrier broke, portals would start opening throughout the world, allowing things from the other side, hell, to get into our world. Would it be possible, even for a fantasy story?
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I'm writing a fantasy comics and I am stuck on a particular idea. Imagine if Hell existed on our planet. Like hell is here, we simply cannot see it, because there is an invisible barrier between the two dimensions, stopping hell from overlapping with our dimension. So if this barrier broke, portals would start opening throughout the world, allowing things from the other side, hell, to get into our world. Would it be possible, even for a fantasy story?
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China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
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@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because "Is it possible in a fantasy story" seems to have a very trivial "yes" answer and the question has no other issue or context to possibly restrict that.
– StephenG
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A list of fictional worlds where this is true would probably have dozens of thousands of entries.
– Renan
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I'm writing a fantasy comics and I am stuck on a particular idea. Imagine if Hell existed on our planet. Like hell is here, we simply cannot see it, because there is an invisible barrier between the two dimensions, stopping hell from overlapping with our dimension. So if this barrier broke, portals would start opening throughout the world, allowing things from the other side, hell, to get into our world. Would it be possible, even for a fantasy story?
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I'm writing a fantasy comics and I am stuck on a particular idea. Imagine if Hell existed on our planet. Like hell is here, we simply cannot see it, because there is an invisible barrier between the two dimensions, stopping hell from overlapping with our dimension. So if this barrier broke, portals would start opening throughout the world, allowing things from the other side, hell, to get into our world. Would it be possible, even for a fantasy story?
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China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
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@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
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Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
– L.Dutch♦
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because "Is it possible in a fantasy story" seems to have a very trivial "yes" answer and the question has no other issue or context to possibly restrict that.
– StephenG
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A list of fictional worlds where this is true would probably have dozens of thousands of entries.
– Renan
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China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
– AlexP
yesterday
@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
yesterday
Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
– L.Dutch♦
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because "Is it possible in a fantasy story" seems to have a very trivial "yes" answer and the question has no other issue or context to possibly restrict that.
– StephenG
yesterday
A list of fictional worlds where this is true would probably have dozens of thousands of entries.
– Renan
yesterday
China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
– AlexP
yesterday
China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
– AlexP
yesterday
@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
yesterday
@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
yesterday
Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
– L.Dutch♦
yesterday
Related: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/70068/30492
– L.Dutch♦
yesterday
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because "Is it possible in a fantasy story" seems to have a very trivial "yes" answer and the question has no other issue or context to possibly restrict that.
– StephenG
yesterday
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because "Is it possible in a fantasy story" seems to have a very trivial "yes" answer and the question has no other issue or context to possibly restrict that.
– StephenG
yesterday
A list of fictional worlds where this is true would probably have dozens of thousands of entries.
– Renan
yesterday
A list of fictional worlds where this is true would probably have dozens of thousands of entries.
– Renan
yesterday
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Of course.
As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.
You get the point with this kind of question.
Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)
Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.
Problem solved!
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It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
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Yes, it is a very common clichè.
To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.
References:
For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker
For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld
Specific about Hell and its gates:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate
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Of course.
As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.
You get the point with this kind of question.
Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)
Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.
Problem solved!
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It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
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Of course.
As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.
You get the point with this kind of question.
Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)
Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.
Problem solved!
answered yesterday
elemtilas
12.2k22655
It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
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Of course.
As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.
You get the point with this kind of question.
Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)
Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.
Problem solved!
answered yesterday
elemtilas
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Of course.
As with many aspects of writing fantasy, the answer will almost always be "yes, of course! It's your world, you make up the rules!" Like: Can I have dragons? YES. Can I have Elves? YES. Can I have portals? YES. Can I have polydimensional beings that ordinarily consist of dissociated arrays of tentacles bilocate into our universe as large purple dragonflies? YES.
You get the point with this kind of question.
Works for sci-fi too, even though they don't always like to admit it! :)
Basically this works because you will show, through your story telling, and possibly through visual art techniques, that people in the ordinary dimension can not see or interact with people in the demonic dimension. You'll eventually show how the break-down occurs and how people cross through the portals.
Problem solved!
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elemtilas
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elemtilas
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12.2k22655
It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
add a comment |
It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
It works great for SciFi. Consider the Star Trek NG episode, "Time's Arrow" where the "dimension" was simply existing in time a fraction of a second away from where we're living in time. Whether you liked the episode or not, it was a brilliant way of looking at the 4th dimension.
– JBH
7 hours ago
add a comment |
Yes, it is a very common clichè.
To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.
References:
For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker
For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld
Specific about Hell and its gates:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate
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Yes, it is a very common clichè.
To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.
References:
For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker
For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld
Specific about Hell and its gates:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate
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Yes, it is a very common clichè.
To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.
References:
For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker
For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld
Specific about Hell and its gates:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate
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Yes, it is a very common clichè.
To make it into a less common clichè, perhaps, you could have that your world is already hell, but people just don't realize it.
References:
For travelling across dimensions that exist in the same world:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowWalker
For a world that has gates to other dimensions:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PortalCrossroadWorld
Specific about Hell and its gates:
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hellgate
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China Miéville's The City & the City (2009) "won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, Arthur C. Clarke Award, World Fantasy Award, BSFA Award and the Kitschies Red Tentacle, and tied for the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel". A TV mini-series (which I haven't seen) has been made by the BBC in 2018.
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@AlexP thanks. This is the first time I'm hearing about this. I'll check it out
– Nass King
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because "Is it possible in a fantasy story" seems to have a very trivial "yes" answer and the question has no other issue or context to possibly restrict that.
– StephenG
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A list of fictional worlds where this is true would probably have dozens of thousands of entries.
– Renan
yesterday