"Aliens saved the dinosaurs because a mutant frogozoid tried to eat the stars."
Can we save that for the next incarnation of the thread?
"Aliens saved the dinosaurs because a mutant frogozoid tried to eat the stars."
Can we save that for the next incarnation of the thread?
It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.
Verisimilitude -- n, the appearance or semblance of truth, likelihood, or probability.
The concern is not realism in speculative fiction, but rather the sense that a setting or story could be real, fostered by internal consistency and coherence.
The Worldbuilding Forum -- where realities are born.