Hrm.
I think it's a bit much to dedicate an entire Earth in the rosette to only Steam Punk, and primarily because many Steam Punk stories are set, if not in their own invented world, then usually in Europe - in particular, Britain.
Additionally, something else is that Steam Punk usually see a LOT of cross contamination with Magical Fantasy elements. Standout Examples: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; The Golden Compass. Though this only stands to reason as the time periods that Steampunk tends to occupy represent the industrial revolution. And what better way to explain away the more fantastical elements of Steampunk than with Magic?
Capes-themed settings kinda suffers from the same issue as Steampunk - there's a lot of cross contamination from other settings, and the lines tend to be blurred. Even more so, in fact, because they tend to span into different time periods, and even overlap with Steampunk in some cases.
As for the pushback, I think that was primarily from Labster, and mainly because whenever you have someone like Superman in the room, he tends to suck up all the metaphorical space in the metaphorical room.
Which, okay. Yeah. I can get it.
But the answer to this problem is very, very simple.
Don't write stories about Superman.
There is no mandate at all that once he's present, we absolutely must center the universe around him. (Or any other Cape in particular for that matter.) Sure, he's around. He's active and doing heroic stuff. But he's mainly confined to one world. And the Metacontinuity is literally a Gods-awfully Big Place.
As for where to put them all? Steampunk and Capes? I don't have any solid ideas myself. But I do have ideas. They are:
I think it's a bit much to dedicate an entire Earth in the rosette to only Steam Punk, and primarily because many Steam Punk stories are set, if not in their own invented world, then usually in Europe - in particular, Britain.
Additionally, something else is that Steam Punk usually see a LOT of cross contamination with Magical Fantasy elements. Standout Examples: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; The Golden Compass. Though this only stands to reason as the time periods that Steampunk tends to occupy represent the industrial revolution. And what better way to explain away the more fantastical elements of Steampunk than with Magic?
Capes-themed settings kinda suffers from the same issue as Steampunk - there's a lot of cross contamination from other settings, and the lines tend to be blurred. Even more so, in fact, because they tend to span into different time periods, and even overlap with Steampunk in some cases.
As for the pushback, I think that was primarily from Labster, and mainly because whenever you have someone like Superman in the room, he tends to suck up all the metaphorical space in the metaphorical room.
Which, okay. Yeah. I can get it.
But the answer to this problem is very, very simple.
Don't write stories about Superman.
There is no mandate at all that once he's present, we absolutely must center the universe around him. (Or any other Cape in particular for that matter.) Sure, he's around. He's active and doing heroic stuff. But he's mainly confined to one world. And the Metacontinuity is literally a Gods-awfully Big Place.
As for where to put them all? Steampunk and Capes? I don't have any solid ideas myself. But I do have ideas. They are:
- Put them all together on one of the Rosette-Earths.
- Put them wherever they fit best. Examples:
- The Golden Compass on the Swords and Magic Earth
- Mortal Engines on the Post-Apocalypse Earth
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on the Capes world.
- The Golden Compass on the Swords and Magic Earth