Thread:Cyrannian/@comment-5496489-20150915212055/@comment-25309944-20151004191259

You make an excellent point, and I apologize for all of that. Let me first say that I am convinced; expanding the Former Dominatus Territory so that we can all have sufficient territorial holdings in that region makes perfect sense. If the French territory could be moved down in order to make room for sizable Draconis and TIAF space, that would be an acceptable resolution to both this OOC conflict, and the Second War of Mirusian Coalition.

Second, I would also like to acknowledge the depth of research Cyrannian has done in trying to compose this map and trying to make it as accurate to what is going on in fiction as possible. He has clearly done a lot of reading, and given my experience in making maps for a number of regions and galaxies, I understand just how difficult that is.

The Mirus Galaxy is especially tricky in this regard. I do not mean this as a criticism of the Mirus group as a whole or to say that what is being done there is incorrect. I am making an observation as an outsider and am going to try to suggest solutions that might address problems in the future.

I perfectly recognize that I had not considered that Mirusians might have colonies in the Former Dominatus Territory. I am being very honest when I say that it had not even crossed my mind to consider the Mirusian natives. This is not due to fiction hierarchy, our pressing down a ruling from "higher up." I believe that all fictions, and all fiction writers, are granted the same basic rights by the rules of the wiki. Nor is it due to the thought that the Mirusian fictions are somehow inferior in style or content to other fictions. I think that the world that you guys have created––the intricate relationships, conflicts, and stories––is just as complex and interesting as the one I have endeavored to create in Xonexi.

However, the problem that I see is that this world lives apart from the rest of the wiki. It is contained within itself, uses its own conventions which are, at times, opaque to the rest of the wiki, has few maps of its own or specific indications of where territories are and how big they are, and so on. Nowhere was it indicated on any of the official pages that Mirusians occupied that territory. The map there was blank, and so I got the impression that it was wholly empty. Most importantly, Mirusians use a very different form of communication to the rest of fictionverse writers. Whereas the vast majority of our fiction is discussed, agreed upon, and checked on IRC, you guys use message boards. All of this isn't to say that Mirusian fiction is inferior. I do not believe that in the slightest. It is simply different.

What results is that, if most of our fiction is figured out on IRC, and until recently the Mirusian nations didn't show up on maps, it is very easy to fall into the trap to forget that they exist and that they have a presence in the fictionverse.

That is why I was pleasantly surprised when the Mirusians decided to take part in the action of the Great Xonexian Schism, as I saw the complication as righteous punishment for my oversight. I made a mistake of judgement, both in-universe and out, and my fictions were going to pay for it in terms of treasury, manpower, and time lost fighting off another threat. I highly appreciate your good faith and humor in this regard.

But what should probably be done from this point on is a concerted effort to bring Mirusian headcanon further into the fictionverse, and to integrate fictionverse fictions further with Mirusian canon. This––in order to avoid the perception that the fictionverse invading the Mirusian way of doing things––should ideally be done on your own terms. A few months ago, Cyrannian already took the hugely consequential step of researching Mirusian native factions and adding them to the map. The power and visibility that this gives your fictions in the eyes of fictionverse writers should not be underestimated. It gives them a certain tangibility that was not there before. Mirusian factions are already members of the Mou'Cyran Accords as well, so it is clear that we are dealing with a permeable membrane.

What do you think? I hope that the above is helpful and sets off a valuable discussion as to how this could be done.