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The plains could work, because I mean, most countries have some kind of plain somewhere and if not, coffee is rarely grown in low lying regions anyway. But it kind of feels like right now, we're getting a fictional place and kind of just mashing it on the map without regard that we're putting in a real, populated country. I think as it is, like Arabica is kind of fine because its common jargon related to coffee and often used in mainstream adverts, but I think it's the way that it's written and presented is giving me very mystised, vague treasure from distant land when one of these distant lands is like, closer to me than Los Angeles is to Chicago yknow? I think OOHB can only work if we reframe it as less nomads on the hunt for rare spices (which, again, idk if thats the intent) but more like, how real world, small independent roasters and grinders probably source their coffee. From real, actual farmers in a booming industry, yknow? | The plains could work, because I mean, most countries have some kind of plain somewhere and if not, coffee is rarely grown in low lying regions anyway. But it kind of feels like right now, we're getting a fictional place and kind of just mashing it on the map without regard that we're putting in a real, populated country. I think as it is, like Arabica is kind of fine because its common jargon related to coffee and often used in mainstream adverts, but I think it's the way that it's written and presented is giving me very mystised, vague treasure from distant land when one of these distant lands is like, closer to me than Los Angeles is to Chicago yknow? I think OOHB can only work if we reframe it as less nomads on the hunt for rare spices (which, again, idk if thats the intent) but more like, how real world, small independent roasters and grinders probably source their coffee. From real, actual farmers in a booming industry, yknow? | ||
| − | + | Also dskjfn the more I have to talk about why exactly the concept is making me go 'oh boy', the more mind is connecting the dots like, its kind of giving me begpacker vibes because most people aren't just nomads these days, it's usually either a specific job (lots of people travel to specifically scout locations for a variety of industries) so they dont really call themselves nomads or uhh they're Americans/Europeans taking advantage of their lopsided, very lax entry requirements to beg their way through ASEAN nations. and I'm like, I'm sure y'all didn't mean to do this but I feel like this is kinda the result bcus the realities of the lore don't feel very grounded in the reality of the situation? I would think that framing it aslike, a secretive group travelling around the world to meet local producers and study what makes each bean special, and maybe like about helping connect different producers to various roasters would help. So this shifts the kind of mystical quality to a place or a vague country to their internal process, if that makes sense. Like, how religion's meaning is kind of inherently faith based but the actual logistics of it are pretty mundane and we just gotta to balance in making this seem a bit mystical but not in a way that perpetuates mysticizing other places way. | |
Regarding Boston: as far as I can tell, I had jsut asked them if its good and the summary seems to be that while a little hammy, its in line with their lore so that's good. | Regarding Boston: as far as I can tell, I had jsut asked them if its good and the summary seems to be that while a little hammy, its in line with their lore so that's good. | ||
