If you could live in a game/book/movie universe, which one would it be?

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**sluggaslugga**

The question is in the title.

**Laughing Man**

Cultureverse. Because clinical immortality, post scarcity economy, drug glands, at-will gender swapping, and friendly AI is pretty awesome.

**Peregrine**

Laughing Man wrote:
Cultureverse. Because clinical immortality, post scarcity economy, drug glands, at-will gender swapping, and friendly AI is pretty awesome.

/thread

**Bromsy**

Yup. The only other one I'd consider would be
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Age_%28novel_series%29

which is basically the Culture light, but you don't have to worry about aliens.
Or if I could be a first age Solar Exalt, that would be pretty cool too.

**snurl**

Candyland.

**Jimsolo**

Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld would be pretty awesome, all things considered.

**Breotan**

I'd like to live in a universe where the OP actually contributes to the discussion at some point.

**Leigen_Zero**

Breotan wrote:
I'd like to live in a universe where the OP actually contributes to the discussion at some point.

I thought the laws of physics prevented this from happening, regardless of which universe you're in?

The problem with living in a universe is the whole thing of 'the universe is only awesome if you have are the main characters in that story' Like, dune has an awesome universe, but only if you are paul atriedes or someone similar, it's a bit crap and not much different to this universe if your a generic food-stall operator...

as for me, probably hellboy universe, but of course I have to work for the beureau

**PredaKhaine**

I'd like to go and live in the bayformers universe. But thats only so I could slap Shia Leboeuf.
Or the Indiana Jones kingdom of the crystal skull universe. I would go and build a massive camo covered wall in the jungle where he swings with the monkeys.

In all actuality, I'd like to live on G1 transformers pre-war nebulos.
A nice happy enlightened society, with a chance of becoming a big head at some point in the future

**d-usa**

Can't I just be a Hobbit in the Shire, minding my own business.

**Breotan**

d-usa wrote:
Can't I just be a Hobbit in the Shire, minding my own business.

You realize Saruman burned the whole place to the ground, right?

**d-usa**

Breotan wrote:
d-usa wrote:
Can't I just be a Hobbit in the Shire, minding my own business.
You realize Saruman burned the whole place to the ground, right?

That only happens if you read the books

**Soladrin**

Anything that has mechs.

**gossipmeng**

Pokemon..... because anyone born between 1987 and 1994 knows damn well that they wanted to be a pokemon trainer

**Ironwill13791**

Soladrin wrote:
Anything that has mechs.

+1 for this.

**SilverMK2**

As Mary Sue as it is, the Honorverse would be an interesting place to be

**reds8n**

.. The one where you can , apparently, make quite a good living -- assuming the tattoos and general physique are any indication -- delivering pizza or fixing washing machines, and your next job takes you to the house where the girl whose only wearing a bikini for no good reason is there, and she's not got any money to pay you and then her equally attractive best friend friend Kelly/similar comes out the bathroom where she's been showering as the one at her flat is out of order and then....

*goes for a lie down*

Or the DC Universe ( comic books wise) would at the very least be entertaining.

Loads of excuses to be late/off sick from work " Sorry I'm late caught in a temporal vortex due to Superman and Kamandi teaming up to fight Solaris". " No no ! I wasn't rude to you/the customers yesterday, that was an evil clone" and so on.

**PredaKhaine**

The universe where plumbers never actually fix the washing machine....Super Mario?

**RossDas**

Movies: Star Wars, for the sheer epic scale of it.

Books: another vote for the Culture, created by Iain M Banks - being a citizen of the Culture would certainly have its advantages.

Games: Gaia (FFVII).

**CthuluIsSpy**

Leisure Suit Larry.

You know you want to.

**Super Ready**

reds8n wrote:
.. The one where you can , apparently, make quite a good living -- assuming the tattoos and general physique are any indication -- delivering pizza or fixing washing machines, and your next job takes you to the house where the girl whose only wearing a bikini for no good reason is there, and she's not got any money to pay you and then her equally attractive best friend friend Kelly/similar comes out the bathroom where she's been showering as the one at her flat is out of order and then....
*goes for a lie down*

Soooooo, the Holodeck in other words.

I think I'd quite like to live in the DBZ universe. "Anybody-can-train-to-get-superpowers" aside, the place actually seems really happy and friendly.
It might seem like the planet is constantly under threat but actually, this only happens 4 times over the course of about 20 years - one time, the general populace aren't even aware of it, one time the threat is contained so no innocent bystanders get hurt at all, and for the other two times all the damage is undone in the end anyway.

**reds8n**

Quite specifically not the Star Trek universe, even with the holodeck.

Sure it seems lovely, interesting work, comfortable existence...

.. but...

I think one would be reduced to a nervous paranoid wreck very quickly.

headache ? Sure could just be a bug or something .. or maybe transdimensional beings are experimenting on you in stolen pico seconds while you sleep.

Are you even you ? Or are you a protoplasmic clone or copy that's got a telepathic copy of your memories ?

have you just forgotten something or has history changed or maybe you've been moved to a parallel universe ?!

When you consider the emotional turmoil and general mindfethery that a star fleet officer goes through -- oddly around the same time each week too ! --- it's no wonder they had to start putting councillors onboard the ships.

**Flashman**

Ok, the Star Wars prequels were rubbish but remember wanting live in a world where pod racers actually worked

**Dark Apostle 666**

If I could choose my position within the world, then the universe from "bleach" could be fun - any excuse to cut up monsters with a big sword

+1 for the Shire and the Poke-verse as well.

The 40k Verse is completely out of consideration - grimdark is nice to visit, but to live there? No thanks!

**timetowaste85**

Marvel universe: the ladies run around in very little and have great bodies. And an ugly, hairy mother like wolverine can get any babe he wants: average guys have a chance.

Then again, moving near Stamford, CT after Nitro went...well, nitro...yeah, maybe not.

**xole**

I like the Star Wars one to live in. Not so much for any of the cool aspects, but because it's the one you're likely to survive the longest in.

The second choice would be the DC universe, since Death is pretty nice once it all goes south, and there will be lots of fun along the way.

**Desubot**

I would love to live in the world of Ivalice, tactics advanced or ps2.

Though needing a license to wear pants might get old pretty quickly.

or them judges.

**Leigen_Zero**

d-usa wrote:
Can't I just be a Hobbit in the Shire, minding my own business.

I see you're point here, I mean, for all but the last few chapters of Return of the King, life in the shire is basically 'Wake, bake, eat some cake'...

**d-usa**

Giant party with cool fireworks...

**Peregrine**

Leigen_Zero wrote:
The problem with living in a universe is the whole thing of 'the universe is only awesome if you have are the main characters in that story' Like, dune has an awesome universe, but only if you are paul atriedes or someone similar, it's a bit crap and not much different to this universe if your a generic food-stall operator...

Unless you pick the Culture, in which case even the most boring average person has:

* Complete immortality, including backing up your brain in case you want to do something really dangerous. You only get sick/injured or die if you make a conscious decision to end your life (usually after hundreds of years).
* No work. Computers and automated systems run everything, humans only exist to have fun. You only "work" if you feel like doing it as a hobby.
* No money. Technology has made scarcity a distant memory, if you want a physical thing you have it. For example, the only reason every random person doesn't have a mansion on their own private continent is that most people think that kind of isolation is boring.
* No moral objections to having fun. Like sex, drugs, and rock and roll? Congratulations, that's your life 24/7 without restriction. And don't worry about the consequences, you'll never overdose, get pregnant without wanting to, etc.
* Virtual reality simulations of anything you want that are indistinguishable from the real world. Freely available, of course.
* Complete control over your body. Want to be more attractive? Done. Want to swap genders for a while? Done. Want to turn yourself into a robot deathsquid? Done. So all those people you're having lots of sex with are also the most attractive people you could ever imagine (however you define that).

I could continue, but I'll let the author explain the setting better than any of us can: http://www.vavatch.co.uk/books/banks/cultnote.htm . In short, if you pick anything but the Culture to answer this question you are wrong.