#halfworldbuilding

doin a lil series where i go super in-depth into my Halfworld headcannons and worldbuilding. This is an extension of my Rocket backstory post where I combine elements of his cannon backstories into a logical and consistent one so go read that first.

In this first part we'll discuss the Keystone Quadrant and Halfworld's geography and maps.

This is the best image we get of Halfworld in the 1985 comics.

As you can see, Halfworld has 4 moons and many... yellow orbs? I believe these are artificial suns as there are none visible nearby. These moons do not have names but I may name them in the future.

Based on this very sea-heavy pic and my personal draws I have created this crappy map:

This is a post-rebellion map. Any older just remove any trace of humanity across the isthmus. As you can see, it's a bit polluted from the constant improper waste disposal from the lab for ~900 years.

"900 YEARS?!?!" you might ask (earth years). We know Rocket and co is part of batch 89. If we assume each batch only survives ~10 years before dying of physical trauma, distress, starvation, or execution we get around ~890-~920-ish years of the labs existence (we can assume to first few batches were the real loonies). Subject names go through the scheme of: Batch#, species class, individual#. We don't know if individual numbers go past double digits, but if they DON'T that leave the maximum total late patients/subjects from batches 1-88 at...

226,512

This is ONLY if individual numbers stay in double digits. Triple would be over 2 million. Oof. Generational trauma moment.

This has gotten off-topic so back to Halfworld ecology. Ever heard of wild worms?

They live in the wasteland areas and eat just about anything. Easily farmable and great food source for the growing civilization. This is one of the few reasons modern Halfworlders venture into the Dark Side.

I am unaware of any other Haflword- exclusive non-sentient species. However, there are likely plenty of birds, lizards, and rodents the Halfworlders were forcibly evolved from.

I am also of the firm belief that surviving lab robots are a problem for modern civilization. The robots were programmed to be entirely independent, making them probably capable of repairing/reproducing new robots with spare parts. This is why I think it'd be advantageous for them to build a wall over the crossing.

Is it possible to fully eliminate all of them? I don't think so, personally. But the government is trying.

"Government?? Tf are you talking about Al??"

Note:

-I have many more

-this takes place in my sort-of-au of the comics where Rocket is married to Lylla, has his 3 sons, and is still a member of the guardians. Let’s begin.

Plays League

Homophonic but only towards Quill

Demisexual & demiromantic

Chronic pain

Insane alcohol and drug tolerance

Super acrobatic but not flexible

Multilingual

30min+ showers

Afraid of hospitals and all med things

Autism, ODD, CPTSD, and ADHD

Can’t swim

Working on generational trauma

Pretends to not love Lylla when others are around

Loves slasher films

Mediocre at best at cooking

Sleeps gun in hand

Can plug himself into a computer to browse it like Nebula

Uses a lot of disabled slurs

Acts of service love language

Total penny pincher

All bones including teeth are metal

Neglects self care for work

Feels like Lylla is the only one who understands him

Only really hates Quill for the bit

Kleptomaniac and pathological liar

Night owl

No biological relation to a raccoon

Shoot first talk later kind of guy

Not very sensitive to others’ problems

Near immortal if parts are replaced

Has been sa’d

Past suicide attempts unsuccessful due to the fact he’s immune to too much shit

Music taste ranges from classic rock the death metal

Fav song is Feel It Still

Publicly slanders the Avengers on Twitter

Eats mangoes with hot sauce (based on a dream I had)

Refuses to take any kind of pain meds

Lets his sons paint his claws (secretly)

Night vision

Constant angry gym teacher attitude

Can never go through airport security

Could not give less of a damn when his son came out

Really hates Shocket bc she didn’t go through the same pain

Sees physical affection as a sign of weakness

Does not know what a furry is

Him and Groot are basically brothers

Doesn’t celebrate his birthday

Had an English to Spanish book with him while Lylla was in labor and when his kids were born he just flipped to a random page and named them like that (she doesn’t know)

Pirates parenting books and then doesn’t follow the advice

Seeing him outside his work area is like spotting a cryptid

His earth ID surname is ‘Rakzoon’ bc he thought raccoon just sounded too on the nose (ref to that one comic where he starts a cult and calls himself Lord Rakzoon)

Sticky note and duct tape obsession

Has no idea Blackjack hates him

Kill count in the hundreds

He’s black like how Piccolo from DBZ is black

Cat person

Doesn’t believe there’s a riotous God bc if there was it would have saved him