Contributing to BBWorld

Welcome to the BBWorld wiki and thank you for your interest in contributing! This page is designed to give you an overview of this alternate reality and provide some basic guidance as you help build out this world; for more guidance as well as additional answers to common questions, see FAQ.

## What do you mean by “alternate reality?”

On its face, BBWorld may appear rather similar to ours, with the only distinction being that most women are significantly fatter than they are in our reality. While this is the main distinction, BBWorld has quite a few differences from our reality- most related to the central premise, but some not. To get a fairly comprehensive idea of these differences, read History of BBWorld, but here are some of the larger distinctions in roughly chronological order:

* Early civilizations often used the size of their highest-ranking female figurehead (ruler, consort, etc.) as an indicator of their wealth and prosperity in comparison to neighboring states; competition in this area inspired the title of “world’s heaviest woman.”
* Class-based “weight tiers” were in effect globally from ancient Egypt through the French Revolution- since higher weight was associated with greater prestige, a woman’s weight was societally limited by the class she was born into. Methods for enforcement of these tiers varied.
* Established by the Aragon Accord of 1587, the imperial system of measurement remains dominant today, though many countries are beginning to switch over to the metric system.
* A schism in philosophy in the late 1600s led to the title of “heaviest mobile woman” which persists through to modern times; “world’s heaviest woman” was effectively retired with the execution of Marie Antoinette in 1793, and immobility has remained a cultural taboo since.
* Physiological “augmentation” has been a major field of study since the end of World War II, precipitated by wartime efforts to improve the strength and endurance of soldiers via pharmaceutical means.
* Only one atomic bomb has been used in warfare- “Little Boy,” dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, resulted in the end of World War II on August 8, 1945.
* Ziegler Pharmaceuticals is one of the most prominent medical companies in the world, founded by John Ziegler off the back of his invention of the steroid MBOL.
* Marilyn Monroe was the first woman to surpass 500 pounds and the first non-royal claimant to the title of “heaviest mobile woman.”
* Improvement of human longevity has been a major field of study since 1965 when it was discovered that although the average man lived 5 years longer than the average woman, women lived 2 years longer than men of their same height and weight.
* The 1965 discovery of the disparity in life expectancy also resulted in the creation of the “thin acceptance movement” (though what the average woman of BBWorld considers “thin” is still considered overweight in our world).
* The surprise widespread success of a 2021 book by Dr. Hesta W. Uzoma has led to two popular slang terms: “trad” (short for “traditionalist,” one who believes beauty is based on attaining the largest size) and “ref” (short for “reformist,” one who believes beauty is based on attaining the size best for oneself). Some women apply these terms to themselves, but they are generally used to describe others, sometimes derogatorily.

Because this is an alternate reality, there are likely many other differences that have not yet been described. Feel free to incorporate additional differences into your own works- as long as they generally gel with the points presented here/in the History of BBWorld page, there’s a good chance they’ll be adopted as lore for future works!

## How can I contribute? And how “alternate” does my reality have to be?

Pages will generally fall under two broad categories: people and lore. Obviously “lore” pages would involve a greater degree of description of aspects which aren’t part of our world, but “people” pages can have varying degrees of accuracy/deviation from our reality. Most women in BBWorld have pretty similar lives to their counterparts in our world (save that they weigh more), but some are pretty different; to what degree this is a result of their weight or simply because you would find it interesting to describe a different lifepath for them is really up to you. On the whole, if you’re more interested in the art aspect of this, you’d probably make more shortform pages for people, and if you’re more interested in the writing, you’d probably make more lore pages or longform pages for people. But feel free to do whatever you’re drawn to most!

## Is there an absolute minimum for what I should put on a “person” page?

A basic “person” page will have three sections: the infobox, the body text, and the categories.

The infobox should contain, at minimum:

* A picture of the person, preferably 512x512 (Stable Diffusion native resolution) or larger.
* Their height in feet and inches (e.g. 5’4”).
* Their weight in pounds (current if alive and active, peak if retired or deceased, or both if you’re presenting a more complex story).
* Their body type (in order to provide general guidance for further potential image generation). “Apple” carries more weight in the upper body, “pear” carries more weight in the lower body, and “hourglass” is approximately balanced between top and bottom; when in doubt, choose hourglass.
* Their occupation (actor, singer, etc.).
* Their “philosophy” (in order to provide general guidance for further potential writing). “Traditionalist” means they want to be as large as possible, “reformist” means they are fine with being at some lower weight- see History of BBWorld for more nuance.

The body text should contain at least one sentence and roughly follow the Wikipedia format- so at minimum, include name, date of birth (and death if applicable), nationality, and occupation(s). The categories should include weight class (200s, 300s, etc.), body type, occupation, and philosophy; other categories may develop as the project does.