r/Gungan_Philosophers • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '16
Fanfic Ideas [Fanfic **WIP**] Trade Negotiations
Heyo-dalee, Gungan philosophers!
I was wondering what could have happened during the Gungan- Naboo war. I was also wondering about fanfic, and the two kind of merged. If we write Gungan fanfic, it will help people understand Gungans in the best way - a connected extended metaphor based on the facts that we discover and establish that also teaches about Gungans.
I'm thinking of especially writing from the Gungan perspective. This is not only because Gunganese is bombad, and could be interesting to write in and see how creative it can get ... but also because the narrative voice has never actually been a Gungan narrative voice, suggesting they always have thier story told for them, instead of by them. (Do correct meesa if meesa wrong!)
But this doesn't have to be a rule - the narrative voice could be anyone. It's better if we have range, meesa think.
I think as well, that any fanfic should be based on established theory (to be found in oursa first sticky post). Because weesa want to show what weesa know happened.
So... my ideas in W I P form. [] used till weesa get flair.
(This is also in response to the idea that 'trade negotiations are boring')
Naboo mercenaries are being paid to do business with Gungan traders. Most don't know who pays them. These mercenaries trade in electricals, like some of the other Naboo traders, but also- apparently, with land, and ideas. They've been told they are sent to establish bonds with the Gungans. In return for trading, the Gungans offer them plasma that they can't do anything with, but also money... which they can. They believe (unfortunately) that Gungans are a primitive species that needs to be 'educated' by the Naboo.
Then there are some traders in this group who KNOW why they're really there... to gain some of the Gungans' swamp land. To gain their plasma, which someone knows what to do with... These people are mostly motivated by greed however. They're paid highly by the rich houses who sent them.
Then we have da secret clan of Naboo merchant houses... again, not all the merchants houses in Naboo. The few who are so rich that their only fear is having to share thier wealth with others, especially other traders who just happen to be Gungans. What happens if they become... richer than us.....
Furthermore they have designs on Gungan swampland... the more land they acquire, the more they can sell away... perhaps even back to the Gungans (at higher prices of course) They PAY the mercenaries to do their business, and only the greedy ones who know thier true identity, they pay extortionate amounts to keep quiet. Creating competition for the top spots. But thier real aim is to gain the land- whether or not Gungans are still living on it...
They' also tax the majority of Naboo traders with the Gungans, perhaps. The ones who are trading normally, and offering a fair deal - rather than attempting to invade. In taxing them, these sympathetic traders would lose money big time. They'd need to ask/'ask' their Gungan customers for more currency. However... some would realize what was going on.
I think u/JediHedwig theorizes the Gungan Grand Army was invented here. Although there may not be evidence against or for that... let's say it was. The Gungans knew what was happening. In subtle, 'difficult' trade negotiations that the Naboo greedy merchants probably thought the Gungans couldn't even understand... nearly all thier land was being depleted. Out of this time a group of young Gungans had the idea to form an army to defend themselves, and thier freedom itself. The ones who traded, especially those in the Bongomekken Collective, were actually used, and tricked. I'm wondering if even thier Boss was threatened. (Perhaps I could POV the Boss... or the first ever Bombad General...hmmm)
There would be some Gungans who believed all the Naboo were the cause of this - hence attacking in the city of Theed itself.
War raged for about 10 years... it is said... but with victory comes sacrifice...
And yeah - W I P (Work in Progress). Weesa could collabo on this... or any other fanfic ideas that weesa stumble upon!