I'll speak here about my personal experience with Shella City.
in 2023, I a pattern. In the past, a degree and hard work used to pay your bills, nowadays they don't. People with exceptional social skills and nice appearance tend to be the most successful in life. I started to imagine; what if there are people with a superpower in social and emotional intelligence? What would their lives look like? I wrote few short stories imagining such characters. One character stood out— Randal, the CEO of a powerful modeling and ads agency called “Domainia”. He has his superyacht, parties for the elites and blind followers. He also became a coach who teaches his theories and his skills to selected individuals for the cost of being attached to their image goals. I tried to imagine what could be a place where his ideas become ideal and applied effectively and then imagined a city that’s more of a “capitalist utopia”. Government never intervenes in businesses and also very progressive; it’s like a modernized fashion capital, where the need for a modeling and ads agency can be the highest. That’s how Shella City came to life. Inside Shella, every spot is pleasing to the five senses—appearance, gardening, music background, aromas, textures. Everything is luxurious Our typical problems mean nothing to them. You can only move there or visit if you’re rich enough and a millionaire in our lands will become a middle class (also known as the Grounds World) when moving to Shella. Inside Shella, no racism because they’re mixed over generations and have no idea what races or ethnicities are. No homophobia or transphobia, even words like gay or straight aren’t known, because genders in Shella are just fashion terms. People in Shella live for their themselves and focus on their careers. Almost everything in Shella is automated, so no low-paying jobs and if you don’t perform well inside this society, the advanced digital inventions will soon replace you. When you’re in public, it’s not appropriate to overshow emotions, no loud screams or laughter, you have to express the “Elegance Culture” over there. What’s the story is about then? The story follows the lives of various models of Domainia facing conflicts while chasing their Image Goals under the guidance of CEO Randal. Until they encounter with a rebel circle (Mila and Falon as the leaders) who’ve been plotting against Domainia and defying its control over Shella and the changes they’ve made during the Golden Age. Rumors about Domainia involvement in human trafficking, money laundering and illicit parties for the elites (yes from that type) have fueled their determination. But Domainia is very powerful not to fall easily and would crush the image of anyone defying them (when your image is gone, you’re gone too). Who will determine the Image of Shella?
in 2023, I a pattern. In the past, a degree and hard work used to pay your bills, nowadays they don't.
People with exceptional social skills and nice appearance tend to be the most successful in life. I started to imagine; what if there are people with a superpower in social and emotional intelligence? What would their lives look like?
I wrote few short stories imagining such characters. One character stood out— Randal, the CEO of a powerful modeling and ads agency called “Domainia”. He has his superyacht, parties for the elites and blind followers. He also became a coach who teaches his theories and his skills to selected individuals for the cost of being attached to their image goals. I tried to imagine what could be a place where his ideas become ideal and applied effectively and then imagined a city that’s more of a “capitalist utopia”. Government never intervenes in businesses and also very progressive; it’s like a modernized fashion capital, where the need for a modeling and ads agency can be the highest. That’s how Shella City came to life.
Inside Shella, every spot is pleasing to the five senses—appearance, gardening, music background, aromas, textures. Everything is luxurious
Our typical problems mean nothing to them. You can only move there or visit if you’re rich enough and a millionaire in our lands will become a middle class (also known as the Grounds World) when moving to Shella. Inside Shella, no racism because they’re mixed over generations and have no idea what races or ethnicities are. No homophobia or transphobia, even words like gay or straight aren’t known, because genders in Shella are just fashion terms. People in Shella live for their themselves and focus on their careers. Almost everything in Shella is automated, so no low-paying jobs and if you don’t perform well inside this society, the advanced digital inventions will soon replace you. When you’re in public, it’s not appropriate to overshow emotions, no loud screams or laughter, you have to express the “Elegance Culture” over there.
What’s the story is about then?
The story follows the lives of various models of Domainia facing conflicts while chasing their Image Goals under the guidance of CEO Randal. Until they encounter with a rebel circle (Mila and Falon as the leaders) who’ve been plotting against Domainia and defying its control over Shella and the changes they’ve made during the Golden Age. Rumors about Domainia involvement in human trafficking, money laundering and illicit parties for the elites (yes from that type) have fueled their determination. But Domainia is very powerful not to fall easily and would crush the image of anyone defying them (when your image is gone, you’re gone too). Who will determine the Image of Shella?