Mild downside of the random Elements including a word that doesn’t fit the story setting that we end up adopting. What’s the benefit?

Mild . Kevan makes a good point; I like the challenge/inspiration that comes from the list of Current Elements, but some of these words feel very specific. I like how evocative they are, though.

Which words specifically are the ones that are too specific? Would some subset of this list possibly work better?

(I’d also like to point out that the list already contains some just as specific words such as “architect”, “tourist”, “elephant”, “museum” and “marketing”)

After this second round of Judging is over and the direction of The Story becomes more clear, it would probably be worth re-introducing this Proposal with genre-appropriate words in mind. Right now, it’s still hard to say whether The Story is going to be sci-fi, fantasy, or detective noir, depending on which Fragment gets the highest Total Score.