FAIRY TALE AU PLANNING POST
~*~Once upon a time there were three mods, and they decided that their game could do with more once upon a time. "Needs more dragons!" said the first. "Needs more trolls!" said the second. "Needs more horrors!" said the third. And so they set about briefly changing the city of Taxon to the kingdom of Taxonia, where there would be dragons and trolls and witches and pixies and all manner of creatures of legend, fable, myth, and tale, and everyone lived happily ever after (for some value of "lived" and "happily").~*~
...which is a round about way of saying that we are fast approaching the AU glitch outlined in the State of the Taxon, which will begin on November 27th and run through December 6th. During that time, the alien's programming will be pushed to its limits to convert the city to a sprawling kingdom of lore, filled with enchanted forests, quaint villages, mystic lakes, and a spire-topped castle. Everything will have a Ye Olde Timey flair, so most modern conveniences will vanish and be replaced with Ye Olde Timey equivalents. Except for tablets. Enjoy that bit of incongruity.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR CHARACTERS: Everyone will believe themselves to be natives of Taxonia and embody characteristics of one or more fairy tale characters. Note that "fairy tale" in this instance implies just about ANY story that can begin with "once upon a time". Mash-ups are totally permissible and encouraged, and no one is locked into playing out any of the tales. There is ALSO the option of having your character be unaffected and boggle at the goings-on.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND: Fairy tales can be dark. People die, people are made into pies and eaten, things are just generally twisted. While we are totally in favor of any and all horrors, we will INSIST on including warnings on posts/comment threads which venture into these subjects. Basically: when in doubt, warn, and if we or another player comes to you saying that something needs a warning, we implore you to follow through with those requests as soon as possible.
ETA DEATH PENALTIES: Just like with the zombie plot, should a character die as a result of this event you have the option of waiving the death penalty. Your character need not loose their memories of Taxon or their programmed possession. And, as the aliens are always improving, character will not come back to the arrival room and instead reappear where they died. Of course if you WANT to play around with the death penalty then that's always cool too.
Now for fun stuff: LINKS! References and resources and things to draw inspiration from, enjoy!
♛ Fairy Tale Tropes, to give a general idea of various character types and story tricks and stuff. THIS IS A LINK TO TV TROPES. IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU.
♛ Wikipedia list of fairy tales - exactly what it says on the tin.
♛ Grimm's fairy tales - for all your twisty awful needs.
♛ Russian stories - recced by Sofie :D
Got all that? AWESOME. Comment away with preliminary plans (or pleas for help in figuring out what to do!) and let the games begin \o/
...which is a round about way of saying that we are fast approaching the AU glitch outlined in the State of the Taxon, which will begin on November 27th and run through December 6th. During that time, the alien's programming will be pushed to its limits to convert the city to a sprawling kingdom of lore, filled with enchanted forests, quaint villages, mystic lakes, and a spire-topped castle. Everything will have a Ye Olde Timey flair, so most modern conveniences will vanish and be replaced with Ye Olde Timey equivalents. Except for tablets. Enjoy that bit of incongruity.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR CHARACTERS: Everyone will believe themselves to be natives of Taxonia and embody characteristics of one or more fairy tale characters. Note that "fairy tale" in this instance implies just about ANY story that can begin with "once upon a time". Mash-ups are totally permissible and encouraged, and no one is locked into playing out any of the tales. There is ALSO the option of having your character be unaffected and boggle at the goings-on.
THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND: Fairy tales can be dark. People die, people are made into pies and eaten, things are just generally twisted. While we are totally in favor of any and all horrors, we will INSIST on including warnings on posts/comment threads which venture into these subjects. Basically: when in doubt, warn, and if we or another player comes to you saying that something needs a warning, we implore you to follow through with those requests as soon as possible.
ETA DEATH PENALTIES: Just like with the zombie plot, should a character die as a result of this event you have the option of waiving the death penalty. Your character need not loose their memories of Taxon or their programmed possession. And, as the aliens are always improving, character will not come back to the arrival room and instead reappear where they died. Of course if you WANT to play around with the death penalty then that's always cool too.
Now for fun stuff: LINKS! References and resources and things to draw inspiration from, enjoy!
♛ Fairy Tale Tropes, to give a general idea of various character types and story tricks and stuff. THIS IS A LINK TO TV TROPES. IT WAS NICE KNOWING YOU.
♛ Wikipedia list of fairy tales - exactly what it says on the tin.
♛ Grimm's fairy tales - for all your twisty awful needs.
♛ Russian stories - recced by Sofie :D
Got all that? AWESOME. Comment away with preliminary plans (or pleas for help in figuring out what to do!) and let the games begin \o/