TEAR DOWN THIS WALL

[taxonmods]

The time for fourth-walling is almost upon us, Taxon! And that means it's plotting time. Before we get to the comment spam and shenanigans, though, we're going to give you some more detail about just how this is going down.

IS THERE METAPLOT?
Of course there is. As we said on the State of the Taxon, in honor of the Taxon program's successful two-year anniversary, someone upstairs is going to implement some shady code in an all out systems overload.

Now, why exactly someone felt the need for this much of a spectacle isn't clear, and this time there won't be the usual post-shenanigans apologies.


HOW DOES IT WORK?
Again, just like we said back on the SOTT at the beginning of the month, we've made a new community just for the event: taxwalling. Later today/tonight, we'll be sending out invitations to all currently taken characters.

Posting there for the next week will be allowed, but moderated. If you think you're going to be gone for the weekend go ahead and write your post up for trolling ahead of time and we'll push it through the queue first thing midnight on Friday. Comments there will be open to non-members. After that any journal that is a member of the community will be allowed to post without waiting for a mod to approve it. Also, in the usual Taxon tradition, backtagging will remain open for basically ever, so don't worry if you didn't get a chance to troll between the 15th and the 17th; you can go back and troll again when you've got the chance.

We're limiting posting access because we will be counting those posts for April's activity check. Tag your posts with your character's tag (we've already set them all up for you), but we are not counting comments done there with taken characters for AC.


WHAT KINDS OF CHARACTERS ARE ALLOWED FOR FOURTH WALL?
All of them!

We've made the decision to not exclude any type of character journal from participating, so this does include all anime/manga, real persons, and under-16 characters, in addition to all the other characters that are appable at Taxon. So invite your friends, advertise all over, and have a ball!


HOW DOES MY FOURTH-WALL CHARACTER SHOW UP IN THE CITY?
Much like the way the Extras come and go in the city, characters here for the event will bypass the arrival room and just "show up" in the city. Stick them wherever you like or wherever is most condusive to your trolling exploits.

However, unlike the Extras, characters here for this event will still have some of the usual trappings properly taken characters have: the silver bracelet on their right wrist, complete with 350 credits of purchasing power, and a tablet (either mysteriously in their hand, pocket, or made 'travel size' and integrated into the aforementioned bracelet). They'll even have a dot for themselves on the map, be able to change their display names, and bring with them any small possessions that would be covered in the usual "if you're wearing it you bring it in free" deal. This means things like guns, accessories, and usual pocket contents.


I WANT TO GET TROLLED, BUT NOT BY X/Y/Z. WHAT DO I DO?
Permissions, permissions, permissions!

We advise everyone to put a small ooc note on their taxwalling posts outlining what you're comfortable/uncomfortable with having occur during the glitch. Things like doubles of themselves, not wanting specific spoilers if they get trolled by characters ahead of them in the timeline, or not wanting to be made aware that they're fiction are some examples of things you might want to mention on a quick permissions note.


GREAT! --WAIT, YOU MEAN YOU CAN BREAK THE FOURTH WALL DURING THE EVENT? ISN'T THAT AGAINST THE RULES?
It is, but just like how we're allowing all characters to participate whether they're allowed under the rules or not, we're also making an exception to break this specific rule during the event. Considering the sudden, huge influx of characters, the aliens wouldn't be able to go through all of them and fudge the fictional media information, could they?


OKAY, WHAT HAPPENS IF MY CHARACTER FINDS OUT THEY'RE FICTIONAL DURING THE EVENT OR GETS OTHERWISE SOULCRUSHINGLY BROKEN?
Well, the aliens have a plan of action for just such an occasion. With a quick pause glitch and a memory tune-up all will be well post-event.

All characters that find out they are fictional will get the pause glitch and have that information removed. They can, of course, remember everything else. It's just that they can't keep the memories of finding out they're fictional or the aliens' special program would be tainted beyond repair. Additionally, you can opt to have your character get a quick pause glitch and have other memories you'd rather them not keep around fuzzed out of their brains.

For those of you unfamiliar with pause glitches, they involve a character being directly removed from the city. Think actual alien abduction, complete with some cursory probing! They're usually used for players that will be on extended hiatuses, because it involves glitching those around them into not noticing the paused characters' absence for long periods of time, letting them carry on without worry.

To serve our very specific purposes here, the pause glitches will last only a few hours and characters can notice absences as much or as little as you please.

All that said, go forth and plot! We've got a sticky thread in this post where you can put your questions if you have them, and this post will be copied in its almost-entireity into the taxwalling community. The post there will have screened comments where you can take any complaints or issues during the event.

ETA:

In case you've never participated in a Fourth Wall event before, here are some examples from ones done at other games:

Angel | Dawn | Faith | Sookie | Hermione | Max | Elena

These are just examples of how things generally work, and not step by step guidelines so don't feel like you need to match them exactly.

Comments

QUESTIONS

[taxonmods]

Comments? Concerns? Leave them here!

Re: QUESTIONS

[iminmynightie.livejournal.com]

I think I just need a little clarification, because I'm a little confused by what you guys mean by "trolling." Because in most places in this post it seems to just mean "tagging," but then you have I WANT TO GET TROLLED, BUT NOT BY X/Y/Z. WHAT DO I DO?, which seems to suggest actually trolling with ill intent, which is why we would need to put up permissions to protect our characters from stuff we don't want them to experience.

[selfmadman]

Soooooo...say for fourth wall I bring in one character and my friend brings in another character from another fandom. Neither character has been to Taxon before (well, not our versions), but they have CR with each other from another game. Would it be okay to have that carry over?

Oh! And Martha's tag in the fourth wall comm says "Marth Jones."

[kseda.livejournal.com]

PEEPS I MAY WELL BRING TO FOURTH WALL (with the caveat that I'm going to be basically afk until the 21st but WHATEVS):

I consulted with myself and have decided that it is okay for the semi-double that is the_ex_headcase to put in an appearance. He's my idea of a possible post-series Glitch who gets his brain and all of his memories back and is a bit...unhinged. You try spending a decade in a jar as part of a machine and see how chipper you are.

kitkat_emcee because he'd brain-breaky and a delight.

isthattoosalty because I treat Alan Cumming characters like pokemons.

sexisintheheel because she's a bamf and a delight and looks like The Operative but in a fancy frock so...yeah.

zenish_moment as I miss him like crazy and I...sorta want to test drive him >.>

If asked I might be able to produce misos_marked and, if it's okay with Emma, another travelsbystorm.

[iminmynightie.livejournal.com]

Turlough and Amy can form the Ginger Companions Brigade. And maybe we could get a Donna to show up! :D

[defenestration]

I'm most likely planning to hit 4th Wall with the following characters, PLEASE PLEASE let me know if there's someone in particular you want thrown at one of yours. Otherwise random trolling as I have time will be the order of the day. (Also I will be mostly afk the 17-20, so ALL THE BACKTAGGING.)

betterthanmav (for all your shirtless volleyball needs)

inquitvigiliant and/or callmeripper

imadoctor (because Rumi asked nicely)

yesconsiderably (because Sarah is demanding)

[betterthanice.livejournal.com]

WHY IS RUMI NICE AND I'M DEMANDING

fffffffffffffffff.

[givesahoot.livejournal.com]

For fourth wall I have promised:

Mindy "Hit-Girl" Macready Kick-Ass uzifromsanta

Roger "I am more of a lush than Don Draper" Sterling Mad Men opensadress

If there is anyone else that I promised that I am forgetting please let me know! (Sorry, all. Jesus will not be making an appearance.)

[selfmadman]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I probably won't even have to pause glitch Don after this. He can just BLACK THE FUCK OUT. (Any thoughts as to when you're bringing Roger from?)

[egregiouslypink.livejournal.com]

PEOPLE I WILL MOST LIKELY BE BRINGING:

Bartleby from Dogma | Mav from Top Gun | Rodney McKay from SGA | Ray Person from Generation Kill | Eddie Blake from Watchmen | Simon Tam from Firefly | a few AU versions of my regular folks | The Beef. (Kim knows who I mean.)

Also some TOP SECRET trolling journals. WHICH CANNOT BE SPOKEN OF UNTIL THE OPPORTUNE MOMENT.

I have two (semi out of date) muselists pinned at the top of this journal, so if you want anyone from there lemme know. Likewise, if you know I play somebody and want to see them around, I'm game for that, too!

ON THE FLIP SIDE.

WHO I WANT:

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel would be ADORED. (...although it would be super emo so I get it if that's a skipper.) Canonmates are super aces all around but most of all:

I WILL PUT OUT IF SOMEBODY TROLLS FAITH WITH THE MAYOR. No seriously, I want it bad.

...I think that's it /will inevitably comment again with what I missed

[defenestration]

IF YOU ARE BRINGING RAY THEN DO YOU WANT DOC?

[iminmynightie.livejournal.com]

I'm not exactly sure who I will or won't bring in, but it will consist of these:

tolordandland - Lord of the Rings
no2ndbreakfast - Lord of the Rings
(For both of them, if would be vast amounts of WTF?)

rightawaydoctor - Star Trek XI
hairwasmyroom - The Office (US)
scytheswinger - Discworld

[atraphoenix.livejournal.com]

I had no idea you were that Pippin!

And my soul will be yours if Death makes an appearance.

[aworldenchanted]

Brace yourselves for:

DEFINITELY

mancalledspade - Mr. Samuel Spade, PI

POSSIBLY

ironshodboots - Nazca Barsavi
icanbehuman - Emily Prentiss (though god, she is so rusty)
...other people by request?


Tara can be trolled by everyone, I am not picky.

[numbersnfigures.livejournal.com]

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE THAT PRENTISS! I've played with her on d_m before haven't I??

[selfmadman]

YOU ARE ALL GUARANTEED ONE (1)

alan_shore

My list of potentials is pretty limited, but I could be enticed to play

but_less_scary

capn_cook

whisper_no

prime_rib

Oh, what the hell.

iam_mclovin

[givesahoot.livejournal.com]

RORSCHACH! I want to see the two Rorschachs investigate each other!

TAXON NEEDS GOB!

MCLOVIN IF YOU WANT HIM TO GET CHASED DOWN BY BUTTERFLY KNIVES

[timecoordinator.livejournal.com]

I SHOULDN'T BE HERE SLACKING OFF ON MY FIC THAT I WAS USING TO SLACK OFF ON MY TAGGING (which I have a lot to do I AM SO SORRY EVERYONLKJASDLKFJASDF).

perfect_shoes will probably defs be about.
thepiemaker_ned wants to be derp and make pies.

ACTUALLY I DUNNO WHO/WHAT ELSE I SHOULD BRING, ADVISE ME, TAXON. I might bring in Sam of Life on Mars and Morgana of Merlin too, because I like them both and I NEVER GET TO PLAY MORGANAAAAA.

malciavellian is very probably showing up too because I like swearing.

[timecoordinator.livejournal.com]

Also this northernwallof because Armstrong is going to represent.

[cheerioless.livejournal.com]

This looks soooooo cool! I've never done anything like this before, and my brain is all dead from reading Shakespeare all day so I am at a loss at whom I wish to try this new venture upon.

Ummmmm.

The only other really active muse I have in my head is Emma Woodhouse from Emma. IDEK. I'm thinking of bringing her here

Caroline Forbes is floating around too.

HMMMMMMMMM.

I definitely won't be around on the weekend because of exams. So yay for backdating! (Which I hopefully get to because as soon as exams are over I'm off too Seattle to see the Star Wars exhibit :D).

[atlantisleader.livejournal.com]

this is the wrong journal and the wrong everything but

omg i love emma, she is terrible and also adorable and ilher, that's all.

[tamitha]

I am fully expecting Kirk to get canon punctured like mad, so please do so. Troll all mine at will, too! As for my arsenal...

★ resurrective
★ notvader
★ compellable
★ sneersgenetic
★ ninthdax
★ hunthiswhale
★ vacantness
★ hisomnipotence
★ unveilings

And, depending on if I have time to rewatch some episodes, I'll drag out recklesspilot for Emma, in addition to seekrit surprise troll journals.

[egregiouslypink.livejournal.com]

so basically all this list are belong to me /steals your tags

[adeadringer.livejournal.com]

SO, here is who i'm planning on bringing:

shehasfire (TVD)
silkspectred (watchmen)
ltnuhura (star trek xi)
bigtoughgirl (disney's hercules)
withhumanlegs (disney's the little mermaid)
agrandpursuit (batman forever)

i also have a katherine pierce i'd like to troll with (but only if it's all right with ebs) and a few other ideas/surprises in mind.

as far as who i want, i would ADORE seeing canon mates from dark angel or constantine. :D

[egregiouslypink.livejournal.com]

:D

[gogogidget.livejournal.com]

omg idk how much actual trolling i'll do but the most likely culprits will be

benry from LOST

and

COACH MCGUIRK

or just some random smattering from here (http://gogogidget.livejournal.com/395536.html) + ~surprises~

/makes grabby hands at all y'all's trollings

[gogogidget.livejournal.com]

PS: i want big bang theory and community peeps to come in and decimate the fourth wall because it would be glorious and you know it.

[ebsolutely.livejournal.com]

My short (why is it so short, self?) list of other muses available;

teflonchica | Roswell
withintegrity | Xena/Hercules
elvenseer | LOTR
herhighnessness | Star Wars OT

I'll definitely troll with Maria, at least. And possibly with a seekrit crack!troll journal or two, but we well see how that goes.

REVERSE/WOULD LOVE TO SEE MYSELF;

Any Bones characters ever for Brennan would be lovely. Especially Booth. Likely a long shot, but it never hurts to ask. :)

Any and all TVD characters ever for Katherine. She'll already be glitched as human, so why not add to the horrors by throwing her to the wolves. Erm, not literally, though. Unless we get werewolves around? Weep.

[aphenai.livejournal.com]

: >

/now goes to sleep again gdi barry

[stepintoshadows.livejournal.com]

Nothing set in stone as to who I'm bringing, but any of these would be up for grabs should people want them:

moretrashbags

itscalledalair Who I may be considering bringing to Taxon itself anyway just because it would be amazingly ridiculous

causticrage

[gunsnotvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well if you drop Murdock by 4th Wall, I may have to send wherestheplan by to hang out. >.>

[slayersidekick]

I have a huge list of people I like to play so this list here might end up with one or two or a thousand additions later on.

DEFINITELY
motherofaslayer


Possibly a Harry Potter person or two and definitely a super secret one that will be revealed at the right time :3

[herotypical]

/SCREAM

[numbersnfigures.livejournal.com]

Everyone ever is free to troll Spencer, just don't harm him physically and we're golden lol.

So I don't have a lot of muses, but I plan on using this as some practice for ones that I'm testing, namely:

Ashley Seaver - Criminal Minds (notlikemyfather)
Richard Castle - Castle (no journal yet)

Castle + the Firefly cast = lols, y/y?

[atraphoenix.livejournal.com]

Y

(I'm not even a member of the Firefly cast. I just really want to read that.)

[atraphoenix.livejournal.com]

At the moment, I don't really know who I'm going to bring in. (I'm really easily enabled, though, so take a look at my muse list (http://atraphoenix.livejournal.com/105516.html) and tell me who you'd like to see.) I was thinking of the Doctor - it's not a fourth wall event with a troublesome Time Lord, is it? - and various Gargoyles characters, but that's about as far as I've got.

I'm probably going to use this as an excuse to make the journals / playing the characters I've been trying vaguely to resist, too. Consequences may be hilarious and / or horrific.

[oxydised-moron.livejournal.com]

/rolls around

allll ooofff theeeemmm.

tho more specifically LIZ SHAWWWWW.

(also i am ngl i want romana ii too because hell yes.)

and i have an artemis if you want to hang around with holly, so actually i am going to have to go with my first answer, which was alll of theeeeem

(ALSO i am sorry about the fact that i haven't tagged leela w/ narvin I GOT AMBUSHED BY A FIC IDEA my brain interpreted this as HOLY CRAP STOP EVERYTHING.)

[hasaheart]

I miiiight be bringing

spoonfulofwit Jeb. The I-have-more-lines-to-my-face-than-Dad lost son to Wyatt.
greymattersmost Poirot.
doctorhill Tony Hill, of Wire in the Blood
advocatusdei Gabriel, the bastard amalgamation of Hellblazer and Constantine canon.

I play so many more characters, I can't even tell you.

[smecker.livejournal.com]

....okay, now I'm tempted to bring in my Gabriel.

[timedaughter]

suitedforcoffee will be all up in here, with snark and coffee.

nopalehorse will also be dragged kicking and screaming from the depths of my head arrive completely voluntarily and happy to be here.

Aaaaand because it's fucking funny, praisehislight might show up and scream at everyone about being vampires/sinners/aliens and have a heart attack. Prod her in the right direction, and she will talk shit about her crazy husband.

[atraphoenix.livejournal.com]

Ianto ♥

And I can already tell that Sarah and Dru will be the best of friends.

[littlestcastle.livejournal.com]

*offers up Alexis for massive trolling* I mean who doesn't want to see her call Captain Hammer "Dad"?

List of potential brings:
* moar_power - Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor (yes from Home Improvement)
* some combination of vampires
* crazy faerie
* spooky_believes - Mulder

[smecker.livejournal.com]

So far, the only muse I can think of to bring in is onewingbloody, aka Christopher Walken is an EVIL ANGEL OF DEATH.

Pretty much what it sounds like.



You guys don't get a gif cuz all the Gabriel gifs out there fail.

/so late

[taintedrose]

You can all feel free to troll Rose with your characters ♥

So far I've only got one character to bring to the event:

agreat_thief (aka Bela Talbot)

Mostly to confuse the heck out of the TVD cast because she looks exactly like Rose. And confuse anyone that knows Rose in Taxon so far. PURELY FOR THE LULZ.

LATENESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

[allthefunever.livejournal.com]

I may troll with some SPN characters myself, just for the lulz.