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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.
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/
QUESTIONS!
When trees start talking...
Anyway! He will be a tree available for conversation/advice/possible sarcasm, and he will probably be like a half-dormant Ent in terms of movement ability; he'll be mostly stationary, unless something really big prompts him to move. Feel free to poke me to have him encounter your characters and/or if you want him as part of a character's fairy tale backstory!
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For Dwight, he needs to be some sort of beast. Either a wolf in the forest, or a Beauty and the Beast type thing.. Suggestions?
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Oops sorry for stealing your Wolf idea for Mick. ^^;;;;
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For fun and games, all of his deals become null and void if you can tell him his name. HARD MODE: it's not Rumpelstilts
glitchkin. EVEN HARDER MODE: he will be going by Glitch still, so...yeah, his REAL name is required. Yes, I do want this to happen by the end of the event. For purposes.no subject
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However you HAVE totally by coincidence reminded me of a very important detail which needs to get edited into the post /flies
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...perchance for to mend a broken heart? Or something equally cliché-but-also-fitting?
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...no seriously that is beautiful and I approve, sort of a spin on the Baum Tin Woodsman thing too /dances everywhere
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And since I'm sort of rethinking the whole DYING thing, I still wanted to bring in the Heart! aspect somewhere.
And every Baum reference ftw.
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BECAUSE FORESHADOWING?! yayy
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Also debating Thumbelina for Sandry, because obviously we need size extremes up in here.
UP FOR PLANNING AND PLOTTING and coming up with new ideas. Because that's how we roll around Taxon.
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Anyone need a Big Bad Wamp?
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Re: Anyone need a Big Bad Wamp?
Doesn't necessarily need to go the traditional route. The Wolf and Red could forge an alliance, for instance.
He breaks-and-enters other people's homes to raid for food and such, Red makes himself scarce with the loot safely secured?
IS ANYONE SURPRISED? NO
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because seriously, we have a dragon. We're already 99.9999999% of the way there.
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OH YEAH
WHO WANTS TO KILL GLITCH :D :D :D?
ETA I mean not on purpose, just with the whole spell-breaky name-thing there's going to be some ~unexpected consequences~ and I wanted to try and get at least that established.
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And he'll be a Wolf-of-a-Sort. Sneaky, tricksy, Every Bad Yet-Somehow-Noble Wolf Stereotype ever.
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So help please? Crazy, fits him, or just plain wacky are all good things. He needs wacky xD
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I THINK Illyria will be unaffected because I can't really think of something spectacular for her. I feel like she could be a good WTF (whatever that translates to in Illyria-language) pair of eyes.
Ideas about anything/plotting welcome! I'm extremely open yadda yadda.
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HELP
suggestions? HELP ME OUUUUT *flaps hands* (why yes, i've had too much coffee once again. eeeek)
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DG: DG is going to be the leader of Taxon's very own Wild Hunt. They're fairies from another world, but they visit the real world - in this case, the kingdom of Ye Olde Taxon - on occasion. Most of the time, they just want to have fun, but they also serve as protectors of the kingdom when necessary. Feel free to join her gang if you're interested!
Martha: Yeah, here it gets difficult. The wise woman / healer of the city? I'm not sure and I might just have her stay normal and put up with the chaos. Suggestions are welcome!
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Dru - DEF party and kobra! hansel and gretel, but i'm thinking party'll shove her in after killing kobra or something like that? And then run away like a..running thing.
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Not a problem with me! Whatever works for you. I'm completely fine with Dru ending up in the oven, but you and Krisi can debate the damage that she does beforehand.
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...and I have no idea for Fitz still, oops :(
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