~GET YOUR MUSICAL PLOTTINGS HERE~ ...also details for the August plot theme

[taxonmods]

Hello darlings!

Remember how we've been hinting and nudging and whispering about a musical themed plot for August?

Well, it's August now, so why isn't Taxon full of people dancing in the streets, you ask? WE SHALL TELL YOU NOW.

Running from August 10-24, Taxon will once more (with feeling) be taken over by the dulcet tones of sweeping, bombastic, orchestrated...tunes, ranging from anything and everything you can imagine. Disney meets Duke Ellington meets Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers meets Stranger than Fiction.

How does it work?

Fairly simply, actually: first of all, you don't have to afflict your character(s) with the magic of musicals unless you want to. But, for the purposes of this city-wide plot, you'll have two options of musical madness:

* Full-on, character interactions morphing into actual musical numbers as easy as pie. Your character knows they're singing, knows it's really very weird to suddenly be starting up a song (and why is there ambient music all around accompanying them) - and the more s/he fights it, the more massive the inevitable outcome. What could've been a few lines from a song if s/he'd just gone with it ends up an elaborate piece with background dancers galore.

* If orchestrating song and dance routines isn't your cuppa, you can still partake in the fun by having your character followed around by Strangely Thematic Music Scores that change in accordance to what your character is up to. Merely fitting or truly epic, the choice is yours. Just make sure to insert links so we can all follow along, if you find some piece of already existing music that's just perfect for your nefarious rp purposes.

(* Do both! Do either! But most importantly: HAVE FUN WITH IT)

While the plot is completely opt-out-able, should you choose to submit your character to the in-game woes of being literally in the spotlight, the characters themselves can't opt out of the proceedings. They can try, but as detailed in the first bullet point, resistance is oh-so-futile.

And this post? This is for your planning purposes. GET PLOTTING EVERYONE! :D

Comments

[dustandhope]

I'm... amazingly not musical. Not my muses. Me. I don't know bands, I don't know song titles, I just click play and let my friends shove music at me.

This isn't me saying no. Just that I'm incredibly bad at this sort of thing.

[dien]

I AM TOO my musical knowledge for musicals and fun stuff like this is usually crap

WE'LL GET THROUGH IT TOGETHER

[aintnoconvict]

WHO SAID YOU HAD TO USE MUSICALS I am pop-and-indie-crapping all over this mofo,

[dustandhope]

No, not just musicals for me. I know basically nothing about ANY music.

[dustandhope]

;_;

[smecker]

Remus: WEREWOLVES OF LONDON

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor

[personaldemon]

I have to admit, the only thing I can see Raziel doing, however much it might not actually fit, is raging along with something like DU HAST.

[imperial_long]

So The Who's Slip Kid makes me think of Scott, and to an extent the X-Men in general, the whole 'stuck in a war' generational thing they have going on. Just putting that out there!

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Slip-Kid-lyrics-The-Who/D64534FBCA13ABB2482569770031AB18 Lyrics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xjr9v5ehk Song itself

[no_rose_tint]

Love the lyrics. Loading the song up now. My net tends to be a little slow.