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Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, April 18th, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

The important details/rules:

* You will get one journal for your character's "family." Multiple children can be had but they must be in this one journal. If your "child" is with another character in the game you must share the journal with that character.

* Your character may have children with:

a) another character in the game
b) another character in your canon
c) with an anonymous person that you do not want to define or they can be reproduced asexually. (Hey. It could happen)
d) You may also have a child with an NPC character from another canon. HOWEVER, if that canon has any characters within the game, you must contact those people privately for permission.

* If your child is with another character in the game, please make sure you have their permission first before applying.

* Children can be between 3 and 17 years of age.

* The plot is open for students, townies, teachers, and alumni/expats alike.

* There is a cap of two children per character, but each child is only counted against one IG parent.

In other words:

Steve and Tony's players decide they should have two kids: "Geneva Rogers-Stark" and "Bucky Rhodey I Told You'd I'd Put It On the Certificate Don't Test Me Rogers-Stark". Since these kids are shared between two IG characters, each parent can take one of the kids towards their two kid total, leaving them each with one more slot to use. So now Steve can also have a kid with Bucky named "Sarah Winifred Barnes", and Tony can use his other slot to raise his and canon love interest Pepper Potts' kid, Peter Parker. Wait, no. Well, kind of.

Ask if the math still gets you confuzzled.

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

throughaphase

Should you want to sign anyone up for Three Minute Dates, you have until tomorrow! Numbers are okay, wouldn't mind more, if you so choose. I'll throw a last call warning in the Discord tomorrow but the earlier, the better.

throughaphase

It's that time of year again!

And you're probably going "sex pollen!"

And YES, but also, THREE MINUTE DATES! Which will happen Saturday, February 15, aka the last day of pollen. Mwahaha.

( the rules )

IMPORTANT: if for whatever reason you don't think your character would sign up for 3MD during pollen, the event will be ICly announced this week with (handwavily if you need it) signups through the week. Just in case you need them to innocently jot their name down before knowing what's happening.

If you think your signed-up character would try not to show up because of pollen, or they'd be too busy banging someone, Kitty WILL send out messages reminding people of their commitment, but ONLY if you need her to. Also I'll give permission for anyone to mod Tino into getting them to the bar however you want, again, only if needed.

SO. If you'd like to participate (PLEASE DO!!), drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and sexual preference (if any) by Thursday the 13th at midnight CST so I can smush all your characters together.

throughaphase

Hi, all! Today is the last day to sign up for Three Minute Dates so if you want in, go go go!

throughaphase

I missed February but 3MD is back, baby! And we could really stand to shake things up a little, so let's go! It'll take place Saturday, September 7.

( the rules )

SO. If you'd like to participate, drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and date preference (if any) by Thursday the 7th at midnight CST so I can smush all your characters together.

throughaphase

Hello, all! I passed a very loud back to school section in Target yesterday which means summer is winding down. To make sure we're all getting the most of it, from Tuesday, August 6 until Tuesday, August 12, Fandom is taking everybody on a road trip! Welcome to a very chill BDE!

That's right, the island is moving again, this time across the famed Route 66 (with a stop in West Virginia because you have to get to Route 66). Every day the island will move to a different state, with the scenery changing, and some of the location's affectations/traditions/places/popular things becoming part of Fandom for the day. You'll even be able to venture into the surrounding towns. At the end of the week we'll end in sunny California, where….

…Well, okay, a multiversal nexus moving across the country in this case awakens some things, and so giant road stop attractions will follow the island across the country the whole time. Think Paul Bunyan, Giant Santa Clauses, the world's largest fork, etc. They'll catch up in California, where the denizens of Fandom get to just have the most ridiculous fights. Once they're defeated, Fandom will zap itself back home safely.

I'll put up a post every night CST listing the next day's changes to the island, but I need your help! You all might know some of these places, so this is going to be a brainstorming post in case there's anything you want to add, or if there's a roadside attraction you think we need. (Of course the giant ball of twine is covered, who do you think I am?)

weirderthanthou

Because we all need to coordinate those backstories somehow.

We've got a form for you to fill out here:

...but feel free to brainstorm any way you'd like! And check here for event details!

throughaphase

Hello! The list of I Never prompts is here!

From now until the end of Thursday, May 23, Irony will be trying to get people to do the following:

( list of I nevers here )

Things to remember:

-This is totally opt in. Irony can not MAKE your character do anything (unless you decide your character is waking up a teenage girl or whatever), it'll just line up circumstances so they can do it, or make them think it's a good idea. Whether your character actually does it is up to them!

-This can affect ANYONE ON THE ISLAND, not just people who were at the party.

-Irony will only try to make your character follow a prompt IF THEY HAVE NOT DONE IT BEFORE. If your character chooses to do something on the list that they've done before, or if they've been drunk off jello shots before but doing it again leads to them getting into a fight in the alley, then good hustle.

-Communication, communication, communication.

This starts first thing Friday morning, so have at it!

throughaphase

Getting this in pre-newbies because what a fun way to welcome them to the island.

HEY SO we haven't done Final Destination since 2018 so I figured we could bring it back. The original idea behind this was that much like Death in the Final Destination movies made damn well sure those kids weren't getting away un-killed, Irony was doing similar here (minus the log trucks and the dying).

Next Thursday, May 16, you are all cordially invited to Clint and Kitty's house for a low key party. Anyone can come even if you don't know them, maybe everyone brings a bottle of wine... which is probably how the night ends in an I Never game. And everything that comes up in the I Never game becomes a prompt that Irony will try to make anyone on island use until the end of Thursday, May 23. Want your character to do some things that would be completely OOC? Want a random hookup? Have you been secretly thinking Zoe needs to get mooned? All of those things will seem like the best idea all week!

The post will go up on Thursday, May 16, early for time zones, and then I'll post the list of I Nevers late that night/early Friday morning depending how much playing is getting done at that point, and as soon as it's up, have at it!

The only restrictions are, 1) no "I never murdered someone in this room" or anything like that because of course, 2) Irony will only influence people who have NEVER DONE THAT THING THAT IS BEING DONE. If somebody chooses to moon Zoe completely of their own free will, that's their own fault.

Questions, comments?

bigdamnprincipal

Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, April 11th, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

The important details/rules:

* You will get one journal for your character's "family." Multiple children can be had but they must be in this one journal. If your "child" is with another character in the game you must share the journal with that character.

* Your character may have children with:

a) another character in the game
b) another character in your canon
c) with an anonymous person that you do not want to define or they can be reproduced asexually. (Hey. It could happen)
d) You may also have a child with an NPC character from another canon. HOWEVER, if that canon has any characters within the game, you must contact those people privately for permission.

* If your child is with another character in the game, please make sure you have their permission first before applying.

* Children can be between 3 and 17 years of age.

* The plot is open for students, townies, teachers, and alumni/expats alike.

* There is a cap of two children per character, but each child is only counted against one IG parent.

In other words:

Steve and Tony's players decide they should have two kids: "Tesla Rogers-Stark" and "Bucky Rhodey I Told You'd I'd Put It On the Certificate Don't Test Me Rogers-Stark". Since these kids are shared between two IG characters, each parent can take one of the kids towards their two kid total, leaving them each with one more slot to use. So now Steve can also have a kid with Bucky named "Sarah Winifred Barnes", and Tony can use his other slot to raise his and canon love interest Pepper Potts' kid, Peter Parker. Wait, no. Well, kind of.

Ask if the math still gets you confuzzled.

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

throughaphase

It's September and we have newbies so let's get some socialization! This time Three Minute Dates will happen this Saturday, September 9.

Rules under the cut, and there are some changes due to the restructuring!

( the rules )

SO. If you'd like to participate, drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and date preference (if any) by Thursday the 7th at midnight CST so I can smush all your characters together.

pocketpretzels

Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, April 13th, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

The important details/rules:

* You will get one journal for your character's "family." Multiple children can be had but they must be in this one journal. If your "child" is with another character in the game you must share the journal with that character.

* Your character may have children with:

a) another character in the game
b) another character in your canon
c) with an anonymous person that you do not want to define or they can be reproduced asexually. (Hey. It could happen)
d) You may also have a child with an NPC character from another canon. HOWEVER, if that canon has any characters within the game, you must contact those people privately for permission.

* If your child is with another character in the game, please make sure you have their permission first before applying.

* Children can be between 3 and 17 years of age.

* The plot is open for students, townies, teachers, and alumni/expats alike.

* There is a cap of two children per character, but each child is only counted against one IG parent.

In other words:

Steve and Tony's players decide they should have two kids: "Tesla Rogers-Stark" and "Bucky Rhodey I Told You'd I'd Put It On the Certificate Don't Test Me Rogers-Stark". Since these kids are shared between two IG characters, each parent can take one of the kids towards their two kid total, leaving them each with one more slot to use. So now Steve can also have a kid with Bucky named "Sarah Winifred Barnes", and Tony can use his other slot to raise his and canon love interest Pepper Potts' kid, Peter Parker. Wait, no. Well, kind of.

Ask if the math still gets you confuzzled.

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

throughaphase

Today's the last day to sign up for 3 Minute Dates! And I really don't want to spend tonight trying to force pairings to work so as many people as possible should definitely sign up!

throughaphase

Hello, all! Valentine's Day is approaching so fast that I actually didn't realize it's upon us, which means it's time for Three Minute Dates again! It'll take place on Saturday, February 11.

( the rules and info! )

throughaphase

Just as a reminder, Three Minute Dates signups close tomorrow night so if you want to sign up, your time is running out.

Numbers are good, but we could use another student to even out the number if anyone is so inclined!

throughaphase

Me again! It's a new school year, which means it's time for Three Minute Dayew! On Saturday, September 10, your characters will get to play out serieseses of dates with other characters. Whether you want a hookup or just want to thread with some new people without working for it, it's a good time.

( rules over yonder )

SO. If you'd like to participate, drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and date preference (if any) by Thursday the 8th at midnight CST so I can smush all your characters together.

thatwaslucky

Hey all! If you've read like any meme I've pinged into you've known that I'm doing The Rise of Skywalker very soon, and I'm opening it up to anyone and everyone for help!

In the finale, when normal people in the galaxy come to help, the call will also go out to Fandom (and anyone who chooses to get it, really). If you'd like to show off some weapons skills by fighting stormtroopers, or you want to ride a space horse into battle, or you have a spaceship you want to fly, or have support skills you want to put to use, you can sign up in the post here to be included. This is open to anyone on island or off. Preplay will go up early next week and happen ICly the evening of Tuesday, August 30, and you can either be back for classes/work the next day or hang out on another planet on Wednesday.

weirderthanthou

For your coordination of backstory needs!

We've got a form for you to fill out here:

...but feel free to brainstorm any way you'd like! And check here for event details!

heroic_jawline

Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, March 31, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

The important details/rules:

* You will get one journal for your character's "family." Multiple children can be had but they must be in this one journal. If your "child" is with another character in the game you must share the journal with that character.

* Your character may have children with:

a) another character in the game
b) another character in your canon
c) with an anonymous person that you do not want to define or they can be reproduced asexually. (Hey. It could happen)
d) You may also have a child with an NPC character from another canon. HOWEVER, if that canon has any characters within the game, you must contact those people privately for permission.

* If your child is with another character in the game, please make sure you have their permission first before applying.

* Children can be between 3 and 17 years of age.

* The plot is open for students, townies, teachers, and alumni/expats alike.

* There is a cap of two children per character, but each child is only counted against one IG parent.

In other words:

Steve and Tony's players decide they should have two kids: "Tesla Rogers-Stark" and "Bucky Rhodey I Told You'd I'd Put It On the Certificate It Don't Test Me Rogers-Stark". Since these kids are shared between two IG characters, each parent can take one of the kids towards their two kid total, leaving them each with one more slot to use. So now Steve can also have a kid with Bucky named "Sarah Winifred Barnes", and Tony can use his other slot to raise his and canon love interest Pepper Potts' kid, Peter Parker. Wait, no. Well, kind of.

Ask if the math still gets you confuzzled.

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

throughaphase

Three Minute Dates is on Saturday! You can still sign up through tomorrow here!

And in a stunning turn of events I had the numbers on day one of signups so I don't have to beg! That has not happened to me before! Only sign up if you actually want to!

throughaphase

Hello all! It's February. Valentine's Day is coming up. Yow what that means! It's Three Minute Dates time! Love or at least interaction is in the air! On Saturday, February 12, your characters will get to play out series of dates with other characters. Whether you want a hookup or just want to thread with some new people, it's a good time.

( rules over yonder )

SO. If you'd like to participate, drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and date preference (if any) by Thursday the 10th at midnight PST so I can smush all your characters together.

throughaphase

Behave, DW.

This is just a reminder that Three Minute Date signups close tomorrow!

Of course we especially need students, but all are welcome! Even if you're in a ship! Make friends!

throughaphase

Hi! Me again! It's September and we have new people, and you know what that means! It's Three Minute Dates time! On Saturday, September 18, your characters will get to play out series of dates with other characters. Whether you want a hookup or just want to thread with some new people, it's a good time.

( the rules )

SO. If you'd like to participate, drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and date preference (if any) by Thursday the 16th at midnight PST so I can smush all your characters together.

throughaphase

First off, I love you guys.

Second, if you've pinged into the bar and have been doing shots, or you accidentally did more than you expected once you started playing, remember to sign up here by the end of the day! I'll be sending out the last of the emails tonight.

throughaphase

Hello there! I'm here to bring you another event courtesy of

craftyladyparts brain! You may have noticed Kitty advertising an ~event~ next Tuesday, August 31. It's a great chance for the people of Fandom to get together, maybe let off some steam or drown some sorrows, all for free to test market a new booze called Chaos Drink. Win/win!

There's a catch, however.

Unbeknownst to everyone in Fandom, Chaos Drink causes actual chaos for everyone who drank it. What kind of chaos? Well, you'll have one change to your character for each shot you drink on Tuesday. These changes can be anything from minuscule cosmetic changes (eye color, scent, etc.) to their appearance to drastic changes to their lives or backstory (were you from a farm in Kansas before? Well you are now). Most of the time they'll know there's a change, but not always...

And of course because it's chaos, you do not get to choose the changes. No, you sign up with the amount of shots your character will be doing, and I RNG a list of 100 possible changes and send you an email with the changes you're assigned. If you drink four shots, you will have four changes you will be expected to play with for the duration of the event. Please make sure to only sign up for what you/your character's liver can handle.

These changes will all happen concurrently for a whole three days, from when your characters wake up on Wednesday, September 1 until they go to bed September 3. They'll wake up Saturday totally back to normal, with full memory of everything.

Also sign ups won't close until the party on Tuesday is over. You can either sign up now with a plan of what your character will drink or you can decide what you're doing the day of. The only rule there is that I won't be assigning changes past Tuesday, so keep that in mind if you're going to SP.

Mwahaha.

heroic_jawline

Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, April 8th, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

The important details/rules:

* You will get one journal for your character's "family." Multiple children can be had but they must be in this one journal. If your "child" is with another character in the game you must share the journal with that character.

* Your character may have children with:

a) another character in the game
b) another character in your canon
c) with an anonymous person that you do not want to define or they can be reproduced asexually. (Hey. It could happen)
d) You may also have a child with an NPC character from another canon. HOWEVER, if that canon has any characters within the game, you must contact those people privately for permission.

* If your child is with another character in the game, please make sure you have their permission first before applying.

* Children can be between 3 and 17 years of age.

* The plot is open for students, townies, teachers, and alumni/expats alike.

* There is a cap of two children per character, but each child is only counted against one IG parent.

In other words:

Steve and Tony's players decide they should have two kids: "Tesla Rogers-Stark" and "Bucky Rhodey I Told You'd I'd Put It On the Certificate It Don't Test Me Rogers-Stark". Since these kids are shared between two IG characters, each parent can take one of the kids towards their two kid total, leaving them each with one more slot to use. So now Steve can also have a kid with Bucky named "Sarah Winifred Barnes", and Tony can use his other slot to raise his and canon love interest Pepper Potts' kid, Peter Parker. Wait, no. Well, kind of.

Ask if the math still gets you confuzzled.

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

defenderofdesmoines

Just a quick reminder that if you would like your moods this weekend to be ~randomized~ for you, drop me a comment over here by midnight Eastern time tonight!

Back to your regularly-scheduled Thursdays, now. Mine does not have nearly enough napping on the docket.

defenderofdesmoines

Y'all, I am here to revive another weird plot we haven't done in a really long time: mood crystals!! A combination of the 70s Mood Ring craze and Troll dolls that could only have come from the mind of

craftyladyparts.

What if the crystals in mood rings came from space and instead of changing colors based on your body temperature (which approximates your 'mood'), it changed your mood based on its color? And what if a large crystal fell from space, landed in the park, and shattered in an explosion of what I'm just going to call "mood magic." And even though it makes no physical sense whatsoever, small shards of these crystals mood-magically went flying into the stomachs of people all around Fandom and influenced their moods for ~~four~~ three days?

So, this coming Saturday, Sunday and Monday (March 13-15), should you choose to participate, your character will be affected by a crystal shard that will appear on their tummy a la a Troll doll.

You have four moods to choose from but only three days, so you will have to choose one option to jettison. But your choices are:

*Violet: Happy, loving, romantic, passionate

*Blue: Calm, relaxed, at ease

*Gray: Nervous, anxious

*Black: Angry, stressed, tense

How exactly your character will play with those general moods is up to you! With violet, are they just super chipper or are they ready for makeouts? If it's black, are they getting a headache or throwing punches? Do they try drinking all of the tea to calm their gray anxiousness? Do they keep napping because they're a little too in the blue? You decide!

(Please keep regular rules about public violence and/or adult situations in mind.)

The crystal on your character's stomach won't be huge, maybe an inch long by a half inch wide and just barely raised over the surface of the skin. They cannot be removed until overnight on Monday when the magic runs out and they fall off, colorless and without any magic left. The glowing will be obvious if the stomach is exposed, but it will probably completely hidden if it's under clothes.

In game terms, which day each mood falls on is random per person. OOCly, you can either plan out your days on your own, or you can have me RNG what happens what day for your character. Maybe you want two people to get into an irrational fight, or maybe you want an excuse for a hookup. Coordinate as much as you want and let me know!

throughaphase

Oh hey, numbers are good enough that I haven't had to pester people!

Unless you have a student. I still have to pester you if you have a student.

Signups for 3MD this Saturday are due in by Thursday at midnight PST. Again, students needed, and if you just meant to sign up and didn't get around to it yet, your time is limited!

throughaphase

HEY GUYS. Valentine's Day is NEXT WEEK! You know what that means? It means the return of Three Minute Dates! On Saturday, February 13, you'll get to play out a series of dates with other characters. It's a great chance to meet new people and strike up some friendships, and maybe get a hookup. Maybe two if you're really good.

Or maybe you'll just find out the hard way about the sanctuary spell. That works too.

( the rules and stuff here )

At this stage in the game the number of rounds will depend entirely on the number of people who sign up. If we don't have enough for five rounds (hello I will start begging for student signups now), I may have to have round five be a second date with characters you've already had. If you want more interaction, please throw more characters in! Or harass your friends to sign their characters up! This is open to anyone who's on island. Do you conveniently have an alumni who might show up for the weekend and get roped in? GOOD. Would your character absolutely not do this and be nowhere near Caritas on purpose? I guess it's time to get kidnapped by some Fandom wildlife to hang out at a bar for up to fifteen or so minutes, or something! Are you in a committed, loving relationship? Don't care! In fact you probably should meet friends outside of it to keep it healthy.

SO. If you'd like to participate, drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and date preference (if any) by Thursday the 11th at midnight PST so I can smush all your characters together.

defenderofdesmoines

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow and Sunday are Disney Weekend, so make those icons if you need to, cue up your rhyming dictionary, and get ready for happy endings!

Idk about you all but I need some crack to read this weekend, give it to me.

defenderofdesmoines

Or 'Children's Movie Weekend,' or 'Fairytale Weekend,' or 'G-Rated Weekend' or...look, I went through a lot of names before settling on 'Disney Weekend' but, like, this isn't a licensing thing so much as a 'ubiquitousness of Disney movies' thing. ANYWAY. I GOT MORE CRACK FOR Y'ALL.

Next weekend (January 23-24), the island will be hit with a wave of something that makes all participating characters act like they are in a children's movie, with all the associated tropes.

Maybe little birds help your character get dressed in the morning! Do you have a pet? Cool, maybe it either talks or can use very expressive sign language, now. Maybe you're a lost princess! Maybe you're actually evil, and want to make a coat out of dogs or something similarly over-the-top terrible. Maybe you're on a quest to save your village! Maybe your wishes have power. Maybe you keep singing when you meant to just talk, because you're in a musical now.

There are a few rules, ( which I am cutting to save the flist )

DONE SPAMMING THE FLIST NOW, EVERYONE.

throughaphase

Hi what has even been this week. This is to point you over to the Power Swap Signups that end tomorrow! If you want to play in it, get those in by midnight Tuesday!

Also as a reminder, please only sign up with one primary and one secondary power/skill. If you've signed up with more please edit your comment with the two maximum powers/skills you're up for losing, or I'll have to email you to clarify.

throughaphase

Hello, all! It's me again, here with another event where I went "hey we haven't done this since like 2014!"

Powers. Some of our characters have them. Some don't. Let's have some shenanigans about that. That's right, it's time for POWER SWAP WEEKEND!

Here are the rules:

If you play someone with powers and want them to participate, you sign up in this here post listing one or two powers you'd be willing to have them lose for the entire weekend. All primary powers will be given away. Your secondary power might as well, if we have uneven numbers and need things to assign to people. Your character will lose both powers you signed them up for regardless of whether both are given away.

If you play someone without powers and would like to get one RNGed to you for the entire weekend, sign up in this here post listing one or two totally ordinary skills you'd be willing to lose for the weekend. Same rules apply here: you'll lose everything you sign up for, and will only gain one superpower.

(and I don't have the right mix of characters so I will use an old example!):

EXAMPLE: Jessica (powered) gets signed up with webshooting and strength, James (powered) with superspeed, and Bruce (unpowered) with his ability to look great in any given suit and his ballroom dance training. RNG gives Bruce webs, Jess the suits, and James the ballroom dancing. Jess loses both powers (even though only one was picked), James loses his speed (even though it wasn't picked), and Bruce is looks disheveled in all suits and as no rhythm, but he gets webs, so that works out for him.

Everyone wakes up on Monday morning totally back to normal whether they're in Fandom or not.

Oh, why do I mention the part about "whether they're in Fandom or not"? Because this is happening October 23-25, which happens to be homecoming weekend, which means this is open to all characters who are on island that weekend!

All signups will be randomized by me. If you're interested, please sign up below before midnight on Tuesday, October 20, so I have time to put together the matchups.

throughaphase

As a reminder, 3 Minute Date signups end at midnight tomorrow, at which point I drink copiously while screaming at spreadsheets and the RNG before crying at Nick.

If you're around on Saturday and would like to have your characters meet people for a whole five threads, PLEASE, PLEASE DO! Especially if you have available students you have not signed up!

I'm not above begging. Don't think I'm above bribery. I will gremlin bite a character if you sign up now and request it. Do you know what kind of shenanigans I will allow myself to be roped into if you sign up to play with people who might not even be me? Because I don't! Let's discuss.

throughaphase

Hello, this is your first reminder that Three Minute Dates takes place a week from tomorrow/today depending on your timezone! Signups are here and open till Thursday, especially if you have available students!

There will of course be at least one more reminder as I try to smush people's characters into pairings and find I'm off and then cry at Nick.

throughaphase

It's a new semester, and you know what that means! Or maybe you don't because we got out of the actual habit of it for a while! On Saturday, September 12, it's Three Minute Dates time!! Want interaction? Want to meet new characters, or spend some more time with ones you already know? Here is your chance! Sign up in this post and you'll ICly be put on the list to experience a series of up to five dates, be it romantic, platonic, or ending in the lake!

The traditional rules:

*3 Minutes = 10 pings, up to 5 from each character. You can of course take a ping or two to wrap things up, but please be efficient. If you're going to need more time with the new love of your life (or of the night), there will be a regular Caritas post set after 3MD.

*3MD is open to both adults and teenagers. Teachers and students will never be paired together, but students and townies might be, provided they are close enough in age to not be too weird and possibly illegal, or I can't avoid it for some reason. If you've got a 2020 graduate you want to be paired with students, just say the word.

*An attempt to pair characters up by sexual preference will be made. That said, it all depends on signups and it's more likely that you'll end up with a mix of genders that you/your character may not have signed up for.

*You can sign up with as many on-island characters as you want, but please keep in mind that each one commits you to up to 5 threads with people in all sorts of time zones with all kinds of schedules. Try not to sign up more than you can reasonably handle. That way everyone can have a chance to complete all of their dates.

*The post will go up Friday evening, the 11th, and will be available for slowplay through the weekend. The bulk of the playing should take place on Saturday, but if you need to wrap things up on Sunday, that's fine. If you sign up and later find out that you won't be around at all on September 12, PLEASE let me know to take your characters off the list, especially if you've signed up with multiple characters. And if you know you won't be around at all that day, please don't sign up. It never feels good when somebody has a bunch of threads without any interaction.

At this stage in the game the number of rounds will depend entirely on the number of people who sign up. If we don't have enough for five rounds (we were lopsided on students last time), I may have to have round five be a second date with characters you've already had. If you want more interaction, please throw more characters in! This is open to anyone who's on island. Do you conveniently have an alumni who might show up for the weekend and get roped in? GOOD. Would your character absolutely not do this and be nowhere near Caritas on purpose? I guess it's time to get kidnapped by some Fandom wildlife to hang out at a bar for up to fifteen or so minutes, or something! Are you in a committed, loving relationship? Don't care! In fact you probably should meet friends outside of it to keep it healthy.

The non-traditional rules:

*An old twist is returning with this one. Unbeknownst to our intrepid bar manager (who will be fixing the problem immediately afterwards), there will be a little bit of ~love potion~ in the HVAC system in the lounge (and only the lounge) that will hit your character in one of your rounds to make you fall madly in love with your date for ten pings. Once the date is over and you move, thus ending the potion's spell, it's up to you to figure out what happens. Did that love potion awaken actual feelings? Is it just embarrassing that you flirted that hard? Is it immediately forgotten because you got another whiff on your next date?

I'll give each round a 1/5 chance of getting whammied, so if the RNG is weirdly in your favor, you could get prompted a few times. You can also choose to have your character influenced for any date you pick.

SO. If you'd like to participate (especially if you have student boys, getting that out early), drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher), date preference (if any) and whether you're opting into the love potion by Thursday the 10th at midnight PST so I can smush all your characters together.

firstofitskind

Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, April 9th, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

The important details/rules:

* You will get one journal for your character's "family." Multiple children can be had but they must be in this one journal. If your "child" is with another character in the game you must share the journal with that character.

* Your character may have children with:

a) another character in the game
b) another character in your canon
c) with an anonymous person that you do not want to define or they can be reproduced asexually. (Hey. It could happen)
d) You may also have a child with an NPC character from another canon. HOWEVER, if that canon has any characters within the game, you must contact those people privately for permission.

* If your child is with another character in the game, please make sure you have their permission first before applying.

* Children can be between 3 and 17 years of age.

* The plot is open for students, townies, teachers, and alumni/expats alike.

* There is a cap of two children per character, but each child is only counted against one IG parent.

In other words:

Steve and Tony's players decide they should have two kids: "Tesla Rogers-Stark" and "Bucky Rhodey I Told You'd I'd Put It On the Certificate It Don't Test Me Rogers-Stark". Since these kids are shared between two IG characters, each parent can take one of the kids towards their two kid total, leaving them each with one more slot to use. So now Steve can also have a kid with Bucky named "Sarah Winifred Barnes", and Tony can use his other slot to raise his and canon love interest Pepper Potts' kid, Peter Parker. Wait, no. Well, kind of.

Ask if the math still gets you confuzzled.

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

throughaphase

After this I'm done, I swear, just a reminder that if you want to sign up for 3MD on Saturday (post going up Friday, SP okay!) that today is your last day. We could also maybe use like one more student especially to make the numbers work better.

Back to your flist.

throughaphase

Interrupting your regularly scheduled flirting to remind you that 3MD signups are going on through Wednesday.

Especially if you're a student! If you have a student and will be around this weekend, I have any number of ways to get your character into the bar. I'd see it as a challenge, actually.

throughaphase

Hello, all! It was suggested that 3MD return and lo, 3MD returns! And just in time for Valentine's Day! Next Saturday, February 15, Caritas will once again become the place for the lovelorn, or just people looking to get out and socialize! Sign up in this post and you'll ICly be put on the list to experience a series of up to five dates, be it romantic, platonic, or ending in the lake!

( the rules below! )

At this stage in the game the number of rounds will depend entirely on the number of people who sign up. If you want more interaction, please throw more characters in! This is open to anyone who's on island. Do you conveniently have an alumni who might show up for the weekend and get roped in? GOOD. I encourage it! Would your character absolutely not do this and be nowhere near Caritas on purpose? I guess it's time to get kidnapped by some Fandom wildlife to hang out at a bar for up to fifteen or so minutes, or something!

If you're interested, please leave a comment to this post with your character's first and last names (written the way it should be called out during the event), type (student, teacher, townie) and date preference (if any). Comments are screened by default, questions will be unscreened and answered. Signups will be open through Wednesday, February 12 at 11:59 PM Central to give me time to smash random numbers together.

throughaphase

Just a reminder that Tropes Weekend starts on Saturday, so if there's still any brainstorming/begging/random ideas having you want to do, you can find that over here!

(Also because work is incredibly boring rn and I want comments to read.)

throughaphase

So the last BDE threw some trauma at our kids, and now there are new characters since then, so why don't we lighten things up again? That's right, it's time for...

!!!!!!! TROPES WEEKEND !!!!!!!

Next Friday, September 20, alumni and ex-pats will be able to come to town for an event on Saturday... by mistake. There is no event. Oops! But you might as well stay now, and from September 21-22, Fandom will be all tropes, all the time. It'll work like other theme weekends of the past: anyone on island can be affected by tropes from fanfic/movies/books/TV that they probably would never have to deal with in their (fictional) real lives. Do you want your character and someone else's character to go undercover as a married couple? Want to bet with another character on whether you can make a(n already hot) girl hot by simply taking off her glasses? Now's your chance! Are you having conflict with another character and want to be literally locked in a closet with them instead of just mentioning in email that you should totally lock them in a closet together sometime? Not that I have ever done that! Do you want random amnesia due to a bump on the head that can only be cured by another bump on the head? Oh boy, do you ever!

Here are the rules:

( cut to save the flist but you should still read this )

If you need inspiration, you can get lost reading about fanfic tropes, or maybe romcom tropes, action tropes, fantasy tropes, soap opera tropes, or random overused tropes, etc. etc. etc.

uncertain_dume

I appear to have hibernated through June, so I expect you all to have two months' worth of awesome ideas to share this time around!

Or whatever floats your boat. It is hot and we only just managed to get our AC hooked up fifteen minutes ago, so my brain might have melted and fled forever, oops. Anyway, you know the drill. Past ideas are over here, have at it!

myownface

It's that time of year again, folks! Time for Fandom's third annual Pride, to be held on June 29th! I'm cutting it close this year, but look, it's actually during Pride Month! Just like the last two years, everybody is welcome to attend and participate in the festivities as the island dedicates itself to a celebration of love and identity.

The main event is all going to be condensed to one day, with a parade happening on Saturday, June 29th, followed by a picnic in the park afterwards. Anybody on the island is welcome to ready their best rainbows and participate in the parade, or simply come out to enjoy solidarity and acceptance and unity and defiance. There will be minor OCD in this post, mostly to get a feel for numbers, though like every year registration in advance isn't necessary if on Saturday morning you wake up with the urge to throw everyone and their puppies at the parade anyway. Bonus points for puppies. Puppies in rainbows make everything better.

The picnic, also as per usual, is going to have room for booths, should anybody want to give away cupcakes or safe sex pamphlets or do fundraisers, there will be OCD here for you to stake your claims, but you can also just show up and set something up in the picnic post if your heart so desires!

As every year, I'm also opening the floor for anybody else who might want to contribute an event of any sort to come forward and do just that! Does your character want to run a pancake breakfast, some manner of sporting event, a LGBT+ film festival, drag show, or what-have-you? We'd love to have it! This stuff will be up to individual players to post at any point over the weekend, and the OCD thread for this can be used both for coordinating and making sure nobody doubles up on any awesome ideas you might have! If you're planning on doing something like this, please lay claim to it in the OCD before going ahead and posting that weekend, thanks!

OCD is up, have at!

firstofitskind

For your coordination of backstory needs!

We've got a form for you to fill out here:

...but feel free to brainstorm any way you'd like!

furnaceface

A day late this month on account of the Newbie-ing! You likely all know the drill by now. Past suggestions are over in this useful spreadsheet here and big events and plot-type deals still need to be run by the admins!

furnaceface

It's that time again! As usual, the list for past ideas is over here, and I'll update it to add anything new anybody might add this time around.

Remember, just because something's been discussed in this post doesn't mean it'll necessarily happen. Somebody's still got to get the ball rolling on that stuff, develop the idea, take it to the admins and make it actually be a thing! But this is a good place for spitballing with the general population of the game to gauge interest or help fill in gaps that might be in your own planning. And if you don't see this post this weekend, don't sweat it, you can still comment on it whenever you like, and I'll update the spreadsheet with new ideas right up until it's time to make a new post, next month.

heroic_jawline

Like it says in the headline, here's the place to drop your kid (and teenager) plans! These are due by Thursday, April 11th, 11:59 PST. Comments are screened for maximum secrecy-surpriseyness!

( Details/Rules )

And a form for your copy-pasting pleasure!

furnaceface

Hey look, it's March! So let's start this month with another brainstorming post, shall we? You all know the drill by now. Suggestions go here, but just suggesting it won't guarantee that it happens, unless an admin decides it should be run or somebody approaches them with it as an event! Suggesting it here will get it added to Ye Olde Spreadsheet, though, so feel free to hop in and spitball!

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