Calling all drama queens (and kings, can't forget them)!

[gobrookeyourself]

Okay, the genderswappy is over, which means I get to give you something new to look forward to. Well, technically, two somethings.

See, homecoming weekend is going to be October 10. That's one thing. Unfortunately for the people of Fandom, that means October 11-12 will also be Soap Opera Weekend.

Now I know you all know how soap operas work, even if you don't watch them. The name of the game is Crack. (Its middle name is totally Danger.) Thanks to a little TV mishap, if you so choose, your characters will wake up on Saturday morning technically still themselves, but soap operaed up. For instance, Brooke will still know herself as Brooke, but if I decide she's going to be a drug-addicted supermodel who was adopted by the richest family like ever ala Emily Quartermaine on General Hospital, for the weekend that's all true. If I decide Lily's going to be sekritly married to three other guys on the island that she wasn't to yesterday, that can also be true. (She won't be, don't worry, Marshall.) They'll all think the changes are perfectly normal.

And since this is on homecoming weekend when everyone's around anyway, this plot is open to everyone, and it gives the opportunity for alumni to be affected while in Fandom. Just like the good ol' days!



The Rules Guidelines:

-Okay, this one's a rule. DO NOT decide anything for someone else's character without their permission. If Lily was going to be married to three guys, I'd have to get the okay from all those people. Be as cracky as you want, but keep those lines of communication open.

-You also have the chance to do things you wouldn't ordinarily be able to do in regular gameplay without a plot proposal. Which means if I wanted Buffy to be randomly pregnant and not know which of two guys is the father, or if I want Jaina killed in a horrible roof accident, I could do it. It just won't be permanent. On Monday, they'll wake up alive and well and completely normal. (I would appreciate if you drop a line to let the admins/me know if you want to kill someone in a mob war or be murdered or something, since that that's something that could get big and affect more than your run of the mill death would. If you have any doubts about whether you can or should do something, ask.)

-This is so totally not a rule, but I highly encourage y'all to mix it up. If you're thinking of being someone's long-lost evil twin, why not have it be to a character you haven't played with before rather than someone you see every day? For those of you wanting to expand your circles, this could be a really good opportunity to do so.

-Don't worry if someone else is using the same schtick. Soap operas aren't exactly original. In fact, if there aren't eight Alexis/Krystle-style catfights that end up in the lake, I'm going to be REALLY REALLY upset.


That's the basics. I'm also throwing down a comment below for brainstorming, should anyone have something they WANT to see that weekend that they don't automatically claim for themselves, or you want to find someone to be your new husband/wife/suspected babyparent/evil twin/supposedly-dead parent/Kelly to your Brenda.

Whee!

Comments

Questions? Comments? Pie?

[gobrookeyourself]

Ooh, pie.

Re: Questions? Comments? Pie?

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

How many Alexis/Krystle-style catfights do you want again?

Re: Questions? Comments? Pie?

[clevermsbennet.livejournal.com]

... Since soaps follow no discernible logic anyway, is there any way Tink could be full-sized for the weekend for no good reason and then back to normal Monday?

Yes, this is entirely because I found a bizarrely perfect PB for human!Tink.

Brainstorm!

[gobrookeyourself]

Throw out your ideas! Get conspiratory! If you're drawing a blank on what to do, I'm sure someone here could help you out.

Re: Brainstorm!

[withoutverona]

I would like part of Romeo's story line to be that Juliet isn't really dead -- she faked her death and is on the island in disguise.

I could come up with more than that (she's been training as a ninja! they had twins who were given up at birth! Or not!), but, um, I don't wanna scare y'all with an overdose of crack. But anybody who wants a Shakespearean backstory for the weekend, please comment here or email me or I'll start begging people to do it.

The one restriction is that logistically, it probably has to be someone who came to Fandom after July 2007, unless you want to add to the crack by saying your character and Juliet-in-disguise are doubles and were swapped back then.

Re: Brainstorm!

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

I DEMAND AMNESIA.

I'd also LOVE for someone to suddenly think a doll or something inanimate is alive and talks to them a la Tabitha on Passions.

Re: Brainstorm!

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

I'll happily volunteer Isabel or Meg for a cat fight.

Re: Brainstorm!

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

I feel that something, somehow, needs to be done with Veronica, Chuck, Blair & Eric since KB is the voice of Gossip Girl.

I don't have ANY idea what. But I feel this needs to happen.

Re: Brainstorm!

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

I SO haven't watched enough trashy soaps. Must change this, obviously.

So, there was this thing in Home and Away where there was this girl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasha_Hunter) (the actress who yay meta was the passenger in Shia LeBeuf's recent accedent, la random fun), that they implied was a mermaid when they first brought her in because she had amnesia, only spoke pig latin and was picked up on the beach. Or something.

Anyway. Crack, amnesia, mermaids and pig latin!

Re: Brainstorm!

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Soap Opera Cliches (http://soaphunks.net/cliches.php)

Re: Brainstorm!

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong to want something to blow up a la Kimberly Shaw of Melrose Place? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melrose_Place#Season_Three_.281994-95.29)

Empty warehouses for the win!

Re: Brainstorm!

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

I have never actually seen a single episode of any soap opera. (But I can sing a lovely song that has a ton of cliches about soap operas in it...) So yes, don't have a clue other than "she's in love with two guys but it's okay, one's her brother" and "long lost amnesiac twin".

Re: Brainstorm!

[gobrookeyourself]

I'm so throwing this one out for public consumption, as I CAN'T BELIEVE I didn't think of this before and I am ashamed of myself.

Someone needs a split personality ala Viki Buchanan/Niki Smith on OLTL. NEEDS.

Re: Brainstorm!

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

I would like Meg to get into a cat fight.

It amuses me.

Re: Brainstorm!

[absolutesnark]

Summer has already been in two catfights in game. I think it needs to happen again. :D

Re: Brainstorm!

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Anyone interested in playing sworn enemies who discover they're actually siblings separated at birth?

Re: Brainstorm!

[imcalledandros.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that Andros could think that someone is his sister Karone who was kidnapped when he was younger if anyone would be interested in that.

Re: Brainstorm!

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Hi. Complete blank.

OOC

[gobrookeyourself]

I so totally grew up on General Hospital. I think it may be obvious.

Re: OOC

[needsaparrot]

I was such a confused child. I grew up on GH and DOOL. Depending on when I was sick, which family member I was staying with, or which school I was going to.

Re: OOC

[withoutverona]

You have no idea how much I love this.

Re: OOC

[likes-chicken.livejournal.com]

...this is so awesome.

Re: OOC

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Kelly to your Brenda

And that's the point at which my coffee went everywhere, DAMN YOU.

Re: OOC

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

I remember when AmTam was sweet, young, adorable Emily Quartermaine.

But I was more of an AMC girl.

Re: OOC

[clevermsbennet.livejournal.com]

I was over on CBS. With Cricket/Christine, aka Lauralee Bell, the fucking Tori Spelling of daytime TV.

... Victor Newman, I don't care how old that man gets, I'd hit that.