Brainstorming Post!

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Apologies, apologies, apologies! We've totally flaked on this for the past couple of months. I won't speak for willbedone as far as inviting punishment, but you can make indignant noises in my direction for it if you like. *shameface*

Anyway, this is the monthly brainstorming post, and I hope this means you guys have a ton of stuff to throw into the mix today, so have at it, in the appropriate OCD thread! And they are up, so go go go!

Comments

Re: General Brainstorming

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Someone said to repost this in the next brainstorming thing, SO I AM. C&P AHOY.

I think that the island needs to be threatened with losing its teaching certification, and thus have some big evil assessment test handed out and most of the students have to do well on it OR ELSE FANDOM IS CLOSED! CLOSED, I SAY!

Cue much frantic studying and WTFing from the student body, who usually don't have to pretend to be scholarly. And then the test somehow introduces cracky elements anyway, in ways that I haven't figured out yet because this is a brand-new idea and it has enormous plot holes that you could drive a truck through. BUT STILL.

Re: General Brainstorming

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Yessssssssssss I loved this when you first suggested it (wherever that was) and I still love it!!!!!

Which, admittedly is non helpful. Let me think.

Okay -- maybe something completely weird and Fandomy happens but the students have to figure out a way to keep the examiners from discovering it.

Like... the gremlins try to bite the examiners and the students have to run interference or we have an invasion of the wee hugging bunnies and the students have to keep them out of sight.

The mental image in my head is the scene from the movie Clue when the officer investigates the house and they all have to act like it's a perfectly normal party.

Re: General Brainstorming

[notyourpawn.livejournal.com]

Okay, I loved that scene, and I know what you mean, zomg. THIS IS NORMAL. Of course you thought your name was Edna. You must have had a lot to drink last night!

I am also wondering if somehow, we can have either Nemesis Island or Umbridge outed as the one responsible for sic-ing the board of education on the school in the first place, which allows for some crack in the resolution.

Re: General Brainstorming

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm sooooo glad you got that reference.

And I *like* the idea of tying it in to Fandom's history. But... iirc, Umbridge is trapped in Special Collections? So it would almost have to be Nemesis Island?

Re: General Brainstorming

[weetuskenraider]

I think that was me who said that, and yes, I still love this idea, and would totally be up to helping come up with ideas for it.

Re: General Brainstorming

[withoutverona]

I have nothing to add, but it's a BEAUTIFUL idea.

Re: General Brainstorming

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

. . . I actually have an idea, based on your comment about how the students don't usually have to pretend to be scholarly.

What if the assessment is geared toward, or at least has a component of, wanting to know if the academic curriculum is well-rounded/balanced enough? So then you have the kids who are there to learn how to be better fighters or whatnot desperately having to brush up on literature and math, and the kids from more normal worlds cramming on how to at least make a credible imitation of knowing how to put someone in a choke hold . . .

Re: General Brainstorming

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

I would suppose that would depend on what kind of school the School Board thinks Fandom is? Like, do they think it's normal or do they know about all the wackiness (which is probably a question for Zoe to answer).

... didn't we have a School Board visit a looooooong time ago?