Brains! Falling from the sky!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Time for the monthly brainstorming post, wooo!!!

OCD is coming up!

Not dirty.

Comments

General ideas

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

They're broad, vague, and in need of refining! Talk about 'em here.

Re: General ideas

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

After yesterday's meme I have this burning desire to organize some kind of Fandom Amazing Race. I have NO idea how to make it work, but I think it could be a lot of fun.

Re: General ideas

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

A few months ago, completely based off of a wacky macro picture that longislandiceme linked me to, I did a Luke's Diner post that had random bananas showing up in it. And then people (Mary at the Arms, Tyler at the gym, Dale at the trooper station, etc.) picked it up and just started running with it for about a week, having random bananas show up in business posts.

It was completely impromptu, and very lightweight but a lot of fun. And I think it'd be kind of neat to do little running-gag things like that every now and again. If nothing else, it's a neat way to spice up business posts on those days when we're having a hard time coming up with stuff.

Re: General ideas

[bitten_notshy]

I just wanted to say how much I loved that and agree we should keep going with it. I don't have townies just now, but it could run through office and room posts, too.

This was what we were trying to do with the prompts to some extent, but they seem to be something that we're done with. Also, everyone mentioning bananas organically is way cooler than "Prompt: Work bananas into your post."

Re: General ideas

[weetuskenraider]

Honestly, it made me laugh a lot when it happened.

And I don't think it should really have to be a huge structured thing -- if necessary, there could be some general common-sense rules of thumb set up for the sort of thing that qualifies as running gag material, and maybe an OOC note saying "feel free to pick this up and run with it?"

Re: General ideas

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

THIS. I love that kind of thing -- I said in the forum that I have a hard time coming up with roomposts for my girls, but I also struggle with establishy townie posts. (This, for instance, is why Robin and Tino hate each other so much. It gives me SOMETHING TO DO.)

So running gags like that are a great way to give something to write about, when you're sitting there going "God, I can't have her clean again."

Re: General ideas

[findingelena.livejournal.com]

From the wrong account entirely: would anyone be interested in a mock trial group? I don't have a student who'd run it, but I do have a townie who would love to set it up. If anyone else was interested, I mean.

Re: General ideas

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

...YES PLEASE.