All we wanna do is storm your brains

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

We're not unreasonable. I mean, no one's gonna storm your eyes.

(Lame, I know. Hush, it's Wednesday.)

[[OCD has been achieved, and the cerebral precipitation may commence.]]

Comments

Re: Specific Ideas

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Okay, this idea came about because of a comment that living_endless made in a meme. Pretty much every supernatural canon ever has that one episode/issue where the bad guys make the heroes think that all the supernatural stuff is crap and they are really nuts.

It could be a lot of fun to figure out a way to do this on an island-wide scale. A group of people (or alumni) could be off island when the effect hits and it can be up to them to figure out what is going on and how to fix it while the rest of the people believe that this is the way it's always been or become convinced that they are really crazy.

In Charmed, the bad guy makes Piper believe that Halliwell Manor is really a mental institution where she is locked up because of her delusions about being a witch. He also convinces her that Prue, Phoebe and Paige aren't really her sisters but her fellow patients.

Re: Specific Ideas

[notsobadatall.livejournal.com]

...when in doubt, Q?

Re: Specific Ideas

[tyler_gone]

I really, really, really love this idea ... but you know I'm a sucker for anything where powered characters become nonpowered and dynamics shift. Heck, maybe the characters who are *always* mundane recognize the spell's effects and save the day.

Re: Specific Ideas

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Heck, maybe the characters who are *always* mundane recognize the spell's effects and save the day.

Yes! I love that.

Re: Specific Ideas

[bitten_notshy]

One thing I would add -- maybe characters who are nonpowered-but-from-weird-places are also affected? Like, Jack still knows he's Czech, 18, bisexual, etc. ... he just thinks the parts where he lives with a vampire and was born in 1881 are totally insane.

Re: Specific Ideas

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Makes sense to me!

Firekeeper could think the notion of being raised by wolves is nuts, Arthur could think being the prince of Camelot is nuts, etc.

Re: Specific Ideas

[weetuskenraider]

I'm just thinking about that possibility with my bunch of characters and holy fascinating dynamic shift, Batman. Not to mention all kinds of intriguing potential for character growth for anyone involved.

Which is my thoroughly non-contributing way of saying this is an awesome idea.

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

I completely dig that idea. And since we've established as a game that the island is semi-sentient and reacts in odd ways to external stimuli (wasn't there the whole pining for the Isle of Ikea thing?), maybe the semi-sentient island itself decides its crazy/gets semi-sentient island therapy?

I might need sleep.

Re: Specific Ideas

[living_endless]

I really like that! The island decides "... okay, enough weird, I am FED UP." And the characters need to do something to make it happy again.

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

"It's okay, Fandom Island! We like you just the way you are! We like you, uh, because you make us act crazy and do embarrassing things and -- okay, someone who's better at lying needs to try doing this."

Now I'm picturing all the unaffected folks having to convince everyone who thinks they're crazy to give the island a giant group hug.

"No. Seriously. HUG THE DAMNED TREE!"

Re: Specific Ideas

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Now I'm picturing Priestly trying to convince Worf to hug a tree.

Worf: No.
Priestly: You have no joy. You know that?

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

Priestly: You can't at least pretend to have joy? Just this once?

Re: Specific Ideas

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf: *grunts* Can I punch you afterward?

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

Priestly: . . . Okay, fine, but only if the hug works and the island feels better.

Re: Specific Ideas

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

I was thinking something along the lines of Nemesis Island making another bid to take over Fandom.

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

But that doesn't get fixed by hugging trees.

I definitely need to sleep.

Re: Specific Ideas

[brat_inslayage]

But but but. You're awesome when you're sleep-deprived.

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

My boss might disagree. Since I'm doing this instead of, say, work.

But just think of it! Our characters spend so much time cursing the island and believing it's being deliberately cruel and I kind of completely love the idea that something has to get fixed by loving the island just the way it is.

And tree hugging.

. . . I miss Blair Sandburg.

Re: Specific Ideas

[brat_inslayage]

Seriously, I love that idea; it's brilliantly cracky and it makes so much sense, especially given how often the weird stuff happens and people keep going "STUPID ISLAND."

Like maybe we all gave it a complex.

Re: Specific Ideas

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

I do like that idea but not really in conjunction with something making the people of Fandom think they are crazy.

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

Exactly! Fandom Island doesn't want your judgement, it only wants your love!

The island must be saved by lovers, not fighters!

. . . There's no reason why Nemesis Island couldn't be involved in getting the island to the final breaking point, though.

Re: Specific Ideas

[longislandiceme]

Yes, yes, this so much.

THE ISLAND JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED, PEOPLE.

Re: Specific Ideas

[bitten_notshy]

Setting aside the whole discussion on how the problem is solved for a second, I was wondering how this might effect characters whose differences are physical as well. I can see the island making everyone think being a mutant/time traveler/witch is nuts, but the whole idea of it giving Jono a mouth or making it so Nick Knight can go out in the sun ... that's a huge change for those players, and I'd like a few of them to give their thoughts.

Also -- even if someone is mundane, having all their friends say "okay, you know where I said I was a witch for the last three years? I was nuts" at once would be draining like whoa, and might make them think they're crazy too.

I still love the whole concept -- I'm just throwing out random things for us to poke at.

Re: Specific Ideas

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Just to throw my thoughts in here in case you wanted to go this far: the idea of making Worf human or Jamie without his duplicating ability sounds like an excellent concept and one that I'd love to play off of.

Re: Specific Ideas

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

I like this idea, it fits with Tim's canon quite well:)