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]

True, they could be blended together. It's just that the idea of people thinking they are insane for the way they have lived their entire lives being fixed by hugging a tree is a little too ridiculous for my taste.

The other problem I see is that the people who are effected and think they are insane aren't gonna be all that loving towards the island once it wears off which sort of negates the whole premise in my mind.

Re: Specific Ideas

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Doesn't have to be them -- it could be the unaffected ones. And having THOSE guys be the mundane ones kind of makes it work for me. ie, Robin is usually one to bitch about the island -- having her be one of the unaffected ones who has to go "...seriously? The island just needs us to stop bitching about the crazy for once? FINE." actually makes me go 'eee, that works character-developmentally!'

And FWIW I think the tree-hugging was hyperbole.

Re: Specific Ideas

[lovemykilt]

It was, yes. I tend towards those.

I like the idea of those from the mundane fandoms having to accept the island as it is to help the ones who are from more sci-fi or fantasy fandoms. There's a certain . . . poetry to that idea.

Re: Specific Ideas

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

Right! Like, (a) the non-powered kids get delegated to research duty, etc. during plots often enough -- let's make them the heroes. BUT. (b) they have to admit they don't hate the island, even though they're the ones with the strongest propensity to go "DAMMIT ISLAND I HATE YOU WHY AM I A CHIPMUNK THIS IS NOT NORMAL," etc.

I think it's sort of poetic, especially since the answer isn't HARD or hidden in a book somewhere, so there's a certain level of frustration there, too.

Re: Specific Ideas

[weetuskenraider]

Okay, yeah, wow. The more that gets elaborated upon, the more I like it. I'm a sucker for symmetry and poetry admittedly but the best plots and moments I can think of in this game are the ones where someone finds some amazing moment of humor in a dark plot, or gets unexpected awesome character drama out of a lighthearted plot. This seems like it would be perfect for that.

Re: Specific Ideas

[living_endless]

I think it depends on the character? Some would be pissed off at the island, but some would take the long view and see it as the island showing them to be grateful for what they have, or simply write it off as 'at least I didn't turn into an animal this time.' I don't think a crack solution negates dramatic elements.