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fhplotterywheel2018-07-24 11:11 am
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Steampunk Weekend!
Remember Soap Opera Weekend? Remember Noir Weekend? Well, pull out your parasols, crimp your cravats and grease up your gears, because on the weekend of August 4/5th, and with thanks to Zed for the kick in the butt to make this happen, the island will be gearing itself up for its very first Steampunk Weekend!
Just like all themed AU weekend events in the past, if you opt in to having your character change, you'll find yourself playing with those steampunk tropes that make the genre so appealing. Everything electrical on the island will be replaced by clockwork, steam-powered, or geothermal alternatives, and the aesthetic will pull a major switch from Fandom's 'come as you were' aesthetic to Victorian and Edwardian sensibilities with a clockwork twist; everything from full flouncy dresses and dapper tailcoats and cravats to jodhpurs and jungle-explorer chic. Streetlamps will become gaslamps, the seaport will become the location of one of series of metal towers around the island where enterprising captains can dock their airships. If you're uncertain about what tropes to lean into for this event, consider the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. There's a pretty impressive list of examples of steampunk in popular culture over here, as well as a good write-up on what makes the genre in the first place, and for further ideas of what to do with your characters or the surroundings they live within, consider poking at the tabs of the steampunk index here!
As with all other crazy themed weekends, the clockwork sky is basically the limit. Embrace your character's darker inclinations toward mad science and experiment with power and chemicals to create a man... or a monster. Attack your neighbours from above as fearsome sky pirates sailing aboard grand airships. Catch a mechanical, spider-legged rickshaw across town in order to attend a ball thrown by the island's social elite, only to run afoul of a raging automaton. What becomes of our fair island will be largely up to whatever steampunky shenanigans you want to bring to the table, and if you want to have your character lean into cattle punk or gaslamp fantasy, could anybody possibly complain? No matter where you take this, as always, don't worry; everything that happens on the weekend will revert back to normal again on Monday morning!
It'll be structured very much the same way Soap Opera Weekend is, with OCD neatly tucked into this very post for you to all noodle about your characters' backstories, and what's going to change about the island you all know and love.
Brainstorming and question threads are all posted within for your convenience!
Just like all themed AU weekend events in the past, if you opt in to having your character change, you'll find yourself playing with those steampunk tropes that make the genre so appealing. Everything electrical on the island will be replaced by clockwork, steam-powered, or geothermal alternatives, and the aesthetic will pull a major switch from Fandom's 'come as you were' aesthetic to Victorian and Edwardian sensibilities with a clockwork twist; everything from full flouncy dresses and dapper tailcoats and cravats to jodhpurs and jungle-explorer chic. Streetlamps will become gaslamps, the seaport will become the location of one of series of metal towers around the island where enterprising captains can dock their airships. If you're uncertain about what tropes to lean into for this event, consider the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. There's a pretty impressive list of examples of steampunk in popular culture over here, as well as a good write-up on what makes the genre in the first place, and for further ideas of what to do with your characters or the surroundings they live within, consider poking at the tabs of the steampunk index here!
As with all other crazy themed weekends, the clockwork sky is basically the limit. Embrace your character's darker inclinations toward mad science and experiment with power and chemicals to create a man... or a monster. Attack your neighbours from above as fearsome sky pirates sailing aboard grand airships. Catch a mechanical, spider-legged rickshaw across town in order to attend a ball thrown by the island's social elite, only to run afoul of a raging automaton. What becomes of our fair island will be largely up to whatever steampunky shenanigans you want to bring to the table, and if you want to have your character lean into cattle punk or gaslamp fantasy, could anybody possibly complain? No matter where you take this, as always, don't worry; everything that happens on the weekend will revert back to normal again on Monday morning!
It'll be structured very much the same way Soap Opera Weekend is, with OCD neatly tucked into this very post for you to all noodle about your characters' backstories, and what's going to change about the island you all know and love.
Brainstorming and question threads are all posted within for your convenience!
Town Brainstorming!
Folks who currently own or manage a business can ping in here and decide what changes, if any, are going to affect their shops. They may end up becoming something completely different, staying the same, or keeping up a similar front for all kinds of nefarious (or very classy totally appropriate Victorian-esque) activities. NPC stores are moddable as usual, though any active PC employees should have the final say. A list of businesses can be found in the directory comm!
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Bad news! It'll be an old timey hospital style clinic, ala The Knick, including an operating theater with stadium seating, uncomfortable/vaguely creepy pipe-framed metal patient beds, and all the creepiest old timey doctor instruments. And it'll be run by a mad doctor who really REALLY wants to try putting her latest clockwork inventions in people, anesthesia optional. . . .
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Luke's will be a cattle-punk-y western saloon. Complete with swinging doors in the entrance. Haven't nailed down all the details yet, but the freezer WILL still be there, entirely taken over by tentacle monsters wearing gear-covered top hats and monocles. . . .
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I ask because he's straight-up Jedi Cowboy at this point in canon and he'd be right at home there, la...
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YAY. It's more well-developed than pretty much anything I've come up with for my kids so far, so I'M GONNA LEAN INTO IT HARD.
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Sooooooo I might still have a copy of this on a bookshelf at home, if you need ideas on what Dite's will be stocked with that weekend.
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At least he isn't shy about it if anyone asks. It's right up there with all of his other tall tales, really.
Shop at Demon Marcus for only the finest in top hats and cravats and such.