The Stepford Ladies' Association presents…

[paradisamods]

The Simply Stepford Christmas Club!
December 15th - 21st



Ladies and gentlemen, we're going on a trip for Christmas. We're going to a world where men were men and women were cherished and lovely. We're going to a world of romance and beauty, of tuxedos and chiffon, a perfect world. Forget the overstressed, the overbooked and the under-loved; we'll turn back the clock to a time before overtime, before quality time, to a time that is simply perfect.

That place is Stepford, Connecticut. It's the 50s, sort of, with none of those yucky post-WW2 politics. We've taken off the grime, you see, all the ugly things, polished it right up good with some good old American Ivory soap and hot water. Don't worry about any of it, and you just focus on the glamorous parts: you live just like Bogie and Bacall, in a grand Center Hall Colonial house with all the new appliances, wardrobes of perfectly tailored clothes and dinner fit for a two-page spread in Good Housekeeping.

A perfect world, made even more perfect by Christmas. 



Picture it with me: carolers in the snow in red velvet cloaks, sleigh rides through the countryside, ice-skating in Town Square. New Christmas dresses, baking gingerbread cookies, stringing popcorn for the tree, and time with the family. The children tucked into bed, dreaming of when St. Nicholas will come…! 

You can have it all, ladies and gentlemen, right here in Stepford.


THE SKINNY VERSION:

You are now in an idealized 50s "Stepford" town. Old-fashioned Anytown, USA white suburbia. You are living in beautiful houses with a faux family-unit of your choosing. It's all very Christmas Greeting Card perfect.

Some of you might be really into the Stepford mindset and act like it's all normal, some might not. Some might become robotic Stepford Wives obsessed with cooking and cleaning or Stepford Husbands obsessed with manly pursuits. Feel free to have your characters fall into either role regardless of gender, it's all in good fun. Characters can be self-aware of their strange new fixations or they can be mindless drones. Have fun with it.

The town is also populated by NPC robotic Stepford Wives and Husbands  and Children who fit the ideals of their "time." The town has a mayor, emergency services and all the required elements to run it as a real city. They love their way of life and outrageous dissent will be pooh-poohed. Violence will get you arrested/locked up.

Everyone is human and depowered. Robots can be robot humans or kitchen appliances. Everyone is unarmed save what they can find. 

We are treating this like a group loss rather than fight/action plot. Since most people are busy during the holidays, we wanted to plan a very relaxed, fun plot for people to enjoy if they have the time or backtag at their leisure. You're more than welcome to come up with your own mini-dramas for your own storylines, but overall this is meant to be a very chill plot!

You may choose your own families/living arrangements, or you may leave it to chance! Feel free to use this post to put together your picture-perfect families. If you'd like to be randomly placed in a family, comment here!

The plot will run from 12:00 AM EST December 15th through 11:59 PM EST December 21st.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the question thread below.