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Hey guys!

Some concerns have been brought to me re: the upcoming horror plot and the recent trend of stressful plots. I feel that right now would be the best time to address that, because while I have heard a lot of excitement about these plots, I know there are also some people who don't want to speak against them and "rain on any parades," so to speak.

As this plot is my baby, I really do not want to do it unless the time is really right, and I want people to actually in the mood for horror. I stress that I'm not canceling this plot at all, too, though it may be postponed.

So, before this plot happens, before there are any serious plot posts or whatever, I am polling to double-check.

[Poll #1708229]

Edit: I realize this doesn't take date into account –– we'll be leapfrogging a few months! But like I said: the plot is my baby, it will still happen. The entire thing is set up and ready, so it won't be difficult to find a new time for it.

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My only concern is, if the Slenderman plot gets postponed- plots in the upcoming months that have already been given a mod approved date will not be moved right?

Meanwhile if it doesn't get postponed for people who are truly worried about their characters and HAVE CR in this so they can't ignore it/aren't the types to ignore it - can there maybe be some opt out option of some sort? Like...they all fall under a sleep spell or whatever. Since yeah, I can totally get the concern of breaking the muses and while I'm cool with the plot going on now - I don't want to tell others who are concerned to just deal with it?!

On the occasion where we have to make any changes, anything else we've given dates will be keeping their dates.

We can totally explore/do opt-out-opts and stuff, too. I don't really want to tell anyone "deal with it" either, ahaha.

Okay, sounds great to me! Thanks! \o/

NP!

Agreeing with Yuff here, perhaps an opt-out option would give a comprise for everyone.

People going to sleep for long periods of time/suddenly finding yourself somewhere else is part of the Marble Hornets mythos, so that just might work logically?

True, true. Might be cool to put more of Marble Hornets in it, too, because god knows I sauntered away from it quite a bit otherwise.

I'll work an opt-out into the plot :>

... This is kind of off topic, but can I ask why you phrased the poll question the way you did? It's kind of making me scratch my head with the whole 'Regardless of how characters would cope,' bit.

Ahaha, appropriate icon.

... I don't really know, lmao, I just scrolled up to reread it and apparently I put "regardless" instead of "considering" -- there's virtually no way to vote "regardless" because... everything boils down to how prepared you are to put the characters into it, as postponing it has everything to do with what muns (who play characters) are feeling about having another dark plot.

Good catch.

ngl, I switched accounts just for the icon.

Ahaha. I was wondering if it was something like that, especially considering the two 'maybe later,' options and thought I would ask.

I blame... the horrific creature coming to Paradisa. It has altered my brainmeats :'(

This is what happens when you run on nightmare fuel, Jenn. You should've read the warning labels.

I know. I need to stop. I have an addiction :'(

AND I'M IN A POSITION TO ABUSE IT.

You need to eat more marshmallows. The light and fluffy will help balance out the nightmare fuel.

THAT COULD BE FEEDING THE ADDICTION.

... AND WOW THIS IS TOTALLY NOT THE RIGHT ACCOUNT.

Or I could just write deep, introspective plots.

Or do another city. I really really want to do another city, one with more structure than LA but maybe a touch longer than a week so people have plenty of time to do what they want with it. And not in LA.

IT'S OKAY I LIKE THAT ACCOUNT

Mmmmmmm... deep, introspective plots. My favorite.

That actually sounds really awesome. Maybe we could go smaller city next time, too? Like, we've hit the two largest cities in America, let's hit one somewhere that's... less than 1.5 million people? So there's still a lot of stuff to do but it's not like anyone is going to get lost in the swarm of SKYSCRAPERS! TOURIST TRAPS!! and people will be forced to be a little closer together.

Alternatively. Town of 2000 people in the Bible Belt. Though I think there would be a lot more screaming involved with that one.

OH, GOOD. I LIKE THIS ACCOUNT, TOO.

I kinda dig the sheer scale of the city, because of how much it offers -- zoos, parks, shopping, museums, excursions, street parties, parades, clubs, dining, drinking, etc. People still came together at school and drive-thrus and stuff, and we had a lot of random groups working in the same Taco Bell or similar, because everyone was still confined to this downtown sector. I think the failing of LA was that everyone was focused on their celebrity lives, a-la-Hollywood, while NYC was a lot more grounded.

If we can capture the intensity of NYC with the longer time-span of LA, I think we're golden. Make sure people stay in close-knit groups. All the teenagers at the same high school, all the kids at the same elementary school, more people in the same part-time jobs or full-time jobs, etc., and make sure mingling posts go up.

I typed something up here, but it was basically me just going, that sounds awesome, +1 to wanting all of that. So I just shortened it. 8|b

/makes mental note to stop trying to write long replies at three AM.

could you imagine if like

Bruce and Clark were parters in a law firm or something stupid like that. And we grabbed a few other people to be legal assistants and secretaries or something. It'd be ridiculous. "WHY ARE WE DOING THIS??" "I DON'T KNOW, IT'S OUR JOB FOR THE WEEK!"

Or something.

Good luck getting Damian in his school uniform.

... I want that so bad now, you have no idea. *A*

But if Damian doesn't go to school then he can't ask Bruce about why literary analysis is so important and Bruce can't bitch about how they're going about it is all wrong and this is why he likes to the Socratic method of teaching when he teaches people things.

aklsdjlkasdaskd that would be so fun

Damian went last time, but he devoted most of it to shenanigans.

CAN HE NOT BE IN FIFTH GRADE THIS TIME, PLEASE DAD PLEASE MAKE THE TEACHERS PUT HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL?

which means it clearly needs to happen at some point.

... /clicks all those links.

WELL THEY COULD PROBABLY FORGE PAPERWORK TO MAKE HIM SKIP A COUPLE GRADES.

yessssssss... yess.... someday.

DAMIAN APPROVES OF THIS

HOW ABOUT UNIVERSITY PAPERS?

IF HE GETS HIS GED LIKE TIM THEY CAN TALK ABOUT UNI

he would be surliest child prodigy to ever step foot on whatever ivy league school he went to. daddybat would be so proud.

HE CAN DO THAT. DAMIAN SAYS BRING IT, HE IS SO EDUCATED HE COULD DO IT IN HIS SLEEEEEEEEP.

dude could you imagine moving into your dorm to find your rooomate is ten

OF COURSE HE COULD.

... at least you wouldn't have to worry about them getting smashed and bringing girls back to the room?

YAY, DAMIAN LIKES SUPPORT AND APPROVAL

but what if YOU got smashed and brought girls back to the room?

TOO BAD BRUCE IS TERRIBLE AT THOSE THINGS

then I should've gone to a state school.

IT'S OKAY, THAT IS NORMAL TO HIM SO HE PICKS UP PENNIES AND THINKS HE'S RICH

tsk tsk

.. heh.

Only if Selina can be his teacher.

... Damian is horrified. THAT HARLOT!

I'd love if there was something like this, because I'm always sad about having missed out on the earlier plots :3

AND THAT SOUNDS FUN.

City plot and baby plot are the only plots we revisit ahahah. We'll go back to a city eventually B)

Hey Lois, how do you feel about hearing that Metropolis doesn't exist on some earths? \o/

Yayyyy, I figured, since I'd heard you talk about that before.

HA. Remember when she first showed up and she was just like I WOULD JUST STEAL A HELICOPTER AND FLY HOME 8| Wouldn't she be in for a surprise...

Where is the 'I'm cool with it happening whenever so long as it isn't THIS week' option? LOL

But I think you should just keep it at the beginning of March as planned? It seems like it would be less confusing for everyone that way.

But I'm cool with whatever in the end. I'm sure Jade will be around for awhile, haha,

That reminds me, did we ever get her signed up for that? I'm looking at the list and I don't see Jade on it... :(

She's on it :)

:|b and all is right in the world ♥

aldhga haha yeah I was late but I squeezed in there~~ ♥

excellent *^*

hhhhnnnnnnnnnnnn that icon....!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥♥

:3 :3 :3

lmaoakgjhakg THANKS!! is my shipping bias obvious yet...........

only as obvious as i hope my shipping bias is.................... scream

.......... :D :D :D :D

I'm all in favor of an opt-out, like Yuff mentioned. But if you don't mind my asking, what stressful plots have happened recently other than Isis? I feel like I must be missing something because I don't really see the problem.

But then, I'm pretty biased since I've been counting so heavily on this plot to build Nico some new CR now that Percy's gone. How many months would you be moving it if that did happen?

Some people felt Eris was a bit worked up, too.

Just a couple, meaning it would probably be late May or something. That said, we're looking like we're 75% for staying put right now, so I unless there's a second wind for postponement I think it's fine.

Ah, well that explains my confusion, I was on hiatus for much of the Eris plot.

I'm all for the Slenderman thing happening when it was originally scheduled. It'll be good for the kid characters to get some CR with people around their own age.

For me personally, it'll be nice to have something big and involved to get into with my kids, since I'll be coming off of my hiatus thing that I've been failing so hard at XD

I'm totally fine with it happening now, but because it IS hard to ignore such an event, I agree with the opt out option.

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