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Filled with art and... Penguins?

@penquinlori / penquinlori.tumblr.com

A mostly fan art blog.
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There should be a fanfic writing game called the showrunners challenge where someone writes a story and partway through someone else can play things like "actor leaves after 4000 more words" or "topic now too politically sensitive due to unforeseen world events" or "lost rights to that reference"

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copperbadge

I need this to be a real game right the hell now

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sprintingowl

I do not have the energy do do a full layout right now b/c it is kickstarter season and I am under water, but here's a prototype that can be solo-played (you can also have a friend just pick from the lists if you want that pvp feeling.)

Showrunner's Challenge By Runawaymarbles (also sorta by sprintingowl)

Begin writing a fanfic. It is a feature length television program being watched every week by thousands. There is no plan. The industry is in shambles. The writer's room is barely hanging on.

At the end of each chapter, roll a d12.

1 Everything at once. Roll twice, use both. If you get this again, keep rolling. Your only way out is to stop getting 1s. 2 Product placement! The next chapter must center (and subtly promote the features of) a product belonging to the most recent brand you've seen. 3 Fan favorite. Your most recently mentioned character (or named object) is now beloved by the audience. You must give it a bigger part in the story, a special destiny, or an important new romance or friendship. If you get this twice for the same character or object, the adoration cools and you must go back to treating the character or object normally. 4 Executive meddling. You must change to a different genre. You cannot go back to a genre until you have changed genres three times since then. 5 Audiences are craving more coziness. The next chapter must be completely low stakes and set you at ease. 6 Audiences are craving more suspense. The next chapter must take place entirely in a single location, ideally just a single room, and build tension with every exchange of dialog. 7 Audiences are craving more action. The next chapter needs to involve at least one extended fight scene, and the weapons must be the last three objects mentioned. 8 Audiences are craving more romance. The next chapter needs to involve a deep, sappy confession of either love or admiration between two characters that have not previously been romantically involved. 9 Go to the most recent line in your fic that references a brand. Due to ongoing legal action, that brand cannot be mentioned again, but you score 1 audience point every time you allude to it in a way that paints it in a negative light. 10 The two most recently mentioned characters' actors have, IRL, gone through a VERY messy divorce or friend breakup. You cannot put them in the same scene, but they must both remain relevant parts of the show. If you get this with the same two characters again, they reconcile. 11 The most recent negative event (stabbing, poisoning, banishment to jupiter) is now the center of a very real IRL news story. You must immediately pivot away from all plotlines involving it and, if possible, also find away to apologize for even thinking to include it without breaking character. 12 The most recently mentioned character's actor has decided to leave the show. You must write them out in the next chapter. If you are brave, also roll a d12. 1--6, they were well loved and their sendoff must be as flowery as possible. 7--12, they were despised by the cast and crew. Mulch them.

You win if you can complete the fic in a state of relative coherency.

Alternate Game Mode: TV Digest Version

Don't write full chapters, just summaries of what happens in each chapter.

Alternate Game Mode: Realism Edition

Start your fanfic with your own telling of the first episode of an existing show, then proceed from there.

@penquinlori ........ Now I kinda want to play this together...... >.>

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penquinlori

@maniac-reboggles oooo sounds like chaos! Let’s try it!!! XD

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Okay I got tagged by both @arkhana and @maniac-reboggles for this, so here you go!

3 Ships: I don’t get invested in character relationships, but here are the three couples I’ve enjoyed thinking about lately:

Mina Murray x Jonathan Harker - I’m so glad Dracula Daily happened and more people became aware of this couple, the healthiest canonical relationship in classic horror literature. They are such a good team and so caring of and dedicated to each other without being particularly unhealthy or alarming about it and it’s a travesty that popular culture ignored practically everything about this relationship.

Agent Stone x Dr. Robotnik - I’ve not actually been thinking about this one a lot, but every time I remember it exists, it brings me joy. Lee Majdoub totally sells it as an assistant/minion who is very much in love with his mad scientist/boss. They are the best thing about the Sonic movies for me. Every good mad scientist needs a dedicated right hand henchman I truly wish that Agent Stone starts appearing beside Robotnik in everything from now on.

Salvatore Moreau x Bernadette Beneviento - I have been thinking about this couple a lot… although she is mentioned in game, Bernadette B is technically an OC and since RE didn’t give us much to work with regarding Moreau I have a lot of free reign to make their backstory connected and as tragic as I see fit! BWHAHAHA!

1st Ever Ship: …I genuinely have no idea. I was wracking my brain, but I don’t remember ever being wholly obsessed with a fandom relationship. However I do remember enjoying Bernard and Bianca in the Rescuers and Rescuers Down Under - so sweet and such a great team.

Last Song:

Never Love An Anchor by The Crane Wives

Hells Comin’ With Me by Poor Man’s Poison

Last Movie: If miniseries count it’s Over the Garden Wall. Otherwise I think the last film I watched was Wolf Walkers.

Currently Reading:

Moira’s Pen by Megan Whalen Turner

Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Currently Watching: Drawfee Show’s latest episode.

Currently Consuming: Leftover pasta and salad.

Currently Craving: Pizza.

Tagging:

WHOEVER WANTS TO!!!

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So here's another dumb idea playing with the idea of Ethan being a weird-ass mushroom man!

So did you know that the outside of fungi can be likened to the inside of an animal's digestive tract? Digestive enzymes and whatnot are secreted from the fungus so that it can absorb nutrients from whatever is around it.

So imagine that one day, Ethan is cuddling with whomever in bed. They're all nice and comfortable, but then Ethan says, "You taste so delicious toady." Needless to say, it completely ruins the mood. And yes. He's been digesting his cuddle buddy just a little bit while laying here like this. You know. As a treat! You always gotta wonder how much Ethan is digesting someone whenever he makes skin to fungal skin contact with someone after he learns that he's a fungi!

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penquinlori

@maniac-reboggles This is what immediately came to mind…

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