Spotlight on Fandom: Star Wars

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A long time ago in a galaxy, far, far away…

Oh, come on. That was a gimme.

Thirty years ago this summer, George Lucas – a flannel-wearing madman who bears more and more of a resemblance to Jabba the Hutt with every passing year – came up with an idea. The concept – a young man who dreams of something better than his boring life in a backwater discovers that he has untapped power, then goes on an adventure to save the world – has been told and retold since storytelling began. But Lucas set it in space and added the most kick-ass special effects the world had ever seen on the big screen up until that point.

What he created was the first blockbuster and a phenomenon that has permeated popular culture and can be blamed for an entire generation of men thinking they are terribly original when they reply “I know” to a declaration of “I love you.” Star Wars: A New Hope spawned two movie sequels, three movie prequels, a radio adaption, dozens of computer and video games, scores of books, hundreds of graphic novels, a movement to make “the Force” an actual religion, classrooms full of children named Luke and Leia, thousands of tiny Jedi each Halloween, and every possible form of merchandizing known to mankind (including thousands of poseable Ewan McGregor Obi-Wan Kenobi action figures, which is made of awesome).

In a fandom that spans 30 years and has given names and backstories to every single character in all of the movies (one published guide has an entry for the “look, sir, droids!” Stormtrooper. I wish I were kidding), coming up with a coherent summary is going to be…interesting.

May the Force be with me.


( Prequel cast of characters (in order of appereance) )

Prequel plots, yay (Or I recap ‘em so you don’t have to watch ‘em)!

( Episode I: The Phantom Menace )

( Episode II: The Attack of the Clones )

( Episode III: Revenge of the Sith )

So those were the prequels, which came second, based off of the original trilogy, which I’m getting to now.

( Even more cast of characters )

The world’s fastest summaries of the original trilogy

Even if you’ve never seen the movies, they are so engrained into pop culture that you probably felt like you have. Ever called anyone a “scruffy-looking nerf-herder?” Had “a bad feeling about this?” Told someone “there is no try?”

Okay, maybe that’s just me.

( Episode IV: A New Hope )

( Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back )

( Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi )

( But what about the Extended Universe? )

( I must know more! )

Questions? Comments? Cracks about my complete lack of sanity?

Flood-type update stuff

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Hello, damp people! Just a few quick notes to get you up to speed.

*The rain is tapering off and ending this morning. I actually meant to have this happen yesterday but, egads, look at the size of that OOC post from then. Not a shock that I forgot something. It will be cloudy and in the 50's (Farenheit) just like the mainland. Just with a lot of water.

*After getting beat up by Ares yesterday, the giant squid has fled so there won't be any squid wrestling today.

*There will be a relatively low-key finale tonight (if you've been paying attention, you may even know exactly what it is) but it will still take the night to drain Fandom of the massive flooding. Because of this, I don't know how likely a celebration party is, but we will still have a park filled with dolphins, so I suggest a pool party in the park. Maybe that's just me but I think partying with dolphins would be the best thing ever. I'm leaving that up to other people, though.

*In terms of fighty posts, there will be a Preserve post put up this afternoon with the express purpose of fighting mer-people. I'm aware of at least one other post that will be going up that will involve some NPC fighting, yarr. (That may be a hint.)

I think that's all I have at the moment in terms of game stuff in my Sunday-morning-just-woke-up-have. Thank you all for running with this insanity! And if you're in the US, don't forget that Daylight Savings now starts today, so it's an hour later than you're used to it being on the second Sunday in March.

Spotlight On Fandoms: Ouran High School Host Club

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Hello everyone~ It seems to be me and the lovely indebttocrazies’s turn to flood you with some well-deserved information about our fandom.

“Ouran Private Academy is defined by one, prestigious families, and two, wealth. And prosperous people have much time on their hands. Therefore, this Ouran Host Club is about these handsome guys that have time giving hospitality to these lovely ladies who also have time and profit off of them. It’s an elegant game unique to this super-rich school.”

( The IC synopsis is over, now onto our bit… )

Alright! Questions? Comments? Annoyed at anime? Well, get over it. Animation won't kill ya (or suck your brains, even though that'd be really cool to watch), so there's no reason to not give it a chance. ~The End~ *obligatory non-violent thumbs up yo*

[OOC: Friending List Update, Everybody Dance Now]

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If you are NEW to the friending list, GO HERE and follow the instructions.

If you have already used the friending list, then here are short updates to remove dead/inactive ljs from your friend list and add new people easily.

Copy each list into the Admin Console, then press the "Execute" button.

If there is a name on either list that should not be there, please let me know. Ditto for any name that should be on there, but isn't. Name additions and removals will be done on the next update.

( Defriending List )

( Friending List )

Townie matters

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Watch me be too lazy to swap accounts!

Hi people! Just a few matters to bring up;

1. We have new townies to welcome;

sizzler_sisters Jerry Sizzler and Jerry Sizzler (Kids in the Hall - Recurring Sketch)
stanleykeyworth Dr. Stanley Keyworth (The West Wing)

2. As you all are aware from the previous post, we will be accepting teachers to apply as townie once they finish their school semester. Teachers won't have to fill out the background and writing sample on the applications.

Townies are also allowed to apply to as teacher, but they will be expected to fill out the form in its entirity and they will have to keep up with their townie duties.

3. We are looking for players to take over specific businesses in town. We need someone to take over:

- Empire Records
- Aereopagitica Used and Rare Books
- The arms hotel (Note; The hotel can be an intensive commitment as it is needed to host people during big events such as Parent's Weekend.)

Interested? Then go here.