Newspaper Articles - Need your help!!

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Okay - so Veronica has been approved to write a series of articles for The Fandom High Times to educate students about their non-human classmates/teachers.

I need to know which characters are non-humans (and what they are), who is "out" and who is willing to be interviewed IC about Veronica. We'll also need to plan an IC way of Veronica finding out about your character's status and setting up the interview.


The first article will likely be on vampires, since a conversation with Angelus is what sparked this whole idea. Veronica will be contacting Angelus IC very shortly to set up an interview. I know Dru is a vamp, but I don't know if that is IC knowledge. Are there any other vamps on campus?

I'm thinking that a possible way for your character to express IC interest in being interviewed would be to read the first article and contact Veronica via her voicemail. Unless she already knows you.

Angelus told Veronica about the following non-humans:

Belthazor - demon (and V got a first hand glimpse of his powers in detention yesterday...)
Draco Malfoy - wizard
Anakin Skywalker - Jedi (he described it IC as a type of magic user)
Faith - vampire slayer

So, if the muns of the above are okay with it, Veronica will contact you IC to ask if you'd be willing to be interviewed.

Other "species" that Veronica & Jake discussed:

Dead People - Lilly, Charlie, Tara for starters - since V has interacted with all of them. I know that most people are aware IC that Lilly is dead... but not sure about Charlie & Tara. Also, I'm fairly certain I've seen the info on other people's info pages.
Mutants - Veronica is friends with Hank but I don't recall if they ever actually discussed his mutant status IC, though the blue & furry thing is kind of a dead give away. Also, V is currently working on a Journalism project with Rogue, but she doesn't know that Rogue is a mutant yet.
Aliens - The only one I can think of is Beeblebrox... but if that's not correct, let me know. And V doesn't know any IC.

I think that covers all the non-humans. I know there are a bunch of witches (and since V is friends with Piper & Phoebe, she'll totally be hitting them up for interviews). If there are any species I'm missing, let me know.

Obviously this is going to be a long term thing since she'll only be writing one article a week, so none of the interviews or character interactions need to take place immediately (aside from Angelus, obviously).

Jake, if I'm forgetting anything, let me know.

Comments

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Lycanthropes - there were two known werewolves at FH but very few people know who they are, outside of school staff. Duce is known to be a were-snake. Feel free to come interview her. She's never been in the closet with her abilities.

However.. might wanna make a note that not all of these characters will tell you the truth.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Ooh - totally forgot about the werewolves. But again, V can only interview those who are "out" and willing to talk.

And you're right, it's entirely possible that some people may not tell the entire truth.

I think V & Duce are in journalism together... so I'll probably have her approach you there at some point... though I don't know if she would have ever heard the term were-snake and she'll probably be skittish about asking... we'll figure it out :)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky's situation isn't widely known and he'd rather not draw attention to it at all.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

If you're doing stuff on Witches Paige would help after her nervous breakdown, she is pretty much human though (well part human part whitelighter, who were human, so erm yeah, she's human)

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

And technically Charlie isn't dead. He *did* die, but he's alive and well now. His consciousness was just sorta snagged, stored and then put into a new version of his body. :)

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Well, if she's heard the rumours, she'd know Duce is Medusa, and if not.. she might think Duce's a mutant :)

heh. If she's skittish, she could ask Spider and get him to let Duce know she's stuck with an interview. Duce won't mind.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Makes sense - she won't contact him or mention him then.

She knows from their discussion at the beach that he's not real open about it and she wouldn't want to put him in an uncomfortable position.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Okay - I figured you'd be willing - but V & Paige haven't interacted much.

Thanks though!

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Oh - I like the idea of her mistaking Duce for a mutant.

Thanks for being so willing :)

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Well I'll keep an eye out for her once she's done with the worst of the breakdown, unless you don't want to use Paige, I mean I'm happy whatever

[maias-notebook.livejournal.com]

chiana is not human...she's the only one off the top of my head I think. I don't think Maia fits into this catagory unless she is considered a mutant for having nonhuman abilities... anyway though Chiana would be a cool interview I think.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___lily_evans_/]

Lily is a witch, and as she's dating Draco and she's Angelus' "math study-buddy" either of them could have mentioned to V. Maybe Draco could even pull her in for his interview, if you're interested, that is.

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

The Doctor is about to come out. This is kind of a plot point, though.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

We'll see how it plays out - there are a lot of magic users - I won't be able to use them all - but I'll keep Paige in mind :)

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

Han lives on a spaceship, and makes no secret of not being an earther. He's not *obviously* nonhuman, though

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Oh okay - and V will likely be meeting her soon as she has just become friends with Beka and those two are pals.

Hmmm - is River still around? We could do something on psychics...

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Will keep it in mind :)

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

re: Mutants - Jake is one as well, though he's not so obviously different as some. *g*

Zaphod counts as an alien, I think, but I don't remember if it's ever stated what kind.

[medusae-x.livejournal.com]

Except that whole two penises thing!

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

He's an alien right?

Perhaps the articles will help him with his decision?? And I'm fine with him contacting V since she wouldn't know IC. Or she could contact him after he comes out. I'll play it however if you think he'd be willing to consent to an interview after he does :)

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Ooooh... okay... would he fit under aliens though??

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

*headdesk*

Well duh. I knew I was forgetting someone obvious. And with the whole Jake-as-a-girl thing, I'm sure V is aware of that.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

*raises eyebrow*

[ten-and-chips.livejournal.com]

Well, the idea is that he's starting a Human/Non-Human Alliance (kinda like a Gay/Straight Alliance at a normal HS)...

[12parseckessel.livejournal.com]

You just aren't getting over that, are you?

You know, some reptiles are like that too...