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fandomhigh_ooc2021-04-05 12:58 pm
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BDE Pre-Announcement and Brainstorming
Hello, Fandom!
We interrupt your sex pollen week for an early announcement that we will be having our BDE from April 26th through to April 30th this year -- and we need your help.
Starting that Monday, Fandom will transform into a nightmarescape with the castle as its evil beating heart. But these nightmares won't be entirely generic - they'll be based on the collective subconscious of the island. Your greatest nightmares and fears will blend together into a dark whole, forcing a sense of helplessness over the island that goes hand-in-hand with a sapping of your power to fight back against it.
But to shape that nightmarescape, we need to know what that collective subconscious looks like. We're not talking about specific memories or terrors from your past; we won't be giving you visions of that terrifying Snuffleupagus that almost destroyed your body and soul during that trip to Tijuana that one time.
Instead, we're looking to reshape the island physically, somewhat in the vein of the video game that inspired this BDE. One man's fear of abandonment and one woman's fear of losing her family's minds to conspiracy theories might come together to form televisions that turn people into mindless zombies. A fear of swimming and a fear of monsters in the dark? There's now an evil tentacle monster living in the duck pond.
And so on, and so forth. It doesn't have to be two fears coming together - it can be three, or four, or even just one. We're opening up this post for you guys to toss in your character's fears, but also hopefully to get you guys to brainstorm together a bit and come up with cool options for us to help shape the island with. So: ideas! Let loose!
Note that putting your idea out here does not mean we absolutely will use it, but we'll be doing our best to incorporate as much as possible into a layout for the island for BDE week.
We interrupt your sex pollen week for an early announcement that we will be having our BDE from April 26th through to April 30th this year -- and we need your help.
Starting that Monday, Fandom will transform into a nightmarescape with the castle as its evil beating heart. But these nightmares won't be entirely generic - they'll be based on the collective subconscious of the island. Your greatest nightmares and fears will blend together into a dark whole, forcing a sense of helplessness over the island that goes hand-in-hand with a sapping of your power to fight back against it.
But to shape that nightmarescape, we need to know what that collective subconscious looks like. We're not talking about specific memories or terrors from your past; we won't be giving you visions of that terrifying Snuffleupagus that almost destroyed your body and soul during that trip to Tijuana that one time.
Instead, we're looking to reshape the island physically, somewhat in the vein of the video game that inspired this BDE. One man's fear of abandonment and one woman's fear of losing her family's minds to conspiracy theories might come together to form televisions that turn people into mindless zombies. A fear of swimming and a fear of monsters in the dark? There's now an evil tentacle monster living in the duck pond.
And so on, and so forth. It doesn't have to be two fears coming together - it can be three, or four, or even just one. We're opening up this post for you guys to toss in your character's fears, but also hopefully to get you guys to brainstorm together a bit and come up with cool options for us to help shape the island with. So: ideas! Let loose!
Note that putting your idea out here does not mean we absolutely will use it, but we'll be doing our best to incorporate as much as possible into a layout for the island for BDE week.