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@lithium I think both Dark Matter and Killjoys are good prospects for settings.

@Misadventure said in Historical MU*s:

Really, you have to ask yourself, like any game, why do you want to make THIS particular game? When it comes to history, hopefully you see a setting charged with a lot of potential change, complex thought and conflicts to dig into, several cultures, and some relatively easy to grasp roles.

If it's because you think Victorian clothes go well with Changeling, you are choosing a historical era for the wrong reason. You forego so much of what modern thought about abuse and psychology has to say, for a hat. A damn fine hat, but only you and a few others will really get the hat.

Oh come on now. I want it for the theme AND the clothes. And the hat.

Can't it be both?

@Rucket When Disney ruled that visiting adults were no longer allowed to cosplay in the parks, a culture of "Disneybounding" was born. Basically, folks use Disney characters, rides, even park food etc. as fashion inspiration. And yes, Marvel, Muppets, and Star Wars count. There are even unofficial "Dapper Days" where people bring their bounding A game and dress fancy.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/disneybounding-ideas-for-disney-lovers_n_59e5185ce4b02a215b325a30

I went from being super excited about this project to questioning whether or not I should leave the genre be. Would trying wind up drawing me back into old unconscious behaviors, or are the changes I've made merit trying again, given the difference in who I am now?

Either way, I'd love to see a Buffy themed game out there, regardless of whether I play on it or not. And while we're thinking about it, a Teen Wolf game, on its own, could be awesome. Both shows are inclusive in terms of female empowerment and LGBTQ themes, though TW has a slight edge when it comes to racial diversity. But Buffy was a stepping stone for Teen Wolf to get where it got.

(Seriously though, banshee powers make NO sense at all.)

@collective There used to be a MU* called I-Spy with that theme, unfortunately I don't think it lasted very long.

Apparently the very, very outdated wiki is still there, though!

@Kestrel said in The 100: The Mush:

I got burned out after they asked me to run an event. I'd already been losing interest before then, but that experience was so needlessly aggravating that it made me realise I was just sick of the playerbase. Disrespectful backseat GMing, constant whining and sniping over consequences. If that's what A&O had to put up with on the regular I really don't blame them for giving up.

They weren't perfect. They made some bad choices in the way they chose to run the plots, but that had nothing to do with the complaints that many other people voiced here about too much antagonism. If anything, I left because there wasn't enough conflict, of the strictly IC variety. Which is no wonder, because any time something started (I fondly recall Arlin kom Trikru punching Grey and making him drop the wounded Asher, after a missile blew up his village as a result of an 'I warned you this would happen' situation), some salty self-centered toddler would throw a tantrum about it OOC and cry 'WHY CAN'T EVERYONE JUST GET ALONG'. That, that is what killed the game for me. Not the staff, except perhaps insofar as staff caved to it and didn't do enough to police the tone.

This. All of this. Upvote forever.

My character pushed for peace, because that's what she was designed (by me) to do, and because she believed that a war of any serious sort would utterly wipe out Skaikru. She took injuries and risked her neck to do it. I only went into GetAlong mode after the nastiness between the two krus became so bad it crossed into OOC. The aforementioned player behavior was a huge part of that.

Edited to add: @Kestrel had one of the most amazing antagonists I've seen in play anywhere. She was totally our Murphy. You loved her. You hated her. You loved to hate her, you hated to love her.

"George RR Martin, please write and write faster!"

I started to build one, but got overwhelmed with the process of doing so. I'm iffy on whether or not anyone else tried to build one.

Fairness is important. If I feel that staff is being unfair to a level that I cannot tolerate, I leave.

Feeling safe is important. If staff kanyeshrugs the fact that I don't feel safe, I leave.

Sometimes things don't work out how I want to in RP. In this case, sometimes I leave, and sometimes I don't. I'm aware that it may be percieved as selfish, but I also accept the consequences of choosing to remove myself and understand that it means staff will likely do as they like with my character for good or ill.

If there's just no RP to be had, or I'm just not situating comfortably, I will probably leave.

I have a character on there I haven't touched in a while. Maybe I should give it another go.

@Ghost Deadwood is absolutely magnificent television. Between Ian McShane and Garrett Dillahunt (the latter of which plays TWO different rolls on the show, each one distinct) it's a great example of character acting at its finest.

I might have dreamed of being a Purple Ranger when I was a kid.

I'm not saying I did, but I might have!

Katie McGrath: Period Face.
Natalie Dormer: Period Face.
Eva Green: Resting Period Bitchface.
Katheryn Winnick: Both.

@flahgenstow:
I'm not @Songtress, so feel free to tell me to shove off, but I love imparting info if given the opportunity:

Biologically, golds are the fertile females of the Pernese dragons. The social structure of the weyr (the individual dragonrider community) reflects that; goldriders are exclusively women and are expected to take leadership roles within the weyr. The most senior gold dragon's rider is the female leader of the entire weyr, and the male leadership role is fulfilled by whichever bronze (or rarely, brown) manages to breed with her during a mating flight. Think of it like being in a Lords and Ladies game and effectively getting into the highest noble rank. Also, the "glamour" of having a gold dragon, because you know, shiny objects. There's actually a term for this; Shiny Object Syndrome.

It's that time again!

http://greytwalkathon.org/seerockrun

Can you spare $5? Wanna help greyhounds? Or just look at adorable pictures of a greyhound? You know where to go.

@Seamus As I understand it, there have been at least three.

That being said, at the time I might have dreamt it, it was during Mighty Morphin' and they hadn't become a thing yet!

@rook said in PBs You Haven't Had a Chance to Use:

@Auspice
I would argue "She played a 23-year old this year in <movie name>. If it's good enough for movie audiences, it's good enough for MUSH."

I think the problem mainly rests with people who try to say someone like, say, Stephen Amell is 23 years old. And while he is quite handsome imo there is no way in hell that he's 23.

Game example: On a game set at a New York state liberal arts college, someone wanted to use Phillip Seymour Hoffman...as a traditional college sophomore. Um, no.

@Songtress said in Threads of Pern:

And I've often thought Pern was bad /Sci-fi Fantasy, at times. I mean if you look at from a modern perspective its horribly, jsut /WRONG/ on a bunch of level (Sexist - any more who rides a green dragon is becomes gay' (kind of wrong. I think Anne actually said it).

Just think, a whole new generation to tell the tent peg story to!

Angels and Airwaves (one of my favorite, all time, bucket list bands) is performing in Seattle in September at the Showbox. I am attending and determined to go regardless of whether it's by myself or with others.

That being said, if any fellow MUSHers live in the general area of Seattle might also be interested in going to the show, I'd love to have people to attend with. Large crowds are easier with familiar people as a buffer. It's a standing room only event with tickets running about $45 dollars after taxes and fees.

Hit me up in PM if this might be you.

Changeling in a period rich with mythology and ritual.

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