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enablemeplz) wrote2025-12-13 04:06 pm
enablemeplz) wrote2025-12-13 04:06 pm
December EMP Meme
FOR GAME ADS: ➤ Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / kink you want for your game under the correct game header. This meme is primarily going to be focused on DWRP games but IJ and LJ games are allowed. ➤ PLEASE NOTE A RULE CHANGE HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding (no font size > size 4 or 3 "big" tags, no oversized banners (they must be 250px in height or less), no blinking text, no obnoxious table html that doesn't collapse easily, no fonts and other html that make ads super long, no sparklies, no large pictures). Use all the colors you like, but please remember 3 "big" tags is the limit and that's only for headers or title text rather than for all the text in an ad. FOR GAME QUESTIONS: ➤ RPers interested in a game can create a header for the game and ask questions about that game that aren't easy to find on faqs, such as the actual pace vs. what's listed/what kind of plots are run/if the game leans more towards plotty or slice of life/if a game leans more towards network or logs, etc. Both anon questions and anon answers are welcome in this section just like in the rest of the meme. ➤ This thread is not for speaking about wank or drama in a game. There are anoncomms that exist for that. This thread is specifically for general questions about a game that rpers want to get perspective on from players already in the game. Answers can be slightly negative (such as saying app response is slow or that the plots are repetitive or similar things) but this should at least be worded politely. Unnecessary vitriol, any mention of personal drama or wank, or mod teams/individual mods/players being singled out, will be either frozen or screened (based on what seems right based on the content). FOR CHARACTER ADS: ➤ Put up an ad about the characters you are offering. For PSL ads, there is a separate subthread but for character ads for games, post directly to the meme post. Others will comment to you with the games/casts they want you to join. ➤ There is a "Find a Castmate" section, where you can talk about a cast you play in at a game, and try to lure people to join it. Not all games post to the meme or have a "wanted" section, so players that want to tempt people to their cast on their own can use this section for it. Please format this the same as the PSL section, where you post your character's canon in your subject. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find a Castmate" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. When listing who's currently in a cast, please do this in sentence form (with commas) rather than in list form. ➤ There is a "Find Crosscanon" section, where you can talk about a character you play and and desired crosscanon for that character. Please make sure this is not too generalized a search, because just wanting general crosscanon can be accomplished with the other sections of the meme. This is for specific characters or character types you're looking for. In the subject, please list the "Looking for [canon you're looking for]" rather than your character's canon. If looking for a character type, list the character type in as few words as possible. Do not make the subject huge or I'll screen your comment. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find Crosscanon" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. This section is only for game crosscanon as in the psl section people can list their preferences. ➤ Examples of crosscanon you can search for: You play The Flash from DC Comics and your dream CR is fellow speedster Quicksilver from Marvel. Or you might play a witch and want cr with other witches in general. Or maybe you play a good character messed up by evil parents and want to play against a villain character you know has evil parents, because you know it'd lead to some interesting negative CR. ➤ There is a "Pairings You Want to Play" section, where you can ask for castmates or crosscanon you'd like to ship with. Please format this with "[YOUR CANON] seeking [CASTMATE/OTHER CANON (if crosscanon)/SEE DESCRIPTION (if a general character type)]. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Pairings You Want to Play" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. Alongside castmates and crosscanon, you can choose to ask for OCs or general character types as well. Try not to get too wordy and please don't outline entire scenarios. ➤ ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding, with the same rules as the Game Ads Section above. ➤ If you're recommending a game to someone, try to match your suggestion to their needs. It's okay if part of your game rec is copy-pasted (such as what the game's about), but at least some part of the rec must be personalized to their ad. Try not to recommend the same game to every single ad, either. Ad spam that isn't individualized in some way will also be frozen or screened. Keep in mind this needs to be more specific than "this game has easy AC like you're asking for but meets none of your other requirements." Make sure you're advertising games that might click with that specific character, where a few elements fit what they're looking for. You should be thinking about the story reasons of how the character might click with the game. IN GENERAL: ➤ Don't be a dick. This isn't one of the anoncomms, so any snide comments or unnecessary commentary on the RP plans of others will be frozen or screened. ➤ All mod responses regardless of whether they're rule breaks, correction requests (like someone posting in the wrong section), or thwapping someone for spamming copy-paste ads, have always been and will almost universally be public. If someone sends a PM and the conversation gets combative, this will also be made public and posted to the comments of the mod contact page. This is for the sake of transparency so people can judge the emp mod's communications for fairness themselves. There are times where the player's post may be screened (such as if they posted to the wrong section) but the mod's response will be left unscreened. ➤ Players may sometimes be allowed more than one strike for copy-paste ads since this is often just enthusiasm behind it, but game mods should know better. They'll get one warning for copy-paste ads, and if they spam anymore copy-paste ads after the warning, they'll be banned from the meme. ➤ The meme is for fiction-based RP only (with the only exception being involvement of fictionalized historical figures or historical settings.) Celeb or RPF RP advertising, whether for games or players, is not allowed. MOD CONTACT: If there's trouble, tell me HERE, please! 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It would fall under guardian/ward, given how the Turks' objective is to keep Aerith away from ShinRa, but they can't exactly let her know that outright. She's easily clever enough to figure it out on her own, and to keep going with the ruse, but getting to that point would make for some fun threads as well.
The relationship would be more friendly, as I don't ship Aerith and Reno(though I do ship Reno/Zack/Aerith, with Reno and Aerith being quite friendly and comfortable sharing their idiot bf and hi-5ing while tag-teaming him with their goblin shenanigans), but I do like the idea of these two still being comfortable with eachother. Their personalities mesh so well together, and would add more brightness to the overall tone of events going on around the two that their friendship could be a nice escape from the norm.
We can include Aerith/Zack in the background as A Thing going on if you want to add that to the mix.
Given the intrigue you like to play around with, we could veer into canon divergence and alter the timeline of events from any point of interest. The only thing that immediately comes to mind is once Aerith starts traveling with Cloud, Reno and Rude could drop by every so often to exchange intel with Cloud's gang. A lot of tension and unease comes with the idea of working with the Turks, and wondering just why Aerith is so friendly with them and vouching for them of all people, especially after plate drop. Things get more uncertain and tense as they find out Reno and Rude still keep things from the crew or lie about other things, like Cait Sith being a spy, not calling out Cloud in the Church, etc. Aerith is free to be caught in the middle, or take a side either with or against the Turks. But things smooth over a little bit more as time progresses and it's discovered why maybe the Turks weren't completely forthright, but they still should've had more trust in Cloud's group instead of hiding things/taking away their agency. We can even mix things up by assuming Zack survived, or anything else you might like to try!
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I'd be more than happy keeping them at a friendly banter sort of thing, no shipping necessary.
I really like the idea of Aerith being in a position between Cloud and company and the Turks. I know the relationship there is already complicated, which is something I enjoy. Turks have often been nuanced, akin to the adage 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend,' so I could see us leaning into that, especially with Aerith having her extended history with them. Fits right in with Aerith being a bit secretive, though often doing so with the best of intentions. I think I'd definitely want to play her in a position where she didn't really want to have to pick sides, if only because both have legitimate reasoning for actions taken and she'd want to acknowledge that.
If you have particular memes that you like, let me know. I'm happy to write you something or plan something out with you to see if it's something we'd really want to dive into and pursue.
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Though had Cloud not inspired Veld, that might've gone very differently.
That said! We can definitely have Aerith put in whichever position you prefer, be it in the middle, pressured, refusing a side, and/or the conflict that ensues with either option. Of course they'll be resolved, but I'm happy to go down either path you choose.
There's the touch meme on Bakerstreet that could be started with, or more playfully, a candygram meme to test the waters. If you have a preference just let me know and I can pop a starter up or you can, whichever.
I can comfortably NPC any other Turks, including Rude of course, or we can NPC whatever other characters or interactions we need to. I definitely agree with the 'enemy of my enemy' angle. (Also, Reno can low-key try to wingman for Rude the whole time since his bestie has eyes for Tifa)
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I like both of these memes and can make both of them work. Pick the one you are feeling the most and I'll write you a starter.
I can admit that I am woefully horrible at NPC'ing, but it's something I'm trying to improve, so bear with me as I inevitably fumble around sans grace on that front.