Monstrous - Discussion Thread

It probably will... and it also likely will get so many hunters here XD

@QPI: Fair enough.

Important note: the Dullahan will use the whip to blind people if they get in his way. Patrick not doing that is important.

Will post tonight around 6.

Mmkay. I'll wait for ya.

So I'm thinking of having Seawell discover his magical music powers by helping with the situation at City Hall. Right now, he's playing a relaxing song (on his Ipod) and this translates into a calmness spell that should make even ironfoot get over his bad mood (temporarily anyway). Is this OK by everybody?

I'm thinking of his playing John Lennon's "Imagine" for extra irony.

edited 21st Nov '16 1:42:08 PM by Sijo

I'll allow it

Ok, I'll post it. With a little luck, none of the PCs will end up arrested.

edited 21st Nov '16 1:50:35 PM by Sijo

Hey, not in the RP as of yet (And might not in the first place, considering my writing and track record), but quick Fridge Horror showerthought - exactly how many Black Lives Matter-esque "more harm than good" groups are there? And how many of them have powerful monsters?

edited 22nd Nov '16 11:53:09 PM by ThisGuy481

That's... actually pretty interesting. Personally, I was thinking of a kind of Werecreature Rights group. Plenty of people in real life have ignored other issues and focused purely on set of things wrong with the world, and a kind of organization that pushes the betterment of the rights of Lycanthropes above everyone else forward.

There's also probably a lot of intra-community squabbling between more humanoid monsters and the more inhuman looking monsters, given that the former have the ability to potentially pass for human and may be seen as sellouts if they don't tell people what they are. Not to mention the possibility of monsters who are trying to do things like create new standards of beauty, maybe setting up separatist human-free communes, stuff like that.

(And I'm not going to do it, but I totally could go into a lengthy rant about why you're wrong to think BLM are "more harm than good." Politics probably shouldn't cone into this, but you are the one who brought it up.)

I should think we should avoid discussing real life groups like BLM unless they are from a while ago or some sort of extreme hate group that everyone can agree on disliking (Westboro Baptist Church, KKK, Nazis, etc.). Even then it's iffy.

I could only imagine the distinction between monsters themselves. Some are still mostly human, some are completely not, some are dead, which would raise some iffy questions from the religious and similar. I'm sure some scientists would like to study them. A sort of segregation or prejudice would be much easier to establish as monsters aren't just different cultures/colors, they aren't even human for the most part or possess inhuman abilities. Things like gun control are a problem now; living weapons are of a completely different problem. And due to variety, it would be easier to pass laws like 'just imprison them all' since making specific laws for each type of monster would be too convoluted.

Then there's a different problem. To set an example before I mention it, I would like to compare it to the deaf community. As one of my teachers has put it, there's deafness and Deafness. Lowercase deafness is the type that wants to be cured, the type that usually goes for cochlear implants. They want to talk with hearing people, but many still know sign language and sign with other deaf people. In certain cases, capital Deaf families might shun them. Capital d Deaf people do not want the implant and may even turn away hearing aides. They interact mostly with other Deaf people and tend to have Deaf families. They do not want to be cured and do not see it as something to be cured in the first place. They are completely comfortable with who they are. There are varying degrees, with some more extreme and some that are both.

Monsters could be similar. Certain ones could deeply regret what they are, while some could actually enjoy it. Using the example I just used you can probably imagine the rest yourself, as I'm sort of exhausted just recalling and typing that.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=srul5Xd2kT4

Somewhat off-topic since it's about aliens, but it's definitely an excellent look at how non-human characters are designed and how it affects to our ability to relate to them.

edited 28th Nov '16 8:28:22 PM by emilyorthoclase

So if Vampire or anyone else wants Patrick to room with a certain (monster-friendly) PC/NPC then I can have Erebi call them and set it up. Otherwise, barring some unforeseen event, he'll probably be staying at hers.

Posted. Expect as much food porn I can possibly muster in Lark's posts. She is a cook, after all.

edited 28th Nov '16 10:47:59 PM by secretlyasuperhero

We still playing this?

Its the Holidays. Things slow down.

I'm still down for it, I don't want to just skip Cwest

edited 3rd Dec '16 8:07:39 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

Ditto.

This is still a thing that's happening. I'm just waiting for things at the store, forest, and/or library to wind down a bit before I introduce a new plot point

I can attest to that: I sent PQI several suggestions via PM. Of course he might have something else in mind.

I'm still interested, just stuck on what to post.

Just try and post what comes naturally.

Follow your heart, Cwest!

... I feel as though you may be confusing me with someone else.