Policy Discussion

[singularitymods.livejournal.com]

Some of Singularity's players have questions about the game policies on AU character applications. This post has been put up to allow players to approach the staff to ask questions, offer suggestions, and voice concerns regarding those policies. The moderators are also available via IM/PM [contact information] if any player does not feel comfortable discussing their concerns in public.

As of the end of this application round (August 15th), AU applications will be closed until this matter can be resolved. This ban on AU apps does not apply to the exceptions listed in the AU policies (malleable protagonists and canon AUs).

Comments

[quarkylass]

This sounds kind of ridiculous and a more than a little silly, but. A possible example.

Say I wanted to app, for whatever reason, some sort of Jade Harley that was, oh man I can't even make this ridiculous enough -- OKAY say that Jade lived in Japan with two parents who loved her very much and never had a nuclear omnipotent dog or a robotic session-crashing bunny but still played SBURB. Under your rules, this would most likely be a "better as fanfic" idea (and on that, I totally agree for this particularly horrible AU). If I were to change her name and app her in as an OC, changing the name of the game and the lands (possibly even her name), but essentially keeping the story the same -- kids play a game that destroys the world, they fuck it up, they have to Scratch to fix it -- would that be appable?

I know this sounds completely off the wall, but that is kind of what I just got from this conversation.

[singularitymods.livejournal.com]

To be fair, an OC like this would maybe come under scrutiny for plagiarism, but it'd highly depend on how many aspects of the game were just like Homestuck.

The idea of people playing a game like SBURB isn't something super unique to that fiction after all! .hack is another popular fandom that comes to mind, as another to use that concept. Jade's character trope isn't exactly super unique either. The point though with that, since this is an OC and not an AU there's less of a chance of causing a disruption with canonmates, if that makes sense?

[memorymodus.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah it was a horrible example and I would probably tear my eyesockets out writing that application.

Okay, that makes sense! I was just wondering, and that's cleared things up a lot. Thanks.