#day of the departed
Day of the Departed was yesterday and I didn’t realize that until this morning
S o…
You never really appreciate something until after it’s gone.
I don’t have access to my colored pencils right now, but I really wanted to post something
Me, a 20-somthing lady, on the way to work:
*Singing along to The Fold’s DotD stuff at full blast, while wearing earrings that look like lanterns and a glittery bat hairclip*
DotD debts part 1: Abandoned RPs
Now this could get long so going to try to make a read more cut, hope it works!
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First debt to settle here is probably the longest overdue and the one I feel most guilty about: the never finished “Slumber Party of the Departed” RP.
I’d like to both thank @purplerose244,@brieflyshypuppy,@thatoneninjagosideblog,@geode-masterofcrystal,@letheboo , @ninjago12345 and apologize.
I was in my last year of high school when I was trying to run it, and not in a very good place stress wise, which combined with other life factors led to the abandonment. However, you guys are all awesome and don’t deserve to have put so much fun and work into my madness only to not find out how it would’ve ended, so here’s how it would’ve went!
Once we vanquished Chen, Kasia would have been in danger of being possessed by Morro. It would’ve turned into a giant game of keep-away around the house as we guarded her, with our choices depicting weather or not the possession would’ve happened, and if Geode would have turned into a ghost. However, no matter what, it would’ve been a ticking time bomb for the Preeminent to show up and I would’ve flooded the house with Nya’s full potential.
At this point, people would’ve been fighting off more of their character’s personality kinda seeping in, which sets the stage for the very angsty Skybound Round 2 in the now heavily damaged house.
I had planned on doing something involving a vengeful Delara as Nadakhan himself isn’t dead, but nonetheless the fight against fate would’ve ended the same as og skybound, me in a wedding dress (which for the sake of the story was going to be a cosplay I was forced into by the ghosts at some point) and the poison design on my shirt turning into the Tiger Widow Venom. Blake would have then had an epic moment, saving everyone with a final wish, which would have also fully repaired the house as well.
Since at the time that would’ve been the last aired season (crazy how time flies, right?) when we went to make a move to destroy the Ouija board, Yang would’ve popped out but instead of attacking like we expect, is impressed that we survived the onslaught and presents us each with pins of each ninja’s symbol that allow us to use the gifts we mastered over the night whenever we want/need to. After we send him off with the convenient eclipse happening outside, we would’ve destroyed the board and settled in to watch the primer of DotD, closing out the RP.
Once again, thank you all for participating all those years ago, and if you’d like a copy of the chat logs feel free to message me!
Debt two is slightly more recent but also on the same note, “Ninjagoland: A Summer RP Experience”.
I thought I’d learned my lesson, but apparently not since life got wild while trying to run this one too. I’d hoped the flexible group setting would allow me to keep better track of it, but when they came out with more and more seasons at a quicker pace than expected I ended up with a writing paralysis that just didn’t clear up, which is what caused the abandonment. Also, I felt things were rapidly changing at the parks to the point it was hard to stay in the correct mind space to write this one, as it started to feel like a period piece in a way.
Same as with the last one, I’d like to apologize to and thank @geekywinemom,@ninjagogolion,@councillake,@kaospersona for participating, you all pushed the story into some crazy fun directions that kept me on my toes for improvisation!
I can’t give an exact closure to this one because it was very improvisation based, down to even what seasons we experienced in what order. Yes,this is why I would always ask what ride you all wanted to go on next, because that determined the next round of chaos! Also, there would have been a ‘lock and load’ montage at the Downtown Disney Lego Store, where the weapons we picked from sets would have become real for us to use against the villains.
The main plot for this one would’ve ended with Sons of Garmadon, which in a terrifying twist, would have seen us returning to the Fantasyland suit to find Harumi waiting for us (and yes, this twist is why I gave us the ultra princess-y suit to stay in!)
We would have worked together with the time twins and the ninja themselves to un-merge the realms before Harumi could fully start her conquest by completing the resurrection.
The archive for this one has its own whole side blog, but if you’d like me to post a list of rides and their corresponding villains/seasons, or are even interested in a possible revival this coming summer, just hit me up!
The last abandoned RP is so old it was on deviantart, but thank you so much @onyxcia-greystone for your amazing storytelling with the Morro-centric RPs of ours.
I’m sorry that the horrific combination of high school plus writer’s block stopped the RP dead in its tracks. Even though I feel like too different of a person now to go back and finish it, I’m glad to have been taken on such a thrill ride and that your RP turned out so well. Writing Morro is always fun!
I just got a spider in my mouth-!
-doughnut that is!
If you too want some Harumi flavored fun this DotD season, you can find these tricky treats at Dunkin
This DotD, I’ll be settling some fandom-related debts!
Anyone who’s been in a fandom for years will have eventually accumulated abandoned or half-finished projects, and I am no different.
So from now until the 29th, I’ll be posting the ties to some long overdue loose ends!
After all, DotD is also a day of wrapping up unfinished business, so get ready to be tricked and treated by projects that haven’t been mentioned for years!
So I made a DotD animatic for my friend Rosie who somehow tricked myself and some others into loving ninjago and well. Cole Appreciation Squad
