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Post by Liou on Jan 26, 2022 8:13:23 GMT -5
Might we be ready for a poll? Or do we still have time for more people to chime in?
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Post by June Scarlet on Jan 26, 2022 8:25:33 GMT -5
Might we be ready for a poll? Or do we still have time for more people to chime in? I meant to do it this past weekend, so overdue, actually.
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Post by Liou on Jan 26, 2022 11:03:05 GMT -5
Based on interest shown in this thread, I shall draft a list of themes to include in the poll!
* Chiapocalypse - chaos over Neopia as Chia Flour explodes all over the place
* Corporate NT - parody of corporate "culture"
* Every Holiday at Once - holidays arbitrarily have to be mashed into the same issue, shenanigans ensue
* Kiko Lake Uprising - Kiko Lake finally using the money stolen by their Altador Cup team to take over Neopia
* Missing owners - callback to the Human ban
* NT's Gone Bananas - Bananas. 🍌
* Return of the Obelisk War - now with new factions!
I selected ideas that had been mentioned by more than one person, so if I missed one, if you find some redundant, or if you want to submit another, speak now! We're all bananas, I mean, all ears!
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Post by downrightdude on Jan 26, 2022 17:33:40 GMT -5
I selected ideas that had been mentioned by more than one person, so if I missed one, if you find some redundant, or if you want to submit another, speak now! We're all bananas, I mean, all ears!
Nice subliminal messaging, Liou! In all seriousness if 'banana' was chosen as the theme, this will be my victory speech.
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Post by June Scarlet on Jan 26, 2022 21:39:32 GMT -5
Thank you for gathering those suggestions, Liou! I'll give it about another 15 hours, and then post the poll.
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Post by June Scarlet on Jan 27, 2022 22:52:09 GMT -5
The poll is up! I've given it until next Wednesday, so get your votes in! Let's choose a theme for NT April Fools 2022~
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jan 28, 2022 9:05:52 GMT -5
I wonder if TNPT wants us to check our neomails on weekends. Anyways, it would be interesting if Fyora takes a significant stake in the NT and now we have to dedicate one full page for Faerie stuff.
“Geo! You’re up, write about Faerieland for the rest of your life!”
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Jan 28, 2022 21:19:50 GMT -5
I really like the Kiko Lake Uprising idea xD That RE has annoyed so many people for so long; it'd be cathartic to write about the villainy of Kiko Lake. These are all cool ideas though! I'm happy to run with whatever.
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Post by Liou on Jan 29, 2022 5:48:28 GMT -5
*strokes my moustache, which is made of bananas, while I ponder* Trying to think of funny things to do with holidays, since I don't have ideas for that one yet.
Galaxybrain: but if Cancelled Due to Lack of Interest is happening at the same time as the others, doesn't it cancel all of the holidays?
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Post by June Scarlet on Jan 31, 2022 22:36:51 GMT -5
I'm seeing some discussion on Discord as to what sort of pieces one could do with All the Holidays at Once. I'll throw my two cents in, but I'll do it here as to give it a bit more space.
For me, having all the holidays at once isn't necessarily a humorous idea, so much as a creative one, when it comes to the possibilities. Some of the possibilities are humorous, but for me, the real value is in it being an easy to define concept while also being broad enough so that not every entry is exactly the same.
For me, an April Fools piece doesn't have to be funny per say, or even try to fool someone. It's just a fun excuse to come up with a creative off-the-wall concept and run with it.
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Post by Liou on Feb 1, 2022 4:52:23 GMT -5
So, more like a wholly absurd collab theme than a prank? Then, since the holidays are the site's ordinary yearly routine, the challenge could be to turn them into something different and weird! Bizarrolidays. Could exaggerate and parody them, too? ... though I figure that already happens in the actual holiday issues.
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Post by June Scarlet on Feb 1, 2022 22:53:42 GMT -5
That's a good way to put it, Liou, an absurd collab theme.
Hm, looks like the poll's at a tie, currently, between NT's Gone Bananas, and Every Holiday at Once.
I'm curious, what sort of potential do writers see in the Banana theme? I can only really think of one idea, that is to just randomly throw in a banana kind of like one would throw in Chet Flash. But wouldn't everyone do that? Is there more to the theme? I'm not sure I get it.
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Post by Twillie on Feb 1, 2022 23:40:47 GMT -5
I imagine the banana thing could go a few ways, one of them being to randomly add one into the story/comic indeed. It could also be the central theme of an entry, like maybe an article listing "The Top 5 Greatest Uses for the Household Banana" or a short story whose protagonist endeavors to retrieve the prized Golden Banana from an ancient Geraptiku tomb. It could perhaps also be lampshaded, like a comic about a Neopet who feels they're going mad from suddenly seeing bananas everywhere and replacing everything and everyone they loved. I like to look at the 2010 April Fools issue as inspiration, as it's essentially the same idea but with mustaches. My examples are biased towards comics, but I think Spooky, One Fish Two Fish, and Talk About Random show some of the variety of ideas that could be had.
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Post by June Scarlet on Feb 2, 2022 0:10:21 GMT -5
Hm... Honestly? I didn't really get the Mustache theme either... I thought it was a pretty weak April Fools theme. Though I didn't realize it was all the way from 2010, so I suppose we would be due for another random theme like that, if that's what we end up with.
If we do end up with a tie, I'll post a tiebreaker poll, maybe just three days for that, because it's February already, oh goodness.
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Post by Liou on Feb 2, 2022 3:40:36 GMT -5
Just when I thought the poll had settled?!
I see the Bananas theme as a relic of old lolrandom internet humour! Perhaps with a touch of the more modern, slightly cynical surrealistic memes. postmodern memes It could involve lots of non-sequiturs, with an otherwise normal (well, by Neopian Times standards) story switching to bananas. Any object in a setting can be replaced with bananas. Props that have to be wielded by characters, especially. I would imagine it to be effective if no comment is made on the bananas and the characters remain deadpan about it, and Neopia But With an Unprecedented Amount of Bananas is simply treated as the new normal. That could be one way of going about it.
It works with combos, too. The Banana faction joins the Obelisk wars and dominates, awarding the Bananas boon.
For more specific jokes, there could also be an abundance of banana peel slipping.
Maaaybe we do need a tiebreaker at this point yep x'D And the runner up may have to come back next year.
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