dream_bladekindeyewear_1 | (no subject) (Reply)

Is it fair to assume that only Light and Void players can go grimdark?

Anonymous

No. :)

Calliope already implied that role inversion could take place between Doom and Life, for example. (An inversion we may very well see eventually.) It may not be called ‘grimdark’ specifically, but depending on the situation you could definitely call it analogous.

In fact, though I doubted it before, there was probably a little bit of ghosting and inversion on Aradia’s part, too, when she was a (heh) ghost. Do note that according to my role layout, Aradia’s inversion as a Maid of Time (Create Time and Create through Time) would be a Bard of Space (invite destruction of Space and destruction through Space).

Which rings a bell:

…you have recovered MYSTERIOUS TECHNOLOGY from the ruins, and convinced a friend to adapt it into a GAME THAT WILL BRING ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF YOUR CIVILIZATION. And by convinced, you suppose you mean tricked.

In more:

You’re not sure why you did that, really.

There’ll probably turn out to be a reason. There’s a reason for everything. Understanding this lets you be reckless.

Than one:

AA: this game will n0t save the w0rld
TA: the fuck??
AA: and th0ugh it is still very imp0rtant even in 0ur defeat
AA: unf0rtantely it is much cl0ser t0 serving as the instrument 0f 0ur pe0ples demise than that 0f their salvati0n
AA: and we twelve will behave simultane0usly as the pawns and the 0rchestrat0rs of the great und0ing

Place:

AA: i like breaking things
AA: i didnt used t0 but n0w i d0
AA: its fun

And possibly even the most important one:

PCG: ROBOTS FROM THE FUTURE ALWAYS COMING BACK TO TELL ME HOW SOME HASTY SHIT I DID WITH FROG BREEDING OR WHATEVER WOULD MAKE IT BE IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN.
PCG: MY OWN PERSONAL MISTAKES PROBABLY ACCOUNTED FOR MORE DOOMED ARADIABOTS THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

Where she micromanaged the frog breeding to achieve a very specific, genetically disastrous result.

:)

2012-11-1