~After Eight~

So as many have probably noticed (or perhaps not, considering nothing is done on tumblr, it’s the other social media that brimm with news), GDA is going through yet another grand revival... this time hopefully more permanent.

I realise that everyone had their own takes on the GDA setting. Hell, I’m aware that a lot of people did not even ever bother reading the Word Of God (if you did not - read it, there’s a compiled version too; it’s the actual GDA basis to begin with, even if it’s sometimes wonky and has a bunch of holes as well).

So I kinda figured, especially since apparently some people want to rework the lore? To grab the chance and ask about what everyone’s take on the lore is to begin with, so we can sort it with what is already there and hopefully try to make it work without anyone having to change anything (or at least minimise the impact as much as possible) while getting a setting that’s actually... well.  Consistently playable.

tl;dr If you don’t mind, please send me what your take on the lore is, as detailed as possible or as you deem necessary! Let us try to get things up to speed so we can have a compiled community lore we can all use and play without stumbling in!

I thought certain things are basic common courtesy, but lately I’ve seen both very recent instances, and heard of some older cases... and apparently, I was wrong. Apparently, it’s not obvious. Apparently, it’s not common frigging sense.

And that’s just really damn sad.

So let’s get this in order. Just off the top of my head 

1. DO NOT. USE. OTHER PEOPLE’S CHARACTERS. WITHOUT PERMISSION AND CONSULTATION.  If you want someone else’s OC to be part of your OC’s backstory, ASK FIRST. If you want to have a headcanon about something related to another person’s OC, ASK FIRST. This is one of the most inconsiderate, rude things to do ever. Other people’s characters are not yours. You can do whatever you want in your head but the moment you use someone for an ‘official’ headcanon or a backstory? Hell no. You have NO right to do that whatsoever PLEASE LEARN THAT. If you just get a general permission for interaction, good for you, but don’t go setting the details of what happened on your own!!

2. Please follow the setting and rules of a group! You’re joining a particular thing, so please, please abide or make one of your own if this doesn’t sit well with you. You shouldn’t go around making up your own thing without consulting the creators of what you’re doing. People put effort into those things, they invest time. Sometimes there’s a lot of very good well-constructed details, sometimes you will lack information, but what stays is that those who make those things actually work on them. Ignoring what they make is just really fucking disrespectful.

It’s all nice and all to go all out and wild but. For.. /groans Settings exist for a reason. READ THEM. AND FOLLOW THEM. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN SOMETHING. THAT’S WHAT THEY”RE THERE FOR. IF SOMETHING IS NOT EXPLAINED IN A GROUP’S/AU”S SETTING POST

A S K ABOUT IT

Honestly, did he really have to…

Still working on the anniversary bullshit please bear with me www