#project commentary

Sorry yeah this is a very recent development so I should give a quick update on who Hope is 'XD

As a brief summary, while doing some missions for (I think) the Federation, Cellbit found cords that led to something that looked like a small adoption-center type room but really ol and run-down.

Inside, where the egg would normally be, there was a chest with a book in it. People have sent screenshots and such but in summary, the book was written by an egg who had been stuck in the room, hoping and dreaming to someday have a family and live a real life, but nobody ever found them, and they wanted to write a book so that if someone ever found it after they were gone, they'd still be remembered in some way.

Alright, so now that the tasks are starting, I want to give a better in-depth explanation on how they work.

Doing a task means writing or drawing something about A1 doing one of the official QSMP tasks for that day or a recent day, then tagging it with "#qsmp a1 tasks" and "#a1 adoption project" so that they will be easy for me to find, along with being easy to block if anyone wants to get this project off their dashboard. Anything related to the A1 adoption project, task or not, should preferably be tagged with "#a1 adoption project".

A1 only needs three checkmarks every week, and a checkmark is completed by there being at least one task done by anyone during that day. Only one task is needed (not the whole list) for a day, and only three days are needed.

This is because I want this to be a low-stress project. I don't want it to be difficult to keep A1 alive, especially if community interest fades as time goes on. One or two people could reasonably keep A1's tasks going if it got to that point.

However, just because only one task is required to get a checkmark for that day, doesn't mean you shouldn't post your task picture or story if someone else has already done one for that day, or if they already have all three checkmarks! I will be doing my best to keep a tally of how many tasks A1 got every day (each day being marked as in between last task update and the current one) just for fun, along with all task posts being reblogged here. A1 likes hanging out and doing tasks with their family!

Additionally, you do not have to only do the tasks for the current day. I know it often takes a little while to draw or write, and I don't want to rush people, so tasks from any relatively-recent day will be fine as well. The task will be counted for whatever day you posted it, not the day that the task was from.

#a1 adoption project = Anything that has to do with the Tumblr adoption of A1. This is the tag I mostly search for.

#other a1 posts = Anything that has to do with A1 (usually art so far) but has more to do with canon than with the adoption.

#a1 task completion = A writing or art piece that could count as one of A1's tasks for the week.

#qsmp adopts a1 = Something with the members of the QSMP adopting A1.

#daily summary = The QSMP's tasks for that day, a status update on A1, and event information if it is on a weekend. (Thanks to @lavendarbearman for older separated checkmark images and @froggiest-multifanboy for new combined checkmark images)

#a1 event completion = A submission for the A1 event for that week.

#a1 event discussion = Something related to the event, but not a submission.

#not a task = Anything that is not one of A1's tasks.

#project commentary = Not just A1-related but rather actively discussing the adoption project.

#updates account talking = Me talking about something, rather than reblogging someone else's work.

#a1's room = The sub-project of people making rooms in Minecraft for A1.

#a1 headcanons = People's individual headcanons about A1.

#a1 designs = specifically someone making a new design for A1, I'm not as reliable tagging this one though.

#note to self = Mainly something to help me, posts that I want to easily find for future reference.

These have all been talked over with the Discord server, and are not strict - they're just general guidelines, so that A1 and Hope can each be their own characters that could be told apart in art or writing.

A1 is on the quieter side, a little more introverted and reserved at times. They prefer to speak through their actions rather than their words. Some little details both derived from canon and how people already interpret them, they like axolotls and colorful things, and dislike parkour and toast with jam.

Also, appearance-wise, A1 likes wearing stickers and little band-aids. They'll change which stickers and such they wear depending on what parent they're with, along with sometimes either wearing an accessory over the stickers or switching out their stickers for the accessory.

Hope is more extroverted and also more clingy, they love affection from their family. They speak more through words than actions and are generally more openly friendly. They really like flowers, but hate the sight of bugs.

For their appearance, along with any other accessories they're given, they'll usually wear flowers in some way. Similarly to A1, what kind of flowers and how they wear them can vary.

Alright, so there was enough interest in the idea of events that I'd like to make a more official explanation of them so we can start next weekend!

In addition to the daily tasks, every week (starting on Sunday) there will be an event. Event submissions can be sent any time during the whole week, so there isn't as much rush. You can still submit for an event after it's completed, but it won't be on the submission count and may have less effect.

Every Sunday, the event will start and will be in the daily update. In addition to the list of tasks and checkmarks, there will be a description of the event. This description will include a short paragraph or two about what the event is and what's going on, then small list of response ideas and prompts.

Every Saturday, the event will end. Similarly to the event start, in the daily update there will be a paragraph or two concluding the event and a description of what happened. Along with the description, there will be a count of how many event submissions there were that week.

Similarly to task submissions, all event submissions will be reblogged (with the tag "#a1 event submission" among other things) and counted. However, if there is a week where there are no event submissions, A1 will not die. There may be negative story consequences, but A1 will not die.

The purpose of the events is to have some sort of ongoing bigger story so that the tasks don't get too repetitive. I may conclude the events differently depending on what kind of responses I get and how many, and how the events conclude can change future events somewhat. Events may not always end perfectly, but at the end of the day no event will end in A1's death.

If you would like, you can reference parts of the event in your task completion. If, say, the event had to do with monsters getting more dangerous, feel free to reference that fact in dungeon tasks and such. You by no means have to, but it's another option you have!

The first event will begin on Sunday Sep 27! (I already have an idea for one.)

I hope you enjoy the events! :)

Some last minute commentary before the first event starts:

You are encouraged to discuss and throw out ideas to the other parents on how to best respond to these scenarios! I will be reblogging commentary about the events along with the actual submissions. If many parents come to an agreement on an action they should do, then that action will have much more of an effect on the event plot than it would if just one person sent a submission performing that action. Cooperation is encouraged!

I would like to note that the events may often be negative in nature. Bad things will happen. Again, A1 will never die because of an event, and I do have some plans for more lighthearted events, but often an event will consist of something bad happening and A1 and the parents having to respond. Remember that daily tasks will always still be available for you to do quicker and more lighthearted submissions.

Example, I'm Chinese. A1 looks like Ai which is the anglicised form of the word 爱 (Ài), meaning love. Chinese names in the area I live in are usually made of two characters (excluding surname) and are generally what parents wish their child to be. I would like wish A1 strength in all their endeavours with the character 力 (pronounced Lì), for force and power and strength.

Thus, I propose 爱力 (Ai Li or Aili) as a Chinee name for A1, wishing them strength and reminding them how loved they are.

...And so on.

I would love that! I've seen a few name ideas scattered around, but having a comprehensive list of names from a variety of cultures would be very nice to have (and I'm going to make a pinned masterpost to link to all the important lists such as this).

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Are we giving A1 a sibling

We're giving A1 a little author of a sibling right

Guys are we up for taking care of two of them

Or is the idea that Memories/Hope was actually A1 before being taken by the Federation

I wanna know if I should be setting up things for a second egg to join because I absolutely can if that's what people want

It's only been like two weeks we can collectively decide on general personalities for each of them so they're each distinct

2nd: Hope will be getting their own name list and I will add an extra description on how tasks will work. A quick summary though - you're allowed but not required to include both eggs in a task and it'll count for whoever you put in your submission. Don't make yourself draw both if you don't want to, we have plenty of people so they should both be fine.

3rd: I haven't decided if I'm going to be changing tags and usernames or not. There would be nearly 200 posts to reorganize if I changed everything to not include A1 in the name, so I may just keep with the "a1 adoption project" as A1 started this whole thing. I will however start making additional tags for Hope, and may change some tags that I use less often.