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Re: Less common Staff

AnAnMaws 27 Nov 2020 21:28
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common Staff

Personally I really like the idea of other Wanderers helping newcomers by showing them around and even being kind enough to give them some food, water and a space where they can be in while they get used to this new place, specially to ones that came from dire and hostile enviroments. Volunteers overall that just want to be kind and show newbies the ropes in case there isn't any Librarian around or just are too shy or confused to ask first.

Another one that comes to mind about these Volunteer thing would be something akin to teachers. Maybe some experienced blue types that don't mind sharing their knowedge with begginers or people wanting to learn magic, or perhaps someone with a degree of history and a knack of explaining that would like to show students what they know, specially ones from other dimensions and realities where Ancient Rome wasn't even a thing.

Re: Less common Staff

Psychotobe 27 Nov 2020 20:47
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common Staff

One that comes to my mind is cleaner staff. Exactly what it sounds like. Staff that's task is to ensure the library is tidy and that nothing unclean gets on the books or shelves. Course intentionally causes messes gets their ire very very quickly

Less common Staff

Wesbot 27 Nov 2020 20:39
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common Staff

There have been mentions of types of staff beyond the usual Docents, Pages, and Archivists in some stories, such as the Boilermen, and I am planning on adding a kind of psuedo-staff myself in the form of the Nurses, but I am interested if anyone else has ideas for other types, or examples of ones that have been mentioned before.

YellowISlol 27 Nov 2020 09:12
in discussion Per Page Discussion / Per page discussions » The Bee

The usage of metaphor within this short is what got me. Very interesting short read, the emotion evoked was evident, and this is well deserving of my +1

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~~~🐜Ant boi baby🐜~~~

Re: A Horrifying Flower (peer review of draft)

Avelon21 26 Nov 2020 22:51
in discussion Forum Discussion / Ideas and Advice » A Horrifying Flower (peer review of draft)

Hey ChickenLover, I'm Avelon and I'm here to help:

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Line-by-line:

There lies a flower underneath that tree,

Change "flower" to "plant"

The petals were all bright pink on the outside and gradually be came

Change "outside" to "edges"; "be came" should be "became"

to focus on the flower never paying attention to the other things

Add a comma after "flower"

subtract the time they have looking at the flower

subtract from the time they have to look at the flower

Whether the mysterious man was a space traveller or from another dimension or even from the blankness the people did not talk to him

Whether the mysterious man was a space traveller, or from another dimension, or even from the blankness, the people did not talk to him

and the hills it stands upon.

stood

but not the kind you have when you have first discovered something,

you first discover

with a quick bit flash

Remove "bit"

The mysterious man wanted to get a closer look at the creatures, they did scare him a little

Replace the comma here with a semi-colon (;)

He tried to push back the creature,

push the creature back

but never getting a response

Replace "getting" with "got"

less loved then the flower.

than

Overall Critique on Everything:

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Where did the people come from? You say there is nothing around the hill, but for some reason there are people? You need to give more background on that.

The dialogue needs better formatting. Try looking at this to see if it helps: https://firstmanuscript.com/format-dialogue/

You should try to keep verb tenses more consistent in the beginning. I recommend using past tense, since you seem to use it most often in the story.

The prose, like Rum said, needs more variation to really engage the reader in this weird world that you have created. I can try helping further if you'd like, but this is part of developing your writing style, and I can't rewrite the whole story for you.

As far as actual story content, I feel that the scene where the man has his muscle stolen is deprived of a lot of detail/dialogue, which would be okay if the language use was a little more varied to reflect the craziness of the moment for the man. Some things feel a little repetitive regarding the details about the flower and the people, so you should really consider removing repetition or being more stylistic with it.

Re: A Horrifying Flower (peer review of draft)

ChickenLover 25 Nov 2020 05:16
in discussion Forum Discussion / Ideas and Advice » A Horrifying Flower (peer review of draft)

Hello rumetzen and thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it. I took your critiques into consideration, and I decided to add a bit more to the ending so it wasn't so bland. I hope you enjoy what I have changed in this second draft!

Here is the link again: http://wanderers-sandbox.wikidot.com/horrifying-items

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Snapdragon133 24 Nov 2020 22:21
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

I think it would be funny if Herman Fuller and the Man-With-An-Upside-Down-Face were banned, but the circus itself wasn't banned. It would give the performers a nice change of pace

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Wesbot 24 Nov 2020 22:14
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

I could see Alexylva being part of Discera Multiversity, but yeah, they would be pretty controversial given their morals, I imagine the SH especially wouldn't get along with them.

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Sebarus 24 Nov 2020 22:10
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

Bringing up a GOI I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned yet, I like to think that out of all of the normalcy preserving organizations, UIU is the only one not banned from entering. They know more about and are more directly involved with the anomalous community than the others, and can thus be respectful and mindful of the Library's sheer power and signifigance.

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Sebarus 24 Nov 2020 22:05
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

Nobody has actually been referenced in the Library before. Apparently they were banned, and possibly even made the way they are because of it. I've actually been meaning to write something about that. Of course, all of this is dependent on headcanons.

I agree with all the other points though, I reckon the presence of Alexylva is somewhat of a controversial and dividing topic within the patrons.

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

AnAnMaws 24 Nov 2020 22:03
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

Hm, so far, the only lesser known GoI that can be connected to the Library one way or another could be Deer College, since it's an anomalous university where you learn anything from magic, that included.
But since Deer College is connected with the Coalition, is posible Deer students are frowned upon by most of the Wanderers. Perhaps most of the books and artifacts they use could have belonged to the Library a long while ago even.

I can also see the Oneiroi collective being interested in one way or another on the Library and Wanderers, and I do headcannon Wanderers are able to connect to the Oneiroi through dreams since they tent to "embrace" the anomalous much more, so those two are really chill with each other.

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Malvarik1 24 Nov 2020 20:43
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

Nobody - Probably frequents the Library. My head-canon would be that management knows them, the patrons do not. Depending on who or what you think Nobody is, their goals at the Library can be anything.

Ambrose Restaurants - Probably tried to open a restaurant at the food court at some point and was denied.

Fifth Church - Probably falls somewhere around the Serpent's Hand. The Library doesn't support or hinder them, they're free to use it as a meeting place so long as they respect the other patrons.

Manna Charitable Foundation - I'd like to believe that some of their members research specific objects in their possession before distributing them to civilians. Although, that's more of a head-canon.

Alexylva University - Probably allowed inside the Library to study and research, much like Serpent's Hand and Fifth Church. They might even have a sort of small proxy university setup for people wanting to enroll.

The Chicago Spirit - At some point they were allowed into the Library. However, their membership was revoked when they attempted to steal various pieces of literature that had anomalous effects or gave readers anomalous powers. They're now banned from the Library and by extension, so is the Chicago Spectre.

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Wesbot 24 Nov 2020 19:43
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

That makes sense, I imagine those groups tend to be more arrogant towards the Library than something like MCD, which probably helps bring down its ire.
One other thought I had was that AWCY might be seen by the anartists of the library as more boring than anything, like a bunch of attention-starved jerks obsessed with shock value.

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Rounderhouse 24 Nov 2020 19:26
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

Personally, I think that not a lot of GoIs have proper access to the Library, for a variety of reasons. That said, I like to think that a lot of the nationalist gois — PENTAGRAM, Gru-P, Obskuracorps — have been kicked out by the Docents at one point or another for trying to weaponizing the knowledge contained therein and/or starting fights.

There's always time for tea

ThePianoMan1616 24 Nov 2020 19:09
in discussion Hidden / Deleted threads » There's always time for tea

Take a moment, make some tea for yourself, your friend, and your mortal enemy. Time, so much as it has a choice, will accommodate.

Less common GoIs and the Library

Wesbot 24 Nov 2020 19:09
in discussion Forum Discussion / Library Universe » Less common GoIs and the Library

Though groups like the Foundation and GOC are described on the 'Groups of Intrigue' page, I don't believe there's much content about how ones like the Three Moons Initiative or Arcadia may relate to the Library, so I'm creating this topic for if anyone has any ideas they'd like to share.

I've personally had the idea that Corbenic is banned from the Library for trying to edit books to be more 'moral' by their standards, and I believe it's been mentioned that the Circus has performed in the Library in the Dread and Circuses canon.
I also see the less… hostile varieties of the religious GoIs having churches somewhere in the Library.

Rounderhouse 24 Nov 2020 14:59
in discussion Per Page Discussion / Per page discussions » Of the Archives

Damn, I forgot how good this was. One of the classics, for sure.

Today

Whippysquire 24 Nov 2020 11:02
in discussion Forum Discussion / Ideas and Advice » Today

http://wanderers-sandbox.wikidot.com/what-i-feel

Re: Introductions 2: Electric Boogaloo

Avelon21 23 Nov 2020 15:36
in discussion Forum Discussion / General » Introductions 2: Electric Boogaloo

Ooo we also have lots of artists and musicians in our community, and I hope you can bond with some of us over that! I understand that writing in other languages is hard, but if you would ever like me to proofread a translation from the Czech branch, feel free to ask in the forums. The last thing I want to mention is that we are very disconnected from the SCP-verse (especially in terms of what SCP folks think the Library is), so I hope you enjoy the stories we have to tell here in TWL.

+A welcoming scroll just for you.

The introduction, rules, universe info, sandbox site, and all of our guides can be found over at our orientation page. Take a look if you're new, and check out the guides to have some of your questions answered.

If you'd like to read more stories to get a feel for the Library, but don't know where to start, check out the recommended reading list. It's obviously not required, but this is some of the best stuff on the site (although there's many other equally amazing stories to find in the Library).

If you haven't noticed already, you can reach out to other writers and staff members through the forums and the Discord chat. I personally prefer the forums for talking about stories and reviewing drafts. Whatever you choose, remember to have fun, Wanderer!

Re: Introductions 2: Electric Boogaloo

Avelon21 23 Nov 2020 15:32
in discussion Forum Discussion / General » Introductions 2: Electric Boogaloo

Hello, and welcome to the Library! Just remember that we are much more focused on writing stories with wonder than any actual SCP-verse tales. Hope to see you in the I&A forums soon ^^

+A welcoming scroll just for you.

The introduction, rules, universe info, sandbox site, and all of our guides can be found over at our orientation page. Take a look if you're new, and check out the guides to have some of your questions answered.

If you'd like to read more stories to get a feel for the Library, but don't know where to start, check out the recommended reading list. It's obviously not required, but this is some of the best stuff on the site (although there's many other equally amazing stories to find in the Library).

If you haven't noticed already, you can reach out to other writers and staff members through the forums and the Discord chat. I personally prefer the forums for talking about stories and reviewing drafts. Whatever you choose, remember to have fun, Wanderer!

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