Less common GoIs and the Library

What about Gamers Against Weed?

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:36:03 +0000

we know that one of the members of GAW is a serpents hand member, (forgot the name) but how does the library itself feel about them?

Re: Less common GoIs and the Library

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:21:02 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:14:07 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:10:58 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:05:39 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:03:09 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:43:34 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:43:28 +0000

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

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:26:50 +0000

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.

Less common GoIs and the Library

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:09:13 +0000

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.