It could probably be capped off & published.

I found something that was never finished by Damian Thorne on 2020-07-11 23:24:14 UTC Reply

Okay, so I was wandering the PPC Wiki, when I clicked on this page:

https://ppc.fandom.com/wiki/2015Body-SwapEvent

It appears to me like a good concept, but according to the wiki, it never got finished. Is there any way we can potentially bring this saga to an end or do something else with the same concept?

It could probably be capped off & published. by Huinesoron on 2020-07-13 10:00:47 UTC Reply

Looking at the original proposal, the plan was for the RP to be three sections:

1/ CHAOS. This part went really well; it's a huge sprawl of an RP thread, but I think we kept it fairly well threaded; someone could put it all together if they wanted.

2/ Device Hunt. There were meant to be lots of teams hunting, but mine was the only one that took off. I think people enjoyed the chaos more than the solutions. Let's see... the team was me, doctorlit, and Pippa's Ghost. Pippa is long since gone, but I have semi-adopted her characters (because Hild hangs out with Maethorwen and Jareth as part of Team Formerly Saruman's Minions). So we could theoretically finish up the Quest for the Aromatherapist or whatever was going on there.

3/ DoSAT fixing stuff. Assuming Team Kayleigh were the ones to find the Device, and somehow random-walked it to DoSAT, this could be written by anyone with DoSAT agents active in 2015, with some input from me, doc, and anyone who wants their agents to have been involved. It might even work as an RP? I don't know.

The big problems I can see:

1/ Even if the characters are available, their bodies might not be. Looking through Team Kayleigh:

-Kayleigh seems to be in her own body - fine. -Salamander is in JF's body - not fine, her author doesn't want her agents used at all. But... he also doesn't appear to be part of the mission. I think Kayleigh forgot about him. -Jareth and Kyaris are sharing the body of Bosh and Guk, a two-headed troll belonging to Darkotas - not fine, seeing as they were major participants -Yoof is in Aaron Hunter's body, an agent belonging to Tira - I assume Tira has left? I don't think I've seen them for ages. -Hild is in Printworthy's body, a pony belonging to World-Jumper - again, I think Jumper is gone? -bjam is in Maethorwen's body, which is fine.

Since both the troll and pony bodies are written about several times, it would be pretty obvious if we suddenly started ignoring them.

2/ The other issue... the RP was started by someone who doesn't want to be associated with the PPC. I don't know how the ethics shake out if we finish a story she started, even if we don't use her agents at all.

hS

Plus, of course... by Huinesoron on 2020-07-13 10:06:40 UTC Edited Reply

... technically it already finished.

I move that we accept Scape's ending as canon. It's pretty much spot-on for how this sort of thing would go in HQ.

hS

What do you mean, "technically?" by Damian Thorne on 2020-07-13 10:55:33 UTC Reply

That's as valid an ending as any!

Well... by Zingenmir on 2020-07-12 10:52:23 UTC Edited Reply

Bringing it to an end might be difficult, given a number of the authors and characters involved are no longer active/retired/out of continuity/not currently active. In theory, there could maybe be a sequel event, or else maybe finishing the original with the people/characters still around+newer Boarders and characters (the latter of which would presumably have to have been in the PPC in 2015 in-universe, or else find a plausible way to get there)? But straight up finishing it in a way that wraps up every single thread from the original would be impossible.

Past that, of course, it's down to things like interest and what people think of the various possibilities (specifically: should we to begin with? The Boarder who set up the event has since left the PPC and removed her agents and stories from continuity. There may well also be some swaps where one character's author is currently active and the other's isn't). (Also, whose are/were Agents Sax and Day? I can't find other references to them on the Wiki.)

~Z, who nearly just went old-school by accident and signed as ~DF

Pretty much what I was going to say. {= ) by Neshomeh on 2020-07-12 15:13:22 UTC Edited Reply

Finishing it as it was started would be impossible because too many of the folks involved just aren't around anymore.

Sax and Day are also out of continuity, having belonged to the same said former Boarder.

That said—and this is the reason I was editing that page and apparently brought it to your attention, Damian—I figure there's still room for stories set during the event that don't directly impact its resolution. If people with characters who were around at that time want to collaborate on individual pieces about how they deal with suddenly finding themselves in different bodies (and just as suddenly going back to normal a couple days later), I don't see why they couldn't.

~Neshomeh