History Roleplay / Glowfic

There are various other glowfics. An abandoned attempt at an index of the older ones can be found [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=191 here]], and an index mostly of oneshots involving Alicorn [[http://alicornutopia.dreamwidth.org/1640.html?style=site here]]. As of late 2016, there's also a website called the [[https://glowfic.com Glowfic Constellation]], on which the majority of glowfic currently is happening and to which a lot of older storylines are being imported.

In addition to these, there's an out-of-date [[http://effulgence.wikia.com/wiki/Effulgence_Wiki wiki]] and a [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yRhuDB40c8cupj0JJ5TMAJinHUDii35UTUzHkWLemQE/edit#gid=0 spreadsheet]] to help keep track of all the characters and worlds in the older glowfic. Both of them contain ''large numbers'' of unmarked spoilers, both for the things which have already happened and for the yet-to-be-written sections of the story.

* AlienAbduction: Played straight in the opening to Kandrona; the Andalite strike force on Earth grabs a dozen humans to acquire, interrogate, and then mind-wipe and deliver home. Bella is not on board with the mind-wiping, and wrangles a position as consultant on humans instead.

Another large notable continuity is [[https://www.glowfic.com/boards/18 Silmaril]], written by Alicorn and Lintamande, which contains [[Literature/TheSilmarillion lots]] and [[Literature/LordOfTheRings lots]] of Elves. Who are adorable.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Jokers, sometimes.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Every single one of the prophecies random Noldorin and Ainur had about Feanaro could have been avoided if they had not acted on them.

Glowfic-related discussion hubs include its Discord server,
[[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/index.php Alicorn's forum]], [[https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23glowfic&server=irc.psigenix.net an IRC channel]] (bridged to the Discord server), and a bunch of Tumblr blogs.

Glowfic-related discussion hubs include [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/index.php Alicorn's forum]], [[https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23glowfic&server=irc.psigenix.net an IRC channel]], a Discord server, and a bunch of Tumblr blogs.

Glowfic is the collective term for various interrelated [[JournalRoleplay Journal Roleplays]] on Dreamwidth, connected through the involvement of [[AlternateSelf alternate versions]] [[UniversalAdaptorCast of the same characters]] (and, in some cases, the same worlds).

The two original roleplays from which all others originated are [[http://belltower.dreamwidth.org/8579.html?style=site Effulgence]] (written by Alicorn and kappa, currently on hiatus but technically still alive) and [[http://alicornutopia.dreamwidth.org/7441.html?style=site Incandescence]] (written by Alicorn and Aestrix, now dead), both of which contain large numbers of [[AlternateUniverse individually-developed worlds]] which have then been [[{{Crossover}} crossed over]] with each other (with Effulgence tending more towards [[FanFic fanfictional]] worlds and Incandescence more towards original ones, although both of them have a mix).

In addition to those two, there's [[https://www.glowfic.com/boards/18 Silmaril]], written by Alicorn and Lintamande, which contains [[Literature/TheSilmarillion lots]] and [[Literature/LordOfTheRings lots]] of Elves. Who are adorable.

There are various other glowfics; there's an abandoned attempt at an index of the older ones [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=191 here]], an index of mostly-oneshots [[http://alicornutopia.dreamwidth.org/1640.html?style=site here]] and as of 2017, a [[https://glowfic.com glowfic website]] called the Glowfic Constellation, on which the majority of glowfic currently is happening and to which a lot of older things are being imported.

Glowfic-related discussion hubs: [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/index.php Alicorn's forum]], the [[https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23glowfic&server=irc.psigenix.net irc]], a bunch of tumblrs.

There are an out-of-date [[http://effulgence.wikia.com/wiki/Effulgence_Wiki wiki]] and a [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yRhuDB40c8cupj0JJ5TMAJinHUDii35UTUzHkWLemQE/edit#gid=0 spreadsheet]] to help keep track of all the characters and worlds in the older glowfic. Both of them contain ''large numbers'' of unmarked spoilers, both for the things which have already happened and for the yet-to-be-written sections of the story.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In Room of Requirement Cam goes on trial for war crimes, genocide, fifty million counts of murder, and seven counts of kidnapping (a family of orcs whose car he grabbed to ask them how orcs worked).

* TheMultiverse: We have all kinds of multiverse structures around here.

* MoralityChain: Jean pretty clearly has one or several [[AmbiguousDisorder Ambiguous Disorders]] that limit his ability to empathize or relate to (most) other people. His sister has to set rules for him to follow to keep him on the right track, and he does so because he sees the social advantages in doing so and because he genuinely loves her. Predictably, bad things happen if she is removed from the picture in some way.

* TheNameless: The Administrator actively refuses to use an actual name.

There are various other glowfics; there's an abandoned attempt at an index of the older ones [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=191 here]], an index of mostly-oneshots [[http://alicornutopia.dreamwidth.org/1640.html?style=site here]] and as of 2017, a [[https://glowfic.com glowfic website]] called the Glowfic Constellation, on which the majority of glowfic currently is happening and to which a lot of older things are being imported to.

The two most well-developed roleplays in the set are [[http://belltower.dreamwidth.org/8579.html?style=site Effulgence]] (written by Alicorn and kappa) and [[http://alicornutopia.dreamwidth.org/7441.html?style=site Incandescence]] (written by Aestrix and Alicorn, now ended), both of which contain large numbers of [[AlternateUniverse individually-developed worlds]] which have then been [[{{Crossover}} crossed over]] with each other (with Effulgence tending more towards [[FanFic fanfictional]] worlds and Incandescence more towards original ones, although both of them have a mix).

In addition to those two, there are various less-developed glowfics; Alicorn is maintaining an index of them [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=191 here]], which is up-to-date as of August 2014.

The vast majority of glowfic-related discussion takes place on [[http://alicorn.elcenia.com/board/index.php Alicorn's forum]].

As of 2017, there is a [[https://glowfic.com glowfic website]] called the Glowfic Constellation, on which the majority of glowfic is happening.

There are a [[http://effulgence.wikia.com/wiki/Effulgence_Wiki wiki]] and a [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yRhuDB40c8cupj0JJ5TMAJinHUDii35UTUzHkWLemQE/edit#gid=0 spreadsheet]] to help keep track of all the characters and worlds. Both of them contain ''large numbers'' of unmarked spoilers, both for the things which have already happened and for the yet-to-be-written sections of the story.

* WickedStepmother: Findis, second wife of Finwe. Arguably mild since she is an Elf but she does cause considerable psychological damage to Feanaro. When Feanaro was little and criticized her for jumping in the bed of a man that was too depressed to think clearly she shot back at the child that he made his father miserable while she made him happy. Also she was the one that petitioned the Valar to banish Feanaro from Tirion after he pulled a sword on Nolofinwe.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Findekano and Artanis.

* ProfeticDreamsForEveryone: Quite a few of the Noldor have unclear, unhelpful and out of context dreams that pinpoint to Feanaro committing atrocities. Sadly they end up being SelfFullfillingProphecy.

* SelfFullfillingProphecy: Every single one of the prophecies random Noldorin and Ainur had about Feanaro could have been avoided if they had not acted on them.

* BigBad: Melkor, one of the Valar who tortures and terrorizes as many people as he can whenever he gets an opening. Nukes can't scratch him. Most of the Silmaril plots feature an escalating nightmarish war as the heroes try to cobble together magic powerful enough to do the job.

* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Loki decides right away to help the Elves in their war, but once Sauron [[spoiler: kidnaps and tortures Vár and taunts Loki with it for years]] it's personal. Loki comments on how Melkor, the Big Bad, seems more like some kind of force of nature. But Sauron? She hates him and wants him dead.[[spoiler: and gets it done]].
* NukeEm: Attempted in Elentári and in Shadow to kill Melkor. It doesn't work. In Space Arda Cam warns the Dwarves to not even try.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Mitros and Iobel, once they've resolved the awkward thing where [[spoiler: he's gay but seduces her anyway because he thinks she'll run the country well.]] Mitros tells Epic that sometimes the King and Queen are best friends who work very well together, instead of being in love.
* RapeOfTheLock: Happens to Elves taken captive in Angband, particularly Maitimos. Since the scalp and hair is a major erogenous zone for the Eldar it is extremely violating to cut an Elf's hair. Midnight, the evil Maitimo does this to his Findekano, nickname Forever.

* PassThePopcorn: Eru's attitude toward Arda. He created the entire universe solely to get entertainment out of the pain and despair of his sapient creations.

* ValuesDissonance: Revelation and the space Ardas are all completely appalled on contact with 1802 wizarding Britain. They beat children! They eat animals! They have slavery! They transfigure kittens into teapots and haven't really checked whether Mandrakes just look like babies or are, actually, pretty much human babies. Revelation and the Valian justice system run into this, too: the Elves aren't really on board with retribution or deterrance and think Ganymede is much too harsh, and the humans are horrified that Elves, who live forever, don't especially care about giving their arrestees a speedy trial.