Line #20 Roleplay/Genessia


1	[[http://genessia.dreamwidth.org/profile Genessia]] is a JournalRoleplay game hosted on [[http://www.dreamwidth.org/ Dreamwidth]]. A Jamjar game with a very heavy emphasis on [[RunningTheAsylum player-run plots]] instead of moderator-run plots, players are given an insane amount of freedom in which to shape the world in almost any way they see fit, including in-character elections of guardians of the various cities, and where [[VillainOfTheWeek villains]] are actively encouraged to cause chaos for the other characters to [[TheCall respond in kind]].
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3	As of January 2015, the game is [[RealLifeWritesThePlot under new management]], with a promised ContinuityReboot of the in-game metaplot.
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5	!This game provides examples of:
6	* AbortedArc: Due to the [[RealLifeWritesThePlot departure of one of the moderators]], many of the games on-going moderator-run plots were put on hold, and eventually abandoned altogether once new moderators took over.
7	* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Fayren and Everglade have these.
8	* AcademyOfEvil: [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] tried to open one of these at one point.
9	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: The Paper Boy. His DistaffCounterpart, the Paper Girl, on the other hand, was often depicted as a stereotypical ValleyGirl.
10	** [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton Luke Triton]] is another example, and is almost universally beloved by the rest of the game's characters.
11	* AlienGeometries: There's a massive barrier that surrounds all five cities, and the subarchways lead to 'copies' of the characters' worlds, not the actual worlds. Given [[EldritchAbomination what has been seen to lie]] on the other side of the barrier, however...
12	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: [[Anime/SoulEater Spirit Albarn to Maka]].
13	** {{Inverted}} with [[spoiler:Silver]] and [[Manga/FairyTail Gray]], who had no idea about the whole stripping thing.
14	* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Genessia City was attacked by a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere early on in the meta-plot.
15	* CastHerd: ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has this in spades. The ''Manga/FairyTail'' cast has since risen to power, but eventually fell into fourth place behind ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''.
16	* CrossoverShip: It happens ''all the time'' InUniverse. It's a JournalRoleplay, what did you expect?
17	* CuteMonsterGirl: They're ''everywhere'' here. No shortage of Cute Monster Boys, either.
18	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Provided no characters [[TheMedic with healing powers]] show up to save you, you will be forced to sacrifice something important to you - such as a power, a memory, or a physical possession - before being revived.
19	** As of January 2017, mysterious [=NPCs=] now show up to carry dead bodies back to the Bay, and into a hidden chamber that characters cannot enter due to a magical barrier. What happens in there, [[NothingIsScarier nobody knows]].
20	* DemocracyIsFlawed: The position of a lot of characters on the Guardian Elections, especially if [[SoreLoser they lose]]. [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula]] and [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]] are particularly extreme examples of what happens when someone doesn't like how how an election turns out.
21	* EldritchLocation: Not Genessia itself (though Everglade borders on this), but what lies beyond it. Occasionally, monsters get through, such as the aforementioned AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever, and when the barrier breached. Nobody knows what's ''really'' out there, and you'd be hard pressed to find someone who wants to find out.
22	* EmotionEater: The ghosts from beyond the barrier were this. Some characters are ''still'' traumatized due to this event.
23	* EnemyMine: [[Manga/FairyTail Zeref]] managed to keep [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Tartaros]] from continuing their war against Fairy Tail by convincing them that whoever - or ''what''ever - managed to bring them to Genessia is more of a threat than they are. How he managed to keep it up for so long was anyone's guess, especially since [[TokenGoodTeammate Silver]] was PutOnABus. After Mard Geer dropped, Tartaros as a whole was reduced to Sayla, who had since dedicated herself only to [[UndyingLoyalty serving Zeref]] until she, too, was dropped.
24	** Zeref and Fairy Tail formed another truce once the [[AntimagicalFaction Hands of Decay]] showed up and declared their intent to [[FinalSolution kill all mages]].
25	* EvilIsHammy: In a game that used to have [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]], [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Laharl]], and [[WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]], the moment another character like this shows up on the network, everyone knows exactly what to expect from them.
26	* GoodIsNotNice: A lot of the Guardians can come across as this. Ted in particular was a straight-up KnightTemplar, with [[Franchise/TouhouProject Satori]] endorsing [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]]'s plot to simply [[MindRape twist the Hands of Decays' minds]] into submission.
27	* GottaCatchEmAll: Yes, Franchise/{{Pokemon}} appeared in Genessia, along with the means to catch them; and no we're not just talking about characters from the series being applied to the game. Those that scored the highest during the event even got to ''keep'' them.
28	* HatedByAll:
29	** Nobody likes [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]]. ''Nobody.''
30	** [[OriginalCharacter John 'Everyman' Smith]], a.k.a. 'the Jerks,' has an extremely offensive and off-putting personality. While this is entirely intentional by his player, it shows just how little the character is liked InUniverse, when he tried to run for Attleton's Guardian, and lost. [[LandslideElection Badly]].
31	* HateSink: [[OriginalCharacter John Everyman]] may be an intentional, InUniverse example of this, given how amazingly offensive he is to everybody he speaks to.
32	* IncomingHam: [[WesternAnimation/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor's]] arrival in spades. To this day, it is still legendary, both InUniverse and without.
33	* TheLegionsOfHell: [[Manga/AngelSanctuary Lucifer]] spent almost two months summoning these.
34	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: How many of the more stoic characters responded to the BachelorAuction.
35	* MacGuffin: The Charms. [[GottaCatchEmAll Collect them all]], and you get a wish granted.
36	* MoodWhiplash: It's not uncommon for lighthearted events like a TalentShow or a BachelorAuction to follow a monster invasion, or an EarthShatteringKaboom. Or vice-versa.
37	* NeuralImplanting: Canon-updates are done like this. Characters enter a device, where they 'dream' of what has happened in their world since their arrival in Genessia.
38	* NothingIsScarier: Nobody knows why the characters have been brought to Genessia, or who - or ''what'' - brought them there. This has served as the major plot point of the game, with boundless speculation on the matter leading from horrifying experiments to the absurd and hilarious.
39	* PortalCrossroadWorld: The leading theory InUniverse as to type of place Genessia is, given the subarchways... and [[WhenDimensionsCollide what happens when the barrier above them breaks]].
40	* PortalNetwork: The archways and subarchways allow characters to access the worlds of characters in the game. They were changed with the new mod team, however, and now close if all characters from that specific world drop from the game.
41	* ResearchInc: [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} The Schnee Company]] has become a benevolent example of this. They're dedicated to finding just where the hell they are and how they got there, and have also taken on the role of helping newcomers successfully integrate into society in Genessia.
42	* SexGod: [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Weiss Schnee]] became this, much to her own chagrin, thanks in no small part to her hologram being the first thing most characters see upon awakening, and this being [[http://genessia.dreamwidth.org/510531.html parodied]] in the newspaper. The title "Holo-Babe" has even become an InSeriesNickname for her, though calling her that to her face is something of a BerserkButton.
43	* ShipperOnDeck: [[Manga/SailorMoon Minako Aino]] started an entire dating service because of it. This also applies to pretty much the entire ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' cast.
44	* ShowWithinAShow: [[Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun Nozaki]] drew and sold manga in Genessia City. [[Manga/SailorMoon Minako Aino]] in particular was a huge fan.
45	* SmallNameBigEgo: How [[Franchise/{{Disgaea}} Laharl]] is received by many of the other characters in the game. He calls himself the 'Overlord of Genessia,' but nobody takes his claim to power seriously. Except for Flonne, of course.
46	* SpinningPaper: Every time a newspaper is delivered, expect someone's window to be broken, and a lot of angry Network posts about being hit in the head with one.
47	* TallPoppySyndrome: The "Hands of Decay" are an extreme example of this, resulting in a radical AntimagicalFaction who seek to [[TheMagicGoesAway kill all mages]] out of fear. Because they've come off mostly as [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized terrorists]] rather than genuine freedom fighters and take an absolutist view on what constitutes magic, they have a ZeroPercentApprovalRating even among their fellow {{muggles}}.
48	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Whenever a particularly large threat shows up, it's not uncommon for heroes and villains to put aside their differences if the threat proves to be [[EnemyMine mutual]].
49	* ThatManIsDead: During the Shared Flashback event, [[Manga/FairyTail Mavis]] witnessed Zeref [[EvilerThanThou killing Hades]]. Zeref said that he wasn't sorry, and that Precht deserved it. Even though Mavis was upset, she still embraced him, and said she forgave him, because the man he killed wasn't the man she knew and trusted anymore.
50	-->'''Mavis:''' "You didn't kill Precht, Zeref. Hades did."
51	* WhatTheHellHero: A common reaction to a castmate if they sacrifice an important memory of their friends to open a subarchway.

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