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the pines mods. ([personal profile] officialnotice) wrote in [community profile] intothepines2019-03-31 09:29 pm
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false memory plotting repository

FALSE MEMORIES PLOTTING


Welcome to the Wayward Pines false memory plotting repository!

What's that, you ask? Well, it's essentially a dump for false memory plotting from this point forward - kind of like a CR meme for false memories, except this post will be pinned to the OOC comm, and will be linked in every OOC intro. There is no such thing as 'too late' to this meme!

How do false memories work in The Pines?

Strangely enough, as new characters begin to regain their memories, they also “regain” memories of life here in Wayward Pines. Maybe they rode their bike down this street as a kid. Maybe that park was where they had their first kiss. Almost unanimously pleasant, these memories are entirely at odds with everything your character knows (or thinks they know) about the life they led before Wayward Pines, but at the same time, these memories feel so real. Seeing the objects or people featured in the memories gives your character that same warm nostalgic feeling they’d feel if the events they’re remembering actually happened.

As new characters arrive, veteran characters can simply 'remember' false memories with those new characters, with the general IC feeling that they'd always been there but only now came to the surface.

For more info on the false memories mechanic, be sure to check out our FAQ!

How do I use this page?

It's simple: Create a top-level for each of your characters (or a collective top-level for all of them). Others reply to your top-level if they want to plot false memories with you. Alternatively, you reply to others' top-levels for the same reason! Think of it like a neverending CR meme specifically dedicated to cozy suburban memory-fuckery.

Things you might consider including, if they strike your fancy:
  • A blurb about your character's fake-life (as sparse or as detailed as you'd like).
  • A summary or list of the false-memory CR you've plotted out so far.
  • A false memories 'wish list'.
  • False memories preferences, if you have any. (For example: "Only looking for positive false-memory CR right now!")

We strongly recommend putting the info in a post on your character's journal and linking that post here rather than putting the info right in your top-level. That way you can edit and update that information as needed, as your top-level can't be edited once it's replied to!
00nothing: (ᴄᴏʀᴘsᴇs ᴏɴ ɪᴄᴇ)

[personal profile] 00nothing 2019-04-04 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
it's definitely a possible plot to explore in the game! like alex hasn't made a point of advertising the housekeeper leaving to anyone, but it can't stay secret forever that a 15 year old is living completely alone, i would think.

especially since he has a habit of getting into trouble and getting himself hurt.



............. actually, just before the game initially closed alex wound up accidentally blowing up a cop car with a rocket launcher. he didn't get in trouble but did wind up going in to see the hospital therapist about the whole thing so that might have been enough to put him on the radar of someone where he's suddenly under enough scrutiny for someone to notice.
professorfreischutz: (♛ friends of mine in disbelief)

[personal profile] professorfreischutz 2019-04-04 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Alex, you're not gonna last doing all that shit, haha.


... I remember that. HI WAIT SHIT YEAH, I was here as someone else before lol my brain doesn't work very good. YEAH I REMEMBER THE COP CAR that might definitely do it!!
00nothing: (sʜᴇ·s ᴀ ᴡʀᴇᴄᴋ)

[personal profile] 00nothing 2019-04-04 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
he's lasted this long just fine. that's a lie, he's not fine, nothing's fine.

so how did you want the dynamic to work before that deux ex machina happens? like how extended is this family. did they have dinners together every now and then or just sort of chat for five minutes if they crossed paths at the grocery store??
professorfreischutz: (♛ like a moth to the light)

[personal profile] professorfreischutz 2019-04-04 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking something like they're third cousins or whatnot, but since they live in the same town there were perfunctory meet ups and probably a dinner or two every few months. Definitely expectation that Alex would end up in one of Archer's classes going forward because duh why not have this genius family member teach you stuff

Does that sound about right/okay?
00nothing: (Aʟʟ ᴅᴀʏ I·ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀɪɴɢ)

[personal profile] 00nothing 2019-04-04 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
works for me! also canon does suggest that alex is pretty good at math, so that honestly makes a lot of sense.
professorfreischutz: (♛ as a doting sheep)

[personal profile] professorfreischutz 2019-04-05 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I THOUGHT I REPLIED TO THIS??!

but no that's good! He'd pretty easily pick up the idea of being his tutor once they end up cohabiting, hahaha.