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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!
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[personal profile] skittering 2019-04-08 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
of fuckin' course you do. does alex ever go out into the woods?
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[personal profile] 00nothing 2019-04-08 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
you know at first i was gonna say he's really more of a city/suburb boy but on second thought if ian had theoretically been raising alex next to a huge forest he would have insisted on alex learning survival skills which would have involved regular camping trips so sure.
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[personal profile] skittering 2019-04-09 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
so the general flavor of their false familiarity might be a vague positive sentiment associated with the equally vague understanding that alex respects/appreciates the woods, maybe?
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[personal profile] 00nothing 2019-04-09 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
He definitely respects the woods, appreciate might be too far. He did nearly die in a jungle once, and there was that time with the poison dome so.....