IC ANON MEME

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THE IC ANON MEME RULES AND INFO ✦ Everything must be from an IC in-world perspective. The meme is specifically a Legion fandom meme. UP citizens, Legion World Staff, and Legionnaires all have access to the meme. While this meme is in the meme comm, it is real in the game universe and all the Legionnaires and the public can see it ICly. Rather than other ic anon memes where characters post starters to the meme, this meme operates like real world memes like rpanons. ✦ There are 3 ways to post. When posting as non-Legionnaires, do it anon. When posting as Legionnaires that unwisely comment unanon, just do it logged in. If posting as Legionnaires going anon, do it logged in, but mark "anon" in the subject, so we know it's anon, but can have a laugh over which Legionnaires are secretly stanning or shitposting. ✦ Not necessarily a rule, but keep in mind that attitudes in the UP are different than our world. Most people are referred to generally as "people" or "sentients" instead of species-specific terms like "humans." Most racist, homophobic, transphobic, sexist, and other "ist" attitudes are now uncommon among most species in the UP. Many sexual orientations exist, polyamory and polygamy are considered acceptable, and gender identity is very flexible. Species-based xenophobia tends to be the bigger social ill and even with that, many are against it. The species that are most disliked and distrusted are Durlans, Daxamites, and Roboticans. If you want to use them for fun, common UP cursewords are on the Legion Basics page. ✦ Beyond sticking to those basics, don't worry about getting anything "wrong." It's a meme and people tend to say stupid things on memes. You can even make up fake species and planets and details about them. The UP is huge and has lots of planets and species not mentioned in the game info. ✦ You can pretend to write things from the POV of Legion staff sharing the deets on the Legionnaires. However, they wouldn't share tactical info on the Legionnaires that could get them hurt in battle, only juicy gossip. Also, if someone is writing from the POV of Legion staff and writes something about your character that your character doesn't actually do, keep in mind that half the time people make shit up. It'll just be false gossip. ✦ Try to keep anything that can't be put behind a link sfw. While you can write someone sharing the start of their steamy slash fanfic, try to keep it limited to just part of it. Linking to fanart as if it was made in universe is a-okay, but just make sure to put it under a link and warn if it it's nsfw. Please check character ages before posting any nsfw stuff to make sure they're over 18. ✦ Feel free to get really crazy. Fandom gets crazy and fandom is no different in the glorious robot future. There are normal posters, shitposters, trolls, rpf ficcers, stans, slashers, all the same things our time has. There are macros and gifs and ongoing fake memes you can make up. There will be a few preposted topics but you can make up new ones or just have anons create new topics or troll. ✦ The meme is generally modless and has no thread-freezing. Fandom plays it dangerous in the future and the ic mod rarely intervenes, though anons sometimes try to get them to. Anon comments can be deleted by the real mods at the request of players (like say if they made a formatting mistake and want to repost) but there should be no need to delete anything beyond that since it's all IC.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

oh my goddesses it's true!

[goddamngrenades]

After everything we've shared. How could he?

[unrecovered]

[For fuck's sake, York]

[Okay, he's got options here. He can get upset. He can get worse. Or he can try to get back in kind and spin this narrative so wildly that the fans will be off base for months.]

[There's an obvious choice here, isn't there.]

If I'm remembering this correctly - and I am - you left me. You have no claim to any of my time after that.

[(Anonymous)]

I'M SCREAMING I KNEW I WAS RIGHT!

[(Anonymous)]

OH MY GODS

OH MY GODS

FREESMITH IS CANON

I SPROCKING KNEW IIIIIIIIT

[(Anonymous)]

it's also over! make way for freechief!

[(Anonymous)]

nooooo they might get back together! I WILL GO DOWN WITH THIS SPROCKING SHIP!!!

[(Anonymous)]

STAY STRONG, FELLOW FREESMITHER

STAY STRONG

THEY CAN STILL FIX THIS

[goddamngrenades]

I thought you were dead!

[ A little truth, a lot of a lie in the inflection. ]

I thought you were dead, baby, I'm sorry.

[unrecovered]

[He's going to go full Donut here, because the best lies have a little bit of truth in them but this truth hurts a lot if he stops to really think about it. Drama it is.]

You didn't check, and you left! Sorry isn't good enough, York. I've moved on.

[goddamngrenades]

Does he rub your shoulders like I used to? Hold you at night when you get lonely? He doesn't even know what your favorite color is, Wash, or how to make those waffles you like!

[ oh if they're gonna do this? They're gonna do the hell out of this. ]

[unrecovered]

[He'd told someone earlier that he's single; time to double down on that.]

There is no "he." I never needed someone to make me whole, and you never understood that.

And you never knew my favorite color anyway!

[goddamngrenades]

Maybe I thought you deserved someone, huh? Maybe I needed you! You ever consider that?

[ oh god it's so hard not to laugh, jesus. ]

PERIWINKLE! How could I forget?

[unrecovered]

Just because you need me doesn't mean I need you back. I'm doing fine on my own! Did you ever consider that?

[Donut would be proud. Or horrified. Or possibly eating chocolate and crying. Wash isn't exactly sure at this point.]

It's yellow, York. [Delivered in a tone that says he is Done With This and Done With You and implies that this is a conversation they've had so often that he's sick of it.] It's always been yellow. You could never remember that.

[It's a good thing he's had years of experience lying, because his poker face is getting a workout today.]

[goddamngrenades]

[ God wash is way better at lying than him and that is becoming a problem. Not laughing, not laughing- at least the hitched tension in his breath could be mistaken for upset. Maybe.

Hopefully? Jesus. ]

Are you happy?

[ Game face York, get it. Steady. Remember- shit. Remember staring at Carolina on that lift.

It's surprisingly effective. ]

Are you genuinely, sincerely happier on your own? Cuz- if you are...

[unrecovered]

[Okay, evidently acting is just complicated lying, and they need to end this quickly before York gives the game away.]

I had to learn to be happy. I'd made my happiness all about you, and after you left me I had to find a way to make it about me.

But I did. And I'm happy now. On my own.

[goddamngrenades]

I'm- [ Shit his voice is breaking he needs to clamp a hand over his mouth, turn away for a moment. ]

I'm gonna need some time. But I'm glad for you-

[unrecovered]

[Okay, that's about it for this drama. He's going to pretend to be the bigger person here and speak solemnly.]

I hope you can find your happiness the same way I found mine.

[He's going to cackle once the camera is off. The fan backlash is going to be amazing.]

[goddamngrenades]

I- I can try.

[ He has to slam the camera off before he bursts out laughing, face buried in his hands, shoulders shaking, oh god that was so bad, SO BAD. No way they're gonna buy that. ]