fandomtownies | Thursday early evening, Editor's office, Fandom Island Gazette building

"Of course it's a newspaper!" Carl pulled a copy of the first issue of the Fandom Island Gazette off the stack sitting on his desk and shook it at the phone, as if the man on the other end could see it. Which actually he could, since Carl had sent him a copy. What with him being the one who paid for the whole venture, Carl figured he should have the first one off the press. "What did you think it was?"

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"Science fiction magazine? Of course not!" Could Carl sound any more offended? "Each of these articles is real news! Thoroughly investigated and accurately reported by..."

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"I promise you they are real and fully explainable! I was just saving that for the follow-up. Investigative journalism 101, you get the reader interested." Was he going to buy that?

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"An advice column?!" Apparently not, And apparently Carl could sound more offended. He dropped the paper to his desk. "No. I mean, how is that even possible? They don't have wire service out here. They barely have electricity! Puzzles... ADS? This is a NEWSpaper!"

He should never have sent that copy.

Carl's head fell to his hand. He was feeling sympathy, suddenly, for all the editors and publishers he'd accused of brown-nosing over the years. Keeping the purse-holder happy was going to be the death of him, especially when said purse-holder wanted to keep refilling that purse. Something Carl wasn't as interested in, as a journalist.

But as an Editor... Carl let the voice on the phone continue on with its list of demands and simply stared at the piles of already printed Gazettes full of NEWS that he was going to have to scrap. When Carl could finally hang up, he reached into his desk for the Fandom Island phone book and, taking a deep breath, began cold calling any still-open businesses to ask if they would be interested in ad space.

[FINALLY got this up! If you want to have Carl call your company, he did! It can be handwavy or you can ping in and play! Feel free to say no or to say yes or to break his brain by requesting a full page ad of a polar bear eating ice cream in a blizzard. Please stand by for some OCD?]

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[OOC NOTE]

STARTING NEXT WEEK the Fandom Island Gazette will be a small town, weekly paper, full mostly of coupons and society gossip and a Dear Aunt Fannie column, blahblah. Much to Carl's horror. The paper will actually exist OOCly as a weekly townie post, open for interaction or simply reactions. The post will consist of either a short news piece or a Dear Fannie letter and response, or an ad (if Carl ever gets any).

In the OCD, there will be a thread for submitting Dear Fannie letters, for a response immediately or in a later post, and a thread to submit society gossip notes. These highlights of small town life will be considered to have been published in that week's paper.

The gossip will be links to SPs, any play that may have missed the Radio, or perhaps something that got underplayed in the Radio or the players just want emphasized.

1. All players involved in the linked thread have to be good with it showing up as gossip MADE PUBLIC
2. The post/thread had to POSSIBLY be overheard or seen by someone with no effort
3. ICly the reader of the paper will only know what the gossip said in the comment section of the paper, and not what was behind the link in the actual thread. ~~So make it awesomesauce gossip~~
4. State what happened in a way that will hint to the IC readers how to take the information, and provide a link so the OOC peeps can enjoy it. For example,: - this didn’t get on radio somehow: "Topher ended his work day at Stark’s with a bang, blowing up the shop with an experiment regarding caff-pow and mentos. Kenzie put him up to it." [www.topherblowsupstarks.fh.com]; - Our SP thread from last week that totally needs mentioning again because we just finished it: "Jan broke her leg trying to climb an angel last week, poor thing. For once Deadpool didn't make a joke about it. How sweet. Are we quite sure he's well?" [www.deadpoolpunchesstoneangel.fh.com]; - the visit was on radio, but I totally want it printed as gossip, too: "Alum Dinah Lance was in town, holding hands with fellow alum, Priestly, as they strolled the park late into the night. Hmmmmmm." [www.dinahpriestlyforeverzomg.fh.com]; - Anakin-mun and I both want this NFB thread printed as misheard: "Max and Anakin totally hugged it out on the boardwalk today." [www.bloodontheasphalt.fh.com]

Hello? My name is Carl Kolchak. I'd like to tell you about the new Fandom Island Gazette. That's right, this beautiful and fascinating island finally has a newspaper of it's own....

[Carl wants to talk to you! Did he call you or your business? Ping in here if you want to hear his spiel!]

Edited 2012-07-13 02:18 (UTC)

Comments? Questions? Arguments? Monster gifs?

No monster gifs, but hey, Apocalypse!

IT IS THE BEST I CAN DO.

That's not an apocalypse...

Now THAT's an apocalypse!

So really, I should have just linked to an animated gif of Mr. Rogers?

YOU HAVE YOUR MONSTERS, I HAVE MINE!

Also, I <3 that vid.

I cannot lie, I sing along with that song every time I hear it.

And stomp about like old Godzilla, there. It is fun being a kaiju!

This version is kind of cute... machinima, I think is what the type of animation is called?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAPbJye81nw&feature=related

That's what it's called, yep. Creative game modding, game playing, and compositing, mostly. :)

I adore some of the World of Warcraft ones. I had no idea it was a style or thing until I saw this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfgbWwhmVbM

- the visit was on radio, but I totally want it printed as gossip, too: "Alum Dinah Lance was in town, holding hands with fellow alum, Priestly, as they strolled the park late into the night. Hmmmmmm." [www.dinahpriestlyforeverzomg.fh.com]

THIS SHOULD BE A REAL THING. I AM JUST SAYING.

IF IT'S IN THE PAPER IT'S REAL ZOMG.

Oh, wait. No, that's TV. Sorry.

Thursday early evening, Editor's office, Fandom Island Gazette building

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