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Another week was upon Fandom, and a new day was dawning. But it wasn't just any week on the island, or for the island. Yet another fall semester was beginning up at the school, marking a familiar re-starting point in the cycle of life on Fandom island, and this time, for whatever reason...

It had the island itself feeling a little bit nostalgic.

And so, in the early morning, when the first member of staff came to the Perk to get the day started, he was greeted not only by every usual pre-opening task that awaited him, but also a strange scene that played out near the order counter. The interior looked different there, for one thing, harkening back to design choices of an earlier, just barely past Y2K era. And then a customer showed up at the counter in a Fall Out Boy t-shirt and an old school Nokia phone in hand, and the girl behind the counter fumbled with the change a little, and apologized, because it was her first day --

And then they were both gone, and the counter and everything around it were back to a 2025 normal. The present-day barista blinked, but barely had any time to process, before one of his colleagues came in through the back, excitedly announcing he now had a taste and apparently it was cactus flower!

All across the island - the school, the dorms, the town - people were waking up to a new day, new flavors (unless they happened to have been here in 2012, and happened to taste the same), and the possibility of old memories playing out right before their eyes.

And the island, with its nostalgia trip through old favorites, was just getting started.

[ooc: BLAST FROM THE PAST WEEK begins! Did you know the first ever post in the townies comm was also the debut of the Perk? Now you do!]

mark posting in

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Per the dw_news post regarding the MS/TN blocks, we are doing a small code push shortly in order to get the code live. As per usual, please let us know if you see anything wonky.

There is some code cleanup we've been doing that is going out with this push but I don't think there is any new/reworked functionality, so it should be pretty invisible if all goes well.

heroic_jawline posting in

fandomhigh_ooc

They can be found over here so you don't forget what classes you signed up for!

(Let me know in comments if I left anyone off.)

denise posting in

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A reminder to everyone that starting tomorrow, we are being forced to block access to any IP address that geolocates to the state of Mississippi for legal reasons while we and Netchoice continue fighting the law in court. People whose IP addresses geolocate to Mississippi will only be able to access a page that explains the issue and lets them know that we'll be back to offer them service as soon as the legal risk to us is less existential.

The block page will include the apology but I'll repeat it here: we don't do geolocation ourselves, so we're limited to the geolocation ability of our network provider. Our anti-spam geolocation blocks have shown us that their geolocation database has a number of mistakes in it. If one of your friends who doesn't live in Mississippi gets the block message, there is nothing we can do on our end to adjust the block, because we don't control it. The only way to fix a mistaken block is to change your IP address to one that doesn't register as being in Mississippi, either by disconnecting your internet connection and reconnecting it (if you don't have a static IP address) or using a VPN.

In related news, the judge in our challenge to Tennessee's social media age verification, parental consent, and parental surveillance law (which we are also part of the fight against!) ruled last month that we had not met the threshold for a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the law while the court case proceeds.

The Tennesee law is less onerous than the Mississippi law and the fines for violating it are slightly less ruinous (slightly), but it's still a risk to us. While the fight goes on, we've decided to prevent any new account signups from anyone under 18 in Tennessee to protect ourselves against risk. We do not need to block access from the whole state: this only applies to new account creation.

Because we don't do any geolocation on our users and our network provider's geolocation services only apply to blocking access to the site entirely, the way we're implementing this is a new mandatory question on the account creation form asking if you live in Tennessee. If you do, you'll be unable to register an account if you're under 18, not just the under 13 restriction mandated by COPPA. Like the restrictions on the state of Mississippi, we absolutely hate having to do this, we're sorry, and we hope we'll be able to undo it as soon as possible.

Finally, I'd like to thank every one of you who's commented with a message of support for this fight or who's bought paid time to help keep us running. The fact we're entirely user-supported and you all genuinely understand why this fight is so important for everyone is a huge part of why we can continue to do this work. I've also sent a lot of your comments to the lawyers who are fighting the actual battles in court, and they find your wholehearted support just as encouraging and motivating as I do. Thank you all once again for being the best users any social media site could ever hope for. You make me proud and even more determined to yell at state attorneys general on your behalf.

imafuturist posting in

fandom_radio

Oh, there's the pile of notes. At least you're making the kidnapping worth my time. Hi, new folks. This is Tony Stark, bringing you the news of the day. You get used to the gossip of the squirrels eventually. Just treat them like paparazzi sometimes.

But let's get started. First off, we have Raiden... eating a giant mayonnaise gummy bear at Over Easy.

...

...

Okay, moving on! The welcome picnic happened up at the school. First up was the new students getting to meet their faculty advisors! Erasmus getting a little information overload from Ghanima. It is a lot to figure out in a short period of time. Riri found out that the moose wasn't a joke from Jaina and questioned the legality of the place. Bllie... was actually the most on the ball with all the oddness of this island, surprising Don a bit.

Erasmus met his roommate, Henry comma boy. Thanks for the clarification, porg intern. They had a slight miscommunication on language after finding out that one is a necromancer--Oh, like Liliana!--and the other is from many centuries ago. Riri and Billie also ended up roommates and did the usual settling of issues that might arise. Including a nickname.

Erasmus also met Stark who... okay, that's kind of funny. Who, through a series of misunderstandings, Erasmus thought might be a serial killer. Arden and Erasmus bonded over sweet tea. Ugh. Give me coffee over that any day. Riri and Erasmus planned to pool information on the place like they're running an investigation. Which is adorable. Don had concerns about my and Steve's baking class for some reason. But wasn't surprised by the fire extinguishers purchased for it. Rude. Anakin and Jaina talked about politics back home after he was thanked for watching her kids. Stark was concerned that Anakin would bring his shenanigans to the bus ride. Which seems like a lot of work for only three students. Go big or go home, I say. Don learned all about the bakery that Steve let me buy to have access to French patisserie while overseas. Steve and I discussed our new class for the fall. And... Steve was Steve about Riri cursing. Oh, sounds like someone recognized him. Or maybe just someone who looks like him. Billie explained what a DJ was to Luma before they talked about California. Charlie and Billie bonded over music and compared magic and time travel. Oh yeah, that kid fits right in here. Rey and Stark talked about what class he was teaching this semester and what it meant.

But that seems to be all the notes the squirrels decided to gather. Which means it's very possible they were distracted by the food at the picnic. I certainly was. Hopefully everyone settles in well and enjoys their time here!

heroic_jawline posting in

fandom_radio

SUNDAY (with Saturday's news): Tony Stark
MONDAY (with Sunday's news): Jaina Solo
TUESDAY (with Monday's news): Arden Finch
WEDNESDAY (with Tuesday's news): Stark
THURSDAY (with Wednesday's news): Cara
FRIDAY (with Thursday's news): Steve Rogers
SATURDAY (with Friday's news): Lydia Bennet

Thank you alllll!

stringstothesoul posting in

fandomtownies

Erasmus had a personal ranking system for cemeteries and graveyards, based on how noisy the spirits of the dead buried there were. The town church's graveyard was an interesting one. No one had been buried there for a while, it seemed, so the spirits were mostly content and quiet, but they were...well. Interesting. He'd have to come back and check it out more thoroughly later, because for now he wanted to find the cemetery he could feel in the woods and see how it compared. He expected it to be even older, probably forgotten and left untended by its location.

He wasn't what you would call 'outdoorsy' by any stretch of the imagination, but he could tromp through the woods for a bit with the best of them, heading in the straightest line possible toward the dead until he saw a house through the trees. Well. More like a mansion. A kind of creepy mansion.

"Huh," Erasmus said quietly to himself. "I guess I could have just followed the path." The cemetery must be behind the house, but he wasn't about to go poking around on private property, so it looked like this was a dead end.

Ha. 'Dead.'

(Open to anybody else in the woods!)

thatsmysword posting in

fandomhighdorms

"So what d'you think, Pebbles?"

It had been a bit of a relief to find the stables two days ago. For a moment, Henry had feared that he might have to stall his horse in the dorm hallway, or some other untenable position, and that he would have to defend her from passing onlookers. Yes, she was an unsightly horse in any number of ways, but she'd been good to him the few days he'd had her. He was growing to be quite fond already.

And not just because she was the first horse he'd ever owned. (Did he own her? Or had Sir Radzig meant to loan her to him, and had he now accidentally stolen her? A troubling thought for another day.)

This was the second morning he'd gotten up early to go see her. He'd fed her, and now he was clumsily going over her with a brush, attempting to work away some of the muck she'd picked up on their ride to Ledetchko. "You know they have water that comes out of metal rods in the walls?" he said. "Ah, I suppose that's hardly important to you. Let alone the fancy privy. Must be easy, actually, being a horse. You just do your business as you go along."

He patted her on the neck. Should he use the brush on her mane, or did he need a comb? She tossed her head. Right, then.

"At least now we know we're not dead," he continued. "If we were, God or the Devil would have quite the odd sense of humor, moving us back and forth between this mad place and the bloody Rattay bathhouse, no? I don't think there'd be bathhouses and wine and bathmaids in Hell. Perhaps there should be in Heaven, though."

He swiped clumsily at her mane with the brush. "What would you want for an eternal paradise?" he said. "Just fresh grass and sunny skies? Or do horses dream of, I don't know, apples raining down from the sky and caretakers shaped like carrots so you can take a bite out of 'em any time they draw your ire?"

Pebbles let out a loud neigh.

"Oh, you like that, do you?" Henry said, patting her flank again. "Suppose I should watch my own arse then."

[[ open ]]

carbsliftthespirit posting in

fandomtownies

Well.

The island's weirdness had finally truly found its way to Over Easy, in the form of a delivery.

The staff had all gathered around to stare at it, in all its gelatinous, mayonnaise-y...glory?

"You don't have to eat it," one of them told Raiden. "You can just leave for the picnic."

"No," Raiden said, in case anyone had been wondering why Gluttony was a curse. "I'm gonna."

Specials
Shakshuka
Peach Cobbler French Toast Bake
Lemon Ricotta Pancakes
Definitely Not A Giant Mayo Gummy Bear

Any questions anyone had about that last special could surely be answered by the lack of a giant mayo gummy bear on the premises. You could thank Raiden.

mustbeawitch posting in

fandom_radio

Good morning, dear listeners, and to those new faces in our midst, welcome. The squirrels are everywhere, but there are ways to dissuade them. I am Miss Lydia Bennet, here with the news, which I would like to get through quickly so I can get to the picnic. I've selected the most delightful dress.

( Birthday Party Radio )

bigdamnprincipal posting in

fandomhigh

So, it wasn't Fall yet by a long shot. The temperatures were still high, the leaves were still green, and the calendar still said August. But the calendar of consumerism didn't care about reality and thus, the welcome picnic was decorated for fall. The tables were covered in reds, oranges, and yellows, there was apple cider in the punch bowls and, of course, if the food on the table could come in pumpkin spice form, it was here in pumpkin spice form.

Enjoy your basic seasonal welcome picnic, everyone!

heroic_jawline posting in

fandom_radio

Hello everyone, it's Steve Rogers back with the news. I hope everyone had an enjoyable week off, and I look forward to seeing you all at the picnic tomorrow!

But first let's get to the news! There wasn't anything in classes or the dorms, but over in town, even a week off of classes isn't enough to knock Liz off stride on her month reports. Prompto had her check on his--the squirrels have 'excessive' but I'll say 'comprehensive' packing list for his weekend trip away in years. Luma was refusing to stock sweaters--bad news, but September starts Monday--and to really drive that home, it's pumpkin spice coffee season at the Perk, even if Kitty stuck to an iced mocha.

And that's everything! Have a great Labor Day weekend, everyone. Thank a union member.

afraid_of_marshmallows posting in

fandomtownies

Arden hadn't made a terribly big deal about it, but today was her twentieth birthday. Kind of a shock that she'd only been on the island and out from Callista's thumb - mostly - for only two years now.

Originally, she'd planned to have her party in Midnight, but after everything with Illyana the other day, it felt...rude, almost. To throw a party so close to where she was grieving. Maybe she was just being overcautious and weird? But since she could throw the same kind of party she'd been thinking about in town as easily as she could Midnight, she was going to just be overcautious and weird.

So, welcome to the Holoscene! It was currently configured to look like a cabana on a tropical beach, though the interior of the cabana was a karaoke setup. Again, things she could have had elsewhere, but this ocean wouldn't be whispering Come away, come away... in anybody's ears, and this karaoke setup didn't involve zombies, both of which seemed a perfectly valid reason to use a holodeck program to recreate them, okay?

There was, of course, a whole smorgasbord of (real) food off to one side, with real proper barbecue, along with party platters from Sushi Station, Taste of Thai, and El Burrito Loco, as well as a bunch of pizzas from Pizza Planet and a whole Build Your Own Waffle station, courtesy of Over Easy and there specifically because Gray would never have forgiven her if she hadn't included it. There were floats and kayaks and jetskis out by the water, but no sunscreen because who needed it with a fake sun?

And Arden was just chilling in a beach chair for now, in a bikini, enjoying the view of a glittering ocean in front of her, waiting for people to show up.

[Open! If you have ever, even one time, had a conversation with Arden, then you got an invite!]

mostnonheinous posting in

fandomhigh

Billie perched on top of a pile of luggage that looked suspiciously like it could have come out of the back of an upscale garage band's van. (It . . . kind of had. She'd managed to pack a few non-musincal essentials, but they were all shoved into the corners of the various road cases. She had her priorities, okay?) She had her phone out, scrolling through her latest playlist, when a video call request came in and she grinned.

"T!" she greeted.

( This got long, sorry )

Billie deflated slightly as she hung up with her ~~soulmate~~ ~~other half~~ best friend, then went back to tooling around on her playlist, one ear of her massive, audiophile headphones slid back so she could hear if/when anyone else came to join her in the lounge. Or when the shuttle eventually arrived.

"Righteous," she muttered, bopping along to the music on her headphones. "First day of grad school playlist complete." She kept bopping, then looked around at her stack of luggage in the otherwise empty lounge. ". . . Now what do I do?"

[open! And a little earlier than normal, perhaps, because I managed to completely forget that I have an event tonight. :P]

thatwaslucky posting in

fandomtownies

Rey's old assistant at Stark's, aka one of the Starbucks gremlins, was in the warehouse, chatting? with the woodchucks and a porg when she got there. He was very friendly, gave her an enthusiastic wave, it was very cute if gremlins don't worry you.

And then she could run some drills while being slightly distracted wondering how they all a) knew each other and b) could communicate.

[Open!]

what_big_teeth posting in

fandomtownies

Where there had been peaches (millions of peaches) in the common room last week, Eleanor had found a big basket of lemons, and, well, you know what they say...

Well, she wasn't about to make lemonade, she didn't have time for that, but she'd added lemon slices to her tea when she got into work, and she worked through some things she could use lemon for, and she also felt it just matched really well with the collection of short stories she'd coincidentally brought in with her to read that day.

The fact that they made everything smell so nice and bright didn't hurt, either!

Plant Parenthood is open!

totalwildcard posting in

fandomtownies

After the previous night's ~~ongoing~~ efforts, and a little bit of bribe-induced carrying help from various rikshaw drivers much too early in the morning, Needful Things was no longer empty! It also had no sense of order, as of yet, but that was what Harley was working on throughout Friday, taking things from the big pile of an entire van's worth of stuff in the middle of the store and putting it in displays, one by one.

She had not yet gone to sleep since waking up at whatever time she'd woken up on Thursday morning. But she had had a couple of pots of coffee and an energy drink, so she was fine and also kind of vibrating right out of her skin! Which was fine!

There was also an insistent background hum of... instincts, in the back of her brain, that kept making her pick up her phone only to put it right back away again. Like an itch she almost kept scratching while flurries of thoughts, including some things Frenchie had said, bounced around in her skull. But she had a handle on it. So also fine!

Also, there was a hastily scrawled GRAND REOPENING NEXT WEEK!! sign on the window, because someone did not yet know what chaos the following week was going to be.

(open post, semi open store! all references to criminal activity NFB, of course)

thatsmysword posting in

fandomtownies

The Neuhof investigation did not leave Henry with a great deal of time to waste, as pleasant as last night had been (and how horrid the hangover currently torturing Henry was). His best lead was Reeky from Ledetchko, a small hamlet not far from Rattay, so come morning, with his head aching like someone had hit him over the head repeatedly, Henry saddled Pebbles and rode out through Rattay's lower gate.

Down the path, past the bathhouse (was Hans still there? He had said he'd happily stay there for days) and across the river, past the grasslands, and...

The change wasn't instant enough for Henry to notice immediately. It was the noise that alerted him to the new reality: the oddest of bird noises, a sort of... honking. He brought Pebbles to an immediate stop, and glanced down, realizing that the path had been replaced by something rather more unnatural, and around him...

"Well," Henry muttered, as he stood there, head thrumming, still seated on his dappled grey mare, who seemed utterly unaffected by the change around her. "Can't say I saw that one coming..."

Kurva. Would God allow him to return home in time? And was he doomed to keep skipping like a stone between these two places?

[[ open ]]

thatsmysword posting in

fandomhigh_ooc

If you are NEW to the Friending List GO HERE FIRST and follow the directions!

If you have already used the friending list, here are the updates to remove inactive journals from your friends list and add our newbies!

Copy each list into the Admin Console and press the "Execute" button.

( House Cleaning Edition )

throughaphase posting in

fandomtownies

The employees at the Perk reeeeally wanted to make sure you know it was pumpkin spice latte season. There were several ads. There was a life si3 (for a human) cardboard cutout of a PSL. Someone had stuck a scarecrow in the corner with a cup in its hand, which, calm down, it was t even Labor Day yet.

And boy, did they not expect anybody to order a regular iced mocha.

Kitty got her drink, took her seat, and tried to ignore the judgmental and confused glances from the workers. She even got up to move to the other side of her table so they could at least be confused at her back.

[It's been too quiet. Open!]

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All Around the Island, Monday Morning

Code deploy happening shortly

Fall 2025 Class Rosters

Mississippi site block, plus a small restriction on Tennessee new accounts

Fandom Radio - Sunday (8/31)

OOC: Radio Schedule for the Fall

The Increasingly Explored Woods, Sunday Afternoon

The Stables, Sunday Morning

Over Easy, Saturday

Fandom Radio, Saturday, August 30

Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, Saturday, All Day

Fandom Radio, Friday, August 29, 2025

The Holoscene, Friday Afternoon into the Evening

BWI Airport, Portalocity Lounge, Saturday morning

Rey's warehouse- Friday

Plant Parenthood; Friday [08/29].

Needful Things; Friday

The Park, Friday Morning

Friending List! Fall 2025!

The Perk- Thursday afternoon

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