Gentlemen, (and ladies,) can you keep a secret?Okaaaaay everyone probably saw this coming. :3 Seeing as how we've now got two members of the Welton chapter present, this spring young men's minds begin to drift towards...
poetry. And in the spirit of passionate experimentation, I give you the
Dead Poets Society: City Chapter.
What's a Dead Poets Society?As the illustrious Mr. Keating puts it;
"The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life. That's a phrase from Thoreau that we'd invoke at the beginning of each meeting. You see, we'd gather at the old Indian cave and take turns reading from Thoreau, Whitman, Shelley; the biggies. Even some of our own verse. And, in the enchantment of the moment, we'd let poetry work its magic."
Okay, but what does that mean in practical in-game terms?Every Friday, Neil and Todd will be holding DPS meetings, along with anyone they feel comfortable enough hanging around to include. I'll be tossing up a log every week-- set out in some convenient cave in the woods, I suppose. ^^ Obviously participation's up to you, and if you can't be around to comment you're welcome to backdate, assume, or excuse your chars for whatever reason necessary. :3 And... yeah. Feel free to have your kids read extant poems that you think would appeal to them, or if you're feeling really gutsy, write some verse in-character :3 Anything goes, and in the spirit of the movie the structure will be pretty loose-- feel free to threadjack, join in, start chants and bang instruments; whatever seems right at the time.
In case anyone hasn't seen the film~ here's a clip of a DPS meeting :3
( below the cut! )So how do I get my character in on all this sucking-the-marrow-out-of-life action?Okay, here things are a little tricky-- because the nature of a secret society is secrecy, so I can't see Neil just going out there on the Network and saying O HAY GUYS COME READ POETRY WITH US :D But, at the same time, I
do want to be as inclusive as possible with this, SO. If you've got a character who would be interested in joining the Welton boys on Friday nights for recitations and readings and writings, give me a poke right here in comments. If they already know and chat with Neil or Todd, that's all the better; if not, we'll make an effort to start tagging around your posts so they can get comfortable with your guys and start fishing around for interest in poetry. :3 If for whatever reason you don't think that'd work out but you still want to join in... errrr let me know, we'll figure things out. ♥
ANYWAY. That's about all I've got for now. Questions, comments, volunteering of
victims members, hit me. ♥
& mod-approved for good measure.