Effulgence Fandom Ideas

[Bluelantern]

I would prefer a female Sherlock (is there a male!bell and fem!sherlock somewhere?)

This is slated to happen later in an unthreaded world.

yay :D

I don't think Edwards come in poly, except in the could-be-wedged-into-finding-it-the-least-miserable-of-miserable-options sense.

When characters being miserable ever stop you? I am actually asking and I am afraid of the answer.

Also "Male!Bell needs to be in a poly relationship with Posey!Joker

Is there some other kind of relationship possible with a Joker?

No, but I meant a a poly relationship that also includes the other mentioned templates, the bells I read (13 or 14?) mostly have romantic feelings to one person, the Bell I am proposing needs romantic feelings towards all four, because of that world magic rules

[Kappa]

I oppose making an Edward exist just for him to be eternally miserable in a poly relationship.

[Bluelantern]

I oppose making an Edward exist just for him to be eternally miserable in a poly relationship.

I was thinking that he would manage it eventually, the entire poly-ship is originally set-up to counter Chelsea, Bell biggest contribution would be the ability to "make" himself love multiple people via brain-hacking and Edward knows that, he ought to manage contentness enough to defeat Chelsea.

and if they are pealed, Edward might go through a crisis due the whole template rarity thingie, not sure how to fix that, would they manage it?

[Kappa]

Well, Alicorn has said that he would at best consider it the "least miserable of miserable options", so I'm pretty sure that still qualifies as eternal misery.

[modrony]

Are Edwards metacausally religious? It would be nice to see how an Ed reconciles christianity/other with Pealing.
Could be done with Luminous Ed as well.
Otherwise I am against the existence of Edwards since they are kind of boring.
(Except possibly to make them suffer in poly relationship :P )

[Bluelantern]

Well, Alicorn has said that he would at best consider it the "least miserable of miserable options", so I'm pretty sure that still qualifies as eternal misery.

I need a better "map" for Edward than a single data point.

Anyway you can think for the template to work without misery? One that doesnt involve pentagon using at least? Maybe belonging to a species that is polygamous? or that breaks the template?

[Alicorn]

Making characters suffer doesn't stop me. It would stop a Bell. An unpealed one doesn't know that the entire metacausal purpose of Edwards is to be attached to their Bells and would probably figure that hers could go be monogamously happy somewhere else if she "let him go" rather than continue tormenting him with her polycule.

I think people are going to be pleased with the possibilities of Edwards; you've only seen one.

Edwards are susceptible to, but not attached to, religion; Aurum Edward has basically ditched it decades ago.

It's possible that I could squeeze an Edward into a Really Really Poly Species and make it work, that hadn't occurred to me.

[Bluelantern]

Making characters suffer doesn't stop me.

I am shocked.

It would stop a Bell. An unpealed one doesn't know that the entire metacausal purpose of Edwards is to be attached to their Bells and would probably figure that hers could go be monogamously happy somewhere else if she "let him go" rather than continue tormenting him with her polycule.

Well, the idea of the setting is that polyamory can be weaponized (well, any form of caring-liking-enjoying, but intensity and mutuality counts) and Bell needed it to go on belling "let him go afterwards" was probably the plan when victorious, even if no one involved was happy.

Question, would be Edward-like to use a pentagon to become polyamorous instead of leaving? given the choice?

I think people are going to be pleased with the possibilities of Edwards; you've only seen one.

I only know the others exist because I read them in the spreadsheet, not even sure if they are ever pealed.

Edwards are susceptible to, but not attached to, religion; Aurum Edward has basically ditched it decades ago.

Sounds right, I am not sure what is the "essence of Edwards" but it should go for "susceptible to social paradigms and misery" IMHO

It's possible that I could squeeze an Edward into a Really Really Poly Species and make it work, that hadn't occurred to me.

The setting idea that I suggested needs a name, is "Talents" taken? I am open to suggestions. Anyway, I am thinking ideas for other races in the Talent-world one was a race of doppelgangers that will assume multiple identities and spouses so they can reproduce "doppelgangers" need to breed with other races and the result is often a nornal non-doppelganger. Doppel-Edward dislikes the complexities of that lifestyle.

[BlueSkySprite]

edit: Further thoughts on Psychonauts:

I think the main barrier to making it an Effulgence 'verse is just how completely silly it is. And the Gratuitous Video Game Features like collecting figments and mental cobwebs. And Emotional Baggage, oh my god. XD But if we could find our way around that, I'd find it super interesting to have a Joker walking around in their own mind. (A total absence of mental censors! xD)

Haha, yes. It is a very silly game!
And I bet the Bell would have little stations to program the censors to control her thoughts according to her specifications, and possibly record everything they did!

[Alphabeta]

I'm curious as to how a Stargate Effulgence would go, but I can't really think of a reason for a Bell or one of the attached purples to get into a military that isn't up-front about being about saving the world.