Please get your votes in by tomorrow at 6 PM EST. When that time comes, I’ll pick one no matter how many have weighed in. Then we’ll spend the next two days dividing it up and start a week behind schedule.
It does seem easier in Discord. Additionally, I think it might help us discuss things more quickly. Here’s the invite link: https://discord.gg/mYNkYduY
Hi, everyone! At goliard’s request, I’ve created a Discord server for this jam: https://discord.gg/mYNkYduY
Looks like it’s a tie between the Little Red Riding Hood poem and Beauty and the Beast. But since goliard is the one who wrote it, I’ll count that as a tiebreaker!
I did mention I wanted to make a couple changes, and the main one is I would prefer the main characters aren’t police officers. They can still be action heroes, as long as they aren’t that specifically. Maybe a group specifically to seek out the paranormal?
As long as you’re okay with that, Lupinanny it is!
I'm at a loss. This depiction of the "police" (y'know, woodland animals in a fairy tale parody...) is wholly positive. If you insist on this I will withdraw from the competition. I've no doubt you have good intentions, but I'd like to remind you that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I don't live in the US, and I don't feel bound by the political situation there. Please do not use the Lupinanny poem in any way.
You’re right; their depiction in the poem is positive. It sounds like they’re not really meant to reflect the real world at all; is that correct? If that’s the case, I’ll still be willing to do this if we make it clear they’re their own thing. I don’t know about the situation in your country and I’m sorry for projecting my own political context there, but I admit I still wouldn’t be comfortable basing them on a real police force even if it isn’t the US’s.
If you’d rather withdraw, that’s perfectly within your right. I don’t want to make any changes to your work you don’t want. And we can always switch to the second place option, Beauty and the Beast.
This is like one of those discussions about cartoon violence and its relevance to the real world. There is very little relevance to the real world -- it's fiction. How could it be based on a "real police force"? They are fictional anthropomorphic woodland animals... I feel ridiculous having to explain this. Are there going to be trigger warnings for fairy stories? No, of course the story is not meant to reflect the real world -- a child could see that. I'm so mad about this -- it's been a negative experience when it could have been enjoyable. Please use Beauty and the Beast -- I don't want to take part any more.