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Blurred Lines Mods (blurred_mods) wrote,
@ 2009-06-24 01:05:00

Entry tags:

! game canon

JOURNALS AND THE TABOO

In an attempt to set down rules for this occurrence, as I hope it will happen at some point.

1 Breaking the taboo in an entry will break all wards under the entry ward.

Example 1: Aberforth writes an entry warded to the order and uses the word "Voldemort" in it. Tabitha and Marlene, not knowing about the taboo, respond under order wards (under previous wards or "fresh" wards to the order, it doesn't matter); everything he and they have written is visible.

Example 2: Aberforth writes an entry with one section warded to the order, one section warded to Pepper, and one section public. He puts Voldemort in the Order section. Tabitha and Marly haven't learned their lesson and respond under order wards. Pepper responds under his ward. All wards come down and everything is visible.

Example 3: Aberforth writes an entry warded to the order and uses the word "Voldemort" in it. Tabitha and Marlene think whatever he is saying is silly and ward to each other (Ward to Tabitha/Marlene). Their comments are not visible though all comments falling under example 1 are.

2 Breaking the taboo in a comment written by the original author will break all wards in the entry.

Example 1: Aberforth writes an innocuous post with wards to the Order and to Pepper. Somewhere along the line in a comment to Pepper, he writes Voldemort. All Order and Pepper wards fall regardless of who posted them. Any individual wards (Tabitha/Marlene) remain standing.

3: Breaking the taboo in a comment written by another author will break the entry wards and the comments written by the taboo-breaker

Example 1: Aberforth writes a post warded to Marlene, Tabitha, and Pepper. All comments are warded Marlene/Tabitha/Pepper/Aberforth. Somewhere along the line Marlene says "Voldemort." The entry is now visible, as are Marlene's comments. All other comments, including Aberforth's, are not visible.

Logistical rules

A. Once the taboo is broken, the entry owner must, as soon as possible, update the entry stating which wards are broken and the time they were broken (a link to the offending comment is helpful too). More information is better. If you're confused, ask me.

B. Crossing out the name Voldemort does not change the fact that the wards are broken. Broken wards cannot be rewarded.

C. Comments CAN be crossed out (IF the owner realises what is happening) -- only by the person who wrote them. The entry owner should try and update with a list of comments that are crossed out as soon as feasible. Again, communication is key

D. Broken journal wards to not break house wards or any other wards except those in the journal.

E. Death eaters breaking wards for the hell of it will be arrested and tried just like everyone else. DO NOT do it unless you are prepared for the consequences.

General courtesy rules

A. Given the implications and consequences of ward breaking, you are expected to check with everyone whose wards you are dropping before doing so. This does not fall under the 'consequences suck, deal with it' philosophy because I say so. Email everyone and get a response from everyone. Check with me if you're confused about whose wards will drop.

B. HOWEVER, if you respond to an entry that already has Voldemort written in it, you acknowledge that you are accepting the consequences of your actions.

C. I expect each and every one of you to keep ooc and ic knowledge separate. The following things will annoy the hell out of me:

-- you notice oocly that someone has broken the taboo so your non-warded character rushes in to inform those in the entry that their wards are visible. there is no reason that your character should be instantly aware that they shouldn't see the wards, or that they'd even notice anything was awry. also, give people a chance to have fun with getting in trouble.

-- you notice oocly that someone has broken the taboo so you don't comment because you don't want your character to say anything embarrassing.

ANY QUESTIONS should go here. I want this to be fun and intimidating but also clear.

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	abcroaker 2009-06-24 03:43 am UTC (link)
	So... I'm assuming that in order to break the wards on a place like the Hog's Head, Abe would actually have to speak Voldie's name out loud? And that by 'breaking the wards', it actually means break and not just that the wards have been lowered? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	blurred_mods 2009-06-24 03:46 am UTC (link)
	Yes, and yes. In canon we see that Ron and Hermione have to recreate the wards from scratch, which Aberforth would have to do if he spoke the DL's name out loud. Any consequences of the wards breaking would also come into effect. For the journals, I have set it so that the journals break and are not fixable, since no one knows the inner workings of the journal. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	abcroaker 2009-06-24 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Regarding the journals, does breaking the taboo on an entry mean only that entry has it's wards removed? Does it affect any subsequent journal entries? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	blurred_mods 2009-06-24 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Only that entry! All other pages/entries are considered safe. (Reply to this) (Parent)

bertrammed
2009-07-14 05:08 pm UTC (link)

I'm a little lost.

So for scenario 1, the word in the entry negates the one ward COMPLETELY.

Scenario 2.
entry
pepper ward,
the word in order ward,
public words.
comments
Pepper warded comment - to abe / still warded?
Tab/Mar comments - to order <- taboo is broken here / visible
Severus warded comment - to abe <- visible since taboo was broken?

wouldn't pepper's comment be unwarded because of the word usage in the entry breaks the wards? or is it just, the word/ward and down?

Scenario 3.
The comments are still warded, but is the entry ward broken because of the use of the word? Is it the word use or the commenting to the warded word that is the taboo-initiating event?

Like, can someone write a private entry to himself and use the word and the wards be safe?

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blurred_mods
2009-07-14 10:00 pm UTC (link)

I'm not sure if I'm interpreting your question correctly, but:

Scenario 1:

Wards between Pepper and Aberforth are assumed to fall under the wards of the entry -- that is, we assume that Aberforth warded a section of his journal "Abe/Pepper" and all the comments are occurring on that bit of paper. This is the reason that you don't need a wand to reply under previous wards. Therefore, any comments Pepper makes under that ward will be visible if Aberforth breaks his own wards.

If Severus were to ward to Aberforth and himself, then he would be the originator of the ward and only Aberforth's comments in their conversation would be visible (because Aberforth is breaking the magic on his journal).

Scenario 3:

The word use is the taboo-initiating event. The reason entry wards are broken is because you wouldn't be able to see the comments if the entry was still warded -- it is why you cannot make public wards on an entry warded entirely to the order (and why subject line wards aren't needed in those cases). One could not make a private entry and use the word -- the wards would come down.

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	bertrammed 2009-07-15 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Hm... I still don't understand. I'll just ask before I reply to stuff. (Reply to this) (Parent)