SOMBRA'S CLIPSHOW 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO. Submissions open! · 12:51pm Mar 5th, 2019
Hey. Hey guys. Guess what.
We’re doing another Sombra’s Clipshow! There originally wasn’t going to be a second, but while I was going through editing SotS, two chapters in arc 7 needed to be consolidated into one because… the amount of exposition within them was really, really bad. So that left a hole in the plan. So I figured why not run another Sombra’s Clipshow? The last one went so well, let’s do it again! Except better!
THIS IS: 094 - SOMBRA’S CLIPSHOW 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO!
Eight updates from now (forty-eight days, April 22nd) Sombra’s Clipshow 2 will go live - a chapter composed entirely of fun, comedic snippets submitted by the Songs of the Spheres community! Anyone can submit something! For an example of what I’m talking about, you can see the below snip or just check out The First Sombra’s Clipshow.
[“I’VE GOT YOUR NOSE!” the unimaginable horror from the Embodiment shouted.
Alushy grinned, her face dripping blood. “Yes… Yes you do… My nose. An artifact of untold arcane power. Those who have claimed my nose and held it for long have gained many perks, but also legendary detriments. Their sense of smell becomes unimaginably attuned, to the point at which they are able to smell every piece of shit in a fifty mile radius as if they were standing right next to it. The strength benefits are unheard of, bordering on unstoppable, but beware: you never know when your fist will suddenly turn into a pie. And there’s also the fact that it makes parts fall off of you. Any part. Hey, I’m curious, what on your eldritch body is the equivalent to a d-”
The horror dropped Alushy’s nose and vanished into the eldritch darkness.
“Heh,” Alushy said, slapping her nose back on. “Priceless.”]
They don’t need to be this short - there are some significantly longer ones in the previous Clipshow - but those are just some examples. Unlike last time, when people on the discord could write snips ahead of time, as of right now NO snips have been written. Everyone has an equal shot. You all have until 094 arrives to submit SotS related snips to me for inclusion. Here are the rules, which should look familiar to those of you who’ve been here a while, but it’s worth a re-read since some things have changed:
1) Don’t exceed SotS’s rating. Which is to say T, with a few restrictions. High levels of violence are allowed, but sex is a big don’t. You may have noticed how I admit that sex exists in SotS but never reference it directly. That’s your limitation here. (As a footnote, I know you shippers are out there in full force. Try to restrain yourself. A shipping snip does not necessarily mean I’ll remove it, but It’ll be treated with more scrutiny. Even though this restriction does not apply to the League of Sweetie Belles, if they’re included in any snips, they must adhere to this rule.)
2) Keep it related to SotS. Which is to say, franchises and characters that already exist within the story - or side stories, if you feel you can pull that off. Those of you who are aware of future events through drafts, don’t mention those or use any of those. If you want to introduce a new franchise, be careful - I may deem it too out of context OR will have included the franchise in a future chapter and cannot include it in Sombra’s Clipshow for fear of contradiction. Any content from 093 or earlier is free game, published or not.
3) Do not contradict anything. No going against past events. I will let you know upon snip submission if you contradict any future events by accident. Those of you who do know the future, no spoilers. (I may be convinced to accept foreshadowing, depending on how blatant it is). You can use anything up to 093, the Arc 8 opener, and the League of Sweetie Belles (don’t touch Yiyxa). We have a mildly awkward situation of the Arc 7 finale standing between the present day and the ‘clipshow’. Those of you who have read through 093 will have no problems keeping everything straight, but those of you who only read the published stuff might accidentally contradict something. I will tell you when this happens and work with you to fix it. I find it unlikely you’ll actually contradict what happens, though. (And as a reminder if you want to read ahead just to use Arc 7 finale material in your snip, that’s perfectly fine.)
4) Focus on comedy. While you can certainly do dramedy or action-hjinks, any snips that are straight adventure or drama will likely not be accepted. This restriction is not as strong as the last Clipshow. But if you avoid comedy, you are likely to be rejected: just keep it in mind.
5) Multi-part snips are allowed and will be spread out across random places in the chapter when submitted.
6) I reserve the right to ignore snip submissions for any reason. Maybe it’s too long, maybe it isn’t funny, maybe it’s just a little rude, or maybe the characters are OOC, or maybe I’m just in a bad mood. It doesn’t have to be a reasonable reason. I also reserve the right to take an editing chainsaw to your snip to make it sound better.
7) Submit snips to one of three places - PMing me is preferred, but I’ll accept snips in the comment section of this blog post and the #writing channel of the discord chat. You can submit as many as you want.
Now, go write and have fun! I’ll accept submissions until the moment Sombra’s Clipshow goes live. Let’s see just how crazy this can get.
-GM, master of ROUND TWO.
Well, considering Flex-Ware made it in, I'm willing to bet something just as crazy will too.
That is to say, I'm dry on an idea and will think one up later
¡PERO ES SOMBRA!
Now that that's out of my system, I'm sure I'll be able to cook up a few snips in the intervening time, though I may wait until after this arc's finale. Plenty of time even then.
KONO SOMBRA DA