PLEASE NOTE!!! Many characters are still needed to make this beginning complete!
Alec and Janet, Cecily, Andrew King, Jasper Dale, and Nanny Louisa would make excellent additions as we make this smooth transition into season one.
Here are a couple pointers for anyone wondering how this all will work:
Road To Avonlea is estimated to have begun in the year 1903 during summer. Due to the fact that in real life, summer is very far away, we will begin the series and "speed" through the first half of season one. What do I mean by speed? Well, on a normal basis, we are "acting" out the series in real time. If an episode happened over the course of two weeks, then we will role play it in two weeks. And so forth. But since we are beginning a bit off of schedule, we will role play one episode in a week to less than a week's time regardless of how it plays out in the series. This will get us caught up to the middle of season one (approx. episode 7) and will from there play out the series in real life time as it would in the series. Still confusing? I'll be releasing a weekly schedule to serve as an easy guide. But don't worry! It will most likely not be as strict as it sounds! It will simply help everyone to portray their character as accurate as possible so we can relive this great series!!!
For those curious about how we will actually "act out" each episode:
Creativity is always welcome! But we want to stay as close as we possibly can to how the writers of the series worked so diligently to portray the characters and stories as they did. Please take this into careful consideration! Meanwhile, below you will find a few sample Twitter dialogues to give you an idea of how this will work....
(From Season Three Episode One)
Tuesday...in the morning
Olivia: Must get to the new home! There's lots of work to be done. My wedding is on Saturday!
Jasper: All these people!
Hetty: (pulls up to Dale home) I'm not saying a word. Promised I won't mettle. Just come to ask if you need a ride home.
Olivia: (firmly) No, Hetty. I'm fine.
Hetty: Very well then....
Such a heated discussion, my apologies. But I wanted to illustrate how in one conversation thread, I was able to weave both that scene and a Twitter conversation into one. This is the basis for how all role playing will pan out. If a reader were to look at our feed, they would be able to connect the dots with the season and episode we are playing in and almost watch the entire episode play out over approximately a week's time.
(From Season Six Episode One)
Felicity: (is angry) It is simply not fair that they treat a female student this way! They are so prejudice!
Felix: I'm not prejudice against women....
Felicity: I'm so behind!
Felix: Yeah, I've been working much harder though! Carrying loads of boxes is hard work!
Felicity: (ignores Felix and continues walking)
Felix: Hey! Wait up!
Felix: (walking alongside Felicity) Hey, look, Felicity! Is that Gus?
Felicity: It is! Over there....
Felix: Perhaps we should go say hello?
Felicity: (Sees him with a lady & jerks Felix as she hides behind a sausage cart) Quiet!
Felix: (Understands the commotion) I guess we won't say hello....
I could continue, but I simply wanted to present a scenario of how a scene can be acted out via a thread conversation that would have no connection with a character actually communicating "via Twitter".
I hope this helps everyone! I will be posting more as the weeks continue to get everyone used to the idea. Meanwhile, if you have any more questions, feel free to tweet them!
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