The More Things Stay the Same FAQ

The More Things Stay the Same

DATE WORD DOCUMENT WAS CREATED: 01 Dec 2020
DATE STARTED: 07 Mar 2021
DATE I GAVE UP BECAUSE I REALISED EVERYTHING I'D WRITTEN SO FAR SUCKED: 10 Mar 2021
DATE I CAME BACK IN EARNEST BECAUSE I REALISED EVERYTHING I'D WRITTEN SO FAR DIDN'T SUCK: 08 Aug 2022
DATE FINISHED: 17 Aug 2022



elephant in the room: this is the first thing to not feature Sheriff Antony for obvious reasons
i decided that i wouldn't write anything more about him, to respect his wishes
i know that just never again referencing such a major character can come off as spiteful, but he clearly wants nothing to do with us (or maybe just me), so i am going to simply let it rest
i'm sad about it on many levels, but i believe this is the right thing to do

i took the prologue out completely, and replaced the sheriff in the first mission with King Bran
interestingly, the titles "The More Things Change" and "The More Things Stay the Same" make this change almost fitting
another couple notes:
The Trial Of is cancelled, because it was directly leeching off of silver's story, and featured the sheriff as a main character
AL Noire is cancelled because it had the sheriff as its main character as well

tl;dr: silver's character is removed out of respect for his wishes
unlike purple's character, who was removed because i'm still butthurt about our last conversation



the touch i like best is that our hero stops gaining respect after he agrees to the marriage

i tried to write every mission in order again, but i fucked up again


Mission 088: "bonnie noodle" is a reference to The More Things Change, where Siobhan went back in time and changed the name of the pool noodle to the bonnie noodle
i almost called it a bonnie noodle once in real life but i caught myself
i thought "that's a reference to something, right?" then i was like "oh"

Mission 100: Siobhan stole the sign, Arabella interrupted Scarlett's bath
as you do



on the ending:
i'm following the original production bible, where i go over the rules of the setting
by "original" i mean "later on once i established a consistent setting"
this cop-out was built into the setting from the start

i also ended it out early as part of the joke
starting early makes you think Jezzie will take forever to kill
then it just ends

original working mission titles:
Mission ___: A Living Saint [Piper]
Mission ___: An Undying Vow [Natalie]
Mission ___: A Dying Culture [Piper]
Mission ___: A Dead Cause [Drita]
Mission ___: A Final Rest [Jezzie]
Mission ___: A Broken Contract [Natalie]






dates:
07 Mar 2021: 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008
08 Mar 2021: 009, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017
09 Mar 2021: 018, 019, 020, 021

08 Dec 2021: 022, 023

08 Aug 2022: 024
09 Aug 2022: 025, 026, 027, 028, 029, 030, 031, 032, 033, 034, 035, 036, 037, 038, 039, 040, 041, 043, 044
10 Aug 2022: 042, 045, 046, 047, 048, 049, 050, 051, 052, 053, 054
11 Aug 2022: 055, 056, 057, 058, 059, 060, 061
12 Aug 2022: 062, 063, 064, 065, 066, 067, 068, 069, 070
13 Aug 2022: 071, 072, 073, 074, 075, 076, 077, 078, 079, 080, 081
14 Aug 2022: 082, 083, 084, 085, 086, 087, 088
15 Aug 2022: 089, FINALE 1, FINALE 2, FINALE 3, FINALE 4
16 Aug 2022: FINALE 5, FINALE 6, 090, 091, 092, 093, 094, 095, 096
17 Aug 2022: 097, 098, 099, 100, 101, 102, 103



fun fact: in The More Things Change, i wrote missions 24-43 all in one day, for a total of 20 missions in a single day
in The More Things Stay the Same, i wrote missions 25-43* all in one day, for a total of 19 missions in a single day
the more things change, the more they stay the same