Power of Veto #15 – A World of Your Own

Power of Veto #15 – A World of Your Own



~ If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't ~

Veto Players
Cersei Lannister
Lexi Howard
Liberty Van Zandt
Megara
Peter Parker

Welcome, Houseguests, it’s time for my absolute favorite classic comp!

You’re going to be writing a story!

Alice in Wonderland, at its core, particularly in its book from, can be considered a metaphor for many things, be it imagination, madness, or the struggle to survive in an adult world where things are confusing and terrifyingly new. There are many adaptations off of the story, too, wherein Alice can be interpreted and psychologically unstable and many of her adventures in Wonderland are hallucinations and manifestations of her mental state. Regardless, there are many fantastic elements, and Alice still must explore a world entirely new... And that's what we want from you: A new world.

With that said, this challenge will obviously test your creativity, and so you will be judged on four criteria: how well you incorporate/follow all the elements of this challenge, your creativity, your general writing ability, and how enjoyable your story is. Your stories can be serious; your stories can be funny, your stories can be imaginative, or your stories could be fairytales. It’s up to you to decide! Anything is acceptable as long as you follow all the guidelines denoted below. The Houseguest who receives the most points among our panel of judges will win the Power of Veto.

You will have 21 hours to write your story and submit it in your Diary Room (If all the stories are submitted earlier than that, judging will begin early).


The main premise is that your story has to be about Madness, in some capacity, while also adhering to all the guidelines listed below.

Guidelines
-- Your story must be a minimum of 750 words.
-- Your story must include a title.
-- Your story must include at least 4 characters from this game (Houseguests/Hosts).
-- Your story must be about Madness
-- Your story must contain at least one element of/mention of magic realism/magic
-- Your story must include the three words: aardvark, noodle, and cymbal.


Rules
- You must submit in your DR
- You may submit multiple times, but only your last submission will be graded
- You have 21 hours exactly

You may start now. Deadline is March 21st, 5:00pm EST

We Have a Winner

Firstly for reference, the 8 judges were given the following 4 criteria to judge by, out of 10 for each:

1. Creativity: (Was it out of the box? Was it original and clever?)
2. General Writing Ability: (Was it well written and easy to get through? Did grammar make it hard to read?)
3. Guidelines: (Did they follow the rules? Did they incorporate them well? If they are missing something entirely, please dock many points for this criterion.)
4. Enjoyment: (Did you personally like it? Were you bored, or did you want to keep reading?)

With that being said, these were their total scores for each of you:

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Which means the winner is…

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Congratulations, you have won the Power of Veto competition! Thank you all for submitting, following the guidelines, and making an effort! I will make your Veto thread shortly.