Hey there, with the recent drama that’s been going on in the forums with the guideline changes I thought it would be nice to host a discussion, take part if you would like. So recently I made a wish list post about adding kids to Episode. (link attached) And I made a lot of statements about how it might be beneficial, and how kid style clothes and such would be useful even outside of using them for kids. To be clear, when I said I suggested Episode add “kids” I mean that I suggested Episode create clothes, animations, hairstyles, face molds, to make the current models look more like kids. Not that Episode actually make kid models because I don’t see that happening anytime soon. I go over everything in more detail in the post, but anyway, that’s not my point-
The point is I really wanted to hear from people wheater or not adding kids in the first place is a good idea?
Whether they think this will ever happen.
What they would do if they did add kids to Episode
It wouldn’t be that big of a change really, I just feel like there may be some issues with the idea.
Personally Idk if it’s a good idea or not. The guidelines update brought up a good point that some people like to write about edgy, racey subject matter. Personally I’ve read stories where there were “kid” characters in them and the subject matter was pretty disturbing. Maybe there’s a reason Episode never tried to even suggest the presence of children in Episode. Maybe they were afraid of what kind of stuff people would write about and what kind of stuff they would involve kids in. On the other hand it is pretty weird to watch an Episode with lost of people but like zero kids, it feels kind of dystopian. Also if there were kids, they wouldn’t even be allowed to be on the cover because of the new guidelines. So you could write a story with your MC being a kid but not be able to put them on the cover, which might be inconvenient, and maybe there’s a reason?
This is also why I feel like Episode really doesn’t want kids to be featured in stories, and why I really don’t think it will ever become an update or art release. I really want it to, but even at it’s simplest form, I feel like Episode wouldn’t do it just because of their target demographic and the for mentioned racey subject matter most Episodes like to have.
Lastly, what I would I do if they actually did implement such a thing? That’s really simple. First I would make like a million kid characters to put in the background of my episodes and create alot of families. Then I would make kid versions of all my MC’s just because. I also have this idea to make the main villain a kid, kind of like the movie Resident Evil where the hologram child was the villain that was trying to keep them in the facility? I really thought that was an effective use of a child character. But anyway, these are my thoughts. I’m really interested to know your’s and what you would do with kid characters if Episode had them.
Thnks for reading
- Great idea but never going to happen
- I think it could happen
- I don’t care either way
- It’s a bad idea
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