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The Book of Masks Homepage

by Seuzz

Rated: 18+ · Book · Other · #2156493

A hub for the "Book of Masks" universe.

The Interactives
"The Book of Masks"

: A high school student discovers a grimoire that can make magical disguises.
"The Wandering Stars"

: Sequel to "The Book of Masks."
"Student Bodies"

: A high school student is turned into a blue goo that can possess people.

For non-WdC Members
"The Book of Masks: Archives"

: Dodges the "Servers Busy" barrier!
"The Book of Masks (Abridged)"

: Introductory storylines for new readers.

Community
"BoM/TWS Message Forum"

: Community for readers of the interactives.
"BoM/TWS/SB Wiki"

: Notes and documentation for authors. Spoilers!

Current Polls
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The Latest
7/1: Interactive: "Solving Other People's Problems"

7/1: Public: "Solving Other People's Problems"

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Junas

Sep 27, 2024 at 3:15pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Dude fell off

Junas

Jul 10, 2024 at 10:46am
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Good, go away stalker!!!!!!!!

ThePrussian

Jul 10, 2024 at 9:50am
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

lol, goodbye low effort troll.

Junas

Jul 9, 2024 at 10:30pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Liar!!!! GET AWAY FROM ME YOU E-STALKER!!!!!

ThePrussian

Jul 8, 2024 at 11:20pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Your profile shows the date your account was created.

Junas

Jul 8, 2024 at 9:57pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

How tf do you know how long I've been here.

Nostrum

Jul 8, 2024 at 8:30pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Wanted to politely answer earlier but because of the attitude...

First, Seuzz does that every now and then. Look at this very blog - he's been away for up to 6 months and has always returned. You can see each time he returns that he apologizes and explains the reasons why he's missing. Sometimes, he calls these breaks in advance; sometimes, like with life, he can't explain them. It has happened several times just during these past two years, it has happened before, and it'll happen again. And yes - we worry that something happens to him whenever he disappears without a trace, but all we can hope is that he's doing okay.

Second, as Prussian said, just because he skips a week doesn't mean the series is dead. Missing 76 days, mostly non-consecutive, out of 190 days is pretty laudable: you can't expect someone to update daily and keep it all by himself. He deserves a break, even if unannounced, to keep the story flowing.

Third, he's not the only one who posts in the series. There are a group of collaborators (myself included) that sometimes post things, but we all have our reasons not to post like crazy. Part of it is trying to keep quality control over what's posted here. There's a reason why the Interactive has had several prizes and mentions over the years. Even if something happens to him, the community will keep the series alive, one way or another.

So no - the series isn't dead, and saying "wrong" as if you knew more than us shows your ignorance. The interactive is quite large, so you can binge on one chapter per day until Seuzz returns - in case you want to refine or consolidate your thoughts on the story. Not going to ask you about what you've done on the rest of the year, 10 months and 20 days since you've been here, but I'm pretty sure you didn't spent it reading the Interactive in-depth, or else we would've heard of you by now. It's a community that's more active than you'd think, but not a terminally online one.

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Junas

Jul 8, 2024 at 8:23pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Yes. Come on

ThePrussian

Jul 8, 2024 at 8:09pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Nope

Junas

Jul 8, 2024 at 6:03pm
In response to "From One Female Impersonation to Another"

Wrong

July 23, 2019 at 10:42am

#963045

Transformative Adaptation

Today's Spider-Man entry—"S01E06 "Party Animals""

—is another close adaptation of the IRL material, right down to the title. Changes, FWIW:

* In the original, Sytsevich is a student at Horizon who is intentionally infected by Raymond Warren. I wanted to remove Warren's villainy (see below) which means the Rhino needed a new origin. Also, Sytsevich being a cheerful and friendly student who is cured at the end made it very awkward for the IRL series when they tried bringing the Rhino back. Returning Sytsevich to something like his comics origin (but spying for a crime boss rather than the East Bloc) makes it easier to give him the traditional treatment later on.

* In the original, Warrren is an outright villain, already transforming between Jackal and human form, and he infects Sytsevich as a demonstration project for Osborn. This is me again feeling the tug of BTAS. I don't like Warren's unabashed villainy in the IRL series and wanted to give him an origin closer to, say, Two Face in Batman. I also wanted to remove Osborn's complicity, as it hardly seems in character for him to accede to a dangerous plot being executed in a situation where he knows his son will be.

* In the original, the diagnosis and cure are entirely concocted without adult supervision by Peter and friends. This is far and away the most annoying facet of the IRL series. What is it with contemporary stories and their "Science, be-yotches, boo-yah, amirite?" garbage? As one YouTuber put it recently, they sound like frat bros trying to imitate what they think scientists sound like: "They talk like it's beer, hookers and sports ball but with, y'know, technobabble instead." Having high school students (no matter how bright) concocting Stark-level technology on the fly is another aspect of the same thing. My own revision still strains credulity, but at least (I hope) it's better for letting a putative expert in the field (Warren) do most of the brainwork.

There are additional, minor changes here and there. Kingpin, for instance, does not appear.

I got a new treatment written yesterday, but it wasn't much of a victory, as it closely models an actual episode. But I had to get it out of the way before pushing myself into the really new territory on the other side of it.

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