I hand-waved Yang speaking with a few of the local businesses to see if they'd donate supplies and/or prizes in exchange for advertising or, even better, as a show of thanks to the Gems for having protected the town a full year (since Yang is shrewd enough to know how to swing a deal) but she easily could have left out the "teensy-tiny" detail of an entire arena going up just off-shore, particularly if she herself wasn't sure if it'd be there permanently or not.
She totally would never have considered the effect it could have on something like the fishing industry nor the fact it could set a precedent to the point where I'm laughing really hard because of course she didn't. She just thought it'd be fun. XDXD I absolutely cannot wait for this to get pointed out to her if it does and/or those uncomfortable questions to start because she'll be totally surprised by them. It just never would have ever occurred to her.
The kicker about all this is that one of the things Yang wanted the tournament to be was a way to celebrate and test their abilities as Gems in a (relatively) safe environment but also a way to reach out to the locals and hopefully show them that there's nothing inherently scary or dangerous about the Temple-dwellers. They just have cool powers that can do cool things. Come watch us do cool things with our cool powers and root for your favorites. Don't forget popcorn. XDXD She's trying to ease any lingering tensions and promote a better understanding of the Gems among the locals with this tournament and that is going to be such a slap in the face if it backfires to some degree. Like just..."You tried", hun.
I mean, I could picture an instance where once the tournament is over, if the arena stays up, what if a bunch of townspeople vandalized it? Or begin a petition to have it torn down for any number of reasons. And even if it doesn't become permanent, like you said, there could be a lot of concern over whether something like that'll happen again. Even if it's just a minority among the population, if they're vocal enough and play on the right fears they could cause a lot of problems. Maybe there'd be a call for the local government to start policing the Temple dwellers or something like that. The reactions could range anywhere from mild to extreme with this.
So yes, I would absolutely love love love for involvement of the NPCs and locals following this if that's something the Mods would be interested in handling or allowing (since I think that might ultimately be up to them, I'm not sure ^^;)? I'm so glad you mentioned Huey the Mayor's Aide specifically because I actually wanted to contact the Mods to see if I could hand-wave Yang having spoken with him and/or the actual Mayor at some point earlier in the month but having interactions with him after the fact would be even better!
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I hand-waved Yang speaking with a few of the local businesses to see if they'd donate supplies and/or prizes in exchange for advertising or, even better, as a show of thanks to the Gems for having protected the town a full year (since Yang is shrewd enough to know how to swing a deal) but she easily could have left out the "teensy-tiny" detail of an entire arena going up just off-shore, particularly if she herself wasn't sure if it'd be there permanently or not.
She totally would never have considered the effect it could have on something like the fishing industry nor the fact it could set a precedent to the point where I'm laughing really hard because of course she didn't. She just thought it'd be fun. XDXD I absolutely cannot wait for this to get pointed out to her if it does and/or those uncomfortable questions to start because she'll be totally surprised by them. It just never would have ever occurred to her.
The kicker about all this is that one of the things Yang wanted the tournament to be was a way to celebrate and test their abilities as Gems in a (relatively) safe environment but also a way to reach out to the locals and hopefully show them that there's nothing inherently scary or dangerous about the Temple-dwellers. They just have cool powers that can do cool things. Come watch us do cool things with our cool powers and root for your favorites. Don't forget popcorn. XDXD She's trying to ease any lingering tensions and promote a better understanding of the Gems among the locals with this tournament and that is going to be such a slap in the face if it backfires to some degree. Like just..."You tried", hun.
I mean, I could picture an instance where once the tournament is over, if the arena stays up, what if a bunch of townspeople vandalized it? Or begin a petition to have it torn down for any number of reasons. And even if it doesn't become permanent, like you said, there could be a lot of concern over whether something like that'll happen again. Even if it's just a minority among the population, if they're vocal enough and play on the right fears they could cause a lot of problems. Maybe there'd be a call for the local government to start policing the Temple dwellers or something like that. The reactions could range anywhere from mild to extreme with this.
So yes, I would absolutely love love love for involvement of the NPCs and locals following this if that's something the Mods would be interested in handling or allowing (since I think that might ultimately be up to them, I'm not sure ^^;)? I'm so glad you mentioned Huey the Mayor's Aide specifically because I actually wanted to contact the Mods to see if I could hand-wave Yang having spoken with him and/or the actual Mayor at some point earlier in the month but having interactions with him after the fact would be even better!