Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-16461120-20170216031300/@comment-16461120-20170216085651

Dimadick wrote:
 * - This template is hopefully straight forward and will be used when a subject appears as a photograph or flashback video on a computer monitor, smartphone, or television that contain no actual interaction. You can use this as follows:

Would this also include appearances by various television journalists or newscasters? For example Trish Tilby is a television journalist and several of her appearances involve announcing news items on live-broadcast. To expand on what Shabook said, active appearances such as news broadcasts, livestreams, holograms, etc. are still part of the monstrous amalgamation that is, the new template is for photos or recaps that just happen to occur on a screen. Dimadick wrote:
 * - This is new, but not actually part of the minor appearances tier. It will be used when a subject is mentioned either during an internal monologue or in narration, but not actually mentioned aloud. You can use this as follows:

Is there any major deference between an internal monologue and a character speaking aloud to no one in particular? To some of us mentions are the same whether they're spoken aloud, simply thoughts, and narrative asides, but there are others who feel strongly that if it's not aloud it's not the same, so this template is a compromise which covers the situation where it's unspoken.