Recently, we've been having a lot of threads derailed by me, and by many other users in the forum in relation to major plot events and characters.

It's likely a problem that's not going away any time soon.

So the point of this thread is to be a catch all for such discussions and arguments that would otherwise clog threads, and send them off the rails.

It's probably not going to work, but it's the only solution that comes to mind.

If you see a post in a thread, and your thought train takes you off topic? Quote the post you're responding to in that thread, and say something like, "Hey, I've got an off topic response to this, and it'll be in the derail thread."

Maybe more effective. If you see someone going off topic with an argument, link them here, and suggest they take the argument here.

With a dedicated place for such posts, we can perhaps stonewall one another into not clogging threads with cyclical arguments.

Of course, it doesn't have to be all argument. You could post anything off topic that comes to your mind here, too. Though I generally don't think positive associations and jokes have ever derailed a discussion in a noteworthy way (That is, in a way that rouses people's anger). You know, though, just keep it all Lore-adjacent?

Obviously, I have no real authority over anyone (thank god, right?), so as with my other thread about making the forum better, it's an opt in situation. If you think it's an outright bad idea, feel free to espouse that, too.

I am serious about wanting the forum to improve. What little reputation I have be damned. I know the forum rules say not to clump topics together, but the off-topic in general is huge now, and quite usually lighthearted and enjoyable. This won't be that, but I think if general can have an off-topic section, then Lore can too.