February 2023 Event: Audience Participation Stuff + Potential Script List!

February is right around the corner, so it's time to really get in gear preparing for Februdere 2!

The event will retain its aesthetic from last year ("if it ain't broke, don't fix it!" is my motto here) but that doesn't mean I have nothing to show off for Patrons!

Last year, the audience participation element of the event was a guessing game: 28 icons representing 28 yandere scripts; filled scripts were crossed off as audios were released, styled like a yandere crossing targets off her kill list. This year will be the same, but obviously with a mix of 28 new icons and possibilities.

Now it's time to bring you the new guessing game and all the potential scripts I've got in my to-do list! Beware! Thar be spoilers beyond this point!

Now for the list of scripts represented above, left to right and row by row. Underlined entries are my current shortlist of the likeliest scripts to be filled but there may be some substitutions, depending on collabs, permissions falling through and things like that.

And of course, if any of these scripts jump out at you as especially appealing, feel free to let me know and I will take your interest under advisement!

Row 1:

• Bride Wearing Crown: Arranged Marriage With a Yandere Princess
• Bed: Posessive Yandere Lamia Cuddles in Bed
• Snake + Web: Yandere Lamia and Drider Kidnap You (Collab)
• Ship: Yandere Pirate Queen is Obsessed With You
• Queen Chess Piece: Cruel Yandere Queen Demands You Marry (Multi-Script)
• Four Leaf Clover: Lady Luck Goes Yandere for You
• Shadowy Character: Yandere Crime Boss Wants You Back

Row 2:

• Fox: Your Devoted Yandere Fox Wife Pampers You
• Two People Arguing: Stalking Yandere Girls Fight Over You (Collab)
• Angler Fish: Yandere Angler Fish Mermaid Wants You for Herself
• Person Lying and Staring in Horror: Yandere Sleep Paralysis Demon Wants To Be Real
• Guns: Yandere Bodyguards Share You (Collab)
• Dagger: Your Cursed Dagger is Yandere for You
• Phone: Your Yandere GF Leaves Voicemails for You

Row 3:

• Fangs: Yandere Vampire Turns You
• Bandage: Patching Up a Yandere Supervillain
• Pillow + Clock : Yandere Wife Forces You to Take a Break
• Person Looking Under Bed: Caught by the Monster Under Your Bed
• Bat: Yandere Bat Girl Kidnaps You
• Lamp: Accidentally Freeing a Yandere Djinn
• Hostage: Kidnapping Your Senpai (Multi-Script, Yandere Listener)

Row 4:

• Exercising: Personal Training Session With a Yandere
• Bound Hands: Your Yandere Crush Wants to Practice Tying You Up 
• Play Button: Youtuber Turns Yandere for You
• Adoption Sign: Adopting a (Recovering?) Yandere (Multi-Script)
• Moth + Web: Yandere Drider Keeps You Captive (Multi-Script, Moth Listener)
• Thumbs Up Comment: Increasingly Disturbing Compliments from Your Yandere
• Ball Cap: Your Tomboy Best Friend Goes Yandere for You

Currently, there are 19 scripts on the shortlist minus collabs, which, uh...isn't short at all, as it turns out! ಠ ಠ Whoops!  I'll need to select a final twelve in the next day or two; nine solo scripts that will definitely be filled, and three backups in the unlikely case all the collabs fall through at once.

It'll be a tough choice, since I like so many of these scripts so much. It'll also be difficult to strike a nice balance of themes for a robust, varied event that's not too heavy on one subgenre/trope or another. But the beauty of selecting many scripts for an event is if any don't make the cut, they usually wind up in my to-do list down the line.

Honestly, the longer I stare at this list, the more tempted I am to pick some of the more off-the-wall options as the final selections. Initially I wanted to play it safe but now my instincts are whispering no, no, get real weird with it this year! 

We'll see, I guess! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ