Monkey Island
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On the Mend by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
RandomArceus
Characters: Largo LaGrande, OCs
Rating: Teen
Words: 1374
Author's summary: You meet some people, and they each have their own theories on why you are how you are.
Author's notes: Set at least a good handful of years post-fortress explosion. Largo's older, and teeters a bit closer to 'actually thinking about his feelings and working on himself' than I tend to write him. Second-person, Largo's perspective. Done for the day 13 prompt 'forced retirement', was originally going to be for 'relapse' but began to run away from that eventually.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: POV Second Person, Past Trauma, largo's just not in a very good mental state, Dialogue Light
Quote:
And you did not know what to say. For ‘sad’ is not a word you’d use to describe yourself, not ever, but it is not one you can construct a suitable defence to. You did not know what to say, so you opened your mouth, and you shut it again.
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Hey, Captain? byRandomArceus
Characters: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck
Rating: Teen
Words: 498
Author's summary: A brief correspondence between one Largo M. LaGrandé and G.P. LeChuck.
Author's notes: I regularly flicker between whether it would be funnier for Largo's middle name to be 'Marco' or just something completely unrelated. For the first day's prompt in the In-Universe Unusual Formats and Media Prompt Fest (bit of a mouthful, that). Workskin not required, I just like it. Feel free to disable if it fucks things up
Author's warnings: Chose Not To Use (but none)
Additional tags: Epistolary, set starting in secret and ends just a little bit into monkey2, Mentioned Character Death, mentioned guybrush & mentioned elaine, also mentioned canon-typical lechuck/elaine
My comment: [this was in reference to Largo's mention of Guybrush] ""This guy" never mind what his name is, it's not important 😂 Just some loser nobody wannabe anyway. (Although granted Largo was probably a little more focused on 1. getting stabbed and 2. the beard itself to really be listening to the answer he got to "Who do you think you are?") I just think it's funny that even with direct evidence he's still getting snubbed for the credit."
Quote:
LeChuck,
I thought you were gone forever. Now I hear you're getting married? I didn't think Elaine'd ever want you like that. And I wasn’t gonna come anyway, but it would’ve been nice, at least, if you had invited me.
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ghostwritingleflay
Characters: Morgan LeFlay, LeChuck, mentions of Guybrush and Elaine
Rating: Not rated by author, but PG-13/Teen
Words: 792
Author's summary: Takes place in the AU [Guybrush saves Morgan]. Morgan is dying, of course.
Author's notes: This is really bad and it was all written after 2 am, and Elaine and LeChuck might be pretty OOC I dunno but this is what happened. It probably isn’t very coherent, so... I’ll probably re-edit and re-upload later today or this week, when I’m less tired.
Author's warnings: Death (also depictions of violence)
Additional tags: guybrush saves her only to die and morgan die in an attempt to avenge him
Quote:
His laughter - loud, deep, and commanding - filled her ears and blocked out every thought in her head. It was frightening how he sounded, almost like he was laughing at how pathetic she was for even trying to fight back. For even trying to win at all. More tears fell from her eyes as she tried to stand again. LeChuck couldn’t beat her, he couldn’t kill her here. She had to make it up to Guybrush. She had to make it even.
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Spiral byRandomArceus
Characters:
Rating: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck, OCs
Words: 1700
Author's summary: Your captain kills somebody. You bear witness.
Author's notes: You can put Twine games in Ao3 now! Isn't that neat? Workskin required, obviously. Done using this tool. Originally written back in August 2025, tweaked slightly and moved over here now. If something isn't working right here, you can find a copy of the game on my site here. Largo's perspective, of course.
Author's warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death
Additional tags: Interactive Fiction, Pre-Secret, Human LeChuck, oc literally only exists to get murdered, POV Second Person
My comment: "Whoa, gruesome. (I read the source code to make sure I'd seen all the text.) I hit the spot where I picked something like "No, no, I can't look at this" and the only response choice being "Yes you can", that goes back, was pretty impactful."
Quote:
Your hands, limp by your sides, shake subtly as you stare at the sight before you.
You are up above deck, and LeChuck is partaking in his favourite hobby— the brutal, bloody torture of a crew member. They're begging for forgiveness for their insulting him, and he's stabbing them anyway, because he's a prickly little bastard with a big ego. And they hurt his ego.
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Business Partnership byRandomArceus
Characters: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck
Rating: Teen
Words: 873
Author's summary: Largo and LeChuck do not call themselves friends. Except for the moments when one of them does.
Author's notes: Largo-centric, because I'm me and that's what I do. Can probably also be read as shippy, because... I'm me, and that's what I do. I don't usually use platonic relationship tags, but I felt like this one needed one. Written for the February Ficlet Challenge day 6 prompt, 'Friend'. Excuse that I'm two days late. two things I find interesting to think about 1) what Largo got up to directly before/during/after Secret, and 2) whatever the hell horrible relationship these two have going on.
Author's warnings: Chose Not To Use (mentions of torture)
Additional tags: Ficlet, they have a somewhat complicated friendship, vague mentions of death, set from the very end of secret to the end of part one of monkey2
Quote:
Then again, it was unlikely that LeChuck would call anybody his friend. He was a man who had acquaintances, and he had victims, and he had obsessions, but he was not a man who kept friends. He had his crew, and that was always enough for him.
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Voyage to Monkey Island byWriteyPirate
Characters: Guybrush Threepwood, Elaine Marley, LeChuck, Apple Bob, Gullet, Voodoo Lady, Stan S. Stanman, Carla, Otis, Wally B. Feed, Murray, Herman Toothrot, The pirate leaders
Rating: General
Words: 15,898
Author's summary: A self proclaimed "Mighty Pirate" finds his true worth on a voyage to save the Caribbean from the dreaded Captain LeChuck.
Author's notes: I don't usually write fan fiction, but after playing through the Monkey Island series a couple of times, I thought it would be fun to write a fan script for a "movie". It's 86 pages long; with scripts a page is roughly a minute of screen time, so it's more or less feature length.
The formatting here isn't quite what a script actually looks like, but rather than messing around with coding that I don't understand ( user astronought created a script skin ), I also foolishly went through this post line by line to manually format it. I've split the script into separate chapters to make things easier on myself, hopefully that doesn't disrupt the flow too much.
I worked on this on and off for about a year and have hopefully made something akin to a decent "first draft" of a film. I'm sure it has MANY issues, and I don't feel like the ending is great, but my main thought was that a Monkey Island movie should be FUN. I think I've at least managed that. The Monkey Island fandom gets something new maybe every ten years, so I hope you're able to enjoy my little addition out of desperation if nothing else. :)
Also, I made a little storyboard of the mouse scene: https://youtu.be/J-CWVDuJrQs
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Screenplay/Script Format, Adventure, Comedy
My remarks: This story combines elements from all the games into a single narrative that doesn't so much line up with established canon as remix it. It's sort of a "If you were going to make a movie out of all of Monkey Island, how might you do it?" thing.
Quote:
MONTAGE SEQUENCE accompanied by jaunty shanty music.
Guybrush is knocked through a wall by a yak wearing wax lips.
Guybrush places an engagement ring on a woman's finger, she turns to gold.
Guybrush is kung fu fighting a monkey and losing.
Guybrush is facing a horde of frail elderly pirates. They rush him and beat him up.
Guybrush is facing a horde of chickens in tiny pirate hats. They rush him and beat him up.
Guybrush is facing a horde of literal babies. He's crushed by a falling piano.
Guybrush's lifeless corpse floats face down on the surface of the sea. The shot holds for longer than is comfortable.
END OF MONTAGE SEQUENCE
Guybrush looks disturbed.
GUYBRUSH
What was that last one?
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The Spectre of Monkey Island (Fan Game script) by Chris Ratcliff
Characters: Guybrush, Elaine, Wally, Voodoo Lady, Herman, Murray, LeChuck, OCs
Rating: Not rated by author; G
Words: 15,376
Author's summary: It's a rollicking inter-island saga as Guybrush once again has to defeat his arch nemesis LeChuck!
Author's notes: Some technical notes. First of all, the following is not really a design document. It's a script. A design document would include information such as the screen resolution, control system, and the number and type of verbs. No particular assumption about control system is made here. In fact, it is assumed there are no specific verbs, and that everything can be done with mouse clicks in a full screen interface. That can of course be changed.
Next, the following script does NOT use dialogue trees. I haven't yet seen them implemented well in a fan game, so have kept them out of this script. If dialogue trees are desired, the necessary changes can probably be made without much hassle.
My remarks: This is an old thing (1999) from an old version of a LucasArts fanfic site from before there was even Lucasfics on MixnMojo. This story also exists in narrative form, but I think this loose game design document is more interesting.
Quote:
SURVIVALIST
So you're a foreign looter, are you! I knew it! Have the foresight to put away a bit of gas and food and next thing the whole Caribbean's breaking down your door! There must be scores of ships converging on Cutlass Island, ready to loot! Hear that, Midge? Scores of 'em! And they're all crawling back here!
GUYBRUSH
I'M NOT A LOOTER!
SURVIVALIST
(after a pause)
...are you sure?
GUYBRUSH
YES!
SURVIVALIST
Actually, you don't look much like a looter. Shouldn't you have a flaming torch in one hand, or a rusty crowbar or something?
GUYBRUSH
I'M NOT A LOOTER!
SURVIVALIST
Okay, okay, no need to take that tone of voice.
(pulls the shotgun back from the window)
So, you're not a looter.
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Pirating on Land by Chris Ratcliff
Characters: Bart, Fink, Wally, Largo
Rating: Not rated by author; PG
Words: 854
Author's summary: The Largo Embargo is causing problems for everybody.
My remarks: Another old one, from 1998.
Quote:
That was pirating. How did you transfer that to land? As far as Bart and Fink could guess, it meant robbing somebody. Common highway thievery. As pirates, Bart and Fink naturally looked down on such a scrubby activity.
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MST3K, Hitchhiker's Guide, Silmarillion
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(Another) Cold One Ahead Of Us byEmilightning
Fandom: MST3K
Pairing/Characters: Crow, Tom, GPC, Cambot, Mike, Dr. Forrester (offscreen); some Crow/Tom if you squint
Rating: General
Words: 3166
Author's summary: Change can be unpleasant, even when you're already in less than ideal circumstances. Or: Crow has trouble adjusting to winter aboard the Satellite of Love. (Set in mid-season 6. Like 1994-ish)
Author's notes: This is my initiation into the MST3K fanfic world, and I gotta say -- I'm both mildly surprised and disappointed by the lack of Crow/Tom-centric fics. So here's a short & sweet one. (Also, I very much just got into the show like a week ago, so apologies if there are any glaring inconsistencies with canon. In my defense, your honor, I was really just relaxing.) Stay cool, and enjoy!
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Meta Humor, it's romantic if you squint, Time Skips, Existentialism, look what you've done. you ruined a perfectly good robot. it has seasonal affective disorder now., creative license re: just about everything, Lighthearted angst, Like very lighthearted. It's a bittersweet comedy
My comment: "Loved the bit at the end of the email - I could picture Frank standing there chirpily saying, "Who are you writing to, Clay? Is it Mike and the bots? Say hi for me!" like he's a grandmother looking over her grandson's shoulder."
Quote:
You see, Mike, we've noticed that you've been taking your "unique situation" in stride lately. Which is to say, you've actually adjusted quite well to being marooned on a satellite going absolutely nowhere. You're a real team player! Congrats.
Well, that just won't do. We don't really want you getting used to anything. So for the first time ever, we've decided to re-implement a previous addition to the Satellite-- new, improved and now freshly tailored to your own miserable psyche-- introducing, completely new to you, Mike Nelson-- the Climate Simulator!
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FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of your Lazgarian Visa Application byouie
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy & FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
Characters: Arthur, Ford
Rating: General
Words: 1063
Author's summary: If you want to buy the cheapest Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters in the galaxy, you'll have to fight a snake first.
Author's notes: For hidden_variable. Happy Yuletide!
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Quote:
Q: Do I have to defeat a snake every time I want to travel to Lazgar Beta?
A: No. After you defeat it the first time, you get a certificate proving that you're a hoopy snake fighter. As long as you have the certificate, you only need to fill out the visa form to obtain a visa.
Q: Why do I have to defeat the snake to begin with? Are there a lot of snakes on the planet?
A: That's two questions.
Q: How big is the snake?
A: That depends on your answers in your visa form.
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A Totally Factual and Not Made Up account of Zaphod Beeblebrox’s First Presidential Campaign byyorkshirearthurdent
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide
Characters: Zaphod, Ford
Rating: Teen
Words: 3846
Author's summary: Inspired by his encounter with Yooden Vranx, a young Zaphod decides to run for Student President at school on Betelgeuse Five, aided by his campaign manager and semi-cousin, Ix. Written for the 2025 H2G2 Gift Exchange.
Author's notes: Hiii, this is an extremely silly fic I wrote for![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nightshadowhawk on Tumblr for the 2025 h2g2 Holiday Gift Exchange!! I had a lot of fun writing it so I hope you enjoy!!
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: the stupid cousins being stupid, a bit of underage drinking, though who knows what the drinking age is on betelgeuse v, Minor Violence
My comment: "Pfffft loved it.
"Beebrological" and "Magnanold's" -- nice word coinings.
"her braids neat and battle-ready" -- there's an image!
Zaphod should just use "Ka-blammo" all by itself as a tagline on his campaign posters. Short and to the point! 😆"
Quote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox’s exhilaratingly baffling career as a controversial celebrity, inventor of mixological creations illegal in many constellations, unlikely Galactic President, good-time proponent, and subsequent criminal and fugitive have rendered his life and thought the subject of endless fascination amongst the sort of parasitic low-lifes who make a living out of writing biographies. The industry of such works is highly lucrative as they are consistently instant bestsellers, both for the simple fact that Zaphod reached an utterly inimitable level of hyperstardom, and because no two Beeblebrox biographies resemble each other in any form. Each self-proclaimed retelling of Zaphod’s life completely and totally contradicts every other.
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Time Warp for the Soul byPyramid_Palter_3
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide
Characters: Zaphod, Eddie the computer
Rating: General
Words: 3536
Author's summary: An unaccompanied Zaphod Beeblebrox wakes from an alcohol-induced slumber sometime in Life, the Universe and Everything, and performs a time warp maneuver with his change of heart/debilitating loneliness to prove that he could, but not that he should.
Author's notes: I had already thought something of Zaphod being left to his devices in Life, the Universe, and Everything, but didn't really know where I wanted to go with it until I recently watched Star Trek IV. I love the idea of the slingshot effect/maneuver and how it was executed.
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Star Trek References, Warp Core (Star Trek), Technobabble, Infinite Improbability Drive (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Quote:
“Right,” Zaphod started to nobody in particular other than himself, “This cosmic funk is officially over. The universe might be pointless, but that’s no excuse to be boring! And it’s definitely no excuse to let a truly hip chick like Trill wander around the wrong side of existence without her main squeeze.” He triumphantly pointed two commanding fingers at the viewscreen.
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Zirakzigil bybunn
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Characters: Durin the Deathless, Zirakzigil
Rating: General
Words: 863
Author's summary: In the songs, the many many songs that the Longbeards made in their long history, Durin walks proud and joyful across the young and empty lands, coming at last to Mirrormere and seeing the stars appear, a crown above a mirrored face.
That was how Durin told the tale later. For who would wish to hear of the King bewildered, lonely and shivering?
Author's notes: I tried to write this without giving either Durin or Zirakzigil a gender. (a kind of writing I find difficult, particularly when aiming for a not entirely unTolkienien feel).
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Moria | Khazad-dûm (Tolkien), the beginnings of Dwarves, Mahal and the Mountains
Quote:
Durin searched for food, drank from clear pools. Remembered, again and again, the moment when Mahal snatched up a hammer to end their lives. The moment when Durin first had his own thoughts that were not Mahal’s, and they were full of fear.
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On the Mend by
Characters: Largo LaGrande, OCs
Rating: Teen
Words: 1374
Author's summary: You meet some people, and they each have their own theories on why you are how you are.
Author's notes: Set at least a good handful of years post-fortress explosion. Largo's older, and teeters a bit closer to 'actually thinking about his feelings and working on himself' than I tend to write him. Second-person, Largo's perspective. Done for the day 13 prompt 'forced retirement', was originally going to be for 'relapse' but began to run away from that eventually.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: POV Second Person, Past Trauma, largo's just not in a very good mental state, Dialogue Light
Quote:
And you did not know what to say. For ‘sad’ is not a word you’d use to describe yourself, not ever, but it is not one you can construct a suitable defence to. You did not know what to say, so you opened your mouth, and you shut it again.
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Hey, Captain? by
Characters: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck
Rating: Teen
Words: 498
Author's summary: A brief correspondence between one Largo M. LaGrandé and G.P. LeChuck.
Author's notes: I regularly flicker between whether it would be funnier for Largo's middle name to be 'Marco' or just something completely unrelated. For the first day's prompt in the In-Universe Unusual Formats and Media Prompt Fest (bit of a mouthful, that). Workskin not required, I just like it. Feel free to disable if it fucks things up
Author's warnings: Chose Not To Use (but none)
Additional tags: Epistolary, set starting in secret and ends just a little bit into monkey2, Mentioned Character Death, mentioned guybrush & mentioned elaine, also mentioned canon-typical lechuck/elaine
My comment: [this was in reference to Largo's mention of Guybrush] ""This guy" never mind what his name is, it's not important 😂 Just some loser nobody wannabe anyway. (Although granted Largo was probably a little more focused on 1. getting stabbed and 2. the beard itself to really be listening to the answer he got to "Who do you think you are?") I just think it's funny that even with direct evidence he's still getting snubbed for the credit."
Quote:
LeChuck,
I thought you were gone forever. Now I hear you're getting married? I didn't think Elaine'd ever want you like that. And I wasn’t gonna come anyway, but it would’ve been nice, at least, if you had invited me.
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Illuminated by
Characters: Morgan LeFlay, LeChuck, mentions of Guybrush and Elaine
Rating: Not rated by author, but PG-13/Teen
Words: 792
Author's summary: Takes place in the AU [Guybrush saves Morgan]. Morgan is dying, of course.
Author's notes: This is really bad and it was all written after 2 am, and Elaine and LeChuck might be pretty OOC I dunno but this is what happened. It probably isn’t very coherent, so... I’ll probably re-edit and re-upload later today or this week, when I’m less tired.
Author's warnings: Death (also depictions of violence)
Additional tags: guybrush saves her only to die and morgan die in an attempt to avenge him
Quote:
His laughter - loud, deep, and commanding - filled her ears and blocked out every thought in her head. It was frightening how he sounded, almost like he was laughing at how pathetic she was for even trying to fight back. For even trying to win at all. More tears fell from her eyes as she tried to stand again. LeChuck couldn’t beat her, he couldn’t kill her here. She had to make it up to Guybrush. She had to make it even.
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Spiral by
Characters:
Rating: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck, OCs
Words: 1700
Author's summary: Your captain kills somebody. You bear witness.
Author's notes: You can put Twine games in Ao3 now! Isn't that neat? Workskin required, obviously. Done using this tool. Originally written back in August 2025, tweaked slightly and moved over here now. If something isn't working right here, you can find a copy of the game on my site here. Largo's perspective, of course.
Author's warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death
Additional tags: Interactive Fiction, Pre-Secret, Human LeChuck, oc literally only exists to get murdered, POV Second Person
My comment: "Whoa, gruesome. (I read the source code to make sure I'd seen all the text.) I hit the spot where I picked something like "No, no, I can't look at this" and the only response choice being "Yes you can", that goes back, was pretty impactful."
Quote:
Your hands, limp by your sides, shake subtly as you stare at the sight before you.
You are up above deck, and LeChuck is partaking in his favourite hobby— the brutal, bloody torture of a crew member. They're begging for forgiveness for their insulting him, and he's stabbing them anyway, because he's a prickly little bastard with a big ego. And they hurt his ego.
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Business Partnership by
Characters: Largo LaGrande, LeChuck
Rating: Teen
Words: 873
Author's summary: Largo and LeChuck do not call themselves friends. Except for the moments when one of them does.
Author's notes: Largo-centric, because I'm me and that's what I do. Can probably also be read as shippy, because... I'm me, and that's what I do. I don't usually use platonic relationship tags, but I felt like this one needed one. Written for the February Ficlet Challenge day 6 prompt, 'Friend'. Excuse that I'm two days late. two things I find interesting to think about 1) what Largo got up to directly before/during/after Secret, and 2) whatever the hell horrible relationship these two have going on.
Author's warnings: Chose Not To Use (mentions of torture)
Additional tags: Ficlet, they have a somewhat complicated friendship, vague mentions of death, set from the very end of secret to the end of part one of monkey2
Quote:
Then again, it was unlikely that LeChuck would call anybody his friend. He was a man who had acquaintances, and he had victims, and he had obsessions, but he was not a man who kept friends. He had his crew, and that was always enough for him.
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Voyage to Monkey Island by
Characters: Guybrush Threepwood, Elaine Marley, LeChuck, Apple Bob, Gullet, Voodoo Lady, Stan S. Stanman, Carla, Otis, Wally B. Feed, Murray, Herman Toothrot, The pirate leaders
Rating: General
Words: 15,898
Author's summary: A self proclaimed "Mighty Pirate" finds his true worth on a voyage to save the Caribbean from the dreaded Captain LeChuck.
Author's notes: I don't usually write fan fiction, but after playing through the Monkey Island series a couple of times, I thought it would be fun to write a fan script for a "movie". It's 86 pages long; with scripts a page is roughly a minute of screen time, so it's more or less feature length.
The formatting here isn't quite what a script actually looks like, but rather than messing around with coding that I don't understand ( user astronought created a script skin ), I also foolishly went through this post line by line to manually format it. I've split the script into separate chapters to make things easier on myself, hopefully that doesn't disrupt the flow too much.
I worked on this on and off for about a year and have hopefully made something akin to a decent "first draft" of a film. I'm sure it has MANY issues, and I don't feel like the ending is great, but my main thought was that a Monkey Island movie should be FUN. I think I've at least managed that. The Monkey Island fandom gets something new maybe every ten years, so I hope you're able to enjoy my little addition out of desperation if nothing else. :)
Also, I made a little storyboard of the mouse scene: https://youtu.be/J-CWVDuJrQs
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Screenplay/Script Format, Adventure, Comedy
My remarks: This story combines elements from all the games into a single narrative that doesn't so much line up with established canon as remix it. It's sort of a "If you were going to make a movie out of all of Monkey Island, how might you do it?" thing.
Quote:
MONTAGE SEQUENCE accompanied by jaunty shanty music.
Guybrush is knocked through a wall by a yak wearing wax lips.
Guybrush places an engagement ring on a woman's finger, she turns to gold.
Guybrush is kung fu fighting a monkey and losing.
Guybrush is facing a horde of frail elderly pirates. They rush him and beat him up.
Guybrush is facing a horde of chickens in tiny pirate hats. They rush him and beat him up.
Guybrush is facing a horde of literal babies. He's crushed by a falling piano.
Guybrush's lifeless corpse floats face down on the surface of the sea. The shot holds for longer than is comfortable.
END OF MONTAGE SEQUENCE
Guybrush looks disturbed.
GUYBRUSH
What was that last one?
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The Spectre of Monkey Island (Fan Game script) by Chris Ratcliff
Characters: Guybrush, Elaine, Wally, Voodoo Lady, Herman, Murray, LeChuck, OCs
Rating: Not rated by author; G
Words: 15,376
Author's summary: It's a rollicking inter-island saga as Guybrush once again has to defeat his arch nemesis LeChuck!
Author's notes: Some technical notes. First of all, the following is not really a design document. It's a script. A design document would include information such as the screen resolution, control system, and the number and type of verbs. No particular assumption about control system is made here. In fact, it is assumed there are no specific verbs, and that everything can be done with mouse clicks in a full screen interface. That can of course be changed.
Next, the following script does NOT use dialogue trees. I haven't yet seen them implemented well in a fan game, so have kept them out of this script. If dialogue trees are desired, the necessary changes can probably be made without much hassle.
My remarks: This is an old thing (1999) from an old version of a LucasArts fanfic site from before there was even Lucasfics on MixnMojo. This story also exists in narrative form, but I think this loose game design document is more interesting.
Quote:
SURVIVALIST
So you're a foreign looter, are you! I knew it! Have the foresight to put away a bit of gas and food and next thing the whole Caribbean's breaking down your door! There must be scores of ships converging on Cutlass Island, ready to loot! Hear that, Midge? Scores of 'em! And they're all crawling back here!
GUYBRUSH
I'M NOT A LOOTER!
SURVIVALIST
(after a pause)
...are you sure?
GUYBRUSH
YES!
SURVIVALIST
Actually, you don't look much like a looter. Shouldn't you have a flaming torch in one hand, or a rusty crowbar or something?
GUYBRUSH
I'M NOT A LOOTER!
SURVIVALIST
Okay, okay, no need to take that tone of voice.
(pulls the shotgun back from the window)
So, you're not a looter.
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Pirating on Land by Chris Ratcliff
Characters: Bart, Fink, Wally, Largo
Rating: Not rated by author; PG
Words: 854
Author's summary: The Largo Embargo is causing problems for everybody.
My remarks: Another old one, from 1998.
Quote:
That was pirating. How did you transfer that to land? As far as Bart and Fink could guess, it meant robbing somebody. Common highway thievery. As pirates, Bart and Fink naturally looked down on such a scrubby activity.
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MST3K, Hitchhiker's Guide, Silmarillion
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(Another) Cold One Ahead Of Us by
Fandom: MST3K
Pairing/Characters: Crow, Tom, GPC, Cambot, Mike, Dr. Forrester (offscreen); some Crow/Tom if you squint
Rating: General
Words: 3166
Author's summary: Change can be unpleasant, even when you're already in less than ideal circumstances. Or: Crow has trouble adjusting to winter aboard the Satellite of Love. (Set in mid-season 6. Like 1994-ish)
Author's notes: This is my initiation into the MST3K fanfic world, and I gotta say -- I'm both mildly surprised and disappointed by the lack of Crow/Tom-centric fics. So here's a short & sweet one. (Also, I very much just got into the show like a week ago, so apologies if there are any glaring inconsistencies with canon. In my defense, your honor, I was really just relaxing.) Stay cool, and enjoy!
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Meta Humor, it's romantic if you squint, Time Skips, Existentialism, look what you've done. you ruined a perfectly good robot. it has seasonal affective disorder now., creative license re: just about everything, Lighthearted angst, Like very lighthearted. It's a bittersweet comedy
My comment: "Loved the bit at the end of the email - I could picture Frank standing there chirpily saying, "Who are you writing to, Clay? Is it Mike and the bots? Say hi for me!" like he's a grandmother looking over her grandson's shoulder."
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You see, Mike, we've noticed that you've been taking your "unique situation" in stride lately. Which is to say, you've actually adjusted quite well to being marooned on a satellite going absolutely nowhere. You're a real team player! Congrats.
Well, that just won't do. We don't really want you getting used to anything. So for the first time ever, we've decided to re-implement a previous addition to the Satellite-- new, improved and now freshly tailored to your own miserable psyche-- introducing, completely new to you, Mike Nelson-- the Climate Simulator!
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FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of your Lazgarian Visa Application by
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy & FAQ: The "Snake Fight" Portion of Your Thesis Defense - Luke Burns
Characters: Arthur, Ford
Rating: General
Words: 1063
Author's summary: If you want to buy the cheapest Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters in the galaxy, you'll have to fight a snake first.
Author's notes: For hidden_variable. Happy Yuletide!
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Quote:
Q: Do I have to defeat a snake every time I want to travel to Lazgar Beta?
A: No. After you defeat it the first time, you get a certificate proving that you're a hoopy snake fighter. As long as you have the certificate, you only need to fill out the visa form to obtain a visa.
Q: Why do I have to defeat the snake to begin with? Are there a lot of snakes on the planet?
A: That's two questions.
Q: How big is the snake?
A: That depends on your answers in your visa form.
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A Totally Factual and Not Made Up account of Zaphod Beeblebrox’s First Presidential Campaign by
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide
Characters: Zaphod, Ford
Rating: Teen
Words: 3846
Author's summary: Inspired by his encounter with Yooden Vranx, a young Zaphod decides to run for Student President at school on Betelgeuse Five, aided by his campaign manager and semi-cousin, Ix. Written for the 2025 H2G2 Gift Exchange.
Author's notes: Hiii, this is an extremely silly fic I wrote for
nightshadowhawk on Tumblr for the 2025 h2g2 Holiday Gift Exchange!! I had a lot of fun writing it so I hope you enjoy!!Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: the stupid cousins being stupid, a bit of underage drinking, though who knows what the drinking age is on betelgeuse v, Minor Violence
My comment: "Pfffft loved it.
"Beebrological" and "Magnanold's" -- nice word coinings.
"her braids neat and battle-ready" -- there's an image!
Zaphod should just use "Ka-blammo" all by itself as a tagline on his campaign posters. Short and to the point! 😆"
Quote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox’s exhilaratingly baffling career as a controversial celebrity, inventor of mixological creations illegal in many constellations, unlikely Galactic President, good-time proponent, and subsequent criminal and fugitive have rendered his life and thought the subject of endless fascination amongst the sort of parasitic low-lifes who make a living out of writing biographies. The industry of such works is highly lucrative as they are consistently instant bestsellers, both for the simple fact that Zaphod reached an utterly inimitable level of hyperstardom, and because no two Beeblebrox biographies resemble each other in any form. Each self-proclaimed retelling of Zaphod’s life completely and totally contradicts every other.
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Time Warp for the Soul by
Fandom: Hitchhiker's Guide
Characters: Zaphod, Eddie the computer
Rating: General
Words: 3536
Author's summary: An unaccompanied Zaphod Beeblebrox wakes from an alcohol-induced slumber sometime in Life, the Universe and Everything, and performs a time warp maneuver with his change of heart/debilitating loneliness to prove that he could, but not that he should.
Author's notes: I had already thought something of Zaphod being left to his devices in Life, the Universe, and Everything, but didn't really know where I wanted to go with it until I recently watched Star Trek IV. I love the idea of the slingshot effect/maneuver and how it was executed.
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Star Trek References, Warp Core (Star Trek), Technobabble, Infinite Improbability Drive (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Quote:
“Right,” Zaphod started to nobody in particular other than himself, “This cosmic funk is officially over. The universe might be pointless, but that’s no excuse to be boring! And it’s definitely no excuse to let a truly hip chick like Trill wander around the wrong side of existence without her main squeeze.” He triumphantly pointed two commanding fingers at the viewscreen.
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Zirakzigil by
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Characters: Durin the Deathless, Zirakzigil
Rating: General
Words: 863
Author's summary: In the songs, the many many songs that the Longbeards made in their long history, Durin walks proud and joyful across the young and empty lands, coming at last to Mirrormere and seeing the stars appear, a crown above a mirrored face.
That was how Durin told the tale later. For who would wish to hear of the King bewildered, lonely and shivering?
Author's notes: I tried to write this without giving either Durin or Zirakzigil a gender. (a kind of writing I find difficult, particularly when aiming for a not entirely unTolkienien feel).
Author's warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional tags: Moria | Khazad-dûm (Tolkien), the beginnings of Dwarves, Mahal and the Mountains
Quote:
Durin searched for food, drank from clear pools. Remembered, again and again, the moment when Mahal snatched up a hammer to end their lives. The moment when Durin first had his own thoughts that were not Mahal’s, and they were full of fear.
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