Create a menu to customize your character's look in-game.

What if?

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## Justifying The Unusual Thing

The purpose of justifying the unusual thing is to support the reality of the scene, to make the absurd believable. Our goal is to provide some logic, philosophy, rationale that justifies the absurd behavior, explains why the character is making absurd choices.

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You justify the absurdity by answering: “If this unusual thing is true, then why is it true?” (or “What belief would cause the character to act this way?”),  and trying to find answers that make sense. These logical answers, juxtaposed with the absurd behavior, will make the scene even funnier.

A good justification is like telling a good lie, the more logical and believable it is, the better.

Good justifications are often based on the beliefs the character has, their philosophy, a relatable point of view. They aren’t based in their past (because justifications based on the character’s history have already happened, and are difficult to repeatedly use in the scene), and they don’t explain away the absurdity and make it seem normal. Justification can be silly as long as it feels right to your character.

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Player 1 will play the “Voice of Reason” character, and Player 2 will play the Comic character.

- Player 1 accuses Player 2 of something.
- Player 2 “Yes And”s the accusation by admitting that they did it on purpose, and then provides an explanation for why they did it, justifies it in a way that makes sense from their character’s perspective.
- Player 1 pushes back against this justification, challenges it in some way.
- Player 2 justifies that again.

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- Player 1 states a weird belief or stance on something.

> "Monkeys should replace all 5th Grade Teachers!", "Everyone should have a prom every year of their life!", “​​Sharks are really puppies stacked together in a rubber suit”.

- Player 2 acts as a “premise lawyer”, and explains why that's a true and totally obvious and reasonable stance to hold.

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