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The blue feather is used to propose, and becomes a collectible item in the inventory of both partners after marriage.
Courtship
Courtship
Oh, so your character has gone moony-eyed over a certain someone? Well, there are a couple of things you should know before you jump into the fray.
Courtship Rules
Courtship Rules
Please do not submit anything past our PG-13 rules! These rules can be viewed at the Rules journal. We understand that love might involve some certain alone time, so if you have art that may be too risky to submit to the group, consider instead sharing it in our HL Eclipse server, which allows for more mature submissions (however, please note that you must be 18+ to join).
Courtship, in this group, depends on Heart Events.
Heart Events are submissions that express the love or friendship of two or more characters. To have a legitimate Heart Event please submit either a single submission that is a collaborative effort (ex. One person does lines and one person does colors/both people write on a piece that totals 1000 words), or two separate submissions** (Ex. Two separate colored images, two separate written works, or one colored image from and one written work.)
**One piece from each member for separate submissions
All sides must agree to a courtship. Please try not to force the relationship!
Of course you are also allowed to ship your own characters! Please note that the minimum visual/written requirements remain the same as for collaborative works (1000 words/ flat colors and simple scene).
Guidelines to follow are:
Artwork should be at least flat colors in a simple scene.
Separate written submissions should each have a minimum of 500 words; collaborative writing should be at least 1000 words.
RP logs require 500 words per character involved in the union. (1000 words for 2, 1500 words for 3 etc.)
Three Heart Events need to be completed
All three can be completed in the same submission (or seperate submissions) as long as the word count is met again. Example: Two people each writing 1500 words. Two people writing 3000 words together. Two people drawing a Comic with 3 panels meeting minimum requirements. An RP log for 2 lovebirds of 3000 words.
A third heart event can be skipped if a blue feather is aquired by other means, such as the result of a Harvest Goddess wish.
Marriage and Life Partnership
Marriage and Life Partnership
Ah, true love!
It's in the air, and some couples are intoxicated by it! If your characters are ready for the next step in their relationship, it might just be time to read a few traditions that are followed on Raccolto!
Ground Rules
Ground Rules
Three Heart Events need to be completed (unless the third is skipped if a blue feather is already in a character's inventory).
All genders and sexualities are allowed to marry or be life partners legally on Raccolto. Poly-marriages are also allowed.
PCs cannot marry/be life partners with NPCs.
At least one character needs a Family Home.
One member of the couple will have to note the group with proof of the Heart Events before they can be given a Blue Feather for the proposal. If the Blue Feather is aquired by other means, a note with the proposal is still necessary. The other member will note the group with the wedding information, or a simple confirmation about the character's civial status. Details for both of these are found in the sections below.
You can submit everything at once, the three heart events as well as the marriage collab/RP etc. for a sort of "overnight" marriage.
Marriage, Common-law Marriage or Life Partnership without a change in civil status are all allowed, though still need to go through the same steps.
Proposal
Proposal
So you have met all the requirements for the characters to be together?
Let's see, love? Check! Let's go propose!
Please send a note to the group with the following when your characters are ready for marriage or a life partnership:
Link all three heart events. This includes a skipped third event if a Blue Feather is already present.
Say who the couple is!
Mention whether you'd like the Blue Feather to be randomly given to one member of the couple (good if you like the surprise!), or if it should go to a specific member (good if you have planned the proposal beforehand and know who is proposing!)
The couple may now prepare to be moved into their shared home with the whole of the islands celebrating their union!
Marriage Ceremony
Marriage Ceremony
Once a proposal has been made, it is time to get to the marriage itself!
To confirm a marriage please note the group with the following:
This note should be sent by the opposite member of the couple. (Ex. Person A sent the proposal note, now Person B sends this marriage note.)
The characters who would like to be wed.
Who is moving into whose home (Family size or higher only).
Whether you'd like to Group RP the wedding, to Chat Event the wedding in the public chats, or whether you'd like to do the wedding like a Heart Event. (If it is a Chat Event wedding, please tell us the day and time so that an announcement can be made!)
To become married, one of three things must be done:
You may do a collaboration.
This can include a group piece where other members draw their characters attending the wedding, which are then placed onto a background the members holding the wedding create with their own characters on it.
An open RP or Collab with other members or a single submission by themselves is needed for single members whose characters get or have been engaged.
You may perform a public Chat Event RP of the wedding (You may request to see if a mod has time to play the priest if you like).
You may do a private Group RP and submit the RP log.
Once married, the couple's house status will have the title 'Shared' before it, as they now share the property together. **Houses will still upgrade separately for each member in a marriage for perk and pet slot purposes.
One benefit of marriage is the allowance of collaboration on Work-related pieces. However, only one member of the couple will get the work produce.
(ex. Spouse A owns a farm, Spouse B owns a ranch. Spouse A makes a sketch of their strawberries, Spouse B colors the sketch. Spouse A would submit the piece because they own the farm, and Spouse A would get the strawberries.)
With that, the marriage is complete!
Out of Group and Unconventional Marriage
Out of Group and Unconventional Marriage
Is your character already married before they enter the group? Does your character live together with someone who they'd call their partner but marriage isn't the right thing? Well you are in luck! This is your section.
Already married characters
Already married characters need to follow the same rules as to-be married characters. They cannot be married to NPCs and if you want to feature the spouse in some way, they need to be or become a player character.
Whether you enter the character together with another member who owns the spouse or own the married characters yourself, we require:
Three Heart Events between the married characters
One of the involved characters owning a Family Home
A Proposal note after the three heart events have been completed (more information in the Proposal section above)
A 'Marriage Ceremony'
The 'Marriage Ceremony' can be anything you desire! Vow Reneweals or an Anniversary Party, something else? That is up to you! The Ceremony needs to be either an open or closed RP or Collab if multiple members are involved. An open RP or Collab with other members or a single submission by themselves is needed for single members whose characters get or have been engaged.
Heart Events can only happen between player characters. You cannot have Heart Events between your character and a character that has not been accepted into the group yet. Already married characters need to be posted as seperate player characters and cannot be submitted at once/in the same app.
Non marriage life partners
They follow all the steps of your typical marriage, as described in the above sections but please note that while a marriage ceremony proper is not required for characters to be officially together, even life partners should get a little celebration on their new stage of life! As such a collab or group/private RP is still necessary, but there do not need to be any priests and otherwise involved.
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