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AnonusAnonus
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One of my things is set in Massachusetts, in a town by the ocean.

Tell me, what are the sounds, sights, and smells of the beach like?

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  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    you step on the sand and then you go "ow" because the sand is too hot
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    I've been on a beach made of volcanic sand once. Since the sand is black, and it was the middle of summer, it was kinda hot!
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    did the water impart any feeling?

    one of my characters decides to tell my leads that the oceans and the cliffs are boring
  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    My beaches are a bit more southern than what you're looking for, but

    There's the sea scent. Which is a mix of salt and something else that's unidentifiable but really, really pungent.

    There are seabirds, rats of the sky. There are tourists, and you loathe the tourists because they are almost uniformly trash. There are people in skimpy bathingsuits, occasionally tourists, and if they look good (and they usually do), you sneak peeks when you think they aren't looking. There's seaweed, and you pray you don't step in it because it feels super gross. 

    And if you want the sound of the sea, you should listen to my album KHz Cetacea #shamelessplug
  • BeeBee
    edited 2016-01-09 04:28:27
    Massachusetts?  The beaches are all freezing fucking cold.  You go there for scenery or fishing, not playing Baywatch.
  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    edited 2016-01-09 04:31:12
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    The sand is rarely that hot. You go at times where its cooler, because you're sane people. 

    And you wear sandals or pool shoes, because you're sane people. And you run into the sea like a madperson when you have to ditch the shoes because, again, you're sane people

    Let's all give a cheer for sane people
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Bee said:

    Massachusetts?  The beaches are all freezing fucking cold.  You go there for scenery or fishing, not playing Baywatch.

    No Baywatch here!

    Also, what's so trashy about the tourists? Do they act like they own the place or something?
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    That's every tourist everywhere.

    We get that where I live and the only tourists we get are German hikers and people going to Blue Mountain, a mediocre ski resort.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    what makes it mediocre? what are the hallmarks of great ski resorts?

    Despite my residence, I have never gone skiing
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    idk but I know a lot of people who like skiing and none of them like Blue Mountain.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    ngl "Blue Mountain" sounds like a brand of cheap, low-quality beer
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Anonus said:

    One of my things is set in Massachusetts, in a town by the ocean.


    Tell me, what are the sounds, sights, and smells of the beach like?
    One thing that hasn't been mentioned yet: non-chain seafood restaurants in what look like decades-old shacks.  Probably with outdoor seating.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    maybe it was Paramount Pictures's short-lived foray into beer
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Also, Cape Cod has a lot of beach grass.

    Also, an alternative to a beach that's also by the ocean, is a rocky coastline.

    Both sandy and rocky shores are likely to have lighthouses, too.  Lighthouses were rather important in the era in which these places were first settled.  The lighthouses on rocky shores are just more prominently situated because they tend to be atop the cliffs that overlook the ocean.

    Example of a shoreline in Massachusetts (please excuse the fact that this is a campaign ad):

    The big house is not necessarily typical...but that all depends on what kind of plot events you want to have going on there.  You can move architecture around as you please.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I've seen pictures with lighthouses.

    There probably won't be a big house here.
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    The beach itself isn't a setting in this story but it is in others with the same characters, however minimally.

    (And given that these are treatments for a cartoon show, I often worry that the beach/seaside setting is too similar to Steven Universe)
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Never been to a Massachusetts beach, but I've been to a Maine beach. It was in 1994.

    You know, that year.
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    Anonus said:

    One of my things is set in Massachusetts, in a town by the ocean.


    Tell me, what are the sounds, sights, and smells of the beach like?
    The ocean's warm, unlike the west coast. If the town isn't just a resort spot, it'll smell like gutted fish and crab.

    Occasionally a nor'easter comes by and reminds you that you live in a rocky hellworld
    Bee said:

    Massachusetts?  The beaches are all freezing fucking cold.  You go there for scenery or fishing, not playing Baywatch.

    This is weird to me because I liked playing at MA beaches, whereas out here it's just the Alaska Express
  • BeeBee
    I'm not arguing that north Pacific beaches are even worse.  But not even the Atlantic stays warm very well that far north.
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