Hey Poptropicans, this is a guest post by Invisible Ring. Enjoy!
Once upon a time, a pauper Poptropican had the honor of writing special parchments for the Kingdom of Poptropica. Among them were two parchments: one comparing Fairytale and Arabian Nights Island, and one comparing Goofball and Jade Scarab Island.
These were the Dream Islands, designed by players in Poptropica’s Create Your Dream Island Contests, and I was that parchment maker. Now, I have returned to share with you two NEW Dream Island parchments, starting with this one: Fairytale vs Goofball.
Comparisons
Fairytale and Goofball were the first two Dream Island winners of the 2020 Dream Island Contest.
Both of these newer islands have astounding, artistic, and colorful new scenery, and both islands also have inhabitants that looked and behaved differently than the inhabitants of any classic island.
Furthermore, they both have teeny-tiny little blimps like the one that was on Shrink Ray Island!
Contrasts
However, when you look below the surface, you’ll find that the quests of the islands are shockingly different from each other.
Fairytale Island is made up of mini-quests, and each mini-quest in question is a fractured fairytale; perhaps the most fractured kind of fairytale anyone’s ever SEEN! …That means it’s quite possibly the shortest, easiest, and silliest island of all Poptropica. How did THAT happen?
Perhaps Dr. Blandston —or should I say Dr. Gramston — got to Fairytale Island just as they did Goofball Island.
In my opinion, Goofball Island lives up to Poptropica’s ancient traditions of action, adventure, and mystery.
It is not three mini-quests, but one BIG quest, and an original, more challenging one at that. Not just a challenge to play, but a challenge to fully understand, for only when you find the secret subway journal like a true detective do you realize where the Dr. Blandstons came from in the first place!
This brings me to the greatest Fairytale-Goofball difference of all: the villains.
Rumpelstiltskin is the villain messing up Fairytale Island, but he gets away and you never catch him.
Dr. Gramston is the original villain of Goofball Island, but during the quest, the horrors are carried out by the Blandstons. You see, long ago, Dr. Gramston found a way to transform others into Dr. Blandstons, and it’s spread like a disease since. But the Blandston curse is temporary. So once the Blandstons returned to normal, some of them teamed up and found a way to break the curse once and for all, and fully restore balance (or dullness, or goofiness) to Goofball Island!
…Isn’t that a happier ending than Fairytale?
…I guess Fairytale has kind of a happy ending, too (Rumpel bonus quest aside). But however you slice it, that island’s story never comes full circle like Goofball Island’s does…
That’s why I’m gonna get to the bottom of it in the second part of my legendary pirate movie coming up.
Conclusion
To wrap it all up, my favorite of these two Dream Islands is Goofball Island. What about you? Feel free to share in the comments below!
P.S. I won’t judge if you like Fairytale Island better. I still kinda like that island, too!
Hope you enjoyed this guest post by Invisible Ring. If you did, you might also enjoy watching her full-length Poptropica fan movie, Battle Morale!
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