Brainstorming Post! [7/16/08]

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

Hello, all, and happy Wednesday! To maybe help you get through the middle of the week, here be the first of the brainstorming posts. Per the poll results from yesterday we'll be posting these every two weeks, although depending on the traffic the posts may get scaled back to monthly.

Format-wise we're still in beta-testing mode, so pardon our dust and the OCD threads here may not end up being the standard.

Anyway! Got a rudimentary idea for a plot? An idea that isn't quite a plot and you can't quite figure out how to make it one? A plot idea you'd love to see, but doesn't fit any of your characters? Something you want to throw out there for people to play with? Thoughts on possible cracky weekend events? A story arc you want to adapt for your character, but you need people to fill in some roles? Here's where all of that goes.

PLEASE NOTE that this is brainstorming only, and any plots formulated here are still subject to admin approval.

All that said, jump on in and brainstorm away (but not in the Valdemaran sense, we hope)!

[[Bit o'OCD coming up!]]

Comments

More specific stuff!

[time-flyer-5.livejournal.com]

For plot ideas that need more development, specific roles to be filled, thoughts on fine-tuning, and the like.

Re: More specific stuff!

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

This is something I kinda wanna do with Ella, but I get overwhelmed by the detail-y stuff so I am posting this in hopes someone else is better at that than I am.

In her canon, there's a plant that makes people tell the truth ... for about five minutes, until the scent fades. She could easily get it shipped from home, either intentionally on the part of the sender or not.

I'm just trying to think of an appropriately dramatic time to do it, so i don't waste it. Does anyone else have a plot something like that would be useful for?

Re: More specific stuff!

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

If there's no offers for this yet, I've been thinking of compiling a master list of . . . plot spare parts, if you will, for easy reference in case people need that one component.

Re: More specific stuff!

[(Anonymous)]

*g* Yeah, this is one for the plot body shop to keep on hand.

Two other things: The plant doesn't affect you if you don't inhale deeply (Ella can use it without having to spill her guts) and the truth-teller doesn't remember exactly what she said. So if someone needs to make a character spill a secret, it'd be pretty useful. Just let me know.

Re: More specific stuff!

[not-ironmaiden.livejournal.com]

I do have a plot in mind right now for one of my kids' exit plots. Still waiting on more canon to work with it, but it would reeeeaaally be cool to have a lot of people involved in it.

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JUST CALL ME BRIAN MICHEAL BENDIS.

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