January Brainstorming Post!

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

And now, your monthly dose of storming brains.

Today's forecast calls for an incoming plottiness front and an 80% chance of brains from the SKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

You know, that's kind of a . . . I can't decide if the mental image frightens or amuses me. Probably both.

OCD is up! Storm away!

Comments

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

I was reading through an old character journal the other day and found a plot I ran in another game and was wondering if it would work in FH.

While I wouldn't say the specific item from the plot would need to be used, it would be a hot potato plot with three groups and no external antagonists, which might be interesting.

The item in the original plot was something called the Speaking Gun from the Nightside books by Simon R. Green. The details of how it ran are here (http://community.livejournal.com/ways_back_room/2129895.html).

*hides*

I mean, not that exactly, but something like it. I dunno.

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Oooo. That's an interesting plot concept in general, Speaking Gun or no. This could definitely use some thinking upon.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

The original book plot (not the one I ran, since Milliways doesn't do the inbar actual danger thing much) also involved agents of Heaven and Hell looking for the thing so... could have madness in all directions! ^_^

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Ooooo, yes!

And now I want to read the book, too. 'Cause, you know, I don't have enough books that I need to read, yet.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

The books are a giant panfandom meta geekery paradise. I heart them.

...though the author has a tendency to interconnect his book series sometimes in a way that makes me twitchy. ^_^

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Damn authors, why can't they ever be perfect? ;D

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

*g*

Cause they're not RPers! ...sometimes. *looks sideways at a couple of authors*

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Ah, yes. *looks sideways as well* That's clearly the issue.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Look, a kitty!

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Kiiiiiiiiitty!

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

You don't need logic if you have kitty (http://xkcd.com/231/). *nods*

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Kiiiiiiitty . . . I'm sorry, were you saying something?

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Nope.

Re: General Brainstorming

[lovemykilt]

Ah, okay then.

Kitty.

Re: General Brainstorming

[withoutverona]

Yeah, I don't have a lot to add but I liiiiiiiiike that.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

*g*

Re: General Brainstorming

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

I like it! Creeeeepy. Could be a lot of fun.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Is it sad that half the appeal would be the moral ambiguity of it all? ^_^

Re: General Brainstorming

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

*snicker* No, just inevitable, really.

Re: General Brainstorming

[wantstodirect]

Ooh! Interesting! Though do we have enough morally ambiguous characters on the island to make it work?

Re: General Brainstorming

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

I think we do. And I think it would be cool to give them something more to do :D

Re: General Brainstorming

[thismaskiwear.livejournal.com]

Katchoo isn't morally ambiguous per se, but given the right circumstances she could be convinced/ feel pressured into complying with a role as needed. Just give her reason to think it's in her best interest to do so: keeping Francine from finding out where she really ended up after running away from Houston or that she has an FBI file or whatnot. Believing that if she does it Francine will be safe from Darcy Parker -- that'd pretty much guarantee compliance.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

I think we have enough people who think they should have it.

There's GOOD!characters who'd think they couldn't trust it with anyone else.

There's CONFLICTED!characters who'd think "I could use it as a threat to make THIS happen..."

There's DESPERATE!characters who'd think "I'd just use it once to unmake THIS and then everything would go back to how it was."

There's ANGRY!characters who'd have the item work on making them irrational.

There's PROTECTIVE!characters who'd see their friends being hurt and think 'just him to save this person'.

An item of power has the capacity to mess with people, even if they're not necessarily morally ambiguous, so I suppose I phrased that wrong.

Re: General Brainstorming

[wantstodirect]

*nod* I see what you mean. It's like the One Ring only there's no Mount Doom to send it to.

Re: General Brainstorming

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Nodnod! That's actually a comparison I made at one point ^_^;;;;