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Apologies, apologies, apologies! We've totally flaked on this for the past couple of months. I won't speak for

willbedone as far as inviting punishment, but you can make indignant noises in my direction for it if you like. *shameface*

Anyway, this is the monthly brainstorming post, and I hope this means you guys have a ton of stuff to throw into the mix today, so have at it, in the appropriate OCD thread! And they are up, so go go go!

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It's quite a step up from being Ensign Brainstorming, j.g.

Either way, this is where the broad ideas and suggestions go.

For help refining/developing that one idea you have in mind, etc.

Got a random bit of canon quirkiness that you don't know what to do with, but someone else might be able to use? Some idea that isn't plotworthy on its own but might make a good component? Toss it in here.

That doesn't fit the above.

It's necessary, okay?

I have long been advocating a natural disaster BDE. Something we can't fight, that we just have to endure and recover/rebuild from.

Fun fact: Maryland Renter's Insurance does not cover volcano damage. Who knew?

I have two of these!!

I would like to do some kind of plot with the religiously tied folks in game. Joan, Loki and Biff are the ones who immediately spring to mind, though Maron and Annja would likely fit in here with the whole Joan of Arc tie-ins they have. My preference is to keep it with Christianity, but since I really don't have anything more than a vague "biblical type plot" in mind, I'm open to other ideas.

My other one (and I'm too lazy to switch logins at work with no ljlogin), is some kind of caper plot for the con artists in town. Specifically Rusty, Sophie and Parker, but I'm sure there are others who fit this category.

I'd like to have them steal some kind of artifact from the Smithsonian. Not sure what. My brain says the Hope Diamond, but that would be awfully hard to fence. And

mouthy_merc suggested they could make it *look* like they were going after the Hope Diamond as a distraction while they steal their real target, which I loved.

So, yeah, any other con artists out there who would be interested? :D

As always, I throw Joan in here. For those of you who are new or who may have forgotten, Joan gets random assignments from God on a fairly frequent basis. They generally seem to have no rhyme or reason but always end up with some kind of positive outcome. [See: Jan's (http://joan-notjane.livejournal.com/5498.html) Exit (http://firebringerborn.livejournal.com/6671.html) Plot (http://firebringerborn.livejournal.com/7203.html)]

So, if you need something to happen and aren't sure how to make it happen, Joan could probably help.

Edited 2009-05-13 14:04 (UTC)

We do, now. :)

I second the disaster BDE... which has nothing to do with me spending the last couple of weeks watching disasterporn.

My three offerings for plot parts are as follows:

If you need someone finding out a secret from a characters/items/whatever's past, I offer Liir to accidentally discover it. I also don't mind having him get in trouble for that; all what you'd need him to do. He's also good for catering as well as aerial surveillance. Ooh! Or Random Magical Accidents. He's good at those too.

If you need someone frozen in time or space, or some forensic work done, Abigail Irene is there to help you out. Need to keep someone who's sick or injured from getting worse, she's your woman. I could also say 'solving murders' but I seriously doubt that'll happen around here too much.

Need a connection severed, something cut, or care to have your character make a deal with the Devil and Fiona is your girl. She herself can see the threads that bind things together (anything from an emotional tie to an addiction) and is able to cut them easily enough; it'll take some convincing, though, since her own experience was unpleasant. Yours wouldn't be--totally different circumstances. She can cut anything. Also, her father is Lucifer so if you wanted to do a plot and have him show up for some reason, she could give him a call. No really.

I kind of want Brennan and Abigail Irene to team up to solve one of those murders that would never happen here.

*whistles* Comment? What comment?

Maybe a body could wash up on the beach?

Fiona's good for translation work as well as ridiculously obscure knowledge that is entirely fact-based: ie, if you need to know about a rare blood disease or a creature that's been extinct for 3000 years and only lived in the Milwaukee region, *points at her*

Just no fiction, lit references, myth, religion, etc.

Edited 2009-05-13 14:40 (UTC)

Something like that, sure. I do think Brennan would be happier with a skeleton or two to poke at. (She'd make Abigail Irene deal with the flesh-covered parts. My character's very specialized field, let me show you it.)

There's such a thing as disasterporn? O.o

To me there is?

Cheesy disaster movies or docudramas done like "Supervolcano" and "Super Comet After The Impact"

"Life After People" is on that list too. :D

Cole's player introduced me to that term.

Edited 2009-05-13 15:26 (UTC)

Shilo's baldness. HELP ME. It's well-established in canon and I cannot for the life of me figure out a way of it being brought up here short of someone going "OH HAI IMMA TUG ON SHILO'S HAIR OH GOD IT CAME OFF."

The only idea is that she takes her hair off during a game of Hats in drama class or for some reason in Superhero Fashion. IDK.

OH. I thought it was something like "A huge comet is hurtling towards Earth! HOLD ME!"

"OK!"

bowchickabowbow

...

Uhm... I have been encouraged to write fic like that...

*hides*

Just going off the top of my head here, but would she take it off to sleep or shower? Could it get knocked askew by one of her cabinmates' pets?

We got Penelope to take her scarf off by having her roommate get annoyed and just tug at the thing, but hair is much less obvious.

She's been keeping it on when she sleeps and hasn't taken it off until she's safely hidden in the shower. I could see it falling off in the night though, so I might go with that. Thanks. :)

Wrong account, but Gabrielle is a certified klutz who could probably manage to knock it off at some point. ;)

LOL. Thanks for the offer. I might take it up in drama class.

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