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rainbowlounge2012-05-17 10:00 pm
shipwreck_light) wrote in rainbowlounge2012-05-17 10:00 pm
This could get ugly and I'm strangely OK with that.
Dearest RBF, please excuse my shortage of comments in the recent days. Got stuff goin' on at work. It's been stressful.
I don't know about you, but stress gives me The Plotbunies like nobody's business. I've been pestering some of you about them. And that makes you extra awesome (because everyone here is awesome, not even verging on hyperbole).
I actually have one right now that would only work here.
I could make it a novel. I'm sure I could. But, I don't want to. I think it would end up missing a lot if it got cut down to one plot and a few main characters.
The thing is, the setup: I have to fill in the entire cast before I start. I can't be bringing people in part way through. I could theoretically take people out, but in's a no-go past a certain point.
My friends, do I have any requests? Characters? Sorts of relationships you want to see? Issues to deal with? I'm entertaining anything and everything at this point in development.
Now, I make no garuntee that I can honor every inquiry or that I can make the story *do* anything, but I wanted to ask, since if anybody's going to be reading this, it's you.
A few things to keep in mind
-Setting is fairly far future sci-fi
-Cast includes a disproportionate amount of geeky types
--And I'm aiming to have more than 50% women
-There is a subset of characters who don't speak the same language as the others; about six people out of fifty.
-The cast maxes out at fifty people in an isolated but relatively well appointed situation. Not sure if I'm counting AIs or not. In fact, that issue may be dealt with as a plotpoint.
I don't know about you, but stress gives me The Plotbunies like nobody's business. I've been pestering some of you about them. And that makes you extra awesome (because everyone here is awesome, not even verging on hyperbole).
I actually have one right now that would only work here.
I could make it a novel. I'm sure I could. But, I don't want to. I think it would end up missing a lot if it got cut down to one plot and a few main characters.
The thing is, the setup: I have to fill in the entire cast before I start. I can't be bringing people in part way through. I could theoretically take people out, but in's a no-go past a certain point.
My friends, do I have any requests? Characters? Sorts of relationships you want to see? Issues to deal with? I'm entertaining anything and everything at this point in development.
Now, I make no garuntee that I can honor every inquiry or that I can make the story *do* anything, but I wanted to ask, since if anybody's going to be reading this, it's you.
A few things to keep in mind
-Setting is fairly far future sci-fi
-Cast includes a disproportionate amount of geeky types
--And I'm aiming to have more than 50% women
-There is a subset of characters who don't speak the same language as the others; about six people out of fifty.
-The cast maxes out at fifty people in an isolated but relatively well appointed situation. Not sure if I'm counting AIs or not. In fact, that issue may be dealt with as a plotpoint.
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I think I've got the gender-bending already taken care of because I love to write that. I really, really do. So far in this outline, one of the AIs was programmed to present as female, but prefers a more masculine visual representation. He bonded with his handler over the fact she crossdresses on a regular basis.
Haven't written about any asexual characters before. Which has nothing to do with me not liking asexual people and everything to do with the fact I grew up trading a Swedish woman my porn for her comics. Not joking, incidentally. But! I would like to branch out and try that methinks.
Also, I *heart* your icon.
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And you know, I don't usually switch icons [for reasons outside of gamenights on RBF], but might just have to reconsider. Oh, yes.