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Super Best Friends Thread 5: There's a Skeleton Inside Each of Us
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Save states or git gud
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Save States are the cowards way out, and this is the internet, if something is difficult or possibly poorly balanced then the game is bullshit and the developers fucked up. Obviously.
Are you saying you're not a coward? Better than me then.
Maybe I will due the entire Insect wings for the female lead. It feels more alien, plus I actually don't know how to make interesting fight scenes with gravity. (No, that's not the problem I can think of plenty of interesting scenes,) But would those scenes be interesting to read?
I could easily give the ability to another character.
Like I said I have 16 days to decide what I'm going to do and change.
I could easily give the ability to another character.
Like I said I have 16 days to decide what I'm going to do and change.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
I hate using save states, because like, I'm not even actually beating the game if I use them. It's the same as using the super guide in Mario.
What is this about? I've been gone for a day.
I got an idea, these creature from another world came to the planet and had children with human's. These creatures, lets call them. Alters. The children these creatures create are called half-breeds, 70 years after this event the story takes place.
The story starts off with two half-breeds who parents were rich and leaves them in the mansion in the city. They managed to keep their abilities hidden to not cause trouble for themselves. How on the start of the new school year a half-breed girl joins his class. Due to certain circumstances he ends up reveling his ability to her and the two decide to try to track down the strange events that have been happening in the city recently that have been causing a wave of bad luck to go through the city.
The story can get dark and graphic, but that more due to the abilities rather then the ideas presented in it.
Alters are easier to tell, it usually comes down to eye color. Normal Human's don't have red or purple eye colors. Not that it matters too much in the context of this plot, since the sibling parents are away at the time. And the parents are rather good at keeping it a secret,
Just and outline, figuring out characters abilities and events that are written and what not.
The story starts off with two half-breeds who parents were rich and leaves them in the mansion in the city. They managed to keep their abilities hidden to not cause trouble for themselves. How on the start of the new school year a half-breed girl joins his class. Due to certain circumstances he ends up reveling his ability to her and the two decide to try to track down the strange events that have been happening in the city recently that have been causing a wave of bad luck to go through the city.
The story can get dark and graphic, but that more due to the abilities rather then the ideas presented in it.
Alters are easier to tell, it usually comes down to eye color. Normal Human's don't have red or purple eye colors. Not that it matters too much in the context of this plot, since the sibling parents are away at the time. And the parents are rather good at keeping it a secret,
Just and outline, figuring out characters abilities and events that are written and what not.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
So, these creatures have been around for 70 years breeding, how many came, how many have had children and how known is their existence?
Also, the "Alter" thing is confusing to me and only a few other people in the world, because that's what the Stand users from s-CRY-ed are called.
Nobody jokes about cat sweaters. I'd buy that.
DoktorEvil
Banned
So I'm getting this sweatshirt because its so good.
You think I'm joking but I'm not.
And how much is that sweatshirt going to cost?
So it's basically Wolf Children.
TheCthultist
Member
So I'm getting this sweatshirt because its so good.
You think I'm joking but I'm not.
-required joke about being covered in pussy-
I might change the name of Alter's, but they are pretty much Aliens.
There existence is well known, though I might just cut out the middle man and just have people develop powers without the alien portion.
Banana Aeon
Member
This opening chapter is coming surprisingly smoothly. I'll probably finish it up tomorrow, and get it posted here.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Like I said, s-CRY-ed isn't exactly the most popular thing in the world, so it's probably fine.
And if it's well known, why would them having powers cause trouble? Wouldn't it just be expected if their family is rich and known to be aliens?
Less trouble and more of annoyance, the girl who transfers there doesn't hide the fact she's a half-breed at all. While the main character and sister does simply because it's simpler to live life that way.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
But, why? If powers are commonplace, then I don't see how it would be any different to live with or without powers.
If you're gonna keep the Alters concept, you'll have to nail down the general population's feelings towards their special powers. You'll also have to define the amount of "power" these special powers have (do they affect a single person? Can they affect a city? An entire country?). Depending on the scale of power, Alters would probably just be hunted down, because humans can't let that kind of power go unchecked.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
That's almost exactly the plot of s-CRY-ed.
Mostly due to the area they live in not having a lot of Alters and Half-breeds around. Add to the fact that there is always a certain way that someone may look at you differently if they saw what they could do.
After all, the brother and sister are already rich. That in itself gather's a decent amount of attention.
$59.00 USD. Worth it.
Well it is a popular trope.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
It was just funny because Alters is the exact same name.
TheCthultist
Member
Also keep in mind "hunted down" doesn't necessarily mean killed. I'd imagine any government would want to get their hands on individuals who have latent "powers" that might prove influencial in the world. Might have something to do with where the main characters' parents are too but I may be overstepping things there.
That's a good point, but the story's scale is actually really small. (Solving a few mysteries and weird events that happen in town) But at this point it's probably easier not to have aliens whatsoever and just say people got random ass powers.
I want them to just do shenanigans with their powers in their ball room. Fucking with vases and such. And they better have some problems because they're rich. Like they think they are better than everyone else.
GlassEmpires
Member
Polygon getting #BTFO in the opening of the podcast was great.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Alright, last question, how much incest will there be?
DoktorEvil
Banned
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
You can't tell me a story idea, have the two main characters be related and expect me not to ask! This one is on you as far as I'm concerned.
That's fair enough. I see a lot of stories fall in to the trap of the importance creep where the story escalates towards saving the world/universe when it was already good enough at a local/neighbourhood/city scale.
For example Naruto. If it just stayed as a couple of juniour ninjas trying to make their way through the crazy ninja world it would've been great. Instead we got fucking Ninja Jesus and all the stupidity that entails.
TheCthultist
Member
I totally didn't get it on the way in today, then read the reviews for Bayo 2 and suddenly got hit with that whole "Oh shit, thats what they were doing!" feeling. It was great...
He has a point...
Maybe I'll just set up a background organization that looks after Alter's and Half-breeds so nothing big happens. If it does they simply cover it up, so Humans, Alter's and Half-breed relations can continue to go smoothly.
Alters main difference is that they have paler skin and strange eye color.
Alters main difference is that they have paler skin and strange eye color.
TheCthultist
Member
To be fair it is a legitimate question.... and unfortunately (between GoT and every anime I've watched lately) it was the first question that popped into my head when the main character "and his sister" aspect came up...
Especially if they're rich.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
Yeah, that one anime with the brother and sister at the magical highschool with incest is what came to mind.
I watched about 3 minutes of that and just turned it off shaking my head. I already knew where this story was going.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
You're right, sisters are overrated. You need to focus on other family members. Not nearly enough play for those.
I've still not watched it.
Tell that to Jamie Lanister
Plus the Sister is more of a nag that wants the keep the family respectable and proper. She hates the fact that her brother goes out at night trying to solve mysteries and even patrols the main lobby of the mansion to make sure he doesn't leave and embarrassed the family since their parents are away for business.
She is the of stop having fun lass.
She is the of stop having fun lass.
So shes Cerci Lannister/ the sister of that glasses guy from Kara no Kyoukai.
Aaron-Lagann
Banned
"It's our responsibility to keep the family respectable. I can't trust you to be with any woman other than me. Baka onii-saaaaaan!"
"Onii-san! Stop leaving me alone every night to go out and have adventures! It's lonely in this bed... Kyuuuuuu!"
There, I solved those issues.
I actually was thinking about that type of character when I made her. Though not her specifically.
You aren't helping your argument. Both of them love their brothers. Sexually.
"Onii-san we have to keep the bloodline pure."
Aaron why!
But you guys did put up some good points, I'll iron some of the problem out, by adding a background organization that keeps an eye on Alters and Half-breeds to keep relationship with normal human's stable.
It's never going to reach world saving heights though/
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