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sokokoko · 2 years

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Have you ever just decided to discontinue a story idea because, like, it did have plot but you couldn't really decide what to put in the middle? Or the plot was more of a concept but nothing solid?

You can see how it starts and how it ends, perhaps, but you still wonder what's going to make up the meat of the story?

It's pretty nice to assemble a bit of a plot by daydreaming but I recently had an idea that helped me generate more ideas

I decided to turn two stories I have that weren't going anywhere on their own into games/TV shows/movies/comics in the universes of others that were more developed and then draw parallels between them

In "The Raven & The Dove", an assassin who goes by 'The Raven' reminisces about his favourite book "Killer Queen", where a young adult (who spent his childhood being used by his father as a thief/assassin) is ordered by his father to crossdress, marry the king and kill him without anyone finding out he's male

I never named the guy from "Killer Queen" but he was this skinny, slightly tan dark blue haired guy with really dark brown eyes, we'll call him 'Mu' for now though.

Basically, the old king died and now the former prince got crowned king so he needs a wife. To get one, they basically hold a series of interviews, trials and dates at the palace where all the candidates temporarily come to stay. Mu's mission is to act as one of the candidates and win over the king so a marriage can be arranged. On their wedding night the king will want to consummate their marriage and Mu will kill the king before he can find out his gender.

But, as these things go, King treats Mu like a 👑 ✨queen ✨👑 and is genuinely interested in him because Mu doesn't go waving his status, riches or the political benefits of choosing him to wed in his face or anything like that. And wow, since King treats Mu like a human being 🤯 Mu's in love/ is reluctant to go on with the plan

But falling in love with someone just because they're the first person who showed you human decency doesn't really vibe with me as a romantic plot anymore, so I didn't really want to write it anymore

Now, The Raven would rather like a reason to abandon his murderous life and high key relates with having his parent use him. But rather than his father, it's his mother who stopped seeing him as a child when he murdered a loan shark who kept harassing her in order to make her love him more

PARALLELS 👏

In another story— actually, no. technically it's different because I specifically made the games/ series to give 2 characters a reason to bond and interact and went way overkill with world building. BUT! One character in the main series (Guardians) belongs to a race that needs to sacrifice part of their lifespan to use magic and in the games (Gaia Underground) there are 2 examples of species giving up something to use magic (faeries and cyclopses). So my guy Alan has a heart to heart with his magic guardian about that. I'd probably need 2 other posts to explain everything about both series so I'm purposely keeping it concise, I'm a bit of a rambler as you can see :}

I'm trying out this formula with another series where I liked the plot but couldn't go anywhere with it too

Basically I'm viewing these characters from other characters' points of view. What does your boogieman character think is cool about your adaptation of Persephone? What's his favourite scene? Why? Which arc struck a chord with him? How? Why? (Is it relatable?) Maybe your run of the mill bakery girl likes Hades. She thinks his vulnerability and loneliness make him a softy. He's a tough guy but makes her heart melt.

What about characters being introduced to your series by someone who's really enthusiastic? How would they sell the series' good points? Do they accidentally spoil something? Is it just that good?

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