2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: I think, between the three of us, we can all safely agree Iambic Pentameter is all yours.

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: yay. -bounces-

But anyway! Would we have an actual structure to the rp? A quest or some sort of thing? Um. I'm not entirely sure what I'm trying to articulate.

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: Aye. I'd rather stay with something as simple as possible at this point - like those couplets. (They're currently my favourite form because I succeeded in writing one longish poem in nothing but them. I did this last spring, and I still feel proud.)

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: As for a structure, at least some basics would be good. xD
I mean, we need to decide what kind of characters we can have, what the setting is, etc.

2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: Well, Linderel, at least you didn't write a five page quadroplet and now despise it..

And simple is a very good idea, at least until details and surprises are addressed.

2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: Fantasy setting?

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: We could take some sort of well-known plotline and do it in verse...like-ooh!

High school! Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, girl gets boy (or girl, depending on how weird we want to be) girl dumps boy, girl gets first boy back!

...with full cast of evil teachers, sidekick friends, etc. If we did it in heroic verse it would just be incredibly ludicrous.

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: Deost, speaking from personal experience?

Hmm. Fantasy setting is always good. Sword&sorcery, low fantasy, or modern fantasy?

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: ...or Blade's suggestion with a drop of fantasy? :P

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: One of the Faithful Friends could be a witch. Or wizard. Or boy who wishes they were a witch.

And they can whine about studying prose instead of poetry. :P

2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: Speaking from personal experience.

Maybe we can make it even quirkier. An overused plotline isn't all that appealing. Maybe a twist in there. Like throw in magic or something completely unexpected.

Besides, I thought rp's rely on the randomness of what the players come up with...

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Not necessarily!

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: Oh, gods, now I'm thinking Buffy. Nooooo! xD

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: ....could have enormous comedic potential.

But Deost, my entire point was that we would make the overused plotline a parody by doing it in heroic verse. IT could be quite good if done right.

2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: Banish the thought Linderel! Banish it quickly!

2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: Well, I'm not going to outright put down the idea without seeing it in effect first, but I do have a few doubts about it.

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: That's all right. It is, after all, only an idea.

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: Could be very interesting, though. Ah well, maybe some other time. :P

I had another idea, but I realised how stupid it was before I even wrote it down. xD

2007-01-24 [GoneGone]: Nope. You mentioned it. Speak!

2007-01-24 [Linderel]: Well... A seemingly normal setting, perhaps the previously mentioned high school, where the characters have random encounters with each other and interact. They may be friends, foes, indifferent to each other... But they each have a secret, some sort of tie to the magical realm. These secrets are slowly unveiled through the interaction and it leads to...something.

2007-01-24 [Fireblade K'Chona]: ....that sounds cool. Actually, you might be able to integrate it with the high school cliche plot-what if the girl everyone wants to get is some sort of evil enchantress keeping everyone in an illusion?

...perhaps that's too stupid to contemplate. Sorry. But I figured I might as well join the stupid idea party, if I hadn't already. :P