[RFC]Legacy Project Characters

[robkelk]

First of all: Welcome to Fenspace, shaderic!

Ah, Legacy Project. How many times have I started this post, been distracted, and then failed to do anything with you?
Four. Let's hope for lucky number five. All dates are as near to accurate and logical as I can force them to be, assuming the 'present' is  october of 2014.

That's as good a "present day" as any - it's the one I use, after all.

And boy, this is embarassing to admit, but I don't actually have a plan for Sherry's death. Well, it was planned, but I never really figured out what it was going to be. Ideas?

September 2014 - one year after the Battle of Serenity-Con. Perhaps that might have something to do with why she died...?

I'm almost wondering if this whole project is too dark. It's centered a not quite widowed single dad trying to raise his daughter, with the help of his family and not-quite wife's friends. In space.

It's not dark at all, IMHO. Tragic for a while, and maybe a bit melancholy at times, but not dark.

Of course, the reason I call it the Legacy 'Project' is because I'm planning on (eventually) writing pieces centered around them during a bunch of different times. Some happier ones (like Mei's birthdays) some sadder ones (Sherry's funeral), and even a funny one or two (what's the male to female ratio on Crystal Tokyo?).

Unlike most of Fenspace, the Crystal Cities have noticeably more females than males – the ratio isn't at the point where it would cause social problems, but it is there. Grabbing some numbers out of the air and asking for feedback, maybe 5 or 6 women for every 4 men?

The point is, the Legacy Project is basically a group of characters I designed to interact mostly with one another. That way, I could do interactions without constantly stepping on people toes.
But, I'm wondering if perhaps I'm over-doing it on some aspects. Tackling issues like being a single parent, the death of a loved one, the reasons one would biomod themselves, and body issues may be a bit beyond me, or inappropriate for Fenspace. Well, the biomod thing might fit right in actually.

Nobody has (yet) done anything like this, so the field is wide open. And I like the idea of somebody featuring the Crystal Cities and their inhabitants in more than the "local colour" role they've had so far.

I look forward to seeing more of your ideas.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

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