RE: [OOC][PLOT] The Fourth Thread of Planning for Arc 1 - Arrivals
05-05-2019, 09:57 AM (This post was last modified: 05-05-2019, 09:57 AM by robkelk.)
05-05-2019, 09:57 AM (This post was last modified: 05-05-2019, 09:57 AM by robkelk.)
And here's a copy of the current (as of posting) version of this wiki page, so everybody can have a shot at hashing it out.
= Rough Outline of the Overall Plot =
''This page was last updated by {{REVISIONUSER}} on {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.''
All Arcs. All Discussion, no Story. This is a "living document" and a draft document - feel free to add to it!
This is the broadest of broad outlines for where we're going with the entire series of stories called ''{{SITENAME}}''. As people add to it, we will have a better idea of where we're going.
== Technical Matters ==
* '''Voice:''' Third-person present in the main thread. Sidestories are encouraged but not required to be consistent.
* '''Point of View:''' The SI of the author writing the scene is the standard point of view character, unless he or she isn't present in the scene. (We have date-and-place headers on the stories to help identify the point of view.)
* '''Pacing:''' To be determined. Arc 1 has a relatively slow pace so that characters can be introduced and developed past the point of cardboard cutouts. Arc 2 will have a faster pace as combat and conflict become more common. Arc 3 is probably going to be slower than Arc 2 but faster than Arc 1. Arc 4 is likely to have the fastest pace of all. Sidestories and After Story tales have the pacing required by their plots and genres.
* '''Tone:''' Tricky, in that each contributing writer has a different idea of what stories they want to tell. Overall, ''{{SITENAME}}'' is a deconstruction of the Self-Insert, so tones used in SI works are preferred. However, the setting is neither a dystopia nor a utopia, so tones commonly used in those types of works are discouraged. Ultimately, we're aiming for a relatively happy ending - the Big Bad is defeated and nobody dies gratuitously, but nobody goes back to their old lives, either - so the ''overall'' tone should be upbeat but not shiny-perfect.
* '''Description:''' As needed to develop the plot and characters. [[att:Show, Don't Tell|Show, Don't Tell]]... unless you have to tell in order to show.
== The 100,000-foot View ==
[[Washuu Hakubi|Washuu]] Breaks the <s>Internet</s> Multiverse. Everybody's being copied into a single universe so that the Goddesses can fix the rest of the multiverse.
[[Salem]] thinks the gods screwed things up once again, and she can do a much better job than them. So she decides to replace them, and if she can't do that, then destroy everything just to prove them wrong.
The SIs start out by making sure the (other) displacees have a place to live, and eventually end up leading the defense of all reality against Salem's plots (and anything else that goes wrong - the Goddesses are too busy to fix everything).
== Plot Arc 1: Arrivals ==
''The Yggdrasil/Nidhog system has crashed, locking the entire multiverse down into stasis and creating a new universe where everything is being dumped - The Metacontinuity. But can our SI-Heroes help stymie the encroaching chaos so the Goddesses can repair the damage?''
Important plot points:
* Characters start showing up.
* Places start showing up (e.g. Callahan's)
* Fights take place, but not with any organization.
* SIs and displacees start getting power-ups.
* People find out about the displacees, with all the social upheaval that brings.
Important events:
* '''September 7, 2016:''' ''[[Washuu Hakubi|Washuu]] Breaks the <s>Internet</s> Multiverse.'' People start getting dumped into the Metacontinuity, beginning with various ''Tenchi Muyo!'' characters. The Goddesses and Demons have their hands full, and start making plans for other displacees.
* '''September 9, 2016:''' Characters from other fictons start appearing in the Metacontinuity: ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'', ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''Wreck-It Ralph'', ''Portal'', and others.
* '''September 11, 2016:''' Characters from ''Aria'' and ''Sailor Moon'' appear in the Metacontinuity. They are the first to not appear directly where they will be living.
* '''September 26, 2016:''' The first recorded non-human spacecraft appears in the Solar System.
* '''September 28, 2016:''' The first recorded cross-ficton battle: Sailor Jupiter fights a Predator.
* '''October 31, 2016:''' The first recorded event that involves all displacees: [[The 2016 Halloween Party]].
* '''December 21, 2016:''' [[Donaldson en Kazakiri|The first recorded character powerups]] - Hyoga Kazakiri and Rob Donaldson. ''(expect this line to be changed once the Halloween Party is completely written)''
== Plot Arc 2: Crisis on Infinite Earths ==
''Heroes, villains, and everything in between are appearing in Metacontinuity in rapid succession. Nations are established and epic wars are fought. But can peace be attained with so much chaos?''
Important plot points:
* Entire cities, countries, and planets start showing up.
* Salem starts organizing her attempts to bring everything down in flames. Fights start having some strategic and tactical thinking behind them.
* Kyubey is somehow convinced that entropy is still something that needs to be countered - never mind that the very existence of Washuu and Belldandy prove otherwise - and throws in with Salem.
* Displacees work out who speaks for Earth on the Galactic stage.
Important events:
* [[The Academy City Job]] happens early in Arc 2 - possibly the very first thing that happens in this arc.
* Starbase 1 appears. While a borrowed science ship looks for (and finds) The Monolith in Tycho crater, Moonbase Alpha shows up. Europa is declared off-limits.
== Plot Arc 3: Good News Bad News ==
''It seems that things are looking up. Metacontinuity is stabilizing, but signs of a deeper concern are lurking in the background. Villainous elements have been mysteriously disappearing and that cannot be an actual good thing.''
Black Aeronaut: "To put this into perspective, my idea was that Season 3 is supposed to be like the series of events in the ''Star Wars'' universe that take place between ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''. Sure, one could skip over it, but they're missing out on a lot of content between the two movies."
== Plot Arc 4: Apocalypse Everywhere ==
''Salem, Kyubey, and the rest of her minions trigger an apocalyptic event that winds up triggering apocalypse scenarios throughout the multiverse. Can this systematic annihilation of all life in all universes be stopped?''
== After Story - Tales of the Metacontinuity ==
''Short stories or series about life in the Metacontinuity after the 'Metastability'.''
== WHAT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET ==
* When do people discover they aren't going "home"?
= Rough Outline of the Overall Plot =
''This page was last updated by {{REVISIONUSER}} on {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.''
All Arcs. All Discussion, no Story. This is a "living document" and a draft document - feel free to add to it!
This is the broadest of broad outlines for where we're going with the entire series of stories called ''{{SITENAME}}''. As people add to it, we will have a better idea of where we're going.
== Technical Matters ==
* '''Voice:''' Third-person present in the main thread. Sidestories are encouraged but not required to be consistent.
* '''Point of View:''' The SI of the author writing the scene is the standard point of view character, unless he or she isn't present in the scene. (We have date-and-place headers on the stories to help identify the point of view.)
* '''Pacing:''' To be determined. Arc 1 has a relatively slow pace so that characters can be introduced and developed past the point of cardboard cutouts. Arc 2 will have a faster pace as combat and conflict become more common. Arc 3 is probably going to be slower than Arc 2 but faster than Arc 1. Arc 4 is likely to have the fastest pace of all. Sidestories and After Story tales have the pacing required by their plots and genres.
* '''Tone:''' Tricky, in that each contributing writer has a different idea of what stories they want to tell. Overall, ''{{SITENAME}}'' is a deconstruction of the Self-Insert, so tones used in SI works are preferred. However, the setting is neither a dystopia nor a utopia, so tones commonly used in those types of works are discouraged. Ultimately, we're aiming for a relatively happy ending - the Big Bad is defeated and nobody dies gratuitously, but nobody goes back to their old lives, either - so the ''overall'' tone should be upbeat but not shiny-perfect.
* '''Description:''' As needed to develop the plot and characters. [[att:Show, Don't Tell|Show, Don't Tell]]... unless you have to tell in order to show.
== The 100,000-foot View ==
[[Washuu Hakubi|Washuu]] Breaks the <s>Internet</s> Multiverse. Everybody's being copied into a single universe so that the Goddesses can fix the rest of the multiverse.
[[Salem]] thinks the gods screwed things up once again, and she can do a much better job than them. So she decides to replace them, and if she can't do that, then destroy everything just to prove them wrong.
The SIs start out by making sure the (other) displacees have a place to live, and eventually end up leading the defense of all reality against Salem's plots (and anything else that goes wrong - the Goddesses are too busy to fix everything).
== Plot Arc 1: Arrivals ==
''The Yggdrasil/Nidhog system has crashed, locking the entire multiverse down into stasis and creating a new universe where everything is being dumped - The Metacontinuity. But can our SI-Heroes help stymie the encroaching chaos so the Goddesses can repair the damage?''
Important plot points:
* Characters start showing up.
* Places start showing up (e.g. Callahan's)
* Fights take place, but not with any organization.
* SIs and displacees start getting power-ups.
* People find out about the displacees, with all the social upheaval that brings.
Important events:
* '''September 7, 2016:''' ''[[Washuu Hakubi|Washuu]] Breaks the <s>Internet</s> Multiverse.'' People start getting dumped into the Metacontinuity, beginning with various ''Tenchi Muyo!'' characters. The Goddesses and Demons have their hands full, and start making plans for other displacees.
* '''September 9, 2016:''' Characters from other fictons start appearing in the Metacontinuity: ''A Certain Scientific Railgun'', ''2001: A Space Odyssey'', ''Wreck-It Ralph'', ''Portal'', and others.
* '''September 11, 2016:''' Characters from ''Aria'' and ''Sailor Moon'' appear in the Metacontinuity. They are the first to not appear directly where they will be living.
* '''September 26, 2016:''' The first recorded non-human spacecraft appears in the Solar System.
* '''September 28, 2016:''' The first recorded cross-ficton battle: Sailor Jupiter fights a Predator.
* '''October 31, 2016:''' The first recorded event that involves all displacees: [[The 2016 Halloween Party]].
* '''December 21, 2016:''' [[Donaldson en Kazakiri|The first recorded character powerups]] - Hyoga Kazakiri and Rob Donaldson. ''(expect this line to be changed once the Halloween Party is completely written)''
== Plot Arc 2: Crisis on Infinite Earths ==
''Heroes, villains, and everything in between are appearing in Metacontinuity in rapid succession. Nations are established and epic wars are fought. But can peace be attained with so much chaos?''
Important plot points:
* Entire cities, countries, and planets start showing up.
* Salem starts organizing her attempts to bring everything down in flames. Fights start having some strategic and tactical thinking behind them.
* Kyubey is somehow convinced that entropy is still something that needs to be countered - never mind that the very existence of Washuu and Belldandy prove otherwise - and throws in with Salem.
* Displacees work out who speaks for Earth on the Galactic stage.
Important events:
* [[The Academy City Job]] happens early in Arc 2 - possibly the very first thing that happens in this arc.
* Starbase 1 appears. While a borrowed science ship looks for (and finds) The Monolith in Tycho crater, Moonbase Alpha shows up. Europa is declared off-limits.
== Plot Arc 3: Good News Bad News ==
''It seems that things are looking up. Metacontinuity is stabilizing, but signs of a deeper concern are lurking in the background. Villainous elements have been mysteriously disappearing and that cannot be an actual good thing.''
Black Aeronaut: "To put this into perspective, my idea was that Season 3 is supposed to be like the series of events in the ''Star Wars'' universe that take place between ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and ''Return of the Jedi''. Sure, one could skip over it, but they're missing out on a lot of content between the two movies."
== Plot Arc 4: Apocalypse Everywhere ==
''Salem, Kyubey, and the rest of her minions trigger an apocalyptic event that winds up triggering apocalypse scenarios throughout the multiverse. Can this systematic annihilation of all life in all universes be stopped?''
== After Story - Tales of the Metacontinuity ==
''Short stories or series about life in the Metacontinuity after the 'Metastability'.''
== WHAT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET ==
* When do people discover they aren't going "home"?
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown