"What's the Meaning of Stonehenge?" is supposed to be an odd song; it's by the Norwegian comedian Ylvis, who also came up with "What Does the Fox Say?" Think along the lines of an Steve Martin song on SNL. If I recall the setup for the video was along the lines of, "The network gave us a lot of money so we could break into the music industry, but instead we decided to waste our money on this."
I don't think you really could have introduced asymmetric plot escalation into DW5 that much, because as soon as Doug and the Norns meet, they're both going to know 50% of each other's importance to the plot in less than 5 minutes. (And now I'm hearing Usagi yelling "asymmetric plot escalation!" at a monster.) There's really no way around that, so you have to do your best building a character arc for Megumi and/or making fun of Megumi instead. Harry Potter on the other hand has lots of groups all jostling around already, with the Ministry, the Death Eaters, and Draco's gang facing against the Potter gang, the teachers, and the Order. But if Doug can activate entirely other groups -- the Hufflepuffs, the wizard media, the "beasts"? That sounds like a great time.
But don't knock the importance of accidental plot building. We wouldn't have Bob in Twin Peaks if one of the crew hadn't wandered into the shot. Or a lot of Twin Peaks, really.
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I don't think you really could have introduced asymmetric plot escalation into DW5 that much, because as soon as Doug and the Norns meet, they're both going to know 50% of each other's importance to the plot in less than 5 minutes. (And now I'm hearing Usagi yelling "asymmetric plot escalation!" at a monster.) There's really no way around that, so you have to do your best building a character arc for Megumi and/or making fun of Megumi instead. Harry Potter on the other hand has lots of groups all jostling around already, with the Ministry, the Death Eaters, and Draco's gang facing against the Potter gang, the teachers, and the Order. But if Doug can activate entirely other groups -- the Hufflepuffs, the wizard media, the "beasts"? That sounds like a great time.
But don't knock the importance of accidental plot building. We wouldn't have Bob in Twin Peaks if one of the crew hadn't wandered into the shot. Or a lot of Twin Peaks, really.
Quote:Hermione is... well, Hermione cubedThis sounds a lot like me getting three Hermiones to ship.
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