I've let Blade know about this discussion, so he might join in... maybe. Until then, I'll go with what I remember he's told me about the story...
Premise: Blade and Epsilon are seriously/fatally (Blade's being coy about that, but I suspect it's the latter) injured in a car wreck (my car, and they didn't ask ahead of time - I'd complain if they weren't "dead"), and end up as self-insert characters in a crossover fanfic. Epsilon is self-inserted into Ukyo, while Blade self-inserts into any random (or chosen) recently-dead body, gaining its skills.
Real Premise: Show how badly out-of-control a crossover fanfic really should get if the writer doesn't impose a lot of artificial limitations on characters' actions. Oh, and use some of the ideas that were too nasty for their Pencils chapters (and if anyone else has read those, you'll know how nasty they were...)
With a very few exceptions, there's only one or two important characters appearing from each series or console-game. Not every series they've seen is included in Hybrid Theory - for example, Ah My Goddess is definitely not included (leading to my jokes that the entity that put them into the story was Belldandy, getting even with them for all the nasty things that Epsilon said and Blade agreed with about the Goddess Relief Office).
Story roles: Epsilon/Ukyo is the Reluctant Misunderstood Hero. (Considering what he/she is going to do by Chapter 30, this is a bit of a stretch, but...) Blade is the active villain. (He kills characters just for a temporary benefit; that isn't a "nice" thing to do in anyone's books. It's amazing how many readers think he's a good guy, or a nice guy...)
Current events: Crescend summed them up nicely.
Future events: I only know what anybody should be able to puzzle out by paying attention while reading, except for one spoiler which I won't share... However, this is where the story is supposed to kick into high gear.
-Rob Kelk
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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."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Premise: Blade and Epsilon are seriously/fatally (Blade's being coy about that, but I suspect it's the latter) injured in a car wreck (my car, and they didn't ask ahead of time - I'd complain if they weren't "dead"), and end up as self-insert characters in a crossover fanfic. Epsilon is self-inserted into Ukyo, while Blade self-inserts into any random (or chosen) recently-dead body, gaining its skills.
Real Premise: Show how badly out-of-control a crossover fanfic really should get if the writer doesn't impose a lot of artificial limitations on characters' actions. Oh, and use some of the ideas that were too nasty for their Pencils chapters (and if anyone else has read those, you'll know how nasty they were...)
With a very few exceptions, there's only one or two important characters appearing from each series or console-game. Not every series they've seen is included in Hybrid Theory - for example, Ah My Goddess is definitely not included (leading to my jokes that the entity that put them into the story was Belldandy, getting even with them for all the nasty things that Epsilon said and Blade agreed with about the Goddess Relief Office).
Story roles: Epsilon/Ukyo is the Reluctant Misunderstood Hero. (Considering what he/she is going to do by Chapter 30, this is a bit of a stretch, but...) Blade is the active villain. (He kills characters just for a temporary benefit; that isn't a "nice" thing to do in anyone's books. It's amazing how many readers think he's a good guy, or a nice guy...)
Current events: Crescend summed them up nicely.
Future events: I only know what anybody should be able to puzzle out by paying attention while reading, except for one spoiler which I won't share... However, this is where the story is supposed to kick into high gear.
Quote:Actually, Pluto wants to stay alive. All of the precogs are acting the same way that she is...
Also, Pluto is a moron. Or an idealist.
-Rob Kelk
--
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."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012