First off, I am perfectly willing to except RL is Hell and I am venting as a legit reason for things. I was more afraid I was personally doing something and totally missed what I did. Hazard of life that each level of electronic communication that comes out (and gets major funding) makes it one step harder to read tells. I'm convinced that is those video phone every catch on they will only have enough room for the head shot... and not having to hold anything, people with be infected with a plague of compulsively talking their hands. Which, come to think of it, is probably why those things always had wired receivers in the phone booths. I wonder ft that is fridge brilliance or not.
Anyway, I'm still for DMC before Death Busters... not only is DB more stand alone, but losing their evil social networking glue will through them all off. This is a perfect time for infighting and minor enemy groups to be assimilated or annihilated. Having the ones who violate people by strapping them down and getting a face full of their dreams... then having the ones harvesting the thing holding people's souls in their bodies makes sense escalating battles-wise. It'll also give you time, during the DMC arc to having Neptune and Uranus doing things in the background. The only real plot issue is that Sailor Saturn will be too chibi to really do much in the Galaxia arc. Then again she was largely cut scene stupiditied into utter uselessness at the end of that arc and anything she needs to do will be covered by crossover peoples.
I think what you need to do before end game planning is lay out that arcs you already have. So far I think its...
-1) Zeke goes to Japan, saves grandpa Hino, meets and inter acts with Rei, SM gets involved. Zeke ticks off Alan and Kubiac shows up.
-2) Lum shows up and Zeke goes from minor news human intrst story in Japan to interplanetary celeebrity. Tag game and Alan being an explitive.
-3) After the Tag race, Lum clings to make Zeke Suffer, Alan tries to assassinate Zeke (by Cardian swarm), Zeke breaks open the oni box/ spirit vault-shrine thing and Alan loses minions... Zeke endears himself to the mob and gets a suitor (not familiar with that series)
-4) Doom Tree mess resolves, a few months pass and Zeke ends up in school, FMP gets involved, idiots from the future get involved, UEC pops up having been alerted to Zeke being famous gets involved with evil and stupid and stuffs.
-5+) ???
...Nth) End game profit!
In short we have to have a basic outline of events you/we know will occur... then you/we can determine what is set in stone, what is optional, and what is still needed.
It also helps if you list out what End Game Results are even possible. I think that generic list is:
-1) Rocks fall, almost everyone dies.
-2) Rocks fall, but almost everyone lives.
-3) SM style nonsense feel good ending.
-4) Zeke sacrifices himself to save X and maybe all
-5) A long hard fought victory that ends with a epilogue.
-6) Sequel, possibly with Zeke reborn/raised from the dead else where.
-7) Pre college Raven quest road trip (through dimensions/world) bring the harem... or not.
-8) fan rage educing cliff hanger... etc..
Anyway, I'm still for DMC before Death Busters... not only is DB more stand alone, but losing their evil social networking glue will through them all off. This is a perfect time for infighting and minor enemy groups to be assimilated or annihilated. Having the ones who violate people by strapping them down and getting a face full of their dreams... then having the ones harvesting the thing holding people's souls in their bodies makes sense escalating battles-wise. It'll also give you time, during the DMC arc to having Neptune and Uranus doing things in the background. The only real plot issue is that Sailor Saturn will be too chibi to really do much in the Galaxia arc. Then again she was largely cut scene stupiditied into utter uselessness at the end of that arc and anything she needs to do will be covered by crossover peoples.
I think what you need to do before end game planning is lay out that arcs you already have. So far I think its...
-1) Zeke goes to Japan, saves grandpa Hino, meets and inter acts with Rei, SM gets involved. Zeke ticks off Alan and Kubiac shows up.
-2) Lum shows up and Zeke goes from minor news human intrst story in Japan to interplanetary celeebrity. Tag game and Alan being an explitive.
-3) After the Tag race, Lum clings to make Zeke Suffer, Alan tries to assassinate Zeke (by Cardian swarm), Zeke breaks open the oni box/ spirit vault-shrine thing and Alan loses minions... Zeke endears himself to the mob and gets a suitor (not familiar with that series)
-4) Doom Tree mess resolves, a few months pass and Zeke ends up in school, FMP gets involved, idiots from the future get involved, UEC pops up having been alerted to Zeke being famous gets involved with evil and stupid and stuffs.
-5+) ???
...Nth) End game profit!
In short we have to have a basic outline of events you/we know will occur... then you/we can determine what is set in stone, what is optional, and what is still needed.
It also helps if you list out what End Game Results are even possible. I think that generic list is:
-1) Rocks fall, almost everyone dies.
-2) Rocks fall, but almost everyone lives.
-3) SM style nonsense feel good ending.
-4) Zeke sacrifices himself to save X and maybe all
-5) A long hard fought victory that ends with a epilogue.
-6) Sequel, possibly with Zeke reborn/raised from the dead else where.
-7) Pre college Raven quest road trip (through dimensions/world) bring the harem... or not.
-8) fan rage educing cliff hanger... etc..