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What Happened Outside Of Canon
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to TwiLyghtSansSparkles's topic in Reckoners RPG
Autumn Glass, who was not an Epic, watched the Epic curl up on her couch. She didn't usually have a couch in her office. Most of her clients—those clients being Edgerunner and Scribbler—were fine with the cushioned chair across from her desk. So when Deathwish radioed her saying he needed to talk, she'd expected to have him sit in that same chair—perhaps handcuffed to it, by order of the City Guardsman who had forced him to make the call. But no. He'd walked into her office, pushing an old sofa in front of him. Bewildered, she'd helped him wrangle it through the door, only to have her confusion deepen when he flopped down on the cushions and began to cry. "Do….do you want to talk about it?" He'd nodded. She had expected another rant about Scribbler. "Who cares if she's only fifteen? She's hot! IT'S SO UNFAAAAAAAIIIIIRRRRR!" She had expected wrong. "And then," Deathwish sobbed, drawing in a ragged breath. He had a throw pillow clutched to his chest like a teddy bear. "And then, the gang leader kicked me out. Not that I blame him, sleeping with his daughter and all." He paused, meeting her gaze with puffy, bloodshot eyes. "Me. I was the one sleeping with his daughter." "I gathered that." Deathwish shoved the pillow against his face, another sob taking him with full force. "I'm such an awful human being!" Autumn could only blink. She wasn't quite sure what to say. The only thing she could think to say to that was hearty agreement, but that seemed inappropriate. Almost as inappropriate as the things he'd done. His past was like a tabloid magazine, one of those really trashy ones her mother had always kept her from reading in line at the supermarket. Affairs, trysts, backstabbing, murder….it was as though Deathwish had used one of those trashy magazines as a how-to guide for his life before something set him straight. She cleared her throat. "So. Deathwish." "Edgar." "Edgar. That's your new name?" "Real name." "O…kay….Edgar….what brought all this on? All of this introspection." He sniffed. "I…I dunno. I grabbed a Coke, and I drank it, and then I started thinking about….about that time…when I was fifteen….and I hit on my teacher…." Up went the pillow as he resumed his sobbing. "You…hit on your teacher?" "She wasn't even that hot! I just did it 'cause I could!" "Oh." He was still sobbing when her radio crackled. "Arsenal to Glass. Where's my storming sofa?" Autumn blinked. "It's, um, right here, sir." "Well, give it back!" "You, um, you'll need to ask Deathwish." "EDGAR!" "He's sort of using it right now." -
A much saner ship. The guy in the commercial even looks like the way I'd pictured Deathwish.
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I'm picturing reformed!Deathwish like the guy in this commercial.
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You mean Autumn, Shiny, and Deathwish? Why don't we toss Quicksilver into that harem, too, just for the heck of it. Wait, wait, wait. I thought Koschei was reincarnated as Neko? Now he's a hamster? That used to be a gun? What a strange afterlife he leads.
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Autumn would protest, but she'd be too busy making this face:
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To no longer fear society looking down on him would mean he'd have nothing to hide, I think. So if he were to face his fear, could it happen in a counseling session with Autumn? (No, I don't think it's likely either, but I find the thought of him sobbing out his sleazy backstory while Autumn gives him box after box of tissues, listening half in pity and half in stunned disbelief, quite amusing. ) Edit: Wow, that page went up fast.
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That doesn't really require him to face his fear of law enforcement, though. Considering oneself above consequences doesn't mean you don't fear them; it just means the fear makes you even more angry when the law does catch up to you.
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Depends on your perspective, I suppose. Who votes I make a new thread for the ATTD list and just keep updating it?
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I'm…not entirely sure, but he's basically a shapeshifting cannibalistic clown from outer space. I haven't read the books or watched the movie—that sort of horror isn't my speed—but I've absorbed a good bit from pop culture osmosis. In other news, Deathwish just earned himself a spot on the "And Then They Died" list.
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Thanks. Have you ever wondered how Nighthound would hold up against IT from the Stephen King novel of the same name? No? Perhaps its time to start.
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I'm good with a bit of everything, too. Though I confess I'm most excited for Calamity. Looking at some other writers, I think Brandon's approach—cycling through different projects to stay fresh—is a good one. I'm convinced one of the reasons why Blood of Olympus was so disappointing and lazily written is because Riordan worked on that series nonstop, so by the time he reached the last two Heroes of Olympus books, he was just done. Maybe his Norse mythology series will be better, but I doubt I'll read them. If working on different projects concurrently is how Sanderson stays fresh, I'm all for it.
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That is an interesting approach. Time will tell whether my approach of coming up with a character that interests me and casting about for a story where they fit will be as successful. Nah, if Nighthound were a GM-NPC, I'd spend more time thinking up creative ways to cause him pain than on the actual story.
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Good thing I'm a pantser discovery writer, then. I can't even railroad my original fiction characters. (I tried once, but the story wound up going in a completely different direction anyway.) That would be the ultimate campaign goal. Smaller goals would include: getting Voidgaze a kitten, getting Voidgaze some waffles, getting Voidgaze a date with Big Al, and killing Nighthound.
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Eh, I don't really care about winning so much. I like this format because it makes for a good story, and it's fun being surprised sometimes. (Plus, Voidgaze. The other format would tempt me to make her Empress of Everything. )
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It's the one that puts a 15- or 20-second (not sure exactly how long) time limit on how long you can go between posts. It helps keep accidental double posting down.
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No one really nose for sure, do they?
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I thought this quote a good place to end the last thread.
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Would he have a nose?
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Is that the Morsmordre spell from Harry Potter? Me likey.
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*Fixed.
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Quota, what are you doing. You have no reason to block those. You're just being petty now.
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I see tabletop RPGs the way I see the string theory: as one step away from actual wizardry. So I'd be the wrong person to discuss them with. Edit: It's an awesome update, but for me it's mostly just irritating when I go to post that I've added a new post to one of the other threads. Curse my typing speed!
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Not terribly. Part of why I'd make a terrible Epic.
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Things You Weren't But Are Now
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to Slowswift's topic in General Brandon Discussion
I used to be someone who thought "excellent worldbuilding" was a few passages showing cultural attitudes somewhat different from those in mainstream America and a halfway plausible magic system. And then I picked up Way of Kings.