Just Thought to Ask · 7:37pm Oct 21st, 2014
Would anyone be interested in a Consequences-verse group? This is the third time I've had people asking/talking about alternate stories based on it and I'm fully supportive, but it made me think.
The group would be a place for the collection of stories set in the Consequences verse as well as similar stories playing on the concept of Gary Stu/Mary Sues in a more literal sense.
Obviously I'd include some more concrete info about the Consequences verse for people to play around with, not just stuff from Emeris' limited perspective.
Just something my crazy (and hyped up on one too many scoops of pre-workout stuff) brain thought to ask before I head off to work.
This is just a comment to up/down vote with your opinion if you don't feel the need to comment.
I'd be interesting but I'm not much of a writer.
An issue with expanding a single story into a 'verse is that, oftentimes, you either have 1 of 2 things happen. (1) You have a lot of chatter, it goes on for a bit, but nothing ends up happening. (2) You get one, or maybe a few stories going, which end up stopping after the initial release, or they keep adding on, but are of a quality that makes you cry.
Mind you, I'm not saying don't do it, but I am advising against doing so. Side stories are fun and all at times, but I'm of the mind it's best to take ideas and make them your own and come up with something from that. (If that makes sense) The concept behind Consequences is broad enough that people can write stories based on that theme without actually intruding on your story. Things can get messy really quick when trying to tie into another story as well, especially when the large majority of the known cast is already well tied up with Emeris.
I don't have any plans at this moment, but I'm sure I could think of something after rereading Letters from a Fascinated but Frustrated Scientist. If nothing else, it's an interesting region of probability space.
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I thought I wasn't much of a writer and my story Redemption of a Monster is rather popular! So... you won't know if you don't try you know?
Also regarding the verse thing? Eh... I'm really not sure. I mean it sounds interesting but... how exactly would it work? I mean it worked well with Xenophila (sp?) but I'm not sure if it'd work with Consequences of Unoriginality. Do it if you want of course but I'm just saying that I'm not sure if you could change it into a verse and it be successful.
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Hey, don't feel bad for being against the idea! That's the whole reason I put this out there before I got into doing it at all.
The main reason I'm even thinking about it is because I've got a big lump of OC's and world-building coming up not far off in the story that'll give people a lot more stuff to work with than just the Mane cast and Emeris. Stuff like the Broken Horns special forces, noble houses of various kinds, and the overall political environment of Terra (the current in the works name for the planet all this takes place on).
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This sort of stuff doesn't even need the Group/Technical verse! Just send me a PM to talk about it and I'll be happy to include stuff (with appropriate credit obviously)!
I'm too busy for a very long reply right now, but if you created such a group then I would be for it.