Is it officially Christmas time yet?
This isn't a Christmas post, either way, unless you want it to be. I know a few people are still on hiatus and stuff but I thought it was about time for another plot post because it's been a bit echoy around here again. But the Nightmares event was pretty all right, huh? Anyone else have thoughts, feelings, senses, visceral emotional reactions? Anything not go the way you thought it would, anything you would improve on, anything you think went spectacularly? And to anyone that didn't get involved, was it just a personal thing or was there something that could have changed? Feedback will always make the next event better for everyone, and is super helpful because only our characters have telepathy. So open your hearts and express yourselves, especially if you hated it. No one wants to perpetuate that.
This piece is just the coolest. Largely ignored unrelated question of the post (LIUQOTP): Hey, anyone been reading The Avengers? They just announced their new line-up, so I'm wondering: if you were writing the title right now, who would you put on the team? And if you can't handle that, which line-up do you think did it best?
Back to plot. Plot! Things I know: Pietro's got a new plastic heart so Magneto can't rip it out of him and he can go real fast again. Cool, right? Soon, Tony will have rebuilt every part of him. Wanda and Clint were fighting, Jess and Tony were fighting, none of these people really knew why but they all agreed that everyone is assholes and they all have to live with it. Or do they? Thor and Spider-man may or may not have joined Avengers Classic (tm). I can't really tell. The WCA are still being plagued by an annoying tart with a limited colour palette and they can't figure out the issue. Emma Frost is back in the Land of the Free ready to give all the naughty boys and girls some lashings. There's some friction within the Hellfire Club that might be bad news for anyone that gets trapped in that web. Nightcrawler is in line to take over the Xavier Institute with its absentee leaders, make some changes for the better and bring in some young mutants in need of help. Hammer Industries is gaining on Stark and might actually overtake them in the market because Tony keeps doing assholey things in public and Hammer keeps making slimy friends in low places. Both SHIELD and the Brotherhood of Mutants have spies embedded in the company. Maybe Hammer's momentum, or maybe his rather mysterious girlfriend are part of Nick Fury's ominous future. Phobos and the Caterpillars are hunkering down for a rough storm.
And that's all my momentum there, folks. Add your own stuff, create new stuff, talk amongst yourselves, be excellent. Don't forget events and gamewide plots! The oh_marvelousnpc is out of commission for the time being, but Ash isn't! Feed her some ideas, anything you've had rattling around in your pretty little heads. Want to see the planet flooded to go all Waterworld? Want to have a Skrull invasion? Want to turn into a kitten? Spit it out, we can make it work.
If you want, here's this thing again: If you're really struggling and can't think of anything, here is a handy thing you can fill out to spark some ideas: Name: This is your character's name. Not hard. Where they usually are: Somewhere people might run into them. For example, Starbucks: very accessible. Avengers Tower: a little limited. Their bedroom: you're only hurting yourself. CR you want: CR stands for Character Relations. Specific things like the sister type, the best friend, the mentor, the boyfriend. Don't forget the negative! Antagonists, nemeses, betrayers and boyfriend-stealers all need a place in the world, too. Threads you don't want: We might not know what direction to go in, but you probably have an idea of things you don't want to do so we don't waste our time. If you don't want negative CR, anything sexual, anything too cracky, anything too serious, etc, list it here so we can start to draw a map.
Easy, right? Here's an extra handy thing: copy, paste and fill in the blanks.
Be creative, don't be shy, talk to each other, reply to each other, we're here to have fun and not ignore each other. Don't make me come after you.