Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 See, it's all ed's fault. I was just an accessory. Heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Stop trying to feed Sophie's ego, that's the last thing Mako needs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Mako, you might want to add some shock armor to that Jaeger costume for the swarm that'll hit you once people from the forum realize who you are! Oh dear. Last time that happened, it took ages to get all the tar and feathers off. *grin* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 That musta hurt, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePandaDirector Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Well things advanced quickly while I wrote this wall'o'text Hello bowchikawowers, I'm Bentley and I'm hoping to be edonil and mako's biggest critic > @edonil: You call that a novel! (your welcome) =] @Mako: You're wubbish! (honestly, no need to thank me) =D Well that was easy. What's the brick wall you're at? Maybe the rest of the OTTers can start laying from sapping tunnels for ya. It's the first "book" in the Black Joker Series (they'll be 3-4 books per novel). The first problem is I can't for the life of me think of a name for the protagonist, and that sort of thing is really important for me. He runs a group called The Martyrs of Fate, who specialise in sparing people their unfortunate fates by borrowing their idenity until the fate is resolved. The group itself is a real band of misfits, and the protagonist is like a sort of "prince of thieves" type (i.e. a pretty normal looking person surrounded by outcasts). His personality has the traits of an actor, circus manager, suave gambler and charismatic rogue; he's vain, arrogant, manipulative, dishonest and sometimes cold, but while he acts like he detests the company he keeps, he suffers from guilt, one of the reasons of which is that these guys are his only "friends". The whole series will be written in first person, and he often indirectly addresses the reader (as if they can see and judge him), almost as if they are his conscience. But thats's just the first bit I'm stuck on =P The second bit is to do with a plot point. So the first book starts with the protagonist in prison. We soon discover that he is playing the role of a client. But his plan to escape is foiled (he must have flipped a black joker or something...) and he and his team get coerced into making a deal with the Guild to do a job, only for the Protagonist and Co. and the Guild to find out that the Protagonist's original client was playing them both. Between that there's a lot of business deals and such that go horribly wrong, and it all links together (the theme of the book is ill-fated business deals). But what I can't seem to decide is what crime the protagonist is initially in prison for. Because it has to be serious enough for it to have weight, but also be one where the client could contact the protagonist and for the protagonist to be put in jail and not just killed on the spot. Unfortunately it wil also likely have to link to the client's true idenity which I can't quite decide because of the current obstacle. The worst kind of brick wall is one that forms a vicious circle =[ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webmonkey Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Anyways kids,.. it's that time again. Off to bed for me. Da svidanya e Spakoynay Noichi,... (Goodbye and Good Night) *spins a web and swings off into the night* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Later Web! And thanks panda, it's good to see the campaign has some committed members :-P (Speaking of that, Seems I can get a little badge maker for £20 back in England, with enough stuff for 15 or 20 badges) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Elias Kerchill for a name. My question is what you're intending to do to make him sympathetic. Right now, he doesn't come across as a protagonist, unless you're aiming for an Anti-Hero/Anti-Villain? Refusing to pay a debt owed to a noble might be one kind of crime that would get someone in a lot of trouble. Debtor's prison was a problem for a while historically. Another might be an accidental death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Night Web! I want to see this Jaeger costume, Mako. Ed you better take a picture and send it to me. text message is fine. No good places to cosplay to here. no... let me rephrase that. no places to cosplay to AT ALL out here. it's like the midwest has forgotten how to have fun and be silly. even halloween is boring! no interesting costumes at all, everyone's either fairy princesses or death. or skeletons or ghosts. really boring stuff. I wish I could go too. I dressed up as an airship captain and everyone ignored the sword and decided I was Amelia Earhart. >.< Panda that sounds like an interesting book. He could always have robbed a bank. that's one that'll get you tossed in jail without getting shot unless you shoot first. do they have banks in malifaux? hrm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 You'll be waiting a while for that text message, lol. It's not until August after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 That's fine. I can wait, so long as I get it. Ok ya'll it's way past m'bed time. g'night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 I doubt I can afford the uniform for it sadly. I'll have to stick with my rabbit style waistcoat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 considering Jaegers' concept of "uniforms" that will probably work just fine. So long as you have a hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 G'night Chris, talk to ya later. And she has a point, Mako! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Night Chris! A hat... I can do that! Maybe. I'll have to find something bigger than my usual fedora though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 What you want is Wulfenbach's hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Oh dear. I'm not sure they'd let me into GenCon with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 But it would be impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowchikawowers Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 it iz a verra nize hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 And everyone would know who I am. Not sure how keen on that I am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Good afternoon peoples..... ---------- Post added at 05:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:43 PM ---------- Oh great I turn up and everybody runs off..... *gives himself the sniff test*.... oh I see why.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Oh bah, lol. I'm on the phone at the moment. How goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 On the phone? Ordering us pizza I hope.... *grin* I am ok how are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 I'm okay, been a long night so far, lol. How was work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Long, oh so long... still finally managed to put together a gearbox that has been sitting around for a year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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