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Post by Liou on Jun 5, 2016 14:06:36 GMT -5
It is nice to discuss these themes in advance - plenty of time to choose.
I would be interested in: * Neovian Catacombs! * Ghost and monsters (which could still include catacombs) * Neovia in general * Adventure, Rivalries, Sky (they sound very vague but I like those themes in general)
According to my memory, Faerie Academy is actually something that has been done many, many, maaany times in old NT stories. Like, for stories that explore faeries' backstories and treat them as high-school age characters. (And Sports theme really isn't my thing.)
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Post by Rabbit ♠ on Jun 5, 2016 14:16:06 GMT -5
It is nice to discuss these themes in advance - plenty of time to choose. I would be interested in: * Neovian Catacombs! * Ghost and monsters (which could still include catacombs) * Neovia in general * Adventure, Rivalries, Sky (they sound very vague but I like those themes in general) According to my memory, Faerie Academy is actually something that has been done many, many, maaany times in old NT stories. Like, for stories that explore faeries' backstories and treat them as high-school age characters. (And Sports theme really isn't my thing.) That's pretty much what I'd be interested in. Long live monsters and Neovia! Also, my In the Sky idea is more popular than I thought it'd be. I thought it'd be too vague/dumb to do.
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jun 5, 2016 18:35:49 GMT -5
Sports, Faerieland stuff, Royalty, Refereegate can be generalized to Neopian Scandals and Rumors, I'm down for all these.
Scandals and Rumors will be distinct from Conspiracies and Mysteries. There will be actual compelling evidence (although it may not always be correct evidence) to suggest something. Conspiracies tend to be more...out there. The evidence here tends to be stuff laypeople will all agree on.
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Post by Zoey on Jun 5, 2016 19:12:54 GMT -5
Sports, Faerieland stuff, Royalty, Refereegate can be generalized to Neopian Scandals and Rumors, I'm down for all these. Scandals and Rumors will be distinct from Conspiracies and Mysteries. There will be actual compelling evidence (although it may not always be correct evidence) to suggest something. Conspiracies tend to be more...out there. The evidence here tends to be stuff laypeople will all agree on. OH OH OH! We could totally make the issue something like a celebrity magazine! Fill it with gossip/rumors/scandals about famous Neopians and "how to look your best," etc. But I also like Refereegate and iunno how that's gonna fit in there... D: URP.
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jun 5, 2016 19:13:45 GMT -5
Isn't the Altador Cup an event surrounded by famous players? Interview them and ask what they saw that fateful day!
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Post by Carolyn on Jun 5, 2016 20:38:03 GMT -5
If we do some sort of referee gate thing, I'd say we'd do it on an individual story to story basis, but I do like the idea of the Scandals (Oooooo, scandalous!) and Rumors since that could work on many interpretations (including stuff with the DC/MD war, pirate smuggling, a famous Neopian angle, a People Magazine angle, etc.) It might be a bit too similar to C and M, though, but I guess it's all in how people take the theme. *shrug* And Sky sounds cool. How does "Above the Clouds" sound as a way of tying in DC, FL, and any spacey stuff? Ultimately, any of the themes should be general enough that 30+ Neopians could have their own individual take on the topic.
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jun 6, 2016 8:51:18 GMT -5
Princess Lunara would like to remind you that Shenkuu has a vested interest in the skies as well. xD
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Post by Carolyn on Jun 6, 2016 9:40:43 GMT -5
Princess Lunara would like to remind you that Shenkuu has a vested interest in the skies as well. xD Oh right. :x That too. And whoever else watches the night sky.
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jun 6, 2016 9:46:49 GMT -5
Neopia must need some sort of air traffic control system.
Faeries, flying pets, flying ships, and cloud racers all cruise near the same altitude since that's where the breathable air is. Yet they don't seem to crash into each other.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 14:38:16 GMT -5
If the death thing is an issue, it could just be a case of "Critically injured and forced to retire." But I seriously love that idea.
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Post by Reiqua on Jun 6, 2016 17:48:56 GMT -5
RANDOM OVERTHINKING THOUGHTS: We tend to say collab topics should be broad... But I'd say we actually have two options: broad or deep Dreams and Nightmares is broadIt encompasses a lot of very different concepts from very different worlds, can be taken figuratively or literally, etc. Brightvale University is deepJust one land, one rather specific topic (heck it was built off a single editorial question, wasn't it?). But it works too because there's enough options within that one (narrow but deep) topic for everyone to play on. I dunno, maybe you think broad vs. deep is a false distinction, but I was just musing and figured it might be a helpful thought... I wonder if some of the ideas being tossed about here, while they're not broad, could still be deep enough for a collab? Neovia, for example?
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Post by Carolyn on Jun 6, 2016 20:00:56 GMT -5
In the BVU case, it was a more narrow topic, but there are many angles one could take. Some did professors, others students, and as for me... I did the dining hall. Some folks did graduation, all the crazy stuff that happens in college, etc. It was "Brightvale University" in name, but the topic had truly been "college life" in one capacity or another.
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jun 6, 2016 20:09:52 GMT -5
Right so BVU was deep and narrow. Honestly in retrospect we could have had a broad and deep "university" collab that would have opened up stories about other universities in Neopia but that's already in the past. BVU doesn't have as much sorcery as FLU and FLU could still be deep in the fact that magic is a big emphasis and that it's more like a boarding school than a university...so it should probably be Faerieland Academy.
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Post by Geo 🇺🇦 🌻 on Jun 6, 2016 20:30:53 GMT -5
I'm up for mostly anything here though but Neovia...I'm probably going to sit that one out because I don't have much inspiration for that topic.
Unless I can talk to Ilere without her threatening me ...
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Post by Reiqua on Jun 6, 2016 21:03:16 GMT -5
So far I'm liking: - Rivals
- Sky
- Royalty
- Sports
- Magic
- Peace & War
- Neoquest
- Neovia
- Stealth and Shadows (and as I wrote that I thought of the ASG )
- Petpets
- Sidekicks
- Winter
Although for Sidekicks, Peace & War, Petpets, and Neoquest, I'd have to sit out cos I'd have nothing for them, but I can see them working well for other people
I also love: Faerieland Academy, but I'm guessing it's too similar to BVU Scandals, but not confident we could differentiate enough from conspiracies - maybe though The monsters-related ones, but they sound kinda close to the Heroes/Villains one Not that we can't revisit a good idea with a different angle! Just that it's fun to do something new
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