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Post by Komori on May 10, 2012 8:21:10 GMT -5
8D Yaay!
What should our theme be this year? (Pac, feel free to repost the ones you sent me)
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Post by Pacmanite on May 10, 2012 10:11:53 GMT -5
Woot, Team Squad Force! =D
Ok, Komori and I were starting to talk about themes and this is what I said:
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I like the idea of having a common villain, except that if we do use the same villain, perhaps the readers might wonder if the comics are part of the same story arc and are meant to be read in a particular sequence, rather than as standalone comics. (Unless the introductory "Last time, on Team Squad Force" is enough to get a sense of them being unconnected events.) Although I guess we could intentionally make them sort of string together as a coherent sequence of events. But that would require more coordination I suppose.
Haha, TSF sure has a lot of villains under its belt. Maybe several of the pre-existing villains could try to plot together? Most of the baddies seem to be somewhat incompetent, lol.
I have a few more ideas that I wrote up and stored a long time ago, so I'll paste them here and see if any of them get us anywhere.
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Ticking Time Bomb – There’s some kind of explosive or incendiary device, with a countdown clock on it, and the heroes have to defuse it before it goes off. Imagine them frantically passing it from one to another like a hot potato, or getting one with a ridiculously long time limit and procrastinating on the defusing until it’s almost too late...
Disguise Dress-up – the heroes, or the villains, or anyone, dress as someone else to disguise their identity (with varying success). Heroes try to impersonate villains... villains fool heroes... masquerade parties are interrupted.
Fruit Stand – somewhere, somehow, a fruit stand must be destroyed.
Origin Story – each member has to explain in their own words how the awsomeness and might of Team Squad Force came to be. Expect to have some very Unreliable Narrators.
Grand Piano – somewhere, somehow, a grand piano must be dropped. (similar to Fruit Stand)
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Of the ideas above, I did tend to like the fruit stand one the best, as it's quite flexible and part of the fun would be to see how many different scenarios could involve a fruit stand getting destroyed. =D
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Post by Abra on May 10, 2012 19:37:58 GMT -5
Oh my gosh those are all phenomenal ideas Pac!! It makes me wish 50th and hundredth comics would come around more often. XD
I especially like the Ticking Time Bomb and fruitstand/grand piano ideas... I feel that the latter might give us more leeway in terms of what's going to happen in our comics, and the time bomb might be a little more restricting/harder to come up with something, but I can already see the intensity in each of the comics and totally love it. XD
If we DO use the fruitstand idea however, can it please be the same vendor? XD
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Post by Komori on May 10, 2012 21:20:41 GMT -5
Oh man, it really should be the same vendor! 8D Poor guy!
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2012 0:54:15 GMT -5
Aw, the whole gang's back again. :3
Ugh, I love the origin story idea because I love origin stories, but I feel like that might be hard to pull off (plus it raises a lot of unnecessary questions). They really should have an origin story. I bet it's really mundane, though. =/
I like the fruit stand idea too! And if it's the same guy he's having the worst day ever.
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Post by Komori on May 11, 2012 14:31:29 GMT -5
I guess a problem with doing the origin story is that they spend a lot less time in their hero-y outfits doing anything heroic-y.
If we all like the fruitstand idea, should that be our theme for the year? :3
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Post by Pacmanite on May 11, 2012 14:37:01 GMT -5
Yeah, it should totally be the same fruit vendor! x'D Ooh, and another thing - Komori earlier said that the fruit stand idea could be used in combination with another theme too. That's now got me thinking, what if we did the Origin Story idea, making all the stories completely different (different setting, events, applied phlebtonium/deathrays etc.) except for that one detail where the guy's fruit stall gets destroyed? So if someone read them all, they'd get the impression that the grain of truth in all these fantastical stories is that some poor guy's fruit stand probably got wiped out. I guess a problem with doing the origin story is that they spend a lot less time in their hero-y outfits doing anything heroic-y. If we all like the fruitstand idea, should that be our theme for the year? :3 ... that's a fair point about the origin story. I do reckon the costumes and heroic antics are most of the fun of TSF. I'm in support of fruit stand. But if anyone has more ideas, I don't want to rush people into deciding the topic without having heard everyone out.  That said, I'd sorta like it if we chose a theme sooner rather than later since with my work/holiday schedule I probably won't be able to do much work on this in June so I need to get my comic done and dusted by the end of May. Also, YAY Fish is with us! That makes us a fearsome foursome ;D |
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Post by Abra on May 12, 2012 20:12:25 GMT -5
Hooray, Fish!! So glad you're back!  I hate to be a huge butt, but can I nay-say origins? I am having a really hard time picturing anything that isn't 50 panels long. DX Then again all of my comics are excruciatingly long anyway. @_@ What would it be, though? They must all be arguing about how TSF got started if their stories are all different, so how do they get to that point of argument? It'd essentially be two stories: one leading up to the flashback and then the flashback itself. ;_; That just seems like a lot of work. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2012 23:58:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I think we should nix the origin thing.
I like the fruit stand must be destroyed thing! It gives us a fairly clear objective (like "protect the Altador Cup" and "save the teammate") but also gives us a ton of leeway. Win-win I think. It doesn't have to be a fruit stand fer shur, but I like the general idea.
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Post by Pacmanite on May 13, 2012 15:47:51 GMT -5
I'm fine with putting away the origin idea. It does seem like a bit of a long story to tell in a comic. (And I tend to make some terribly long comics too  ) Sounds good to destroy the fruit stand, one way or another.  Hurray for getting some collateral damage on our hands. *rubs hands* |
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Post by Komori on May 13, 2012 16:30:56 GMT -5
Did anyone have any preference for the fruit stand owner? Food Shop chia:  Health Food quiggle:  Hot Dog cart?  Ice Cream cart?  Tropical fruits:  Desert foods:  Merifoods:  Brightvale fruits:  Or Shekuu foods:  Or we just picking a species/color for fruit-shop owner, so that he/she isn't bound to any particular Neopian world? |
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Post by Pacmanite on May 13, 2012 17:12:55 GMT -5
I was thinking more on the lines of picking a simple colour/species combination, so the stall keeper looks like a rather unassuming innocent-bystander guy. Perhaps with a hat that resembles those hats that the hot dog Mynci and the ice cream Lutari wear. Although, out of the above examples, I would definitely pick the Health Food Quiggle. He looks pretty naive and well-meaning, his design is simple and the colours are not clashy. |
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Post by Abra on May 20, 2012 10:13:56 GMT -5
/Bad at remembering that we're doing this.
I'm going to agree with Pac on this one; either an original vendor, or if we really must choose an existing NPC, I'd say the Health Food Quig.
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Post by Komori on May 20, 2012 12:55:27 GMT -5
Well, I'm not particularly in favor of doing an NPC over an original pet, so if people prefer an original one, that's fine with me. :3 And if we do an original one, I suppose there's no reason he can't make cameos in future TSFs just for the heckovit. (Though I admit to be overly-fond of cameos)
So, species? Something easy to draw like a Kyrii or Usul? Or a species fairly-neglected, like Flotsams, Moehogs, or Ogrins?
And for color, I propose one of the more unique, yet still simple, colorfills: Skunk, Striped, Split, Gold/Silver, maybe Electric. (Or Strawberry? It IS a fruit stand...) Yanno, something that won't be too distractingly colored (Rainbow/Disco), but still more unique than simple-colored so that it doesn't look like a coincidence we all came up with the same shopkeep.
I propose Strawberry Tuskanniny or Skunk Usul, but I'm just throwing things out there. :3
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Post by Pacmanite on May 20, 2012 13:24:17 GMT -5
Ooh, I like Skunk Usul! I also like Strawberry Kacheek and Tusky. I should probably have a crack at drawing something and see what happens. |
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That said, I'd sorta like it if we chose a theme sooner rather than later since with my work/holiday schedule I probably won't be able to do much work on this in June so I need to get my comic done and dusted by the end of May.
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Hurray for getting some collateral damage on our hands. *rubs hands*
