MISC, CONTEST: Superhuman World 2009: A Date with the Darkness

Andrew Perron pwerdna at gmail.com
Sat Nov 14 21:51:31 PST 2009


On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:10:50 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> Hmmm.  That's kind of like asking what the Big Idea of the Marvel
> Universe is.
> 
> In comic-book tradition, I use any sort of outlandish plot elements I
> feel like.  The superhumans are the central concept, but they
> sometimes have trouble keeping up with everything else that can
> happen.  For instance...
> 
> Rght now I'm *apparently* setting up a two or three-way conflict
> between the Russian military, an alien swarm, and an ultra-powerful
> extra-dimensional force.  But at any time I could throw in elves, time
> travel, Satanists, talking ducks, or whatever y'all say the next High
> Concept should be.  If nothing else, I get some fun plot twists.
> 
> Maybe I should make "Help Me Write This Story" my Big Idea.

Hmmmmm, I see.  So it's just fun superheroics, fair 'nuff!

Can't think of anything better than SW09 at this point, then.  Maybe after
I read more...

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, hmmmmm.


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