[LNH] [META] Introduction to the LNH?

[Andrew Perron]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 00:40:44 +0000 (UTC), Saxon Brenton wrote:


> On Weds 6 October 2010 Andrew Perron [pwerdna at gmail.com] did cruel
> things to electrons with a particle accelerator until they agreed
> to carry the message:
>
>> So, I've been thinking. As we all know, big, long-established
>> universes are hard to get into, due to their large and varied
>> backstory. Therefore, I've decided that the LNH could use a "first
>> stop" for newbies; an entertaining one-shot that gives a reader
>> all the background data they need to know to read and enjoy a story
>> that takes place in the Looniverse.
>
> But... but... If a story is being written as an introductory text,
> that means... {~twitch~} ...no gratuitous continuity references.

DUN DUN DUNNNN

> But seriously. Yeah, I can probably contribute something.

Woohoo! <3

> Am I correct in assuming that you'd be wanting a variety of LNH stories
> (some adventurous, some 'merely' humourous, some which do dreadful things
> to the fourth wall...), and perhaps concluding with an Encyclopeadia
> Galactica style writeup of the Legion, which would basically be a
> stripped down verson of what appears in the likes of the FAQs and
> wikipedia pages?

I was thinking more a single story where the hero (preferably a new
character)'s adventure takes him through the various facets of the
Looniverse, the iconic things that show up in the majority of series.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, zappo whambap!