Genres and subjects that interest me.
This list of punk styles and definitions were compiled by the lovely Wiccacow and sum up a lot of what I like as far as themes in role play. I like all of these they can be mixed as well. Below this are some basic genres.
Please also note I may not know the samples that are listed here though I do trust they are very accurate of their punk genre.
____punk Genres - Note that for each punk genre, there is a respective prep genre; punk means the universe is based around dystopia, and prep means it is based around utopia. I will only include -prep genres that are a little more than slightly different form the descriptions for their -punk counterparts.
Atompunk -
the world of pulp sci-fi of the 1940s and 50s where everything from inter-galactic space ships to pens is atomic powered (before we discovered atomics actually make your hair fall out and force you to vomit up your lungs) (i.e., Fallout)
Biopunk -
punk with genetic engineering instead of computing, through the modification of chromozones. (i.e., Repo! The Genetic Opera; Bioshock)
Candlepunk -
denotes an late medieval civilization with futuristic technology. Candlepunk has also been called “Castlepunk”and “Middlepunk.” It can also be “Dungeonpunk” when adding magical elements, or “Plaguepunk” when describing a plague-ridden candlepunk society. (i.e., Doomsday Book by Connie Willis)
Clockpunk -
rely on artsy clockwork mechanica; may have a Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci kind of flavor. (i.e., Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake)
Crystalpunk -
denotes a civilization where crystals are used as energy, and often for magic. (i.e., Stormhawks)
Cyberpunk -
generally includes advanced cybernetics, ultra-powerful, totalitarian entities controlling the world with an iron fist (either governments or megacorporations), and a shockingly low value on human life. (i.e., Blade Runner)
Cyberprep -
generally includes advanced cybernetics, ultra-powerful, totalitarian entities controlling the world with an iron fist (either governments or megacorporations), and a shockingly low value on human life. (i.e., The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld)
Dinopunk -
denotes a civilization where dinosaurs take the place of the usual fauna, beasts of burden, etc. In some instances, the dinosaurs live symbiotically with humans and can speak. (i.e., Dinotopia)
Desertpunk -
generaly features lots of deserts and ruins with small, widely spaced groups of people. (i.e., Tank Girl)
Elfpunk -
contemporary fantasy character types—elves, fairies, dragons, etc.—are placed in an urban setting. (i.e., The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar)
Mannerspunk -
Elabororate social hierarchies and complex traditions presented in a fantasy setting. (i.e., Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner)
Mythpunk -
archetypes of folklore and myths are combined with postmodern fantasy techniques. (i.e., The Labyrinth by Valente)
Sandalpunk -
denotes an ancient civilization that never collapsed—with scientific advancement (i.e., Reign: The Conqueror by Peter Chung, Stargate: SG1)
Steampunk -
denotes works set in a world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England. (i.e., His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman)
Steelpunk -
denotes a medieval civilization provided with technological advances. Sometimes called Steelpunk, and is often mixed with elements of magic or other punk genres. (i.e., Final Fantasy {XII})
Stonepunk -
denotes a Stone Age civilization provided with technological advances. (i.e., Earth's Children series by Jean M. Auel)
If you don’t see, yours here ask about it. It’s just a small list of things’ I’ve done or thought about lately.
Cravings highlighted
Fantasy (past, present, and future.)
Mutant (x-men style)
Pirates
Fairies
Futuristic
Steam Punk
Anything with fantasy elements really.
And your suggestions!
I also like to just wing it and base and role play off of our characters. In fact, I prefer it.
and any parings that would go with the above and most other things one would suggest.
I'm not into:
master and slave, angles, demons, vampiers, werewolves, zombies, incest, horror, or really bloody things.
Plots and sample intros.
1. There is an alternate reality of some sort with bizarre parallel to earth where magic still run rampant and kings rule the lands. The Kingdom of Knorr is in deep trouble. Impending doom worries the King night and day. The only hope is a prophecy foretelling the coming of a savior who will come from another land and learn their ways to save them all. Then go back and save there own land. The king’s chief magician (a prodigy of sorts only in their 20's which is very young to be a chief magician) is waiting for the savior to train them and help them save their home.
Meanwhile, in our own world and time. There is a person, who is quite unaware of the world or their prophecy but keenly aware that something is wrong with the world. But what can they do? An average person unsatisfied and lost in life is no help at all where governments and leaders should be solving such things.
The light coming through her window came from the very full moon outside as she watched at such an impossible hour for the moment that no body waited for. Except for maybe astrology nuts and people other than her interested in such things. The full moon was about to eclipse, which was very exciting considering it was a very rare blue moon. But then again Evelyn Cartwright wasn't an astrology student. Just an interested person in the beauty in nature.
Eve was a waitress, a recently out of work one at that, in her very large town in between careers and degrees. She was a good student the 20 something just couldn't deiced what she wanted to do. So she did what other people her age did, got a job and continued on until something hit her on the head. The only thing on the red head of hers was the current state of things, which was another thing she was interested in. The troubling state of the world and its slow decent into a cess pool. But she felt really powerless to do anything about any of it and continued her watching and waiting for a real sort of life to begin.
Her pale skin lit up reflecting the moon beams outside as it inched closer to its final stage of eclipse when she deiced that it might be better viewed outside of her small apartment in the parking lot where the buildings would block her view less. So she slipped on a comfortable pair of cloth boots over her jeans and slipped into the night.
The Elevator was most often broken so she was pleased to find the regular 'out of order' sign removed from the big sliding metallic doors. She pressed the button to summon the elevator peaking anxiously over the rail to not miss the eclipse which was drawing to a close. She bounced on her feet worrying she'd be inside the elevator and miss the whole thing when it flew open and she stepped inside. Not noticing at all that there was no elevator there. She fell down the empty shaft to what she assumed would be her doom. But that moment the moon fully eclipsed and the woman disappeared.
Eve blacked out. Half way down the elevator shaft, everything went dark but she managed to feel herself hit the ground of something that felt like . . . Hay? But there was no time to contemplate the meaning of such things before everything completely left her conscious. Only a horse in the stables seemed to notice, he moved around with sudden jerked movements quite spooked by the whole matter. The savior of a foreign planet being brought into the world in the kings stable, seems a familiar scenario. But there were no cries of a babe simply a soft thud where her body landed unharmed except for a bump on the head.
When she came to, a small hand rubbed her head as she winced at the bruise on her head. “Hay?” She pondered slowly blinking her green eyes open and looking around her. Hay, the smell of horses, a stable? This certainly wasn’t Kansas or the bottom of an elevator shaft. She wondered if this was a dream from being in a coma. “Hello?” She called out in a tentative voice. Eve struggled upwards and staggered toward the door, her vision blurry and body sore trying to find someone . . . Anyone.
2. The story is outlined in my intro post which is posted along with the lyrics to the song below.
The Lyrics:
Hand Of Sorrow
The child without a name grew up to be the hand
To watch you, to shield you, or kill on demand
The choice he'd made he could not comprehend
His blood a grim secret they had to commend
He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
He prayed for both but was denied
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind
So many years have past, toward a noble land of lies
Will all our sins be justified?
The curse of his powers tormented his life
Obeying the crowd was a sinister price
His soul was tortured by love and by pain
He surely would flee, but the oath made him stay
He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life
He prayed for both but was denied
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind
So many years have past, toward a noble land of lies
Will all our sins be justified?
Please forgive me for the sorrow
For leaving you in fear
For the dreams we had to silence
That's all they'll ever be
Still I'll be the hand that saves you
Though you'll not see that it is me
So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind
So many years have past, toward a noble land of lies
Will all our sins be justified?
Intro Post:
The kingdom of Rynora had once been the most magnificent Kingdom in the continent, once. That was before the war started. The war to end all wars they said but all it did was lead to the downfall of their blessed kingdom. The irony was that Rynora had been the victor all those years ago. That’s when he came to them.
They never referred to the prisoner by name but over time he became known as the hand. A secret kept from most, only the private council and the king really knew about him. Only the king knew what it was he had been called before.
The King's private council as a group of five, three men and two women, one of the women was Lady Trepadora De'Lorenzo of a southern district near the border of the ruined kingdom the Hand had once lived in. Lady Dora, as she was called, was a young council member but chosen to be one of the five after her father had passed on, being of the original council, and quite earned her place among the chosen few after his passing. With her brothers taking care of the large district she was free to settle into the life in the capital tending to the council matters and representing her fathers ideals. Some regarded her as a token member, a passionate youngster. But no one really knew just what this "youngster" was yet to do.
The hand had struck a dreadful bargain with the King and thus began life as a private strike force only adding to the lies and false nobility that was building after the years of the war. As time grew so did the ego. Not to mention tensions in the kingdom, and the council room.
Seeing what was done to life and the disregard for slaves and prisoners, and to there own powerful secret prisoner she gathered up her courage after years of private suffering and went before the council in what was to be a fruitless effort for his release. What no one, not even the hand, expected were more secretive motives something pure and burning that was never thought to ever be brought to light, she loved him.
Her long chestnut brown hair was braided and pulled back elegantly, she wore her finest that day as she stood in the front of the small private chamber to echo thoughts she had long pondered
"So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed
Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind
So many years have past, toward a noble land of lies
Will all our sins be justified?"
(Credit to Within Temptation words not mine)
Lies! They called blasphemy and treason! Calling their actions wrong. She was laughed at to think they would release the prisoner against some girl’s moral obligations. So, she left rejected. If she could not do this the legal way she would have to free him herself, even if that meant her own expulsion.
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