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Magda Strongfang

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:35 pm


I have recently had a dream after watching the film adaptation of League of Exraordinary Gentleman. It was something of a similar ideas. A select set of Victorian-Era characters of fiction banding together to form a group of crimefighters/mercenaries that save their world on constant basis. I envisioned this in a Steampunk-esque world, like that of LXG or Stephen Sommers Van Helsing. I'm thinking of this being either a short story for Deviantart or an RP here on Gaia.

Yay or Nay?

Also, I'm providing a list of characters that may appear in either incarnation of the idea. I'm up to suggestions, too. Some of the characters maybe changed in name to add uniqueness to the story.

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Griffin from The Invisble Man
Frankenstein's Monster from Frankenstein
Count Dracula from Dracula
Phileas/Phineas Fogg from Around the World in 80 Days
Spring-Heeled Jack from Victorian-Era folklore in England
Either of the Holmes brothers (Mycroft and Sherlock) from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories
Erik from Phantom of the Opera
PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:48 am


It sounds like a grand idea!
I, for one, hope you choose to convey this in Rp here on Gaia, I think it's be more interesting that way. However, i'd still want to read the story if you go in that direction!

By the way, thank you for mentioning Spring-Heeled Jack. I had forgotten all about him, and upon repeating my research on him, i've become utterly fascinated with him again. What a character!

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:00 am


short story definatly. the only RP's that ever seem to conclude/stay in control generally involve gay/lesbian/bi vampires and slaves, or furries...

besides, short story means we get the story in one chunk (not EVERYONE wants to scroll through twenty pages of comments to read the whole damned thing), and it stays in one style, the author's style, instead of being "and then lord vanquin stated with a positively spiffing attitude..." to "LOL, i fiyah lazors from my handz!!!"
PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:52 am


@fire - link: Well, if I was to make an RP out of it, I'd only invite people from this guild and some RPing friends of mine that could be literate. Hmmm...maybe I'll do a short story first and go from there.

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