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Okay, for Toon or Mastershipping, sounds like a good start, but we'd definitely need to bring more to it. At least from my roleplay experience, I've found that the best thing to keep RPs going is to have a villain. Whether it be someone who, like in a slasher movie, just keeps coming back after being seemingly defeated with new ways to bring problems to the characters, or just bad coincidences of new bad guys coming in over and over again, having such a villain definitely keeps things more dark and interesting, and often gives something to throw a wrench into the romance so it doesn't get too sickeningly fluffy. So maybe a murder could happen at the work convention or something, or someone is kidnapping people?
The Saw one is definitely more detailed and interesting. :3 I can't say I'm super super for it, because I'm really bad at coming up with those kinds of puzzles and such, but I could see myself enjoying it, and would be fine giving it a try if you were really looking forward to it. I'm pretty sure I get how the puzzle works by your description. And I've never seen any of the Saw movies, but I do know the basic premise at least.
Also, if you really are struggling with coming up with ideas, I do have a couple Puppyshipping ideas I've had laying around for quite some time, one based on a fanfiction I started back in junior high (though at this point the plot is modified to be much better), and the other an RP I started with a friend, but she stopped updating on me after a few posts. So yeah, if you need some more plot bunnies, I at least have a couple Puppyshipping ideas. XP

Ooh, that is quite interesting. :3
Ahahaha, that is a positively wonderful quote! XD
Anyway, um, couple ideas are both pretty involved with occult types of stuff. Weird coincidence, because I don't generally roleplay occult, but I am quite interested in it.

First one: Alternate Universe. Blue Eyes and Red Eyes are two dragon gods, Blue Eyes a 'good' god (wanting to bring peace and prosperity to the world, help humans benefit each other, teach patience, very Kisara-like stuff), and Red Eyes being an 'evil' god (wanting to spread chaos, cause humans to fight in wars, shed blood).
Both of these gods have the desire to mold humanity into what they want it to be, but are not powerful enough to directly manipulate the world. So instead, they use spirituality and cult religion (speaking in dreams, convincing followers, etc.) to build a following of worshipers.
By this point, the dragons are a bit more aware of each other, and are somewhat competing to influence the world more fully first. Their cult followers become competitive, killing off each other's members and such. It gets to the point where the dragons combine their powers with their followers and create a ritual that will allow them to sire a child in the human world.
These children are, of course, Kaiba and Jounouchi, Kaiba being under Blue Eyes and Jounouchi being under Red Eyes. The dragons have plans to raise the two to grow up among their cult, eventually taking leadership. On Kaiba/Jounouchi's eighteenth birthdays, their power reaches its full potential as sons of dragon god... things, and they are able to summon their dragon parent god into their bodies and fuse with it, becoming living gods on earth that can then proceed to take over humanity.
So since this was original a fanfiction, it began with Jounouchi reaching his eighteenth birthday. He grew up in more of a 'gang' environment with his cult. They ran around the streets and lived in abandoned warehouses and such, and acted more like a gang than a family. He found Shizuka abandoned as an orphan when they were both young, and took her in and raised her, so she's the only 'family' he considers himself to have. He eventually becomes the leader of his cult.
Kaiba, on the other hand, his cult is more like a business. They consider bringing Blue Eyes into power as a 'company goal' and work efficiently to gain that. The Blue Eyes cult actually founds a corporation that they use to gain funds for their organization. They are much better organized and have more members in their cult, but the Red Eyes cult has the advantage of Jounouchi being born first. Therefore, he has the potential to fuse with Red Eyes before Kaiba and fuse with Blue Eyes. Kaiba also has Mokuba as his brother still, though they are half brothers, as Mokuba's mother is the same woman who acted as a means for Blue Eyes to sire Kaiba.
So back to where the story starts off, Jounouchi is turning eighteen, and his cult is preparing the ritual. Jounouchi was raised his entire life to believe that Red Eyes is the supreme being, they need to bring him to earth, Jounouchi is meant to be his vessel, etc. etc. But Kaiba and his cult have been preparing for this day, and end up invading the ritual and stopping it, kidnapping Jounouchi so he can't be used in the future. After that, the fanfic was pretty much about Jounouchi at first being forced to live with Kaiba (Shizuka joining them, though I don't recall how), while Kaiba tries to convince him (for business purposes, of course), that he has been brainwashed throughout his life, and that Red Eyes is a despicable being and all of that.
Eventually, Kaiba needs to confront his own possibilities of being brainwashed. Even though his cause seems more noble, he has always only seen it as an emotionless goal that he was raised to head towards. He doesn't have any actual attachment to his cult or to Blue eyes. So it's about the two learning to detach themselves from what they were raised to be, while at the same time, Jounouchi's cult is trying to track him down, and Kaiba's cult is preparing to do the ritual that will fuse Kaiba with Blue Eyes. And eventually, the two start to have feelings for each other as well, making them question what really is most important in life.

Second one: Takes place after the Egypt Arc. This one is a little less developed, considering it was just an RP that got about two pages in, but I really did like the idea.
There is a demon that feeds off of the misery of humans. He is unable to sustain himself without a pact binding him to the world, so in order to gain power, he allows people to summon him with blood, and uses that blood as a sealing pact for him to do one favor for the one who summoned him. The favor must involve bringing misfortune to someone.
So the demon was summoned at one point by a woman who was envious of Kaiba's performance at school in comparison to her son, years ago before the death of Kaiba's and Mokuba's parents. The woman wanted to bring misfortune to Kaiba, and so the demon possessed a bottle of wine. Someone who drunk the wine ended up being possessed by the demon, and then drove to crash into Kaiba's parents' vehicle, killing them. So the demon caused Kaiba and Mokuba to become orphans, messing up a good portion of their lives. After that, he got the misery he was seeking, and disappeared back into the demon world until another pact could seal him to the human world.
Years later, to present day, and Hirutani has summoned the same demon to get revenge on Jounouchi. The demon leaves to go investigate Jounouchi and figure out the best way to bring him misery, but then notices that he is rivals with Kaiba, the kid who he was summoned to ruin so long ago. The demon becomes interested and, going against his own rules, begins to haunt both Kaiba and Jounouchi, instead of immediately trying to bring misery to the latter.
Eventually, Kaiba and Jounouchi catch on that they both seem to be being haunted by the same thing, so begin investigating together. Also in time, the demon begins his work against Jounouchi by killing his mother; she trips over a wine bottle and falls down the stairs. (wine is a big theme in this RP, as the blood the demon takes as an offering is considered his 'wine') This puts Shizuka into Jounouchi's father's custody, which seems like a good thing at first, except that Jounouchi's father is a horrible man who is abusive.
Not wanting Shizuka to be hurt by him, Jounouchi leaves his apartment with her, trying to find a means to get by while dealing with this demon wreaking more and more havoc.

Aaaaaanyway... *deep breath* That it! =D If you're not into those ideas at all, that's fine. XD Just hope I can get your plot bunnies back or something.

That'd be interesting. XD Winging it seems to only work out half the time though.
Haha, fair enough. XD I just kind of see it more as like how Kaiba Corporation is a happy good thing for kids and such, and Kaiba runs it with such seriousness and such. So even though this cult would be about a 'good' god, Kaiba would mostly just be running it for his own reasons.
When I started the other roleplay with a friend, I would play the demon, though I really didn't get to flesh it out much with the few posts we had. We could always alter how it works; I'm open for suggestions. Hirutani was that guy from the early manga that used to be Jounouchi's gang leader. He would want revenge because Jounouchi left his gang, then was forced to rejoin, then attacked one of the gang members, so they tortured him, but then Yuugi saved him and electrocuted all of the gang members. Then later they tried to get revenge on Yuugi and Jounouchi by attacking them with yoyos, but Jounouchi managed to beat up Hirutani, and Yuugi caused all of the other gang members to fall off a roof.
Alright then. =D I'm still open-minded for other ideas, so just take the time you feel you need.

I am a superb BSer with somethings, like when explaining the 'meanings' behind my art. A lot of it is made up on the spot. XD;;
Good luck with your zoning. XD
Mm, but see, a lot of the 'dedication' was more like the kind of confused obligation Jounouchi felt towards his gang in the manga. This cult is his family after all, and he was raised to believe in it, like how his dad is a horrible person in the series, but he doesn't leave him, and continues to work to pay for both of them to survive. That's part of what the plot would be about though, people convincing Jounouchi that this gang isn't right, and he would be up for changing himself in time.
I loved the old manga. XD It was so dark and awesome. But yeah, Kaiba failed in the manga, and I remember reading it and being kinda, "Ugh... poor Kaiba is such a creeper in this!" but at least he improved as time went on. XD;; I really liked how Jounouchi, Honda, and Anzu were portrayed though.
Yay for BSing! Maybe you would be good at playing the demon then. XD;;

Fair enough. Jounouchi didn't necessarily worship the evil god so much in the original fic though. XD;; I tweaked that since writing it way back when; he actually hated the gang and only stayed in so he could keep Shizuka out of the streets. I thought that seemed a bit extreme of a way to react to 'your family' though so went to the other extreme. Maybe I'll consider more of a middle ground, because he's definitely still the soft Jounouchi on the inside. razz
Oh, I definitely liked the old Yami no Yuugi better. XD Consider I'm not much of a YnY fan of the normal variety, the insane version was at least entertaining.
Yeah, I don't really care how the demon is worked out, so whatever you think would work the best. XD;; I'm actually not very good at playing those types of characters though, just as a warning. Sweet, yeah, I'm willing to retry this RP then. Who shall set up the thread? I might be able to find the original opening, though it was on Solia, which I haven't been on in forever. X_x
And the demon wasn't really based on any particular set mythology so... yay for free reign. XD;;

I am quite fond of LK's Yami no Yuugi. XD
Sweet, I already have a title then. :3 Alright then, awesome. I'll post it right now. Managed to find the old thread, so I can just copy and tweak that. I also have the first post of the exchanged between Hirutani and the demon, so if you don't mind me 'playing' the demon on that first part, then perhaps it could give you an idea on this guy's personality and you can take over from there? If not, that's fine, and I'll just put the synopsis. :3

Okay, awesome. I'll post that tonight then, and after that, we can maybe PM back and forth our character choices... like you pick someone, PM that to me, I'll choose someone next and PM that back to you, and we'll go back and forth until all the characters are taken? Hopefully we can end up getting that done on a time we're both on so it won't last days. XD;; I already gave you Kaiba and myself Jounouchi, assuming that won't be a problem.
Yes, the date is April 21st, at least as the RP begins. I believe I put that in one of the notes on the first post. XD;; I don't have a year, because I have no idea when YUU*GI*OU actually takes place, but it's the year after Atem left and went to the after life. The age thing isn't really so significant in that it is really just there for my own obsessive-compulsive reasons.