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The basic idea behind this thread is to post little ideas you come up with that you can't or don't want to use. If you want to use them in a rp and they're in here, go ahead, it's free for all.

Simple, don't do a sg1 rp, do like, sg5 or something like that.

Ditto. Sad, huh?

I'd be in on a SW rp, but wouldn't want to run it.

Battle of Hastings might be interesting, but how would we work a story into it? Simple survival of some soldiers?

Dude, I'd be all over a Viking rp like a Viking all over mead. However, again, what would plot be? Ragnarok? Would we be the gods or just Vikings?

You know what? Sky setting would be kinda cool. However, all my thoughts tend to run towards Skylanders...

Bees. Well, would bee interesting, but I'm not sure it would generate a huge amount of buzz.

Okay, ima gunna jump on the Viking and sky rp ideas. The others might work, but I'm not braining right now.

I'd be all over the Viking one, but the only problem I foresee is that the only way most of the plots can end is Ragnarok.... Not that I'm saying this is a bad thing.

As for skylanders, if you don't know the plot, here it is. There are people called portal masters who control portals in time and space. They can summon creatures from far and wide to battle evil in the skylands. The skylands are a series of floating islands ranging in size from pebble to large enough to hold entire, large cities. Some islands are linked together and they're all held up with magic. Now, one evil guy called Kaos, yeah, I know, tacky name, but the guy who voices him is invader zim, so he's forgiven, comes along and destroys the source of good, pure magic so darkness and evil can reign. To fix the lack of light magic, the skylanders, a group of misfit creatures, see website for character listings, set out to retrieve eight eternal sources for the eight elements. Earth, air, fire, water, life, undeath, tech and magic. With the eternal sources, they rebuild the core of light and restore goodness and happiness to the skylands. *takes a breath* That's it, but I reckon something along the lines of the various islands could work. Some islands are linked by bridges, some are tied together, but unless some severe magic hits them, they just float gently along. Also, hot air balloon is the most popular mode of transport between the islands. THAT, I think, is cool.

Finally, I remember an idea that I picked up from a book once, which explains why we have myths of dragons and gods, which is that there are 'zones' in the universe, which are powered by various, let's call them beliefs. Currently Earth is sitting in a physics field. Previously however, the boundaries have shifted. Last time was during the dark ages, just before witch hunting became popular. Belief in gods gave some limited power and some fairy tale devices, like iron affecting fey, became true. Previous to THAT belief system was the fantasy/magic type, where dragons, fey, etc were active, but belief in gods was severely limited. When the barrier switched from magic to gods, the magic creatures lost their magic. Dragons died out and fey became hunted and unable to hide using magic.

Now, with all that aside, Earth goes through another shift, this one throwing it back into the realm of magic. All technology now does not work, ie, electricity. However, the average Joe can now use some kind of magic. Most of it is benign or limited to parlor tricks, but there are many who can do pretty much anything they feel like. Some of this group work to restore order while others work to take over the world and potentially throw the world into another dark age.

You're one of the few who've said that...

There are 5.

I meant the two that you guys were discussing in more detail razz