Story ideas

[The Lion Turtle]

Hey Feng Shui-ers. Feng Shui-ians.. Feng Shui.. Aficionados.

What story do you want?

Now that we're finished with season 1 of Korra, we can get the story aspect settled.
We've got a number of choices. We can go pre-Korra, but Post-Aang. We can work on the founding of Republic City and the Republics.. where there are people who have learned to live and work with their neighbors and where there are people who are going to outright hate the idea of the Fire Nation Colonists remaining in their Earth Kingdom Homes. It'd be like Cats and Dogs getting along, they'd say.

We can go current-Korra and play the game either right before or during Korra's time in Republic City. We can run the game right along side season 1 since we know what's going to happen and how it's going to happen and then we can add our own spin to it.

We can go Post-Amon and play Republic City as it's just wrapped up. There are still equalists, but they're shattered after it was revealed their leader was a bender.. but will a new leader step up?

Or do we want to cook up a whole new enemy for Korra? Azula Reincarnated anyone?

[ikeru]

i like the idea of picking up right where season one ended and like, officially having our own twist on season two, with the equalist group disbanded but the more radical members still a threat? i think we should focus more on a civil-unrest-in-the-city type thing, like team avatar (and anyone interested in making a character to help out) try and rebuild republic city--and the pro bending arena!--and repair ties between angry non-benders and angry benders still feeling some type of way after amon. i do like the idea of a new enemy on the horizon tho (omg ~*~azula's secret granddaughter~*~ has just the right amount of mary sue and credibility to me lolol), let's put a pin in that.

also, feng shui-ites?

[chamir]

I'm with Ikeru. Let's lay tracks down at post season one and see where we end up. The season finale give us a lot of material to run with.

Does Korra give everyone their bending back, including criminals like the triads? Who takes over Tarrlok's seat and will there be a cover story for the public? What's gonna happen to all those wonderful Equalist toys? What will become of the Equalist now that Amon is unmasked, now that they are likely labeled as terrorists, that some of their number didn't wear masks? What sort of tension will exists between the benders and nonbenders in the city or even throughout the Republic?

[Auina Kym]

Maybe its because I felt that the season finale was a bit of a let down...but I'd rather see us start at the beginning of season 1 and end it on a way less 'LET'S DEUS EX MACHINA THE HELL OUT OF THIS ENDING' note. >_>;;;

I mean think of it....we could hit the high notes that -should- be hit, such as discovering who's arming the Equalists, taking the bending of important figures in the city....but maybe actually have some real consequences come of it.

[gandalan]

I'm with Auina. Let's get in this plot, and muck about, and screw it up. >D Let's make it our own! That's what I LOVED about Feng Shui. Aang was just kinda... around. And so was Zuko. And that wasn't really a problem, because we did things our way. I didn't see that as boring- it was refreshing. But then, I didn't play canons, so... ^^;

That's my vote, anyway. Side-along Season 1, and by the time Season 2 comes out, we'll see where they are going, and where we can start going if we so choose.

[Teiú]

Agree with Auina and Hibi for that one. Hibi said it all, we can run along the plot we already saw, as something that happened at another point in the city, instead of an unchangeable past that we may have to cope with. We can turn it on one of the visions of the facts that surrounded Republic City at the time.

Besides, when season 2 starts running and we, hopefully, get to see what the world is at (I'm specially interested in impregnable Ba Sing Sei) just imagine how cool will be to throw what we can grow in Republic City into the four sides of the planet. I'm on for beginning from start of Season 1.

[gandalan]

Jun 27, 2012 1:48:36 GMT -5 Teiú said:

impregnable Ba Sing Sei

"Heheheh... you see, they don't call it Na Seng Sei... -_- That means "Penetrable City"."

...Oh, you Earth Kingdom people and your quotes. XD

[Nanuk]

I dunno, I'm with Ikeru and Chamir. I mean, if we leave season one as it is, we'll draw in anyone wanting to play the universe, but imagine if season 2 comes out and we draw some people then who would stepping into a slightly altered version of season 2 LoK because of what we had done during "season 1" of our RP. I just feel like that would attract more members, plus it leaves us open to expand to globalism if we attract enough people.

I dunno, I also like the whole political aftermath of such an event in the city. It'd be a lot like what the ATLA comics are doing now, exploring the aftermath. Anyway, that's my vote.

[Auina Kym]

Jun 27, 2012 22:42:27 GMT -5 Nanuk said:

I dunno, I'm with Ikeru and Chamir. I mean, if we leave season one as it is, we'll draw in anyone wanting to play the universe, but imagine if season 2 comes out and we draw some people then who would stepping into a slightly altered version of season 2 LoK because of what we had done during "season 1" of our RP. I just feel like that would attract more members, plus it leaves us open to expand to globalism if we attract enough people.

I dunno, I also like the whole political aftermath of such an event in the city. It'd be a lot like what the ATLA comics are doing now, exploring the aftermath. Anyway, that's my vote.

Which is what people walked into with Feng Shui when it was being run in the ATLA setting. I dunno...I get what you're saying, but I think going with post season 1 just because it'll draw more people is a disservice. I'd rather start at season 1 and have a MUCH richer conclusion once we get to that point, than to go for the option that while it might attract more people, would leave us with an ending that was shoddily written at worse and at best written more like a series ending than a season ending.

[jialingjin]

IDEA

Auina and me were discussing the Season Finale and how Legend of Korra was originally suppose to end, but Nick picked it up for another season and how.. we both kinda feel that the ending is a little anti-climatic.

I personally am leaning towards playing through season 1 and putting our own little twist on the story.

However, Auina and me were talking about.. what if Korra had to relearn her bending? That was the thought I had when she was left with just her Air Bending. I thought the next season would be about her traveling to re-learn the other elements. I suspect Korra's never really left the South Pole and that her trainers came to her - She was finishing her Fire Bending training while at the South pole as we saw.

This idea would give us a direction.. but also a bit for characters to be created that would try and take advantage of a weakened Avatar. However, this is a story that is more than likely ideally suited to a smaller group of characters and not a whole world. Everyone is gonna want to interact directly with Korra and her team more than likely.

So that's an option that I don't think has been brought up before.

Again - I'm personally for replaying book: Air. I believe from reading through these that the majority are in favor of that too.

[Nanuk]

Actually it's an even split, 3-3.

Also, maybe I'm just stupid or something but I liked the finale >.>

[chamir]

*still has the giggles from the apt use of that link*

Except for Roren and Yukase who could still be lurkin hereabouts. Your decision makes it 3--4 for starting at the beginning of Book: Air

Yours and Auina's idea really hits one of the big nails of what many who didn't like the season finale had a problem with: Korra so quickly regaining her bending.

I'm all for that! It does give us some concrete focus to ground ourselves. Seem well tailored enough for our currently small band, and modular enough to expand to other players and the greater in-game world if/when necessary.

[gandalan]

TBH, I really had no personal problem with any point in the finale other than Amon's backstory. I hated it on Scooby Doo when the badguy was somebody you'd never seen before, and you're like, "HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT?!" So I guess... I wish that there would have been clues to his identity all along, and that we would have been able to piece it together. I guess that the bloodbending episode gave us a giant clue, because he was able to WALK through Tarlok bloodbending him- I suppose that I expected two things after that episode. Either he secretly was a bender, or the spirits really HAD chosen him and had given him supernatural abilities. And either way, I expected Korra to figure it out or contact the spirits finally.

As for regaining her bending- not OP. Aang can do that. So she can do that. Even to herself. I have no problems with it. I don't think of it as a reset button but as an eventuality that we all knew was coming as soon as we remembered that Aang can ACTUALLY energybend, as opposed to just change chakra paths. It's like buying a real medication instead of the generic. It just works better.

/rant

I'd like to play through Season 1 and it can end however we want it to. But I don't want it to end differently JUST BECAUSE some people thought the season ending was a cop out. I think that she will probably need her bending for whatever Season 2 is going to throw at us, anyway.

EDIT: I just clicked on your link Jia, I didn't see the linky behind "IDEA" before. ...It was scary.

[jialingjin]

Chamir, I do that in real life too. I had to use it.

Hibki - I know what you're saying - I wish there had been clues to. A big dramatic lead up. I also know Korra was going to get her bending back. We knew from the first time that Amon took bending away that he wasn't actually removing it. Only the Avatar can do that and probably only in the super dramatic way. I honestly think they just had their chakras blocked by Amon. Similiar to Chi-bending. He just discovered a way to make it much more permanent. I suspect maybe in time the benders who had their bending removed by him could open up their chakara's in some way by themselves - Including Korra. I don't think, what Aang's spirit said, that she was at her lowest and honestly, you know me. I like my dramatic, sad endings where a price is paid for winning (Which is why I killed off characters in my Sailor Moon RPG!). Which is why I was sort of expecting it to be a much more dramatic ending - something earned. A journey. Then again, when this show was being developed, Nick hadn't picked it up for a second season and as far as everyone knew - the story would end after 13 episodes. Much shorter than Aang's first season Journey. I think that's why people like me and Auina are a left with dissatisfaction. We LOVE Korra.. but Aang and the later episodes of his story - had us expecting much more Drama.

As for playing through the story - I think what those of us who support that story want to do is just give it a more dramatic ending. Amon will be defeated, but perhaps he won't get away. Korra will regain her bending, but perhaps through a journey and not Aang pressing her reset button.

And your right - Korra's gonna need her bending for Season 2 - the creators just didn't know they were getting a season 2 when they wrote season 1.

[gandalan]

I get what you're saying, but honestly, the biggest consequence I expected was for people to lose their bending permanently. A few of them, anyway. But whatever... it happened like it happened, and I enjoyed it. ^_^