Sunday, November 13, 2016

Dracoplot Cut Content

This is going to be presented in the order that I remember it with as many details as I can remember.

These are characters who have been considered for ZFRP by me at some point by cut for a potential variety of reasons.

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Name: Viridi
Source: Kid Icarus Uprising
Season: 5, 6

Viridi was considered as part of Deceptiplot. Instead of coming to Earth and Columbia, the Decepticons would have gone either to Sky World, the setting of Kid Icarus Uprising, or a newly-created planet that Viridi was trying to use as basically a giant Bonsai tree, trimming and pruning it for relaxation. She would've gone to Earth to find Pit and/or Pittoo (Dirk) to get one of them to kick the robots off the planet for her.

A Season 6 appearance was considered with a similar plot, except against the Dark Axis (more on them later) instead of Decepticons.

I'd asked SteelKomodo if it'd be alright to use her, but if I remember correctly he indicated a possible desire to use her himself so I cut out the Viridi angle from Deceptiplot, had the 'Cons go to Columbia instead, and Parsee ended up dealing with them.

Name: Koakuma
Source: Touhou
Season: 6

Koakuma's inclusion in my roster was inspired by the way Parsee was introduced: I was making a character for a Pathfinder game and she happened to be the closest image to what I had in mind for my new character...

ZELDOTEN RENSTIM.

...but then I remembered that, although it was a brief appearance, Harpy had already RP'd as her and, despite assurances that it'd be alright, I decided to drop her.

She would have left the Scarlet Devil Mansion due to frustration with being saddled with both Sakuya's duties and Patchouli's duties while everyone but here got to leave the house to have fun at the King of Beasts. She would've gone back at the end of each day, but she would've eagerly thrown herself at adventures.

And then I brought Zeldoten in with an original character image I'd found on Danbooru.

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Yes, I started this post off with two characters I ended up not RPing because I didn't want to step on any toes. This was solely my decision and not because anyone said "No, don't." I started with them because they're who I remembered first. The order is not intended as commentary of any other kind.

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Name: The Dark Axis (as represented by Zapper Zaku)
Source: SD Gundam Force
Season: 5, 6, 7

To begin with, this idea hasn't ENTIRELY been absent: the Zakos from my voting gimmicks in Seasons 4 and 6 were part of this group.

What hasn't appeared is everything else: Zapper Zaku, his allies Grappler Gouf and Destroyer Dom, the horde of Zakos, or anything else. They would have had a plot revolving around them in which they begin an invasion of Earth, starting small by using Bagu Bagu, tiny robots based off the Bigro mobile armor, to begin destroying organic life on the planet, eventually leading to a showdown with their leader, Commander Sazabi. I would've drawn mainly from Season 1 of the SD Gundam Force series, saving Season 2 for future seasons of RP.

I don't remember exactly what else would have happened in their Season 5 appearances, but if they'd been around for Season 6 they would have come into conflict with Viridi (mentioned above), though their first "arc" would've been the previously mentioned Earth invasion. Cutting this plot turned out to be a good idea, because Dracoplot ended up taking most of my available time and Deceptiplot, another plot about evil robot invaders, took up the rest. This plot would've featured Nu Alex in some way since he's a Gundam.

Although Season 7 hasn't occurred, they're already cut content. I briefly considered having them appear again, but as I'm trying to focus on either short miniplots or just one bigger plot, there's already not enough time to develop them as I'd want.

Name: Tengus
Source: OCs/Pathfinder characters
Season: 5

I briefly considered bringing in my Pathfinder Society characters into ZFRP. They would've been Kobber (a sorcerer named for the Kobbers), Comer El-Cuervo (a Bard), Calgon (a Druid) and Allison (his companion), and Wren Savage (a wrestling monk). They would've been friendly adversaries, causing trouble for some reason. I don't remember actually having a purpose for them and the setting was shifting away from the Fantasy setting they would've been more appropriate for.

Name: Bagon
Source: Pokemon
Season: 5

As a dragon-type Pokemon, he was briefly considered for Sealander Squad. He was cut because the Sealanders already had more than six Pokemon.

Then I added Alakawhat, Kyurem, and Arbok anyway. Go figure.

Name: Opal
Source: OC
Season: 5, 6

Not completely cut - she is briefly mentioned by Draco-Chazor during Dracoplot in Season 6. A daughter of Draco-Chazor, she would've come to Las Vegas with her brother Calvin, who appeared in Season 1 as a baby dragon, to establish herself as a baker with the gimmick of dragon fire-baked goods. Her main goal would've been to eventually challenge Celestia to a bake-off in order to avenge Draco-Chazor's loss to Sarah ages ago. Might have tried going on some plots, but mainly would've been around to shove baked goods at people.


Name: Skullmageddon
Source: Double Dragon Neon
Season: 6, 7

My Secret Fiter for the Big Bar Brawl 6. I told myself that if he made it in, he'd stick around for the rest of the season complaining and making bone puns. Maybe he'd try and join the Lightning Bolt Society. He didn't make it in though, so he won't be appearing under my banner.

Friday, November 4, 2016

Kamen Rider Hime Vol. 2

After a cult following somehow cropped up, the writer of Kamen Rider Hime was convinced to get the right to the series back and has self-published Volume 2 in an all-digital format. Somebody is equally convinced this is a bad idea, but is keeping shut.

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Volume 2 begins in a small convenience store in the middle of the city and its blond-haired, green-eyed clerk, Parsee. Wearing a smart vest, she eagerly sits there trying not to stare at the customers who walk around the store, be bored, or fall asleep. She takes a moment to clean up something behind the counter, silently complaining about how boring her job is when someone enters: her best friend Yuugi (a short brunette for some reason) and Yuugi's friend Suika. The two wave hello and run to the back, leaving Parsee to wonder if they're just here on a beer run.

They are.

Two more customers enter, the Shine Maidens, and they ask for directions to a local landmark, the Reiuji Nuclear Power Plant. The ever-helpful Parsee jots down a note while Raymu wants a coffee. The Shine Maidens have no money though so Raymu blasts another customer and takes money from them. They leave after giving an incredulous Parsee money for the drink.

Parsee wonders about them, finding something odd about the pair. Not blasting a customer; people here did that frequently. No, what was really odd was...how round their ears were. She gasps as she realizes the problem: humans! In Bridge City!

Someone ought to do something about that.

But not her.

Parsee begins sweeping the floor, leaves for a moment, and then returns as Kamen Rider Hime rides past outside on Envy Driver, her motorcycle.

The two Shine Maidens are slowly causing havoc as Raymu gets annoyed easily walking through the city. Sunae makes a joke about buying myTunes and heXBOX cards as they zap Youkai passerby. Eventually they reach the power plant, which looks like a giant nest with an egg in it.

The two Shine Maidens raise their palms and fire some kind of beam, but Kamen Rider Hime arrives and blocks the shot with her FIST.

She fans her scorched hand and curses. Then she looks at the two and asks why they're trying to destroy a nuclear power plant. Sunae replies with a brief speech about environmentalism and how the power plant is bad for nature.

Kamen Rider Hime counters by saying destroying the power plant will irradiate Bridge City.

Raymu answers by saying they only care about the surface environment and starts a fight.

Kamen Rider Hime manages to go toe-to-toe with Raymu, trading blows like it's nothing, but then Sunae joins in and hits the Rider in the kidneys with a mystic staff. It's a dicey fight with two managing to overpower one until Hime manages to slug them both in the gut, knocking them back long enough to use another special attack, the Cedar Ashes attack which causes a pillar of flower danmaku to burst from the ground.

The Shine Maidens fall to the ground. Raymu stands up, sighs, and picks up Sunae to leave. With a shrug, Kamen Rider Hime lets them go and drives back to the convenience store. Aside from reliable clerk Parsee, the store is empty. The Rider changes back into Parsee, asks how the store was, and absorbs the Parsee behind the counter with a wink before she starts cleaning the floor.

Just in time for a handsome, dark-haired stranger with antennae to enter.

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The last page of this volume is a 4-koma comic: http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/2166455?pool_id=10027

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Ticker Quote Archive 2016

Mostly complete archive of RP ticker quotes for 2016.

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"INITIALIZING POINT AND LAUGH.EXE. HA. HA. HA. HA."

gatorade (red)

No matter where she lived after the season, or what she did, she knew nowhere would let her have her own petting zoo.

"Caw! CAAAAW!... Hello. Who are you?"

"Stay with me, Cookie Monster."

"Oh, god, Alternate Me is Sumireko."

“But... but I love the Trans-Siberian Orchestra!”

Save perhaps, for a very very quiet sucking noise.

"And that's not all! Meet the murder weapon!"

"Yer all fukkin' shite!"

"Is the vice president A DRAGON?!"

The Mellow Yellow vending machine she was unburdening herself to sat there and did nothing.

"Hey! I'm having a nice moment with my belle here, goldenrod!" "I don't care."

He was a Blood Angel.

"fuck it, cowboy time."

"I-I can't eat anything made by a MURDERER!"

"Any you'd like to share? Greasy places, I mean?"

"Those darn Waddle Dees are in my way! The day cannot save them- and we own the Night!"

"The worst part is, I still don't know if I like candy corn or not!"

And then cake. Yay, cake!

And sheep shearing. And cobweb gathering. And weaving and weaving and weaving...

"I can at least make every effort to be ... not forty three is blackbirds on a shelf looking into seven roads by seven and one behind."

Ignore the OHOHOHOHOHOHOing in the hallways. And the flower petals.

You may think I'm pandering to the audience, but nothing could be further from the truth.

"Are there nukes in here?"

A tiny ship is peirced by lasers and falls into a potted plant.

She smashes through and into the floor. It was a hologram.

BECAUSE YOU'RE GARBAGE!

"W-w-wagh"

"Hey! I said, 'you're safe at last!' Get back here!"

"?DISNEY'S HALLOWEEN TREAT?, I CHOOSE YOU!"

"You'reanadultYou'reanadultYou'reanadultYou'reanadultYou'reanadult..."

"...SPAAAAACE HEROOOOOOOES SOLVING PROBLEMS WITHOUT KILLING ANYONNNNNNE ALSO NO TORTURE"

"touching my sister caused him to burst into flames."

"those are your legs, right, you're not borrowing them?"

But it's five dollars from a middle schooler!

"FREE JACKSON HOWARD! FREE JACKSON HOWARD! GET YOUR FREE JACKSON HOWARD HERE!"

"I would explain, but I missed my falling lesson this morning!"

"THE HUMANE SOCIETY ALLOWED ME A SPECIAL AUDIENCE TO PLAY WITH THE TINY PUPPIES! WHY HAVE YOU INTERRUPTED THIS IMPORTANT TASK?"

"i am my own original character, jingle the puss puss"

cocoa nut juice

special guest Appule

Queen Parsee, ruler of Dronetopia, pulls up in her chariot.

"Can you make it fancy and wrap it in some Christmas lights?"

"Meh Burger's made me forget there are words for things having taste!"

"I HAVE FOUND THE NEXT GENERATION THING."

All Kappas are friendly, adorable, and helpful

"That woman was wearing actual peaches."

"I have acquired the oyster, and with it, the world has opened up to me."

“I... but... that... wh...”

"I'm not surprised that the drug robots made it."

"Don't you have anything better to do than discuss your work with stuffed animals?"

"Who am I? What am I? Am I me? Who's me? What's me?"

"HE'S AN EGG"

he stomps on a tile that opens the DLC Outerworld access.

Fighting all your old friends can't be that different, right?

"Store-bought? I'm not THAT low on cash."

"For we are here to destroy-" "The world?" "What? No! We are here to destroy your chances of winning the championship!"

"Now I just sit back and wait for the part where I'm showered in fried chicken!"

"We were helpful! We were helpful!"

"What'd ya do this time? Do I need to expect the cops again?"

MOM?!

"Squid monsters always have mind powers."

"YOU THINK YOU CAN HIT ME?...Oh, you did hit me."

"...Yes, exactly. 'Nother scorcher'."

"Ah, I see. She didn't come here to be moralized at, but she had no problem lecturing us. That's just adorable!"

Frisk, stop holding that sign up over his head. That's rude.

"I hope the hospital has pudding cups!"

"Keep it up like that, and I won't go full little-league coach on you again."

DK SMelS

Kasumi looks at the turnip with a bit more respect.

"Luckily most our investors were dead or evil, or both"

"I’m a Batman-Ironman Hybrid." Codd adds for no discernable reason.

shining blue marble of frustration

"my beloved masculinity has been shattered"

"Finally we can beat Jeffrey and his stupid puma!"

"I'll make sure to evaluate you fairly and critically. ...So don't expect a vote."

They probably just wandered off to do nerd shit and make nerd noises.

"But the black tentacled porno store say no!"

"You're truly are irreplaceable..." "So Tut-Tut, the replacement's all lined up, right?"

"It's good to finally be able to embrace my inner nudist!"

...'cause yeah, it still exists...

"YOU SAID I COULD TEAR YOU APART!" "I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D DO IT!"

worst mistake of its' life: It stole Kisume's bucket.

What if... Sonic Man WAS Niles Nemo?

dump a body on her lawn to get her to heal the person

It was time for more fighting over pits of gravel.

By the way, Tank is alive.

"I still spend my waking hours powernapping"

Then, with a flourish, she tried to conjure some super magical trademark weapon. When that didn’t work, though

she sheathed her sword and shimmied in satisfaction.

He’s not thinking about the toy – it’s the same as every other one they’ve ever sent him

black egg-shaped monoliths

poured himself a drink in memory of the robot - although he immediately forgot why after he'd downed it.

"Thatcher's is piss in a bottle!"

She could admit when she'd had a bad idea.

Joshy had never stopped driving.

"Big,

Ribbit!

-Froggy"

"setpehn,

hahahaha you shacked up with thle lgorillaz guitarist you sly motherfucker

have a ccoholatve fountain because i htave like fucking ten dof thoose

i'm svery drnufk

drik"

"and you," he went on, pointing at the still-laughing Murdoc, "look like the grandma that got run over by a reindeer."