OOC5 -

Copied from previous OOC - just 'because'!

Yes the Cap'n knows ...

and about !$*#%#&^!!!! internal clocks too!

Oh, I will fill my 'RESERVED FOR FLASHBACK..' post today ... gotta re-read the last few scenes and do Niska's move right!

OH, fellow Dragonfly'ers ... sorry about hte delays in starting the game ...

Like Astriana said ... hairy times! And waxing just won't do... sorry - had to go there!

We STILL don't have a closing date ...

... grrrrr, BARK BARK BARK, snnarlllll!!!

Yes, I feel better now.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 8:05 AM

'ah loves a good fresh thread. Posted, Geezer, I'm lovin your Mal AND Thorne...hope you can keep up with it all! Any word on a new Mal?

ahh I made some geeky Firefly LJ icons....go make fun of me!

www.livejournal.com/users/imagechild

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Monday, February 2, 2004 8:30 AM

I was waiting for word from Humble as to whether he's comin' back before I posted the casting call. I'm guessing that, since it's been a week, he's probably not.

Geezer, do you want to carry Mal in a more permanent capacity, or would you prefer that we open the floor to a casting call?

(Personally, I'm kind of interested in seeing if it's possible to pull off a love triangle where two of the three involved are you!

)

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 8:44 AM

Keep the Shiny side up

I'll give the dual roleplay a try for a while (unless Humble can come back. It's really his spot). It might be fun to see if I (Thorne) can make me (Mal) jealous enough to fight for Inara.

Now, if the chance appears for some quality time between Thorne and Inara, should he 'take her in a manly fashion' or just have a civilized tea ceremony and conversation?...and then he and Inara tease Mal about it?

Hmm. Guess I'll have to wait and see how it turns out.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Monday, February 2, 2004 9:03 AM

Good morning all! I'm having a lot of fun reading everything that's going on. The kiss, River/Slight, Niska... good stuff. But would someone please tell me where Damon is... I lost him somehow. Is he in the infirmery?
Loosing my own character... not a good thing

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Monday, February 2, 2004 9:07 AM

ahhhh I can't wait to see :) since Thorne is NOT employed by Mal, he could certainly take her in whatever fashion he wished, as long as she was willin' *to be determined*

don't want the rest of the RP'ers thinking she's a space-whore!

Though some genteel and not-so-genteel flirting and courting would not go amiss :) we'll see what crops up!

P.S DAMON: I thought he was around the infirmary..when Kaylee gets finished kissin' and I get done flirtin', we'll pick him up and fix 'em

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Monday, February 2, 2004 9:34 AM

*laughs happily* just read the post, Geezer---ahhh yes there is much fun to be had here ;) did he just proposition 'Nara!? wheee!!

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Monday, February 2, 2004 9:36 AM

Thank you, Ciara, that would be most appreciated. Though I'm not sure what there is to fix. Simon patched him up after cutting him open... though he seemed to be in a bit of a rush so he may not have done an A job.
But I know where he is now, and that was my main concern ^_^ thanks again.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 9:43 AM

Keep the Shiny side up

Ciara -
Darn right he did! Thorne is no fool. Unlike some Firefly captains we could mention. Hey, quit talking about me like that.

(This playing two characters may not be good for my incipient schizophrenia.)

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Monday, February 2, 2004 10:01 AM

Hey all! Just got a message from Boomer's husband (really nice, BTW). She's having computer difficulties at home and may not be able to post today, but should be able to by tomorrow afternoon. (Her computer probably shorted when Simon and Kaylee kissed!

) We should probably not do tons with Kaylee until she can make it back on.

On a related note, I am, as noted on the tag, having severe difficulty focusing. No focus means work doesn't get done. This particular work not getting done means no Zoe/Wash postings. This makes me want to cry.

I think the main problem is that I'm having severe Firefly withdrawal....

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 10:49 AM

I posted. And I'm confused.

What do I have? A switch? What's that? I'm the one usually doing random and confusing stuff.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 10:53 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
I think the main problem is that I'm having severe Firefly withdrawal....

Man, you crashed from your happy place after the Jacksonville shindig pretty fast, Astri. Only cure for Firefly withdrawal is to tell regular TV to go hang and watch the DVD. I read fanfics I've saved too - helps keep my head in. Hard to do when you're at work. I'm home today, which is a good thing since we're getting buried under "snow showers." That sound like an oxymoron to anyone else?

GEEZER: Here's hoping you can keep the Thorne/Mal duality going.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:10 AM

SERENITYSSON

The one thing I have always hated about con and show parties is the inevitable letdown when you return to mundane life. Sorry Astriana, I know what your feeling though.

The Hero of Canton, the man they call... Meeeeee!

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:12 AM

AAHH!!! Everything is upside down! River is confused, Simon is crazy, Kaylee is playing nurse in love with her patient, and Inara is carrying a gun!!!!!!!

*skips through the RP watching all the characters interacting*
The Hero of Canton, the man they call JAYNE!
I've had that song in my head ever since SerenitySon posted in in his signature.

This is fun, even though Damon is out of action. You guys sure know how to keep things interesting.
BTW, what time is it in the RP? do you guys keep track of days? is there a 'night/bed' time?

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:30 AM

MANIACNUMBERONE

I'm guessing it's some time in the late afternoon, Squee.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:38 AM

SERENITYSSON

I'm guess it's time for some thrillin' heroics...

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:40 AM

ooh ooh I need quick answers ;) how many med-beds do we have? two or THREE? working on a post

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:54 AM

River
I think Slight ment River had a mental switch. It was mentioned in ACT 7 dining room scene, was it not?

Infirmary
1 bed/chair, Counter that can be pressed into service as a bed.

I posted a quickie and left a place for Boomer and I to finish the scene with Kaylee and Simon.
We'll have to IM or she can send me her move to be inserted there in my post.

Sound OK?

Niska's move
STILL working on it ... rereading and trying to think like Niska ... will post his move in the place holder of mine waaaay up there in the thread ... I'll let you know when I do - here on the OOC.

AAARRRRGGHHHH ... ManicMonday!!!!

END OF LINE...

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Monday, February 2, 2004 11:56 AM

OK I think I got it to work :P PHEW--first thing, we need to remodel that infirmary, or everyone has to stop droppin'

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Monday, February 2, 2004 12:10 PM

MANIACNUMBERONE

I kind of like the fact that Niska hasn't posted yet. It makes it more mysterious. He he he.

Anyway, thought here... I think we should end Act I. We are getting done with Scene 8 now, 98 posts! It might be pushin it to go to Scene 9.
Whoever it is that likes setting up post number 1... whadda ya say?

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Monday, February 2, 2004 12:13 PM

Sounds like a good idea to me. I'm getting ready to leave work right now, but should be able to take care of it a little later this evening. We'll switch from Acts (threads) to Scenes, is that the idea? With everything that's happened so far being Act I?

Let me know, and I'll do the new post when I get home.

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 12:45 PM

How does this sound ...

We have ACTs 9 and 10 then the coda to finish this 2 part episode.

Then we impliment our agreed upon ideas on how to make this work better in the NEXT episode.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 1:18 PM

Quote:
I think Slight ment River had a mental switch. It was mentioned in ACT 7 dining room scene, was it not?

Okay, I'll look.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 1:22 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:

GEEZER: Here's hoping you can keep the Thorne/Mal duality going.

[computer voice] WE ARE THE DUALITY. WE WILL ENDURE.[/computer voice]

I'm finding that it's fun to have Thorne get the better of Mal, for his (Mal's) on good, of course. Maybe he'll learn something, if that's not going against canon.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Monday, February 2, 2004 1:24 PM

And now fer yer pleasure!

"Mechanics of RPing workshop"
http://fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3640

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Monday, February 2, 2004 1:25 PM

Can't seem to find it...someone care to help?

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Monday, February 2, 2004 2:05 PM

ahhhahaha Geezer, you're my bestest pal :) I'm so glad you picked up my gun reference :) it was too fun to pass up *sighs happiy* when RP's go right....ahhh

sorry about the bed/infirmary mixup earlier, all...hope things are all straightened up

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Monday, February 2, 2004 2:14 PM

Sorry Teela, I misremerbered the ACT it was in and I forgot to tell you to look for RavenWhiteWing's posts ...

SO here is the whole post with the revalant part bold'd.

RAVENWHITEWINGs POST
Slight stares at Book, then takes a deep breath.
"Look, Shepard, I have no problem whatsoever in sending you to your God. Hell, I'd love to send him a message or two that way. But. That girl is in plenty of danger. Right now, there's something growing inside of her, a failsafe that was designed in all of us, Thorne among them. I barely found out, as it was. But if you think she's lost her mind now, she will descend into a whole new level of madness. I won't be able to tell her brother how to help unless I can look her in the eye. So do what you will. But believe me when I say, I'm here to help her."
Slight pauses, enough to show what he means. "I'm not here to help anyone else."

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Monday, February 2, 2004 2:16 PM

i DO aim to misbehave

Keeping in mind that Mal won't be to happy once he finds out Thorne's gotten the better of him. Downright crotchity, in fact.

FYI, folks, Rowan is also proficient in bo staff techniques. She's not a big fan of projectile weapons, but she can fire one accurately if the occaision calls for it. I just keep thinking how fun it would be for someone who doesn't know Niska on sight to take him down - and a girl no less. not to mention it could put her in Mal's good graces...finally. He might even remember her name

ROX-anne...you don't need to wear that dress tonight...

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Monday, February 2, 2004 2:20 PM

Thank you very much, Capn. I did look for Raven's posts, but I couldn't find it. Oh well. Thanks again!

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Monday, February 2, 2004 2:28 PM

Anytime Teela.

That was the post/referance I think was foreshadowing the 'switch' Slight mentioned.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 3:11 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

Ciara - You could have taken the punch line if you'd wanted. Expect me to set Mal up for all sort of double entendres. That which does not kill him makes him stronger.

Channain- I think Rowan taking Niska down would be neat. Her acting all scared and air-head then picking up a convenient pipe and beating the stuffing out of him while quoting Sun Tzu from The Art of War.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Monday, February 2, 2004 4:07 PM

ooh no no no Geezer, I wanted that one to be yours!! It must be so hard playing both parts! Just wanted to say you're doin' a spiffy job :) now make Mal moon over Inara! *laughs*

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Monday, February 2, 2004 4:23 PM

Okay, looks like it's time for me to do a little catch up. I should have Zoe's and Wash's moves posted shortly. (I'm going to have to back up a bit to make sure I catch everything, so it's going to be a long post.) Once I have that finished, I'll go ahead and post the newest RP thread.

Before I do, we need to figure out whether we're going to continue the current naming/numbering scheme or not. Maniac put forth the idea of calling the previous threads 'scenes,' and heading the story into a second 'act.' I believe CapnRahn also suggested that we perhaps use a 'Part 1' vs 'Part 2'... In either case, the next thread would be the beginning of the 2nd 'act' or 'part.' I think either of these will suffice, what do y'all think?

We should probably also come up with a loose outline for the remainder of the story arc for this RP. (Otherwise, this could drag on forever, with no real conclusion...

)

One final idea... We should probably check the Green Room Chat and the 'Community' links before posting, to see who all is on to make it easier to integrate scenes/posts.

I believe CapnRahn's "Mechanics of RPing Workshop" thread
( http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=17&t=3640) will explore these ideas in more fully, but it's a good idea to get started talking about them before we start another new thread. Can everyone's system handle the current thread for a little bit longer while we discuss this in the OOC?

*off to post for Zoe and Wash*

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 4:35 PM

Yes my system can handel it and starting a second part sounds good. I vote for calling them part 1 and 2 cuz there are usually more that 2 acts in a play or script or movie.
Tallking about/planning the end of the RP sounds like a great idea. Will we do that here or at the link you just gave us from CapnRahn?

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Monday, February 2, 2004 4:42 PM

The planning we'll probably do here. I believe CapnRahn's thread will be for giving the basics of how something like this would be structured in the future. Kind of like a "how to" manual for beginning RPers.

Capn? Is that right?

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 4:48 PM

OK... cool

What I said was in this vein:

Let's continue with the current naming till we finish this 'episode' ...

There are only 2 ACTs left (9 & 10) and the coda of this 2 part episode (AiGR). Since we sorta already have started the Episode type Thread Titles.

Gives us time to suss out just what we should switch to and THEN impilment it in the next Episode.

On that note ... we should start throwing out Episode Arcs ideas for the players/actors to chaw on before we start the next Episode.

So,good, bad, ulgy?

Any other ideas floatin' in yer gray matter(s)?

EDIT
Astri, yep close ... the workshop is to toss around general RP ideas and refine them.

Now, the 'Gunrunners' (unoffical name I have given to our RP troupe) may not choose to utilize the ideas presented in the RpMechWS thread.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 5:27 PM

Keep the Shiny side up

I'd like to see AiG wrapped up neatly, but have concerns about doing it in two more acts, considering we don't even have the guns on board yet.

I see that we have several threads that need to be, if not brought to conclusion, at least brought to a satisfactory stopping point.

We have the gunrunning, which we should probably close out.

There's the apparent Niska in Simon's brain, which could continue for a while.

There's the River, Thorne, Slight, Damon interaction, which could go either way.

Also the Thorne, Mal, Inara triangle, that I enjoy, whichever fellow wins.

Kaylee apparently has some secret about Serenity. Plus she and Simon are finally becoming an item.

Then there's Rowan, who seems to have an interesting story in there somewhere.

Would it be worthwhile to keep this entire crew for another episode or two? Would it be interesting to have each character, or grouping of characters (Zoe/Wash, Simon/Niska/Kaylee, Thorne/Inara/Mal, River/Slight/Damon/Simon/Thorne,
Rowan/?, Book/?, give direction to an act or story arc?

I have no idea how RP is supposed to work, so I may be just babbling. I enjoy the surprises in AiG so far, but sometimes things get a bit too hectic. Maybe if we had an Idea where we were heading, even if just for an act (baselined at 100 posts, perhaps) we'd get to a conclusion sometime. Or maybe we don't want to reach an end, and just sort of stream-of-consciousness off into the distance.

Damn sake(rice wine, not 'for goodness...').

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Monday, February 2, 2004 5:40 PM

Ok, I'm sorry but I'm lost. Could someone please explain to me what an 'episode' and an 'act' is?
And for the record, right now Damon belongs in the Damon/? category. He has very little to do with the Slight/River/Thorne thing.
Oh, and I love the name Gunrunners for the group.

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Monday, February 2, 2004 6:55 PM

BOOMERGOODHEART

*runs into the room, looking around wildly*

What did I miss? Damn, have to go spend an hour catching up with the story.

Edit: I'll work up my move that eventually gets Simon sitting on a stool while Kaylee patches him up and send it to CapnRahn. *frowning* I'm sorry that Kelso had to bow out...our fellow RPers are dropping like flies! Hope CapnR can take over Niska for the time being.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 5:38 AM

Edit: This turned into a gargantuan post (catching up), so be prepared...

*takes a deap breath*

Quote:
Originally posted by Geezer:
I'd like to see AiG wrapped up neatly, but have concerns about doing it in two more acts, considering we don't even have the guns on board yet.

I see that we have several threads that need to be, if not brought to conclusion, at least brought to a satisfactory stopping point.

I agree. These are my concerns as well.

Quote:
We have the gunrunning, which we should probably close out.

Closing out of this one is pretty necessary to end the episode at any point.

Quote:
There's the apparent Niska in Simon's brain, which could continue for a while.

Not to mention Niska currently on the loose, running around the ship. Niska on the loose needs to be resolved; Niska in Simon's head could go on... indefinitely, I'm guessing.

Quote:
There's the River, Thorne, Slight, Damon interaction, which could go either way.

Not really sure what to do with this, since it really only just started. I'd hate to leave it hanging as completely open as it is now; it needs SOME kind of resolution, if only temporary.

Quote:
Also the Thorne, Mal, Inara triangle, that I enjoy, whichever fellow wins.

I'm guessing Thorne could end up being a recurring character that gets under Mal's skin where Inara's concerned (a la Atherton Wing in Shindig).

Quote:
Kaylee apparently has some secret about Serenity. Plus she and Simon are finally becoming an item.

The secret could be an ongoing thing, or could be something resolved now - maybe related to whatever Early did to sabotage the ship in the very beginning. Personally, I think the Simon/Kaylee interaction would continue throughout several episodes, the way their tension does now...

Quote:
Then there's Rowan, who seems to have an interesting story in there somewhere.

I feel the same about this as the emerging Blue Sun stuff that's coming up... Not really sure what to do with this, since it really only just started. I'd hate to leave it hanging as completely open as it is now; it needs SOME kind of resolution, if only temporary.

Quote:
Would it be worthwhile to keep this entire crew for another episode or two? Would it be interesting to have each character, or grouping of characters (Zoe/Wash, Simon/Niska/Kaylee, Thorne/Inara/Mal, River/Slight/Damon/Simon/Thorne,
Rowan/?, Book/?, give direction to an act or story arc?

I have no idea how RP is supposed to work, so I may be just babbling. I enjoy the surprises in AiG so far, but sometimes things get a bit too hectic. Maybe if we had an Idea where we were heading, even if just for an act (baselined at 100 posts, perhaps) we'd get to a conclusion sometime. Or maybe we don't want to reach an end, and just sort of stream-of-consciousness off into the distance."

This is the first time I've done any kind of online RP. I agree that there are times when there is so much going on (and usually all at once) that things get a bit jumbled, but I like the interesting directions that the story has taken. In a live pen and paper RPG, we'd have a GM/Director who already had an idea of the story arc and some set obstacles along the way, but that would be somewhat fluid and malleable to the characters' (and players') actions/interactions. Since we don't have that structure set up here, it's more difficult to figure out some means of wrapping the story/episode to everyone's satisfaction. (We don't have a GM that can say, "Great! You've accomplished ____! Game over!")

My assumption was that when we got to New Hikido, dropped off the cargo, and got paid would be then end of this particular episode, but that was at the beginning. With some of the interesting twists and turns we've had, it's harder to see how/if this story would conclude.

Squee: Episode vs. Act... we're still working that out. Until recently, we were thinking this RP would be the equivalent of one TV episode of Firefly; however, it's become quite intricate and it may have to be more than one "episode" to get everything wrapped up to our satisfaction. A TV episode has a teaser, the opening credits, 4 or 5 'acts' (I think), and a coda that shows the resolution (think Mal & Inara in the cargo bay at the very end of Shindig). We've obviously FAR surpassed that, so if we were thinking in terms of episode, we'd have to claim this as a two- (or now three) parter.

Because we made this assumption at the beginning, each thread was considered an "act" in the "episode." Again, since we're looking at a significantly more intricate game than we anticipated, we may have to rethink the structure of the threads/posts/headers for this to make betters sense & be easier to operate.

I think the only reason Geezer is including Damon in the Slight/River/Thorne thing is because it's really all the interaction involved with what's been done to River and Simon getting her out of the Academy. Since Damon was involved in getting her out, he's tied to that interaction, however minimally.

Boomer: Sad to hear about Kelso. You're right about the RPers dropping like flies... Seems we've lost 3 in the last 2 weeks. I'll post the casting call for Niska. I waved Humble yesterday to see if he was coming back to play Mal, but haven't heard anything back yet. If I don't hear by Friday, we'll have to see if Geezer wants to play Mal to the end of the RP or if he wants to put out a casting call for the role.

Whew! Now I'm outta breath!

*off to post for Zoe and Wash... no, really!

*

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:04 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Quote:
Originally posted by Astriana:
Episode vs. Act... we're still working that out. Until recently, we were thinking this RP would be the equivalent of one TV episode of Firefly; however, it's become quite intricate and it may have to be more than one "episode" to get everything wrapped up to our satisfaction. A TV episode has a teaser, the opening credits, 4 or 5 'acts' (I think), and a coda that shows the resolution (think Mal & Inara in the cargo bay at the very end of Shindig). We've obviously FAR surpassed that, so if we were thinking in terms of episode, we'd have to claim this as a two- (or now three) parter.

We may be limiting ourselves by trying to control this RP as a single encapsulated episode, which in JW format, is teaser, 4 acts and the coda. If we think of this as a miniseries instead, I think it will help in the general structure. Besides, as has previously been stated, we've already reached the edge of a single two-hour episode.

Back in the day, miniseries meant a full-week event of up to four two-hour episodes (North & South comes to mind). That may sound like a lot, but the way we're going, I think we could easily utilize that kind of format.

Just a little more food for thought.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:29 AM

Folks I think I screwed up ... i feel ill today and dinna follow my own suggestions ...

Anyhoo, checkout the SIMON freakout post ... I finally wrote it ...

but I think it may change a few Players moves...

Let me know if I should change my post if it is too much...

I just thought it was an appropriate action, considering Simon's mindset at this particular moment.

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:39 AM

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By Channain
Besides, as has already been stated, we've already reached the edge of a single two-hour episode.

Yep, we have 2 ACTS - 9&10 (6 to 10 Minutes apiece- TV wise) and CODA (anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes)left in a 2 parter.

The # of acts in an episode depends on how many commercial slots sell.

A single American produced 1 hour episode, with commercials edited out, is usually 38 to 46 minutes in length.

The mini-series idea has MUCHO merit ... lets see if we can streamline and finish this 2 part EPISODE {AiGR} THEN impliment a Miniseries ...

In my opinion, Niska is destined to escape. He is too good of a villian and information source to dispose of yet.

The guns ... I forgot where they are! Anyhoo, that would be the only MAIN ARC to close out before the CODA.

The rest of the character, rerlationship and other ARCs can be carried over to the mini-series.

SEGUE TO...
SO, if everyone like Channain's idea: What plot ideas for the MAJOR arc(s) for the mini-series do we want to toss around?

"Remember, there is only ONE absolute - There ARE NO absolutes!!!"

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 6:59 AM

I agree that Niska is too important to kill off just yet, but I think that it would be interesting to introduce a new villian if we are going to continue this as a mini series.
I just got a picture in my head of the Firefly crew having to join forces with Niska to 'defeat' a greater threat. Desperate times... well its just a thought, lemme know what you guys think.
Oh, and thanks for the explanation, Astriana, the discussion makes a lot more sense now

I think the Simon/Niska thing could go on for a while, and I like the lov triange with Inara, Thorne and Mal. And the Kaylee/Simon thing is definately a yes in my vote

The River/Slight/Thorne thing doesn't have any long term development that I can see, it looks like something that could be wraped up easily, depending on what we want to do with the rest of the story.
Well, that's all I have for now... I'm off for school, so I'll be back in a couple hours.

I'm not broken, in my dream I win...

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 9:04 AM

i DO aim to misbehave

Another suggestion I would have is to move the "Last Time on Firefly" info on a different thread. It's a lot of great information to bring a newbie up to speed, but it's becoming a huge "first page" that promises to be giganimous once all the synopses are posted.

I would say list the previous act (or whatever we end up calling them) thread and synopses in the most current thread. Then put in the thread leading to the "Outline" or somesuch of all the previous acts. Then list the Gunrunners - that is to say, US - and the usual disclaimers. Like so:

RP - "Adventures in Gunrunning" Act 8

Act 7
address for act 7 thread

Previously on Firefly
Prior acts and greenrooms for character discussion and development
address for Outline thread

Players
Directors
Disclaimers, et al.
Definitions
Guidelines

Seems like a lot of work. And since it is my idea, I'd be happy to set it up. Also GULP if the new director needs any assistance, I'd be happy to do whatever I can.

(put an "n" next to an "o" and what does that spell?)

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 9:28 AM

Shiny idea, Channain! This is actually something I meant to do once all the synopses were written. (Guess I'll have to step up the synopses-writing efforts!

)

Also, since Channain brought up the "new director"... It seems that we're seeing the need for some direction in the RP at this point. I would like to offer my own self to be said director. CapnRahn has offered to assist (and so has Channain, apparently!

), and between us, we can solve a lot of the questions we've been having recently, as well as those we've had from the beginning. I will post more on these things a bit later (probably this evening after work).

What say ye'all?

Oh, in answer to Channain's riddle:
(put an "n" next to an "o" and what does that spell?)

"On?"

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 9:45 AM

MANIACNUMBERONE

My vote goes out for Astriana as director and Channain for co-director.
I can see things really becoming much easier and more fun for all involved.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 10:03 AM