Tumbling the RPG Fic Club!

First of all, I'm glad that I was mistaken about what you'd meant! I was part of an RP way back in the day and someone suggested "novelizing" the story, and that was just a big mess.

Anyhow, I guess I have two main concerns:

1) Not to say that I don't trust you guys, because it's not that I don't... it's just that things naturally get more complicated when you more people involved. For instance, it can be a matter of communication... like what are we going to post when, stuff like that. Particularly in the case we post multiple things from one thread, I think... Hopefully if we do this as a group, everyone will be active and prompt with whatever we plan to do.

2) Most of our stuff is plausible in canon, if not without a bit of explanation. I guess it'll just be tough to explain certain things, for instance, threads involving original characters. And... well, at least, for some of my own posts, I could imagine that they would have to be edited somewhat (exposition, clarification, etc.) so they would make a stand-alone ficlet. This is particularly the case if we decide to post subsequent posts, as a good part of a lot of our replies end up (essentially) repeating things that have happened before, and that mightn't "flow" well for readers.

Uh... I feel like I had something else to say, too, but I guess I'm a bit tired right now. XD

But so yeah I'm cool with it so long as everyone else is cool with it so lets be all cool and stuff I need to go to sleep.

No, I understand this. In this case, I think if we wanted to do this idea, such a problem could be avoided by if we all made separate accounts. I don't know if it's possible to start some kind of group, but even if not, Alex--as admin of this site--could be the owner of the account for the "Official RPG Fic Club" (or whatever it might be called), and could link to our names for each post written! But I do think, even if we did that idea, we should all make accounts just so there is someone to link to for credit! ^^

I think posting what and when isn't so complicated if everyone is on the same page! Thankfully we have a comfy and small community, so posting together shouldn't be a huge issue!



Why is it difficult to involve original characters? If we find a way to introduce them, doesn't it seem like it would be easy? I feel like people include original characters in fanfiction on FF.Net/Fiction Press all the time! I know I've read lots of Kingdom Hearts fics in the past where original characters were added in. I always thought that made things kind of original and fresh! And it doesn't have to be a long introduction, it could be right at the beginning of the chapter! ^^

It might not flow well, but I get the impression that if we explain how and why it is set up the way it is, people will understand. And if we post it as changing POV, it might be necessary to have some reptition. But if each reply is a "new chapter" and each thread is a "new story", then I feel like at least some people would enjoy it. If it's called the RPG Fic Club or something like that (or even if we explain who we are), shouldn't people know that it's based on an RPG? Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but I feel like we have some authentic stories (and well written too) that we could share with fans! ^0^/




It's not writing new posts, it's just creating fanfiction from the posts we already have! ^^ It wouldn't even have to be updated often.....It's not a matter of having to write new stuff for this account unless we wanted to. Really, each new chapter would be each new post in a certain thread, and each thread would be a new story. Does that make sense?

Hahaha, anyway, I guess it seems like maybe we're all taking this too seriously? It's just an idea for fun and definitely not as complicated as we might be making it! Sure there are people out there who might not like repetition from posting styles (and we could always alter any posts that are extremely repetitive), but there are also people who just don't like fanfiction in general and still harp on Tumbling fics. *coughyouknowwhatimeancough*

But I do think it's possible! Well, let's see what everyone thinks! I don't know why I'm so eager to do it....I think it's because I just think we've got some good stories here that maybe other Tumbling fans don't know about and might want to read. And at least two people from the AAA comm I run on DW have said they come on here just to read the posts. Sugoi, right???

bwuhahaha God I'm sooo happy I'm living in a different floor from the rest of my family because I just laughed really hard XD

I have a suggestion:
1) create a comm (it's way better than a journal, let me explain) on DW or on LJ whatever
2) create a 'master post' here
3) whenever someone is about to post a "new chapt", first of all he/she (are there boys here at all?) write a new thread on the master post here which say for example "How we ended like this - Kaneko chapt"
4) he/she then posts the real chapt on the comm

I thought about this because
a) we all can use our own accounts
b) there's no 'risk' of 2 or more chapts being posted at the same time or one after the other, while they are taking completely different directions (ex. I post about Kaneko walking on Misu & Hino doing something and fainting at the scene and 'Misu' posts an entry about Kaneko walking in and doing something completely different - get what I mean?)
c) I have several friends who had been playing RP games for years and I heard sometimes it can be messy if there's no 'official thread' or master post to follow.

That's all I had to say...

DISCUSS! XD
*gets shot*

that's what I don't get about this whole idea.
I mean... this site was created for RPG so why would you want to create a comm/journal elsewhere?

Besides, ppl can read stories without having to register for an account.

This is why I was (and still am) confused.
I mean... we all came here to RP so things are posted here.
Period.
If other ppl wants to read they can:
1) register/join
2) bookmark the site
3) just read them 'lurking' around
Or the admn or whoever else can make a daily (or every 2 or 3 days) post at the Tumbling comm @ LJ and on AAA and/or Japanboys @ DW to let other ppl know another chapt had been posted


Considering that there are ppl here living in different parts of the world, how can everybody involved agree?
This is why, if a comm is created elsewhere, is better to have a master thread here to let other ppl know "hey, I'll post the next part"


not really, because I can access to the main account at the same time you do and we might end up posting something together (we can fix that for sure later on), but it may happen

Again: we have this website... let's use it!
RPGs end up creating fanfics most of the time.
Whatever decision the majority of users will take, I'll respect it and follow it.

>____< Okay, I'm really frustrated.........It really shouldn't be this difficult. -______-; And I really only came up with this idea as a sort of happy hope, not with the intention of us going in circles.....

Facts:

1. It would be a Fanfiction.net/Fiction Press account. Not Dreamwidth, not LJ, not blogspot. A FANFICTION account, nothing remotely related to a blog.

One person could be in charge of it, since everyone seems to have some qualms about a group of people running one account (and I do understand that), and if no one wants to do that, I'm certainly game for it, especially since this was my idea.

2. The one person in charge of the account would only post finished threads, in which all members involved in that particular thread agree to share their work! If even one person in the thread does not want their work posted on FFN or Fiction Press, then the thread will not be posted at all.

3. Only FINISHED/CLOSED threads would be posted, nothing in progress. Here are two examples of threads I was a part of, which are now finished. (And they feature the same original character, so they're actually consistent too)

Team of My Ear

We Meet in the Best Places, Don't We?

If members are still posting in a thread here, it cannot be posted on FFN, not until it's completed here first.

4. It's JUST FOR FUN! Seriously, it's meant to be for fun, not for us to go overthinking and trying to overexplain. It's really not that complex, I promise!

5. The reason why we hoped to do it //was// to share our writing and advertise it on the Tumbling Community! We could state that we'd created an account on FFN based on what we'd been writing in the roleplay. We can say that we did this to make it more organized for people to read completed threads rather than making them have to go looking for posts on here.

Again, this way, the threads are not all over the place for people to try and find and read. If they aren't members here, they might find it confusing to find and read some of the threads we have going here. First time proboards users might think it's difficult. I know I once did.

We could also use this as a chance to promote and encourage more members to join this roleplay and share their writing here if they enjoy what the read on FFN!

Guyyysss, PLEASE don't make it so difficult, ne? This is making my head spin......A lot of people don't know about the roleplay, so I was thinking we could share our talented writing from here with other Tumbling fans. You just joined, Kaneko-chan, so you probably haven't seen some of the really good posts that have been written! And some have already been closed or blocked by other threads, so it makes sense if not! But that's exactly why I'd like to do this! Because it's hard to get around this site sometimes, and it would be really nice to share some of the epic stories written here. I KNOW people would like it! I already know a few who do, but they had a hard time finding the completed threads on here to begin with.

I thought that was self-explanatory... >< Or at least that it had mentioned it a few times already?