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dunmurderinI've been working on trying to figure out what Joes and Autobots I want working together -- toward that end, I've made up about half a dozen spreadsheets aimed at figuring out which characters were likely to exist at the time when my story is set -- originally, it was just circa 1993; now, the majority of the story takes place over the course of Tuesday, April 13, 1993.
Note: There's no significance to the date, beyond I wanted a time of year that doesn't have any real significance to it. I actually went out of my way to check to make sure the date wasn't actually significant here in the Real World.
I've managed to narrow down the Joes to about 153 names, so I can pretty easily grab a character name if I need one. Not all characters will be appearing in the fic, I just wanted a resource for ease of brainstorming.
As far as figuring out what Autobots would be part of the training, I started listing characters and ended up realizing that chances are pretty good that most of the Autobots are going to want toplay with train with the Joes. Again, not everyone is going to be shown, but having a list of names to grab is helpful.
I've also gotten some mental images that I'd like to do something more with. Things like, Snake-Eyes doing tai chi with Groove and/or First Aid; Seaspray and Cutter hanging out; Arcee and the female Joes bonding over their shared experiences as women in predominately male groups (using the idea that Arcee is a trans femme and that she, unlike the female Joes, hasn't had to fight as hard to be accepted as a warrior because she's female "I actually get more grief for being pink; it scares some people.")
Unfortunately, none of these things have a place in this story, so I'm filing them away for the time being.
I'm working on plotting out what I'm currently calling Chapter Zero (which will become the new Chapter One, once it's done). I've decided that it should be at least three scenes long, each one setting up aspects of the later story. One with the Autobots and Joes, celebrating the end of successful training with a party; another showing the Combaticons trying to tough out being stuck in the Decepticon Undersea Base; and a third setting up the reason why our antagonist wants to destroy the Joes. Something that was kind of lacking from the original story. Eh-heh. Oops. The things we learn over the course of a decade...
I'm planning on starting writing tomorrow. I'll keep y'all posted.
Note: There's no significance to the date, beyond I wanted a time of year that doesn't have any real significance to it. I actually went out of my way to check to make sure the date wasn't actually significant here in the Real World.
I've managed to narrow down the Joes to about 153 names, so I can pretty easily grab a character name if I need one. Not all characters will be appearing in the fic, I just wanted a resource for ease of brainstorming.
As far as figuring out what Autobots would be part of the training, I started listing characters and ended up realizing that chances are pretty good that most of the Autobots are going to want to
I've also gotten some mental images that I'd like to do something more with. Things like, Snake-Eyes doing tai chi with Groove and/or First Aid; Seaspray and Cutter hanging out; Arcee and the female Joes bonding over their shared experiences as women in predominately male groups (using the idea that Arcee is a trans femme and that she, unlike the female Joes, hasn't had to fight as hard to be accepted as a warrior because she's female "I actually get more grief for being pink; it scares some people.")
Unfortunately, none of these things have a place in this story, so I'm filing them away for the time being.
I'm working on plotting out what I'm currently calling Chapter Zero (which will become the new Chapter One, once it's done). I've decided that it should be at least three scenes long, each one setting up aspects of the later story. One with the Autobots and Joes, celebrating the end of successful training with a party; another showing the Combaticons trying to tough out being stuck in the Decepticon Undersea Base; and a third setting up the reason why our antagonist wants to destroy the Joes. Something that was kind of lacking from the original story. Eh-heh. Oops. The things we learn over the course of a decade...
I'm planning on starting writing tomorrow. I'll keep y'all posted.
