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Questionable Questing

Andy333
Andy333
If the author didn't write that book series for his ten or twelve year old step son, you already know what those Greeks would've been up to. lol
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
Each demigod cabin a different kind of horny. Grown up sexy camp half blood is a cool story premise
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Andy333
Andy333
Pretty good art. Silk lingerie always looks so good.
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
I love this artist and wish they did more
Andy333
Andy333
But other than the sexy times, what would you want to do with the Percy Jackson series? For me I never really felt like it had much in terms of fanfiction potential because unfortunately just with the nature and power of the Greek gods, they kind of suck all the attention up in any story you do in the setting.
Andy333
Andy333
And much like in real life as well the gods are the least interesting characters of them all in any of these stories. You either rebel against them or are subservient to them and there's really not a lot of wiggle room or character interaction beyond that. It really limits what you can do and is why a lot of crossover just have Percy or whatever cut loose in an entirely new world.
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
Demigod politics. How much power do you think the Demigods have in the modern world's highest places?
Andy333
Andy333
That runs into another big problem thought for any urban fantasy series, of how much power and influence the hidden world should have. Since using the Percy Jackson one as an example, if Demi Gods were secretly ruling the world or at the very least had significant influence, then why would everyone be worshipping Jesus? Why wouldn't there be at the least semi formal cults dedicated to the Greek gods?
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
Very true. Different thoughts. Superhero harem training school?
Andy333
Andy333
Which neatly ties back in with the big dilemma of any Urban Fantasy series. The more power you give the magical world, then it's only logical that the earth would be different or changed because of that. Which means more world building and alt history baking and that's something a lot of authors struggle with.
Andy333
Andy333
But superhero harem school, new idea or are we revisiting that one black widow idea I mentioned?
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
New idea spawned from that. Could go superhero or fantasy school. Your pick
Andy333
Andy333
The idea was really inspired by the Atomic Blond or John Wick, just taking those school and secret societies full of bad asses and turning it up to eleven with some mystic or sci Fi powers. So I'll go with Superheros to keep the theme.
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
You prefer mystic or scifi powers? Kung fu assassin school or you want to go with cyber mods or something? You want pure human skill that can work. Just offering thoughts on ways to increase cool
Andy333
Andy333
I was thinking both, but kind of subtly. Sci Fi tech I'm perfectly fine with showing off but I want it to either be heavily prototyped or expensive to maintain. I don't want armies of Adma Smashers roaming around. It would ruin the balance of it too much. As for more Kung Fu and mystic stuff, my idea is that I don't draw attention to it, but people who train enough can do some bullshit feats.
Andy333
Andy333
Stuff like deflecting bullets with swords, running up walls, punching through someone's chest to stop their heart, that kind of stuff that wouldn't look out of place in a Kung Fu movie.
Bob is bob
Bob is bob
I would say for kung fu there is taking the old Street Fighter ideas where you give people cool powers with Ki but its limited. By its nature Ki can't do a dragonball. But I really like martial arts anime so I'm biased.
Andy333
Andy333
I do like street fighter, although mostly for its muscle woman. lol
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