Bazza Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 UOption: Co-authors (George Orwell, & Richard Adams). Emily Bronte wrote the manuscript. George Orwell took a pass through it and rewrote parts of it in his ‘voice’, still left it in manuscript form. Richard Adams found it, rewrote it in his ‘voice’ and published it as “Fiver & Company”. The genre of the story is “gothic tragedy”. Part Wuthering Heights, part Animal Farm, and part Watership Down. Sociotard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I need two more heroes and two more options. I would like to option the Orient Express. CES Hermit and Old Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Grr, found that the character I'd planned to get today started in a drama, so I need to research, and I have very little free time for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 "What was that?" asked Violet, shuddering. Shaking, Hermione asked, "Do you mean the low growling or the dark chanting?" A voice floated toward them through the mists. Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjubb bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch! "The What?" asked Frodo. "What is a Jabberwock?" "What is a Bandersnatch?" echoed Coraline. "What is Frumious??" said Alcatraz, practically screaming. ------- Option pick, the pursuing beast that threatens at every turn, The Jabberwock! Cancer, Old Man and Hermit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psybolt Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Character: Bunnicula Cancer, Old Man and Hermit 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Kill it! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Last character is Richard Hannay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hannay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Whew, caught up. Pariah, I hope you don't mind I changed "The Grandfather" to "Mr. Goldman". I was wrong, in the novel it is the narrators FATHER that read him the story, not the grandfather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just now, Sociotard said: Pariah, I hope you don't mind I changed "The Grandfather" to "Mr. Goldman". I was wrong, in the novel it is the narrators FATHER that read him the story, not the grandfather. That's right! I remember that, now that you mention it. Nice call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 In what is probably foreshadowing the dark end of our story, we draft the character Klamm, the elusive -- unreachable? -- Castle Authority, from Franz Kafka's The Castle. Since we made no pick yesterday, we also draft another terrifying story element. As an option, we draft the hurricane from the 2000 historical novel, Isaac's Storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Character: Tom Joad (The Grapes of Wrath) One man, one family driven from the land; this rusty car creaking along the highway to the west. I lost my land, the spread of red weed took my land. I am alone and bewildered. And in the night one family camps in a ditch and another family pulls in and the tents come out. The two men squat on their hams and the women and children listen. Here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution. Keep these two squatting men apart; make them hate, fear, suspect each other. Then they're too busy to think on the Martians. Cancer, Old Man and Logan D. Hurricanes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 I think I'm down two picks. I'll make one of them now: Option: Daisy Buchanan (The Great Gatsby), supporting character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Commish, two quick corrections on my roster. Frodo Baggins is missing, and the Cheshire Cat is from Alice in Wonderland. Thanks. Now I have to figure out my final pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Option: Dolores Jane Umbridge (Harry Potter series), supporting character Logan D. Hurricanes and Hermit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Hmm, I know I need a Quisling, a politician locked up after the colonial period ends for having been a collaborator, and interviewed by the narrator. But, maybe they don't need to have been a Quisling in their novel. Maybe they would've been a quisling in this setting. Maybe they're just … selfish. Character: Howard Roark (The Fountainhead) People ask me, why didn't you side with humanity. Despicable, that I would give up my sense of self. The Martians let me design my buildings on the side, and only asked that I administrate for them. And I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Character: Dr. Rieux (The Plague) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Are we going to be suspending the draft due to the Coronavirus ? Asking for a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 If anything, these drafts are lovely things to do while under self-quarantine. Unless you access through public wifi or something. Anyway, the drafting is almost done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Option: Lesser Ring of Power (Lord of the Rings). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 You mean the Ring Of Men? Ring of Dwarves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 No, the "essays in the craft" mentioned by Gandalf -- the less powerful rings Celebrimbor's followers made with Annatar's (Sauron's) help, before the Nine, Seven, and Three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Ah, ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 Player: csyphrett Title: Author: Walter Gibson Character: the old man in the corner (The Case of Miss Eliott) Character: Professor Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine) Character: Nick Charles (The Thin Man) Character: Father Brown (The Innocence of Father Brown) Character: Character: Mr. Harley Quin (The Mysterious Mr. Quin) Character: Option: The Orient Express (Murder on the Orient Express) Option:Nora Charles (The Thin Man) Option: I think I am down one pick from yesterday. I think I will pick Lord Darcy CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 14, 2020 Report Share Posted March 14, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 11:30 AM, Cancer said: In what is probably foreshadowing the dark end of our story, we draft the character Klamm, the elusive -- unreachable? -- Castle Authority, from Franz Kafka's The Castle. Since we made no pick yesterday, we also draft another terrifying story element. As an option, we draft the hurricane from the 2000 historical novel, Isaac's Storm. Apologies, Lord Commissioner, there's errors in my current roster: You plugged in Klamm as an option, not a character, And you overlooked the hurricane as an option pick. I expect I have one pick remaining (an option) for Monday. I may spend it on cover art for my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 "You can fly?" "Sometimes," said the little girl. She smiled as she floated lazily in the air. "If I have fairy dust." Hermione scrunched her face in disapproval. Fairies were bad business as far as she was concerned. "That's amazing," said Violet. "Indeed," said the cat as he flew in a loop up to meet Wendy's face. "I never met a flying girl before. Do you like tea?" "I adore tea!" she said happily as she bounced in the air. "Too bad we don't have any tea," said Frodo, not for the first time, or the last. "Oh," said Wendy sadly as she sank to the ground. ------- I wasn't going to go this direction, but with my last option pick she's still here, so I select Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. Title forthcoming. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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