Plot Ideas.

[Roxy]

So, here's the thing.

WE NEED A PLOT

I think we all agree on this. ((well, maybe not morrisb, because he's a contrary bitch. xDDDD ))

It has to include everybody, possibly groupings, cause I can do a table for that in the side bar ;P

There can be neutral, evil, good, etc.

We can have something like the evil people are going after the shikon jewel, the good are protecting it, and the neutral are just... there.

That would be post-inuyasha though, and we can still include the canons as minor characters. They can be... oldies. They can be Gavron's friends.

I DON'T CARE

Just come up with something. I've shared my ideas, in non-detailed form, of course. We can work with that, or a different thing, add on to it, ya know?!

Most people don't join things without a plot, and it wouldn't have to be an all the time plot, just an optional one to go by, to give muse.

What chya think? ;P

Post. NAO. Dx I'll be sad if you don't.

[kitsune]

Hmmmm... perhaps a potential appocolyspe?

[Roxy]

ZOMBIE APOCOLYPSE

Haaa, I was making a site on that, but then my mom blocked the only means of communication between staff members.

Anywho, like a demon apocolypse? xD

[kitsune]

Hmmm... good idea...

[Roxy]

There could be like... few humans left and stuffins... or something.. e.e

[Neme]

If you don't mind my opinion. Lol.. What about something along the lines of a massive war between the lands? Maybe.. if you wanted the canons to be included maybe have it during the middle of the Inuyasha series? Where the jewel shards have all ready been discovered so people and demons are after them. I don't think you really want to completely wipe out the human race otherwise you wont leave room for people joining who want to make original characters. So maybe, if you wanted something of a Au branch, perhaps you can have it that some of the canons have taken over certain lands. Of course some of the canons all ready had control of them, like Sesshomaru and the Western Lands. But maybe we can do something with an all out feud between the lands about who should have the right to collect the shards? Maybe I don't know.. that would give us a spin off to the series and something new to plot with. Maybe all the main leaders of the lands decided that Inu-Yasha and the gang wasn't good enough to get them.. Of course Kikyo would have to be one of the leaders too. But its definitely an idea to consider.

[Roxy]

That's a really good idea, thanks for it

I was actually having a similar plan for my final fantasy rp xD

Yeah, I thought about completely wiping out the human race, that would be unfair Dx

I like your war idea where the canons took over some of the land ;P It's pretty good

[Neme]

Just thought I might help out a bit ~

[Sythe]

I like Neme-chan's idea also.
I am a new member, but i like it. Maybe like there be the four fuedal lords. North,west,south, and east. So of course Seshoumaru would be one, maybe make Naraku the lord of one of the lands, and making humans to become his slaves? Then maybe humans aren't dying off, more so they are being captured? Maybe have like one lord be anti-human slavery, and then Naraku want human slavery.

Then you could add the Shikon No Tama into the mix and that just makes the stakes harder?

[Roxy]

Help is always welcome with a big, fat, toothy grin!

I think I know both of you. xDDD

Yes, I agree Sythe, we should hear what the others think before we make big decisions like that though. I know that morrisb is just going to be contrary though xDDDD

Boys, such idiots~

[Neme]

I like that a lot, perhaps anti slavery be Kikyo? Then the last land could actually be up for grabs by a non canon, giving an opening for some originals? I don't know.. but this is so cool <3

[Roxy]

That would be cool to do~ That way the originals aren't left out, and we have a good enough reason to just, ya know, join in, cause this is a minor canon rpg, I guess o.o

Yeah, I think Kikyo would be the good one, cause she's all like, rawr, I'm a priestess. :3

[morrisb]

As Roxy pointed out, I prefer generalised settings to already laid-out plots in a free RP site, but since she and Kitsune are in charge, I may as well try to contribute something...

Some weeks before, I happened to be discussing a possible plot with Kitsune via PM. I may as well make it public now. I'm not going to say it is the best setting ever but some elements of it could be used.

Some notes before you'd read it:

- Inuyasha takes place in the Sengoku Period, and one (or more) episode(s) suggests that Oda Nobunaga is already living but probably as a young man so he hasn't started the war for unification yet. This means the events take place roughly between 1545-1560 AD.

- in the Sengoku Period Japan was starting becoming more open to western influences. Among other things, portuguese (and some other european) traders and christian missionaries became frequent at the time.

- it's a known fact that Japan in the Inuyasha anime is full of lesser demons and halfbreeds, mostly inspired by and based upon Japanese mythology and folklore. So... if there were demons walking the earth at that time, it would make sense if other countries and continents had their own mythological creatures walkin 'round the countryside, no ? Ie. Nagas in India, Kobolds in Europe, etc...

- if you pay attention to the Inuyasha anime, you'll notice that there's a 50 year time gap between Kykio's death and Kagome's arrival. And Naraku was alive and scheming all along. Question: what did he during that time ? Neither the anime nor the manga gives a clear answer so we are open to answer it ourselves...

- since we have the other lands/continents listed among the areas, it is reasonable to encourage people to use material from other cultures (make non-Japanese characters).

Now, taking the above notes into consideration, my proposed setting looks like this:

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Naraku suffered yet another humiliating defeat at the hands of Inuyasha's band. In the process the Sacred Jewel got shattered again and its pieces yet once more lie scattered across Japan.
Naraku went into hiding along with two of his most trusted (?) servants, Kagura and Kanna. Retreating into a hidden fortress, he meditated what his next course of action should be. Time and again the Sacred Jewel failed his expectations, and so did his own body. So he sat down on his throne, sulking until he would find a way to achieve his ambitions...

Unaware of Naraku's power-mongering, Japan as a whole is in the state of civil war. Feudal Lords and their armies of samurai, mercenaries and other henchmen clash against each other for whatever reason. Some influential families, breaking ages-old unwritten laws have even resorted to hiring demons at times...

However, a new faction would soon enter the great scheme: the people of the west, crusading soldiers of a foreign religion, calling themselves the Inquisition. Coming to both expand western influence and eradicate all of demonkind, they are powerful and dangerous. Europe has been burned clean of devil-kin, and soon this land would be purged as well.

But soon, all the world will know the rage of Naraku. For in the 50 years he spent in the shadows he built a vast invisible empire, his will enforced by allied demon clans, foul cults and vile organizations all across Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and even Russia... or perhaps even farther.

Naraku, once a shameless puppeteer and powerful fighter, now hides from the world, plotting his schemes and revenge in his secret fortress, while his servants are becoming more and more active and daring; his shadowy empire now reveals itself, and will make the world shake...

But heroes would rise to combat all of these threats. The fate of past, present and future are in their hands...

...

Again, I'm fully open to debates and discussions about it. Even if not the whole of this stuff, but elements of it may be acceptable.

[Roxy]

hmmm.... that's some really good stuff everybody's got going on ;P

The stuff that was given to us before, along with Momo-kun's addition.... We can make a civil war turn gradually into the world war that was stated before, with the use of the mythical things. Course the other countries would have them, japan sure does xD

Now I think Canada's left out on this war too, bloody peace keepers.

America has Yeti and Bigfoot. Bloody peackeepers. lol

[Neme]

HAHA lol

I do like the ideas, especially if we put something like this all together. The only thing with it is, are we gong to keep the canon characters non played?

Honestly, I think it just might be a turn away. A lot of people that rp inu-yasha, whether we like it or not, either want to play the canons themselves, or want interactions with the canons and their characters. Which, the requesting process of the canons we have now, will get very hectic and we wont know where the canons are popping up. It also stops a bit of plot interaction between members.

I don't know really what to do about this one. whether we should open the canons back up due to the new plot we are creating or what?