Miscellaneous Ideas Thread

jwolf0

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#26
Interesting take, Thorn. The AU of as Ghost Story doesn't bother me, but it shouldn't be that easy to dismiss Mab's claim. After all, he still he owes her a Favor.
But merely being dead does /not/ necessarily get you out of promises to Mab all by itself. I mean, come on. Like sheÆs never heard THAT lame excuse beforeà:D
 

Thorn

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#27
Perhaps not out of the favor, but canonically, when the winter knight dies, the power transfers back to the Queen. Hence, Harry isn't the winter Knight anymore.
 

biomonkey

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#28
Dresden Files/Cardcaptor Sakura crossover or fusion. Yeah, you heard me.
 

bissek

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#29
Ghostbusters/Dresden Files:

The Ghostbusters take on Kemmlerite necromancers.
 

bissek

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#30
It's been a long time since anyone's has some miscellaneous book ideas.

Les Miserables:

When Javert confronts Valjean at Fantine's deathbed, he agrees to Valjean's request for three days to put his affairs in order, on one condition: That Javert accompany him for every minute of those three days (As he doesn't trust 24601 to not make a run for it if given the opportunity). That means that Javert is present when Valjean takes Cosette from the Thenardiers, and when Valjean is officially taken into custody, he requests that Javert fulfill his last obligation and see to it that Cosette is found a proper guardian.

As a result, Cosette is raised by Javert instead of Valjean, which will complicate things considerably when her path crosses that of the young revolutionary Marius.
 

nick012000

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#31
Dresden Files: A newbie wizard meets Mab for the first time, and makes a joke about Cirno. Hilarity ensues.
 

Prince Charon

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#32
nick012000 said:
Dresden Files: A newbie wizard meets Mab for the first time, and makes a joke about Cirno. Hilarity ensues.
Sounds lethal, or possibly even worse.
 

nick012000

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#33
Prince Charon said:
nick012000 said:
Dresden Files: A newbie wizard meets Mab for the first time, and makes a joke about Cirno. Hilarity ensues.
Sounds lethal, or possibly even worse.
But Mab is the Strongest. ;) :p
 

nick012000

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#34
A double post, but it's been the better part of three months, so...

Idea: After the latest novel, Harry goes to Mac's for a cold beer and to catch up with old friends. After he gets a few beers in him, he mentions how sad Mab no doubt feels over the loss of her daughters, and how he feels so inadequate since he can't see any way to fix it. Then someone (Michael Carpenter? Sanya?) suggests that he get into a sexual relationship with both Mab and Sarissa, so that they'll have an excuse to spend time together. In his intoxicated state (and with the Winter Knight mantle amping up his sex drive), he thinks that this is a smashing idea, and promptly heads back to the Nevernever to relay this idea to Mab.

After waking up in Mab's bed the next day, she reminds him of this idea, and so he sets out to the Summer Court, knowing that failing will make Mab sad (and he really doesn't like the idea of making women sad, he's chivalrous like that), but also not liking that it'll put pressure on her to accept (since he's chivalrous like that). Being a smart cookie, however, Sarissa tells him that he'll have to court her, like a proper knight. And when Titania finds out about it, she makes him compete against Kit to accomplish various near-impossible tasks.

Hilarious harem antics ensue, as Molly and Murphy wind up getting involved in this as well. After all, if he's going to be in a relationship with more than one woman, there's no need to limit himself to just two, now is there? ;)
 

Prince Charon

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#35
nick012000 said:
A double post, but it's been the better part of three months, so...

Idea: After the latest novel, Harry goes to Mac's for a cold beer and to catch up with old friends. After he gets a few beers in him, he mentions how sad Mab no doubt feels over the loss of her daughters, and how he feels so inadequate since he can't see any way to fix it. Then someone (Michael Carpenter? Sanya?) suggests that he get into a sexual relationship with both Mab and Sarissa, so that they'll have an excuse to spend time together. In his intoxicated state (and with the Winter Knight mantle amping up his sex drive), he thinks that this is a smashing idea, and promptly heads back to the Nevernever to relay this idea to Mab.

After waking up in Mab's bed the next day, she reminds him of this idea, and so he sets out to the Summer Court, knowing that failing will make Mab sad (and he really doesn't like the idea of making women sad, he's chivalrous like that), but also not liking that it'll put pressure on her to accept (since he's chivalrous like that). Being a smart cookie, however, Sarissa tells him that he'll have to court her, like a proper knight. And when Titania finds out about it, she makes him compete against Kit to accomplish various near-impossible tasks.

Hilarious harem antics ensue, as Molly and Murphy wind up getting involved in this as well. After all, if he's going to be in a relationship with more than one woman, there's no need to limit himself to just two, now is there? ;)
If Michael is the one who suggested it, his daughter's involvement is going to make him even less happy, because she can point out that he gave her the excuse.
 

half baked cat

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#37
Was reading Blood Rites of the Dresden Files and had on the DIY Network and had a thought...

What if Michael and Thomas end up getting one of those show to come and help fix up Harry's place? Michael because he is a good guy, and Thomas because, well, 1) why not and 2) nothing in Harry's place really matches.

Just what sort of remodeling would be done and how would the host deal with a paranoid man who disconnects his hot water heater because he does not trust it not to blow up, never the less the fact that he doesn't use much in the way of technology (like TV).
 

bissek

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#38
Crossover idea:

Judge Dredd in Ankh-Morpork. How is he going to wrap his mind around the concept of a city that enforces the law by making organized crime a part of the government, with the police only authorized to act against those who aren't official criminals?
 

Prince Charon

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#39
bissek said:
Crossover idea:

Judge Dredd in Ankh-Morpork. How is he going to wrap his mind around the concept of a city that enforces the law by making organized crime a part of the government, with the police only authorized to act against those who aren't official criminals?
Probably by shooting people.

Has he ever been in a situation or situations we could use to extrapolate a real answer?
 

DhampyrX2

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#40
Had a very strange idea for a Percy Jackson and the Olympians crossover. Take the cliche "Sally Jackson gets killed by a monster when Percy is x years old and Olympian y raises him in secret" plot and turn it on its ear. How? The "Olympian" he is sent to/rescued by is actually his uncle... Kevin Sorbo/Hercules. Now bear with me because this will take some tweaking given that the Heracles in the the PJO universe is an asshat just like the one in mythology. But consider this, Heracles operated before Greece was anything approaching a unified nation when he conducted his twelve labors. From what we know of the Legendary Journeys Hercules was operating during the rise of Ceasar. Who is to say that Alcmene didn't name her son by Zeus (probably at Zeus' suggestion) in honor of Heracles?

Now this also has to take into account things like the Twilight and Eve I suppose. (Although the future episodes where Herc lets slip that Iaolus lived to be an old man and his getting killed by Dahok was just crap to please the producers for a new season makes it very tempting to handwave everything.) I figure the "Twilight" was something of an end-around by the gods to explain their transition from their Greek to their Roman forms. Once Xena and Eve were dead they operated in Roman form until at least the time of Constantine, where they started the split-personality routine.

Of course this "little" tweak could throw a lot of PJO canon on its ear. For one thing, Percy would be trained as a demigod off the bat by someone that knows what he's doing. For another, if he is being raised by Kevin Sorbo in Hollywood it's not impossible for him to encounter Thalia or Piper before they run away and end up at Camp Half Blood. It also brings up how most people outside of the gods would assume Heracles and Hercules are the same person and attribute the same feats to each. Percy would know better and try to correct people without giving his uncle/new stepdad away. Zoe Nightshade and the Amazons might know the difference too, but the average camper or other person probably doesn't. Then you have the reaction of the gods themselves. I don't see Zeus, for example, being as antagonistic toward Percy if one of his favorite kids is raising him (even if the first future episode DOES imply that Herc and Zeus had a strained relationship in modern times.) And suddenly Aphrodite might be a little nicer toward Percy as Hercules was her favorite little brother.

The ironic thing here is, other than perhaps Aphrodite, Dionysus, and some of the minor gods like Nemesis, the personalities withe PJO and H:tLJ mesh well enough to work.

So does this idea have legs or should I crawl back into my hole until something else inspires me?
 

bissek

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#41
Prince Charon said:
bissek said:
Crossover idea:

Judge Dredd in Ankh-Morpork. How is he going to wrap his mind around the concept of a city that enforces the law by making organized crime a part of the government, with the police only authorized to act against those who aren't official criminals?
Probably by shooting people.

Has he ever been in a situation or situations we could use to extrapolate a real answer?
But there's a problem with that - in Ankh-Morpork, Dredd is not the law. Vimes is the law.
 

Prince Charon

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#42
bissek said:
Prince Charon said:
bissek said:
Crossover idea:

Judge Dredd in Ankh-Morpork. How is he going to wrap his mind around the concept of a city that enforces the law by making organized crime a part of the government, with the police only authorized to act against those who aren't official criminals?
Probably by shooting people.

Has he ever been in a situation or situations we could use to extrapolate a real answer?
But there's a problem with that - in Ankh-Morpork, Dredd is not the law. Vimes is the law.
Which is why I asked if he'd ever been in a situation that would allow us to extrapolate a real answer, rather than my bit of sarcasm.
 

scriviner

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#43
Crossover idea:

My name is Michael Westen. I used to be a spy. 'Til...

"We got a burn notice on you. You're blacklisted."

When you're burned, you've got nothing: no cash, no credit, no job history. You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in.

In my specific case, someone decided to play a particularly sick joke and leave me with a single dirty coin.

You do whatever work comes your way. You rely on anyone who's still talking to you. A trigger-happy ex-girlfriend...

An old friend who used to inform on you to the FBI...

Family too... if you're desperate.

Even that strange coin they gave you that's making you see things.

Things like beautiful women offering you everything you ever wanted.

Things you probably would have accepted by now if that asshole in the coat from Chicago hadn't told you exactly what that coin was going to do to your soul.

You could give it up, but right now? You need it. You need it bad.

Because bottom line? Until you figure out who burned you... you're not going anywhere.


Dresden Files/Burn Notice. Michael has a Blackened Denarius.
 

DhampyrX2

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#44
Had another Percy Jackson universe thought. Okay now we know Percy is dyslexic and therefore does not like to read. He also has ample and legitimate reasons to hate his stepfather in the first book, Gabe Ugliano. Now, what is something the kids, particularly young men, gravitate toward even of they can not read very well? Comic Books.

What if Percy was an avid comic book fan, particularly Marvel. He had a great appreciation for the characters of Thor and Loki both, especially since he kind of resembles Marvel's Loki with his black hair and green eyes. He identifies with him quite a bit. Both are considered scrawny outcasts. Both hate their step/adopted fathers. Both seem to cause trouble wherever they go. In fact there were days he used to dream about what life would be like if he was Loki;s son instead of his mother being married to Smelly Gabe. (Do keep in mind he was still only 12 to start off the series.)

Then you have the first four or so chapters of the book happen and Percy learns that the Greek Gods, at the very least, are real. And if the Greek Pantheon exists, Hercules was in the Avengers after all, then the NORSE gods might exist too. Why Thor and Loki might be real gods out there. In fact, whose to say that the real Loki might not be his father? And so Percy does something blasphemous and very foolish at his first dinner at camp when the others are making their sacrifices to their parents. He whispers the names Loki and Thor instead of a generic plea to "whoever you are."

Now imagine the fun when someone answers back later...




Some things to keep in mind here. First, Percy only knows Loki and Thor from Marvel comics. He has not read the Eddas, nor is he overly familiar with them. He does not understand that Loki is Odin's brother rather than Thor's. He does not know what they should really look like. He does not even grasp what the real Mjolnir looks like. But, a heartfelt prayer by someone that truly believes is still a powerful thing that will gain attention. Whether that is a good thing or not is open to interpretation.

Second, Percy still is just Poseidon's son here. I'm not making him Loki's secret kid or a Norse legacy through Sally's side of the family. Okay not in THIS idea. I will admit to being tempted to do it for another story.

Three, it;s been established that gods can take whatever form they wish to mortals so there is nothing saying they can;t choose to resemble their Marvel forms to reassure and/or mess with Percy and others they might meet.


So...any thoughts or comments on this one?
 
#45
Hey, I was wondering if anyone could be a beta for a Worm fic I had?
The protag is Ciara (the Faerie Queen) and the divergence point is Eden's crash.
Got most of a prologue written up.
 
#46
Well Dhampyr if you're going for classic North Myth then you should remember that A) Loki probably can't do much at this point with the whole chained to a rock till Ragnarok thing and B) Thor and Loki while not Blood Brothers like Odin/Loki were still a pair of vitriolic best buds who bombed around the 9 realms causing trouble and getting out of it.
 

DhampyrX2

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#47
Emerald Oracle said:
Well Dhampyr if you're going for classic North Myth then you should remember that A) Loki probably can't do much at this point with the whole chained to a rock till Ragnarok thing and B) Thor and Loki while not Blood Brothers like Odin/Loki were still a pair of vitriolic best buds who bombed around the 9 realms causing trouble and getting out of it.
That is true,assuming that mortals understood the scope of Ragnarok and every single one of the old legends being true. It is entirely possible that Ragnarok has not taken place yet and that Loki is not, necessarily, imprisoned. After all, who is to say that a minor imprisonment for starting a fight didn't get blown out of proportion to "Loki is chained to a rock with venom dripping in his eyes?" The beauty of artistic license means you can play fast and loose with some things while keeping to the spirit of your original idea.

Another interesting thing in Percy Jackson is that demigods in general, especially the really powerful/important ones, tend to get gifts from their divine parents in the form of enchanted weapons. Considering that the lion's share of Asgard's arsenal was gifted to them via Loki's efforts in one form or another, then having the favor and interest of the God of Mischief might not be such a bad thing to happen to a demigod that has both his uber-powerful uncles gunning for him. Imagine the stink it might cause on Olympus should Loki say... name Perseus Jackson as his high priest and grant him his personal protection given that Asgard is not bound by the "Ancient Laws" the way the Olympians are.

Some could even argue that Loki is equal to one of the "Big Three" in terms of status and power given his connection to Odin. All of a sudden Zeus and Hades spamming monsters to bother Percy starts upsetting certain factions in the Nine Realms in very interesting ways. Granted, the biggest of them was implied to have been sent by Kronos with Zeus and Hades assuming the other was sending them after Percy, but the issue could still be there.

Then you have Thor who is, as you have pointed out, more of a friendly rival and drinking buddy of Loki's even if he ends up the butt of his Uncle's jokes on more than one occasion. I don't see him leaving Percy to his own devices if he can help it. This is known as a champion for humanity in general. At the very least he might get it in his head to start training Percy during the regular year when Percy isn't at Camp Half Blood.
 

Fellgrave

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#48
One way around his imprisonment could be having Hel be the intermediary. Maybe she heard the prayer directed to her father, or perhaps Loki had some way of contacting her, but she's the one that drops in. Of course, any chance she has to get one over the 'usurper' Hades and his lot wouldn't be an opportunity to miss.

And with Loki locked up, that leaves his sword/wand Lævateinn with no wielder. I could easily see it being given to Percy, as a cosmic screw you; you may have your demigod, but he's wielding the weapon of one of Asgard's greatest.

Now that I think about it, the various gods having not so friendly rivalries with those of the opposing pantheons who share domains might be something to think about. Thor vs. Zeus, both Storm gods, might be interesting.

And of course your whole idea is now making me consider other pantheons as well. Then again... maybe it's for the best if it sticks with the two. I don't really want to consider how a Meso-American demigod might turn out. Although Egyptian might be interesting... hmm...
 

DhampyrX2

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#49
Well it is canon in Percy Jackson that Apollo has been hanging around Japan and thus gained a liking for the art of haiku. Amaterasu might not enjoy him in her yard, so to speak. And there are many Native American gods and spirits that might see Olympians as unfriendly invaders. Ones that still hold sway in lands like Canada and Alaska that are beyond the power of Olympus and thus are in a position to protest being the "heart of the West."

Hel acting as an intermediary with Percy would be interesting. I could even see her bringing Percy to meet Loki and Sigyn directly at some point in the cavern where Loki is imprisoned. Although part of me wants to handwave the imprisonment away because Loki is naturally more fun to write when he is free to scheme away and outsmart anyone foolish enough to match wits with him. (Not that Zeus demonstrates all that much in terms of wits in Percy Jackson.) And I could see Hel sending Percy on a quest with the ultimate goal of freeing Loki himself. Especially if she looks to prevent Ragnarok (maybe she's are tired of having to put in subdivisions in her Realm as Hades is?) by freeing her father before he's had the chance to go full mad. It is Loki losing all ties to the world and no longer caring about even the deaths of Vali and Nari that kicks off the Ragnarok, after all. But a loyal follower that has no ties to her half-brothers could easily sever the chains binding Loki in a way that Sigyn and Loki himself are incapable of.

And damned if I don't want Thor to still speak in Marvel-esque Olde English (no matter how silly and out of place it would be) just for the mental image of him bitching out Zeus for threatening a "loyal follower of the Realm Eternal. And one that is thy kin by blood, no less." Frankly, I'd put Mjolnir against the Master Bolt any day of the week. Although, for all that Zeus is the God of the Sky, it's actually Poseidon that is the "Stormbringer" for the Greeks. So it would be interesting to see which of them were truly rivals.

Of course, Loki's natural rivals would be Eris in the domain of Chaos and Mischief and, ironically, Hestia in his role as the God of Fire. One would probably end up following him around like a loyal puppy and the other would probably try to act as a big sister/surrogate mother for him if she could.

Gah... curse Marvel and Tom Hiddleston for creating a personality for Loki that keeps popping into my head here. I really want to use the real and proper Loki for this given the nature of the Percy Jackson Universe but Hiddleston's loki is just so fun to write and keeps popping into my head. Even Hensworth's Thor is hard to put down so I can do this right.
 

Fellgrave

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#50
Well... they are gods right? They are shaped by our beliefs in ages past to represent concepts and ideas beyond our comprehension. Or at least, that's how I look at them. So, with the way modern beliefs are, the more people who believe in an idea, the more power it gains. So with the massive amount of fanboy belief that Loki is like that, he will become like that.
 
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