"Sleeping With The Girls"

[Atigerclaw]

Okay, so it seems I had an account on here for two years that I didn't know about until five minutes ago... (Traced it back through hits to my Code Zeus track.)



In lieu of that, I'll post a link to a current work in progress.

Sleeping with the Girls

This is an experiment I began in February. It pertained to some rampant 'you wake up next to' scenarios that were running rampant on Spacebattles. It has become a rather popular piece of work for the particular genre, and my approach to it. And I endevour to continue the story in an entertaining fashion.

Long and short of it is: What if you do a self-insert, as damn accurate to what you really are as you can get? No special powers, no bonuses. Nadda. (Hell, when I say no bonuses, I mean 'slapstick is LETHAL') Just you, your wits, and a situation that's up there in WTFland as it can get without killing you outright... This guy could be you he could (technically he is) be me, he could even be- *SHOTGUN BLAST*

BLU SOLDIER: What? It was obvious. He was the red spy...




It doesn't just stop there. As the story progresses, things become more and more meta.

Don't know what to think? Spoil yourself with my hard earned TVtropes page.

I'm out.

 

[zeebee1]

This probably belongs in the general anime section.

 

[Avider]

You lost me at spacebattles.

Then re-losted me at self-insert. (Here's how it goes, you all die, horribly.)

 

[Delta Green Friendly]

You lost me at spacebattles.

Then re-losted me at self-insert.? (Here's how it goes, you all die, horribly.)

It's actually fairly interesting, Avider. Give it a shot(gun).

 

[Avider]

2nd Chapter, nanites and fixan and languagean.




Yeah re-re-losted me.

 

[Shaderic]

And I already posted this here, Admiral... somewhere...

Anyway, I'm looking forward to this weeks update! Assuming I'm not too distracted by Blazblue Continuum Shift...

EDIT: You sir, are proving impossible to please. This is, in my humble opinion, one of the best SIs out there, only falling behind Two Worlds Combined and Legacy of Fate.

Besides, if it weren't for the little things like that, we'd be faced with a rather boring story, ending with a brutal death.

 

[Delta Green Friendly]

And I already posted this here, Admiral... somewhere...

Anyway, I'm looking forward to this weeks update! Assuming I'm not too distracted by Blazblue Continuum Shift...

EDIT: You sir, are proving impossible to please. This is, in my humble opinion, one of the best SIs out there, only falling behind Two Worlds Combined and Legacy of Fate.

Besides, if it weren't for the little things like that, we'd be faced with a rather boring story, ending with a brutal death.

Ach. Leave him be, everyone can't be happy all the time.

 

[Atigerclaw]

Eh, I'm not concerned. I know the stigma attached to 'self-insert' makes people blanch.

That's why I decided to dive head first into it. To try an experiment with it.

And I understand. You don't force people who don't want to have anything to do with self-inserts to try and read it. Many will be determined not to like it on principle.

No biggie.

 

[Avider]

Besides, if it weren't for the little things like that, we'd be faced with a rather boring story, ending with a brutal death.

Indeed.

Sorry but, self-insert fics aren't my thing, unless it's really, really, really, really good.

And I did dive into it. I got to chapter 2. Then I stopped. Because I didn't like what I read.

I gave it a chance, it disappointed me.

 

[Taiteki Kagato]

Ahh, the SI-Bias.

How I love to watch the bright-eyed reader's faces fall,
when they see "SI" and assume the writing's on the wall.

 

[Raven]

Ahh, the SI-Bias.

How I love to watch the bright-eyed reader's faces fall,
when they see "SI" and assume the writing's? on the wall.

To be fair, there is a reason why there is a bias. Most SI fics suck for a number of different reasons. Also, while Avider initially stated that he doesn't like SI's, he did read a few chapters and decided that he didn't like it based on what he read, not just blowing it off based on the premise.

 

[Shaderic]

Ah, I'm sorry. It's just that I came from another thread (RECS is for RECCING! PLEASE DON'T CLUTTER IT WITHOUT RECCING SOMETHING NEW!), and ... well, some attitude spilled over.

 

[Taiteki Kagato]

The bias is totally justifiable; I never meant to imply it wasn't.

Doesn't mean you can't chuckle when it rears it's head on a fic you enjoy reading. Or one you've written.

I enjoy this fic. been reading it since it started, and have watched the thread over on spacebattles since it's humble (or something like that) beginnings. Chapters are a little short, but that's a personal preference, not a failure on the author's part.

I've recommended it to a few of my like-minded friends, but I'll leave it to them to comment on it. Suffice it to say, however, they they enjoy it too.

 

[sworded]

Atigerclaw, I've followed your story, and so far have found it to be decent.

I'd like to submit a modification to the SB rule quoted at the end of the last update. Instead of 'Don't make girls cry' try 'Don't make the beings you meet cry without reason.' Sometimes shit has to happen; example, for Batman to exist Bruce's parents had to be murdered. Just do your damndest not to cause tears for lolz.

Will your insert being travelling in a set patern through the dimensions or will it have a bit more of a random factor?

Any trips to worlds other than anime/manga inspired ones?

Might he land in variations of the 'standard universes'? For example landing in the Magical Girl Pretty Sammy universe instead of the Tenchi verse he's gone to twice now.

Magic seems to have zero direct effect to your insert, but science based technology, Washu's nanites, seem to work just fine, does this mean that only science will effect him of will he be able to use magical tools? If he picked up magic sword x, will he be make use of its abilities if he meets the requirements to use them by saying the magic word or whatever?

 

[Atigerclaw]

I hate to have running conversations in two different locations, but I'll say that there is a set of patterns. I've noticed the initial pattern for a while now, but I'm only in this chapter starting to identify another pattern, and even more chapters away from confirming it. (I have to approach such things from the fact that I won't know about patterns until I see them occuring. It's not so easy to fein naivety of situations for the purpose of your in-story self when you're busy mapping the plot out in your head.)

As for magic. Magic does not affect me, because I am not compatable with magic. This does not mean I cannot USE something magical, if it works on its own.

And as a joke I'm going to be bringing up at some point. I'm immune to magic.

Washu's suit, is not.

 

[sworded]

Ah, and so begins your quest for a magic helmet and maybe a spear as well to compliment your Washu suit.

 

[Mercsenary]

I hate to have running conversations in two different locations, but I'll say that there is a set of patterns. I've noticed the initial pattern for a while now, but I'm only in this chapter starting to identify another pattern, and even more chapters away from confirming it. (I have to approach such things from the fact that I won't know about patterns until I see them occuring. It's not so easy to fein naivety of situations for the purpose of your in-story self when you're busy mapping the plot out in your head.)

As for magic. Magic does not affect me, because I am not compatable with magic. This does not mean I cannot USE something magical, if it works on its own.

And as a joke I'm going to be bringing up at some point. I'm immune to magic.

Washu's suit, is not.

Like fighting yourself. You already know what "you" are going to do...

 

[Atigerclaw]

I've actually been toying with a doppleganger fight concept for a while now... but I probably won't use it. Seeing as it involves The Judge from Those Who Hunt Elves.

Essentially, the idea is that the Judge confronts me for whatever transgression and wishes to arrest me. He pulls his doppleganger stunt on me.

Problem is, he created the perfect copy of me... the perfect TWHE universe copy.

This scenario lasts all of thirty seconds, as I point out that his perfect copy has a flaw... Because if it were a TRUE copy... It would have exploded. Because he would have had to create the antimatter rounds I'm carrying. Which means creating antimatter. And the golem-creation process does not seem like the kind of sterile environment you'd create volitile antimatter in. Never mind how golem creation would effectively convert matter into antimatter in the first place... Magic or No.

At which point I load mossy with one of my three Goodfellows... While commenting that since my dopple is still my every move, he'd be considering the action, but is now one step behind because he doesn't have an antimatter round. At which point I declare (in a statement which would be a shout-out to spacebattles in-joke) "There can be only one..." and vaporize my dopple. (And no dopple means the Judge's trump is gone, which means now I've got the upper hand to scare that guy pantsless.)

Of course, it would require some kind of convoluted excuse to get the Judge going after me... And considering the timeline I already landed in, the Judge has already made a deal with TWHE that he and his organization will not get in the way... (Even though the organization has a bit of a last laugh that they already know how many fragments are on the loose.) And I'm on terms with TWHE...

I just see the scene as a kind of hilarious fake-boss moment. But unless I have something good to segue into that confrontation, it'll never happen.

Still makes a funny scene in my mind though.


EDIT:

An alternative is the Dopple really IS a perfect copy, as he immediately turns on the Judge and points his copy shotgun at him.

JUDGE: What?!

ME: If he's my every move, then he must understand that attacking his mirror-self won't get him anywhere. It's called Logic. And logic would state that instead of having a long and difficult fight with the perfect match, he should be attacking the one who creates the copy for a quick shortcut to the win. As I am not a copy, I have no creator, thus he can't defeat it. Thus, he can't win by default, so he might as well help me speed things along...

*I mimic the move and aim my shotgun at the Judge.*

ME: Guess where that leaves you?



Double alternative, is that I can somehow find a way to use both...

But whatever.
It's just one of those things that have bugged me ever since I saw the Judge pull the dopple trick. "If the judge created the golems as a means to stop you, defeating the judge would defeat the golems indirectly. Why don't you just attack HIM?"

 

[sworded]

Where would your dopple be when you hit him with antimatter? Unless the near surroundings are protected by the TWHE laws your callateral damage could take out some allies, inocents, important objects, yourself...

 

[Atigerclaw]

Thought about that too, another reason why I'm hesitant to use it. I understand that the only safe place is to stay close to myself to prevent getting vaped.


On an offhand note. Is your screen name based on Strongbad's TROGDOR?

 

[sworded]

Yep, Peasant Quest is always good for laughs.

So going by earlier posts if you were to find a power source of some sort for Jail's glove could you use it to well, fuck shit up among other things? The idea ties into your other fic, MSLN Test Dummies, using magic by getting some Nahoa Device and aquireing a power source for it to run off while it performs various preprogrammed spells. A power armor version whould be damn helpful; on a side note I've got all sorts of Iron Man stuff floating around in my head right now. The current armor would be damn useful with it always being with you, but since there's no idication that you'll hit the Marvel verse I'll just have to think about you coming across a Guyver unit, now that would be a hell of a powerup.

 

[andaandyckas]

Don't forget Sworded, The Admiral have said that even if he is Immune to magic, his SUIT isn't. Soooo..... Magic Helmet indeed. :snigger: :snigger: :snigger:

 

[Atigerclaw]

As a note, here are a list of the injuries 'I' have recieved as of the end of Volume I.

1: Sprained ankle.

2: Cracked Rib
3: Torn ACL (Fucked up knee)
4: Broken Nose
5: Major Bite plus minor cuts & bruises.

6: Tinitis (Caused by Mike firing while I was in front of him/her/it)

7: Mis-alligned vertebre. (Collission with a tree)

8: Skull fracture
9: Concussion
10: Broken Nose (Again)


Anime is dangerous... :rip1:

 

[nick012000]

Double alternative, is that I can somehow find a way to use both...

You load the antimatter round, and explain how you're going to win. Then your double turns his shotgun on the guy who made it, and explain how he knows that since he's going to lose in a fight against you, he's not going to bother fighting you.

 

[Atigerclaw]

Latest update places volume II up to chapter Eleven...

As well as a new <a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHAaA9RilcE' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Opening</a>