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Superwoman on TV: this was partially inspired by the Mighty Woman teaser clip and the leaked Wonder Woman pilot. The basic idea is to have a superwoman on national television, she can be real (in the story universe) or fictional at the author discretion
Whta happens next: ok, this is rather loose idea, simply put one author (DKC in this case) will provide a couple of line defining an event and every other author will proceed from there. Dusty used the same format for one of his Mankillers contest.
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My only thoughts were these. Not sure if they are open-ended enough.
Pushed To The Limit: A superwoman is faced with a threat that forces her to use her powers in a way she has never had to before, with unexpected consequences.
Her Day Off: A superwoman decides to take a day off from her responsibilities to attend to her friends, family, love life, or cat. Unfortunately, it seems the world has other plans for her.
Through The Looking Glass: A superwoman visits a parallel dimension, or is visited by somebody from a parallel dimension, where things look familiar, but are very different.
Out of Time: A superwoman travels backwards in time and must find a way back, or make a new life for herself in a period where women are supposed to know their place, which is not in the sky.
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To this day, I remember an Action Comics story that was probably from DC's late-60s goofy period where Superman had to keep use his powers surreptitiously while dressed as Clark Kent. By the end of the story, he had never appeared in costume, and the writer pointed out that it was the first time they'd ever done that. A similar story in a supergirl's workplace might be fun.The Highlander wrote: How about ‘Super Woman at Work’, a series of stories about superwoman trying to survive in the workplace (either as themselves or their alter egos)?
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d_k_c wrote: Once again, I’m thrilled with the reception Milani in DC got. Thanks for the votes! Milani in DC was really fun to write and although I’m excited to start writing again, I can’t guarantee when that’ll be. For me, nothing is more relaxing than waking up, making my coffee, going outside on the patio and typing away under a hot sun. But we all have to work, and my summer is over. I will definitely make the attempt to participate in the Fall WS but I can’t guarantee that, that will happen. So, I think it could be fun to have a vote on what the next WS will be. I suggest that the top 5 people with the most votes in the last WS, suggest 1 topic each, and the rest of us vote to decide what that topic would be… from the 5 choices………How about it?
I'm not crazy about limiting the pool of suggestions like that.
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DietSnapple71 wrote:
d_k_c wrote: Once again, I’m thrilled with the reception Milani in DC got. Thanks for the votes! Milani in DC was really fun to write and although I’m excited to start writing again, I can’t guarantee when that’ll be. For me, nothing is more relaxing than waking up, making my coffee, going outside on the patio and typing away under a hot sun. But we all have to work, and my summer is over. I will definitely make the attempt to participate in the Fall WS but I can’t guarantee that, that will happen. So, I think it could be fun to have a vote on what the next WS will be. I suggest that the top 5 people with the most votes in the last WS, suggest 1 topic each, and the rest of us vote to decide what that topic would be… from the 5 choices………How about it?
I'm not crazy about limiting the pool of suggestions like that.
I agree with DietSnapple.
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Basically, the contest is to write a fanfic based on your favorite story from the SWM universe. You get to take your favorite character from someone else's story and put them in your own universe (or continue the author's unfinished plotline) without having to bother with the whole "asking the original author for permission or wondering what their intent was thing."
Do you ever wonder what happened to Shadar's Aurora / DKC's Infinity Girl / LF's SuperJen / Ace's Liberty Belle / Julievelor's Denise / My Serena / etc etc etc etc after the original author crapped out on their "to be continued" promise? Now is your chance.
(* Sorry, I know I'm just adding to the confusion, but I think my idea really is the best one )
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yohashuan wrote: Here's one that needs to be done but hasn't been done yet: ubergirl fanfiction fanfiction.
Basically, the contest is to write a fanfic based on your favorite story from the SWM universe. You get to take your favorite character from someone else's story and put them in your own universe (or continue the author's unfinished plotline) without having to bother with the whole "asking the original author for permission or wondering what their intent was thing."
Do you ever wonder what happened to Shadar's Aurora / DKC's Infinity Girl / LF's SuperJen / Ace's Liberty Belle / Julievelor's Denise / My Serena / etc etc etc etc after the original author crapped out on their "to be continued" promise? Now is your chance.
(* Sorry, I know I'm just adding to the confusion, but I think my idea really is the best one )
I think that this idea has been around for a long time, but it's very problematic.
See, on one hand I think that tons of us will be thrilled by the chance of writing a piece about another author character, but on the other this can be scary as hell, since you're going to mess up with things from someone else imagination (big invasion of personal space in my book).
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Anon wrote: I think that this idea has been around for a long time, but it's very problematic.
See, on one hand I think that tons of us will be thrilled by the chance of writing a piece about another author character, but on the other this can be scary as hell, since you're going to mess up with things from someone else imagination (big invasion of personal space in my book).
I think it would be ok, as long as the original authors agree to have their stories used for this contest. This would also limit the pool of stories to choose from.
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Anyone who wants to take Aurora for a ride is welcome...
By the way, here's a recent picture of Aurora, taken at a secret rooftop meeting. She's gazing out over the cityscape as the author approaches close enough to talk.
Whatever could you be meeting to talk about? (She doesn't exactly reveal herself to just anyone.) Perhaps some personal revelation given she knows you are writing a story about her? Some secret to share?
And what about her new "uniform"? Does it even have a top? Or has she reverted to Velorian native standards where its considered impolite to cover one's breasts when meeting an important person?
If so, that's likely to make it difficult to focus on her face once she does turn around. Not to mention to look up at her face. (Note the railing, which by requirement would be at or above waist height for a person of normal height. But not with her long legs.)
Anyway... I've always enjoyed sharing my characters. Its always fun to see them from another's perspective, even if what ultimately gets written isn't entirely true to character.
What is true is that every person has different aspects. Those of us who create characters see one set of attributes, but there are always others. Women are complex and changeable. Superwomen even more so.
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I would be very surprised if anyone was anything other than extremely flattered. But just to be safe, we can make it so you have to call it beforehand and get permission and ruin the surprise of it all, etc etc etc. Or we can just have people raise their hand in the forums, and then keep a master list of usable characters. It would eliminate people being able to take characters from stories written by inactive members, but it seems like a way to avoid potential crybabies. XD
I thought about the issue before I made the post, but assumed it would be a non-issue. I just wonder if it's really so important to be so cautious and legalistic on a fun-loving weirdo fetish website like ours' anyway.
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yohashuan wrote: I think that if anyone is going to get uptight about having someone write a clearly labeled "fanfiction" starring their character, then they need to take the stick out of their butt and go smoke a joint. No one is revising your canon you pretentious weenie, it's fanfic all the way, baby.
I would be very surprised if anyone was anything other than extremely flattered. But just to be safe, we can make it so you have to call it beforehand and get permission and ruin the surprise of it all, etc etc etc. Or we can just have people raise their hand in the forums, and then keep a master list of usable characters. It would eliminate people being able to take characters from stories written by inactive members, but it seems like a way to avoid potential crybabies. XD
I thought about the issue before I made the post, but assumed it would be a non-issue. I just wonder if it's really so important to be so cautious and legalistic on a fun-loving weirdo fetish website like ours' anyway.
Ok, perhaps I didn't explain myself very well. I actually love your idea Yosh and I will be really thrilled to try to write something for it. I just wanted to make clear that there are some string attached.
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Superwomen meet for the first time: This could be the first time Supergirl meets Wonder Woman, or an evil superwoman meets her goody too-shoes counterpart. I'd think it gives writers a lot of options, only requirement a superwoman has to meet another for the first time.
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And Yosh’s “Continuum” The continuation of any story on SWM or any others.
So how about we do a “What If” Work Shop….Its probably been done before But its always fun to do. I think the “What If” concept encompasses both Yosh’s and Diets ideas….Sound good?
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