Spring 2013 Topic Suggestion Thread

argonaut wrote: Njae has asked me, as the winner in the last workshop, to select the theme for the next one.

I'll toss out a suggestion, but I'm open to other ideas. If you've got one, post it here.

The rocket carrying the infant Kara Zor-El to Earth passes through a wormhole and arrives sometime in the past or future.

njae wrote: You know what's funny? I had an idea fitting for the Family Story theme just yesterday.

ChaozCloud wrote:

argonaut wrote: Similar how? "Someone close to a superwoman dies"? Seems like kind of a downer.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. It doesn't necessarily have to be at the end of the story. It can be her raison d'etre kinda like with Spiderman if you want. And stories shouldn't always be happy happy, need some sad stuff to be able to truly appreciate the happy stuff.

njae wrote:

argonaut wrote:

As for a suggestion I keep putting forward my Family Story idea.

Explain, please.

If I remember correctly there were two ideas associated with that: First was that a retired superwoman has to put the cape back on to save her family, the second was about passing the mantle from mother to daughter.

• mother-daughter quality time
• a superwoman hanging the cape to raise he family
• a superman coming to terms with the idea of having his daughter to carry on the legacy
• even a multi-generational story is good (like some stories from Flash involving multiple generations of the character)
• or - if one feels very bold - something in the vein of John Byrne's Generations .

supian wrote: Good choice - I feel though that Njae has too much of a bearing on potential storylines for the winners (that you duly deserved). Perhaps if Njae reformed to his role as librarian and not influencer of stories, there would be more freedom in the forums. Just a thought

d_k_c wrote: I think its a great suggestion. Jealousy, power transfers, showing off....maybe throw in an evil step sister or 2. Count me in. Should be fun.

njae wrote:

lfan wrote: Is this gonna be the collaborative workshop?

Actually this is supposed to be a normal workshop to keep up the naming scheme of the workshops (Spring and Fall are normal, Summer and Winter are short story workshops). The idea for the collaborative workshop was to run parallel to the other ones, compensating for any schedule conflicts by being longer and themeless.