[OOC] Magical Protection

[PopeAlessandros]

Hnnn, my help thread got closed, but I got no responses on it before it got closed. . . I wonder if I broke a rule or something. . . . .

[TShara]

I was just thinking, were we going to have your character following mine for a little bit and then have him beaten up? Or skip straight to the beating? I forgot. If we have yours tracking him first, then perhaps that would be a good reason/excuse for you to write the intro. :-)

[PopeAlessandros]

We agreed on my guy tracking yours for a bit, which is why I'd need you to post first so I can actually track without telling your character what he's doing. Unless you are okay with me just being really vague, then I would stop at the encounter with the badguys and your first post would be, well, the beginning of the fight :P

[TShara]

True, true... alright. I do have to post something about where he was going. Damnit, and I thought I was so smart and able to get out of it. ;-P

[TShara]

Okay, I'm finally doing some work on this one.

Since it's near-future, I'm doing a little wiki-research on where we are in genetic engineering technologies. From there I'm going to make an estimate of how long it will be until this becomes common technology, and then add another seventy or so years before we get into the whole Gattaca-like caste system.

I'm trying to make it clear from the beginning that I dont think human genetic engineering is a bad thing, but that it's the way people chose to use it that has turned it into a fucked up system. I'm hoping to write this as more of a criticism of any kind of caste system that denies anyone upward mobility, and a criticism of bullying and abuse in general.

[TShara]

YAY! Finally finished that intro post. It was longer than I anticipated (possibly the longest post I've ever done). But that's because I spent so much time describing the history / projected future of genetic engineering, and trying to make it clear that it was not the technology that was good or evil, but the caste-based uses of it. I don't want the view to be as one-sided as Gattaca is.

Anyway, this took me a long time, so please don't feel compelled to match, because I dont plan on matching that myself.

The year is 2111 now. I shoehorned his birthdate in, but was too lazy find a way to put in the actual year.

[PopeAlessandros]

That. . . That first post sounds EXACTLY like Gattaca. . .You even used the same terms. . .

As for length, that's not too long. Most of my posts, if my partner is compelling enough and it's not a time for direct interactions, will be around that long, maybe only a little bit shorter :P

I'll try and get a post in soon, however RL is ragging on me so it may be a bit.

[TShara]

I used the same terms because I've been working with the Gattaca idea off and on for years, but I've never been able to think of better ones. And yes, it's extremely close to Gattaca, but I expect it to diverge as the story progresses. I'm actually thinking of making the discrimination worse, the technology more modern looking, and focusing on the high school / college age group instead of late twenties.

Most importantly, I am trying to show a more balanced view of the prospects of human genetic engineering, and to make it clear that the problem was when the technology became overridden by greed and discrimination, to point out that the idea behind it is really amazing and that if society could avoid those issues, then genetic manipulation could be really incredible. I want this to be less one-sided than Gattaca.

Is any of this a problem?

Post whenever you have time. It's clear this is going to be a more "slow-paced" rp, so whenever you can reply is fine.

[PopeAlessandros]

Heh, Yu's section seems a little jerky, but I think from a cat's point of view, that's kinda how the world works :P

[TShara]

It's fine. Also, Yay, a post!

Believe it or not, I have been working on the vampire one. I'm half done. Finished Joseph's part, just starting Erik's part now.

[TShara]

So, I tend to get a bit graphic with abuse scenes. Are you ok with that? Also, expect a bit of cursing in this one, since it's alternate future Earth.

[PopeAlessandros]

I fell ill. I'll try and get to responses tomorrow. Sorry I didn't tell you when I started getting sick.

[TShara]

It's fine. I hope that you feel better soon!

[PopeAlessandros]

Hnnn, somehow my guy looked down into the kid's eyes while in cat form :P *Tries to wrap head around that* Sorry, teasing. I'll get my response up today :P

[TShara]

He was on a high surface lol. It's not that big of a deal.

[PopeAlessandros]

But, but the cat was on the same surface as the boy. . And he even jumped over him :P Just pointing it out in hopes that I am not being to vague in my descriptions, and hoping you will point it out if I am. In my mind the boy was still laying down when Yu jumped over him, but I guess that didn't come through. . . .

[TShara]

Yeah, I had him get up around the time that Yu was leaving. Originally I meant to have him stand before that, but then I realized I hadn't said it so I chalked it up to shock. Right now Ethan is thinking the kind of thing that I believe most people would say if they saw something or someone like Yu.

And yes, I'll try to catch any mistakes when I see them, both so far your descriptions have been fine.

[PopeAlessandros]

*Tickle*

[TShara]

Hi. Yes, I know I haven't responded to this one yet. I've had a bit of a writing dryspell, in addition to being busier than usual. I'll try and get to it this weekend. But I totally responded to Rebel Vampire already, so it's not as bad as if I hadn't done either. :-)

[PopeAlessandros]

Sorry if my post seems like it's trying to not let yer guy talk. Feel free to prompt my guy into talking again :P