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Gabriel

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #60 on: December 13, 2004, 06:29:58 AM »

Has anyone ever read any of the BattleTech novels? The reason I ask is because one of the 5 big governments in that series is based on feudal Japan. They believe in the honor codes and bushido and the like. They are aslo fanatical towards The Dragon, which is both the state, and the emporer who embodies all that is honorable about the state. The thing is, on several occasions, the emperor has been removed/assainated/etc. because he was disgracing The Dragon. So the honor of the state overules the honor of an individual, even if that individual is the emperor himself.

An interesting illustration of how an american writer interprets Japanese social values.

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #61 on: December 13, 2004, 09:28:05 AM »

house kurita the dragons
and house leo
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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #62 on: December 13, 2004, 11:07:03 AM »

House Kurita. IF I am not mistaken, How Lao was based on Chinese society. As I am given to understand, there is a big difference in the two, although I'm not really familiar with Chinese society.

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #63 on: December 13, 2004, 11:08:41 AM »

Well, i was going for someone that was more outcast than to have dirrect access to a 'don' or a 'bushedo master' or whatever telling him what to do or not do. so, his family seeing his defeat (or being dead from his defeat) has ostrasised him. but, he's still squatting in the same neighborhood, but minus the protection from his family. he's 'between' gangs. his family won't protect him, and the other gangs won't trust him because he use to be thier competitor. so, he's got a limited set of skills, a very limited set of resources, and no set of contacts.

very hard life on the street.

so, what does he do for work? steal? sell repaired motorcycles? gotta do something to keep soy on the table... perhaps he's turned into some sort of ghoul hunter... it's dangerous, but you can sell whatever gear you get off of their twice dead corpses... might be able to live off of that...

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #64 on: December 13, 2004, 11:15:47 AM »

Ever thought of having him be an organ-legger? Or are you trying to keep him from being a complete peice of drek? If not, how about that? Good money to be made in red-market body parts.

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #65 on: December 13, 2004, 11:20:54 AM »

LoL!  Red-market, ehehe

I kinda like that idea though, the protagonist of the story is actually not that nice of a guy... by most probably a bad guy.  At least its different this way, and not many people have done it.
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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #66 on: December 13, 2004, 11:21:18 AM »

*shrug* could be a total peace of drek... not very likeable for an avatar though... how about if an organ-legger is the only one who'll work with him? so he's not dirrectly doing dirty work, but once removed... raiding the mourge, keeping the ghouls out of the dumpsters behind the chopshop, ... stuff like that?

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #67 on: December 13, 2004, 11:22:31 AM »

raiding the mourge, keeping the ghouls out of the dumpsters behind the chopshop

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Like Kid did?  ;)

Yeah, I like this idea better than my previous post.
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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #68 on: December 13, 2004, 11:23:15 AM »

That might work. Of cousre, if he hates his partner, that might be a good way to go.

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #69 on: December 13, 2004, 11:32:30 AM »

Hates him, but has no one else to turn to.  Ironic, yes.
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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #70 on: December 13, 2004, 11:39:27 AM »

If you like this idea, go check out the link to Blackjack's Place. The trll garbage man might be a decent partner for your orc.

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #71 on: December 13, 2004, 01:52:37 PM »

Hates him, but has no one else to turn to.  Ironic, yes.

Sounds like a good twist.

Yeah, that might well work.
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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #72 on: December 13, 2004, 02:06:06 PM »

so, what sort of work does an orgenlegger's assistant do? what would be the down and dirty of it?

wouldn't want him messing up valuable organs though... no harvesting...

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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #73 on: December 13, 2004, 02:27:38 PM »

Beating people unconcious to bring them to the said legger?
Or...using chlorophorm to make people unconcious to bring to said legger?

Maybe just a go-for?
Protection while he works?
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Re:Feeling only 'half' creative.
« Reply #74 on: December 13, 2004, 03:14:14 PM »

i don't think he'd get that job, his reputation for protection being what it is...

perhaps the organlegger is a controll freak, and so only gives him the most basic assignments. going to steal more chlorophorm from medical dumpsters...

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