The Manga Storyline Forum.
It’s where people who are more creative than I am help me develop characters and a better storyline for whatever manga I’m working on. If you’re allowed to talk here, you’ll already have been PMed. If you want to be allowed to talk here, PM me.

The Marcus Wolfe timeline is an alternate timeline of the Naruto universe with several important differences:

-Around the same time Orochimaru formed the Sound Village, several nin from Sunakagure disappeared, starting their own ‘Sky Village’. The Sound and the Sky villages inspired several nin from the Land of Water to form their own ‘Whirlpool Village’. The three villages have since then held some sort of alliance.

-Itachi, after murdering his family, hunted down fellow ANBU Okuri, the elder brother of Kiba. However, Okuri is the jiinchuriki of the Seven Tailed wolf, and Itachi only escapes his possessed form because of Okuri was attacked by the Inuzuka and Hyuuga clans. Both clans suffered heavy casualties, and Okuri fled to the Land of Snow.

-The Sky Village attempted to kill Gaara many times when he was about 8, fearing that he would one day harm them.

-Gaara stayed insane and friendless after the Naruto fight, but gained more control over himself and his murderous impulses.

- Gaara never became Kazekage. Sunakagure is without a single leader, governed instead by a council of old cronies.

- Gaara did not loose to Deidara because instead of fighting Deidara in the city, he was attacked in the middle of the desert.

And what am I working on now? Why, the manga with Gaara and Yua in it of course!

Okay folks, here’s the lineup of the Gaara manga Fan characters:
Yua: Red haired. (her hair has been dyed all her life to hide the fact that she was the result of an affair) Her bloodline limit allows her to see the ‘bloodlust’ (the will or desire to kill) of others. She abandoned the Sky village when her father, the Kage, went too far in trying to create stronger shinobi. She is primarily a taijutsu and weapons specialist, with some of her earrings and other jewelry being able to transform into weapons.

Shingo: He was told from birth that he and Yua were destined to wed, and he will never get over it. He is a constant embarrassment and a clutz. Can use Suffocating Storm jutsu.

Blind Seer: Read the picture I put up of him earlier……….

Takashi: One of 3 assassins sent after Yua. Uses Eye in the Sky jutsu, Summon Tengu, various thrown weapons, and general wind jutsus.

Mizuko: One of 3 assassins sent after Yua. Uses taijutsu and general wind jutsus.

Bushi: One of 3 assassins sent after Yua, he wants to kill Gaara for his gourd. Primarily a taijutsu specialist, he has DNA from Kimmimaru’s family as well as a few others (so his fight with Gaara will probably be deja vu). He once had contact with the Akatsuki, who offered him a gourd with a demon inside if he proved himself worthy. The offer still stands.

Onigiri: Gaara already killed him (the guy with the tentacle face?)

Now let’s talk!

Character development

Again, I am bored, so I am here.

I think to myself: Ever Since the Kimmimaru incident, Gaara might have shown a little more caution, going to (geographically) great lengths to ensure he always had the best sand possible in his gourd. He would probably wander off into the desert to find his favorite sand dune or something, giving Yua time to reflect on what sort of man he really is.

For some reason, I find this song very representative of Gaara and Yua's relationship:

In the meantime, Blind Seer and Shingo get themselves in all sorts of trouble.....

The mind of a madman

Well, I'm bored again.

Tales of Okuri Part 1 of 7 Big Bad Wolf Brothers is out. It's awesome. Must read for all Kiba fans.

That's the fanfic I'm going to use that frozen blood thing in BTW

But nevermind that. Soon the computer man will be back with my precious pictures, and I can start work on the manga again!

In the meantime, I must devise more plots devices.....
Hmm...k, here goes:

Yua is currently out 'grocery shopping'. She is unable to find certain things on her list (kunai, needles, shuriken and body armor), and as a result heads to 'Weapons 4 Less'. While picking out some fine weaponry (sickles) she'll see Gaara SANS gourd. In fact, Gaara is just picking up his gourd today, his last one broke on him. Just as he slips it over his shoulders, the sound ninja make their attack. They explain they are attacking now when Gaara has no sand on him. However, Gaara just laughs. "You fools! What do you think every building here is made of?" With ever increasing horror, the lead ninja figures it out: sand. Gaara hits the wall (gonna have to think of a name for this jutsu) and sand starts pouring out.

And you know how the rest goes......

Halberds

are hugeass sticks with swords on the end of them. It's hard enough to wield one, forget about making it rain them. I was doing some thinking though:
Huge amount of blood very high up+frozen blood blades=rain of frozen blood blades

While I was thinking, line 'pyschopath with a heart of gold' kept popping up. Maybe that could something Yua calls Gaara, perhaps after he refers to himself as that.

Computer issues

Well, I think I have obtained enough jutsu to properly format the combat scenes. It’s mostly hand to hand and weapon combat anyways. However, progress on my manga has been slowed (and by slowed, I mean stopped dead in it’s tracks) by the hard drive needing to be replaced on my computer. Fortunately, the computer guy should be back soon with all my files, but in the mean time, I’m kinda screwed due to the copy and paste nature of my work. While we wait for my precious PNGs to come back to me, let us discuss the interactions between characters.

BTW, here’s some music that always inspires me when I’m thinking about Gaara
Killing
1. Enter Sandman-Metallica
2. Don’t Tread on Me-Metallica
3. Down With The Sickness-Disturbed
4. Blood Red Sandman-Lordi
5. Live and Let Die-Guns’n’Roses
6. BYOB-System of a Down
7. Tentative-System of a Down
8. Holy Mountains-System of a Down
9. Vicinity of Obscenity-System of a Down
10. Let the Bodies Hit the Floor-Drowning Pool

Non-killing
1. Ego Brain-System of a Down
2. Lonely Day-System of a Down
3. Mr. Sandman-The Chordettes
4. What is Love-Haddaway
5. Never Had a Friend Like Me-Disney
6. Beauty and the Beast-Disney
7. More Than a Feeling-Boston
8. Boulevard of Broken Dreams-Greenday
9. Would you Love a Monsterman-Lordi
10. (You Love) Like Nobody Loves Me-Tal Bachman

Punches

I just thought up an ingeniously comical technique for a female character: The Butterfly Punch!
A taijutsu/genjutsu hybrid technique, punch your opponent in the face and they will start to see butterflies. They will then chase these butterflies until it wears off.
Of course, you don’t always want to be gentle, so:
The Hornet Punch!
Works just like the Butterfly Punch, except that your opponent will be running from angry hornets.
Heh heh heh………..how do I come up with this stuff?