Planning for stories and stuff.
Word, dawg.
note: this intro hasn't been thoroughly updated in a couple years
This is a world I made mostly for my own use, but I made it a public world anyways. I'll be posting things about story outlines, my characters, my comics (including fan comics), WIPs, ect... It's pretty much a world where I can store information and/or plan things. xD
Below are short descriptions of my stories to help you know what's going on. xD It also shows which characters are in which story, along with their extended profile if I have one made. Some stories aren't mentioned because I don't work on/think about them often. Therefore, not all of my characters are mentioned.
STORIES
The link leads to the fan comic in my portfolio. If there isn't a link, there isn't a comic yet.
ORIGINAL STORIES
*Rock Band: Something Impossible: The story of a Rock Band and their adventures in music business.
Major Characters: Michka, Zack, Loyal, Dare, Rick
Important/Frequently Mentioned Supporting Characters: Damian, Tim, Dare's Aunt aka Auntie
*Of Fruits and Vegetables: 4-panel comics of the life of a 21-year-old model and his friends/workmates.
Major Characters: Tomato, Stefan, Tomato's Boyfriend aka "TB", Gabe, Janet aka Jo, Kasey, Dean
Important Supporting Characters: Danny, Leah, Mick
*Dreams: The story of a rich and pampered English boy who gets transported to the mysterious town of Dreams, and his adventures there.
Major Characters: Alcott, Luli, Ms. Marigold
Important Supporting Characters: Shinitsu, Annabelle, and others that are to be decided.
**Annabelle's and Ms. Marigold's profiles are in the same post.**
Story Dialogues: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
*My Dear Princess: The story of an orphan child, a princess, and friends who's home country's peace is threataned by the evil prince of a country that was thought to be nonexistant. (CONFUSING. xD)
Major Characters: Isaac, Charlotte, Rinchu, Segran, Lucia, Nicholay, Faida, Hrafn, Falorin, Gaelnis
Important Supporting Characters: To be decided.
*Foreigner: An alien boy sent to Earth to destroy the human race finds himself in Los Angeles California, befriends a human girl, and gets involved in crazy advetures.
Major Characters: Kor, Gliding Eagle
Important Supporting Characters: Michelle, Dailen
*A Life Like This: A written story in the perspectives of Dare, Tim, and Rick.
Major Characters: Tim, Dare, Rick, Ms. Ackart
Important Supporting Characters: See characters for Rock Band: Something Impossible.
Chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten
*Teach Me Something Good: A story about a friendship between a student and a teacher. Somewhat of a spin-off of Of Fruits and Vegetables.
Major Characters: Noland, Chrystal
Important Supporting Characters: Prudence), Stefan (briefly)
*I Was a Boy, Too: A short 3-part story about Gabe when he was in high school. Optional backstory related to Of Fruits and Vegetables.
Major Characters: Gabe, William
Important Supporting Characters: DJ, Dave
Parts: One
*Nerdy and Jock: So there's this nerd, and this jock, and also they're boyfriends. That's it.
Major Characters: Jack, Ned
Important supporting characters: Matthew Brodney III, Dmitri, Charlotte, Jessica Marron, Lafayette, Brodney's girlfriend who doesn't have a name yet;;;
FAN STORIES
*The Adventures of Marth and Roy: Super Smash Brothers fan comic. Title is pretty self-explanitory.
Major Characters: Marth, Roy, Ike, Pit
I don't have a name for his story, but Jamal is a Kingdom Hearts fan character. I figured I'd mention him because I draw him often enough.
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Also, if you want to find posts that feature a specific character, type in the URL http://theotaku.com/worlds/variousinformation/tags/[character name]. For example, http://theotaku.com/worlds/variousinformation/tags/dare will bring you to posts about Dare. :)
Enjoy Your Stay at Various Planning!
I felt the need to post some sketches.
SO HERE!
I drew this in May, I think...? Back when I was reading The Great Gatsby, which was making me think about flappers. xD So I drew a flapper. I wore a similar outfit to this one to school for a project. :M
I drew this one during school, too. Basically it's a redo of this, but his head came out too big.
I used to think that boys with Dean's character personality rarely exist, but this guy who sat in front of me in math class reminded me of Dean in awkwardness. So maybe Dean isn't such an unlikely guy to meet. xD /random
Random doodly-sketch-plan-things. xD; The top is a picture idea I have for Stef and Tomato. The bottom is a possible redux of Alcott's outfit. I've always wanted to give him a short jacket, and I think this looks pretty alright. :m Although, I'm always bothered by how boring his pants are...
A sketch of Luli and Alcott that I drew a couple days ago. At first I wasn't really sure of what to draw, and it turned into Alcott and Luli. xD Even though it's their profiles, I quite like this picture... ;3; I wish I drew the Dreams characters more often. The Dreams story is probably my favorite of my fantasy stories... but I just don't have it planned enough to do anything with it, and I'm not the best at drawing fantastical things. xD;
Doodles and a random comic with Stefan and Gabe. YOU KNOW... IT'S JUST EASIEST TO MAKE COMICS WITH THEM, OKAY...? ._. By the way, that lady next to Stef is Gabe's mom. Also, that giant block of text next to Dare is just me talking about how I should practice drawing suits. (I wrote that before this.)
Um. COLORED ZACK, WOAH!
Read downnnnn.
Like I said, it's easiest to make comics with Stefan and Gabe. -u- But somehow, these comics became a "Let's learn some random things about Gabe!" moment. xD;
I don't know how to put the accents on the letters, so the French is accent-less. Sorry, French people.
AND THAT IS ALL. Now you know what I've been doing.
And that is absolutely nothing.
You're in for some fun today! 8D ...Or some weirdness. I was thinking about some of the old ideas I had for some of my characters, and I decided that I'm going to share some of them with you. xD Haha. This post'll probably be kind of long.
I had considered all of these things at one point in time or another...
1) Tim x Jake
HAHA... this is one of the weirder ideas, now that I look back on it... By the way, yes, that's what Jake looks like. helookskindoflikeTB....
So I had this idea that Tim's best friend secretly has a crush on Tim, and is super jealous when he's going out with Clair. When Tim breaks up with Clair, Jake somehow gets Tim alone in his room and says "It's about time you broke up with that <b-word>," and (I'm dead serious about this)... he rapes Tim.
.......
LIKE I SAID, one of the weirder ideas. The point was that Jake doing it with Tim was supposed to make Tim bi-curious. I decided that that would be kind of pointless, 'cause Tim didn't really need Jake as an instigator to make him think about his orientation. And then Jake's character became kind of homophobic, as time went by.
2) Tim's Grandparents and Swing Music
This was kind of a random thing. I had this idea that Tim was close to his grandparents, and his grandparents got him addicted to swing music. I decided that wouldn't be plausible because Tim's Mom wouldn't take Tim to her parents, and her parents would be too young to be into swing music anyways. xD;
3) Smoking Danny
This idea is still pending, actually. :o I thought that if Danny smoked, it'd be a good way to contrast with his sugary-girly personality and emphasize that he's actually older than he tries to be. I mean, I draw him like a teenager and he tries to act like a kid, but he is in his 20s.
But I also don't want to do this idea, because I don't like having my characters smoke... ;u; The only one who smokes for real right now is Tim's mom.
4) Flirty Rick/Dare x Rick
I considered this waaaaaaay early when I created Rick. There are still some remnants of flirty Rick floating around in my gallery... As for Dare x Rick, I considered that for a small amount of time. Takara always wanted me to do Dare x Rick, and I do think it's kind of cute, but I just don't think Dare has that kind of attraction to Rick. xD
5) Jo x Kasey
You probably already know this, but I originally created Jo and Kasey to be a couple. I actually think they're pretty cute together (and I'm not even crazy about gl), but Kasey's too straight to be in a relationship with Jo. :m Although, it is canon for Jo to have a crush on Kasey. But by the time the timeline reaches the current time in OFAV she's already given up on Kasey.
6) Dean x Kasey
This was always going to be a little bit of a gag pairing...
I still think it's plausible for Kasey to crush on Dean, but they'd never become a serious pairing because Kasey crushes on any attractive boy she meets.
7) Damian x Rick
I'm pretty sure I originally created Damian to be a love interest for Rick. xD Damian is completely straight, by the way...
8) Rick Gets Drunk, And...
This was a weird scene idea for RB:SI, where Rick gets drunk and starts mackin' on Dare. The scene was cliche, so I decided it's not going to be drawn. Rick's too smart to "accidentally" drink alcohol, anyways. :P
9) Emo Dare
When I first created Dare in Rock Band 2, I was planning on him having a typical emo personality. There's still some remnants of this here and here, but by the time you reach this pic, the personality change had already happened.
10) Ginger Cassidy (Tim's Mom); also, "Normal" Cassidy
Having Cassidy be a blonde was only decided last year... I thought that Tim would've gotten his looks from his mom, until I came up with the idea of him looking almost exactly like his dad.
Also, back when Tim was just Tim and had no story, his mom was a pretty normal lady living in a normal house.
11) "Chibi forms" in Dreams; Also, blonde Luli
This is a kind of obscure idea I had. xD; I was trying to give a reason to why Luli looks so chibi while everyone else looks more detailed... and I thought that maybe everyone had a "simplified" form in Dreams and they could switch back and forth at will. xD I don't remember what the point was... I think it was you had to be in a simplified form to get into some certain building... idk. Also, I originally planned for Luli to be blonde. :9
12) Nicholay Crushing on Isaac; Also, Tome Magic
Nicholay still looks up to Isaac like a father, but the idea before was that he was so young that he confused his admiration for love. Yeah... Nicholay's not that ignorant (?), so I scrapped that.
Nicholay also used to fight with tomes (books), like mages in Fire Emblem. Now he just uses rings and bracelets to focus his power, while even more skilled mages use only their MIND AND BODY...
13) Faida Turns into a Bird
I'm still not sure what the outcome of Faida's story will be (not that you know any of it 'cause I haven't posted much about her), but an idea was that she's sick and is going to turn into a bird. ...yeah, idk. Still not sure what I'm doing with her.
14) Old Man Gaelnis
I originally planned for Falorin's main minion to be an old man... and then I made Gaelnis, and decided against that. xD
15) Depressed/anorexic/bulemic Rick
SO THIS ONE'S KIND OF DEPRESSING.........
Even back in the early days of Rick, I had already decided that Rick would have a moment in 9th grade when he comes out to Dare and gets bullied at school for it. But another thing I had considered was that Rick was so upset that Dare didn't like him that he would cut himself, and would skip meals and other stuff to get skinnier (because skinnier = more like a girl = Dare would like him better, or something). In the current story, Rick does occasionally skip dinner and loses some weight... but not because he wants to look like a girl, it's because he's too embarassed/ashamed to be around his family and is busy thinking about things in his room. Nowadays I think Rick's smart enough not to intentionally do anything destructive to himself.
16) Divorced Stef
I didn't know how to draw this one, except to draw Stef in a wedding ring... It's probably on the wrong hand. :U
Anyways, I had this idea at one point that Stefan was married at one point, but decided that was kind of weird. I think I only even thought about that because Takara came up with these weird quotes for Stefan to say. xD One of them was "I tell my wife about you", so wife reminded me of divorce, and... yeah.
NOW YOU KNOW THE WEIRD THINGS THAT GO ON IN MY MIND WHILE I TRY TO DECIDE WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE MY CHARACTERS ARE... Sorry for the ridiculously long post. xD;
I think I'm going to start tagging my posts in this world. ;o It'll help with organization. When you click on a tag in a world, I didn't realize that it brings you to all the posts with the tag only in that particular world. That's pretty cool. It's kind of like google search! Like if I tag my posts with the names of the characters in the post, I'll be able to find all the posts with those characters in it! 8D It's amazing! No really, I'm pretty impressed with this. I think I'll spend my day adding tags to my old posts here, too. :m FUN LIFE.
For now, he sits on nothing. But later... he sits in a chair...
DRAMATIC! not really.
Yeah. This is gonna be for the Gimme A Lolita! challenge. :> I've been wanting to draw Alcott for a while, so the challenge is a good way to get me motivated. xD The outfit Alcott's wearing here is basically his outfit in Dreams, just without the jacket over top. I actually really like his undershirt, but I hardly get the chance to draw it since Alcott usually wears his jacket... so I was glad I finally got to draw him without his jacket. :D Also, I decided that the ribbon used to fasten his hat to his head was becoming a bit of a hassle to draw, so.... I got rid of it. xD I think when I first uploaded a pic of him, chibi-anna-chan suggested to have the hat fastened with clips or something... so just imagine there are clips on the underside of the hat that keep it in place. :D Oh yeah, I also finally looked up some refrences for shoes. (I'm lazy when it comes to looking up refrences...) I was going to use regular dress shoes... but when I searched "victorian style shoes men" on google, these popped up. I thought they looked cool, so I used them.
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This is getting oddly long. It's a good thing I'm ranting about this now instead of in the footnotes of the submitted picture. xD;;;
One last thing: I'm thinking of doing this digitally. :o I (legally!) re-downloaded SAI to a different computer since the computer that used to have SAI on it crashed... and my dad hasn't fixed it yet. xD I'm going to try working diligently on this picture, but the line art is going to be a huge pain. ;A; I can just feel it....
*Been a while since I've worked on this. :d Now that it's summer, I have time. xD Suggestions on how to improve the dialogue are always welcome*
*If some of the notes don't make sense, it's probably because they're written to help me with panel placement and angles.*
**Contains spoilers for my comic (obviously)**
Chapter 1: (1) (2)
Summary: Alcott arrives in Dreams. Luli shows him around a little. Luli takes him to her house and explains what's going on. Alcott wants to go home, so Luli tells him what needs to be done to return home. Also, there are foreshadows of characters to come.
Characters: Alcott, Luli, Ms. Marigold <Explains who Luli is; Ms. Marigold comes off as a quiet, but not bashful, person.>
Setting: Streets of Dreams, Luli's Mansion, Alcott's new home
Things to do: Sketch Luli's mansion (hallway and office), think of Chapter 3 and 4's main idea
Estimated Number of Pages: 30
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<Possible introduction/recap by narrator>
Alcott: What...?
Luli: I said, welcome to Dreams. <walks closer to Alcott and becomes more visible>
Alcott: Dreams...?
Luli: Now now, then... Why the blank stare? How did you arrive here, young sir? Pocketwatch, is it?
Alcott: Po... Pocketwatch? <realizes he's holding the watch and lifts it up slightly> Ah...
Luli: Yes! There it is. <Snatches up the watch> Pocketwatch it is, then! <Seems to be examining the watch, then takes her umbrella and makes many swift movements with the tip to "draw" a circle design in the air. She then places the pocketwatch in the drawn circle. The clock makes a ticking noise, and the gateway to Dreams appears. As the gate appears, the pocketwatch glows and disappears>
Alcott: <Stands up in astonishment> What... is this place?!
Luli: Sigh... <puts hand on cheek> You really must learn to hear. <Shakes head> This... <opens gate> is Dreams.
<two or threee panels show scenery. Looks like an old-English town. Quaint, cute, etc... If it was in color, it would be bright with sunlight. A panel with Alcott's expression is shown>
Luli: Lovely! <Marches onward, followed by Ms. Marigold, but stops and notices Alcott's confused expression> Is something the matter? You look a bit.. baffled.
Alcott: <baffled, haha> I... <bossy nature suddenly kicks in> I demand to know what is going on here! Just who are you people? <referring to Luli and Ms. Marigold>
Luli: Who are...? <dramatic (?) expression/sudden emotiveness> Oh my! We had not introduced ourselves yet, have we? My sincerest apologies! My most deep and profuse apologies. That would sufficiently explain why you seem so baffled. <says the previous dialogue directly to Alcott/in the same panel as him> I am Luli. And this one is Ms. Marigold.
Ms. Marigold: <Says nothing, but looks up from her book to look at Alcott. This is the first time you actually get to see Ms. Marigold clearly>
Luli: Now then! Let us go in for real now, hm? <pushes Ms. Marigold and Alcott inside the gates>
Alcott: What? But-- I...
Luli: Do not worry, young sir! I shall explain everything in further detail at my mansion.
Alcott: <Looks at Luli in confusion. (Luli is not "on-screen")>
<Scene changes to the streets of Dreams. During the whole scene here, Alcott doesn't speak much because he's too confused.>
Luli: There is pleanty to do here, young sir. <Gestures toward a bakery> That is Mr. <baker's name; he has no name yet. I'm open for suggestions!>'s bakery. He works with his son, <son's name>. They do have lovely foods there. It is highly reccomended by me.
Alcott: <Looks at Baker and Son through the window>
Luli: And now we go forward! Come along, young sir. <Pulls Alcott along> Yes, yes, this way. <Panel showing music store> This here is Mr. <music man's name>'s shop. <Panel showing dress store> And this is Miss <dress lady's name>'s clothing store. I quite like her store... and Miss <dress lady's name> is such a lovely lady.
Anyhoo, onward we go! Do not fret, young sir, we are almost to the mansion. I do appreciate you looking around with me, although.
<A panel with a large rest-type area (?) and a tall clock tower in the middle is shown>
Luli: Oh, look here, young sir. This is Dreams's main square. We have some nice little shops and the like, here... Oh yes, and Mr. <librarian's name>'s library is here. Right across from the clocktower. <Panel showing tower> The clock tower can be seen from all over Dreams. That is nice, is it not? You need not even carry a pocketwatch with you. <baha. sounds weird.>
Alcott: <while Luli talks, he takes notice to a clock shop nearby>
Luli: <Takes notice> Oh? That is a funny little shop you are looking at there. <Panel showing inside of shop through window. The back of a girl is seen from within. (Arianna)> That is Mr. Woodworth's clock shop. Or rather... it is similar to his shop.
Alcott: ? <doesn't understand the remark. (It shouldn't make sense atm)>
Luli: Yes! Well! Once again, onward we go! <they arrive at the mansion's front>
-will continue later-
Haven't done a profile in a while...
I also haven't drawn Alcott in a long while! D: The only time I ever draw him is in doodle form. I only have one picture of him in my gallery, too. D: Anyways, profile...
**Warning! Extreme spoilers ahead!**
Name: Alcott Stophcres (idk fancy made-up last name. xD;)
Nicknames: Nuisance (to Ms. Marigold)
Age: 16
Birthday: Unknown/undecided
Gender: Male
Height: 5'6
Special Talent: Writing, calligraphy, musical talent (Piano, Violin, Harp), etiquette
Hobbies: Reading poetry, visiting Luli, conversing with Ms. Marigold (even though it seems like he doesn't enjoy their conversations at all, at first.)
Profession(s): Student/unemployed
Birthplace: England
Current Residence: Dreams; England (ending)
Likes: High-class stuff/fancy stuff. xD;
Dislikes: When people don't listen to him, when things don't go his way, working
Love Intrest: Luli
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Hair Color: Brown
Hair Length: Above mid-neck
Eye Color: Dull blue
Jewelry/accessories: Gloves, hat
General Appearance: Prim and proper (xD;)
Relationship with Family: Distant
Key Family / Relatives: None
Relationship with Friends: Idk, he doesn't really have friends.
Key Friends: Luli, Ms. Marigold
Key Enemies: Undecided
Educational History: Tutored at home (see special talents)
Phobias / Fears: Things he doesn't understand, People making fun of him, dying
Bad Habits / Vices: Extremely cocky
Emotional Problems: Uh... I don't know at the moment. xD;
Best Qualities: HM....
Worst Qualities: Lazy, bratty, full of himself, naive
Key Childhood Experiences: He was brought up by a rich family and hardly gets to leave his house, and became extremely pampered
Personal Goals: To be better than everyone; To return to England
Professional Goals: To be rich? (idk. xD;)
Style of Speech: 1800s English Accent (AAAA ACCENTS.)
Commonly Used Words / Slang: ....
Personality: (Beginning) Bratty, bossy, childish, snotty, and insensitive; (End) Still a little childish and bossy, obedient, open-minded, more sincere than before
Alcott is a rich boy from England during the Victorian Era (late 1800s, I think?). He's an extremely insensitive and bossy kid who doesn't care about other people's feelings. This is mostly because he's lived a very closeted life with servants and stuff. So he's super ignorant of the real world, and doesn't really understand people at all.
Alcott is actually very smart, though. If he was less bossy and rude, he'd have a lot of potential in music and poetry... but his negative traits kind of block out his creative side... or something like that.
He also thinks he's right, no matter what. Even if he's wrong, he thinks he's right. xD;
As a result, he throws many tantrums about his lifestyle... And complains a lot. He hates how he lives because he thinks it's super boring. He's stuck in his house all day, and there's not really much to do except read or play instruments and be tutored by tutors.
Alcott looses it one day, and yells at his parents about how he hates the way he's living. He goes to his room, and says to himself how he wishes he could leave to "somewhere far away". The next day, he finds a pocket watch that transports him to Dreams. (see Chapter 1 dialoge parts one and two. Also see Dreams clarification.)
The pocket watch was sent by a young girl of about 15 named Luli, who is the creator of Dreams.
When Alcott gets to Dreams, his immediate reaction is that he wants to go home, which completely contradicts with his earlier thoughts.
Luli, although a bit dissapointed, agrees to help him return home. She say the only way to get back home is to recreate the pocket watch (which was destroyed when Alcott was transported to Dreams), and to recreate the pocket watch you need to find the pieces.
Alcott chages while in dreams, and begins to understand people and how to interact with them. He learns a lot of things about life.
Eventually, Alcott does find all the pieces. But he becomes attatched to Dreams and Luli, and doesn't want to leave. He does end up going home, though.
Alcott and Luli have a kind of childish friendship and later love relationship. This is shown when Alcott tries to kiss Luli; Luli initially rejects his kiss because of his nervous expression and says, "I can't kiss someone when they're making such a ridiculous face!". Alcott calms down after that, and they share a kiss. (CHUH-YEAH. ALCOTT, LADIES MAN. idk.)
Ms. Marigold and Alcott originally hated eachother. This is because Ms. Marigold always pointed out Alcott's flaws (he hates when people do that), and Alcott annoyed Ms. Marigold with his rudeness. Eventually, their relationship developes and they become more comfortable with eachother. Ms. Marigold even tells Alcott about her past, which is a sign that she trusts him.
And....
That is Alcott. :|
...I revealed a lot of the story, didn't I? xD;;;;;;;; SORRY.
