If a little brainstorming goes a long way, a lot of brainstorming goes a longer way.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:23 pm
I'm not sure what else. For the Africa story, perhaps we should spitball a plot, along with the setup?
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:25 pm
Well... It's just, a child, um, diamonds, um, yadda yadda yadda, the people revolt maybe? Something to have the mechs introduced, maybe at the end, with hints as to what the diamonds are used for earlier on... ?
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:28 pm
Well, how about something to explain away the disparity? Like, why human technology leaped so much, so quickly. Maybe the diamonds are tied into that. Should the fact that the developed Africans are people be a twist? Augmentations and all that.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:32 pm
Well, I don't think the tech would jump that much, that quickly... Holy crap, I just relized that this is pretty much just District 9, only a lot different. Okay, maybe not that much. But, still, augmentation, in District 9 with only the guy with the alien infection able to wield the tech. I'd imagine that the local gang leaders and corrupt politicials would have some degree of augmentation, though, because that's the political reality.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:34 pm
Well dang, I've never actually seen District 9. I hate when I rip off things I wasn't aware of.
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:38 pm
Well, like I said, it's about this white guy having to deal with the 'prawns,' as they're called, and he's on the official board to deal with them, and there's quite a bit of specism, and he gets infected, meaning his arm's now a prawn arm, so he can wield the incredible alien technology only the prawns can wield, so all the local powerful gang leaders want to use him for his power, or occasionally eat him to gain his power. So it's like that in some sense.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:39 pm
Okay, yeah, that sounds different enough to avoid being... too similar too. Does that make sense?
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:42 pm
That sentence? I think it does... Not too similar, but not too different, right?
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:47 pm
Yeah, also a "now that I know, I can help steer it away from that" kind of thing.
I hope to make it not sound super-preachy, go green, technology is draining us of our humanity, though. The message'd be more... about how, despite forward progress, we tend to leave others behind? Or maybe, there are many ways to live, and no right one?
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From POMegranate to Persomem Jan 29, 2012 7:49 pm
It's told from a child's perspective, so the message would be: sacrifice all other economy at the expense of delicious ice cream.
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From Persomem to POMegranate Jan 29, 2012 7:50 pm
Heck yeah it could be. Diamonds are pretty useless to a child anyway. Now, Rocky Road? Face value.
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