Post by Vaan Shepard on Aug 10, 2012 15:39:14 GMT -5
((I did this in the style of an interview, thought it'd be nifty))
"Ascension for the Otherborn, fall of the Humans."
With this chilling plotline we launch into a time skip, depicting Urbadelphia in a not-so-positive state. Similar to that of Eternal Future, but not as dark. Our topic story is sitting down with Michael Fri to discuss about Otherborn's chilling newest plotline: Ascension.
Michael Fri is a seasoned writer, who has been doing small projects here and there on many rp sites. Now he takes a bigger involvement in Otherborn with this story.
We talk to Michael about his involvement in Otherborn's making and the stories he has been working on.
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Q: Lets get right started with your involvement in Otherborn.
Michael: Certainly, Otherborn was inspired from a Youtube studio that took prexisting canon characters and made stories out of them. Similar to that of a fanfiction - I was inspired enough to create the idea of Otherborn. But I needed someone to do the managing, or help, with the managing part of the site: that was Miri.
Q: What would you say about Otherborn's form of story?
Michael: Probably one of the few sites that didn't really need an arc to propel the story. If you look you'll see some of the best stuff is individualistic.
Q: So would you call Ascension an arc?
Michael: No. Ascension is a 'Saga', like a TV Season rather than a movie. Imagine the story in 3 parts, we do one part, take a break for filler, then launch part 2. Rather than an arc, which is on the go from start to finish. Leaving no room for filler.
Q: Why choose this style?
Michael: Arcs that are long tend to lose interest quick, I figured if I do a large story in smaller bits, it won't fall apart.
Q: How involved is everyone?
Michael: I got a decent turn out, Miri's been supportive of the story. Wresie has been well involved, I even got Brendan -who I never did a thread with- to join that was cool. And of course Adam and Jordan got involved, always good to have them aboard. I got some new guys in it too, I think it's going pretty good.
Q: Avoiding spoilers, who would you say would be the MOST involved character?
Michael: Neku Sakuraba. Definitely.
Q: Really? How so?
Michael: You'll learn why.
Q: To slightly change the subject, you were working on a story called 'City of Vengeance. Are we going to see that soon?
Michael: Ahh City of Vengeance...that has been delayed quite a bit, which has given me loads of time to fine tune everything. It would have came out now, but I decided to retool the story to act as a prelude. And as I said before, it felt like it would be counter-productive to launch an arc. I felt this Saga idea would work better in terms of interest.
So no, no City of Vengeance yet. You'll probably see it after Ascension
Q: Before we close up part 1 of this interview, I would like to ask what the goal of Ascension is? What do you want to do to the players?
Michael: I want them to question everything that has been pre-established, seriously, the revelations this story will have will make the players wonder many things about the Otherborn and the future.
Q: I look forward to see more of it.
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That concludes our part 1, stay tuned for part 2 of the interview as we talk about characters and villains. And stay tuned for more of Ascension.
"Ascension for the Otherborn, fall of the Humans."
With this chilling plotline we launch into a time skip, depicting Urbadelphia in a not-so-positive state. Similar to that of Eternal Future, but not as dark. Our topic story is sitting down with Michael Fri to discuss about Otherborn's chilling newest plotline: Ascension.
Michael Fri is a seasoned writer, who has been doing small projects here and there on many rp sites. Now he takes a bigger involvement in Otherborn with this story.
We talk to Michael about his involvement in Otherborn's making and the stories he has been working on.
---
Q: Lets get right started with your involvement in Otherborn.
Michael: Certainly, Otherborn was inspired from a Youtube studio that took prexisting canon characters and made stories out of them. Similar to that of a fanfiction - I was inspired enough to create the idea of Otherborn. But I needed someone to do the managing, or help, with the managing part of the site: that was Miri.
Q: What would you say about Otherborn's form of story?
Michael: Probably one of the few sites that didn't really need an arc to propel the story. If you look you'll see some of the best stuff is individualistic.
Q: So would you call Ascension an arc?
Michael: No. Ascension is a 'Saga', like a TV Season rather than a movie. Imagine the story in 3 parts, we do one part, take a break for filler, then launch part 2. Rather than an arc, which is on the go from start to finish. Leaving no room for filler.
Q: Why choose this style?
Michael: Arcs that are long tend to lose interest quick, I figured if I do a large story in smaller bits, it won't fall apart.
Q: How involved is everyone?
Michael: I got a decent turn out, Miri's been supportive of the story. Wresie has been well involved, I even got Brendan -who I never did a thread with- to join that was cool. And of course Adam and Jordan got involved, always good to have them aboard. I got some new guys in it too, I think it's going pretty good.
Q: Avoiding spoilers, who would you say would be the MOST involved character?
Michael: Neku Sakuraba. Definitely.
Q: Really? How so?
Michael: You'll learn why.
Q: To slightly change the subject, you were working on a story called 'City of Vengeance. Are we going to see that soon?
Michael: Ahh City of Vengeance...that has been delayed quite a bit, which has given me loads of time to fine tune everything. It would have came out now, but I decided to retool the story to act as a prelude. And as I said before, it felt like it would be counter-productive to launch an arc. I felt this Saga idea would work better in terms of interest.
So no, no City of Vengeance yet. You'll probably see it after Ascension
Q: Before we close up part 1 of this interview, I would like to ask what the goal of Ascension is? What do you want to do to the players?
Michael: I want them to question everything that has been pre-established, seriously, the revelations this story will have will make the players wonder many things about the Otherborn and the future.
Q: I look forward to see more of it.
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That concludes our part 1, stay tuned for part 2 of the interview as we talk about characters and villains. And stay tuned for more of Ascension.
