Dawn of Fire (Reloaded)

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Welcome once more to a revisited idea. I, RodneyMcKay, have through researched all given ideas and now Dawn of Fire has a better… thing… happening.

I was thinking over the ideas so I rewrote my Shakespearian work of art and now have something slightly greater
(This sentence is slightly exaggerated my friends so don’t get antsy about it.)

The Main Characters
Stephanie Caprica (She is the main main character)
She prefers to be called Steph. She is fifteen and is brilliant when it comes to science although she also believes she is brilliant at everything else (In some cases she is right, in others… not so much).
She idolises the Stargate Atlantis character, Dr Rodney McKay. She is very pretentious, arrogant, snarky, sarcastic, funny…etc. For most of the story she seems to be comic relief but she eventually shows that she isn’t quite as arrogant etc. as she may seem. She is tutored by Rodney McCain, PhD.
Oh and coincidentally she is not my high school crush.
Her father died when she was seven and she lives with her mother in the suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.
She is good friends with Ingrid Arion, Samantha Aquinon and Edwina Leonin.
She dislikes Merredith Librion because she is afraid she may be smarter then her.
Her worst enemy is one Elly Saggiria

Ingrid Arion
She is fifteen as well and has a very lonely sort of life before she meets Stephanie Caprica, she was always messing around with computers and such, pulling them apart and putting them back together. She got in trouble a couple of times for hacking various major corporations.
She is very family orientated (she seems to be about the only one not happy to have left). She is the quietest character in the story but whenever she talks she will say something important. She is tutored by Dr Selene McCauley.
She lives with her mother, father and older sister in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur.
She is best friends with Stephanie Caprica and Good friends with Samantha Aquinon, Edwina Leonin and Merredith Librion.
She dislikes Elly Saggiria because of Stephanie Caprica.

Elly Saggiria
She is the top notch athlete with the ability to remember vast amounts of information. She is fifteen and dislikes people who dislike sport until she gets to know some of the other girls. She is tutored by Maj. John Fletcher.
She is loud and loves being around lots of other loud people. She lives with her mother and father in intermittent weeks. Her mother doesn’t really want custody of her but her father isn’t allowed to have full custody.
She is best friends with Ashleigh Griffin and Alex McCaffrey.
Stephanie Caprica is her worst enemy because she says that Elly is a mindless robot who has no real thoughts since her head is full of air.

The Storyline
Plot - A group of teenage geniuses has been chosen from each continent (four per continent) because of their various gifts (e.g. Ingrid can create illusions) to represent earth in an intergalactic study plan, designed to research less advanced cultures.
It has been found after much scrutiny that the only known beings that have advanced to earth’s level and above are in fact in other galaxies, not the Milky Way.
However, there is evidence suggesting that the gifted students are in fact the descendants of the twelve leaders of an extremely advanced race, who populated the entirety of the Milky Way, known as the Archaios, who looked very similar to humans.
Upon reaching their first destination the Battleship comes under fire by alien ships and they are forced to abandon ship and scatter. Steph, Ingrid and Elly end up on a fertile planet with a few others with no immediately obvious inhabitants.
They are stranded with:
Lucas Everett (can turn into a mouse),
Ashleigh George (recessive power),
Garrett Hart (ability to heal small injuries),
Edwina Leonin (mental connection with Sam),
Rodney McCain (Physics PhD, Chemistry PhD),
Darcy Reed (recessive power),
Karl Bennet (Doctor of Medicine),
Jordan Caprica (recessive power),
John Fletcher (Lt. Colonel),
Samantha Aquinon (mental connection with Edwina).
That makes fourteen of them.
They set up base camp and get comfortable.
(I’ll say it again…you probably think you know how it ends, but you're wrong.)

Super Objective
– To “put the pedal to the metal and jet,” (aka get back to the others.)
Minor Objectives
Figure out who tried to kill them and why
Other relative at the time objectives

Snippets
“I just ran the distance from New York to Philadelphia... it isn't that far actually… except in peak hour traffic.” Elly said flicking her hair.
Steph squinted at her for a moment then said “Run Forrest.”

“I can't believe they are using me to make a mouse retro virus” Luke said staring at the glass on the bedside table.”
Steph put a hand on his shoulder and looked at him sympathetically.
“You have only yourself to blame.”

“Unless you have something constructive to say, please go suck a lemon.” Rodney said continuing his work.
“I am a very constructive person when faced with the prospect of a lemon” she said. She turned and walked back out of the office towards her study area. “I hope you get really painful leg cramps.”

"McCain, how did it go?" Col. Sheppard asked as the doctor stepped out of the Skyleaper.
"Fine..." he snapped "Until teenage genius here decided to teach the Gerjod the words to 'Blame Canada'"
Steph stepped out a huge grin plastered on her face.

And their it is in all it’s simplicity.

RodneyMcKay

P.S. I kept the South Park thing because even if you don’t know exactly what it is, you can understand the general gist of what it’s getting at.
 
Feedback? Well, I thought the blue was a risk but you pull it off...

Seriously, not my thing at all, so I don't know what helpful criticism I can offer. It's an interesting idea, obviously aimed at a young market. Do you have much beyond those listed snippets? They are all a bit saccharine for mine. I don't think the (obviously autobiographical) obsession with a Stargate character is going to work. Pop culture references are dicey at the best of times - they can date really, really quickly - and to have one featuring a character in a marginal television show doesn't make much sense. Is it important to the story? If not, I'd seriously suggest dropping it. And what's with the similarity in the doctor's name? Far too coincidental for belief. I'd say the same for the South Park ref, too.
 
Woo hoo... I was really worried about using that blue there... thanks for clearing that up for me.
Thankyou for all your help... I was a bit iffy about the doctors name too so it will probably be changed... I don't really bring the whole Stargate Atlantis thing into it much, she just uses it at times like:
"It's amazing what Stargate can teach you." as she preforms some miracle or other.
At other times it gives everything else something to groan about. I could just make my own TV show and have her obsess about a character in that instead which is the only other alternative I really want to go with because it is part of her character.
 
If you're that set on it go for it and see how it pans out. For me it would be a turn-off, but perhaps for others it might be an attraction....
 
You have an original cast of characters there but I think their names could be more varied. Since there are four teenagers from each continent, maybe some should be Chinese, Japanese, Russian, African, South American, etc. Maybe I'm making a fallacious assumption but the names of your characters appear to be of European origin.

I like the dialog and character interaction. I think you may have a formula for a fun story here, given the young characters - their behavior is more random and emotionally driven than the older or more mature. For me, they can awaken a bright eyed sense of adventure and even make me feel younger.

As for your pop culture references, that may only reinforce the youthful feel of the story. Your characters are young, after all. I imagine many people under 25 would enjoy reading it. I do, so far, but I want more excerpts. Don't be shy, give us a page of it without any explanation.
 
I just like to be sure of my storyline before I get started. The few snippets I've given are just bits I've placed in my storyline as they have come to me, or the storyline has inspired them, it could take awhile for the story to actually form around them.:)

As for names, the particulr people who actually crash on the planet are mostly of Europian descent, they find the other later on and there is more diversity in the names. So it's one of those things, I had to pick the character for the particular group rather specifically so that's why there is so little variation.

Thankyou for taking the time to read this piece!:D

McKay
 
I agree with Culhwch about the Stargate and South Park references - I get them, but in some ways they are too obscure to appeal to a large enough audience. Stargate may be popular now but there are hundreds of sci fi shows out there - it just seems to likely to pass a lot of people by, if not now then in a couple of years time (which isn't that far away). As for the South Park reference, I'm not sure what the age of your target audience is but I'd make a guess at mid-teens, and South Park, whilst popular, is a very adult show. It's possible a lot of kids wouldn't get that at all.

This isn't really something I'd choose to read personally, but it does remind me of the Animorphs books I read when I was a bit younger. If thats the audience you're going for then I think this could be a very interesting book.

The only other thing I can think of is that 14 characters in one place could get messy :) I had enough trouble trying to make sure 6 of them in something I wrote didn't 'melt' into each other - after all, you only have two genders and a limited number of 'wholesome but troubled young genius' characteristics to go around. If you can make it work then good for you :) just a brief warning, it might get a bit confused so make sure to keep them in their own personalities! There were only 4 members in the original SG1 team :p
 
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