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Vamping it up.
Mar. 26th, 2011 06:23 pmQuite some time ago (has it really been years, already?), ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
simgaroop and I were planning to do a collaborative story. We decided to focus on the Tricou mystery, since we both like to play with the Maxis storylines and this was one of the game's better mysteries to unravel. We were both new to it, since neither of us had ever written about them, played them, what have you.
It never got off the ground, unfortunately. I think we both have a tendency to explode things, make them overly complicated, and the combined effect of both of us doing this caused the project to crumple under the weight of our excess of enthusiastic ideas. We eventually lost interest, which is too bad. (Maybe one day we'll work on another project, eh Simgaroop?) Our episodic fantasy/supernatural/superhero/teen drama, featuring those downtownie teens as the main characters (working title: Fallen Trees) never saw the light of day.
I did write a couple of little snippets, though, and I recently dusted one off, thinking it might make an interesting little short to get myself back into writing. The recent surge of Tricou-related posts on my flist has also gotten me thinking again about the mythology that Simgaroop and I were working on. Some of it has already worked its way into my S,HWC universe, as previously seen here (that drabble was written while it was all still a secret project). It'll probably never get told in any amount of detail, but I plan to sneak in some snippets of it ( the Cordials have a connection to it, as does Titania). It'd be a shame to waste story ideas.
I know I'm getting getting my flow back again when I start making cc for a story project. It seems this is actually working! :) I've been playing around with this on and off all day. I'm sure the sim below needs little introduction for anyone who's played with her. Her looks are quite distinct.
( Have you spotted the cc I'm working on? Details behind the cut... )
simgaroop and I were planning to do a collaborative story. We decided to focus on the Tricou mystery, since we both like to play with the Maxis storylines and this was one of the game's better mysteries to unravel. We were both new to it, since neither of us had ever written about them, played them, what have you. It never got off the ground, unfortunately. I think we both have a tendency to explode things, make them overly complicated, and the combined effect of both of us doing this caused the project to crumple under the weight of our excess of enthusiastic ideas. We eventually lost interest, which is too bad. (Maybe one day we'll work on another project, eh Simgaroop?) Our episodic fantasy/supernatural/superhero/teen drama, featuring those downtownie teens as the main characters (working title: Fallen Trees) never saw the light of day.
I did write a couple of little snippets, though, and I recently dusted one off, thinking it might make an interesting little short to get myself back into writing. The recent surge of Tricou-related posts on my flist has also gotten me thinking again about the mythology that Simgaroop and I were working on. Some of it has already worked its way into my S,HWC universe, as previously seen here (that drabble was written while it was all still a secret project). It'll probably never get told in any amount of detail, but I plan to sneak in some snippets of it ( the Cordials have a connection to it, as does Titania). It'd be a shame to waste story ideas.
I know I'm getting getting my flow back again when I start making cc for a story project. It seems this is actually working! :) I've been playing around with this on and off all day. I'm sure the sim below needs little introduction for anyone who's played with her. Her looks are quite distinct.
