I was thinking about a plot that was similar to the OJ trial, but in this case instead of Race being the questionable factor, this time it's mutation. Have a mutant get accused of an important crime, like murder of a senator. Preferably the mutant didn't do it and doesn't have a criminal history. When that person goes to trial it starts to split the public view, the mutants believe he or she is innocent, but the humans believe guilty. What do any of you think?

We sort of did something like that David. It wasn't a whole plot so much as a thread, but Isabel was on trial for her crimes against the NYPD.

I don´t know if you guys have heard of the Messiah Complex arc but we could do something like that...

Where a single baby could change the fate of all mankind (mutant and human) depending on who gets a hold of him/her all three factions would try to get the child to use it for their ideals. In this case no Faction would be interily good as all would be fighting to get the baby to do what they wanted... It´s a lesser of three evils thing...

Or you could have one member (or specially created character) gain a major power boost for some reason and decide to use them to create a Utopian country using his powers and the factions would try to take him down at a fear that he/she would become a megalomanic type ruler and start using his powers to conquer the rest of the world while he simply wishes to unite the world through peace and communication... Similar to Cable and Deadpool´s comic book series main arc.

Or you could have one member (or specially created character) gain a major power boost for some reason and decide to use them to create a Utopian country using his powers and the factions would try to take him down at a fear that he/she would become a megalomanic type ruler and start using his powers to conquer the rest of the world while he simply wishes to unite the world through peace and communication... Similar to Cable and Deadpool´s comic book series main arc.

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Slate's already doing that. That's the Kabal's whole plot arc for the coming days/months/years, in fact. You may wish to look into the recent ownership change of Colombia.

Lets have natural events likes Floods or earthquakes happening over the earth due to major tectonic shifts. It could be meteor strikes across all of the world or a major solar flare which affects the electrical equipments of earth. All it needs to be is about helping out the world or evil factions can try to take over the world in all its chaos. It doesn't need to be too major but it seems like a nice plot line that doesn't need to be thought of too much. Natural events always seem to be a little less common in comics and forum rpgs but they have potential to start of many other plot lines or become a very good plot line in it self.

I think whatever major plot we choose could include many of these smaller plot suggestions such as trials, or natural disasters, etc.

An earthquake could be a good building point on which for one of the Kabal's nefarious plans of takeover to build upon. Much like the school in Columbia, they could offer humanitarian aid. In this case, the X-men might find some points of interest in showing the world their beliefs in mutant-human relations, and help out. This could lead to some interesting threads with X-men / Kabal interaction, where an increased awareness of Slate's positive cause is built in the X-men. They wouldn't suspect anything other than that, unless he gave them a reason.

What do you think, Calley? It sounds like something that could be worked into the plot for the next country the Kabal plans to woo.

If the natural disasters happened in America, rather than other countries, we could do a lower-grade version of the same plot idea. Rather than takeover, it could just be a seed of peace and a message.

Either way, I like the idea. Good job, Sunny. There's potential.

Agreed. A plot involving mother nature as a starting point where a natural disaster takes over sounds like good grounds to try and push for acceptance. I mean, take New Orleans for example, if mutants truly existed, would they try and help that situation and would the humans accept them more if they did that? It's an interesting concept, good job, Sunny. Shin, you mentioned the Kabal and the X-Men, but how could the Order be involved? We could possibly try that the Order takes advantage of the situation, sort of holding those involved in the natural disaster as hostages until the world turns to mutants and actually asks for help. I don't know, but I like where this is going.

they included new orleans in the sookie stackhouse books my only concern with plot ideas like this is that they're too general and vague to be site wide plots. They can totally happen on a site wide basis but they tend to fade into the background because after an initial reaction to what happened the plot tends to just become a reference point in threads as opposed to a driving force helping to push story forward. So Im not against it... I just can't see it actually keeping all members engaged for a year the way previous plots have. When you look at past plots like the registration plot they had many many elements but one main goal: mutant registration. There were lots of things that went around it, the trails, the camps, drugging, community work, breakouts, and the overall atmosphere that the idea of mutant registration presented.

So I think a lot of the things we're discussing here would gravitate more towards all the little things that add to a bigger plot. When we think about site wide plots we need to pick something that everyone can easily be involved in with their character naturally, or it wouldn't seem out of character for the characters to become involved in during it's period. Otherwise we end up with half the people active and the other half not.

So keep these things in mind while suggesting and if you're a newer member who wasn't here for our previous site wide plots check out the plot history section of the site and see what worked and what didnt work for us.

Well the plot does not necessarily have to revolve around the actual occurance of the natural disaster. After the disaster, there has to be a rebuilding period and mutants can help with that, as well as hinder it. Then reconstruction, certain factions or mutants want to rebuild it in favor of them while some want the city the exact same. There are politics involved, reconstruction, rescuing, riots, and basically after the natural disaster, there would be bonding as people try to survive. Just another thought...

I'm all for short plots. Remember: plots don't have to last for huge amounts of time. Been there, done that, the initial enthusiasm fades no matter what plot we're running. I'm completely game to try shorter plots and see whether they're more effective, for us as a site.

So on the natural disasters front: I like it. Tag in the Kabal, Order, and X-involvement, and we can easily get in a few months of RP without any huge structuring requirements. (And yep, the Kabal would gleefully exploit--err, offer humanitarian aid. The prerequisite there would be that the country in question would have to be a place Slate would take over in the first place--Colombia, Afghanistan, etc, not France, England, Ireland, etc. If it ain't broke, Slate has no reason to fix it. And I <3 reasons at least loosely based on RW situations, personally. I loved how the folks involved with Colombia actually started researching the situation down there for their posts.

The Order would be all over making the mutants look, good, oh yes put us in seats of respect, by all means call to your betters for help, it atleast shows that they are learning that they recognize the difference between mediocre and epic.


I like all the Ideas I see and more than anything I am simply happy to see a dialouge, so the plan for now is something minor and backgroundish. so the plot for now is to sit back and watch mro happen.

so the plot for now is to sit back and watch mro happen.

EPICALLY happen. You forgot the capslock-abused EPICALLY.

*smirk*

For a short plot we could have a Manic human zealot (or mutant) who wishes to end discrimination by using a specially designed drug that changes people´s appearence so they all look the same. With the slight side effect that when undeveloped it causes people to eventually melt.