spring cleaning
So it’s no secret I haven’t been very good about following through on plots lately. (For ‘lately’, read ‘two years.’) Some of that is due to the job I started back then, and the long commute, which cut seriously into my free time. But it wasn’t all that.
See, the thing is, back when I started with Milliways in 2005, my plan was to never have any real continuity. My tabletop RP tends to go like this, with crazy amounts of detail, and while that insanity is pretty much what my tabletop group expects (I’m not the only one who does it), I was determined not to do anything like that with my livejournal RP. That was going to be strictly impromptu, just made up as I went along.
Except, suddenly, it was two years later and--oops, I did it again.
And now it’s been two years since THEN, and all my tries at making all that unplanned plot work have only led to fits and starts with lots of promises but not much to show for it.
So. Time to fix that!
It’s always a bad idea to keep pushing a plot that’s gone past its sell-by date, so I’m going to say that both the Black Oil plot and the Prank War plot have faded to black. The MiB won, of course--you think Zed would tolerate anything less?--but it was all worked out behind-the-scenes, just the way the bureau likes it.
(And truth be told, while I had plans for both, they were much too elaborate to really work on LJ, so I don’t think anything’s really being lost except some very frustrating, hopelessly elaborate ‘events’. And we all know how bad those can get when they go wrong.)
With those two mega-plots wrapped, that still leaves plenty of Milli-canon to build on. (This isn't a reboot, just a refresh.) It also clears the deck for brand-new plottage to evolve. And this time I won't be surprised when continuity happens.
I'm also leaving some things on the table in case muns are interested. If you guys have moved on, no worries, the MiB will have plenty of other things happening. But if some of these things would still be fun, then I'm definitely up for going in new directions with them:
1) The auxiliary agents from Milliways (Goldy, Nita, and Shulkie) are still on call if they want to be. And Duo’s Stiletto remains well-tended for when he wants it (or when Zed can railroad him into a mission).
2) Agent L will be moving on to still crazier problems with her love life, and that can remain Goldy's problem if her mun is up for that.
3) Rollerball: it’s a space in the HQ, not really a plot, so a Milliways tournament can happen sometime if a fresh group of people get interested in it. But officially, it’s now considered an area for field training, especially for starting Agents (the poor bastards). Yup, the MiB now has a Danger Room.
And, of course, the Annelid worms are still crazy. The Grays are still bastards. And all the other aliens are up to no good or total crack. And places like the Love Pits of Sargaxi VIII are still there. Just add new plot.
What you won't find, anywhere, though, is Black Oil. That stuff found out just how big a bastard Zed can be. And nobody's going to be having another Prank War either.
Aside from that, let the new plottery begin!
(And there will also be a guide to the Milli-MiB later this summer for anyone interested.)