Someone tell me this is stupid before I go make the community.
Maybe I've been RPing too much lately (capeandcowl, superhero AU, we have a Rimmer and a Lister but could use other RD characters if anyone's up for it), but I had this mad idea on the way to the train station this morning and wondered what people thought.
Basically, we could have an RD RP on LJ. 'But Lauren!' I hear you say. 'There are only five really main-main characters! This would be no fun for those people who don't call dibs and get stuck being Hollister or Ackerman?'
Ah ah. Wait.
Here's the idea: a multiAU. Meaning set on the Dwarf (exactly when IDK, but probably post-BTE), but with alternate versions of the characters from different times, dimensions and seasons.
What the smeg?
Let me give an example. If I put my hand up and said 'I'll play season six Lister' (which I so will be if this goes ahead), and someone else wants to play Lister, they don't have to pick someone else altogether. Instead, they can pick up Lister from one of the other seven seasons, or from an alternate dimension. So basically there'd be a minimum of eight versions of each character available -- Kryten and Kochanski would be seven and three respectively (I think) due to being in fewer seasons. You pick your character and season, and then it's up to you exactly when in that season they come from, and you give details in your app (which would be by comment to the community).
Does this make any sense, and is anyone interested? Let me know! Call me insane! If I get enough expressions of interest (i.e. more than just me), I'll start nutting it out, but ideas in comments would also be nifty.
Basically, we could have an RD RP on LJ. 'But Lauren!' I hear you say. 'There are only five really main-main characters! This would be no fun for those people who don't call dibs and get stuck being Hollister or Ackerman?'
Ah ah. Wait.
Here's the idea: a multiAU. Meaning set on the Dwarf (exactly when IDK, but probably post-BTE), but with alternate versions of the characters from different times, dimensions and seasons.
What the smeg?
Let me give an example. If I put my hand up and said 'I'll play season six Lister' (which I so will be if this goes ahead), and someone else wants to play Lister, they don't have to pick someone else altogether. Instead, they can pick up Lister from one of the other seven seasons, or from an alternate dimension. So basically there'd be a minimum of eight versions of each character available -- Kryten and Kochanski would be seven and three respectively (I think) due to being in fewer seasons. You pick your character and season, and then it's up to you exactly when in that season they come from, and you give details in your app (which would be by comment to the community).
Does this make any sense, and is anyone interested? Let me know! Call me insane! If I get enough expressions of interest (i.e. more than just me), I'll start nutting it out, but ideas in comments would also be nifty.