Return of the bad idea...

[breakinglight11]

Got started on my Magical Realism paper. Don't have much yet, but hey, every little bit helps, and the night is far from over.

Unfortunately, I'm somewhat distracted by other things. Remember this post, when I bemoaned my brilliant yet lame idea I had? I am plagued yet again by it. I guess by now I should say what it is. I'm a huge Talespin fan, and ever since Bernie so kindly made me a gift of Volume 2 DVDs, I've been watching a lot of the show. And since immersing myself in it, I am overcome with a desire to run a one-shot set in the Talespin universe based off this fantastic Talespin fan fic I discovered a while back. The setting of Talespin, in case you don't know, is anthropomorphic animals set in a pre-WWII tropical city at the height of the aviation age, and I find it very fun. It's a sort of Indiana Jones-style adventure, a great story, and a really great plot for a tabletop game. It would be easy as pie to adapt. I've even got ideas for pregen characters to play in it.

The problem I'm not sure who exactly wants to play in a Talespin one-shot. It's a great universe in my opinion, but on the cartoony side, and while I find that part of the charm, it may not appeal to everyone. Also, I really should be working on Oz or Paranoia instead. I don't actually think it would be that hard to write, but still, time is time. And I have no idea what system I'd use. Maybe GURPS, but I don't know it all that well. I'd have to figure that out, which takes more time.

But I think it would be fun. I'd love to do it. I'm just not sure I could/should get it together.

Comments

[laurion]

I'd play in a one-shot Talespin Pulp Adventure.

(I love the episode where Baloo gets into a competition with a robot pilot, and all the wacky hijinx he gets up to to stay awake. A nice retelling of the related Paul Bunyon story.)

[morethings5.livejournal.com]

I would SO play in that if you ran it. I will warn you about GURPS, though, it has always come across to me as a system that the DM has to know like the back of her hand to run smoothly. Anyway, I would so be in on that. I haven't watched Talespin since I was little, but I would watch it again gladly.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Really? Whoa! Cool. This may be worth thinking about, then. :-)

I love that episode too! *bounces*

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

I would love to have you in it! Hmm, good point about GURPS. I may try the FATE system, which was reccomended to me as good for pulp-style stories. Hmmm... must go ponder once I finish my work this week.

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Wouldn't your biggest problem be that almost everyone would try to get cast as Don Carnage?

(I mean, personally, I've never bribed a GM, but for that...)

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Heehee, I love your enthusiasm, and I understand a desire to play that particular character, but in this scenario he'd be an NPC. So as the GM, *I* would be the one getting to play him! ;-)

PS- It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside to know that you're looking at back entries of mine. :-D

[oakenguy.livejournal.com]

Oooo, now I want to hear you do the voice! (OH and Shere Khan's! I am guilty of babbling to friends that Tailspin's Shere Khan is so totally obviously the inspiration for the revamped Lex Luthor-as-evil-tycoon that the Tailspin writers should receive royalty checks. For I am that sort of geek.)

Of COURSE I'm looking at your back entries--it's not something I normally do, but you're a good writer living a very cool life. :)

Mmm...

[(Anonymous)]

That certainly sounds interesting...
I have a TaleSpin site, so if you wish to talk about this, you can do it here :

http://www.animationsource.org/talespin/en/