Mr. James (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mrjames) wrote,@ 2002-11-17 12:23:00 |
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Conception
In a comment to an earlier post, Marci wrote:
we're all teachers at the same school (which gets the benefits of all of us being educated people).
To which I replied:
College. Teachers at the same college. I'm getting a Miskatonic University vibe...that I like. A lot. Lovecraft, anyone?
Even better, we'd be specialists. Professor of Journalism would have all sorts of access to information, Head Librarian could have some seriously useful books in the Rare Book Vault. Engineering, Chemistry, History...
We'd have perfectly mundane means of introducing bizarre elements.
This one gets my vote. Remember Caine Hated the 80's? We had the same thing going for us there.
I'm reposting here because I know some of you have better things to do than troll my posts for comments. Understandable.
Kind of sad, then, that I don't.
Moving on.
College faculty is a GREAT idea. The school provides a setting. An influx of characters. Granted, they're students, but still. Since we know damn well that Drew won't be in on this, we can even go ahead and do a tie-in with the Carnival and have Mr. K. on staff as head custodian. It gives us a good reason not to ruin the story and go to the authorities - "Vampires in the Frat house? Damn. No, don't call the police! Do you have any idea what that will do to enrollment?"
For that matter, we could even use Miskatonic. Legally. Never mind the fact that the setting is so old that it's now public domain. When H.P. Lovecraft was alive, he encouraged other writers to use his setting for their stories, because more voices made the whole thing more vivid. The Lovecraft Mythos is probably the first large-scale collaboration in fiction. Thieves' World, Wild Cards...inspired by good ol' H.P.
The school is old. Founded in the mid 1700's, it predates the Declaration of Independence. A series of fires has caused the place to be partially destroyed and rebuilt half a dozen times, leading to sealed rooms, abandoned cellars, and tunnels under the campus. We'd have a lot of room to maneuver, is what I'm getting at.
In a comment to an earlier post, Marci wrote:
we're all teachers at the same school (which gets the benefits of all of us being educated people).
To which I replied:
College. Teachers at the same college. I'm getting a Miskatonic University vibe...that I like. A lot. Lovecraft, anyone?
Even better, we'd be specialists. Professor of Journalism would have all sorts of access to information, Head Librarian could have some seriously useful books in the Rare Book Vault. Engineering, Chemistry, History...
We'd have perfectly mundane means of introducing bizarre elements.
This one gets my vote. Remember Caine Hated the 80's? We had the same thing going for us there.
I'm reposting here because I know some of you have better things to do than troll my posts for comments. Understandable.
Kind of sad, then, that I don't.
Moving on.
College faculty is a GREAT idea. The school provides a setting. An influx of characters. Granted, they're students, but still. Since we know damn well that Drew won't be in on this, we can even go ahead and do a tie-in with the Carnival and have Mr. K. on staff as head custodian. It gives us a good reason not to ruin the story and go to the authorities - "Vampires in the Frat house? Damn. No, don't call the police! Do you have any idea what that will do to enrollment?"
For that matter, we could even use Miskatonic. Legally. Never mind the fact that the setting is so old that it's now public domain. When H.P. Lovecraft was alive, he encouraged other writers to use his setting for their stories, because more voices made the whole thing more vivid. The Lovecraft Mythos is probably the first large-scale collaboration in fiction. Thieves' World, Wild Cards...inspired by good ol' H.P.
The school is old. Founded in the mid 1700's, it predates the Declaration of Independence. A series of fires has caused the place to be partially destroyed and rebuilt half a dozen times, leading to sealed rooms, abandoned cellars, and tunnels under the campus. We'd have a lot of room to maneuver, is what I'm getting at.
