We messed up.

We started a “New Universe” because the old one got too cluttered/confusing/messed up/etc. Yet it seems like we have dug ourselves into the same ditch. It’s pretty funny actually because in the old days we used to make fun of DC/Marvel because of how they keep messing up and needing “Crisis” like events to fix everything. Now it seems that we have had more of those events than one can count.

That is what brought us into this “New Universe” even, in one long post the other one was restarted (nothing ever happened apparently) and we started fresh. In less than one story, we had more back-story than three whole years of stories. If we really wanted to start fresh, we should have never began it by recreating the old universe (an idea I didn’t like but did nothing to stop). Now a few stories into this universe and we have all attempted to cram way too much in this universe in just a short amount of time. Not every problem should be solved in one post, not every problem should even be solved in one story. Hell some problems might never be solved.

Ok, so am I ever going to get to a point? Yeah, I am.

No, I do not think we should restart the universe again. I think we should slow down. I think we should go back to the basics.

What do I mean?

We more or less have the whole future set. And everything there is a new character or plot element added we use some tired excuse to fix it. I have an idea that I am using in the current story that will destroy any set future. It will not delete the past, but I think we should use this as a FRESH start. That is also one of the reasons I didn’t add a number to this story, I think we should leave the past buried.

I propose that the team try to live a normal life. That they shouldn’t have some high-tech pocket universe HQ with everything they need, how about we start simple, an old apartment? Nothing special. A simple normal apartment in a fictional (or real City). They can be heroes and try to do good and save lives. But if they start by destroying a God-like-evil-creature, than I guess a bank robber or murderer would be a piece of cake. Let’s start small. Flesh out the characters and their personalities/relationships. Maybe give the team one main villain (like this mysterious guy in the background mxy is developing). I am in no way saying that we should forget everything that has happened over the last few stories, but I think we need a fresh start. I would much rather be writing about the underdog team that has nothing going for them rather than Godlike creatures that can never lose.

On that note, why do we have so many characters with a reinforced title of the “World’s Most Power Meta.” There are over 3,000,000,000 people on the planet. Hmmm. Maybe, just maybe some guy/girl who is trying to live a normal life has the ability to destroy the universe in the blink of an eye? Why do we have to keep yelling out at the top of our lungs “I’m King of the World”? It’s not needed (and I am not pointing any fingers… Hell I had my original character become the “Ultimate Agent”). What fun is being all-powerful? No one can beat you, well, that sucks for storytelling purposes.

I say we continue the “New Universe” with a new direction and a less powered team (I’m not saying we should all get new characters, I love each of the members now...except the cat, I like dogs ).

OK, that’s all I had to say.

-Ritchie Steven

[ 02-18-2002: Message edited by: GoozX ]