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Project Circe OOC thread
Topic Started: Feb 10 2016, 06:07 PM (1,779 Views)
Flisch
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I guess it seems a tiny bit premature to open up a thread at this point, but I think it's a bit jarring to have the discussion breaking up the flow of the story itself. Also I don't like making OOC posts in the topic itself, because when someone sees a new post by me and then realizes it's "just" an OOC one and not a story post it's probably a bit disappointing.

I intend the story to continue for a while. As you might have noticed, I have tried to update the story on a daily basis, excluding the weekends. I will probably do so for a while, especially at the beginning, because I realize setting up everything is a bit slow, but once we're in the middle of the action I might switch to updating every second day, as it's pretty time-consuming. We'll see.

Another thing that will become important later on, when we enter the "episodic" routine of the story, you can use this thread to give suggestions, both for things you'd like to see and things of what you think could be cool to have shown. This story is partly influenced by the premise of "All your yesterdays", so if you have a neat idea of some speculative behaviour/nonfossilized anatomic feature of extinct animals, feel free to suggest that and/or discuss with others.

GlarnBoudin
Feb 9 2016, 07:09 PM
Question: Can the scientists still communicate with our protagonist while he's in the mind of the animal? Can they see what he sees?

I usually don't want to reveal stuff like this outside the story, but I guess I can answer this. Nobody in the "present" knows whats going on with the user who is currently in the past. They can't see, hear or otherwise sense anything that the user experiences. There are some things they can read from the brain activity, but this will be adressed in the story at one point.
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Ooh, I've got a few ideas! Here's one!

-A few species of large lizards would make sense, considering how we've got evidence of other reptile groups getting huge during the Palaeocene (Titanoboa, Carbonemys, etc.)
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I love the story. Fundamentally I am reminded repeatedly of Avatar, but the theme here is otherwise quite novel and I look forward to where else you plan to take it very much.
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GlarnBoudin
Feb 11 2016, 03:17 PM
Ooh, I've got a few ideas! Here's one!

-A few species of large lizards would make sense, considering how we've got evidence of other reptile groups getting huge during the Palaeocene (Titanoboa, Carbonemys, etc.)
Fun fact, I actually did intend to show some big reptiles, but... Somehow it didn't work out. I'll keep it in my mind when we get to the Eocene.
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This story deserves more attention. It's well written and such a fun concept. I can't wait to see more!
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I love the writing style, it sets the whole mood very well.

Out of curiosity, I assume the name is based on the greek god. Any reason the goddess of magic is used for the name?
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Feb 25 2016, 10:17 PM
I love the writing style, it sets the whole mood very well.

Out of curiosity, I assume the name is based on the greek god. Any reason the goddess of magic is used for the name?
I'm guessing it has something to do with how Circe liked to turn people into animals.
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Feb 25 2016, 10:17 PM
Out of curiosity, I assume the name is based on the greek god. Any reason the goddess of magic is used for the name?
It just references the events in Homer's Odyssey where she turned his men into animals.

And thanks. :)
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Feb 26 2016, 03:22 PM
I find myself disliking Quinton-as someone who's all too familiar with his type, he kind of grates on me. Still, I like that he does acknowledge that he's gonna need more help for this.

I have to ask: What exactly is it that you don't like about him? Just curious.
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Same reason that the narrator doesn't like him: his naive view of nature.
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I was coming up with something smilar, but now nevermind that. Except it was with dinosaurs, and the main character wasn't soo naive about nature. And it was shitty and old.

Let me make some dinosaur stuff (Maybe something like Raptor Red I suppose, even though I never read the book) or some crazy story thing. (Dil and Phil: Adventures through Time)
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It would be awesome to see a chapter where John gets put into the body of a shark. Maybe Carcharodon chubutiensis or angustidens, maybe even Megalodon.

Also, I have a few ideas for creatures:

-A late-surviving gorgonopsid in the Triassic.
-Carnivorous gastornithids
-A dinocephalian of some sort in the Permian.
-A megaraptoran with long arms and a giant hooked claw on each digit that primarily uses its hand talons to hunt.
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I had no idea this was here :confused: Sorry.
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GlarnBoudin
Mar 6 2016, 10:21 PM
It would be awesome to see a chapter where John gets put into the body of a shark. Maybe Carcharodon chubutiensis or angustidens, maybe even Megalodon.

Sharks are definitely on the list of things I want to do. Luckily they have been around for a long time, so I can basically just shove them in wherever, while most animals are bound to a certain episode.

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Mar 8 2016, 01:27 PM
I have a joke, but I respect this project/story too much to make it.

Now I'm curious. :|
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Well...He seems to be really taking to jumping into the animals and is discontent when back in his normal body?

He's turning into a furry.

*ducks behind cover*
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