Should I continue a Matrix story or start an Inception one?
Posted: 2010-09-02 02:56pm
I'm in a fanfic mood right now, and there are two projects I can either restart, or a whole new one I can pursue. They are:
Film Noir Continued: A Matrix story, based around the "A Detective Story." It's an AU- if the detective Ash had survived the train at the end of the short, how would he have contributed to the Nebuchadnezzar and the formation of Neo? I've got the overall plot design in my mind (even though I haven't worked on it since like 2004), and it's not too hard considering it'll follow the film trilogy.
Animatrix: A Few Good Men: A Matrix story that's meant to be somewhat shorter, about the formation of a trio of most unique Agents (one is a Jet Li-lookalike human who was killed and turned into an Agent, one is a personality created through merging of several serial killers, one is an ex-programmer-type program who was a human sympathizer but later demoted to Agent), on their most thrilling mission yet! Unfortunately, I don't really have a clear mission for them to follow anymore, and in retrospect I'm not sure how good I'd be at character chemistry and depicting the interactions between three dysfunctional programs.
My third idea is an Inception fanfic. No clear plot yet, just a lot of juicy ideas. Like an explanation for why extraction/inception dreams aren't as crazy as "real" dreams. And a Clive Owen character. It may not be as difficult to write as the above two (or at least not as much as the second idea) since the canon I have to deal is fairly light, especially since I'm using all original characters. And I won't be dealing with Limbo (probably) and too many layers at once. I do like world-building, and Inception's canon is light enough for me to add in some more ideas. I may need to ask for help in fleshing out the mechanics, however, and watch the movie again...
So: which of these three story ideas should I work on?
Film Noir Continued: A Matrix story, based around the "A Detective Story." It's an AU- if the detective Ash had survived the train at the end of the short, how would he have contributed to the Nebuchadnezzar and the formation of Neo? I've got the overall plot design in my mind (even though I haven't worked on it since like 2004), and it's not too hard considering it'll follow the film trilogy.
Animatrix: A Few Good Men: A Matrix story that's meant to be somewhat shorter, about the formation of a trio of most unique Agents (one is a Jet Li-lookalike human who was killed and turned into an Agent, one is a personality created through merging of several serial killers, one is an ex-programmer-type program who was a human sympathizer but later demoted to Agent), on their most thrilling mission yet! Unfortunately, I don't really have a clear mission for them to follow anymore, and in retrospect I'm not sure how good I'd be at character chemistry and depicting the interactions between three dysfunctional programs.
My third idea is an Inception fanfic. No clear plot yet, just a lot of juicy ideas. Like an explanation for why extraction/inception dreams aren't as crazy as "real" dreams. And a Clive Owen character. It may not be as difficult to write as the above two (or at least not as much as the second idea) since the canon I have to deal is fairly light, especially since I'm using all original characters. And I won't be dealing with Limbo (probably) and too many layers at once. I do like world-building, and Inception's canon is light enough for me to add in some more ideas. I may need to ask for help in fleshing out the mechanics, however, and watch the movie again...
So: which of these three story ideas should I work on?
