Idea Bouncing for Manga Stories

[KaYoKitten]

I figured this might help some people out, as long as we're not going to be paranoid about people stealing ideas--Hey, this is a TP forum, so TP will usually be able to tell if the ideas were stolen for a manga, right? Right? ^^; Anyway, I thought this would be a good place to bounce ideas around for manga--finding out which ideas have been done a million times before, figuring out that perfect plot twist. Most people discover this through moments of inspiration--be it from just an outta-the-blue lightning strike or maybe a simple jot-down-the-brainstorm situation. But some actually need to bounce those ideas around with other people, kinda like a game of wall ball--you never know where the ball's gonna end up next, and it may land in your manga. Just a spot to think of some ideas on your own by telling people about them. Or maybe, someone can give you a good suggestion! Sometimes that's just as good, y'know? ^_^

Anyways, I guess I'll start...I've been having this idea running through my head for some time now. What if the Bermuda Triangle exists? How does it work? What if someone's landed there, and it's actually a tiiiiiiny little island? And there's a boy living there...um...I'll leave it there in case no one wants to say anything here...

[Klawzie]

It's an interesting premise so far. What will the boy do? Is he trying to get out of the Triangle, happy there, or maybe miserable but didn't know it until someone new appeared on the island? A lot of places you could take this. Many of them interesting.

[KaYoKitten]

Well, the boy (named Tikki by Ra (the girl who lands there), for lack of a better name) crash-landed there in a Lockheed with his dad back in the fifties (Lockheeds are an old kind of airplane. The Lockheed Electra is what Amelia Earhart and her navigator vanished in 1937 in.) But the weird thing is, he's only aged maybe ten or eleven years--meaning he's about fifty-sixty years old, but he looks only about seventeen. The Lockheed is still there, but of course Tikki doesn't know how to fly it. Neither does Ra, for that matter, but she does know how to fix it--and get it running. Working with semi-modern sailboat motor engines is about the same as a Lockheed, which is why I chose that sort of airplane.

The thing is, Tikki really doesn't know anything--he's still a small boy who somehow survived on a tiny island, completely cut off from human civilization. The trouble I'm having with the story is how time has slowed down for him on this island--what caused it? Of course, I could leave it all a mystery...Still not sure about that. But my character Ra has a little bit of trouble herself, considering I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to show how she got to the island. I want to make it really confused-looking, because she's not supposed to recall what happened.

[Lunarbloodempress]

Well.. It might be interesting to see all of the cows, hillbillies, rednecks, and 7th grade homework accumulated there.. (unprobed)

[KaYoKitten]

Well.. It might be interesting to see all of the cows, hillbillies, rednecks, and 7th grade homework accumulated there.. (unprobed)

*Lives in Kansas* I wonder if I should make a waterspout pick up and throw her sailboat...spoofing off of Wizard of Oz...XD ^^; Prolly not too much so, but brilliant idea in theory...*starts sketching madly*

[lunylady]

All for the moo moos but not the ether stuz. Kidding. The Triangle, eh? Not such a bad idea.

Luny Lady

[Lenny]

It definitely sounds interesting. But I can't think of anything to help. My mind keeps going back to things that happend on "Lost"...

[TheBohemian]

Well, the boy (named Tikki by Ra (the girl who lands there), for lack of a better name) crash-landed there in a Lockheed with his dad back in the fifties (Lockheeds are an old kind of airplane. The Lockheed Electra is what Amelia Earhart and her navigator vanished in 1937 in.) But the weird thing is, he's only aged maybe ten or eleven years--meaning he's about fifty-sixty years old, but he looks only about seventeen. The Lockheed is still there, but of course Tikki doesn't know how to fly it. Neither does Ra, for that matter, but she does know how to fix it--and get it running. Working with semi-modern sailboat motor engines is about the same as a Lockheed, which is why I chose that sort of airplane.

The thing is, Tikki really doesn't know anything--he's still a small boy who somehow survived on a tiny island, completely cut off from human civilization. The trouble I'm having with the story is how time has slowed down for him on this island--what caused it? Of course, I could leave it all a mystery...Still not sure about that. But my character Ra has a little bit of trouble herself, considering I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to show how she got to the island. I want to make it really confused-looking, because she's not supposed to recall what happened.

Just throwing an idea out, but I've always liked the quote "you don't always get what you want; you get what you need."

I guess how that would apply to this is: why would the characters have to be on that island? What need do they have that can only be fulfilled on that island?

Don't worry about making up some deep, logical, scientific explanation that would allow this to happen. Worry more about why the CHARACTERS think they got there. Just my meager two cents... :D

[KaYoKitten]

O.o WHO on EARTH decided that this ancient thread got rebooted from its poor grave. XD I've long ago FINISHED that story, writing-wise. I gave it to my little brother to draw (he's still learning basics, but I figure it's best to get him started on sequentials, too). The story went from pretty serious to a just-for-fun kind of story where everything doesn't and isn't explained. Perfect for a thirteen-year-old boy who can't stay in one spot for more than an hour. ^-^