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Updates [3/1/2005]: several eps are in the editing stage, and will go up when I next update the site.
The plan, such as it is, is for ep. 205 to be a MiSTing of the script for Metal Gear Solid. Nick is the Mad with TV's Austin as his lackey; theater meat includes Gavok, MMK, TBS, and Wanderer, with n00bs Viper and Zemyla. You may wish to get it started, monkeypants.
Admins: Thomas Wilde (Wanderer), the Black Snotling
I'll probably regret this...
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...but I'm going to ask anyway. Where did the term Mary Sue first come from? And what does it mean to job to someone? Your MiSTing's are the first place I've ever heard that term.
i have no idea where 'mary sue' originally started, but the verb "to job" comes from pro wrestling, in which fighters are paid to lose fights, and the 'job' is to lose to the big name stars.
best example of jobbing would be andre the giant (canadian.) losing to hulk hogan at one wrestlemania
so basicly, when you hear the phrase jobbing in a mst, that means that the self insert is going to lay waste to an established character (see any fic by eyrie productions)
<< i have no idea where 'mary sue' originally started, >>
From "Mary Sue: An Explanation" (http://www.subreality.com/marysue/explain.htm):
'Although storytellers have been creating Mary Sue over and over since the dawn of time, she did not receive her current name until the early 1970s. The original was Lieutenant Mary Sue ("the youngest Lieutenant in the fleet -- only fifteen and a half years old") as immortalized in Paula Smith's "A Trekkie's Tale," which she wrote and published in her 1974 fanzine Menagerie #2.'
so, we're sitting in the chat, talking about who wants to be in ep. 201, and I'm like, "i'd like to, if possible."
Wandy says to me, "post it."
and so here I am.
from what i understand, it's wandy, arly, racey, and me (hopefully.)
am i starting shit before it should be started? i hope not.
Now I understand that your intentions are good, but there are some snags in this.
1) We are not completely sure who you are.
2) We have not seen your riffs in action.
3) We aren't even sure you have experience.
What I'm trying to say is that getting permission from Wandy to post is one thing. Getting a quick acceptance is another. Here's the protocol. Introduce yourself at the Quasispace board and participate over there first for, say, one or two experiments. Then you can ask for permission to shadowMiST #201 or 202 or whatever we're up upon. Then, if no one has a problem, then you could ask for a seat.
Sorry to be a pain in the ass, but a few months of "MUA WANTS A SEAT! MUA WANTS A SEAT!" does tend to get to you after a while.
Actually, there's an update to the MOT main page coming real soon (read: whenever Swensen uploads the damn thing), which will include a link to a draft of PM.
...and it is to my incredible embarressment to admit that I wrote them. I was young and stupid, and everyone else was doing the author avatar thing! (Yes, I realise there IS no excuse for an author avatar in fan fic.) You can find most of them here: http://skylarksdimensions.freeservers.com and the Biker Mice ones are at http://www.bikermice.com. (Just click Fan Fiction and look up Skylark.)
You are welcome to MiST any of the fics found here. (Even that "No! Dear God! No!" fic by Shadow, just don't tell him I said that. ^_^) Hell, I'll let you know when I post my lovely FFVII/Sonic the Hedgehog/Queen of England/Sam. Pizza Cats/Biker Mice from Mars/Power Rangers crossover. I'm sure you'd love that one. (Me and Bill (Shadow) wrote it one day at school when we were bored and had nothing else to do. (And I also strongly suspect that Ms. Forrest had had the library fumigated while we were writing...)) ^_^ Me done now. ^_^
That crossover fic I was talking about in the last message? I've posted it now. I think it would make an interesting short, if you decide you want to do it. ^_^
And on another, Olympic note: Who kicks ass? Canada kicks ass! Whoo! (I love being a Canadian.) ^_^ (Starts humming "Me Like Hockey", then changes to "The War Of 1812" by the Arrogant Worms.) Bye now, people! ^_^
(Oh, and who is this Linna, and why must I slap her/him/it? ^_^)
Linna is a character from Bubblegum Crisis, and apparently Wanderer has a low opinion of her. Either that, or he needed some funky post button to go with the whole textual theme thing.
Oh, and Canada won the Gold in hockey? SHOCK.
--RoP Oniko Hakubi
"...but I gotta tell ya, some people are as Canadian as..."
"As Canadian as what?"
"As Canadian as possible under the circumstances."
Ah, I know your pain. Recently escaped from Petawawa, only a year and a half ago. 90% of all anime I've seen has been since then, here at University, 98% of my good stuff. ^_^
You will escape soon, as well. Just think of all the people that will return, though. *Shudders*
List of stuff you might like when you get the chance:
-Slayers. Funny, lots of stuff blows up good, and sterotypical characters have NEVER been so original. DRAGON SLAVE!!! *boom*
-Kenshin. Funny. DAMN good fight scenes. Plot. Hints of romance. Use of actual Japanese history at times. BEWARE THE AMBER EYES!
-Trigun. Kenshin as a western on crack. Seriously. As good, too. ANGEL ARM!!!
-Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. IMHO better than the original, but others have countered me. At least it explains everything... Didn't want to kill Priss every 10 minutes, too.
- Oh, My Goddess! Movie. No fear of cavities here, unlike the series (I like sugary-sweet, but...). Real divine fights, interesting antagonist that's almost in the right, and still in the vein of the original mangas, AKA funny and romantic when appropriate.
- Revolultionary Girl Utena. Only for the brave of heart, or at least of mind. Symbolism up the wazzo. Quite literally, Sailor Moon on Crack without as much magic. If you can get it, though, it's a good watch. BEWARE THE ELEPHANTS ON SURFBOARDS!!!!
Granted, no chance of getting any of those in the Valley, but you can always blow some money at Ottawa...
Okay, now I'll be specific. That's the crap town I'm stuck in! Maybe I knew you...
I have seen some anime, but most of that is what I taped off Teletoon around Christmas 1999. I've got Macross Plus, Patlabor 1 and 2, I *had* Ninja Scroll, and stupid me, I gave it away! (What WAS I smoking!?) and Wings of Hon... however it's spelt. And a friend of mine was real nice to me and taped Princess Monoke off the Movie Network for me...that's not the right spelling, but oh well.
And damn, I wanna see Trigun! And all the other anime I've read about in Anime Invasion. (I wanna see Final Fantasy: Unlimited!) Thanks for the list, though, I'll look into those, if I ever get out of here... My stepfather put in for a posting to Vancouver, so maybe...
-Skylark "Unfortuanly, Panet is still standing; they haven't lobbed any stray missles at it yet" Starflower
Sure, no problem with Honneamaise or Mononoke. Those are favorites of mine too. But one I'd REALLY want to recommend is Cowboy Bebop. Maybe it's just because I'm a sucker for those ronin/bounty hunter genre, but I got religiously HOOKED on that series when I was on furlough in Japan. Course, I watched all the episodes in Japanese and I didn't really know what was going on until I caught the Adult Swim showings on the Toon Network (needless to say...I was delightfully surprised about this when I came back). Also...get your hands on Lodoss War and any Lupin the Third movies you can find.
And I may have told you guys this. There was a Star Ocean OVA on near the same time Final Fantasy Unlimited started in Japan. Both series are pretty decent, but not really noteworthy. One Piece, however...that is one beautiful wacky cartoon, man, I tell you...
I seem to be ranting, but hell, enough for a good cause, eh?
I've been meaning to rent Coyboy Bebop for a while now, actually, and all the episodes of Ranma 1/2 they've got down at Superior Video. I *was* going to rent Blood: The Last Vampire too, until I found it on sale for five bucks. ^_^ (Yeah, I forgot I had that one, and I also forgot Kiki's Delivery Service and the Sonic Anime. Only because I bought those and didn't actually tape them like the rest.) I've seen Ghost In the Shell, too. People kept telling me it was really good so I had to see it. It was okay, but it wasn't really my favorite. I go for dark mysterious guys (one of my fav. characters from FF VII is Vincent. ^_^), and what I really want to see is Soul Taker. ^_^ (And Soulhunter, too, but that's just 'cause it had a kick ass ad. "They needed someone brave, couragous and ... something I can't remember ... but they got this guy instead." Kick ass!)
...isn't this supposed to be a MiSTing board, and not a discussion about anime? ^_^
Ze cast is, apparently, SAMAS, eon, t.ogre, Snot, R.Jak, and Signus, with Madding duties provided by the Notorious M.M.K. (I'm about half-tempted to suggest a running gag where the 'fic kills or incapacitates theatergoers at random, so someone else is Plot-Convenienced™ in (sort of like how the first half-hour of "Fugitive Alien II" killed Servo), but that'd be a lot of work for a relatively minor payoff.)
As mentioned below, the first two chapters are up and karated on dimfuture.net, so there's nothing stopping us from beginning... if'n ya wanna. Do you?
Incidentally, we'll be doing this and HL simultaneously, as near as I can figure; those who want to HL it can go to IFR's message board to contribute.
Also, seeing as how Quasispace, *all* of Quasispace, seems to have glommed onto my idle comment of perhaps needing them, what the hell; let's gangbeat Dave and Dyne. We're gonna need all the people we can get to get out of this 'fic without lasting psychic harm.
Questions? Comments?
Thomas Wilde
a.k.a. Wanderer
the needle and the damage done
Heh, just a strange thought I had when reading your "fic randomly incapacitates theatergoers" ideas. Strangely enough, I had a similar idea when reading through the karrated version...
I mean, there's fifteen something of us, so only a few have actually expressed an interest. eon's sort of obligated us despite the fact that he lacks the personal time to finish writing his sketch for QS ep 102... ahem.
But hey, I do enjoy the thought of (hopefully!) being some help here. With any luck I'll yet again cause Wanderer to want to smack me.
Although really I'm not sure what he wanted to smack me for last time. I hadn't said anything about my carefully restrained lust for him for quite some time.
THIEF: So... are you going to be all multiple-personality here, too?
ME: NO! So hush.
THIEF: Oh. [long pause] And can *I* say anything about my lust for Wanderer?
ME: Better not. Sophisticated types like him appreciate subtilty. ...you know, like in porn where the one guy massages the other and it segues into the sex!
THIEF: I see! [pours oil into his palms and rubs them together, grinning]
-Chimera
Jesus Christ, my first post on the Ballad, and I do THAT... it's lucky I have my prozac to console me.
I mean, just because *I*'m a busy little mofo doesn't mean *you* all have to be. Unless you want to do all of my work, in which case, you know, you're psycho. Or Chimera.
Hey, if it worked for Kefka it'd work for me, I say. :)
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It'd go well with this little scene-snippet I thought of a little while ago.
"So, are you all *enjoying* the fic? How is it?"
"You're making fun of us!"
"No, I mean *really*."
"What?"
"Well, shit, *I* didn't go through the whole thing."
"You WHAT?"
"I made it, like, a quarter of the way through the first *chapter* before I just gave up."
". . ."
And we just go from there. :)
Speaking of writing and whatnot, I'll do the end sketch for 112 if nobody else is gonna. Because if nothing else I'm honour bound to work them fuckin' theater gnomes in somewhere. :)
And on *that* topic, 'Drer, you asked me if I've made my decision on sidekicks yet -- well, I'll make it the same way I did before.
Is to say, who wants it? Step right up! ^_^
I know Kao called it, or someone called it for her, or whatever, so that's one sidekick. Two if we keep the psychic kitty around. Anyone else want a cushy sidekick position? It's great! You don't have to do anything, you barely appear in the episode at all, and your name goes down in history forever and ever! Kinda like the sum total of my involvement in Ep. 112 except you don't have to write anything. :)
I wish I could apply for this sidekick job. It'd be amusing to see Kao's reaction to a non-member of the MMKult being 'chosen' to sidekick... more accurately, simply showing up and being crazy enough to help hurt people...
THIEF: Ah, you MUST be talking about me.
[Sigh] Yeah, him...
And going down in history sounds kinda nice, too.
-Chimera
Yeah, Linna! Take it! Take it, bitch! You know you like it. [*SMACK*]
Picture this, folks. Episode 113 featuring MMK as the Mad, with the sidekicks being Mark Poa, Bonfire the Psychic Ragdoll, and... *Quasispace*. :)
Yes, I mean the *whole cast*. It'd be funny. We could have an opening scene wherein MMK's telling Mark that he got a call from the temp agency and the sidekick position will be all filled up soon --
"You're here now, Bonfire's sleeping in my chair, and Quasispace will be here any second now."
"*Quasispace*?"
"Yeah. She's new to the business, from what I hear, but they told me she's energetic and ready to learn. Apparently she watches the show!"
"MMK, that-"
"She picked the name herself. I dunno. There's the doorbell! I'll get i... there's twelve people at the door."
Hee hee. :)
And then of course there's Quasispacers all over the place, and every time MMK looks behind him there's more of them than the last time he checked. "Where are all you people *coming* from?" :)
I mean, I'll need to check the Quasispace character guide a lot, but I think it'd work pretty well. :)
Yeah. Even if ogre and I are riffing, I'm sure we could have the *rest* of the cast up there. Or even alternate copies of ourselves, since QPT3K doesn't take place in, you know, the ordinary space-time continuum. :)
Will be damned funny if we play it that way, even. Just for the fun of having everybody from Quasispace except for the two in the theater leaning their faces into the camera and, their voices combined as one as if on cue, yelling "HI, EON! HI, T.OGRE!" :)
And of course we have to have Snot and Ice waving to each other and saying hi. Of *course*. :)
So do I take this as a yes, Quasispace would like to be a sidekick? ^_^
I mean, you'll have to find a semi-good way to get me out, and then a reasonably good way to throw me back, at the end. Plus the fact that the limbo I have in mind is a torturous heap of nothing, with no sight, sound, or feeling, just floating aimlesly in nowhere for all of enternity, means that he probably wouldn't be making any phone calls.
Plus I was hoping to get the whole "Holy shit, I thought you were dead" feeling from the other Quasispace characters, when I reappear as a Mad in QPT3K 105, which won't really be there if I come back for an appearance in MOT, just two episodes before my reappearance.
It just seems like to much touble, just to bring over a character who probably won't do much other then surprize you, just by being there, and make the occasional attempt to murder t. ogre.
Then again, I could just be there in spirit, causing severe harm to anyone who uses a pun, leaving the punner wondering why she/he's suddenly pinned down by a giant buzz-saw.
Or we could take the theme song's advise, remember it's just a show, and just relax, making it no problem bringing him back, and completely ignore continuity.
I dunno. If you can make it work, by all means, go ahead, but I think it would just work out better if Lance isn't there.
-Shade.
Trying to get over the fact that he's talking to the MMK, and turning down a chance to be one of his side-kicks, at the same time.
That last post was mine, and the header was supposed to be: "That's not what I mean."
by Shade, the very dead.
The header for *this* post, is: "Holy shit, I completely forgot!"
I just remembered that Quasispace can warp you through time too, so we could just say that it warps Lance there, *after* QPT3K ep 105, which would alo explain how Ice fenix and eonsinger both get back to Dream City in time to be captured, and forced to watch Poke'mon MASTER.
Do people whose avatars haven't riffed with Quasispace yet count as members for the purposes of Madding? 'Cause if yes, then that means SDR's doing three eps with MMK-Mad, two as sidekick.
Not that this is a *bad* thing, y'know. And she can go "Oh! So you're *finally* pulling out Dave and Dyne! Are you going to replace it with more bad crossover porn? Or more gothic kiddy-anime? Or more *gothic kiddy-anime porn*?" and make MMK twitch. But it needs to be said. ^^
"For all I know, this *is* gothic kiddy-anime porn!"
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"'Cause *I* ain't watching it!"
Hee hee. :)
And as far whom I'm using and what criteria they must meet, I figured I'd just use everybody in that latest character guide. That's seventeen people not counting Searcher, but yes including you. ^^
And then I figure if need be -- because I once said you can't have too many sidekicks and by damn I'm gonna *hold me to that* -- I'll add in people who aren't *even* in the character guide, just to see how many goddamn people end up as sidekicks before the theater floor collapses under the weight. :)
Eventually it'll be so that the projection booth is completely and utterly full -- try and guess which particular Marx Brothers scene I am thinking about at the moment -- and, well, yes. :)
So, to recap, that's Mark, Nash, a psychic cat, about seventeen people from Quasispace, theater gnomes, a box of starving crazed weasels, the cast of The Gods Might Be Randy, *whatever*... that's all that *outside* the riffing itself. I hope nobody here is going to be disappointed with having a really small part in the story, because that's pretty much how it works if you aren't actually a riffer. :)
Basically, don't get your hopes up too much, is what I'm saying. You see how much Racy and Shady appeared in the last episode? Well, expect about that much. :)
Not that I'm not planning to use everybody as much as I possibly can, of course. I'm just reminding everyone that the parts are small, and they're supposed to be that way.
(And to those of us writing: please don't go inserting people willy-nilly into the riffing itself. There was discussion on this before last episode -- it's not that you can't *ever* have someone speak over the intercom, but try to keep it to a minimum. This has been a Friendly Heads-Up®.)
That's the negative side. Now to the positive side: this'll *kick ass* if I can do it right. :)
-OL2001 MMK
Come to think of it, when *is* the starting date on riffing this sucker?
I figured it'd start, well, *whenever*. We were still figuring the smaller details out, after all.
I'd *like* to start this one when you've finished the end sketch for ep. 112, just so all the ducks were in a row, as it were, but that's like I'm trying to rush you, and I won't have that...
MMK, if you need any help at all with any of the sketches, call. Remember, I have had a bit of experience with this guy...and there were some things I wanted to stick into the "AVALANCHE vs. Sailor Moon" MiSTing but was unable to do so due to time (and a stalker, but that's another story). Besides, I think I might have a few sections of intro lined up if you need it.
And GEEZ! There's an ASSLOAD of ghostMiSTers here.
Hey, I semi-sorta-kinda helped inspire MMK come up with an idea, AND gave t.ogre semi decent advice on the Quasispace website! Feels good.
On a side note, much as I feel out of my league giving advice here... seems likely to me that they would have a TTD (Temporal Telemetry Destabilizer) with them... the item that was used to unsuccessfully try to steal the Theater, and likely be trying to jimmy the device in a continued attempt to get themselves the heck home (standard Sliders/Quantum Leap thing, really). Except for the MMKult being distracted stealing MMK's stuff as holy items and trying to worship him and getting underfoot (potentially at crucial moments).
MMK: Back away, vile riffers! Or I'll defend myself with my trusty Kraft bomb... [patting his pockets] trusty... Kraft... damn.
Not that funny, but you get the idea. Anyways, who knows what sorts of distortions and strange things it might lead to? ...Such as bringing in more Quasispace members without MMK noticing, and making the Mad lair REALLY crowded...
I hesitate to think of what'll happen if Searcher arrives, though.
-Chimera
Who's glad to see that this time, Shade remembered the whole TIME warp thing...
It will need to be regulated tightly, of course. However, I'm already planning one biiiig exception, and *we haven't started yet*. Moreover, I *don't plan* when doing this stuff. That's how good this is. I approve. ^______^
I was going to ask you about that, and whether you wanted it. Tim McLees wants to put ep. 112 up on SVAM like five minutes ago, and for that, we needs an end sketch (or to put a big damn blurb at the end of that draft that says "this space intentionally left blank," which would actually be pretty funny now that I think about it).
So... it's yours if you want it, man. Yours, and the theater gnomes'.
I think that cushy sidekick position sounds good. ^_^ And maybe you could work something in the ending skit for ep. 112 where Mark doesn't leave the theater or something...
...so yeah, you can (ab)use my author avatar however you want. :) He'll just get back at you in the HL crossover... >BD (Kidding? maybe, maybe not...)
I mean, I can see why we'd want the lunatic section of MOT to be represented, so either Snot or myself works well in this position. Or Gavok, of course, but he's shown up on this board once in the past year so he'd be harder to get in. :)
It would make more sense if I were a Mad, but if I thought it was really important I'd have been checking the board a lot more often, reading stuff, and saying something. You know. *Paying attention*. ^_^
So, yeah. I'll take it, but that's if Snot doesn't want to. Because -- if you haven't noticed -- I've been in every single MOT thing *ever*, so you'd think other people should get a turn once in a while. ^^
Mind you... *Tango*... :)
Anyway, yeah. Snot, you want you or I should go in? It's your call.
...y'know, "Call of the Snotling" would be a really good title for something. :)
-OL2001 MMK
Livin' in the limelight, the universal dream
Yeah, put MMK in. If we're going to be represented, might as well pull out the *big* guns. If'n folk don't mind, I'd like to try and work some sort of Snot cameo into a sketch or something, but I'm not that worked up about it.
Now everyone give respect up for the Dancing Sodoms!
*A dozen guys dressed like Sodom come out and start disco dancing, side to side*
Gavok
o/~ But I'm Big in Japan! I'm Big in Japan!
That's right, I'm Big in Japan!
HEEEEEEEEYO! They love the way I do it!
HEEEEEEEEYO! There's really nothin' to it! o/~
--Tom Waits
Hi. I'm not sure if this is the right place to do this... (No, I'm not looking to be a MiSTer here or anything, I daresay you have enought nuts in the theater as is. ^_^) I just had this idea while I was reading the MiSTing of 'Shadowloo'. (BTW, great job, guys! That was ex..er can't spell... good! ^_^) There were like four or five riffs in a row that dealt with songs, and my warped mind came up with this really weird idea. Mystery Octagon Theater: The Musical! All riffs must be songs! ^_^ Er, yeah. That's all. And if I'm making this suggestion to the wrong place, sorry! I can be really clueless at times. ^_^; Um, bye..and please don't eat me alive, I have very little self-confidence....^_^;;
...at least, I won't. Stay away from Jumpy, though. ^_^
Don't worry about such ideas being out of place. MMK has been known to frequently use things so considered, just because he can. Moreover, we still need a closing skit, and, well, MMK? You wanna put this idea to good use or something, already? ^_^
Oh, and, by the way, hello and welcome! If an' ye be so kin', would ye grant us the honor of an introduct'n of yerself, now? :-)
Well, Hello. I'm Skylark. Sorry, I make it a habit never to give out my real name on the internet...well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt just this once. Call me Brenda. Or Sky. Or Skylark. Whatever you want, just don't call me Lark-lady. I tend to take that personally. ^_^ Anything else you want to know? ^_^ (I'm in a good mood right now.) ...my internet persona is an insane shapeshifting bird-type thing, if you really want to know... and, yeah, I think that's all. Bye! ^________^
I didn't really think people would like that. I figured I just get a lot of 'No's from people. ...I have good ideas, yay! ^_^ (Sorry, I'm nuts. ^_^) I suppose now wouldn't be a good time to unlease my other, incredably bizare idea (and I guarateen you wouldn't do it or like it, so don't ask). ...unless you can't control your curiousity, but I'm warning you, you really don't wanna know...
Yup, except it's skylarksdimensions.freeservers.com. Not a big deal. ^_^ (And like I said before, you're quite welcome to go there and MiST any of my fan fic. It's mostly horrible crap, but I proudly display it for the public. I don't know, I have this weird fettish for torture... ^_^)
Trust me, I know what Dave and Dyne's fics are like. I'd ask for a seat in the theater myself if I wasn't so new the plastic was still on me. Still, I'll be more than happy to ShadowMiST, if you'll let me.
Dragomorph
"Might be interesting reMiSTing AVALANCHE vs. Sailor Moon with R.Jak again, though..."
I'd like to clear this with all. We have the fic, we have dibs, we have a Mad and a team of riffers, now all we need is a date.
IFR was slating HL next, right after CW (or possibly right away, while Ranma X tries to get the end skit for CW done... heavens know that one's dragged out). However, MOT has D&D in the works, and I'd hate to spoil any well-laid plans. (Actually, I love to do that, but I'm not getting paid for this... and I'm telling too much.)
Majin suggested that IFR can kick another fic up in the meantime, if you want to complete D&D first. That's doable, but I know a lot of people are itching to dig into HL.
So, what shall we do? Public opinion, people. Should we wait until D&D is done? Should we do HL first, or maybe parallel? Should we make HL mysteriously "ex-continuity", only referred to in cryptic terms and legalese mumbo-jumbo? Or should we all just move to Himalaya and date yak herders?
Seriously speaking though, I don't think there's any problem with MSTing HL while MOT does D&D over on this board. There are enough writers willing to sink their teeth into this thing.
As long as a lot of people are willing to shadowMST, I don't see any problems.
Regarding continuity, I'd suggest it be ex-continuity, similar to the first MOT/IFR crossover... that one only gets mentioned whenever PJ's Nemesis is referenced...
...schedule HL whenever you want. We seem to be hellbent on working on both HL and DnD, over here at the House of Loons.
So, you'll stick HL up over at your board, and we'll work in DnD here. It'll be chaotic, I'm sure, particularly since I think we'll need Quasispace's help on DnD before we're done, but who gives a fuck? It's always chaotic. This time, it'll be for a reason.
Thomas Wilde
a.k.a. Wanderer
captain of the Bu Bu Maru