User blog comment:Axis of Destruction/The Story Remodel Plan/@comment-31429412-20170731171832

I feel like with the retcon, we should do a few things that don't exactly have to do with the story (don't worry, I do have a few ideas for stories) but rather with how we're going to be managing everything so if you can bare with me for a moment.

1. A timeline would be nice, I've said this before but sometimes when multiple sections are happening at once in a single event can be a bit of a pain to navigate through if you need to recall something. My method is crude with just having a date next to the section's title - maybe we could have something a bit more streamlined but until then that's the only way I can see it be done.

2. Clear communication and planning is a must now more than ever with everyone pitching in ideas of their own, this is more advice than anything else but please be sure to check if your changes won't cause plot holes or inconsistencies. If they do, please be sure to think of ways to still have the change without messing up the story.

3. Along the lines of what Axis mentioned about a separate space for this, however I suggest that we make location pages and stuff with the tag 'Retcon' or 'RC' in the page title so that we can make edits on there then shift them over... Either that or once we're done, we make the retcon pages the new pages for us. If that makes sense.

4. Now onto a... Well, tedious/major story retcon/remodel... Now there was a clear line between when Chaos, Kam, Axis and I were here, and when Zane, DP, Storm and etc were here. I know we wrote them out of existence and that's fine and dandy but I feel like we need a passing of the torch vibe of that era so that everyone's story is wrapped up and that it smoothly moves to this era (Season 1 to Season 2 basically). Don't ask me how we'd accomplish that, I have no idea.

Right - onto my personal stuff I'd like changed or retconed/remodeled. With this retcon I plan to have quality over quantity... So without bringing in the whole Cyanic idea I had, I can focus on developing my existing characters which so far stand as...

1. Daikeim - my God what a flop of a character... Once my main, reduced to some Mary Sue character who had no flaws and underdeveloped character along with... Well, being a boring character. With the retcon I plan to have Daikeim less as a constant heroic paragon and more of someone who has to adapt to his new environment.

2. Drake - Drakey Drakey Drake, right... So, until near the end, I'd call Drake a successful character, in my eyes he almost had a complete arc - A young mercenary who eventually hangs up his boots and settles down was my original plan. Then near the end it was changed so that Drake would be a God who wanted to do right by him and the people he cared about but did it in such horrendous ways that he couldn't redeem himself in the end.

I... Don't know what I'd want to do with him, there are some things I'd like to change early (first of all, he shouldn't be able to raise a mountain out of thin air) and change some outcomes of stuff. (plus how Corruption comes around needs to be changed) My issue will eventually come with this - I'm not entirely sure if I want Drake to have the God part to him.

I'll admit, the entire God Drake was made out of spite but as much as I liked to give him stupidly obscure and reality breaking power, I think it's more enjoyable for both the reader and the writer if Drake was never a god, forcing him to work with what he has to overcome any challenge (look at it like this, if God Drake is a pedigree constant contest winning dog, and regular Drake the literal underdog - who are you going to be more interested in?). I guess in the end, Drake's retconed story would him trying to... Transcend Zenith (ba dum tsh)

3. Dracorex, Typhoon, Zero and Devosta - I'm lumping these three together because essentially I have the same idea for them as a group. Simply enough an espionage/terrorist group, now lets be honest... When you get further into TZ, everything ramps up and that usually leads some characters in the dust, unable to keep up with the literal Gods throwing each other about. My idea with these four is simply to give everyone's lower-end characters something to do, a creditable foe. Another reason is that once more, further into TZ, Earth is barely used... It's all in Fantasy, Echo or somewhere else, to I want to keep these four on Earth as a way to at least at the beginning, keep Earth interesting.

And finally some personal story stuff that I don't exactly want changed.

1. The Noriko and Drake Relationship - I swear if done right, relationships can be a fantastic thing and I want to stroke my ego (and Axis' too if he's ok with that) by saying that this is by far one of the most polished and organic relationships in TZ. I don't have an issue with how it began, how it played out and how the two eventually grew together. I'm bringing this up because I'm worried that some character or story changes may alter or outright remove this storyline, so if possible. KEEP THIS IN.

2. Drake's Ending - Honestly I don't know if it'll change depending on what happens but as it stands I enjoyed how Drake went, considering the situation in the meta, it was a sensible way of sending him off and I loved how it was done. I'd be a bit saddened if it was changed or gone but as a moment itself, it's one of the highlights of this wiki in my opinion.

3. Evoh... Yes I'm serious. - Ok... Let's digest this one, one of the most jarring moments in TZ was Elanore's violation by the hands of Evoh. As much as everyone hated it in the beginning, I don't think it should be removed. I do think that Evoh should have been an existing character with some infamy to his name (and not creating him for the sole reason of this, KAM) but I want the event to stay in, with some minor changes. My reasoning is because before I left, I planned something regarding this whole storyline (if you see interactions between Drake and Daikeim before I left, you can see the seeds being planted) to be a way to develop Daikeim mostly, but if done right it can develop Evoh, Elanore and Daikeim in interesting ways. I don't know if Kam wants this gone or not, but this is my stance on the event.

Finally I just want to say, if you can, make everyone of your characters, locations, ideas etc significant or at the very least interesting. Transcending Zenith shouldn't just be where people talk and hastily get from plot point to plot point. It should be a engrossing, expanding story where everyone has something to say to the reader, whether fleshing out location pages with rich culture and history or giving your Mary Sue characters a few cracks. I feel like am ambitious idiot saying this but fuck it, I want Transcending Zenith to live up to its name. Don't let this wiki fall to the sides with other roleplay sites and wikis, let it stand out as a place that has personality, life and as much of an interesting history and characters and the story we're going to tell.