Ive recently become addicted to the Venture Brothers tv series, and love the whole concept and figured, "this would make a GREAT rp!!"
for those of you who are unfamilar, the basic premise of the show is to follow around the life of a lazy, washed up super-scientist thats been living in the shadow of his father, one of the greatest super-scientists of the age. together with his insane, brainless cloned sons Hank and Dean, and theyre massive psychotic bodguard Brock Samson they get into one cliche hero/villan situation after annother. the whole series is a parody of old cartoons like Doctor Strange, and Jonny Quest (the whole quest family has a few bit roles in one or two episodes in fact
) and makes fun of the entire hero/villan comic/series genre as a whole.The RP would basicly be a takeoff from the series. players would assume the role of ether a good guy (scientist, military, security, special services, generic costumed hero) or some kind of badguy (mad scientist, henchman, costumed villan, profesional villan) but the whole thing takes on a sureeal twist. heros and villans generally are more realistsic then youd find in the comics, and the things that drive them are everyday things.
the whole thing would require alot of imagination, and a good sense of humor to pull off, and you'd probly have to see a few episodes of the show to get into the whole hang of it, but if theres enough interest out there, this could end up very interesting
to start i was planning on having a few factions. i think we'll steer clear of the more familar characters like the venture family, but its not set in stone. many of the zany villans that show up in alot of the episodes would be perfect for other players to expand though. (love the guy with an electric plug for a head, and the guy with a galaga invader for a head. lol)
The factions would consist of a few private labs, under a main character each. the OSS (office of secret services.. a souped up supersecret version of the CIA), FBI and local police forces, unlicenced hero, licenced hero, and maybie some kinda citizen group that can start off as some kinda neutral whatever.
the bad guys would be a big mizture of former super-scientists, and heros who have some kinda weird tradgedy in the past that drive them mad. henchmen will be a big part as well, even though they have the shortest life spans, they can be very important to a good villan.
and of course, we'll HAVE to have The Guild of Calamitous Intent! (or just The Guild) the largest group of licenced villans in the world.
yes, thats right. licenced heros and villans.. lol this world has taken the whole comic book thing to the next level, and being a costumed hero or villan are legal, marketable jobs. the whole mentality of the world revolves around this structured, yet cliche and insane system.
does this sound interesting to anyone else, or am i just going through a heavy stage of fandom? lol i think if done well, this could be great for the RPing community in SL, especially as we are able to dress up in any goofy, unusual and impossible costumes with ease, create strange and wonderfull backdrops and props to fool around with, and pretty much do anything the original series could do in spades.
If your interested, let me know, and we can set up something more organized, and setup a good plot.
