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Questionable Questing

CrossyCross
CrossyCross
suuuuuuuuuuuure!
d.fish
d.fish
well I got this idea for a story, which is like... have you seen KonoSuba? If you haven't, it's like a comedic parody of the "sent to another world" genre. I want to have a sort of parody like that, of SAO! Make fun of everything that makes SAO bad!
CrossyCross
CrossyCross
Okay, I checked the tvtropes page for that. I think I have a good idea of what it is.

Though I'm not quite sure how to make fun of SAO here that SAO abridged didn't already pull off.
CrossyCross
CrossyCross
You wanna take this to PMs by the way?
d.fish
d.fish
i don't think i'm ready to take our relationship that far yet, cc
d.fish
d.fish
yes, sao abridged is an inspiration

I am hoping to make something that can stand on its own without borrowing from another story, however, so maybe also parody all VRMMO tropes, outside of SAO too? how do you think such a story should be crafted?
CrossyCross
CrossyCross
Not particular familiar with VRMMOs though. Hmm.

Probably going to involve a lot of level grinding (or the other way around), and mocking how seriously some people take video games. But then that's going to run into the trouble of perhaps taking the crisis too lightly if it ends up turning into a SAO incident where you're trapped in a game?
CrossyCross
CrossyCross
Or perhaps a good idea is pulling off a SAO except respawns are in place and the IRL thing happens where the players speedrun through the game? But that's not a very good idea either as it's not quite as good in a written format, better for a shirt clip, but not quite this...
d.fish
d.fish
Well, how about this one topic that recurs on alot of those shows? How do we make fun of the 'I'm trapped in VR' concept?
d.fish
d.fish
Well, I guess the other thing is the question of how to make funny of edgy shounen harem... without alienating the audience of edgy shounen harems and also keep a balance of lighthearted funny and serious cool?
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