How do Solo threads differ from fanfic writing?

Cheshire Avatar

Jun 27, 2016 15:17:16 GMT -4 Cheshire said:

I'm not sure where this "solo threads aren't allowed in requests" fear is building from? As far as I know, that is not a rule. They are simply frowned upon if your story could have been better and more efficiently told w/ another player or two. The final thread in Jian's Prestige request was his solo. You're all good.


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Misread Roy Blue's post slightly. And yes, definitely agree for stories that require two or more. That'd definitely be a thing (I'm actually looking for people for those areas as well for when she goes into the Academy onward). Thanks Chesh ^_^.




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Takua Avatar

Jun 27, 2016 15:18:57 GMT -4 Takua said:

Solos can absolutely be used as part of a mastery, milestone, or release. One of the linked above is my own, and is the start of Takua's final arc- should he survive it, it is the second most important thread in it. It's a solo. Is this bad?



Well that depends. Your character is absolutely shaped and molded in large part by their interactions with other people, and your requests should absolutely reflect that. A request without another person in it is...not going to be looked at well.



But at the same time, there are some things that simply can't be explored in any other way. Intensely personal things, a story that you don't want to be deviated from...and that's also its weakness. A solo has no risk, no surprise, no potential change that you haven't envisioned. My own thread up there works, I believe, because it's A: Set in a place no one else should have access to, B: The lion's share of it takes place in an Inner World analog (not exactly but it's the closest thing so we'll just use that) and C: Deals with incredibly personal subjects. Another person would actually dilute that message and the tone I needed to set. For things like this, solos are fantastic.



I would recommend you not inundate your history with solos. If you want to highlight a few specific, very special moments that helped to form the character, then go for it.


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The few that'd define her that'd be Solo (When she first comes to after being Konso'd and get's placed in Rukongai, with her family abandoning her a few weeks in. ; Her time in the forest / training with her master; Her first time her Spiritual Powers awoke and harmed people before she ran; and her capture. That really covers her solitary life. And the impacting bits that shaped her.; A final one in the PoV of her spirits (giving major spoilers to the truth behind her current Zanpakuto).



After that I'm going to need to find a better way to get Shinigami who'd be interested in a thread that far back in the past rather than present events XD.