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melannen ([personal profile] melannen) wrote2008-12-21 02:31 pm

It would be the best show ever.

Fun party game induced by end-of-year stress!

If all the fandoms you're currently excited by were *one* fandom, what would it be?

Mine would be a retelling of Arthurian mythology where they're ninjas.
Arthurian time-travelling ninjas.
Arthurian time-travelling superhero ninjas.
Arthurian time-travelling superhero ninjas who are pundits. And get gay married (and secret yuletide fandom).

Here's the three-sentence summary pitch: "Your Daily Awesome" is an hour-long comedy/drama series heavily influenced by Arthurian mythology, superhero comics, and other archetypals stories of our culture. Arthur Pendragon and Merlin Emrys are best friends and the hip and happenin' young hosts of New York City's latest comedy news show, but as the genius scion of the city's wealthiest family, and a mystic ninja who has spent the last fifty years frozen inside a tree, they have secret alternate lives saving the world from conservative politics and shadowy threats, with the help of alien allies and the time machine built for the "news from the past" segment on their show. Focusing on themes of personal responsibility and power in a changing world, the show contrasts broad world- and time- spanning themes and locations with a deep look at the complicated but enduring bonds between our heroes.

The end.

(Bonus points if you guess all the fandoms. Especially the sekrit yuletide one.)

What's your one fandom? :D

[identity profile] kadath [journalfen.net] 2008-12-22 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Warrior-monks with laser swords wander a gorgeous fantasy world modeled on ancient Japan, righting wrongs and pursuing a shadowy evil. It turns out they're a remnant population seeded by aliens millennia ago, and are now being manipulated by a different alien race who has the goal of bringing them into a greater galactic society. ...Um, occasionally a British guy shows up in a blue box and helps out.

In a double twist, it is revealed that the entire thing is a giant virtual reality game, and the audience is left wondering which of the characters are humans and which are computer programs, and if it even makes a difference.

(Star Wars, Okami, GURPS Space and GURPS Transhuman Space, The Culture, three guesses on the blue box one :P, Ghost in the Shell)