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Hello everyone. You know how a bunch of authors on this site make Author's Notes in both their main stories, and in some cases in stand-alone stories of their own? Well Diablo Ex Machina is throwing his hat into the ring and making his own version of this cop-out.
Diablo Ex Machina Presents: Story Suggestions 4
Hello again everyone! Once again I come to you all bearing good tidings of thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and all around insane fun for children and adults of all ages! As I closed things off in last chapter, this chapter will be all about Story Suggestions for some of the various in the Manga/Anime section of this lovely site that has so graciously allowed us fans to post our own little (or big, depending on your skills) stories. Speaking of which, I'm pretty much obligated by this point to mention that threats of taking down the site, or at least specific stories/sections of the site are pretty much a constant problem, and it's our duty as fans of fan fiction to stand up against it and yadda, yadda, yadda. You get the point, just keep doing what you've been doing, and support both this site and the writers by signing petitions to keep the big bad copyright laws away from our sacred, holy, forbidden, hidden, and all around welcoming site of fun and writing.
Story Suggestion 1: Kangoku Sensei Negima - Based on the Japanese word for Prison (Kangoku) and the title of famous harem manga Mahou Sensei Negima. This is a 'What-If' story where, instead of being able to go back in time just in time to stop Chao's plan to expose the magical world, they arrive at the World Tree too late to take advantage of the residual magic it held. As a result, the magic police arrive to arrest Negi and all the other magic users at school...only to get blown away by the team of elite magical mercenaries hired by the fabulously wealthy Ayaka!
As a result of the magic police and military being so vastly outgunned by the magic mercenaries (one of whom is the uber-broken Jack Rakan) the magical community is forced to relent in their attempts to arrest the school staff for exposing the magical world. However, as the school, the World Tree, and the true body of the Lifemaker living at the roots of the World Tree were destroyed in the crossfire of the battle, several other changes need to be made in the magical community. For starters, with the Lifemaker dead, all of his/her/its creations (aka, the vast majority of the citizens and all man-made structures in the magical world on Mars) are destroyed along with them. Kurt Godel becomes both the default leader of the surviving citizens of the magical world as they are forced to immigrate to Earth, as well as one of the new magic teachers of Mahora Academy, which is rebuilt on the ruins of the old school to integrate basic education with magical education. However, the new school building is also meant to serve as an unofficial prison to punish Negi for his parent's "crimes" as well as Negi's own "crimes" of being partially responsible for exposing the magical world. They do this by restricting him and all his students to school grounds at all times, sealing his magic teacher Evangeline away in her magic pocket dimension so she can't keep training him, and heavily restricting access to all magic books beyond beginner level texts.
Ultimately, this whole backstory is just a way to set the series back on track as the magic, school life, harem story that it started as. Back when Negi was a moderately powerful and very intelligent mage, and certainly great enough to be written about in history books and remembered fondly for his work, but nothing broken enough to become a legend on the level of his father. Back before the writer pulled a dickish bait-and-switch to turn it into just another second-rate action series with unnecessary political intrigue, overly detailed magic circles, and gratuitous use of Latin. Yeah, the writer only did it this way to pull one over on his editors who insisted on having him make another harem series, rather than the more action oriented series he wanted to make, but a lot of his rebellion against his editors was a real kick in the rear to his fans as well.
Pairings for Kangoku Sensei Negima: Negi Springfield x Asuna Kagurazaka x Setsuna Sakurazuki x Chisame Hasegawa x Nodoka Miyazaki x Yue Ayase x Chachamaru Karakuri x Konoka Konoe x Ku Fei x Kaede Nagase x Haruna Saotome x Kazumi Asakura x Sayo Aisaka x Ayaka Yukihiro x Yuna Akashi x Ako Izumi x Makie Sasaki x Akira Okochi. Inugami Kotaro x Murakami Natsumi x Naba Chizuru. Kurt Godel x Saotomi Hakase.
Girls Available for Any Pairings with Negi, Kotaro, or Kurt: (Misa Kakizaki, Madoka Kugimiya, Sakurako Shiina), Mana Tatsumiya, Satsuki Yotsuba, Zazie Rainyday. The three girls in parenthesis are a package deal, and MUST all be paired with the same guy, whoever the writer may choose.
Story Suggestion 2: Black Highschool of the Lagoon - If there's one thing both I and everyone else in the world hate, it's an unfinished story. Both Black Lagoon and Highschool of the Dead have been on "hiatus" for YEARS now, with so few signs of coming back that they're effectively cancelled. That being the case, I propose that these two stories both be brought to some sort of conclusion by bringing them together.
The basic idea is simple enough; several Black Lagoon characters are in Japan right when Z-Day hits for whatever reason, and they end up teaming-up with the cast of Highschool of the Dead. A standard enough plan, but between the budding badasses in Takeshi's Group, and the veteran survivors and killers from Roanapur, it has the potential to be the student-mentor story of the apocalypse. The characters from Black Lagoon can help Takeshi's Group wise up to the hardships and necessary evils to survive in a "kill-or-be-killed" world, while Takeshi's Group can help the citizens of Roanapur rediscover and nurture what few fragments of humanity they have left.
The possibilities stretch far and wide, but one idea that I know will get at least a few of you interested is Rock turning the "Cult of the Orgy Bus" into cannon fodder against the Zombies in a killing pen by giving them a pile of metal pipes, and having the hardened killers of Roanapur hold them at all gunpoint. The basic idea is to bait the Cult of the Orgy Bus into thinking that Rock will let them live if they kill enough Zombies, except Rock has no intention of letting letting any of them live no matter how many Zombies they kill.
Meanwhile, Takeshi's Group will do things like trying to figure out how life should go on once they eventually wipe out all the Zombies. Things like rebuilding society, whether or not their criminal allies should be given a second chance at a decent lifestyle, if they even want or deserve it, and the inevitable awkward realization that, with the concept of chivalry still alive and somewhat well, there's probably going to be more women that survive the Zombie Apocalypse than men, which means that polygamous relationships will probably be the norm for at least the next generation or so. Just imagine the tension and chaos that will arise once the women of the group start trying to stake their claims in the few men among them.
Pairings for Black Highschool of the Lagoon: Takashi Komuro x Rei Miyamoto x Saeko Busujima x Shizuka Marikawa x Rika Minami. Kohta Hirano x Saya Takagi x Asami Nakaoka. Balalaika x Revy x Eda x Rock. Lotton x Shenhua x Frederica Sawyer. Benny x Janet Bhai. Garcia Fernando Lovelace x Roberta x Fabiola Inglesias.
Story Suggestion 3: Yu-Gi-Oh: Atem's Ambition - Essentially a combination of the original Duel Monsters portion of the first version of Yu-Gi-Oh! and the Nobunaga's Ambition video games, but in story form. Each of the major players in the original series becomes a warlord in this stylized remake of the original series, while the various monsters in their decks become their living, breathing troops, their magic cards become actual spells and magical items/weapons, and their trap cards become favored tactics and deceptions employed by the warlords and their armies.
The main leads will be the Pharaoh Atem and his younger brother Yugi, whom Atem tries to shield from some of the darker aspects that come with ruling a kingdom, along with all their friends from the series. Along with the obvious changes from card games to actual wars being fought over territory, principals, greed, revenge, tragedy, and all sorts of other reasons, there will be a few changes to some of the characters themselves. Ishizu will be Atem's fiance, and her brother Marik will be Atem's closest childhood friend and adviser since childhood until his eventual betrayal. Joey will be a mercenary warlord working against Atem under duress for Pegasus to get a cure for his ill sister, at least until Yugi is able to see the good in Joey and help him redeem himself, and get a cure for his sister the right way. Mai will likewise be a former mercenary who reforms after Joey (whom she once saw as a joke in her line of work) was able to beat her once he joins Atem and Yugi. Tea and Tristan are a palace servant and a guard working for Atem, but they are also close friends of Yugi's, so they get some focus as well.
On the evil side of things, Pegasus will be a legitimately deranged madman who stole the Millennium Eye to try and revive his late wife, only to be corrupted by it due to his weak will, and ends up hiring several mercenaries (Duelist Kingdom Opponents) with outrageous miracles and mountains of wealth to try and wipe out Atem's Kingdom for shits and giggles, and keep his stolen Eye from being stolen back. Kaiba will be that guy who constantly lusts for greater power no matter the cost, and (intentionally, willingly, or otherwise) just keeps finding one way after another to cheat death (necromancy, digitized brain uploading, cloning, ghost, etc).
Of course, this being a somewhat more violent/realistic version of the original series, some major details end up changing along the line. For instance, in case it wasn't clear, Kaiba will be a villain from start to finish. Also, Marik will NOT be easily forgiven for his crimes. After all, despite Atem being kept in the dark about their cruel upbringing under their once trusted father, and Marik's legitimate gripe with being forced into the role of Atem's right hand man against his will, he still allied with murderous bandits to try and lay waste to the kingdom. To add insult to psychological injury, Atem even berates Marik and Ishizu for not speaking up about their suffering sooner, saying that if they had such a big problem with the roles their father forced upon them, then they should have spoken to him about it sooner, and he would have listened! Having to execute one of his oldest friends - and future brother-in-law no less - for a tragic misunderstanding, and the distance that forms between Atem and Ishizu as a result of both her brother's death at her lover's hands, and Atem now questioning whether Ishizu ever truly loved him, or if it was all just a lie forced upon them both by her manipulative father in a bid for power...Yeah, needless to say, there's gonna be a lot of drama to go through for whoever decides to take this idea and run with it.
Pairings for Yu-Gi-Oh: Atem's Ambition: Up to the writer to decide. With all the drama and heartache going on in this idea, romances can end up coming and going pretty quickly. A character could start dating another character for a while, only to end up leaving them for some reason, and end up hooking up with someone else. Also, due to this whole thing being a sort of Period Drama involving royalty, polygamous relationships and affairs will be more or less expected.
Story Suggestion 4: Our Own Gourmet World - A Toriko fan-fiction idea that's as simple as it gets. Create an OC, have them go out hunting for their own personal Full Course, and just have a great big adventure along the way. There are only two rules to keep in mind when making this idea: First, the story HAS to stay restricted to the Human World. Despite the title, the ACTUAL Gourmet World is strictly off-limits. Second, you are limited to including creatures and ingredients found in-canon prior to the timeskip only. Basically, if it's filler from the anime or games, or is only found in the Gourmet World, you can't include it in your story. Sure, it's kinda limited, but the first half of the series has tons of stuff all by itself, and the second half tapers off into a highly rushed piece of utter nonsense pretty quickly after Area 7 anyway, so there's no real loss. I guess you could include canon material up to the end of Area 8 if you REALLY felt the need to go to the Gourmet World, but go no further than that, because EVERYTHING after that point - and even a lot of stuff from before it - breaks WAY too many of the Guidelines established in prior chapters of this list of Fan Fiction Rules and Guidelines for anybody's comfort.
As an added bonus for those of you who still feel a little cheated however, you can mix and match the nonsensical fantasy ingredients into various crazy dishes for your Full Course Menu. Go crazy with all the creative nonsense you can brainstorm.
Pairings for Our Own Gourmet World: It's an OC-centric fic, you can create any kind of pairings that you want...just no gay stuff though. I have nothing against homosexuals personally, but any fan of Toriko can tell you that the canon material is already full of WAY too much homoerotic material for the comfort zone of the average Fan Fiction reader. Seriously, if there are ANY Yaoi fanatics on this site, get the hell out right now. You're neither wanted nor welcome here. Again, not homophobic, but homoerotic stuff NEEDS to have a separate file all to itself.
Story Idea 5: Deciding the 5th Head - A Nurarihyon no Mago fan-fiction. As Rikuo Nura approaches marrying age, the elders of his clan start putting pressure on his to take a bride and sire an heir soon. Both the Night and Day forms of the young Nurarihyon are uncertain of the prospect of marrying and fatherhood at such a young age, but the branch heads and elders are insistent, and so decide to set him up in many marriage meetings without his consent. With 3 Yokai, a Human, and even an Onmyoji all vying for the hand and future children of the young clan head, Rikuo will have to balance school, his clan duties, and, most daunting of all, DATING 5 GIRLS AT ONCE! Let the hilarity, drama, and pointless cliches ensue!
(Potential) Pairings for Deciding the 5th Head: Nurarihyon/Rikuo Nura x Yuki-onna/Tsurara Oikawa x Yura Keikain x Kana Ienaga x Sasami x Rinko.
Story Suggestion 6: Soul Eater, Heart Stealer - A Soul Eater fan-fiction focusing on the various (potential) romances that envelop the many major characters as they continue their school life of killing for the good of the world. Watch and be amazed as these students deal with the daily annoyances of going to school, killing wannabe Kishins to devour their souls for homework, and trying to get through the daily drama associated with going to a high school centered around murder, and teachers that may or may not try to take you apart and put you back together in new ways both creative and disturbing.
Basically, it's just a continuation of the Soul Eater series, with the major characters from the main story moving up in the world. They're graduated and out of school, but not quite adults yet. They still have to struggle with various odds and ends like keeping the peace, or acting as intern teachers at DWMA. Just imagine the kind of classes that Black Star would teach; it would be total anarchy! If Soul Eater was a fantasy school-life show, then this unofficial continuation is a fantasy sitcom. All the classic semi-adult humor, situations, and rare bits of the occasional surprisingly deep philosophical insight of shows like 3rd Rock From The Sun, I Dream of Genie, or ALF, along with all the shonen action you've come to associate with Soul Eater. Just imagine the possibilities that could arise from such a clusterfuck of action and comedy.
Maka and Soul could colonize the moon with the power of music to try and save Crona! Tsubaki and Black Star could have a drunken roll in the hay and pregnancy scare! Kid could be forced into an incredibly mismatched political marriage with the Witch Judge to keep the peace between their factions! Liz and Patty could have a sexy cat-fight over Kilik! Franken Stein could have to get a CostCo membership card to feed Marie's unspeakably weird, borderline eldritch cravings! Spirit could spontaneously develop the combined sense of direction of Roranoa Zoro, Ryoga Hibiki, and Kenpachi Zaraki! Excalibur could get his own Talk (Only About Himself) Show! Blair could...probably just continue being Blair, you can't improve upon perfection after all. Maybe you could make her have a litter of kittens, leaving everyone to wonder for the entire first season who the father is, only for the dramatic reveal to be a cliffhanger for Season 2.
The world is your canvas with this madhouse of mayhem and discovery! You can do the whole thing episodically, or have an overarching plot, or even some mixture of the two if you think you have what it takes.
Pairings for Soul Eater, Heart Stealer: Again, the world is your canvas with this one. As the greatest teacher of all time would say; Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!
I really wish I had more Manga/Anime story ideas, and I can't tell you how much it pains me to not have any other ideas at this point in time. Still, the show must go on, and Manga/Anime isn't the only category on this site. Before I go any further into story suggestions for other branches of media however, let me just take the time to say that I've modified chapters 4 and 6 ever so slightly. It's just the alien listing for the Battle(Ben)Born Story Suggestion in chapter 6, and the harem listing for Mass Effect 10 in chapter 4. It's not much, but I felt it worth addressing SOMEWHERE.
Anyway, with my Manga/Anime Story Suggestions section done for now, I'm just gonna get the next headline out of the way, and get on with more Story Suggestions.
Diablo Ex Machina Presents: Story Suggestions 5
Story Suggestion 1: 10 Species High - Many years ago, Earth was under siege by alien invasion. Inhuman experiments being conducted on aliens at Area 51 had sparked 9 different alien species to strike Earth simultaneously, creating a 10-way conflict that lasted for 10 years, with countless senseless casualties on all sides. It wasn't until one human managed to rise up above all the senseless carnage and bloodshed, making his voice loud and strong enough for all species to hear, that the fighting finally stopped, and a peace accord was made between the formerly warring species. Now, 100 years after the end of the war, the ten species that participated in that bloody war have come together as one, opening a school dedicated to promoting cooperation and coexistence between the 10 allied species.
Not everyone is so happy to be working with extraterrestrials however, as there still exist certain extremist hate groups and individuals dedicated to destroying the peace that the 10 United Species have enjoyed for 100 years. Fortunately for those who do wish to keep the peace, Ben Tennyson, great-great-grandson of the savior of the war, is attending the premiere school for coexistence among species, and despite his young age, he won't take these attempts to ruin the peace lying down.
Species in 10 Species High: Human, Galvanic Mechamorph, Tetramand, Incursean, Kraaho, Revonnahgander, Vreedle, Acrosian, Sotoraggian, Reds & Blues.
Pairings for 10 Species High: Ben Tennyson x Julie Yamamoto x Elena Validus x Eunice x Ester x Looma Red Wind x Attea x Eighteight. Rook Blonko x Rayona x Fistina x Isosceles Right Triangle Vreedle x Nyancy Chan.
Side Note: The Omnitrix doesn't exist in this High School AU of Ben 10. The closest approximation is Eunice, who is an AI designed to further integrate the 10 species culturally by being able to transform into any of the 10 species involved in the 10 Year War.
Story Suggestion 2: Spiders & Statues - It's well known among Spider-Man fans that the wall-crawler often talks to the gargoyles on tall buildings as a bizarre form of self-therapy that really deserves some actual therapy of its own to address. Imagine Spider-Man's surprise then, when some of those statues actually start talking back! That's right folks, it's a Spider-Man/Gargoyles crossover! Doesn't matter what you do with it, or where you decide to take the story, all that matters is that we start getting some Spider-Man/Gargoyles crossovers! I know it's not much to go on, especially in comparison to my many other ideas thus far, but c'mon! This story practically writes itself! Just imagine any one of the Manhattan Clan serving as a comedic foil to Spider-Man. Imagine Goliath or, god forbid, Hudson having to interact with Spider-Man for an extended period of time! Or how about Spider-Man's presence changing Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington from the Three Stooges into the Marx Brothers? Just imagine the comedy and drama such a scenario presents! We could finally see Xanatos get the life sentence he deserves for his crimes! Or give Demona that redemption arc/new love interest that everyone always wanted to see! Think about it for a second, we already know Spider-Man has a thing for both redheads and bad girls alike after all, pairing him with Demona just saves time.
Pairings for Spiders & Statues: No limitations on who gets paired with whom, just make sure to treat the characters with all the dignity and respect they deserve.
Story Suggestion 3: Apology NOT Accepted! - Have you ever thought to yourself, "This guy got off WAY too easy for their crimes!", or something like, "I want to wipe out this entire FUCKING SPECIES for their selfishness and cruelty!", or anything else you feel deserves some karmic punishment? Well, this idea isn't in any way an actual idea, but more of a challenge for anyone out there reading this very, very, VERY poorly trafficked story. Get out there, create a story titled "Apology NOT Accepted! - [Insert Irredeemable Character or Group Here] Edition", and fill it with a victimized individual or group getting their well deserved payback against the individual or group that hurt them so deeply, and then got off with a slap on the wrist, if that. Basically, it's just an excuse/challenge to write a revenge fic about...pretty much anything, really. There is no shortage of unrepentant assholes in the media, and some of them are MUCH worse than others, so take your pick, and don't be afraid to be brutal.
Recommended Victim/Revenge Target Pairings: Africans/KKK. Africans/Slavers. Jewish/Nazis. Jewish/Ancient Egyptians. Mortals/Olympian Gods. Captain America/HYDRA. Captain America/Maria Hill. Captain America/Captain Marvel. Iron Man/Captain Marvel. War Machine/Captain Marvel. Hulk/Captain Marvel. She-Hulk/Captain Marvel. Wolverine/Captain Marvel. Spider-Man/Captain Marvel. Spider-Man/Joe Quesada. Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus. Spider-Man/Mephisto. Spider-Man/Kraven the Hunter. Literally ANYONE & EVERYONE in Marvel Comics/Captain Marvel. Literally ANYONE & EVERYONE in Marvel Comics/Brian Michael Bendis. Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, & Black Cat/Carlie Cooper. Marvel Mutants/Inhumans. Marvel Mutants/Mutant-Hate-Groups. Everyone in Shaman King except Hao Asakura/Hao Asakura. Anyone in Dragon Ball/Vegita. Anyone/Violent Tsunderes and other "Pervert" Hunters. Rational Thought/Naruto Uzumaki & Sasuke Uchiha. Rukia Kuchiki/Byakuya Kuchiki. Dexter/DeeDee. Ahsoka Tano & Barriss Offee/Anakin Skywalker and Palpatine. Everyone With a Brain/Republicans.
Side Note: I'm aware that I flooded the recommendations with a lot of Marvel stuff, but that's only because they're the ones in the biggest need of a good beatdown. Also, these are just some of my personal suggestions/prompts to get you all started. If you have your own ideas that you wanna use for a Revenge Fic, go right ahead an mercilessly torture/execute various individuals and organizations using methods that would make even a Mortal Kombat character blush. There's a lot of hate in the world right now, so we may as well try to put it to some good use, am I right?
Well, that's all that I've got for now. I'm gonna wrap this whole thing up for now, and mark this story as "Complete". I may revisit it later, at which point this story may switch back from "Complete" to "In-Progress". However, if I do come back to this story, it most likely will not be for at least a year, because for the time being I'm gonna get back to focusing on actual stories. Hope to see you all reading my stories again soon, and for those of you who want to see my next work, make sure to pay attention to my profile for new stories and updates. I've got something brewing that I think many of you are going to like very much.
Tonda Gossa!