Board Thread:UFSW Discussion/@comment-5935579-20150830053955/@comment-5935579-20150830072449

@KP

 Is Christian Bautista so fucking handsome or what How long did this take you to conceptualize?

He could totally show me around the Philippines if you know what I'm saying This whole story concept actually came to fruition one day when my wi-fi was completely out. I was super bored and fiddling around in notepad until my brain started remembering The Wire and stuff I should try inputting into ALRTF in the future (and also to actually, you know, write ALRTF) and before I knew it, I was already coming up with something and just decided to finish it since I really had nothing better to do. I did and it stayed stored off on my phone for many months until I derped and deleted half of my notes. My heart skipped a beat when I thought that I had lost this but I didn't thankfully. Still, I didn't feel this was worth sharing but since I was bored I showed to Adrien on kik, and his response to it gave me the confidence I needed to finally share it with the public.

'Does this have hope for being fleshed out and turning into a story, or will you come up with better concepts in the future and leave this behind? '

Maybe this could one day become a real story (with the same plot more or less, but with more characters and more fleshed-out character backgrounds and roles). Some stuff might have to go or change in order for it to work but I don't want to completely trash it. Like I told Adrien on kik, I might work it into a storyline in White Light if ever get to that story (in about 5 more years). Maybe it could even be a medium-length novel in the distant future, at this point in time I'm still not sure.

'Was the cast ever expanded in a prior version? '

No, the cast has actually always been just this, a core 12 (or 11 considering Trudy is barely a part of the plot). I didn't want too big of cast since I didn't want to have a particularly straining time with it, so just 12 episodes and 12 characters was the deal from the beginning.

'Any plans for Rita Maze and Trudy Wilson before their final roles? '

Rita and Trudy were pretty straightforward and never really changed as far as what their roles in the story would be. Rita was never going to be more than a moral compass/force of nature for and against Peralta who has a bitter rivalry with Angie on the side. Trudy was just a kind idol who wanted to help the people due to her sheer love for them, but she screwed up along the way and wound up with rigor mortis.

'Was this a writing exercise? As in something you just wanted to do to benefit your writing. '

In a way, yeah. This totally was a writing exercise even though it just started with me wanting to pass the time. ALRTF and WW get straining and boring for me to focus on sometimes, so this fresh story concept was really enjoyable to invest sometime into.

'Can I rip your concept idea and make something similar? Kidding, but I really do admire how you've organized this. :) '

I would be more than honored if you implemented something of this into your projects, KP, even if you are kidding (just give me a bit of credit if you do though). Thank you for that, this was organized yes. Much more than ALRTF or WW (or maybe I'm just slacking that badly with those and making a mess of things in the outline and in mind). Anywho this totally set me free even if it was just for one day and since it didn't take terribly long to conceptualizer any positive reaction to it is appreciated greatly.

Once again, thank you for those words and questions, O' mighty Kambrien! I do agree that the wiki should expand its horizons too, ftr.