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[krinsbez]

Random 40K Crossover Thoughts

Is it possible that I have somehow NOT exposed all of y'all to me irritatingly vague ideas for 40k/Redwall and 40k/GI Joe fusionfic worldbuilding?

Should I do so?

And just typing htis makes me want to do a 40K/Animorphs Fusionfic-Worlbduilging project. Like, it wouldn't take that much tweaking to make the Yeerks and Andalites fit, if you did them together but the Andalites are actually really similar to the Tau in a bunch of ways, so not sure if worth it?

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Random 40K/Pulp Questions

Not that anyone is going to respond, but some random questions for the Pulp Primarchs project, that I would like some answers too if someone is willing to provide 'em.

-The Ordo Malleus has the Gray Knights. The Ordo Xenos has the Deathwatch. The Ordo Hereticus...sometimes borrows Sisters of Battle. These are not the same. It occurs to me, however, that my set-up of the Knights of Darkness (The Shadow's Astartes) could mean that they could serve that role? Not sure it makes sense, though.

-Yo, to what extent did SMs from different Legions interact during the Great Crusade, and do so now? Is any of said interaction social, insofar as SMs have social interaction? Because I have Tars Tarkas having been John Carters right-hands guy then and leading the Warlord's Swords (John Carter's Astartes) into the Era Indomitus, which means he and Bjorn Fell-Handed are of the same vintage, and I wonder if it would make sense for them to know each other? of course, Bjorn's a Dreadnought and AIUI, hates it, and Tars Tarkas is just unaging, so.

-Speaking of Tars Tarkas, he started out at 15 feet tall, grew upon becoming an Astartes, and then grew even more upon crossing the Rubicon Primaris. I'm not entirely sure how tall he should be?

-Also speaking of Tars Tarkas, between his height, the extra limbs, and the different shaped head with the tusks and whatnot...would he able to wear Power Armor? Like, they'd have to make it custom for him, and can they do that?

-So, hey, obviously, he and his non-enhanced brethren would remind people of the Orks, but would they provoke an uncanny valley response from the Orks? Or would they not notice, because to them being big, green, and tusked is normal, so they'd look at them as being no more orklike than humans see Eldar as humanlike?

-So I spent some time trying to decide whether the Bronze Brothers (Doc Savage's Astartes) ought to be based on Doc or on his Assistants, and eventually settle on the former, but then what do with the latter? You can't NOT have them.

-Speaking of the Bronze Brothers, I do need to come up with an excuse for how the Mechanicus puts up with them, but I've got nothing.

-Things I would like to do going forward:

Flesh out the five Pulp Primarch chapters in general, by either inserting them into canon events or inventing new ones for them to be part, figuring out their organization structures, coming up with characters, iconography, etc.

Figuring out how they fit into the history of the setting, and why their being five additional Loyal Primarchs didn't change the outcome of the Horus Heresy

Speaking of, flesh out the Pulp Primarchs; convert their histories and personalities into 40K form, work on their relationships with the other Primarchs, what happened to them, etc.

Work on their relationships with other factions

Work on Successor Chapters?

Do stuff with other Pulp Heroes. Not necessarily as Primarchs! There is logic in some of them fitting into other factions, yeah? The Avenger or The Spider as Inquisitors, say?

Though obviously, some wouldn't work. For instance, Silver John just can't exist, he's thematically completely opposed to the themes of the setting. it would, on the surface feel like a no-brainer for Solomon Kane to be an Inquistor, since they draw on the Witchhunter archetype that tends to be visually based on him, and his character arc of learning to accept magical help is, AIUI similar to the basic arc of many Inqusitors except again, thematically that's the exact opposite, since his doing so is him becoming a better person.

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A Poll, about a Project, involving BattleTech and Pulp Heroes

Trying something a bit different here, for starters, posting first the poll, and THEN the rambling explanation. Also a slightly different format than I usually do with the choices, being a bit more limited, let me know what you think.

(admission of ulterior motive, hoping to gets some fandom cross-pollination happening)

Do you have the background knowledge to participate in the BattleTech & Pulp Hero-related project described below, and are you interested in doing so?

Yes, I am interested.

No, I am not.

I just want to see the results

Voting ended onMay 24, 2024

Somewhat rambling explanation below.

So even though I have two BattleTech Crossover projects ongoing on this platform that are are basically completely stalled, I have decided to start a third, while also doing it on Spacebattles.com, because I'm ridiculous. Although, this one is kinda different, being as much a game as a proper Worldbuilding/Storybuilding project. Anyways, because I like making polls, would prefer to have some sort of evidence that I am not merely howling into the void, and also because I have somehow convinced myself, despite no evidence whatsoever, that this is a good way of drumming up interest,

Anyways, those of you who are familiar with my blog have probably picked up that I am a big fan of Pulp Heroes (although my definition is eccentric and a bit broader than some). Those of you who are not familiar with my blog, welcome, I hope this sparks joy. (are we still saying that?) Anyways, I have decided to see if a long-time hyperfixation and a newer interest can be smushed together.

So. The idea is that I will periodically throw out the name or names, and some descriptive text/wiki links/etc. of a Pulp Hero or group of Pulp Heroes or a Pulp hero and their supporting cast, or several unrelated Pulp Heroes, whatever. And y'all will (hopefully) Reblog or Reply with your thoughts on how best to (to quote SBer Starfox5) "catch the "spirit/essence" of the characters, translated into a Battletech Mercenary context." Ideally, we'd fully BattleTech-ifiy 'em but I will settle for "what 'Mech would they use?"

(I am not ruling out the possibility, if this project goes well and bears fruit, of expanding this into a proper Worldbuilding/Storybuilding thingummy. But let's not get carried away)

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Random BattleTech Crossover Thought

For reasons I cannot explain, I crave BattleTech/P. G Wodehouse fusionfic.

In particular, Blandings Castle. I don't know, somehow the idea of Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth turning out to actually be an insanely skilled Mechwarrior, tickles me profoundly.

No, I don't know why this obsesses me, but it does.