#2: Dec 18th 2010 at 11:29:50 PM
"Hello, my name is Ragnarok, and my pastimes include eating small children, throwing the elderly out of tall buildings, and stealing peoples' parking spaces."
edited 18th Dec '10 11:30:55 PM by DarkKaizer
My Brother, and only member of my Trope Nakama
earthworm81
Since: Dec, 1969
#3: Dec 19th 2010 at 1:19:09 AM
I think you need to put some more thought into this if you're still at the prologue and you already need help coming up with jokes.
washington213
Since: Jan, 2013
#4: Dec 19th 2010 at 12:01:08 PM
I've written past the prologue, and written quite a few jokes. I just want to flesh the prologue out a bit.
#5: Dec 19th 2010 at 1:43:17 PM
My bad roommate experiences:
- Roommates who smell
- Roommates with hypersensitive noses
- Roommates who are incredibly insomniac
- Roommates who snore
- Roommates who eat your food
Some of those can probably be given a sci-fi/fantasy twist. Like, the protagonist's niece gets eaten, and they treat it just like the roommate ate something in a clearly labeled box.
Fresh-eyed movie blog
Total posts: 5
So I'm busy rewriting My Roommate Is An Elf. It's a about a human who gets an elf for a roommate in his apartment, but I'm stuck on what I guess would be the prologue. I need some jokes about things you would really hate to have in a roommate, preferably sci-fi/fantasy related. The idea is that the main character's brother just moved out, and he's seeking a new roommate, so he gets people coming to his door so that he can interview them. So, what would you immediately reject if you saw them asking you for a room in your apartment? It's sort of a gag-a-day if that makes any difference.
Aliens such as Lizard People, as well as various fantas races (from elves & trolls to satyrs & centaurs) exist, and it would be preferable to use some non-human races.
So far, I've got a serial killer, an assassin, and a spy interviewee. I'm hoping for at least three more to space things out a bit.