I been trying to create a shared universe linking together several ideas for a few months. Since I don't want there to be any plotholes that comes from overlapping universes, I'm posting this to receive some advice and find possible plotholes.
The world itself is basically our world with minor changes.
Firstly, an artificial island was created in the middle of the Pacific ocean by the UN to facilitate the Esper program created by scientist Albert Nors Rhine. People who volunteered to undergo surgery and experimentation to receive special powers will then undergo observation to aid research. While initially received poorly by the public due to human experimentation, zero incidents and the large amount of benefits with ESP powers swayed people over. The volunteer's living expenses will be covered along with large amount of money. Abilities manifest randomly, so researchers prefer if entire families join the program to research on the effect of genetics on the abilities manifested. Albert N. Rhine also made several breakthrough in technology, creating technology that surpass modern technology so much that current engineers can't even begin to figure out. Since he pretty much keep all research to himself while also being a powerful esper, the UN decides to give him his own island that will stay politically neutral so that he will work for no single country. The island have its own police force to regulate the powerful espers with the advance technology, and the character given focus will be a member of the police. The story will focus on illegal experimentation by evil scientist, gangs formed by espers, class conflict by weaker and stronger espers, terrorists, corruption and spies sent by superpowers. The story will mostly be contained in the city until the time comes for the team-up.
The second story focus on the occult. Ever since the middle ages, wizards have stayed in hiding to prevent persecution and revealing the secrets of the occult. They are divided into multiple sects and cabals who come into conflict with one another for dominance. Since magic is derived from a complicated system originating from superstition and myths, even the church have their own magicians, though their call their magic miracles that came from God. Some are affiliated with the government, some act as contract killers while others act as persecutors for criminals both magical and normal. The character of focus is an average guy who accidentally got thrown into a battle between two wizards, meaning he either joins a group as a wizard for protection or get killed to prevent the secret from being revealed. Demons and other magical creatures also exists to be exorcised or killed. Since they are hidden, nobody will know of them as well.
Next will be a Magical Girl plot. While both this and the former are considered magic, this magic comes from a different universe with a completely different system. The creatures came from a universe which is about to be destroyed by the Big Crunch. While originally they intended to move their entire planet into our universe, they discovered that our universe isn't suffering from the same fate, and instead expanding faster with each passing second. Said creatures figured that since the energy of our universe is increasing, they might as well tap into it to extend the lifespan of their universe while also preventing ours from getting destroyed in the Big Rip. However, they can't find a way to tap into the power source, so they decided to use their magical system to gain power from our universe. To drain power, they need the cooperation of the one who provides it, so they tried to become genies to convince people to make wishes. Every being have a finite amount of life energy when they are born which decrease over age. Someone suffering from terminal illness can survive with enough energy. Magic essentially shortens their lifespan, so the creatures hide that information so the wisher won't hesitate. However, they discovered that unlike their universe, when the species of our universe use magic, they refill over time to the amount before the wish, meaning an individual can be a perpetual energy generator if given enough time to rest between spells. Thus, they changed their method of operation by making up a story of a great magic war and convincing the denizens of different planets that they will be invaded by Eldritch Abominations that they will have to combat with magic, make up secret evil organizations as well as recruiting criminals to act as villains with the lure of magical powers. They chose teenagers since they usually have a higher pool than adults and not as uncontrollable as children. The magical girl story only exists in Japan, while others have corresponding stories to fit the culture of each country and demographic. They also stay hidden by fighting in pocket dimensions to prevent collateral damage, while any discovered will be thought of as strange wizards by the magic sects, who will help hide them. The focus character essentially fight magic aliens.
I will add others later, so please help with these for now.
edited 18th Aug '16 6:57:12 PM by Ikedatakeshi
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I been trying to create a shared universe linking together several ideas for a few months. Since I don't want there to be any plotholes that comes from overlapping universes, I'm posting this to receive some advice and find possible plotholes. The world itself is basically our world with minor changes.
Firstly, an artificial island was created in the middle of the Pacific ocean by the UN to facilitate the Esper program created by scientist Albert Nors Rhine. People who volunteered to undergo surgery and experimentation to receive special powers will then undergo observation to aid research. While initially received poorly by the public due to human experimentation, zero incidents and the large amount of benefits with ESP powers swayed people over. The volunteer's living expenses will be covered along with large amount of money. Abilities manifest randomly, so researchers prefer if entire families join the program to research on the effect of genetics on the abilities manifested. Albert N. Rhine also made several breakthrough in technology, creating technology that surpass modern technology so much that current engineers can't even begin to figure out. Since he pretty much keep all research to himself while also being a powerful esper, the UN decides to give him his own island that will stay politically neutral so that he will work for no single country. The island have its own police force to regulate the powerful espers with the advance technology, and the character given focus will be a member of the police. The story will focus on illegal experimentation by evil scientist, gangs formed by espers, class conflict by weaker and stronger espers, terrorists, corruption and spies sent by superpowers. The story will mostly be contained in the city until the time comes for the team-up.
The second story focus on the occult. Ever since the middle ages, wizards have stayed in hiding to prevent persecution and revealing the secrets of the occult. They are divided into multiple sects and cabals who come into conflict with one another for dominance. Since magic is derived from a complicated system originating from superstition and myths, even the church have their own magicians, though their call their magic miracles that came from God. Some are affiliated with the government, some act as contract killers while others act as persecutors for criminals both magical and normal. The character of focus is an average guy who accidentally got thrown into a battle between two wizards, meaning he either joins a group as a wizard for protection or get killed to prevent the secret from being revealed. Demons and other magical creatures also exists to be exorcised or killed. Since they are hidden, nobody will know of them as well.
Next will be a Magical Girl plot. While both this and the former are considered magic, this magic comes from a different universe with a completely different system. The creatures came from a universe which is about to be destroyed by the Big Crunch. While originally they intended to move their entire planet into our universe, they discovered that our universe isn't suffering from the same fate, and instead expanding faster with each passing second. Said creatures figured that since the energy of our universe is increasing, they might as well tap into it to extend the lifespan of their universe while also preventing ours from getting destroyed in the Big Rip. However, they can't find a way to tap into the power source, so they decided to use their magical system to gain power from our universe. To drain power, they need the cooperation of the one who provides it, so they tried to become genies to convince people to make wishes. Every being have a finite amount of life energy when they are born which decrease over age. Someone suffering from terminal illness can survive with enough energy. Magic essentially shortens their lifespan, so the creatures hide that information so the wisher won't hesitate. However, they discovered that unlike their universe, when the species of our universe use magic, they refill over time to the amount before the wish, meaning an individual can be a perpetual energy generator if given enough time to rest between spells. Thus, they changed their method of operation by making up a story of a great magic war and convincing the denizens of different planets that they will be invaded by Eldritch Abominations that they will have to combat with magic, make up secret evil organizations as well as recruiting criminals to act as villains with the lure of magical powers. They chose teenagers since they usually have a higher pool than adults and not as uncontrollable as children. The magical girl story only exists in Japan, while others have corresponding stories to fit the culture of each country and demographic. They also stay hidden by fighting in pocket dimensions to prevent collateral damage, while any discovered will be thought of as strange wizards by the magic sects, who will help hide them. The focus character essentially fight magic aliens.
I will add others later, so please help with these for now.
edited 18th Aug '16 6:57:12 PM by Ikedatakeshi