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ExterminatorZed Occupy The World from Steel City Since: Jan, 2011
#1: Mar 29th 2011 at 7:33:11 AM

Chaos is a friend to me Hey tropers.

I've decided to undertake a year-long (minimum) project of writing a series of short stories all taking place in the same universe. The gimmick is that I want to include every single badass thing that can be thought of in the stories.

I've got a bit of a list of things I want to include so far — Mecha, cool anachronisms, dieselpunk/cyberpunk, la resistance, cultists, cosmic horrors, magic, government conspiracies, improbable situations, xanatos gambits, apocalypses and apocalyptic settings, sword fighting, mutants, chainsaws, motorcycles, car chases, bomb defusing, energy weapons, lightning guns, dinosaurs, lava/magma, zombies, mad science, dictators, insane amounts of symbolism (meaningful and meaningless), skydive fighting, gun-fu/gun-kata, horseback riding, indestructable determinators, dragons, ninjas, pirates, martial arts, samurai, mazes, rock music, rayguns, sky pirates, zepplins, western elements, angels and demons.

Got anything else that you just KNOW needs to be added to the list of unending badass elements?

In times of change, learners inherit the Earth and the learned find themselves perfectly equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists
Carbonek13 Student Eternal from the Deep South Since: Jan, 2001
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#2: Apr 5th 2011 at 7:48:59 PM

It would probably help if I knew a little more about the world your creating, so that I could have a little more context for how all this fits into the bigger scheme, otherwise these are just Bad Ass Mad-Libs. That said, here's some off the top of my head.

edited 5th Apr '11 7:50:18 PM by Carbonek13

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MarkerMage World Ends Oct 21, 2011 from My own little world Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Apr 6th 2011 at 4:03:51 AM

I noticed a distinct lack of my favorite badass that nature has to offer. You may have heard of these creatures that live in one of the harshest environments on Earth. They will let humans walk right up to them because they have no reason to fear weaklings. They eat raw fish that they catch in freezing waters, but only when they're not keeping their eggs warm. They'll sit on their eggs for months at a time to keep them warm. During those months, the only thing they have to eat is snow/ice, which results in their body using up energy to heat back up. And they do all of this with a color pattern that makes them look like they're wearing a tuxedo.

You have to be a badass to survive what they do. They just have to be penguins. They make everything better, and the only reason we're still around is because they don't feel the need to prove how badass they are.

Oh, and you also forgot lightsabers on your list.

edited 6th Apr '11 4:05:24 AM by MarkerMage

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ExterminatorZed Occupy The World from Steel City Since: Jan, 2011
#4: Apr 6th 2011 at 6:44:59 AM

[up] I would have put lightsabers on the list, but I didn't want a cease and desist letter from Lucas delivered a meter up my ass.

In times of change, learners inherit the Earth and the learned find themselves perfectly equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists
TeraChimera Since: Oct, 2010
#5: Apr 8th 2011 at 7:32:00 PM

Huh. I saw this earlier, posted, and then the thread got reset. So I'll reiterate what I said: EXPLOSIONS! Planesurfing. Helicopters. Miniguns. EXPLOSIONS! Trains. Rocket launchers. EXPLOSIONS!

And for lightsabers, just call them laser swords.

edited 8th Apr '11 7:33:53 PM by TeraChimera

MarkerMage World Ends Oct 21, 2011 from My own little world Since: Aug, 2009
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#6: Apr 11th 2011 at 11:26:43 AM

Just about any weapon that can glow will be badass, whether it be because the weapon is radioactive, made of lasers, filled with electricity, on fire, magically enchanted, or whatever else you can think of. You can make the melee weapon even more badass by giving it a sound effect. These are why lightsabers are cool, glow and unique sound effects.

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Temassasin Since: Dec, 1969
#7: Apr 15th 2011 at 10:30:48 PM

have a evil kid(6-10) decimate a city by himself and have a adorable smile on afterwords not only badass but cute to. V thats the point

edited 16th Apr '11 8:12:08 AM by Temassasin

nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#8: Apr 15th 2011 at 10:50:47 PM

One might consider that more disturbing than anything else, really.

edited 15th Apr '11 10:51:12 PM by nrjxll

Voltech44 The Electric Eccentric from The Smash Ultimate Salt Mines Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Forming Voltron
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#9: Apr 16th 2011 at 9:31:08 AM

Swords make everything better, in my opinion. Katanas, lightsabers, what have you — they make anything ten times cooler. You could even play it up as an Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age.

Barring that, taking notes from any number of things related to G Gundam might serve you well. "Look! The East is burning red!"

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