Apocalyptic Cryptid
Sep 6 2004, 05:16 PM
um well im trying to write a story bout a Vivisectionist...
its gonna be somwhat of a anti-Vivisection story.... but i need to know what i should use as the animals???
Like farm animals?
Dogs???
Kats???
Bunnies???
Mice/Rats???
or any others....
I have too many ideas and i need to pick one maybe 2....
sorry i couldnt go into details cuzz the i deas are sorta graphic....but i wanted to unmask what they do but in a fictional way....and not as graphic as the real stufff
Please help...
Fluffybunny
Sep 6 2004, 06:16 PM
I would go with something that everyone can identify with for maximum effect. Everyone has had exposure to cats and dogs so that would get you an automatic connection to your furry protagonists...
Mice/rats can have a negative connotation so I would steer clear of them if you are trying to get people attached to the animals...
Good luck with your story
Tillghast
Sep 6 2004, 06:41 PM
Here, i use this for my fanatasy or science-fiction stories. I hope its helpful.
IDEAS
CHARACTERS
1. Shark w/ Nazi sign on dorsal fin
2. Zombies (w/ or w/o decomposing parts)
3. Gigantic something (Godzilla-like)
4. Evil bad guy w/ eye-patch, or scars
5. Mysterious cloaked being, w/ or w/o eyes, colored
6. Bug or spider humanoid or original shape
7. Ape w/ grey, black, white, brown, yellow hair (infected or regular unknown species)
8. Knights (good/evil w/ black, white, red, yellow, GREEN armor)
9. ROR (Robot On Rampage)
10. Infecting goo, ooze or infected person (or creature)
11. Helpful Native, or monster (Traitorous, not likely)
12. Something that comes out of closets, out from under beds or the other side of the door...
13. Super cool Russian, German, British, American spy
14. Bunnies, rabbits, hares and all their little ‘friends’
15. Main Villain mastermind. Has to have some distinguishing mark or face
16. Unholy fiends and demons that guard some secret treasure
17. Arrogant, “thinks he’s better than everybody else”, and have him/her to die horribly...(could be evil or good)
18. Logic-thinking Droids, Androids, Cyborgs, Borgs, and machines
19. Mutations of normal people or wildlife
20. A horribly disfigured evil assistant
21. Fish-Man (green or black w/ white underbelly)
22. Old wise good guy, always right and high ranks
23. Outcast, weird and violent. Almost always reclusive. Can be old and wise
24. Wise-guy, comic relief
25. Hunter, hero-for-hire, mercenary, untrustworthy
26. Main Villain’s ‘pets’ (includes piranha, alligators, sharks or rat-things)
27. Cannibal natives who worship some dark god
28. Giant brain that controls lots of things (people, robots for sure, or “The Weak-Minded)
29. A stick figure and his army of reds, greens, blues, or yellows, blacks, or silvers
30. A legendary creature on described in folklore and myths
31. Dragons, giant reptiles and dinosaurs (dinosaur can be a new species)
32. A man in a black gas mask, w/ a submachine gun of some sort
33. Malicious military general, assistant is missing an arm
34. Undead tyrant, ruling over lesser skeletons of evil warriors
35. Pirate captain (missing an eye, or leg) and has a treasure map
36. A mummy, that curses all who steal sacred items
37. Wizard, with a pointy hat, and either red, blue, black, or yellow robes
38. Aliens, Greys, with giant saucers, and laser guns
39. A traitorous scientist who injects stuff into people
40. Stormtroopers, shock troops, unable to hit targets.
SETTINGS
1. A cantina, in a galaxy far far away. W/ lots of alien creatures and monsters
2. A unknown island w/ lots of treasures and exploring profits
3. A desert, w/ monster sand storms, and Sand troopers
4. An abandoned old haunted house, w/ lots of scares and freaks, oh and there are ghosts
5. A long river, w/ all types of water creatures, like stuff in the water, and Water troopers
6. An African savannah teaming w/ crooked poachers and a bunch of killer lions
7. Another unknown island, w/ cannibal natives, unholy dark gods and a room full of DOOM
8. A giant corporate building w/ insecure security guards and a elevator with a mind of its own
9. Bio-research facility w/ Hazmats who know only chemical weapons and flesh eating experimental bacteria
10. A house, w/ a ‘panic room’, burglars who come in every night and a missing door
11. A cyber world. When Robots ruled. Home to the hard rock robot bands like Hard Borg or Crazy System. Need time machine to get to
12. An old military base, full of the latest weaponry and kick-butt- weapons
13. A lush forested area w/ lots and lots of sniper positions and some little ewok teddy bears
14. London or Britain
15. An alien world, w/ no logic and aliens teleport to work
16. A downtown area, w/ enough area for gigantic monsters to battle
17. My Room
18. A Viking long ship, complete w/ teddy bears and Nord warriors
19. A forest w/ green tree trunks, ground and brown leaves and stems of plants
20. Egyptian pyramid hides secrets and an unhappy mummy
21. A jungle w/ quicksand and a secret temple of the Aztec God of Death
22. India village w/ killers in turbans with scimitars, and turban legends
23. A China village with samurai and demons and lots of rice
24. The Wild West w/ ghost towns and wild gunslingers, even if they might be dead
25. The Black Mesa Research Facility w/ ruthless military grunts and an alien menace
26. Med-evil times w/ the infamous BLACK KNIGHT, and so many dragons and corrupt kings
27. Pug Land is a great place to stay. The people…err pugs are great and nice, and Pugs are everywhere! Yay!
28. Noah’s Ark, watch out for the alligators, and all the other dangerous animals
29. Inside a game, w/ no control and the difficulty is Hell
30. Dream Land, where your worst nightmare come true, courtesy of Freddy Krueger and also, nothing works against him
31. Inside your computer. W/ the evil viruses that will eat you for lunch
32. A cemetery, somewhere where dead can raise and kill…
33. An old battleground where knights, warriors, barbarians, and archers clash in bloody combat
34. In the future, where cars fly and there is no mercy on the ‘force’
35. A bunker, w/ hidden areas, and those area haves deep secrets…
36. A backyard w/ a Bigfoot comes into once in a while and the ‘kids’ are less then friendly
37. A swampland w/ deadly ‘ death’s head’ frogs and a deadly bog creature
38. A gigantic ‘death star’ w/ planet destroying lazer and Imperial Storm troopers as guards and the great DARTH VADER as the leader!!!!!!
39. A frozen wasteland w/ giant mechanical AT-Ats and Santa Claus!
40. A time when dinosaurs ruled. W/ dinosaur hungry poachers and poacher hungry dinosaurs
41. Pillow Land. Where King Pillow was born, With lots of pillows
Weapons
1. A plasma rifle w/ a laser sight, perfect sniper rifle as well
2. A sniper rifle, mostly has a long barrel and fatal shot
3. A mini-gun, constant firing and can put holes into steel
4. Machine Gun w/ rotating barrels and a mean streak
5. A standard pistol, w/ an 8-shot barrel
6. Standard issue single barreled shot-gun
7. Italian-Russian shot-gun w/ an automatic firing mode
8. An organic-life sucking ‘vampire’ gun
9. A plasma pistol dubbed ‘Phoenix’ by victims of the slow acting poison
10. A disrupter gun that scrambles the internal organs of the victim
11. An alien weapon that shoots ‘spores’ that attract monsters
12. Acid gun, shooting a corrosive liquid
13. A easily concealable ‘assassin’s pistol’
14. A tranquilizer guns, knocks victims out like a light
15. A bacteria shooting gun, w/ a flesh eating bacteria as ammunition
16. An electric gun, shooting shocking waves of death…
17. A quad rocket launcher, fire 4(!) rockets that obliterate anything (or one)
18. A Pen-Pistol, need we say more?
19. A hornet gun, that shoots ‘stingers’ at enemies
20. A combat knife that slices through flesh
21. A Samurai sword, long and sharp
22. An RPG (Rocket Propelled Gun) that can shoot through people
23. A wall guns, shoots a laser, if there is a wall or not
24. A grenade, standard 3-56 that blows people apart
25. A MP5 submachine gun, military use it
26. Spears
27. A flame-Thrower, burns enemies into crisp
28. A light weight crowbar, wack some guy’s brains out
29. Sledge hammer, same as above
30. A ‘pin gun’ that shoots little pins into peoples heads
31. A PP7, a spy’s weapon of choice (silencer is likely)
32. Skull bombs that when thrown, turn any person into skeletons
33. Claws, Teeth or anything that bites
34. A sentry Turret, sends a steady stream of bullets to thy enemy
35. A brain-Remover guns, just as it says
36. Some dude’s paintball gun (it hurts!!!)
37. Luke’s or Darth Vader’s light-saber
38. AR33 Assault Rifle
39. A grenade Launcher, best if fired at a distance
40. A crossbow, shoots either poisonous arrows, sharp or explosive arrows
41. BFG( Big F**cking Gun) 9K which shoot giant plasma nukes which destroy anything
Sides
Evil: The Bad, the evil, the ones w/ the mastermind
Good: Wise, always wins, the ones w/ the old wise man
Neutral: The monsters, creatures, aliens, in between
Story Lines
1. A world leader is kidnapped, the good side investigate
2. A recognizable monument is on the verge of destruction
3. A giant battle is waging between Good & Evil
4. A spy is under cover in the Good or Bad side
5. A little peace keeping war is waging in an alien planet
6. A army of the dead is raised, the good must stop it
7. Fish-Men surface in a fishing community
8. A revenge mission is taken by either side
9. A shoot-out on the moon w/ Marine Astronauts and Russian Cosmonauts ends when...
10. The latest enemy pursues a Good side operative...
Know is the fun part
putting it together!!!!
What could happen?
1. A mysterious cloaked figure, armed w/ a bacteria gun, takes part on a revenge mission in a frozen wasteland
2. A traitorous scientist, w/ a PP7, takes part in the destruction of a recognizable monument in London or Britain
3. A Stick Figure w/ a spear is a undercover spy for the Good side in a cooperate building
4. Spider-Thing w/teeth kidnaps the Arby’s Oven Mitt in a Swampland.
5. A clown w/ a giant rifle attempts to kill zombies in a cemetery while saving the world from a man in black with a gas mask.
I have WAAAAAYYYYY to much time on my hands. Hope its helpful!
PolkaTulk
Sep 6 2004, 09:23 PM
thats going to be a pretty gruesome story! who would choose that line of work!
i wouldnt want to write about that at all, but if your going to make the Vivisectionists seem really evil, use bunnies. and be sure to post the story when your done
Kryso
Sep 6 2004, 09:27 PM
Are you simple going to write this in a manuscript form (a book) for publication? Or are you writing this to shed light on what Vivisection is all about? Because your signature states:
There will come a day when such men as myself will view the slaughter of innocent creatures as horrible a crime as the murder of his fellow man –
But feeling this way you still wish to write a book about it. No offence is meant by this, I was just wondering?
SerenitysRiver
Sep 10 2004, 05:00 AM
Definitely stick close to animals that people feel a connection to. Cats and Dogs are a very good choice. . . . Bunnies too. . . . Also, the younger the animal, the more vulnerable it appears in the writing, the more sympathy you will gain from your readers. Make the animal seem very real, very well described, like the person could not only draw a picture of the animal but would know it's mannerisms, how it likes to play, etc. By making the reader feel intimately knowledgable of the victim, you are closer to making the reader feel the pain the victim goes through in your story.
Be careful when describing, though. Simple, little sentences won't do.
"The puppy, named Fido, always liked to run on the grass. It had a favorite red ball that it liked to play with. He had yellowish fur with brown eyes. . . ."
You want to describe what REALLY matters, and make it seem as personal as possible, as if you were describing your own pet, how it feels in your arms, how it looks when it's sleeping, etc. You want the reader to adopt this animal as their "pet" before you show it's pain.
Hope the advice helps!
*Yay for manipulating the reader's heart strings. . . . . God I love my job.

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