What if… — Idea inklings

[Spica75]

A group is hit with a gender-changing curse. The parameters are that only one person in the group can hold the alternate gender and it’s always whoever triggered the curse most recently. Mind, no-one ever said there had to be only one trigger.

Make sure the group includes "enemies" and that all of them figure out at least one trigger, hopefully not an easy trigger, and things got could get interesting.

Not enough by itself for a story but could be used to mess a story up.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

If some want the gender change and some don't, that could make for interesting group complications. But I wonder -- only the first to change can hold the change. Does that mean the changed one can hang onto the change, and keep the others out of the curse? Or does it mean some will seek out the means of change (whatever) and others will, shall we say, fling it at others? And how do they change back?

Or does the situation just boil down to "It's magic. That's capricious."

[Té Rowan]

The original thought was that the changed state moves to the last one to trigger it, returning the previous holder to his/her original state. I have no idea if anyine can use this idea; I just tossed it onto a wall.

[Dumbledork]

Here's a funny idea, a Star Wars / Detective Conan crossover.

There was a murder inside the Mos Isley Cantina. A bounty hunter named Greedo was shot dead by a smuggler named Han Solo. The smuggler was arrested for cold blooded murder, but he claims that Greedo shot first and he fired back in self defense. The few witnesses there were contradict each other and the footage of the surveillance cameras is not very clear. There are even rumors that someone tampered with the cameras and changed the original footage.

The stormtroopers don't have a clue and so they call in the only person who might be able to get to the bottom of this; the Universe's best private detective, a child called Conan Edogawa. It's now up to this young boy to find an answer to the most important question in the world: who shot first

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

Good lord, you don't even have to write that. Just the summary is hilarious! Post the little sucker on FFnet.

[Té Rowan]

And that, I suspect, has topped anything I have ever thought of with a galaxy-wide margin.

[Dumbledork]

Since the idea seems to have possibilities I've decided to write the story using the posted idea with some changes like including Inspector Megure and other members of the Detective Conan cast.

[ckosacranoid]

Here's a funny idea, a Star Wars / Detective Conan crossover.

There was a murder inside the Mos Isley Cantina. A bounty hunter named Greedo was shot dead by a smuggler named Han Solo. The smuggler was arrested for cold blooded murder, but he claims that Greedo shot first and he fired back in self defense. The few witnesses there were contradict each other and the footage of the surveillance cameras is not very clear. There are even rumors that someone tampered with the cameras and changed the original footage.

The stormtroopers don't have a clue and so they call in the only person who might be able to get to the bottom of this; the Universe's best private detective, a child called Conan Edogawa. It's now up to this young boy to find an answer to the most important question in the world: who shot first

This alone is just way to funny just thinking about it.

[Té Rowan]

A sentai team discovers an interesting fact about their adversary: (S)he is not trying to take over the world, but trying to stave off boredom.

[Té Rowan]

Potterverse. Definitely Potterverse.

“The Queen has spoken.” Pause. “Voldemort’s mark has been decreed to be a slave brand.” Pause. “Anyone so marked may no longer be considered a free man or woman.” Pause. “Same with their families.”

Presumably said to one of these gotta-save-them-all Dumbledores by some soldier. The premise is that the UK’s ruling monarch is also a ruler of the magicals. Logical, but has logic ever mattered to UK wizards?

Edit for more Potterverse:

Someone gets off their tush and implements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_non_grata with magic.

And another…

IIRC, Ron Weasley tends towards black/white morality, so if he and Harry were sent out to track down a missing Slytherin, he would likely be very forward about it. Anyway, this Slytherin is hard to pin down as (s)he is constantly moving about. In the end, they succeed and find him/her – inside a driving cab. It comes out that (s)he owns both the vehicle and the company that operates it. (S)he was a Slytherin because (s)he wanted to have a kingdom of his/her own, and owning a company kind of qualifies.

[Té Rowan]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... e-wax.html

Yes. Obviously.

[Spica75]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3430610/Is-ancient-Greek-statue-proof-time-travel-Claims-sculpture-shows-laptop-USB-ports-point-tablet-just-one-wax.html

Yes. Obviously.

[Ellen Kuhfeld]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3430610/Is-ancient-Greek-statue-proof-time-travel-Claims-sculpture-shows-laptop-USB-ports-point-tablet-just-one-wax.html

Yes. Obviously.

Don't be silly. That is far too small to fit an entire Antikythera Mechanism inside.

[Té Rowan]

Don't be silly. That is far too small to fit an entire Antikythera Mechanism inside.

Why would they need to? Just wire it to an Airport and then they can telnet wirelessly to it.

[Spica75]

Why would they need to? Just wire it to an Airport and then they can telnet wirelessly to it.