I don't mind non-MCU characters, whether Marvel or anyone else, the only possible problem I can see is that it would make plotting more complicated if anyone can come in and influence the plot. But I guess that's your look-out :)
So, since Tony drives a lot of the A-plot of the movie, I guess I'll start off by saying that I don't actually hate the plot as it relates to Tony. I don't necessarily think it was well done in the details, but in general, Tony goes big, screws up, tries to fix it -- totally in character for Tony. There are things I wouldn't mind changing, details I wouldn't mind tweaking all over the place... But in terms of the main outline, I'm fine keeping it or scrapping it, whatever works best for others.
(The main thing that I'd really need to tweak in terms of Tony's plot is that there's no indication in the new movie that Tony blew up all his suits at the end of IM3, and my Tony does come from after that point, so I'm pretty confused about that in a continuity sense and for roleplaying purposes would need to do something about that.)
The one rather big idea I'd have about rewriting AoU is that the whole mind-magic thing was pretty vague and hard to understand what was going on in this movie (unlike in the previous movie, where it was pretty clear exactly when Clint was under the influence, so to speak, and when he wasn't).
Lacking a Wanda in game at the moment to clarify all the questions I have... I wonder if we want to include the twins in our rewrite. I mean, I think they're cool characters, but if no one is playing them... Or if keeping the twins, then I'd really like to have some consensus about the mind magic. How does everyone else feel about mind magic, how do you think it actually works, etc.?
I do like Tony's motivation being fear for others, fear of aliens, etc., but I'd also be interested in exploring the idea that there could have been some actual threat when he creates Ultron? Because I don't know, somehow I find "mind magic made him do it" just a bit unsatisfying, especially since there's never any actual resolution to the mind magic plot.
Maybe...they find the Hydra guy negotiating with aliens in his fortress? Maybe some threat from a previous movie recurs? Or maybe...hmm, okay, does it count as rewriting Ultron if Tony's motivation comes from the game, i.e. the nexus sending him through a bunch of AUs in a row without him realizing that they're all AUs, and getting confused and desperate (I would need to think about this more, but I think it could work)? Because that idea makes me laugh a bit, but taken seriously it's something I'd be interested in doing, and it's sort of like mind-magic only real.
Oh, and the other thing is that I'd like to keep my same Tony, at least more or less... I don't know if this is possible, but it's something I'd like. The problem is that Tony doesn't really care about the nexus / what happens in other universes, and I like continuity. I want to be able to use this somehow in the future, so I don't want Tony to forget, and ideally I don't want Tony to be someone else for the duration (if/when that ever happens, it's going to be a very big deal, and I'd prefer not to use it up on this). So in terms of door shenanigans, I'd prefer it if I could drop my Tony in at some point during the non-stop action part, so that he doesn't have a lot of time to notice that he's in a different universe before he gets invested.
(And I'd also like the fact that he's in a different universe than he thinks to matter at some point...though quite frankly, since Age of Ultron doesn't do much with Thor2 or Cap2 continuity that I can recall, and neither of them have happened for Tony either, I'm really not sure what, unless it's something that someone else brings into this.)
Anyway, those are my main thoughts. Hope that wasn't too much!
Also, just to note, I'm not all that good at roleplaying to plan, so if we start off with a plan, I'm probably only going to want to actually play the things that aren't already pre-determined. But I'm sure there will be plenty of those!
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So, since Tony drives a lot of the A-plot of the movie, I guess I'll start off by saying that I don't actually hate the plot as it relates to Tony. I don't necessarily think it was well done in the details, but in general, Tony goes big, screws up, tries to fix it -- totally in character for Tony. There are things I wouldn't mind changing, details I wouldn't mind tweaking all over the place... But in terms of the main outline, I'm fine keeping it or scrapping it, whatever works best for others.
(The main thing that I'd really need to tweak in terms of Tony's plot is that there's no indication in the new movie that Tony blew up all his suits at the end of IM3, and my Tony does come from after that point, so I'm pretty confused about that in a continuity sense and for roleplaying purposes would need to do something about that.)
The one rather big idea I'd have about rewriting AoU is that the whole mind-magic thing was pretty vague and hard to understand what was going on in this movie (unlike in the previous movie, where it was pretty clear exactly when Clint was under the influence, so to speak, and when he wasn't).
Lacking a Wanda in game at the moment to clarify all the questions I have... I wonder if we want to include the twins in our rewrite. I mean, I think they're cool characters, but if no one is playing them... Or if keeping the twins, then I'd really like to have some consensus about the mind magic. How does everyone else feel about mind magic, how do you think it actually works, etc.?
I do like Tony's motivation being fear for others, fear of aliens, etc., but I'd also be interested in exploring the idea that there could have been some actual threat when he creates Ultron? Because I don't know, somehow I find "mind magic made him do it" just a bit unsatisfying, especially since there's never any actual resolution to the mind magic plot.
Maybe...they find the Hydra guy negotiating with aliens in his fortress? Maybe some threat from a previous movie recurs? Or maybe...hmm, okay, does it count as rewriting Ultron if Tony's motivation comes from the game, i.e. the nexus sending him through a bunch of AUs in a row without him realizing that they're all AUs, and getting confused and desperate (I would need to think about this more, but I think it could work)? Because that idea makes me laugh a bit, but taken seriously it's something I'd be interested in doing, and it's sort of like mind-magic only real.
Oh, and the other thing is that I'd like to keep my same Tony, at least more or less... I don't know if this is possible, but it's something I'd like. The problem is that Tony doesn't really care about the nexus / what happens in other universes, and I like continuity. I want to be able to use this somehow in the future, so I don't want Tony to forget, and ideally I don't want Tony to be someone else for the duration (if/when that ever happens, it's going to be a very big deal, and I'd prefer not to use it up on this). So in terms of door shenanigans, I'd prefer it if I could drop my Tony in at some point during the non-stop action part, so that he doesn't have a lot of time to notice that he's in a different universe before he gets invested.
(And I'd also like the fact that he's in a different universe than he thinks to matter at some point...though quite frankly, since Age of Ultron doesn't do much with Thor2 or Cap2 continuity that I can recall, and neither of them have happened for Tony either, I'm really not sure what, unless it's something that someone else brings into this.)
Anyway, those are my main thoughts. Hope that wasn't too much!
Also, just to note, I'm not all that good at roleplaying to plan, so if we start off with a plan, I'm probably only going to want to actually play the things that aren't already pre-determined. But I'm sure there will be plenty of those!