Ninja Monster Slayers in Spaaaace! plot summary

[ffutures]

Here's the plot summary for the TV show I've invented for the fanfic RPG:

Once upon a time there were three ordinary college girls leading ordinary lives, who were unexpectedly abducted by aliens, brainwashed, trained as ninja assassins and programmed to help conquer humanity, escaped, stole a spaceship, and are now trying to find their way back to Earth, paying their way by slaying monsters on the worlds they visit. Along the way they’ve acquired a crew, several implausibly powerful weapons, numerous enemies, and a reputation for gratuitous violence. These are the Ninja Monster Slayers in Spaaaace!

Sound promising?


Also, I'm a bit puzzled as to how I'm going to word the "Slash" card without causing offence. The version I have so far doesn't feel quite right




Slash!
“So, Captain, we meet at last… and I can confess my unnatural lust for you…”
An NPC of your choice is sexually attracted to a character of the same sex, and chooses to demonstrate his or her affections. The GM selects the object of affection.
R One use only

The R, of course, means that this may not be a good card to include if there are children present.

Comments

[slrose.livejournal.com]

Yes, but you have to include masculine eye-candy, too, so that relationship bingo can be more fun.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

That's the crew.

[slrose.livejournal.com]

'You don't have to be bisexual and polyamorous to work here, but it's a plus?'

[nelc.livejournal.com]

Change the Slash card to Shipping (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shipping), using nearly the same text but changing "a character of the same sex" to "a character".

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Now here's an opportunity for Radio 4: An updated version of the Shipping Forecast people might actually listen to...

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

How about...

A seemingly heterosexual NPC of your choice has either come out of the closet or inexplicably changed sexual orientation with very little reason and chooses to declare his/her love for another character of the same sex. The GM selects the object of your NPC's erections affections.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Word count is a little high, but that's more what I was aiming for.

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

If you're going to cut anything, I recommend cutting out the bit about the inexplicable switch in sexual orientation. Most slash these days is either characters owning up to their orientation or switching orientation after a lot of build-up. On the other hand, if you're looking for bad!fic slash, then it will tend to be the inexplicable switch of orientation. It's up to you, really.

[ggreig]

Attempting to cut word count:

An NPC of your choice unexpectedly declares his/her love for someone of the same sex. The GM picks who.

I think "unexpectedly" covers both possible scenarios; maybe it loses too much though?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

No, that sounds reasonably good to me.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Perhaps change 'unnatural' to 'unexpected'?

The show plot sounds fun!