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The Rumpus Project

Since forever, I've wanted to write a story like Baccano!  I'd like it to take place in my world and be basically a wild and crazy ride with some of my favorite characters, new and old. I want it told completely out of order with the characters tying the whole thing together. So, To get started on this, I've decided to do character profiles for all my characters and post them here. Here's what I'm working on... Rumpus Ideas To Blend A group of disenfranchised thaumaturges decides to overthrow the Council and try to gather as many allies as possible for the feat. One person's never-ending journey for immortality, true immortality, and the sacrifices made along the way Magenta, Porfirio's barista, wants to have the perfect wedding The Council investigates a possible insurrection against them, trying to find the ringleaders and punish them for their disloyalty. A girl undergoes a transformation from human to not quite human without knowing how or wh

Death

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Terry Pratchett's Death of Discworld So, I've been thinking about death a lot lately... Seriously, I've been suffering from major depression. Death has been on my mind a lot .  It doesn't help that recently, my favorite author, known for his portrayal of the character of DEATH in his books, Terry Pratchett, died recently. Right around the time Leonard Nemoy died. Oh, and Christopher Lee, who has played DEATH in the past, died recently too. I wanted to have his babies. Now I will have to find a different totally awesome, multi-lingual, suave, debonair, elderly genius to father my children.  I'm serious, if you know anyone, I'm not interested in doing it the traditional way at all. I just think it would be awesome to have children with that much potential to be awesome old people. Back to the topic... Azrael, the Angel of Death I've been thinking about Death. Not just death as in, what happens when you stop living, but death as a concept