Gathering of the Figments

And /that/ sounds just like Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse.

WE NEED AN ORIGINAL STORYLINE, HERE, PEOPLE.

I believe someone mentioned something about the choice of leaving her family forever in her world to stay with the dragon in his world, right? Well, maybe this girl's trying to get back to her world, and the dragon tries to help her find the way back. But on the journey they fall in love, and then she has to make that choice. Of course, we all know what she would choose

Wow, guys, thanks so much!!!! I'm really liking some of these ideas! I agree that I need to make sure it isn't cliche, with the dragon being some intense god-like creature. I mean, as a dragon he'll be gorgeous because dragons are just like that, but I think he'll look fairly normal most of the time except for some little hint like slightly strange eyes or something. I think your idea sounds especially cool, Trin. I think I might change the different worlds thing too, and have her just find the dragon that already lives in the same world she does; it'd be easier...

Hawkins: I did read your rant, and thanks, those are valid points. Those are some of the reasons I don't think I'm going to post any more of Conflicting Realities, at least not for a while. I was reading over it and I'm really not happy with it; it seems naive and silly and cliche to me, so once it's actually finished and I have a fair amount of time to do some intense editing I might post it again. Or not if I can't make it work.

*sadness* But...but...I liked it. D:

And you don't want to fall into the dreaded 'avoiding the avoid the cliche syndrome'. I made up the name, but a lot of people--mostly young authors, thinking they're original--go /against/ exactly what we're used to, and we see right through it. Kinda like instead of inside reverse folding, you do a double rabbit ear.

*awkward silence*

Uh...right. What I mean to say, is don't do something stupid, like...well, okay, you don't make the dwarves and elves friends, just to be different. Everyone can see right through that, and it's pitiful. However, the dragons in Harry Potter, unlike most dragons in todays media, were ferociously evil and all that, but it wasn't demanding that you notice, like "hey, look. I made my dragons /evil/, and they can't talk either. Isn't that so ORIGINAL? "

I was going somewhere with this, but now I don't really remember where that was...:/

... Right. I'm not sure I got that, but I think you were saying you liked it and trying to be supportive. So thanks Hawky.

YES. Let's go with that.

Oh my goodness, Hawkins.

Did you mean something along the lines of 'don't be stupid just to get noticed'?

Something like that...