alternate plotline

[syntonik]

Hello, all. New to this forum, but not new to the strip. I've actually been following O&M since it's inception into the webcomic world. Top-notch work, I must say.

Anyway, the point of this post is to discuss whether or not there should be another plotline emphasizing our beloved pirate Locke and what happened since he found out that Millie was, in fact, his daughter.

Remember, everything that had happened beforehand was a blur to Locke ("very icky things"), and his memory of ever having a daughter was just as blurry, if non-existent. But when he came face-to-face with Ms. Mudd, a shred of memory from that time came forward ("this feeling in my chest is cootie-related, isn't it.").

But, as if to just play along with it, he and Millicent simply behaved as destructive adolescents would...breaking things and mimicking a performance of "Stomp" upstairs before Locke headed back into the couch netherworld.

My question is this...did the truth about Millie being his daughter and a face-to-face with his one-time love jar his memory? And could such a jarring reminder actually alter the backward aging sequence that existed only in this couch netherworld, causing Locke to age normally? And would it immediately bring him back to the age in which he first felt love for Ms. Mudd?

Certainly something to think about, eh? How about some feedback? I'd love to hear some ideas from everyone!

[Bocaj Claw]

Considering it's a fundamental characteristic of the couch land I really doubt it.

It'd be like a jarring moment causing someone to get a few years younger in our world. Just doesn't happen.

If anything, it might have made him younger similar to how normally a large shock may make a person appear to be older; the "white hair overnight" syndrome.

[syntonik]

Considering it's a fundamental characteristic of the couch land I really doubt it.

It'd be like a jarring moment causing someone to get a few years younger in our world. Just doesn't happen.

If anything, it might have made him younger similar to how normally a large shock may make a person appear to be older; the "white hair overnight" syndrome.

I see what you're saying. Makes sense, too.

But just for plot's sake, this could present an interesting situation since Llewellyn and Ms. Mudd are pretty much an item now.

I guess what I'm pointing at is a potential story in which Locke remembers everything that happened with Ms. Mudd, the memory actually reverses the couchworld aging process, and he leaves that world to try and make amends with Ms. Mudd for the sake of Millie, whom he accepts with open arms and an open heart as reality continues to sink in, accelerating his new aging process until it matches the current state at which he first felt love, all with the risk of never returning to the S.S. Banana again.

Kind of like the old Star Trek III where Spock, after being resurrected, ages lightning fast. Something like that.

Just something to bounce around for the sake of inserting another plot line.

I do see what you're saying though. And if DCS wants to keep it that way, he certainly has that power. I just don't want to see Locke disappear. :)

[Tom Flapwell]

Seeing how... occasional... Locke is, he might just disappear before our eyes like the table does.

[Muninn]

This idea sounds more like a fanfiction story to me and perhaps a little too drama based than Ozy and Millie's usual humourous setting, but you never know.

That said, I am very much for new Locke stories as he's one of my favourite characters. He didn't even make an appearance on Talk Like a Pirate Day.

[Dr. Doog]

I don't think locke cares about being in a relationship...since he's 10. (also, ain't it funny how when Ozy and Millie went from eight to ten, Locke did too? )

[sandblaster]

Even if he began aging like a normal person he is to young for Mrs. Mud to date without her appearing to be some creepy pedophile.

[syntonik]

This idea sounds more like a fanfiction story to me and perhaps a little too drama based than Ozy and Millie's usual humourous setting, but you never know.

That said, I am very much for new Locke stories as he's one of my favourite characters. He didn't even make an appearance on Talk Like a Pirate Day.

True. But the last storyline was pretty dramatic in it's own DCS sort of way, though, don't you think? :)

I've bounced around the idea of actually typing out a fanfiction based on this interesting scenario, but I know how David is a little uncomfortable with the whole thing, so it's on the backburner for now. Maybe I'll ball up and actually do it, and share it with those they may actually be curious. I don't know.

I can understand with David, though, about the whole fanfiction thing. It takes one bad apple to spoil the barrel, and while freedom of speech and expression allow those with creative minds to do as they please, a bit of modesty and courtesy really do need to be considered when dealing with adolescence, ya know.

But...that's why there things called choices. People choose to write in their own unique style, much like artists who draw in their own unique style. There's no right or wrong, really. I guess the thing to think about is if you were in the same position, and your artwork was subjected to rather risque fanfictions. How would you feel about it?

Thanks for the feeback, everyone....and thanks, also, for not flaming this newbie to a crisp. :laugh:

[Miles E Traysandor]

If you ask me on the subject of fanfiction, as long as it doesn't surpass the rating of the Ozy and Millie strip in general [PG-rated or less], then I don't see anything wrong with it. It's nice to see good alternate storylines, or general [but clean!] mischief being caused by Millie or another from the O&M world.