Story idea!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by UnGrave, Dec 23, 2019.

  1. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2016
    Messages:
    4,072
    Likes Received:
    12,832
    Reading List:
    Link
    A guy has a harem of girls who are in love with him, but he's indecisive and dence so he takes too long to make a move on any of them, and then all the girls just leave his company one by one to go and live a fulfilling life. In the end, the protagonist is alone, and makes a bunch of excuses for why he could never be in a relationship, and then moves on with his life to focus on career or something.
     
  2. OnceandFutureLurker

    OnceandFutureLurker Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 2, 2019
    Messages:
    783
    Likes Received:
    28,429
    Reading List:
    Link
    isnt that like most Japanese socalled Harem novels or at least until recently (past 5 years?)
     
  3. Olives

    Olives [Former] Professional Basement Dweller

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2017
    Messages:
    303
    Likes Received:
    711
    Reading List:
    Link
    Take my wallet, now. :cookie:
     
  4. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2016
    Messages:
    4,072
    Likes Received:
    12,832
    Reading List:
    Link
    More of the reverse, as usually the number of female characters around them increases as the story goes on. In this case it's a start high end low function instead.
     
  5. Ratatoskr

    Ratatoskr [Aruruu's proud dad] [The False Gentleman]

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2015
    Messages:
    5,539
    Likes Received:
    9,156
    Reading List:
    Link
    I like the oneshot i read some way back about the dude who is pretty much a harem MC with all the tropes cast, little sister, big sister, childhood friend and what not, but he's gay and like his ikemen classmate.
     
    imK likes this.
  6. Hotato

    Hotato Eternally Confused

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2017
    Messages:
    1,389
    Likes Received:
    19,656
    Reading List:
    Link
    I had also read that one and I was wishing for the story to be continue

    and there was this idea from a novel I've read, where the protag wants to create a harem and hook up with different girls, however, all the girls find out and break up with him and give him ED.
     
  7. joey183

    joey183 The Mysterious Entity

    Joined:
    Aug 29, 2018
    Messages:
    581
    Likes Received:
    664
    Reading List:
    Link
    That's a fun plot. I'd like to read a plot like this :blobok::blobpopcorn_cool:
     
  8. frozenlimabeans

    frozenlimabeans Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2019
    Messages:
    147
    Likes Received:
    216
    Reading List:
    Link
    I read a similar plot to that, which was in a bigger/overarching story. A man wanted to create a harem, and he secretly collected girlfriends for years. Eventually he gets found out and all those girls planned revenge. However, one of the girls contracted a sexual disease from him and decided to murder him for revenge as she knew she was going to die and had nothing to lose compared to the other girls

    And did we read the same novel?
     
  9. Cosmic_

    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2016
    Messages:
    2,680
    Likes Received:
    2,387
    Reading List:
    Link
    I get what you're going at, but for a series that's kinda boring. One of my gripes with the harem genre is the wasted romance potential.

    Take Nisekoi for example. I have a love and hate relationship with it. I enjoyed it and at least appreciated how it ended with the MC settling on one(the expected route) girl and the MC dealing with changing love over the series, yet, it's a harem with frustrating elements and I'm the type that want everyone to be happy despite knowing it's not realistic.

    The heroines of Nisekoi each individually have a great romance story potential due to their character, background, etc. For me, the appeal of a harem isn't really the having lots of girls part. It's the different personalities, interactions, background, etc. along with the many different first meetings, relationship direction, and confessions. Each heroine would have been a great non-harem romance story/series.

    That's why I find Quick Transmitigation, Puedo-Harem, and the Routes aspect of VN appealing and brilliant. I also found Golden Times appealing due to its childhood friend/love interest character moving on and finding her own love aspect so good.

    My idea for a story would not focus on the MC and his loss of the harem, since f*ck him. Maybe only at the start or in snippets for that schadenfreude. I'd focus on the heroines moving on, finding fullfilling love/romance and healthy relationships, and making their own happy endings.

    Another idea, although I personally would struggle with liking or hating it due to the angst, is a sort of twist on the scenario with a selfless MC who can see the future or see many possible futures and tries to set these girls up with the partner that make them the most happy.

    He gets to know them, starts to care for them, but always sees that they' be better with someone else. I feel the MC would have to go through a lot of pain especially in cases like acting like an villain in some scenarios or forcefully breaking off relationships/bridges for the girls.

    He'd constantly feel inadequate or undeserving of their love and have to struggle with wanting their happiness more the more he cares for them. A vicious cycle. Maybe in the end he'd learn that love isn't really about finding the perfect person or that someone be happier with someone else. It's about choice. It's about willing to give up that potential happiness because that's not what love is about. It's about sacrifice, about the present, about both the good and bad, etc. The "But I want you. I choice you. It doesn't matter if I'd somehow be happier with that guy in a possible future. You are the person I love. Not him. Not anyone else. I love you." direction.
     
    Last edited: Dec 23, 2019
    Miserys_End and UnGrave like this.
  10. UnGrave

    UnGrave ななひ~^^

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2016
    Messages:
    4,072
    Likes Received:
    12,832
    Reading List:
    Link
    I remember writing up a draft for a story similar to your idea there when I was in a brooding mood awhile ago. It was about a guy who got drunk and cheated on his wife killing himself, and finding himself suddenly possessing the body of a high schooler. He remains in an constant state of regret, and always focuses on how he doesn't deserve anything good to happen to him, so he just works from the side lines setting up everyone around him to be happy and find love and all that jazz. In the end, I couldn't write out the whole thing since I actually have no clue how romance works, so I gave up.
     
    Cosmic_ likes this.
  11. Cosmic_

    Cosmic_ [Novel Addict] [Lazy Writer] [Meh Editor]

    Joined:
    Sep 26, 2016
    Messages:
    2,680
    Likes Received:
    2,387
    Reading List:
    Link
    I also can't write realistic romances either since I've never been in a relationship nor seen good ones irl. However, with the amount of romance novels/mangas/animes I've read and watched especially of the josei and shoujo genre, I could probably write a passable enough idealistic/rose-tinted/fantastical one. :blobtongue:
     
    UnGrave likes this.
  12. Hotato

    Hotato Eternally Confused

    Joined:
    Apr 4, 2017
    Messages:
    1,389
    Likes Received:
    19,656
    Reading List:
    Link
    yes
     
  13. akki

    akki [Ani's C☕ffee-mate #3] [Shady Merchant]

    Joined:
    Jan 9, 2016
    Messages:
    13,855
    Likes Received:
    57,651
    Reading List:
    Link
    Are we discussing your story idea or is this for people to give story ideas as well?
     
  14. frozenlimabeans

    frozenlimabeans Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2019
    Messages:
    147
    Likes Received:
    216
    Reading List:
    Link
    Nice, I love that novel
     
  15. Arexio

    Arexio Blob Fanatic | AG Player

    Joined:
    Jun 14, 2018
    Messages:
    286
    Likes Received:
    2,681
    Reading List:
    Link
    I approve. This is realistic. :blobpopcorn_cool:
     
  16. mangoberry

    mangoberry beatsaber is too addictive...

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2019
    Messages:
    157
    Likes Received:
    185
    Reading List:
    Link