I was thinking of a story and some cross overs with this card game came to my mind but I was wondering if it was possible to do?

 

How about stopping this idiotic game of tossing a dart at a board with all fandoms in the world and starting a thread with "Hey, how about a crossover with [insert the name that the dart had hit]!!!!????"

 

Harry Potter/Thundercats IS made of win

Just had a quick skim through wiki and correct me if i am wrong but it is set in some fictional land and is based in feudal japan time.

So I can see this suffering from the same things as Hp/InuYasha stories...how the hell does he get there?

 

The idea sparks my interest, I would read it.

The real question is however, how many people on this site actually know what "Legend of the Five Rings" (L5R) is?

 

Isn't that was this section of this site is for to ask questions your not sure about I mean you might as well just shoot me now and send me to hell for asking one questiong and wondering what other people thouht about it to see if it would actually work but sence this seams to offend you so much what you have had me rather do?

 

About the game there are The Major clans and they are Dragon, Pheonix, Unicorn, Crab, Loin, Crane, ShadowLands, Rattling, and Scorpion. The major ways to win the game are by getting your famliy honor to 40 Destroying all of the other players Provienses or by Getting the 5 elemental rings in to play (Fire Earth Water Void and Air). Tell me if you want to know more of the game for those of you who play the game (Void Sorcerer) Tell me if you think I missed somthing important

 

I will go into a little more depth about what the game is about. After all, it is the only card game in existence to have a unique story line that fallows the cards, as well as stand up to magic sense it was born and not get eliminated.

This game, takes place back in ancient Japan, when Samurai and monks still ruled the area. It takes place on what is called "Rokugan" which if you play the game, takes attributes from both ancient Japan and ancient China. Rokugan, is a pretty large continent, and on it there exist several main groups of people. The groups of people in this game are called "Clans".

There are 10 major clans. Crab/Crane/Dragon/Lion/Mantis/Phoenix/Rattling(Nezumi)/Scorpion/Shadowlands/Unicorn. (There is also a group called the "Unaligned" but they are just wondering samurai, who don't come as much importance.) Each of these clans have there own techniques and skills, that make them different from each other. For instance, the Crab rely on brute force to crush there enemies. While the mantis, their clan rival relies on archery, and pirates to raid their foes.

As the game has gone on, there have been other clans here and there, most have been either eliminated, or just vanished. In the case of the "Naga" they have gone to sleep (slumbering) as they have no need to be awake, but as we are now seeing and will see in the new coming sets to the game, they are once more waking up, and will prove vital in the story line.

In the game, there are certain this such as "Samurai as previously stated. There are also Bushi, which practically Samurai. There are Shugenja (Yes there is magic in the game) and this is where Harry could learn some really cool stuff. There is practically everything else too, whether it be a Ninja/Courtier/Harrier/Monk/Elemental Dragon/Goblin/Oni/etc.

If you want a more in depth into into the world of L5R I suggest going to "www.l5r.com" (Some one tell me how to post links, I have forgotten, and I cannot remember for the life of me.) there you can check out the game, as well as the story line, and believe me! The story line rocks, and is worth the read! (Check it out, the site can explain alot better then I can) Oh, and the artwork is by some of the best artist in the world such as "Jason Engle/Michael Komark" and others.

Anyway, I believe that it would make an interesting story, if you some how found a way to get Harry some how to Rokugan. There he could learn all the techniques he could use in order to become a true warrior.

This story would really only work, if the person writing the story had a good idea how to play L5R and what the story line is, as that would make it most effective.

Who knows, I might write a first chapter, and see if I can make it work. Don't worry though, if I do, I will make it so you don't need to know L5R to understand it, if I can.

 

I don't want to be overly negative to anyone's ideas, but just because there is magic involved does not mean it would make a good crossover. So far I have seen nothing that could turn this into a story that would be worth a read.

There is indeed magic in Harry Potter but there is a limit(in least in my mind) about how far you can stretch a idea to until you reach the WTF zone.

 

Yes there is indeed a limit too what you can do in the Potter Universe. For instance, I would never ever even dream of a Harry Potter/Strawberry Shortcakes x-over.

But like I said in my post as well, in order to get this, you are going to need to explore the idea more. That is one of the reasons I told you to check out the site, to learn some more about it. If you don't want to, that is fine, at least wait until some one has had a chance to at least try to write it.

But, if you don't want to do a background check on it, one will just
have to hope that the author is good enough to do this without confusing the hell out of every one. I mean, of course they can't write it like every one knows the story line, so it will be interesting.


I mean you really can't just shoot one idea down because it doesn't seem plausible. Personally, when Nonjon's "Browncoat, Green eyes" came out, I didn't think it would work out. But oh how wrong this genius has proven me, and it is a great joy to read his story.

So just because you can't understand an idea, or no absolutely nothing about it, is no reason to shoot an idea down because you can't see it. If it sucks when it come out, shoot it down then, or praise it if it is good enough.

-Void

P.S. No offence if this sounded like I was routing some one out.

 

I am not trying to shoot his idea down. I am just saying that an idea can only be stretched so much until you get a story that is complete shit. I also have visited the site that you recommended and have learned a little bit. I am not saying that it is stupid idea or anything just that I really don't think that it would make a good crossover fic.

Maybe it's just me, but when reading about the game all I could think about was how much it seemed like a anime. Anime and Harry Potter usually do not work that well that’s all. But then again that type of story does appeal to some, so of course some could think that this story idea is pretty cool, just not me.

 

Thank you that is one of the reasons I started this was so that I could get peoples input so I could know wether or not it would be worth my time to wright this story becase if no one wants to read it then I just won't write it

 

Excuse me, but you DO realize what they DO to Gaijin in Rokugan, right?

 

Of course, having played the game for years, I couldn't help but not.

But even still, I think it would be a pretty cool idea to have Harry trained by some Shadowlands Bloodspeakers........Shahai!