Come as You're Not fic scenarios

[vanillafluffy]

I have a concept, I just need a plot. I know, that's maddeningly vague. I just don't want to give up too much before I start to write it.

Okay, let's use The Wizard of Oz as a metaphor. Basically, I want to send my "Dorothy" over the rainbow. That's the basic concept. The deus machinae isn't a tornado, it's a cave. Our Dorothy goes in, gets trapped by a rockfall, and in looking for a way out, stumbles into an AU populated by variants of canon characters. Dorothy has to a) help the pseudo-canon characters and b) return to Kansas. My AU characters aren't necessarily going to have the same relationship with Dorothy---or each other---as their canon counterparts. Meanwhile, back in Kansas, the real canon characters are trying to a) save Dorothy and b) complete the quest they were originally engaged in. It would be helpful if the two quests could mirror each other in some way.

I already have the idea that there's a treasure map/clue to the location of the McGuffin. It was created in AU Kansas, it's going to be the equivalent of the ruby slippers---sought by the villain in both versions of Kansas. I have an idea of what's going to happen to the villain in AU Kansas, just not how I'm going to get there. Canon Kansas is going to be trickier...figure that Mr and Mrs Gale and the farmhands are under siege by something more sentient than a tornado, like maybe the Widow Gulch AND the local authorities.

What I *think* I'm going to do is, since posting is open for a week, do a multi-part epic; I think alternating the worlds would heighten suspense.

1. Dorothy beginning -- drama
2. Previously, in canon -- exposition
3. And then, Dorothy -- suspense
4. Meanwhile, in canon -- suspense
5. Next, Dorothy -- cliffhanger
6. Meanwhile, in canon -- cliffhanger
7. Dorothy conclusion -- warm fuzzies Miller Time payoff

Well, this has at least given me an idea of the structure, although I still need details. Decisions, decisions!