i have enough thoughts to evict from my head and arguments to reference that I can have a fun sort of meta plot.
obvious question: "how much time should be devoted?"
I like the idea that I'm being reformed anew every day (or, episode). Would be fun to play with in-video Me being confused by objects being out of place, or seasons being different, etc - but that does mean I'm going to have to act out confusion, and thus, be on camera.
the Meditation meta-plot is tied to Abandon the Lotus, that's where I throw out my magic collection "20220530_201851 - arrive after moto take 1.mp4" - has a good depart in bike gear take, in the old apartment. that might have been a good one to depart, then arrive at the house, look around confused, then "find" that my magic set is gone and One With Nothing has a secret message. Problem is that the rest of the meta plot is established in the house.
meta plot bookends:
| filmed | used in | short name | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | scrap lego | establish helmet spot | |
| ✅ | abandon the lotus | bathrobe prime escape | leave note on One With Nothing |
| ✅ | fediverse evangelism | establish catch-all | |
| ✅ | what apple hath wrought | switch helmet | leave in catch-all spot. this one will demand bike a-roll. |
| ✅ | scryfall good | collision | attempt place something, collide with helmet. Investigate card by pulling it toward the camera - it says "discard your hand", so drop the card, revealing an SD card hidden behind it. make eye contact with camera (4th wall break!), walk over somewhere to investigate camera, cut to black. |
| ✅ | dusk good | secondary incarnation escape | stormy day! attempt place something, collide with helmet. Lights cut out, turn on headlamp, go over to circuit breaker box. cut to black. Grab a breifcase, leave. |
| ✅ | myth of multifactor | on-the-run | Dusk adam and/or Bathrobe Prime adam are on the run. (conveniently, endlessly iterable until you close it off with plot) |
| close enough, see below | culinary adventures | handoff | At some point, escaped adam dies, bathrobe prime adam sees the lack of SD card. takes sunglasses and briefcase, obviously. |
| ✅ | phyrexian-deck | return | bathrobe prime adam returns to the house. stalks a next incarnation. Next incarnation drives off, bathrobe prime adam picks the lock and enters. |
| ✅ | git, ux-manifesto | bp on the run | BPA on the bike to sale location |
| ✅ | potterverse-wizards-are-morons | sale rejected | find some black-market contacts to sell the SD card to. They load it up. just gigs and gigs of "all work and no play makes home a dull burger". bathrobe prime adam shot, cut to hidden meta plot episode |
| hidden meta plot episode | wake up in tedius afterlife. Conversation previous clone | ||
| tedious afterlife | thematically appropriate backdrop forever - trudging through endless ash dunes |
handoff filming progress
| filmed | section | short name | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | a | arrive 1 | secondary incarnation parks at rendezvous |
| (light conditions different - using stock footage) | b | waiting | bathrobe prime adam hears secondary incarnation arrive, then commotion |
| ✅ | c | arrive 2 | bathrobe prime adam arrives at car |
| ✅ | d | rummage | bathrobe prime adam rummages through go bag |
..just noticed an error. phyrexian-deck had BPA kill the previous incarnation.
ok fuck it, no "bp encounter". BPA took off with the bike, e.z. Git-for-normies can be all stock footage.