Funny this thread exists, because this is exactly what I was looking to talk about lol. I had one idea I scrapped, I didn't have a name for it or any of its characters but for now I'll just call it Vexing Doom. It would have been a slice of life, drama, and action story if I had gone along with it.
It would've been about a schoolboy who had been best friends with another for as long as both of them could remember, and one day his buddy ambiguously joined a street gang while he followed him, finding it to their liking. There was an aristocratic girl who was constantly at odds with both boys and despised them, and another girl who held (unrequited) feelings for the boy but hated his friend and held a growing desire for him punished for his actions, but was hesitant to interfere as it'd outright make her
enemies with her loved one. One day the boy is visited by a stranger from the future claiming to be his son, who warns him that the path he's following will bring his life to doomed misery and there was only one solution to it, one that he found insane: leave his old friend and his criminal activity, and make love with the girl who was his worst enemy, only she could she save his future and he must try to invite her into his life and then love, which will prove to be easier said than done...
Eventually, I came up with ideas I liked better and I now have two other stories I'm working on. My story isn't technically yet and I could one day return to it but I don't know if I will. The problem with this is that I don't even know if anyone would like this concept anymore, I haven't seen too much of the world of manga or anime yet but I'd imagine there's at least one or two shojo stories like this and they might make my story look like a ripoff or something, I fear my concept and ideas (not the overall plot) for this may be a bit too cliche' or cheesy to stand out. Furthermore, the only character I put much thought into was the aristocrat girl (who I now name Sapphire), and so far I didn't really find many ways to make the other 3 characters interesting and t lessened my motivation to continue this story, and in the next story concept I made I happened to rapidly think of characters I became
far more attached to than them. It could just be because I never even
tried to make them complex and maybe I'd change my mind if I did, but that's just what happened with me.
Feel free to skip this part if you wish but as an aside note..
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The one character that did appeal to me tho, survived wile I kinda killed off the others and was still put into my next story and her planned physical appearance (when I actually get good as an artist that is) and background story remain mostly the same, although her role in it is much smaller than before. But as the first successful OC I ever made, I find her among the most pleasing to work with and I still intend to use her in some other form or another, and I hope I can one day think of a standalone story that would work with her being the main protagonist.
If its alright, I ask for your opinions: Do you think you would like this concept? My current 2 stories still take my priority at this point, but maybe if enough show any real interest in it, I may go back to it one day once I get the others outta the way.