Possible Story Ideas

[cloudwolf]

I have to say I never really liked the idea of the BIP going into the source, activating magical golden hallways, and causing a restart. It's a cheap villain of the week ending, which we all know and hate.

Furthermore, as I said before, what's the motivation for it happening? Why does the BIP want to do this? It's hard to think up a rationale for a woman who's been dead for so long to go ahead and be dead again. The only real thought I have there is if she's seeking Neo's programming, but that almost concretely certifies that Neo is dead and that the program of the One is in the source, and I'm not sure I can commit to that idea - having the lingering doubt that Neo's body is out there and that something's going on with it is one of the few things keeping EPN alive.

Anyway, if we have the oligarchs and we're going to axe them off, let's at least do it in an intriguing manner, not in a gratuitous explosion that came from nowhere. Remember the EPN excursion to the No-Fly zone? Why not have the Machines use their operatives to tinker with the programming of some sentinels (so as to override any blocks) and send in an attack force or even just a blockade? Better yet, why not have humans go along with them? Make us see the more involved parts of the Oligarchs. Possibly have them gain control of the BIP and gain the bodies they seek - see where they go from there.

Such a war in the Real between the Machines and the Oligarchs presents further opportunity for Zion and EPN to build up, and following it, there could be a huge clash where Zion and EPN might have a chance against the Machines.

Meanwhile, the Architect gets hard to work on creating code to block the Oligarchs from entering the Matrix/having power within the Matrix. Once out of the Matrix/without power, they've lost their goal and may possibly retreat to their own corners to blow off steam. This way we can also have time to flesh out the stories of the Oligarchs rather than simply slamming them out of existence, and can make them into characters instead of gods.

Yes, in my opinion the oligarchs were a stupid idea, but in my opinion so was making the BIP Trinity, so if we're rolling with one, we may as well roll with the other.

I would hardly call the culmination of a 5 chapter long storyline that was intended to last well over a year as "a cheap villain of the week ending".

Besides, is it so hard to believe Trinity wanted peace between Zion and The Machines? The love of her life seemed to realise it in the end, why not her? That's the ultimate goal of entering the source afterall, to have humanity help (she, and a human being were KEY to finally doing it (hence why the Machines we never able to do before)) eliminate the Oligarch control over the Machines. They're in debt/thankful and thus end the war/create a new Matrix. That was the intended ending to all this and one I think should be played out at least in some shape/form because it just makes the most sense.

Also people seem to be underestimating the gravity of the Oligarch control routines. It's not something that can be poofed away with time. The Architect and Crytos aren't going to be able to just code some magic Oligarch firewall setting. Their control extends all the way back to the origins of their civilisation. Hence why this all ended up in the Source. It's the only to get rid of them once and for all.