I'm sorry, I don't think I explained myself very clearly.
redface redface redface I will try again.
sweatdrop I was suggesting changing specific subforums such as the howl's moving castle subforum(not the main topics) to a more general topic(Ex. movies, books, games, ect.) And then, If someone wanted to add a topic, they would not have to ask. They could just go to the forum and add the new RPing topic with some way to identify it(such as the asterisk idea)
(((I think this is what you were saying now, here is my twist smile ))
There would be places in the general subforums that the characters from any storyline or RPing topic could go to
Ex: Place: Kansas City
People: Dorothy, Toto, and Sophie
This would allow characters from "The Wizard of Oz" such as Dorothy and Toto meet characters from different stories altogether such as Sophie from "Howl's moving castle"
Sorry about the confusion, does it make sense now?
mrgreen ***edit***
The only purpose for the 7 asterisks is to be able to quickly locate the stories as they will be in the same subforum as the places. Of course this is just an idea and we could find a better way to distinguish between the two.