Old Characters and New Ideas

I was looking through my vast collection of unwritten and partially written novels, movies, etc. looking for a specific file and ended up browsing through projects I'd sort of forgotten about. One in particular caught my eye - Hero for Hire. It was conceived as a short episodic TV show for SFF that would air on youtube. The main character is one of the last in a long and illustrious line of classic villains, but she hates her family and decides to go rogue as soon as she can. She trains to be the best hero ever, but it costs money and so she is forced to charge a fee for rescuing people. There's a lot more too it than that, but that's the basic gist of it.

What really struck me as amusing while reading over my notes for this was the education on her resume: Masters degree in General Heroics with a duel emphasis in Impossible Escapes and Thwarting Evil Plots from the Medea School of Melodrama. Clearly I was having fun with this. I also love the last line on her business card: Witty banter costs extra.

I think I stopped working on it to focus more on State Line Road, and because I had the basic concept and some bits but not much more than that. However, since Annamarie has expressed a desire to play a total badass action hero I may think about working on it again. We'll see.

Also I was working on another idea recently (mostly just jotting down dialogue bits that were running around in my head) about a sort sketch (or sketches) sort of making fun of the concept of Wife Swap - swaping Superheroes and Supervillains so they have to see what it's like on the other side. I'm calling it Super Swap. I have no idea if I'll ever film it, but I think I might finish writing it because it's kinda fun. Here's an excerpt:

VILLAIN: For god’s sake woman, I’m in the shower!

HERO WIFE: Why are you wearing your cape?

VILLAIN: It’s how I get the wrinkles out!

HERO WIFE: Have you ever tried a hot iron?

VILLAIN: Not on clothes.

(later that night)

HERO WIFE: Are you enjoying your stay?

VILLAIN: Not really. The homecook meals are nice though.

HERO WIFE: You’re wife doesn’t make you dinner?

VILLAIN: I married the Mistress of Darkness. She doesn’t cook. I had to steal a second car so we could go though the drive through.

HERO WIFE: What was wrong with your first car?

VILLAIN: It’s 8 feet tall and covered in spikes.

HERO WIFE: Oh.

(obviously I haven't named anyone yet)

I probably shouldn't throw plot ideas out onto the internet like this in case someone decides to steal my idea, but it's not like they're amazingly original ideas (the wording and spirit is unique but it's hard to steal that) and I know there's only like one person who reads this. But just in case an executive in the entertainment industry happens to read this I'll just add that all of the above it officially under common law copyright (and if said exec is reading this could you give me a job please?

Okay. Enough goofing off. To dinner!