Last Week’s Prompt:
This week I have binge watched every XMen movie so far released with my brother, so I’m in a mutant frame of mind. This week’s prompt is inspired by that your main character will have a specific “mutation” but instead of controlling the weather or shooting laser beams with their eyes or being Magneto, your character’s mutation will be really lame. Specifically a dumb talent that can pass for little more than a party trick. You can think of one of your own useless talents or look online (http://mashable.com/2014/10/29/uselesslifeskills/,etc), just make it a super power that’s actually kind of dumb. Then make it awesome by having your character be the only one who can miraculously save the day. Also acceptable: Charles and Erik fanfic*.
*Note: Charles and Erik fanfic does not count for this prompt, even if it is awesome. Write some anyway.
Amanda
I have always had an affinity for Pig Latin. It’s one of those things kids learn to look cool in front of all the other kids, then they forget and move on with time. So I created Mr. Carson Kin, a superhero in his own mind, but a normal businessman to the rest of the world. His only powers thus far are his ability to speak better in Pig Latin than anything else, though maybe with his inside information, he can lead the war against the CobraBots and discover new and amazing talents he hides under his insecurities. Or maybe he will just go back to selling shoes. The world may never know.
The title is funny because it’s his name in Pig Latin! Ahahahaha!
MY VOTE: Korrin
Korrin
I got the idea for the name of my main character from a Starkid show. They really are the gift that keeps on giving. However, what I really wanted him to be was just a normal guy with a sense of grandeur. He honestly believed that he had super powers, when everyone else just knew it was a weird sound he could make with his mouth. Yet he was the only one who could make saving the day possible. That’s the hope I have for humanity, that every normal person can know they have something unique to give.
The other names were just the lamest thing I could think up at the time. Except Captain Eardrum, him I knew because it was the only lame name that made sense with super hearing powers.
I like to think my story embodies all the lame parts about superhero comics. We all get so obsessed with them that we sometimes forget they can have some really cheesy parts.
MY VOTE: Kylie
Kylie
This week I have binge watched every XMen movie so far released with my brother, so I’m in a mutant frame of mind. This week’s prompt is inspired by that your main character will have a specific “mutation” but instead of controlling the weather or shooting laser beams with their eyes or being Magneto, your character’s mutation will be really lame. Specifically a dumb talent that can pass for little more than a party trick. You can think of one of your own useless talents or look online (http://mashable.com/2014/10/29/uselesslifeskills/,etc), just make it a super power that’s actually kind of dumb. Then make it awesome by having your character be the only one who can miraculously save the day. Also acceptable: Charles and Erik fanfic*.
*Note: Charles and Erik fanfic does not count for this prompt, even if it is awesome. Write some anyway.
Amanda
I have always had an affinity for Pig Latin. It’s one of those things kids learn to look cool in front of all the other kids, then they forget and move on with time. So I created Mr. Carson Kin, a superhero in his own mind, but a normal businessman to the rest of the world. His only powers thus far are his ability to speak better in Pig Latin than anything else, though maybe with his inside information, he can lead the war against the CobraBots and discover new and amazing talents he hides under his insecurities. Or maybe he will just go back to selling shoes. The world may never know.
The title is funny because it’s his name in Pig Latin! Ahahahaha!
MY VOTE: Korrin
Korrin
I got the idea for the name of my main character from a Starkid show. They really are the gift that keeps on giving. However, what I really wanted him to be was just a normal guy with a sense of grandeur. He honestly believed that he had super powers, when everyone else just knew it was a weird sound he could make with his mouth. Yet he was the only one who could make saving the day possible. That’s the hope I have for humanity, that every normal person can know they have something unique to give.
The other names were just the lamest thing I could think up at the time. Except Captain Eardrum, him I knew because it was the only lame name that made sense with super hearing powers.
I like to think my story embodies all the lame parts about superhero comics. We all get so obsessed with them that we sometimes forget they can have some really cheesy parts.
MY VOTE: Kylie
Kylie
I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning to write this story, and the wifi went down just as I tried to
post it. Sometimes I hate the internet.
My story is a journal entry. I’ve noticed that I only write in my journal when I’m going through tough times or when I have something I need to confess. And since my male, highschool age protagonist is both going through a tough time and needs to confess his secret hobby of being a oneman show, I figured it was the perfect format. I based his talent off a random video I found online (and have been unable to find since) of some dude playing the accordion as he rides his unicycle around in the woods. I never listened to the videoI was just aware that it existedbut it was such a great talent that I had to steal it.
The place my protagonist lives is based on Lake Tahoe. It’s super pretty there and there’s tons of secret areas to practice something like unicycling.
MY VOTE: Korrin
Next Week’s Prompt:
Got to where you keep your DVD’s/Movies. Close your eyes and pick a random disk out of the pile. Play the first disk and press fast forward, as fast as possible. Count to 30 veeeeeeerrrrry sllllloooooowwwwwllllyy and then press play.
Watch for five minutes.
Your story has to be either the prequel to what you watched ending with the plot of the five minutes that you watched, or beginning with what you watched and ending in any way you want.
You cannot just rewrite what the movie did. The story you tell should be an alternate reality to what the movie is. Fanfiction is welcome.
My story is a journal entry. I’ve noticed that I only write in my journal when I’m going through tough times or when I have something I need to confess. And since my male, highschool age protagonist is both going through a tough time and needs to confess his secret hobby of being a oneman show, I figured it was the perfect format. I based his talent off a random video I found online (and have been unable to find since) of some dude playing the accordion as he rides his unicycle around in the woods. I never listened to the videoI was just aware that it existedbut it was such a great talent that I had to steal it.
The place my protagonist lives is based on Lake Tahoe. It’s super pretty there and there’s tons of secret areas to practice something like unicycling.
MY VOTE: Korrin
Next Week’s Prompt:
Got to where you keep your DVD’s/Movies. Close your eyes and pick a random disk out of the pile. Play the first disk and press fast forward, as fast as possible. Count to 30 veeeeeeerrrrry sllllloooooowwwwwllllyy and then press play.
Watch for five minutes.
Your story has to be either the prequel to what you watched ending with the plot of the five minutes that you watched, or beginning with what you watched and ending in any way you want.
You cannot just rewrite what the movie did. The story you tell should be an alternate reality to what the movie is. Fanfiction is welcome.
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