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[folds hands together thoughtfully like Montgomery <br>Burns- but does not say "Excellent..."<br> <br>I'm feeling mildly inspired by this. (And also by Tom's <br>darkly brilliant and disturbing _Jolt City_ #19...)<br> <br>The problem is that what springs to mind is far too <br>derivative. Having the supporting character of TJ <br>publicly outed as an atheist (because this whould be <br>a HCC #36 tie-in), then framed, imprisoned, and <br>rescued/recruited by the System Corruptors-Y is basically <br>just a rehash of this issue with a different recruit.<br> <br>So I throw the question open to the virtual floor: Given <br>the above basic idea, what variations in plot structure <br>or story tropes springs to your minds to put a different <br>twist on things?<br> <br>The obvious one that springs to mind is a sting operation <br>set up to get a spy inside the System Corruptors - which is <br>a cool idea but a bit too much of an extended storyline to <br>pull off in a HCC. ( Unless Andrew is looking for a long term <BR>meta-plot beyond 'getting members to join the villain team'.) <BR>Are there any others?<br> <br> <br>---<br>Saxon Brenton<br>Just finished reading last week: _Lords of the Left-Hand <br>Path: A History of Spiritual Dissent_ by Stephen E. Flowers<br>Currently reading: _Super-History: Comic Book Superheroes <br>and American Society_ by Jeffrey K. Johnson<br> <br> <BR> </div></body>
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