Simplifying to a Sitcom

So I once had this story concept of two best friends and the plot they're involved in was a war of elemental wolf people in factions of staying in hiding, taking of the world, or outing themselves and live in harmony with the normals.

Then I found out, after seriously writing the premise for myself, that this would had no need to be a sprawling action story with good characterization and development when I can do the same thing without the action.

Problem is I've rarely done something "mundane"-eque. Even my non action/adventure stories are quirky comedies that you have to turn off logic for in favor of allowing odd things to continue happening.

I want this to be different, I want it to be a usual light heated comedy but without the fantastic elements in favor of something more slice of life.

Any advice?

This was the original idea:

Romulus and Rema: Two friends, dude and dudette, Romulus and Rema, been friends all their lives, one artist and one writer, both geeks with a meta sense of humor. One tall and black, one short and Asian, one overactive and defensive, one calm and offensive. Both bisexual, and both have been such great friends for so long that they cannot possibly imagine being sexually attracted to each other in any possible way. They find that they're constantly competing for someone's attention, usually the same person. Unfortunately, everybody thinks they're some sort of couple, or should be a couple, and they hate that. Hilarity ensues. T

• Sadly, that sounds like a fascinating premise on it's own, but that just sets up the protagonists. The story is that on the summer before their freshman year of high school they find out they're a race of elemental wolf people, Romulus coming from the earth people and Rema coming from electricity, and the wolf people are split into faction as part of some war of whether or not to reveal themselves, stay hidden, or take over the normal humans. They join a faction that seeks to end fighting on all sides and simply find ways to negotiate peacefully, with as much dissenting violence as possible. They are joined by Native American Redmoon of the water people, Latino Rolando of the air people, baltic Regina of the ice wolves, Indian Rahjid of the light people, and aboriginal aussie Raye of the fire people.
• Why yes, the race does correlate with element
• Why yes, due to a lot of mixing there are a few with multiple powers or flat out visually deceptive. This was my first conscious attempt at what this place would call a Five-Token Band but I call trying too hard to be multinational.

edited 1st Feb '11 4:17:18 PM by MousaThe14

They find out they're related instead, and by a neo-pagan cult to be exact.

edited 1st Feb '11 4:20:08 PM by MrAHR

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No, AHR, less fantastic.

It doesn't have to be actual magic, foo, just a family that happens to worship weird things

Also, Sabrina the Teenage Witch was able to make magic a slice of life schtick, maybe look into that.

edited 1st Feb '11 4:26:04 PM by MrAHR

I planning on this seriously being more ordinary with no plans of having a magical or mystical element in it. I want to try it. As much a I love Sabrina The teenage witch, that's not the direction I want to go.