Lakija
It seems like your soul is disagreeing with your mind!
If you have an inclination to make a group of people that don't like each other, then roll with that and explore their relationships with each other. Let the characters talk to you instead of trying to force them into a role to which they do not fit. That's what I do.
It seems like you really want to make a dysfunctional group of superheroes. And that would be interesting depending on their powers and personas. Perhaps try to force these characters to get to know one another. Give them all a central goal that affects them all in some way, so that they must work together no matter what.
What's more, perhaps introduce a web of intricacies that tie them together. They'll want to know more about each other if they're related in some way...
As for the idea where your character is royalty, but his decisions might lead to ruin, that's interesting... Give him an adviser, a mentor, or someone to help him realize his potential. Explore his problems with leadership, and don't shy away from his low-self-esteem. Delve into what makes him that way. Explore his inner turmoil. It'd even be amazing if he or another character can see the future, and it always shows Ruin. Until he starts making smarter decisions, that is.
What do you think? Was I helpful? Or did I make it worse? ^^;
It is what it is.
I'll cut right to the chase; although i haven't actually written the story, i'm in the transition of writing a fanfiction season 2 for a show that i liked, which only had one season before being cancelled.
The show was about three teenagers that were given superpowers after being exposed to a mysterious chemical and the first half of my fan-made season two would have been about 2/3 of them being teleported across the galaxy, along with the leader's grandmother. The story would be them trying to find a way back to Earth along with new allies and them stopping an alien invasion of the galaxy.
The second half of my fan-made season 2 would focus on the remaining 3rd member of the team, who now must deal with issues back on Earth. Now this is actually where my issues start, as i have two possible scenarios to work with; in one, the remaining member of the trio discovers that he's the heir to a kingdom of highly evolved humanoid canines, and the story would mainly be about him adjusting to life as a royal while still protecting his new home. In the other scenario, the remaining member of the trio instead becomes the leader of his own motley crew of superheroes and must defend his city home from a looming evil.
The problems i have are as follows:
Idea 1: I want the character to be portrayed as a leader with great potential but little to no self-confidence, yet i frequently end up imagining him making decisions that lead to disaster.
Idea 2: I want the the character to be portrayed as one of the more serious and mature members of the team (in hopes of drawing some irony, considering how cocky he was in the first season), yet i keep ending up imagining him saying and doing things that are just stupid and immature.
In both ideas, i have 5 of the same problems:
1. I keep imagining the main female lead just being a co-dependent love interest who always supports the main character and is basically just his arm candy. You know that that's just being sexist and anti-feminist.
2. I want a villain from the first season to be reformed and be a hero in my season 2, but my mind keeps making me think of new ways for this character to betray the others. I wanted a complete reform, not a facade.
3. I want the group to be a close knit band that looks out for one another, enjoys each other's company and gives the impression that, when the battles are all over, they'd still be friends to the end. However, in my mind, i'm continuously haunted by the idea that these characters don't like each other or respect each other and would gladly go their separate ways when the opportunity comes.
4. In the original first season of the show, it was implied that the 3rd member of the trio was the one who caused the accident that gave the group their powers (and subsequently created one of the main villains). I wanted to write a way that confirms that that was, in fact, not the case, since if it was, then basically any heroics that the 3rd member of the trio did was just him stopping what he started, not very heroic.
5. In the original first season of the show, the heroes were on the fence with public opinion; some people thought that they were heroes, but others believed the mayor (who was one of the show's main villains) who had nothing but negative sentiments about them. I want to change that, but i'm in a pickle on the subject; if i make it too good for them, the idea leads to saccharine-ness and corny dialogue, but if i make it too realistic, it becomes all of the negative aspects of Marvel comics that i was hoping to avoid.
I'll say right now, i am drawing some of my ideas for this fanfiction from other shows and movies, but i really am trying to add something original.
Can anyone help me with this dilemma?
P.S. I was told to repost this here to get an answer for points 1-3