Awesome Little Ideas

They aren't. They could have been made worth kidnapping if that helped the plot in any way, but I don't think it would.

I dunno Moriaty might need someone to clean his headquarters? *shrug*

Moriarty isn't really that kind of villain.

In the Sherlock Holmes canon, Moriarty is a respected author and a professory of mathematics at a small university. Few suspect him of any criminal affairs, and those that do can't prove anything because he covers his tracks so well. He's also the centre of an enormous criminal gang, so you wouldn't really expect him to be short of cleaners for his evil HQ, even if he had one.

I figure it makes more sense and complicates the plot less if one of his gangsters just killed Cody's parents because they were in the way.

Then the question becomes how Cody finds out about this.

Oh! What if he finds out from the killer? Maybe Cody looks like his dad.

With Death under Dracula's control, perhaps for a while, with nobody to do her duties, people who die turn into brain hungry zombies until another grim reaper can take her place. I was thinking Greg from Conkers Bad Fur Day, who hates the undead. He doesn't see the bloody point of them.

Well, no. See, people have been dying just fine for thousands of years without a fictional character guiding them into the afterlife. Death appearing won't change that at all.

Yes, but that was before C-Day. The laws of life and death have changed.

And we can't forget the legends about those who have guided the dead to the afterlife. Those ones have been around to keep our insecurities about death in check.

edited 16th Mar '10 8:48:23 PM by SandJosieph

Why would C-Day suddenly make everyone turn into zombies when they die? That would be the only "global" effect of C-Day—everything else is a localized event.

Couldn't there be more global things that happen on C-Day, like the realities of commercials suddenly becoming a Real Life hazard?

Besides, any "Awesome Little Idea" is going to be running on Rule of Cool.

As for the zombie thing, let's just say either Solanum or Trioxin 2,4,5 became real.

edited 16th Mar '10 8:54:00 PM by SandJosieph

I don't know what you mean by the commercials comment. Could you elaborate?

Y'know, commercials. With people and mascots popping up in various places who seem to be trying to sell things to an unknown audience. Or even giant words appearing in the sky that say things like "20% off at Macy's!" before colliding with a building.

That would still be a local effect, just like any fictite coming over. Unless you mean suddenly every Tony the Tiger would come alive and start trying to get kids to buy his cereal...(That's not going to happen, fyi).

He could take over a TV Station and broadcast worldwide. How's that?

I don't think there's a single TV station that broadcasts worldwide. He'd have to have many connecting stations, which is unreasonable for a hostile takeover anyway but add in that there would be system problems from other C-day effects and it's completely implausible.

Though I see nothing wrong with advertisement fictites regularly seen in the background. I just don't see them causing too much of an issue.

edited 16th Mar '10 9:33:37 PM by MurkyMuse

What Murky said.

Although, that in itself has given me an idea. If there's a grim reaper, what's to say he doesn't take people to a fitting fictional afterlife when they die?

That'd be a pretty big change to the laws of reality, so I'm thinking it would be a later season thing, if at all.

Oh, Death might start pulling some shenanigans once she's freed from Dracula, but Reality certainly isn't going to say, "Oh, Death's here, time for people to become undead when they die."

Quick idea - the Hilarity Ensues episode involving the Batman villains stealing gold from Ft. Knox - what if you had villains who were specific incarnations from various Batman stories? I.E. Cesar Romero as Joker, but Danny Devito's penguin, Comics Catwoman, then one really dark villain (say Scarecrow from Batman Begins or Arkham Asylum) who keeps suggesting horrible things(But is kiboshed by the others with Even Evil Has Standards?)

Early in Season 1, probably Episode 2 or 3, Hikari needs to indignantly ask the other team members why they take orders from Kara when she doesn't fight. Hilarity A harsh lesson in the nature of leadership ensues.

Random thing for the Dances and Balls episode -

The last person to dance with each murder victim should be Death. That she doesn't dance with Holmes could be a clue as to the fact that he isn't actually dead.

edited 2nd Apr '10 4:28:00 AM by Hikari no Kaze

So I realised the key to having Murky and Jinx move from the awkward phase into a sort of friendly zone is thus: Murky teaches Jinx hand-to-hand combat.

This also helps Jinx transition from just being the cute kid to being badass adorable.

That's a good idea. I second it.

Several ideas for the Dances and Balls episode on Vent tonight.

Since Hikari and Jinxed are both going to be forced into tuxedos (Jinxed barely managed to avoid having to wear a dress), they are very unhappy and commiserate at the ball. This causes a large crowd of females to gather and compliment Hikari for being so caring and devoted as to bring along his "little brother". Hilarity Ensues as Hikari plays along and flirts while Jinxed tries to get away. Eventually, she runs into Jareth.

Later, he uses his illusion magic to make her "properly" dressed. Jinxed kicks at him and calls him some variation of pedophile.

Don't forget Hikari. He wants Jinx to play along so he can have the "lay-deez".