Untitled Story #2

Already Decided

1. Hero and villain are brothers. Oldest is villain and youngest is hero.

2. Hero and villain are both teenagers and go to the same high school. Hero is a freshman/sophomore and villain is a junior/senior.

3. Hero is shy, not popular, but not an outcast. Hero is semi-jealous of older brother's popularity/constant attention.

4. Villain is extremely popular and is used to/ craves (positive) attention. Doesn't care too much about younger brother, but at some point (in story) tries to help him with shyness/confidence.

5. Hero becomes popular and starts taking away the popularity from villain (making him mad and hate the hero).

6. Hero keeps identity a secret from everyone, but his identity is eventually revealed to older brother (villain) towards the end, causing their big battle.

7. Hero becomes noticed after saving someone at night from thief/gang/killer (need to decide). He slowly gains popularity among students at school (by saving some students) and is hated by older brother (villain) for taking attention away from him.

8. Older brother (villain) tries to become a superhero, but fails and is caught by police (which is released to the public, humiliating him, and causing him to lose his popularity/attention). He then focuses on catching younger brother (hero)/stopping him from being a hero in order to bring things back to normal, to regain his popularity, and get (positive) attention again.

9. Hero and villain live in a poor part of town (like Spiderman). They are poor, but villain always gets the better looking clothes than hero. In order to help save the family from poverty/eviction/foreclosure, hero resorts to stealing food from stores, pickpocketing, and robbing houses at night.

10. On the way home from robbing someone’s house, hero sees someone in trouble and helps them.

11. Story starts with hero pickpocketing a man. Man chases after him, but hero escapes by running down an alleyway and then hopping fences. Hero walks into his home, which is a small house (like Spiderman's) in the poor part of town. He checks up on his mother, who is sleeping in her bedroom. The living room is a mess and there are a lot of dirty clothes on the floor. There are dirty dishes next to the sink that haven't been washed. Hero sees mail on the table and opens it. It is a foreclosure notice along with how much they owe for this month and the past four months.

12. Hero shows a flashback to a month or two earlier and explains that he got fired/laid off from his job because of the economy getting worse. This is what led him to resort to helping pay for his house by stealing things/selling things for money and pretending it was groceries/pay check.

Need to Decide

1. Name for hero. (Possible names: Michael)
2. Name for villain. (Possible names: Jason)
3. Name for town.
4. Name for newspaper/tv station.
5. Name of high school.
6. Name of friend(s).
7. Name of police chief.
8. Name of love interest.
9. Names of popular kids (older brother’s friends and others).
10. Superhero name.  (Possible names: Phantom)
11. Villain name.
12. High school mascot and name.
13. Why older brother is popular (maybe).
14. Costume of hero.
15. Costume of villain (his “superhero” costume).
16. How story ends (have an idea, but not written nor completely thought out).
17. Do hero and/or villain get powers or gadgets (which ones)?