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Villain Redemption Challenge
Choose One (or another Disney/Marvel villain, if you must)
Write 3 reasons why the villain you chose is actually GOOD or NOT THAT BAD
Be ready to share
Write 3 reasons why the villain you chose is actually GOOD or NOT THAT BAD
Be ready to share
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What if...?
Choose a character from your favorite fandom.
Think about a plot point or ending that you did not like.
Write a “what if” question to reframe that plot point or ending.
Answer your question with the first 50 words of that story.
For example....
What if Draco Malfoy was raised by muggles?
What if Vision lived through the Infinity War?
What if Dean and Sam Winchester met Castiel in middle school?
What if Obi Wan Kenobi placed Leia on Tatooine?
Think about a plot point or ending that you did not like.
Write a “what if” question to reframe that plot point or ending.
Answer your question with the first 50 words of that story.
For example....
What if Draco Malfoy was raised by muggles?
What if Vision lived through the Infinity War?
What if Dean and Sam Winchester met Castiel in middle school?
What if Obi Wan Kenobi placed Leia on Tatooine?
REMIX!
CHANGE ONLY ONE VARIABLE AT A TIME!
Characters
Setting
Plot
Audience
Consider what happens when Fandoms Crossover or Collide! For example the Princess Scene in Ralph Wrecks the Internet.
Characters
Setting
Plot
Audience
Consider what happens when Fandoms Crossover or Collide! For example the Princess Scene in Ralph Wrecks the Internet.
Alternative Perspectives
Choose a minor character from your favorite fandom - in this case, a character whose story has not been explored in the canon
Choose a scene or moment from the main story and rewrite it from this character’s point of view
Start with 100 words
This could go on to be an entire scene or chapter length
Choose a scene or moment from the main story and rewrite it from this character’s point of view
Start with 100 words
This could go on to be an entire scene or chapter length
Toys In Real Life
Choose a toy that is also part of a game/film/book/comic book franchise
Decide if it would be more interesting for the toy to be in the real world and aware that it is a toy, e.g. Barbie, the Movie OR would it be more interesting if the toy existed as a real thing in the real world, e.g., G.I. Joe
Write the first sentence of the end of that story
Decide if it would be more interesting for the toy to be in the real world and aware that it is a toy, e.g. Barbie, the Movie OR would it be more interesting if the toy existed as a real thing in the real world, e.g., G.I. Joe
Write the first sentence of the end of that story
Small Moments
Choose a main character who does lots of heroic and amazing things
Write a small moment in their lives, one that’s never been seen
Brainstorm a list of things that regular people/creatures do
Pick the most mundane of those activities, relative to this character
Write the inner monologue of the character as they are doing the mundane activity
Write a small moment in their lives, one that’s never been seen
Brainstorm a list of things that regular people/creatures do
Pick the most mundane of those activities, relative to this character
Write the inner monologue of the character as they are doing the mundane activity
