HCC: High Concept #13 - A Legacy Reclaimed
Dave Van Domelen
Bucky Barnes has been Captain America...but you know Bruce and Steve will be
reclaiming those roles shortly. Just like when Azrael was Batman for a
while, or when John Walker (or a LARGE number of other short-timers) was
Captain America. Some legacies just don't get passed on permanently.
On the other hand, sometimes the legacy is passed on permanently, but a
previous holder has to come out of retirement for one case for whatever
reason. An old foe of theirs. The current Power Rangers are mystically
trapped and a motley assortment of Rangers from previous seasons shows up to
fill in. A time-traveling younger (or older!) version of the hero stands in
for them for a while. That sort of thing.
Regardless of the corporate motives, sometimes the previous holder of
the identity sticks around long term, sometimes the case just reminds them
why they retired in the first place.
High Concept Challenge #13, "A Legacy Reclaimed," should involve a hero
or villain who has been replaced in some way, and has come back either
permanently or temporarily.
For instance, were I to write a story in this HCC, it'd probably be set
in the late 1990s and have Brightsword I having to see if he could fit into
the old costume to rescue his daughter from Darkshield II, in the process
finally learning that his old foe Darkshield I was a false front for
successful espionage activities.
Dave Van Domelen, might write that story anyway if a good hook lands in
his lap.
Tom Russell
definitely be posting a story before the deadline. Speaking of
which...
;-)
==Tom
Dave Van Domelen
Oops, sorry about that. Let's go with a deadline of the end of the
calendar day Central Time September 25. Any antepodean entrants might do
well to email me if they're going to be butting up against the deadline, in
case there's any further moderation wonkiness. :)
Dave Van Domelen, will also consider an extension if anyone's almost
done by the 25th and shoots him an email requesting it.
Andrew Perron
> High Concept Challenge #13, "A Legacy Reclaimed," should involve a hero
> or villain who has been replaced in some way, and has come back either
> permanently or temporarily.
Oooooh. I wonder if I can work my latest Just Imagine chapter into this.
Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, wonders if it counts if the replacer
didn't know about the legacy...
Phantasm
Well, I don't think I can work this into Silver Arrow #3, but I might
have something for either Going Solo or an LNH one-shot.
Scott Eiler
Scott Eiler
> On Sep 7, 4:42 pm, Andrew Perron <pwer...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 17:34:47 +0000 (UTC), Dave Van Domelen wrote:
> > > or villain who has been replaced in some way, and has come back either
> > > permanently or temporarily.
>
> > Oooooh. I wonder if I can work my latest Just Imagine chapter into this.
> Well, I don't think I can work this into Silver Arrow #3, but I might
> have something for either Going Solo or an LNH one-shot.
I've figured out something for Superhuman World 2010. It helped when
I stopped worrying about *which* hero could be replaced by a
predecessor. That's kind of like asking, which U.S. Congressman can
be replaced by a challenger during midterm elections - especially on
my world this year.
Phantasm
> I've figured out something for Superhuman World 2010. It helped when
> I stopped worrying about *which* hero could be replaced by a
> predecessor. That's kind of like asking, which U.S. Congressman can
> be replaced by a challenger during midterm elections - especially on
> my world this year.
Today (yesterday by the now, given my time zone) being the day it is
gave me an idea for the story. Here's hoping I don't run out of steam
writing it.