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One day, when I'm in charge
May. 8th, 2010 07:13 amWhen Hell freezes over and I have my own TV show (writer/creator/whatever), I have found a new thing to add to my list of demands.
1) The credits for the pilot episode will include someone who dies in the episode. Main character will die in episode 1. They will then continue to be in the credits for at least the first half of the season, longer if I need them as a recurring ghost/flashback/whatever. So this means it'll be someone you at least like, if not love. The goal is to make you love this actor and be kinda ticked they aren't around more. But they will be there for more than the first episode.
2) Halfway through the season, you'll realize that you've been rooting for the 'wrong' team. The first half they'll be presented as the good guys/heroes and then come that mid-season cliffhanger time, you'll find out that this entire time they were really the bad guys/villains, because really, the villain thinks they are the hero of their story.
3) The person with all the love interests dying left, right, and center (The Luke Skywalker effect), will be female. She'll also be straight because I want the guys to be the ones croaking. At least one of them will be so obnoxious you want them to die and by this point you realize, "Oh, character X is in love with them. They're gonna die. WHEN ARE THEY GONNA DIE?!?"
1) The credits for the pilot episode will include someone who dies in the episode. Main character will die in episode 1. They will then continue to be in the credits for at least the first half of the season, longer if I need them as a recurring ghost/flashback/whatever. So this means it'll be someone you at least like, if not love. The goal is to make you love this actor and be kinda ticked they aren't around more. But they will be there for more than the first episode.
2) Halfway through the season, you'll realize that you've been rooting for the 'wrong' team. The first half they'll be presented as the good guys/heroes and then come that mid-season cliffhanger time, you'll find out that this entire time they were really the bad guys/villains, because really, the villain thinks they are the hero of their story.
3) The person with all the love interests dying left, right, and center (The Luke Skywalker effect), will be female. She'll also be straight because I want the guys to be the ones croaking. At least one of them will be so obnoxious you want them to die and by this point you realize, "Oh, character X is in love with them. They're gonna die. WHEN ARE THEY GONNA DIE?!?"
