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After being fired for accidentally killing the hero, a bumbling minion is conscripted by the local village to defeat the Warlord.
In ancient China, when a bumbling soldier accidentally kills a village's valiant protector, the villagers recruit him to become the new protector against their warlord enemy. Doesn't capture the delicious irony of the premise, but it's 26 words. Suggested title: "Accidental Hero"
In ancient China, when a bumbling soldier accidentally kills a village’s valiant protector, the villagers recruit him to become the new protector against their warlord enemy.
Doesn’t capture the delicious irony of the premise, but it’s 26 words.
Suggested title: “Accidental Hero”
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Good points, Tony, about the "The Blues Brothers". They're on a mission from God. All is justified, all is forgiven. Re: "Money for Nothing" If the protagonist had been totally down on his luck, homeless or threatened with eviction, starving, it would have mustered more sympathy from me. But he wasRead more
Good points, Tony, about the “The Blues Brothers”. They’re on a mission from God. All is justified, all is forgiven.
Re: “Money for Nothing” If the protagonist had been totally down on his luck, homeless or threatened with eviction, starving, it would have mustered more sympathy from me. But he was living with his parents who did not resent him doing so — he had a safety net.
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Very interesting way of framing it, Jean-Marie. In effect, Fletcher only worthy foe, his worst enemy, is himself. He is given a rival for his ex-wife's affection and opposing lawyers to combat in court, but they are merely foils, inferior adversaries. But his virtue is initially involuntary. It's miRead more
Very interesting way of framing it, Jean-Marie. In effect, Fletcher only worthy foe, his worst enemy, is himself. He is given a rival for his ex-wife’s affection and opposing lawyers to combat in court, but they are merely foils, inferior adversaries.
But his virtue is initially involuntary. It’s miraculously imposed; it’s not one he chooses. And he has a problem with this virtue: at first he doesn’t know how to use it wisely, to good effect. He just makes a fool of himself.
In addition to the mythical analogue, there’s another classic analogue similarity from fiction: Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde. (And from Jungian psychology Persona-Shadow, Freudian: Ego-Id.)
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