[UA] Kevin Matchstick

[Antonio Rodriguez]

> >> For instance, the True King tends to create a
> >> Necessary Servant, and a Hero brings about a
> >> Villain
> >
> >or a villain creating a hero in order to give himself purpose, 
> 
> I think the opposite makes a more interesting plot.  Someone 
> trying to be a Hero can't find a proper Villain.  Sure, he can 
> find street thugs to stop and such, but what he needs is a 
> Nemesis, an equal and opposite power.  So he finds someone he 
> thinks may be close to channeling it, and starts manipulating the 
> guy's actions.  Paying off his advisors, sending anonymous tips 
> about flaws in the bank's security system, whatever.  All so that 
> the proto-villain will start making bigger and bigger plans, and 
> start acting like a world-conquering megalomaniac.  

Sounds like the beginning to Mystery Men. . .

Antonio Rodriguez

"To the Disco Room!!" -- Casanova Frankenstein

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