Saturday, February 6, 2021

Topic Brainstorm

Andromeda 

I really like the thought of doing something with Andromeda. Her story is quite unique in how her mother cursed their kingdom through her vanity and Andromeda was paying the price with her own life. One of my favorite demi-gods Perseus comes to her rescue just in time as she is chained to a rock by the ocean to be sacrificed to the sea monster. This leaves it open to making it fun and modern and bringing it into the 21st century maybe making it like a TV drama. 

Sisters of Greek Myth

Gorgons would be another fun idea to do. A lot of people know medusa but many do not know her sisters. I think it would be fun to do a modern twist and make it like Keeping up with the Gorgons. Each story another episode/ story that involves them. Might be fun to do it to where this generation would relate and add some comedy to it. Reality shows are always a good base for changing old stories into the modern age.



Tritones

I thought this was cool because it reminded me first off of the Starbucks logo! Secondly, I love anything having to do with Greek myth and the ocean. These are interesting because they are more of a creature where there could be many of them instead of just one. I thought of making a warrior tribe of them all descended from the original god Triton who's duty is to be the police of the sea. Could be a military group or more so law enforcement. Could bring in Perseus from time to time and other fun Poseidon themed stories to make it interesting.

Demigods

One idea I thought of doing for a storybook was making a demi-god college-themed story. Kind of like Rick Riordan's The Lightning Theif but for an older audience. I think it's interesting how man times demi-gods defy their own parent, the god from which they get their divinity, and I think there is a really cool story to be told and connections to be made. It also leaves room for creative interpretation and the ability to change whatever I'd like. The thought of also connecting many of these demigods and getting into the inter-demigod relationships whether it be actual kinship via their divine parent or cousins because of who their divine parent is related to. It'd be nice to add some more humanity also to the stories and also connect them to their full god status half-siblings like a Perseus to Triton.

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