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:: Today's soundtrack: Bob Dylan "Stuck in the Middle With You" ::


My brain is a funny thing. Sometimes, it'll carry on thinking about stuff long after I've abandoned an idea. It can also think about thing without my even knowing. Like recently, I've discovered, in my brain, a list of overused plot devises.

It's all in here; trapping characters who don't like each other in a room/broom closet/walk in refrigerator for the story until they learn something about each other/remember old times and then are freed. There is also the attractive, free thinking substitute teacher device, which leads one of the younger members of the family down a path of self betterment and heart ache. Don't even get me started on the "crotchety old man who opens his heart to precocious youngsters and learns the true meaning of X-mas" device. Though, of all these possible  ideas on the list, I have to say that my favorite is the broken transporter/matter transference device/errant wish which leads to a character discovering a parallel universe where either the good guys are bad guys and the bad guys are good guys or the world has been taken over by Cobra/vampires.

This plot device I feel is best because in most situations, all bets are off anybody is fair game on the quest to make the universe the way it was. Unholy alliances in "our" universe are the common in the "other" world. Bitter enemies are lovers, one of the most beloved lead characters is a blood thirsty fiend, and the Mad Scientists are forced to watch Last of the Wild Horses. You gotta love an environment where the writer can just go hog wild, murdering title characters left and right and giving us the line, "Kill us both, Spock."

Thinking about this plot though, has made me realize that such a thing can only be done where the stories are typically sci-fi/fantasy/supernatural, which is too bad. Just imagine a parallel world where Archie Bunker is considerate and polite. Or how about a world where Jan is the beautiful favorite and Marcia wears braces and whines? Or even a world, dare I even dream it?, there never was an Urkel.

The possibilities are endless, but my space isn't, so until next week,

William

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