MSTBC

I finally saw Alexander. I think it went something like this:

Greeks & Macedonians: We're not wearing any paaaaaaaaaaants!
Persians: We have paaaaaaaaaaaaants!
Darius: Did he just throw a spear at me? Thank goodness I've got pants.
Alexander: Shit, he's getting away! Pants--a decent pair of pants!
Hephaistion: Solomon Grundy want pants too!
Really Hot Persian Boy: Well, maybe I don't need these pants...

And later there were elephants. I really liked the elephants.

Thinky thoughts

Due to some ranting about The Witching Hour with the boy yesterday, followed by a lovely coincidence of a bad movie, I'm shuffling the "Lost scion of creepy family" idea ahead in the line of things I want to play with.

But, as Steven asked, what can I do differently? And what's been done?

I'm thinking of the Mayfair books, and Tanith Lee's Scarabae books off the top of my head, but I'm sure the idea is much more widely spread than that. It's all over fantasy, of course, when the heroine finds out her violet eyes mean she's part of the ancient line of Whorebass, but I'm think of more horror/modern fantasy stuff.

Have you encountered this story? Can you think of any tropes that need a new spin?

BPAL -- Nyx

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