Maskripper wrote: ↑5 years ago
Let's say a certain nutjob would make plans for a series with a masked heroine!
(for the almost certain possibility ...of finding gold bars in his closet ....or winning the lottery)
The other main actor would be a male detective (pretty much like Max Payne (the video game - not the movie)).
What job/background would you choose for the heroine?
I have most details about these characters, but not decided about her background.
I want a background which some useable skills for her night job, or which is connected somehow to it.
And she needs to be well-known ;-)
(so that an unmasking would be devastating)
My ideas so far:
1 - Soldier (who will use her combat skills as the vigilante she becomes due to a tragic loss in her life, perhaps well-known because of the media reports on that tragic loss and her heroism at her last war misson)
2 - well-known athlete (perhaps MMA? - fighting skills for her night job)
3 - famous actress (who uses her money to get her gadgets)
4 - district attorney (frustrated by her day job, she wants to punish the bad guys at night)
Ok, 4 was used on Arrow and is the background for the (female) manhunter from the comic series. But I like it.
3 could be something perhaps with a tragic event that starts her 2nd identity.
What do you think of those 4? Which one would you pick?
Do you have other ideas?
Feel welcome to post a reply 
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This is only the beginning. I read a book about how to make a screenplay. I have already many scenes in my head and thought about how I want certain things to be in such a series.
Hi Mate
Some good idea here I must say, let me chip in my ideas
Soldiers
It's very hard to find a famous soldier, unless you win something like Medal of Honor or out here we called it Victoria Cross (I am an Australian) Most soldiers backstory fits into bad guys, because soldiers usually were portraited as ruthless and senseless. However, You can make it "Wolverine" style maybe put into element of PTSD into it and make it quite a sad story. Like the Heroine have seen many war in life and affected by the senseless killing, and she decided to patrol the night and find people who use violence and have them pay for it. I think this will work.
Athletes
Not too much co-relation between athletes and crime fighting superheroines. I mean what motivate the athlete to fight crimes? And being in a tragic scene, I cannot come up with many.
Outside the box, you can use the "Canned" formula, where she could have her loved one and family member killed by mob boss or some kind of criminal organisation, but that would have nothing to do with her athletes background, it would just be a coincident and she could literally be anyone and this will still works.
Actress
The same as Athletes, there are no normal or nominal relationship between Actress and Crime Fighting. Other than a Batman style backstory, it does not have an extra jazz with the profession she had. And by the way, the way you include this is the same path as batman. So basically this have been done.
Lawyers
Yes, this is probably the most obvious one, apart from Police Officer/Correctional Officer (I wonder why you did not include them?) Their backstory can be after seeing criminal off the hook over and over and over again, she basically just lost hope from the Justice System and decided to take revenge with her own hand. She could have had martial art training or some degree of firearms training. That would work.
If it was me who pick on my own production, I would choose the following in decrease in difficulty to write a screenplay
Lawyers -> Actress/Athletes -> Soldiers.
But if I rate with the best story telling element (Stuff I could write about) then
Soldiers -> Lawyers -> Actress/Athletes
Hope that help. And hope you can put it into your production some day
Ava
The Superhero Project
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