Why does my brain hate me?

[neotoma]

It keeps springing neat fic idea on me when I have *no* time to work on them.

Today, it wanted to mash-up the story of Hades and Persephone, the rebellion of Lucifer, and Flash characters...

Basically, Trickster is dead... and in Hell. But you don't stick a con-man of his caliber there and not expect him to start working the angles -- he'll work it so that he's on top of the heap, because he just *has* to prove how much better he is than everyone. He's vain and compeatative to a ridiculous degree.

Eventually, he winds up tricking Neron out of control... but then he has to run it. Now, he likes being in charge, but it's not good for him -- he gets bored easily, and it saps the joy out of his life. And being the ruler of Hell has a whole passel of rules to go with it. He can bend them, to a point, but they can't be broken.

So, he's bored, and he starts causing trouble with the superheroes in the world of the living, just for the entertainment value. Which brings him into conflict with the JLA (and thus, Wally)

Wally's kids get involved, because Wally has gotten them into superheroing. Now, Trickster doesn't want to hurt the kids, but the demons aren't that careful or benign, and there are RULES.

But Iris and Jai are safe in the room with Trickster, and yet not -- he's not threatening them directly, but it's like being in Fairyland, there are lots of ways to get trapped. He warns them not to eat the food and not to take anything anyone offers them, especially without offering something else in return.

Eventually, Wally, Linda, and Piper work there way to where the kids are. They've figured out that Trickster is running things, but also that even he is trapped by the rules that make Hell function.

Wally and Linda start arguing over which of them is going to sell their soul to ransom the kids -- except Piper picks a pomegranate off the table and tells Trickster he'll have dinner with him, if he lets the kids go.

Wally and Linda have just enough time to yell "NO!" before everything goes poof...

... they've woken up back in their house. The kids are all right...

But Piper is sprawled out on the couch, unresponsive, with a broken pomegranate in his hand, and red stains on his mouth.

katzedecimal is going to yell at me to write this one too, I bet. She says I'm far more cruel to the characters than she is...

Comments

[author376.livejournal.com]

Wow... I can really see this happening, but I can't blame you for fighting the plot bunny either. He would bite the hand that wrote for him. Still, it's a very interesting idea and kudos for coming up with it. :)

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Bah, my brain is evil. It comes up with at least three ideas a week, *10* if I'm actually too busy to write. It is a fickle, spiteful thing.

But I might actually write this, if only so that Piper can say "If you wanted a date, you could have just *asked*, James."

[author376.livejournal.com]

so that Piper can say "If you wanted a date, you could have just *asked*, James."

Okay, can't argue the epic win of Piper getting to say that to James! ^__^

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

You know that Trickster would give him some insane runaround because he wanted to go on a date with Piper -- just ASKING Piper out would be too straightforward and boring for him.

[author376.livejournal.com]

James says that you can't go wrong with Sky Writing or Rube Goldberg Machines! Or Both!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I can see James doing that... at which point Piper clubs him over the head with a tinwhistle, or just says "No!" and hides in his apartment for the next week.

[author376.livejournal.com]

I can see Piper responding in such a way... Pity that Trickster is just so good at picking locks, huh?

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Well, if Piper *really* doesn't want to talk to Trickster, he's not going to -- he's more stubborn, and he's got mind-control powers, enough to render himself functionally invisible.

[pleasance.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, I'm so digging this! I would love to know what happens next - does Piper have to stay in hell for half the year?

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was the idea... Wally gets a comatose Piper to look after for six months.

[elenorasweet.livejournal.com]

:o I would pay good money to see this made into a fic? Because it would be epic beyond words.

The waking up scene description has me itching to read it, and that whole "If you wanted a date, you could have just *asked*, James." thing really kills me. Tricks really would get himself in over his head by coning Neron, and toying with heroes. It's just so very him, to have so much power and use it in a totally unproductive, but amusing, way!

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

I do tend to make Wally feel guilty where Piper is concerned. I think I'm still mad that Wally didn't manage to visit Piper in prison *once* after he was incarcerated at Iron Heights -- and it's not like Wally couldn't have managed it, he just let himself be persuaded not to force the issue.

It's just so very him, to have so much power and use it in a totally unproductive, but amusing, way!

He totally would use amazing 'god-like' power to amuse himself. It would be bad for all the capes.

I hate to be that person, but...

[ziarenete13x.livejournal.com]

I'd really, really love to see this! I mean, pretty please with a cherry on top? I'm all for mixed myths and symbolism. Also, Trickster would totally do that..._{which is why I'm surprised there's aren't any fics in the tone of a Jack story. Yanno, like the Jack O'Lantern type wandering soul bit.}

Feel that guilt Wally, feeeeeeeeeeeel it. Fufufufufuu....