Re: If you had to create your own TV show,what concept would you go wi
Here's my idea, called Oppobrium..
God is represented as seven modern young people.
They spend most of their time in a basement.
So, the idea is that these seven people are merely all one mind. Together they could form god, and throughout history, who they are specifically changes but the function of each person is the same. Normally each of these different people (aspects of his mind) all get along fine but not in this scenario.
Kalondigus would be the main part, the one that sets the doctrines, makes all the final decisions, and most closely resembles the final version of god. He is an intimidating fellow, and at first we think he unable to leave the basement. At first.
The Running Rabbit is like his errand girl. I didn't intend this to be so strong when I came up with it, but she is the angel.. (that analogy actually works even though I didn't think of her that way when I cane up with it) and she runs errands for Kalondigus in the real world, and can escort other asects of God's mind back and forth. Kalondigus himself almost never leaves the basement.
Mariel represents the impulsve drive of humanity, the side of people that act on feelings alone, while Rishaldi represents the more rational side of humans.
Play Button and Lesser Evil are two guys that work together constntly to try to help Kalondigus adapt to whatever the culture is at the time. In a way, think of them having the same role as the monks that wrote the Bible. They take current events of histoy and try to fit them into what Kalondigus might want. Both of these guys have slightly different takes on how this should work, Lesser Evil believes that people are enriched by the threats (his counterpart would have written the old testament back in the day) while Play Button is more forward thinking (he would have written the new Testament).
Paulson is a normal modern person, and would kind of be Kalondigus' eyes, ears, and messenger. Whatever Play Button and Lesser Evil would come up with, this guy was supposed to deliver that message to the world and then report back to Kolandigus. In other words, he would fulfill the same role that Jesus had. Again, when I came up with it, these analogies were not intended to be so strong, but it actually kind of works and is easier for me to explain.
So the idea is that, despite these seven aspects of his personality, god only gets a mere impression of how humans operate, behave, believe and act, and they only get a mere impression of him this way as well. In the past, this never mattered, but in modern culture, now, the aspects of his personality begin to have a conflict over this.
Th catch is that Paulson is sick of waiting around, and volunteers to go out in the world, using Play Button and Lesser Evil's research as a guide, but they aren't finished yet (they do give him some stuff to go on, like magazine clippings and printouts from wikipedia), so Running Rabbit wants to prepare him for the task ahead, so she takes him out of the basement for a quick tour. What ends up happening is that she leaves him in an alley and decides not to escort him back! Paulson has with him a mere page from a magazine, but it the closest thing to a tangible "word of god" set in historical context that Play Button and Lesser Evil had ready at the time, so I was basically making fun of how useless (and how tied into history and how morallly questionable) the Bible is.
Kolandigus debates with the other aspects of his mind but becomes increasingly concerned that Paulson will never return.As he starts to get equipment together, bullet-proof vest, helmet, military gear, assault rifle, etc, we realize in the first season cliffhanger that he can go out of the basement, but never did for his own protection, hence the all the gear needed when he does go out.
Mariel gets pissed at Rabbit for what she has done and acts impulsively, at least at first, but in the process, she realizes what both Play Button and Lesser Evil start to realize: that this whole idea, their whole methodology, is wrong, and would only give Kalondigus a fragmented view of humanity. So, just as Marielwould break down the door to beat the crap out of Rabbit, she decideds to simply leave. She decides not to act on impulse, and this surprises Rishaldi.
By the same token, the two monk-like characters, Play Button and Lesser Evil, also realize that Kalondigus will get nowhere with the traditional way of learning about people.
