- The hero who's saving the world to earn the love of a girl- in a completely non-touching and creepy way. Bonus points for the girl not liking him, thinking he's a creep, and still not liking him at the end of the story. I mean, come on, think of the person you'd least like to be around. What happens if they save the world for YOU?! Yeah, I'd imagine I'd be pretty pissed off.
- A mix of fantasy/scifi and the old-fashioned gangster film (a la the public enemy).
- Screw that, a sci fi/fantasy story about a doctor. JUST a doctor. And all of the quirky injuries he has to deal with.
-An antihero who does abhorrent things, like emotionally abuse his dependents, or cheat on his wife, or mutilate the dead, but still has heroic qualities. We need more antiheroes that, while maybe not being RAPISTS or other terrible things, aren't your normal hero with angst and a monochrome wardrobe.
-Villains who are not only smart, but realize that there are more subtle ways than death to eliminate potential hazards (hamstring that exceedingly talented warrior).
-Telepathy treated with enough scope to make for "dreamscape conflicts" or at least given the weight of a cyberpunk setting. If you really think about it, telepathy can easily be connected to HACKING SOMEONE'S BRAIN.
-Hell, a society so focused around telepathy that their muscles have all atrophied, and you form your kingdoms by bending the wills of everyone else- size is dependent on how far your mind can reach. And they've got the grunts, the people with little or no telepathic power, forced into mind-servitude and administering nourishment through IVs, as well as doing all the manual labor just to prop up such a society.
-classical "high fantasy" set in the desert. Among the Bedouins. Wherein every character is of the tribe. I almost had this, but then I changed it. Oh, and no, it can't be about the women's struggle for FREEDOM.
-A main character who isn't special due to what he or she is. A main character with no destiny, no special powers, but who just sees that the world is suffering and sets out to do what he or she can. Someone who even suffers from insecurity because he or she isn't the classical hero or heroine- she doesn't have ancestors, he doesn't have a destiny given by some old mentor. The main character's journey as they struggle to just make the world better in whatever way they can, and the people they meet along the way and how they interact...
-More characters who have PTSD.
-And a bunch o' elves that are very much the fashionistas. I mean, if you think about it, generic Elvish society works the absolute BEST for fashion trendsing. Can't you imagine a modern-day city with elves as clothing designers? They've seen all the trends! They know what things look like! They know when things come into style!
-Ye Olde "DESTINY AND CHOSEN ONES" plot, only the chosen ones aren't picked to save the world-- they're just raised special from an early age and let run amok. Nobody knows what his or her own destiny is, the characters react just like people do, and there's no black and white conflict-- just a bunch of people deemed more important than the rest of society suffering conflicts amongst themselves and clashes of opinion.
Bonus points for not having any of them go fully insane/wanting to PURGE the WORLD.
-Ye olde 'clash between good and evil' story that focuses on normal people trying to deal and make a recovery. Screw the heroes, I want to hear about the court who's struggling to deal with the political repurcussions, or the lower class whose homes have been destroyed, or the rare refugees.
