A glimmering of thought

I had this idea come to me earlier today, and I can't bear to see it go to waste. I was thinking on twists, and realized that a lot of them are like, you find out that you/the hero are really the villain at the end. But what if a villain was basically cursed to constantly aid humanity no matter how hard he tried? I envision a mad scientist who has a deep loathing for humanity and just wants to wipe it all out, but who's every invention somehow ends up making things better, which only further infuriates him. Like, society keeps praising him or his mysterious creations that seem to come out of nowhere and make everything better, and all it does is further loathe them and try even harder. Maybe he creates some super-virus that mutates and ends up killing off cancer, or some giant mechanical monstrosity that happens to show up at the same time as another monster and saves the city. Ooh, or a freeze ray the stabilizes the world climate. I envision a man, maniacally doing his damnedest to exterminate human life, but each one just keeps helping! The fury of an evil man as he continues to improve the lives of all he attempts to kill absolutely amuses me. Maybe one day he even snaps, makes a simple gun and decides to kill someone, only to save someone from assassination, or dislodging something important.

So many potential ideas. I think the hardest part is thinking of things going right. I've found many times that doing things backward is funny, but usually a lot more work and understanding of the subject. The nature of things is to fall apart, degrade, get worse, so thinking of them getting put right can be both more impactful and more difficult.

I started reading writing prompts off of reddit yesterday and I must say, there are some really great ideas for writing. Some of them have definitely sparked a few ideas in me, though others have more made me want to read that story as done by someone else. Like, what are all the places other people can take this thing?

There was a particularly cool one I read today about everyone on earth simultaneously hearing a voice announce that the server was being shut down for good in 2 hours and thanks everyone for playing Human. There were a few cool stories written from it, but it didn't quite cover my own ideas for it, so it could be something I could write about. However, it has since occurred to me that the whole scenario is reminiscent of the Roy game on Rick and Morty. It's a bit tricky to top anything they've done on the show.

I think some of the most intriguing prompts have been about different ways in which humanity would be considered bizarre to the rest of the universe. There was one about what if music were considered dangerous to the rest of the universe and humanity's ability to have, make, and enjoy so much of it made us tremendously scary/dangerous. Them trying to deal with us without letting on our power imbalance makes for further potentials as well. Of course, then I start thinking of bits from Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and potential plots take a very different turn. I love that idea that I've seen puttering about the net, the headcannon where we are akin to space orcs, or that like in the Star Trek type future, we are powerful because we are so very crazy. Like, the reason why we're the only ones to defeat the borg is due to our unpredictability. That terran problems with tech going awry, such as with the holodeck, is because we just have to try things because it's there. Of course, now I just want to go back and reread all those posts on the matter. Basically, the human race is one big Rick and Morty, and the rest of the universe don't know how to deal.

The most amusing part of all this is that I keep writing about writing, rather than simply writing. But hey, it's a start and better than nothing.