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Kite is a 9th grade freshman at Alloy High School. He doesn't believe in anything. His life has been a series of let downs: his parents are divorced, he has no specialty, and his best friend is now his bully. Every foundation that he has tried to stand on in his life has failed him.

He doesn't watch movies or read much because he is sick of being lied to. The good guys are supposed to win, Love and friends last forever, everything works out in the end blah blah blah lies. Fantasy stories and games just depress him because of how inferior his real life is in comparison; what's the point of a temporary reprieve? Even these have bogus lessons like going berserk is the ultimate solution for everything. These morals and virtues just get your hopes up. No, he spends most of his time gazing over the school court yard from the second story. Here, while observing the students scurrying around like ants in a glass case, he tries to imagine something else; something he hasn't tried yet. Something that won't crumble to any external force.

Alloy High School is not the most nurturing of environments for the troubled Kite. Bullying is a huge problem and the officials can't seem to do anything about it. It probably has to do with the large size of the school and multiple levels of rooms. This becomes obvious when one day Roy(bully) confronts Kite at his favorite spot. Roy decides on something particularly nasty and plops him on the other side of the railing, requiring Kite to hold on with his hands to the railing lest he lose his balance and fall(Kite is still standing, just on the wrong side of the railing). Of course Roy isn't done. Roy resumes by plucking off his supporting hand, alternating between the 2, so Kite is switching between holding on with his left and right hand for dear life.

Suddenly from behind him he hears a scream so loud that he couldn't help but take a peek over his shoulder despite his current situation.
A crowd has formed beneath him in the court yard. They look up at him with dumb looks of awe. Their mouth's agape like dumb dogs would have disgusted Kite if he wasn't so fixated on the young girl that made the scream. Her face was pale white and unlike the gawking crowd her expression was of pure horror. She had brown hair and the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen. The odd thing is that he was fairly certain that he had never seen this girl before, but it was after all a very large school, and he was only a freshman. What classes was she probably taking then? Well, she's a girl, so she's probably in either home ec. or maybe quilting. Why didn't he listen to his mother when she told him to take home e------------

*SNAP* Roy is holding Kite by the back of his shirt, which is the only thing stopping him from falling over the side now. Apparently Roy severely overestimated Kite's attention span, and plucked off his other hand assuming Kite would fucking notice. When Kite came safely back to the other side he noticed that Roy was shaking and pale as a ghost. Kite didn't care much about Roy's current state, but he quickly rushed over to the railing that almost killed him to try and catch a glimpse of this mystery girl again.

He couldn't find her, but he was able to notice what alluded him before, the gaping sheep. And then it hit him. The same thing that was itching at his brain before he was so rudely interrupted by Roy. It's all about being on top. The winners, the leaders, even God - they are all at the top. Champions on their pedestals, CEO's in their skyscrapers, and God in heaven. Does the king sit high on his throne because he is king, or is he king because he sits on high. Kite's physical science teacher's lectures on potential energy made a new wave of sense now. He literally is more powerful than those around him by his increased elevation. Kite finally had a foundation.

Later that day Kite is looking over his school in a whole new light as a king does over his kingdom. Still trying to fully grasp his new dogma, he's interrupted by the sight of Roy and ....... mystery girl talking to each other. His first reaction was actually one of apathy. This is because he is so used to injustices that his learned reaction is to let it roll off his back or he'd go insane a long time ago. This time though something stirred in him, something he hadn't felt in years "No no no no... NOT Roy fucking Everhart... Over my dead body..." So he collected himself and thought of how to apply his new found perspective to this situation: He had the high ground, so he was in the position to call the shots. He does some math in his head ~ at the most Roy can throw a punch with 30 psi, while the momentum his body can generate jumping from 25 feet is about 300 psi.
The choice is clear, he jumps.

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So that's the first issue in a detailed overview. Obviously the comic will try to tell the same thing, but through dialogue and pictures.

other considerable titles: Elevation, High Ground, The Fall.

Stuff I plan to draw from: After watching some code geass and deathnote I had a radical change in thinking. Making the main character have an "ends justify the means" attitude is the way to go.

Watching Gurren Lagann I really felt that they did a good job at coming up with a central symbol(spirals/drilling) and shaping everything around it. I want the idea of elevation/falling to have the same type of tie-ins. This is different from the typical approach to have a central theme or message. I feel like you can just do more with a symbol.

Narration: I want to try a blend of 3rd, and 2nd person to subtly warp the readers mind and put themselves in the character's shoes. Like, the story will appear mostly 3rd person talking about this Kite character, but occasionally there will be something like "these morals and virtues just get your hopes up" and not in a thought bubble. Then again a comic doesn't have much if any narration, so either I make it more a short story or throw that idea out the window. Hell, I could just make them all like I made this summary. I don't know, I've only done short stories/dialogue/background lore.

Visuals: There's so much I wish I could do with the art style, but I am working on a request basis - I request a scene is drawn a certain way, and my friend does the best he can. What I would some day like to do is have the comic in a flash frame. It would still be a comic, just the images would have a moving effet(think: Okami)

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So yeah, that's my idea for a comic - an emo kid jumps from high places onto people he hates...

Post has been edited 6 time(s), last time on Oct 10 2009, 5:26 pm by ClansAreForGays.

Bah, at first I thought you were talking about Camus' novel.

Bah, at first I thought you were talking about Singh's film.

gaaaaaaaaaaaaah! NAME CHANGED!

Clans, has there been any progress on the visual part yet?

carry on writing that summary! I liked it a lot and I hate reading!

Srs, I need more

I read the first line and just stopped.
Sounds stupid, been done a million times before.

Why can't people take the middle ground, life isn't a constant downer (unless you turn it into that) and it's not a constant win.
It's an ebb and flow of both, it would be nice to see a movie or story where the sides go back and forth.

Also the names make me wish to stab you.

Yes, because all that development would totally happen in the FIRST issue of a COMIC. Anyone with any decent writing experience knows the goal for the first issue/scene/episode is to establish a setting and/or an identity.

Still, your comment on your severe distaste for the over done shows your a step above most people, your hate just isn't warranted here. I was the first to Kite comes off as the typical too-cool-to-care emo protagonist, but I believe in round characters, and people that develop over time.

Comics have little to no character developement.
Also reading further in, you want to do it in an anime style, which furthers my dislike for it, and you, for liking anime, it's not personal, it's just anime makes me rage.

I'd also suggest you draw it yourself, doing things for yourself entirely is always good fun, and unlike things like modding or modeling where you migh tnot have the required programs or expertise, anyone can draw, and anyone can develope that skill.
I will not read your comic, since I doubt it will entertain me, but if you gain experience in one form or another, do it.
It's what I did in gmod, I made some fairly shitty unfun scripts and things, but I also learned a few ground rules about coding in lua (and therefore, many other languages)