You Could Be So Much Better.

[rionaleonhart]

Watched the Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief documentary last night, and I had forgotten how freaking charming Derren Brown is. HE COOKS BREAKFAST WITH HIS PET PARROT PERCHED ON HIS SHOULDER, HOW ADORABLE IS THAT. HE PRETENDS TO EAT THE CAMERA LIKE A DORK. And The Heist is still just stunning. The replication of the Milgram experiment is so

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[dracothelizard]

Speaking of Big Fat Quizzes, I found the 2010 one on YouTube! No one mentioned Jonathan Ross has blatantly quit the BBC to focus on his attempt to become a supervillain! No one grows a goatee/moustache combo like THAT without at least trying to get himself a volcanic lair. Also, the Mitchell-Brook primary schoolplays were ADORABLE.

I may have slightly massively watched ALL Misfits episodes in the last few days. Uhm. YES EPISODE FOUR. I am ENTIRELY in favour of timey-wimeyness and the consequences of one's actions. Also, I don't think Blond Git is an ex-boyfriend, as they stopped speaking when they went to secondary school, which I think is a bit young for boyfriends, but maybe Simon had a bit of a crush on him anyway.

EPISODE SIX GAVE ME THE CREEPS. WELL-MEANING VILLAINS ARE THE WORST. Argh.

[wolfy_writing]

So his non-evil and their non-foiling would all balance out?

[dracothelizard]

It would, and Jeremy and James definitely encourage Richard's heroics, to keep him busy and just in case Ross ever manages anything.

[wolfy_writing]

Just keep James away. Because Jonathan Ross would have a doomsday machine that consisted of three bits of wire and a vibrator, and Richard and Mark would be standing over it arguing whether sparkles go with carbotanium, and James would start tinkering, and end up going "Oh cock, it works!"

[dracothelizard]

And then Richard and Mark would go 'Gasp! Captain Slow was the real villain all along!' and decide to take him down after Richard blows up the doomsday machine.

[wolfy_writing]

And James would be all "It's designed to blow up, you idiot! You're supposed to stop it blowing up!"

Only Richard would completely fail to grasp the concept of preventing an explosion.

[dracothelizard]

"Maybe we should put your carbotanium cape over it, to keep the explosion contained!"
"...Why would we want to keep it contained?"
"Because otherwise it'll blow up the world!"

[wolfy_writing]

"Yeah, but what a way to go!"

[dracothelizard]

"Richard, we're supposed to be superheroes! That means no destroying the world!"
"Not even a little?"
"You won't be able to drive the Black Shadow if the world's exploded."
"Good point."

[wolfy_writing]

Eventually, they realize they have no idea how to stop it, and track down Jeremy and tell him "Make this work!"

That results in him breaking it, and the day is saved!

[dracothelizard]

Jeremy demands a reward for his work, but Richard and Mark are too busy thwarting the evil Captain Slow. "He must be evil, he's got a cat."

[wolfy_writing]

"I'm not a bloody supervillian!"

Richard would be all, "A really competent supervillain would deny he was a supervillain!"

Then Mark would get worried and go, "Can we handle a really competent supervillain?"

"Don't worry about it! The Black Shadow can face anything!"

[dracothelizard]

"We shall thwart him by slightly misaligning his airvents!"

"...Is that really going to work?"

"Trust me, it'll work. And have you got a watch with one of those plastic circle things you can rotate? Because then you need to misalign that as well."

[wolfy_writing]

"You're making that up!"

"No, trust me, it's like kryptonite!"

And then they'd follow James around with a watch where the plastic thing was misaligned, and he'd be shouting, "Stop it! I'm not your bloody supervillain!"

Eventually he'd crack and create some sort of world domination plot where he could force everyone to align their watches and air vents properly.

[dracothelizard]

And then Richard and Mark foil it, and everyone's happy.

Well, except for James, 'cause the world still has misaligned watches and airvents, but Richard and Mark will keep him busy. They can give him beer to celebrate foiling him.

[wolfy_writing]

If they gave James a beer, and stopped pointing misaligned watches at him or messing with his car for a bit, I think he'd be fairly easygoing about being foiled.