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@elena-n

Thanks for the response, Elena!

But I’ll just type stuff and see what happens…

That’s exactly what I’m wanting. Just random ideas you have that I can think on and make new ideas from. 🙂

Make the rebels the evil ones.

I’ve juggled around that idea myself–it is definitely something worth considering.

Take something that’s a normal trope and twist it to the exact opposite.

A fantastic way to brainstorm that I attempt to use often. 🙂

8. There’s a rampant disease that the government spread, but someone is mysteriously healing it, and the MC works for the government and has to try to stop the healer.

That is very interesting. When I first started reading it, I was like ‘rampant disease? come on now.’ But by the time I finished (one should not make hasty judgements, I know, xD), I was extremely intrigued. Having the MC be a person who attempts to stop the healer is a excellent idea.

@joelle-stone

Have one of the team of young people actually be the villain.

My brain is working double time trying to conceive of ways to pull this off. An excellent suggestion, but who would the MC be? One of the young people?

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Unfortunately, we are presently living in a real dystopian plot covering your first two bullet points.

Ah, come now, it isn’t all that bad–unless you consider the last millennium to also be dystopian. xD

What would the villain do to get a society to give up something they should give their life to protect for what they perceive will make them have an immediate gain.

I love this, and it is something I’ve been considering for a while now–both in the real and fictional worlds. For instance, there has always been a struggle between freedom and order, and in many cases, people are willing to give up the former for more of the latter (rise of serfdom in the early middle ages, Octavian’s rise to power as an emperor), but the question is, are there times when order is more important, or is complete freedom always better?

That billionaire idea is very interesting, I will be adding that to my brainstorm list. 🙂

@r-m-archer

And teenagers are the ones with the passion and energy to change things

Oh, I’m not against teens be the main characters, I just wanted something other than a group of teens who get put in a mysterious/dangerous situation (examples: The City of Ember, The Maze Runner, The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Red Queen, etc..)

Pharmaceutical/tech companies are also good candidates to be the bad guys.

One of my favorites. It’s on my list.

And media elites.

I think my personal hate for these is too high to write them. Okay, so that’s a little extreme, but you get it. xD

@rose-colored-fancy

So, my concept was to write a dystopia that starts right after a revolution and focuses on the fallout.

Ah, yes, we think alike, Rose. This concept is something I’ve been considering for a while now (though not in the exact way you explained it, so thanks for mentioning it). There is plot question of ‘what would happen if the villains won?’ and making a series about the aftermath of that. There is the plot question of ‘what happens after the protagonists won/got what they wanted?’ which could lead to everything you explained. Fantastic idea.

The “Extra special chosen one” who was the figurehead of the revolution (You know the character type I’m talking about, the classic main character.) spent their entire youth developing a savior complex and is now stuck with it. Nobody seems to care about them anymore, they’re just another person now their role is over and they don’t quite know how to handle it.

Interesting. Very interesting actually. I’ve also considered the idea of the chosen one trope where the chosen one turns bad or dies. Lots of room for ideas there.

@allertingthbs

That is a high-fantasy government with supernatural entities, but yeah. xD