DragonTrainer201
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Okay, so I have this idea for a story that I've been considering writing, but wasn't sure if it'd catch enough interest:
In his first life, the MC was a follower and yes-man of the main villain. The main villain is your stereotypical arrogant noble who used to bully and antagonize the hero. One of the main reasons why MC follows the villain is because their families have been staunch allies for generations. Also, MC's family has been riding on the villain family's coattails for a long time. Also, he used to be almost as bad as the villain, so they were basically childhood friends. Also, the MC is kind of dumb, lazy, and is only above average in strength due to pills provided by his family's connections.
The story starts with the OP hero completing his revenge against the villain. The villain's family and their subordinates' families within their faction have fallen at this point and were making one last desperate attempt to take over the entire empire. MC and other followers move in to stop the hero, deluding themselves into believing they actually stood a chance... and are promptly killed off.
MC wakes up to find himself in the modern world in the body of a 12 year old. While in the modern world, he reads a bunch of Xianxia novels and manhua, realizing that the hero from his previous life fit all the typical traits of an OP Xianxia protagonist. He also correctly deduces who the heroine, the villains, and the love rivals are supposed to be. He decides to take this chance to start over and live a better life, eventually becoming a member of the police force's special duties unit. Though he has made multiple mistakes while living his new life, there was always someone there to help him out or give him a second chance. He has come to genuinely regret all the sins he committed during his previous life as the villain's follower.
During an operation to rescue hostages, he gets run over by a truck.
MC wakes up to find himself back in his first life, except he's 12 again. With his police force training and his knowledge of Xianxia novel tropes, he decides to... stay the heck out of the hero's way! No matter how much he cultivates and how much he schemes, there's no way he stands any chance against the OP hero, right? Ah... but he can't just abandon his friends and family. If he can change for the better, why can't they? With this in mind, he attempts to change and redeem his friends and family... but they continue provoking the hero and heroine! Why does the villain keep thinking he can take down the hero? Why is his family still going along with the villain's schemes? Why don't his friends see that they're being treated as cannon fodder? Why does his fiance keep following the villain's sister's schemes and bullying the heroine? Why do those rival noble houses who have nothing to do with... actually, let's break out the popcorn and see where that goes. Most importantly, though... how can he convince the hero that he's not a threat?
Also, someone really should do something about that demonic horde that'll be attacking in ten years. Too bad the hero only got around to dealing with it last time after wiping out the villain's family and half the population died...
So... how much story potential do you think there is in the summary I provided above? How arrogant and obsessed with revenge should I make the OP hero? After reading "Tales of Demons and Gods", "Phoenix Against the World", "Xian Ni", "Rebirth of the Urban Immortal Cultivator", and other similar works with OP protagonists... well... would it be accurate to portray the OP hero in my story idea as arrogant, merciless, and prone to escalating the conflict?
Also, I'm having some trouble coming up with names for my characters.
Also, do you think it'd be a good idea to have both hero and heroine be OP and revenge-obsessed?
In his first life, the MC was a follower and yes-man of the main villain. The main villain is your stereotypical arrogant noble who used to bully and antagonize the hero. One of the main reasons why MC follows the villain is because their families have been staunch allies for generations. Also, MC's family has been riding on the villain family's coattails for a long time. Also, he used to be almost as bad as the villain, so they were basically childhood friends. Also, the MC is kind of dumb, lazy, and is only above average in strength due to pills provided by his family's connections.
The story starts with the OP hero completing his revenge against the villain. The villain's family and their subordinates' families within their faction have fallen at this point and were making one last desperate attempt to take over the entire empire. MC and other followers move in to stop the hero, deluding themselves into believing they actually stood a chance... and are promptly killed off.
MC wakes up to find himself in the modern world in the body of a 12 year old. While in the modern world, he reads a bunch of Xianxia novels and manhua, realizing that the hero from his previous life fit all the typical traits of an OP Xianxia protagonist. He also correctly deduces who the heroine, the villains, and the love rivals are supposed to be. He decides to take this chance to start over and live a better life, eventually becoming a member of the police force's special duties unit. Though he has made multiple mistakes while living his new life, there was always someone there to help him out or give him a second chance. He has come to genuinely regret all the sins he committed during his previous life as the villain's follower.
During an operation to rescue hostages, he gets run over by a truck.
MC wakes up to find himself back in his first life, except he's 12 again. With his police force training and his knowledge of Xianxia novel tropes, he decides to... stay the heck out of the hero's way! No matter how much he cultivates and how much he schemes, there's no way he stands any chance against the OP hero, right? Ah... but he can't just abandon his friends and family. If he can change for the better, why can't they? With this in mind, he attempts to change and redeem his friends and family... but they continue provoking the hero and heroine! Why does the villain keep thinking he can take down the hero? Why is his family still going along with the villain's schemes? Why don't his friends see that they're being treated as cannon fodder? Why does his fiance keep following the villain's sister's schemes and bullying the heroine? Why do those rival noble houses who have nothing to do with... actually, let's break out the popcorn and see where that goes. Most importantly, though... how can he convince the hero that he's not a threat?
Also, someone really should do something about that demonic horde that'll be attacking in ten years. Too bad the hero only got around to dealing with it last time after wiping out the villain's family and half the population died...
So... how much story potential do you think there is in the summary I provided above? How arrogant and obsessed with revenge should I make the OP hero? After reading "Tales of Demons and Gods", "Phoenix Against the World", "Xian Ni", "Rebirth of the Urban Immortal Cultivator", and other similar works with OP protagonists... well... would it be accurate to portray the OP hero in my story idea as arrogant, merciless, and prone to escalating the conflict?
Also, I'm having some trouble coming up with names for my characters.
Also, do you think it'd be a good idea to have both hero and heroine be OP and revenge-obsessed?