anthimeria: Astro City superheroine Flying Fox (Flying Fox)
Lauren K. Moody ([personal profile] anthimeria) wrote in [community profile] writerstorm2010-04-24 01:02 am

Shapeshifters

Okay, y'all, I need some help.  I'm trying to outline a superhero story, and for hero-related reasons, I'd really like my villain to be a shapeshifter.

The thing is, I can only think of sneaky-infiltration type plots for shapeshifters, and that doesn't mesh with my superhero (she's a little more, hmm, think Wonder Woman or Spider-Man instead of Batman or Daredevil).

I am fully capable of pulling full-blown ideas out of tiny bits, so large or small, what kind of villainous deeds might a shapeshifter commit?

PS: it's set in the modern USA, in a world that's accustomed to superheroes.  I'd like to avoid such overdone, boring schemes as "taking over the world," "blowing up something big and important" and "creating new real estate from radioactive minerals."

[personal profile] miss_haitch 2010-04-24 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
There's transforming into a pre-existing famous person for nefarious purposes, transforming into some sort of dangerous beast to scare or hunt down citizens, transforming into a shape that's exceptional in some way to gain fame (super strength or super dexterity for sports or general usefulness). Maybe shapeshifting to pretend to be an alien or some other otherworldly being?