Green Imp and Yellowbeard (A Dystopian Fan-Fic!)
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" [2014] has a lot of things going for it:
1. an effective cast
2. great film-editing
3. cool visuals and action-sequences
4. a well-organized audio experience
5. intriguing characters
In fact, if you're new to the world of 'comic book storytelling,' then this film will have you thinking merry (with your kids!) about 'improvisational ghoulishness.'
Here's a civilization-colored Spidey fan-fic I wrote, inspired by the style of 'Choose-Your-Own-Adventure' (virtual-reality oral tradition) theatrics presented in the film.
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Peter Parker, the happy photojournalist working for the Daily Bugle received an assignment to photograph and record the public interview of NYC's two newest super-villains arrested by Spider-Man --- Green Imp (a mutated Narcissistic anti-establishmentarian) and Yellowbeard (a self-proclaimed 'prophet' of terrorism). The interview was conducted by a renowned Oscorp psychologist, and the public (news reporters, society critics, and citizens) were invited to view how Oscorp was treating these new 'diplomats of crime.' Peter made sure no one would suspect that he was in fact Spider-Man.
When Peter arrived at the public Oscorp event, he noticed the crowd of people gathered and the news cameras and reporters. He pulled out his handy-dandy Canon camera and began snapping away and taking notes about what was said to and by Green Imp and Yellowbeard. Peter was careful to consider how this public interview would affect the two super-villains and whether or not it would give them 'mischievous ideas' about escape and deformity.
GREEN IMP: We two are merely 'diplomats of urban corruption.'
YELLOWBEARD: We are no more guilty than the violence-glorifying media!
INTERVIEWER: Do you feel that Oscorp can help you?
GREEN IMP: If Oscorp's scientists are curious about mutation, then yes.
YELLOWBEARD: Does Oscorp have the necessary resources to analyse evil?
INTERVIEWER: Oscorp scientists characterize 'evil' as criminal insanity!
GREEN IMP: Insanity is a reality, and the real crazies are the NYPD.
YELLOWBEARD: Does anyone bat an eyelash about police brutality?
INTERVIEWER: Have you been treated fairly in Oscorp?
GREEN IMP: So far, the scientists are alright, but we need care.
YELLOWBEARD: Oscorp has the potential to be a real hospital.
INTERVIEWER: Thank you for your time and attention.
Peter took his well-taken photographs and notes to his boss at the Daily Bugle. The article printed about the widely-publicized Oscorp interview of Green Imp and Yellowbeard had everyone in NYC talking about creative approaches to criminal insanity. Green Imp was believed to be a man made angry by his undesirable toxic-poisoning related mutation, and Yellowbeard was a symbol of humanity gone mischievous.
Spider-Man was soaring around NYC that night, prowling the city streets looking for miscreants and criminals when he suddenly noticed that Green Imp and Yellowbeard were on the rooftop of the Empire State Building waving two giant red flags and throwing tear-gas grenades at the pedestrians on the street below them. Spidey soared in to tie the two ghouls up with his cobweb-shooter. Spider-Man (Peter Parker) remarked to himself, "If I can return these two NYC nemeses to Oscorp, maybe the world will see that the only cure to criminal insanity is, in fact, danger-charting!"
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Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Books (Wikipedia):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure