User blog:EtherealNyx/Some Interesting Concepts of Mine :D

Ok, so I was looking at some popular nursery rhymes and felt the urge to make some OCs from them! Please tell me what you think about these concepts: I'm dying to know if they're viable!

The first concept is the next master from "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep". If you're unfamiliar with that one, it goes like this.

"Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full;

One for the master,

And one for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane."

Anyway, the next master would be the daughter of the master, a girl who will grow up to inherit a successful business raising sheep for their wool (and maybe mutton to add more tension?). A born herder, this girl prefers the simple life and doesn't appreciate the destiny conflict, choosing to remain true to her tale. However, her parents seem to want her to choose to be a Rebel and form her own business, much to the girl's horror.

The next concept is for the next 'pretty maid' from "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary". That nursery rhyme goes like this.

"Mary, Mary, quite contrary,

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And pretty maids all in a row."

The next pretty maid would be a relatively average guy, one who feels that he has to live up to conventional views of beauty when it comes to men. His effeminate appearance leads to severe insecurities for him, since beauty standards have been hammered into him from the start. It's to the point where he hardly thinks of anything else but attaining the pinnacle of beauty.

Alright, the next concept is for "Rock-a-bye Baby". I think everyone knows this one, but just in case...

"Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop,

When the wind blows, the cradle will rock,

When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,

And down will come baby, cradle and all."

I always felt this one was a bit cruel to the baby, so I devised a concept based on that cruelty.

Ok, so the idea is that Headmaster M. Grimm wanted to enforce the idea that "Following your destiny rules!" since way too many people were Rebels for his comfort. He decided to enlist the help of a nursery rhyme who followed her story when she was a baby. You guessed it, the teenager I'm talking about was the baby from Rock-a-bye Baby.

Now, Grimm's idea would be golden since A- the girl was a teenager and therefore would share classes with most of the Rebels and B- she had already followed her story and seemed content with her lot in life. However, there was a few problems.

1. She was crippled by that mentioned fall in her cradle. 2. She actually isn't all that happy about her lot in life, but is a Royal for appearance's sake. (As if her choosing a side even matters, since she already followed her destiny.)

Final nursery rhyme concept for now!

I wanted to make one of the children from "There Was An Old Lady Who Lived In A Shoe". This is how hat nursery rhyme goes...

"There was an old lady who lived in a shoe.

She had so many children, she didn't know what to do;

She gave them some broth without any bread;

Then whipped them all soundly and put them to bed."

From the sound of things, the old lady/woman starved and abused her children! :( So, I wanted to highlight that with this next OC.

Yes, it's yet another girl. One that has been regularly abused and neglected by her elderly mother, the OC struggles to have any faith in authority, seeing as they never helped her with her situation at home. She doesn't trust her siblings, seeing them as competition for morsels and has a persistent faith in Santa, due to him bringing her presents hidden in the spots in their shoe home where she hides for various reasons.

She's pretty paranoid and doesn't really trust anyone unless they constantly make the effort to be her friend. Most don't. She's very used to hunger and being poor and finds it hard to adjust to the fact that during the school year, she's neither of those things.

She wants to grow up and eradicate poverty, among other ambitious goals. With her cleverness, she just might make it a reality, too.

So, what do you guys think? Are these ideas good? Should I develop them further? Let me know!