Getting Revenge? http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851 ChickLitWriterGirl I need some ideas on ways to get revenge on people... My character has a list of various people who have wronged her in some way, and she's about to start taking her revenge, but I'm coming up blank on the kinds of things she could do to people. Can be jokey, like switching shampoo for hair removal cream or serious/malicious like convincing someone her husband is having an affair... Any and all suggestions very welcome! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:45:48 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112590 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112590 Bill Moonroe Depending on your character's connections, it might not be hard for her to have people declared as dead. She wouldn't have to kill them, but if your employer, insurance agents, the government, etc. think you're dead, you might soon wish you were. Or, just putting obituaries for the offending people in the paper. "Bill me later" subscription cards are pretty easy to come by. Imagine a spouse's reaction to seeing pornographic magazines arriving. Do any of the people on the list have pets? No, no, I'm not suggesting taking out anger on a defenseless animal. Well, maybe a little. Shaving profanity into the pets' fur is one idea, another might be to just shave everything except the head. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:41:22 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112690 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112690 Bill Moonroe Also, ammonia can be used to make all sorts of... creative things... happen to someone's front lawn. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:43:19 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112694 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112694 DeathOfScythes When they're on vacation, running the garden hose up to the attic and turning it on. Thousands of dollars in water damage Gluing all of the toilet seats down, giving them powerful laxatives. Putting a tap on their phone (pretty easy, just hook up a cordless phone to the box where the phone hooks up to the house using a splitter) and dialing 1-900 sex line numbers. Optionally, call 911, report a second target as dragging a screaming, blood covered person into their house while wearing naught but a clown mask. The second target gets a swat visit; the first target gets arrested for obstructing justice and possibly a civil suit. Recording them saying incriminating/tasteless things, dialing up people's voicemail where they work and playing the messages back. Bonus points for tailoring the recordings to the voicemail's owner; Polish jokes to to his Boss, Mr. Rzeznik or discussing the short hemline of the CEO's daughter to the CEO. I've always preferred to user fertilizer for lawn messages, it's the gift that keeps on giving. First, they wake up and see an anatomical picture on their lawn in green powder. They wash it off with the garden hose, calling it a day. Next, a few weeks later, it becomes visible again, not from anything on the grass, that grass is simply greener, thicker, different from the rest of the lawn. They attempt to compensate by adding more fertilizer but that just serves to slightly desaturate the image, or in the best case over fertilize the picture and kill the grass. Carefully place a nail such that it is resting against a car tire, such that when they back up it pierces the tire. If you're lucky they'll make it a few miles before they notice the leak. If the spare's accessible from the outside (generally the case with vans, SUV's & trucks, less so with sedans) drain the air. If you're feeling particularly malicious, weld the lug nuts to the bolts or heat the bolts with a blowtorch and spray saltwater in the threads to encourage rusting and sticking. It is said that the chainsaw is the great communicator. Use the chainsaw to communicate your displeasure to the person's house, car or prized rosebushes. quickset cement can have a remarkable effect when applied to the sink drains and toilets. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:04:48 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112940 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1112940 Dragonchilde Moving to PLot Doctoring Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:55:48 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1113491 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1113491 cursive Replace Oreo cookie fillings with toothpaste. :-) Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:56:53 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1113682 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1113682 helltank Pick out some minor misdeed you know the person has done(etc. stealing a pencil) and taunt them about it repeatedly over and over. And over and over. And call their phone and sing it into their year, and spam their email with messages about it, and write dozens of letters to them about it. If they have Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr, spam it up with messages about the misdeed. Spraypaint it on the outside of their houses. It seems innocuous, but hearing and seeing the words "you stole a pencil" ten thousand times every day can and will drive you mad. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:55:44 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114668 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114668 Bill Moonroe There's some vengeful stuff than can be done with cars, too. Scatter birdseed across the hood and roof of the car and hope that, whatever the car's original color, it will soon be in liquidy shades of green and white. A banana in the tailpipe can be a lot of fun, too. In some cars, it's enough to keep the car from starting. Put chalk outlines of bodies all over the offender's driveway. Along with lots of ketchup. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:08:28 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114747 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114747 Bill Moonroe Who knew we were such a vengeful lot? Duct tape stretched across a doorbell pressed at 2 am is another fun option. Speaking of doorbells, the paper bag of flaming dog poo version of ding-dong ditch is always good clean fun. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:27:56 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114879 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114879 Saspirilla Do they have an expensive bottle of whisky or something similar hanging around the house for a special occasion? Switch it with cold tea when you know they are going to finally use it. Vodka is great for switching with water. Aside: I did the vodka one on my brother. He was just asking for it, the little *insert expletive here* and he still doesn't know who did it. Hee hee! Getting a cheap mobile and calling them constantly at ridiculous hours of the day and night. Leaving messages on their doorstep to discover when they get back from work threatening to do something awful about soemthing they did at primary/elementary school. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:03:19 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114944 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1114944 vate "A banana in the tailpipe can be a lot of fun, too. In some cars, it's enough to keep the car from starting." a plug with a 3/4" hole drilled in it, painted black. starts, idles, pulls away from stoplights, gasps like an 84 year old smoker when it shifts into second. takes forever to find, and leaves the victim in a state of shock when the mechanic hands it to them, says "looks like you have an enemy" and charges them $1000. make fake NAMBLA posters with their phone number. send strangers ( to them ) up to them to ask "hey,man, yougotanyspeedman? I needtoscorenow, man" in public Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:27:55 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1117272 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1117272 Zebulsky All weird ideas. But getting even is about getting even. If someone borrowed your pencil and didn't return it, you can't go and torture them and bury them alive or anything. And if they killed your sibling, you can't get even by giving them a wet willy. Let us know what the people did to wrong your MC! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:05:00 -1000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1120131 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/plot-doctoring/threads/49851?page=1#forum_thread_comment_1120131