I have found that no matter what soap opera or Warner Brothers drama show you watch, there is always complicated relationships between characters. Two people are in love with the same person. Someone is the son or daughter of someone evil. Two rivals are cousins.
It’s fantastic.
Not only do these relationships drive the plot even further almost effortlessly, but it also makes it far more intriguing for the viewers. Will Bobby kill his half brother, Angelo in order to take over the hitman business, or will he give it all up for the love of his life, Rita, who just happens to be the daughter of the police captain?
People get addicted to these things for this reason. I should know. I’m a huge fan of Korean and Chinese soap operas.
I’ll wait till you stop laughing.
So here is your prompt: Take 4 people. Make them all related to each other somehow. Make it complicated. Make it exciting. Make it ridiculous.
Here’s an example from the Taiwanese soap opera, A Prince that Turned Into a Frog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yExtCHJHCqk&feature=channel_page
Shan Jun Hao: Hotel owner that is trying to tear down Tainyu’s home in order to build a hotel, but ends up getting amnesia and falls in love with her instead. He has a rivalry with Ziqian, who also works at the hotel and who is in love with Junhao’s fiancee, Yunxi.
Xu Zi Qian: Another hotel worker that in love with Junhao’s fiancee, but becomes Tianyu’s boyfriend after Junhao remembers his old life and returns to Yunxi. When he learns that Junhao’s parents were behind the death of his own parents, he gets revenge by taking the hotel business away from Junhao.
Ye Tian Yu: Lives and works in a small fishing village that Junhao is trying to tear down to make profits. After finding out that he’s the one that planned to tear down her home, she is torn between her love for him and her hometown. She finds comfort in Ziqian’s company, both who have the misfortune of the ones they love giving them the cold shoulder.
Fan Yun Xi: Fiancee of Junhao who feels greatly threatened by Tainyu. She is obsessed with marrying Junhao due to happy memories of her childhood with him, despite the fact that he is cold to her. She always goes to Ziqian when she is hurt and doesn’t realize that she has feelings for him.
Delicious, isn’t it?
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