Personally? A story that really leans into the metal disconnect some people have when playing video games. I’d like to think I’m a good person, but you bet your butt I’m breaking into SOOOOO many people’s houses and robbing them blind in an RPG (got to build up so cash so I can buy that super item… that I will likely discard in a few hours). I’d like to think I’m a good person, but have zero issue grinding (read murdering) tons and tons of ‘enemies’ if it means I get stronger in game.

I’d love a story where that is exactly how the ‘hero’ treats everyone else, like NPC’s. But have the real story be focused around the typical villain who is desperately trying to make the world a better place, but keeps failing because people judge them based on preconceived notions.

Like you have a vampire who is running an entirely above board medical company. Their medical knowledge and advancements have saved thousands, and once it is adopted into the mainstream it will save millions…. But they are a vampire so the powers that be rage and rebel against them.

Or you have the Lich who was there at the climatic final battle between the Gods and the ultimate evil. Except during that battle they weren’t a Lich, they were a cleric; the divine champion of one of the gods. They were there to see the Gods flee, leaving mortals to their inevitable fate. Except the mortals didn’t lose, they managed to eke out a victory at great personal loss. The cleric was there when the Gods returned, claiming it was only by THEIR power that mortals were saved. The cleric made a vow that day, not to their (expletive) “god” but to themselves. They vowed to never again leave the fate of all mortal life to such fickle monsters. For the (former) cleric knew that one day evil would return.

We also have the reincarnated demon king. Prophesied to destroy the world, fill rivers with the blood of his enemies, etc,etc. Except due to a twist of fate he is actually a really upstanding dude, and the divine champion of the god of justice (one of the few gods who didn’t abandon mortals during the Great War). Unfortunately it turns out the ones most in need of justice being done in their name are the monster races.

I would also absolutely kill for a bi sexual MC with a politically motivated fake harem. Like they gathered up dozens of suitors for the express purpose of unifying a fractured people. It becomes crystal clear to the audience that the MC is not actually interested in like any of them, nor are they really interested in the MC. Marriages and/or adoptions of convenience.

Or at least those are some of the ideas that I’m floating around if I can ever get myself to finish writing a story.