Well, I was working off the idea in X2 that he came fom a broken home. That's what the scene in Bobby's house, where Pyro glares into the family photo, was meant to indicate.Yes I remember you mentioning what you had for his past before. Very sad.Poor Pyro. I don't suppose there is any way he could have had a happy family background, is there?
That's another possibility, but I prefer going with the darker past.
Unfortunately, a lot of kids come from abusive homes - it's just that most kids aren't human flamethrowers. 
Xavier's been trying for years to influence Pyro. He knows that it won't work. Now that Pyro's found a home, the chances of reaching him are completely non-existent, as opposed to what it used to be: virtually non-existent.
Of course they were upset - they just lost a friend, and they know they'll never get him back.
) about the ideas I have for this (for one thing, Pyro's father is a mutant who is very supportive of his "gift"). Now, if only I can get my act together and get the thing written. lol
Fine with me.I think I had a knee jerk reaction of it not sitting right with me mainly because it's immediately after X2. Of course, they can't be expected to try to get him back forever but they should/would have tried to get to him once they'd had a chance to regroup. I think they considered him a troubled kid, not necessarily a lost cause at that point. And of course I still have a serious issue with Charles handing Magneto a loaded flamethrower like this. But I guess we'll have to just agree to disagree here.
I'm not that firm on them not trying again - just letting you know my train of thought.Sounds interesting. Are you writing it into a movie script, or just writing a story on Pyro's background?RE: Abusive homes, I know it's not uncommon and not uncommon to have that be Pyro's background in stories, and that may very well be the writer's intent. However, I think there's something SO tragic about having him in a home where he was loved only to have it ripped away from him - either through his own (unintentional) doing or through some means other than having his parents be monsters. I'm working with this idea in the Pyro origin story I'm writing and I'm very fired up (if you'll pardon the pun
) Anyway, I'm wondering what the draw is to writing Xmen scripts.
Nah, I just have fun doing it. Sure, I'll probably send the script to the appropriate people when I'm done, but I really don't expect anything to come of it. I mean, I would sooner expect Storm herself to swoop into my living room and make rain fall from the ceiling before I'd expect anything to happen with my script.It'll be posted on fanfic.net when I'm ready to share it. It seems like a couple people here like yourself do movie scripts. I don't mean to sound really cynical but are people writing Xmen scripts for the fun of it or because they really think they'll get greenlit? Because I don't see the studio doing that for a fan written script unless the writer is a well known screenwriter as well (I guess I am really cynical here. lol sorry...
But it's fun to write, so I enjoy writing it. 
). Anyway, any other ideas? What do you think of these picks?
I really have no ideas as to who should play young Pyro or his parents. In my script, his mother doesn't even appear; and young Pyro (15 yo) and his father appear in only one scene and not in a speaking role (silent flashback). Since you've got them in bigger roles, I like the idea of an Aussie playing Pyro's father.Oh, good now I don't feel so bad about being cynical. lol
I know it's fun playing with the characters.
Speaking of which, I could use some help with casting, so to speak. It's just helpful with OCs and younger versions of characters to "cast" them to help with visualization while writing them.
Anyway. who could play a young John? Say in the 11-13 range? What about John's parents (in early to mid thirties). I have Rachel Weisz in mind for his mom at the moment and for dad I have David Wenham (I wanted an Aussie because I was going to make his dad an Aussie to link him to the Comics character a bit
I really have no ideas as to who should play young Pyro or his parents. In my script, his mother doesn't even appear; and young Pyro (15 yo) and his father appear in only one scene and not in a speaking role (silent flashback). Since you've got them in bigger roles, I like the idea of an Aussie playing Pyro's father.
I like connections like that. I'm glad Pyro's American, but it's nice to make a nod to his comic counterpart that way. In my X4, we meet Colossus' mother, a little old Russian immigrant who calls her son by his full name, "Poitr", instead of the nickname he took on when his family moved to America, "Pete".
Thanks a lot!
