Who’s to say that there doesn’t exist a league of assassins with that exact power, tasked with keeping the world’s population within certain limits?

The Moonquakes

That is...actually a pretty cool idea.

Thanks. And yeah. I’d like to go back and trim up some of the meter, but it was a fun thing. I got distracted about halfway through facetiming my son who’s away for his freshman year at college. When I went back and finished, I forgot that I’d meant to stop at 7, the number of demons in the picture!

Hm. Nice. Just obscure enough that the young kids don’t get it.

One little demon dancing under skies of ghastly hue;
He leaps up high and kicks his heels: the demons number two.
Two little demons grin with cruel, unspoken glee;
Their cackles split the silent night and soon they number three.
Three little demons sing songs never heard before;
Their lyrics stir up evil dreams, and soon…

Analyst: Wright Brother’s flight aerodynamically impossible.

Excellent.

I like this one. Subtle. Clever. Fun. Nice work!

Dieting zombies have half a brain.

“Love stinks!” said the pheromone researcher.

Like it. And I get why you used upcameing. But I would have gone with “grammarians” so that we’re not looking for something weird until the end.

All marriages now illegal. Satisfied yet?

Dreams always come true—for telekinetics.

No one returned from Mars...yet.

Costello: Can you tell me the names of the players on the team? I want to check them off on my scorecard.

Thanks!

That could be fun, too. Of course, the disgruntled ex- thing would work with my plot, too, if you wanted it to: have that person running the other group? But for me, someone out for revenge on Bob was done well in the first film, so it would have to be an ex of Helen’s, I think.

If Dash went to the dark side, that would be predictable, wouldn’t it?

I get what you’re saying. I chose Violet not because she’s a young woman, but because she was the oldest and thus the one who will, more than likely, be first to separate herself from her family. I chose to make her conflicted, even though it’s trite, because—as I said—one of the key themes I flip is “you can’t stay a…