In order to stimulate the A-Plots of our stories, how about we start a suggestive list of types of things Superman can do to "save the day"?
Although, he won't stop doing these things, my Clark would like to branch out to other kinds of rescues besides:
1. burglaries (B&E - theft occurring when nobody is there)
1-a – home / apartment
1-b - museum
1-c - store related
1-d - non-store related business crime (i.e. LexCorp headquarters - see #9)
1-e – Lab related
1-f - looting
2. armored car heists3. robberies and/or theft (occurring when someone is there and the criminal is carrying a weapon of some sort)
3-a - bank
3-b - business related (jewelry or other type store)
3-c - lab related
3-d - general street crime
3-e - home invasion
4. murders (attempted or otherwise)
4-a - every day street murders
4-b - gang violence
4-b-1 – drive-by
4-b-2 – gang on gang killing
4-c - murder for hire
4-d - murder of Lois, Jimmy, the Kents, or Perry
4-e - murder due to jealousy
4-e-1 - spouse or other romantic attachment
4-e-2 - professional jealousy
4-f – assassination of the president (or other political office holder)
4-g - trying to kill Superman
5. Natural disasters5-a - volcanoes exploding
5-b - mudslides
5-c - earthquakes
5-d - tornadoes
5-e - tsunamis
5-f - large Earth smashing asteroids
5-g - forest fires (see 12-f)
5-h - snow related
5-h-1 - avalache
5-h-2 - see transportation accidents
5-i - heat wave related
6. drug related6-a – selling (small or large quantities)
6-b - having to do with Revenge
6-c – transportation / importing to sell
6-d - manufacture
7. Assault7-a – Sexual
7-a-1 – date / acquaintance rape
7-a-2 – stranger rape
7-a-3 – molestation
7-b – bar brawl
7-c – Lois defending her reputation (sanity, etc.) from Ralph
7-c-2 – Ralph defending himself from Lois
8. Clones related9. Lois related9-a - murder for hire (see 4-d)
9-b – accidental (wrong place / wrong time scenarios)
9-c - any of the other numbers associated with her vicinity
9-d - rescuing Lois (just everyday stuff) -
9-e - crime which Lois commits herself
9-e-1 - B&E (see 1-d)
9-e-2 - assualt (see 7-c)
10. muggings11. psycho bent on destroying 11-a - Metropolis
11-b - the world
11-c - the future
11-d - the past
12. fires12-a - due to too much heat in the city
12-b - House
12-c - business
12-d - apartment / tenement
12-e - Toasters related
12-e-1- nightclub
12-f - forest
12-g - commercial plant
12-g-1 - chemical plant
12-g-2 - power plant (including nuclear)
12-g-3 - textile / clothing manufacturer
13 - transportation accidents13-a - car, truck, motorcycle
13-b - plane
13-c - train
13-c-1 - passenger
13-c-2 - chemicals
13-c-3 - combo
13-d - subway
13-e - cruise ship
13-f - commercial ship (container, ferries, etc.)
13-g - space ships (i.e. Prometheus, Messenger, space station, etc.)
13-h – military vehicle
14 - Alien invasion14-a - New Kryptonian
14-b - giant asteroid (see 5-f)
14-c - Bureau 39 related (see 4-g)
14-d - Superman on Red Kryptonite
Okay, that should get us started.
I realize that with my sub-headings under some of these numbers we might not ever get to 100, let alone 25, but I thought we'd start out general and work towards specific. So, feel free to put a unique (or specific) rescue and /or crime idea, which you yourself don't want to use, under its own number.
Please, try not to list specific (unique) crimes / rescues that you've read about in someone else's fanfic (general ideas okay, though). Thank you.