Post by Connor J. J on Sept 17, 2012 15:36:35 GMT -6
Mortals blame us for what isn’t our fault and that sucks. But you know what. If we want to make any progress for our rights we need to make a stand and not just dance around casting little love spells.
History
In the year 2018, witches, seers and psychics became exposed to the world after a magical, addictive, dangerous drug became widely popular among the public. Overdoses from the drug caused thousands of death across the globe creating a strong prejudice against the magical community before anything about them was publicly disclosed.
Across the globe rights for “Advanced citizens’ or the less acceptable term “abnormals” vary. In some countries the battles between the magical and nonmagical have escalated into full blown wars. In the U.S. and U.K. the rights for “Advanced citizens’ are below humans but they still have most basic rights and are legally unable to discriminated against for their nature. A lot of types of magic are deemed illegal even for ‘good’ uses. However, witch-hunters still exist and most witches have no means of protection against them for fear of damaging their public image further.
Series Overview
The series centres of a group of three Advanced Citizens who decide to keep their identities a secret from the world around them. Cath Simmonds, a witch, Joel Hart, a Healer and Morgan Tachman, an aurite live in Harkhan, a district of Windark. Windark's a major city situated on one of the biggest magic convergences in America but it’s also one of the most discriminative places towards Advanced Citizens. They try to fight for their rights whilst keeping their identities hidden from those around them. However, this may be all thrown out of balance when Joel falls for a passing witch-hunter, Brendan Moore, Cath accidentally reveals her true identity to her boss and Morgan is distracted trying to find her missing sister.
Meanwhile the country itself is torn between supporting Advanced Citizens and even expelling them from the nation completely. The current president, Howard Burns, is facing disapproval for his Abnormal Rights campaign from both his political party and the country. The rival party leader, looks set to win the upcoming election with his promise to strip every single right from Abnormals and throw them out of the country.
Main Characters
Cath Simmonds
[/center]portrayed by
[/center] Azita Ghanizada
[/center] Catherine “Cath” Simmonds, is a 30 year old witch who works as a barista at the coffee shop “ Downtown Coffees”. Headstrong, confident and street smart, you wouldn’t want to cross her path. The only people who know her secret are her family, Joel, Morgan and her boss Ryan Parker. She accidentally tells her boss that she’s a witch when casting a hidden thought revelation spell, unaware that it worked both ways. Her family come from the Mitchell line which originally where some of the most powerful witches in the world. Her only family left is her Grandma who she often visits for advice with her magic. She hates having to keep her secret and is desperate for rights among her kind. It upsets her that even though they are classified as Advanced Humans, they are looked upon as below Mortals. She is confident in her craft but is quickly escalating to strengths even she is unsure how to control.
Joel Hart
[/center]portrayed by
[/center]Brant Daugherty
[/center]Joel Hart, or “Jo” as he is sometime referred, to is a 27 year old empathic healer, with the ability to feel other feelings as well as being able to heal people with a strong enough emotional bond. He is kind, smart and empathic to others, making sure to hear their side of the story before judging anyone. He has a poor relationship history, as being gay in an almost exclusively straight area, but is not ready to leave his comfort zone. His parents live in the outskirts of the city but he rarely visits them as he works and lives in the center. He’s best friends with Morgan and Cath and no one could replace them in his heart but passing witch-hunter, Brendan, who seems to share his mutual interest, could be set to change that.
Morgan Tachman
[/center] portrayed by
[/center] Elisha Cuthbert
[/center]Morgan Tachman is a 29 year old aurite, an Advanced mortal with the abilities to pick up an objects residual infomation, read auras and project her aura into a corporeal form. She is outgoing, quirky and fun-loving and will always crack jokes, even at the most inappropriate moments. She lives with Joel and they both get along well, despite their sometimes contrasting personalities. She never seems to have a steady job but currently works as a checkout clerk at the Quick-Mart. Unlike her friends, Morgan is publicly acknowledging her status as an Advanced Citizen, as this causes her to face frequent racial abuse. Her sister was kidnapped by an anti-abnormals radical group and she is desperate to save her, even though it may attract more attention to herself then she needs.
Brendan Moore
[/center]portrayed by
[/center]Grey Damon
[/center]Brendan Moore is a 29 year old witch-hunter who works publicly for a spice shop, which is also secretly used as a base for his witch hunting operations. He takes over the spice store which Cath uses to buy her witchcraft supplies, constantly putting her at risk of exposure. Little is known about him and he is saw as mysterious but most people realise he is a relatively nice person and treat him kindly. His background is also mostly unknown to people. He was drove to hunt witches after daemons stalk his family which he believes to be caused by witches. He has no known alive relatives. He appears to have interest in Joel but it unaware he is a healer.
Howard Burns
[/center]portrayed by
[/center]JR Bourne
[/center]Howard Burns is the current president of the U.S but it looks like the upcoming election may be set to change that, with his rival's anti-abnormal campaign recieving more followers than his opinion on pro-advanced citizens. Most of his political party are against him and even his wife doesn't agree with him. But a strong man, he is desperate to make sure other people are safe and treated fairly in the country, even he loses everything in his path for justice.
Recurring Characters
Ryan Parker
portrayed by
Matt Davis
Ryan Parker is the mortal boss and friend of Cath Simmonds, who works at Downtown Coffees. He knows Cath's secret but is unaware that her abilities are limited. A bit dimwitted he doesn't realise how much the world is against abnormals and that they are really just like human beings.
Willa Tachman
portrayed by
Shenae Grimes
Willa Tachman is Morgan’s telepath sister. She is thought to be kidnapped by an anti-abnormals group who side with George Lawt, the president's rival. Morgan is currently desperate to find her. No matter what the cost. She was a nice, popular, smart girl who was different from her sister. She was discovered the be an abnormal by her friend, who traced her connection to Morgan.
Gramma Simmonds
portrayed by
Belita Moreno
Greta Simmonds is the witch grandma of Cath Simmonds. She lives in a village outside of Windark. She is a powerful witch and often acts as a mentor to Cath for both magical and mortal problems.
Megan Burns
portrayed by
Jaime Ray Newman
The First Lady of America, she is against her husband's opinion on Abnormal rights. She threatens him, that if he goes through with his plans, she will leave him and take their children. A family friend died from an overdose of the magical drug, which most of western world believe was created by abnormals.
George Lawt
portrayed by
Joe Lando
George Lawt is the oppositon to the current U.S. president. He is highly racist to Advanced Citizens and wants to remove them from the country. So far he has gained a massive following and looks set to win the election. His hatred of abnormals stems from his wife becoming obssessed with abnormals to the point she killed herself and their children to gain their attention. George blames this on advanced citizens and thinks they should deserve to be punished for wrecking his life.
Episodes
[/center][/size][/font]1x01- Secrets and Policies
Summary: A mysterious new guy enters Harkhan, home to witch Cath Simmonds, healer Joel Hart and psionic Morgan Tachman. Cath, worried and desperate to find the new enter of corruptness to the city, casts a spell, and Morgan receives some devastating news regarding her family. Meanwhile, Joel applies for a job at the local health clinic. After a public message to the US describing his campaign for AC rights, Howard Burns' wife gives him a descision.
1x02- Psychics and Stress
Ryan, knowing Cath’s secret asks for her help with a problem. Morgan is desperate to find a way, to make progress tracking her sister and after an encounter with Brendan, Joel uncovers some shocking evidence. Also stars JR Bourne as Howard Burns.
1x03- First Dates and Headaches
Summary: As the illegal, magical drug Black Hex causes another death in Windark, a radical anti-abnormal riot rushes through the city. Howard, releases a public statement defending Advanced Citizens which doesn't sit well with the public. Whilst Cath struggles to serve the racist customers, Joel goes on his first date with Brendan, despite knowing the truth about him. Morgan finds someone familiar who may know a way to find her sister.
1x04-Revelations and Radicals
Howard and George are on the end of each other's patience, when Howard dismisses his opponent's reasons for his family's death. Joel tells Cath and Morgan about Brendan. Morgan finds a friend in the path to finding her sister.
1x05-Heartache and Hell
Brendan is puzzled by Joel's preposition after their break up.
Howard's wife follows out with her original decision which leaves him heartbroken but more determined than ever. Cath has a horrible accident which makes her not the only person injured. After her encounter with her sister's deceiver, Morgan decides no-one can be trusted.1x06-Parties and Progress
It's Morgan's birthday and with her sister still missing, Joel and Cath decide to throw their sad friend a party.
Joel and Brendan get further in their relationship
Cath reeling over her accident, decides to keep the truth a secret from her friends Meanwhile, Brendan concocts a resource that will help him find the abnormals he came to find. 1x07-Plans and Protection
Brendan and Joel continue their arrangement, which is almost discovered by a inquisitive Morgan. Morgan plans an intricate scheme to find her sister, which may damage her friendship with Joel and Cath. Cath realises the consequences if Howard doesn't stay President. Whilst Howard is almost killed in an attempt by radicals.
1x08-Flirting and Reaping
The Polls are open across America and it's in the hands of the public on who becomes president. But off scene, Howard discovers George's real sickening plans for Abnormals. Cath finds more than just scars are left from her accident, Morgan lands herself in boiling hot water and Joel may have to tell Brendan all in order to save both of their lives.
1x09-Winners and Losers
It's all ending. With the results counting, and things heating up, it's not looking good for the ACs. But at the final moment, when is all is done and said, Morgan and Brendan's plans devestatingly cross with game-changing consequences. Is it all over? Joel and Brendan are high on the rocks, Cath finds herself in a familiar situation.
Abnormals is an hour long supernatural drama with occasional mature elements . If picked up I have plans to take this vs into further series with expanding plots.
Production Notes
[/center][/size][/font]In the show the species are shown are not the only ones and as well as already known supernatural creatures, I will be creating some of my own (e.g. aurites just about) to appear. However, no vampires, werewolves or zombies etc. are to appear as I would like to keep this show as supernatural as possible without bordering onto horror. Aditionally each season the human point of view will change. This season it's the government but next season I plan for it to
be citizens of a district rocked by the aftermath of this season.
At the moment, this pitch is currently unfinished and I am just tweaking at the details. Hope you like what I have so far.
