text: [Themes: love & dating, true story]
  
  Hello there! You were born on September 18th, 1965 to Ian and Julie Smithsonian. You graduated from Clifford Elementary school where your favorite teacher was Ms. Taylor. She was the nicest. You made it to middle school! Let the braces and acne begin. Your first boyfriend is Bennett Hamdy. You dump him after three weeks. Your best friends are Lauren and Amani. They keep you grounded. In high school, you transition. Your awkward phase is gone, and you sit at the cool table with Torie and Olivia. You start dating Alex Wardwell, captain of the basketball team. You break up with him when you hear Michael hired a skywriter to ask you to Prom. College decisions come out! Congratulations, you are going to Hamilton! You decide to stay with Michael for college. Bennett got into Harvard though, so you regret ending that relationship. In college, you room with Christie, Zahra, and Julia in a quad. You girls have the time of your life. Toward the end of sophomore year, you have to pick your major! You choose...
  
  > Business with an emphasis in economics
  Congratulations! You have graduated! You did math good.
  
  Now onto the real world...
  
  > want to go husband hunting!
  You get a job answering phones to catch your boss's eye. He thinks your figure is cute and you move gracefully when you enter the workplace. He also likes your sense of style and has plenty of money to provide for your extravagant lifestyle. You...
  
  Congratulations! You have graduated! You did math good.
  
  Now onto the real world...
  
  > Think you'll try to find a job.
  You interview at tons and tons of big corporations in Boston until finally you land a job! You are a small part of a big investment banking firm, but there are many opportunities to work your way up to the top. You proceed by...[Themes: fan fiction, humor]
  
  When we last left Dr. Horrible, he had recently been inducted into the Evil League of Evil, Captain Hammer was in therapy and defeated, and their love, Penny, was dead. Now one month later, Hammer is finishing up therapy and Horrible is committing crimes unopposed. But in the darkness lurks a new villain, Steele-Blooded Steve.
  
  Choose your character:
  
  [Author's Note: A CYA based on the Dr. Horrible universe for a class project.]
  
  > Dr. Horrible
  "Since the Evil League of Evil accepted me as one of their own, everything has changed! Finally I have official establishment as a super villain of status! But really also not that much has changed. I'd like to express my thanks to all of my supporters out there, you guys who believed in me. And all of you who said it couldn't be done, yeah I bet you're feeling pretty dumb out there. So... hah. Now, the Evil League of Evil is pretty much everything I could have hoped for, almost. There's this guy, Steele-Blooded Steve who's in the E.L.E. too... we seem to be... butting heads, a lot, since I joined. I guess you could say we've become rivals, sort of. I saw this guy in the cafeteria yesterday eating nails, so uhh that's... different."
  
  Moist lets himself into Dr. Horrible's apartment. The room is electric with the fierce villainy present.
  
  > Crestfallen Blogging
  -Now the nightmare's real.-
  
  I'll never love again. Penny's death was the last thing I wanted, but I feel so responsible. Somehow though, it got me on track again with my career. No more holding back. I just focus on being evil.
  
  -And I won't feel a thing.-
  
  What a lie that was. Moving past Penny's death hasn't been easy. I still haven't been to visit her grave yet. But today is the day. Hopefully.
  
  I'll have to bring something nice to her grave.
  
  > go Out to Buy Flowers
  A musical little grocery store opens up to an array of flowers for sale. Two displays catch your eye. One bouquet is of Daffodils. They are bright and stunning and as cheerful as she was. Dearest Penny would have loved them. But maybe something more appropriate to the... occasion, thoughtful, symbolic. Roses are always a good choice.
  
  > Daffodils
  Dr. Horrible walks, clutching his bouquet of daffodils, through the Grocery store.
  
  Grocery stores. What good for nothing, hopeless, crummy places to be. Everything is a reminder. Penny used to love frozen yogurt. She used to love that soup there too. She used to bring it to the Caring Hands homeless shelter all the time. Being around so many things that remind him of Penny puts Dr. Horrible in a terribly emotional state.
  
  > break Down and Weep
  Dr. Horrible thinks of sweet, lovely Penny and is overcome by bleak broken-heartedness. A villain wouldn't ordinarily permit himself moments of such anguish, certainly not in public places, but Penny was special. Her death was on his hands and his conscience. He takes just his flowers and, in a dejected silence, heads toward the check-out lane.
  
  > Grocery Store Encounter
  Dr. Horrible makes his way to the check-out lane, lost in thought. He stands there a few moments until noticing Steele-Blooded Steve nonchalantly waiting to pay for his groceries. There is only the one cashier at the moment or he could have moved far away. But Dr. Horrible gets in line behind him. The two make eye contact. Painful, awkward eye contact. For a full five minutes or so they stand watching each other in silence.
  
  > say Something Snarky
  Dr. Horrible: "Hey, what do you think you're--"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve: "You don't fit in! You never will. You don't belong in the E.L.E."
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Could you be a human being for like thirty seconds?"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve: "This isn't over."
  
  > Check-Out
  So that was weird. The cashier is the first to break the uncomfortable silence.
  
  Cashier: "That'll be 57.90 sir!"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve: "Oh sorry, I must have zoned out. My apologies, here you go."
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve hands the cashier the money and meanders banefully out the door, leaving Dr. Horrible.
  
  > pay and Leave Store
  Stepping out into the amiable, crisp summer sunshine, Dr. Horrible lets his mind wander someplace more cheerful. It's good for super villains to have a day separate from the iron fist of the League. His mind wandering to the many Wednesdays and Saturdays doing laundry with Penny at the Coin Wash, sharing frozen yogurt, talking about her boyfriend.... Captain Hammer.
  
  She was in love with Captain Hammer. The bonehead who was now in hiding after breaking down completely at the first pain he had ever experienced in his life. He's not there for the city, and he hadn't been there for Penny. What good was he?!
  
  > walk Onward
  Dr. Horrible wanders onward in thought, reflecting on the little exchange with Steele-Blooded Steve in the grocery store. There was something about it, like he was scheming something... Maybe that's something to look into.
  
  Dr. Horrible continues his journey, walking through the entrance of the graveyard, past a few newly dug graves, and many rows of headstones.
  
  > enter Cemetery
  The cemetery is clean and well-kept, somehow bright despite the sorrow cast over the place.
  
  Horrible walks purposefully forward, toward a small gravestone up ahead.
  
  A man looms in the distance, somewhere very near the place he was headed.
  
  > pay him no mind
  Doctor Horrible does his best to make no acknowledgement that he is sharing this moment with anyone else. Maybe the man will leave. He hides his head a little and tries to veer off to the side, hoping it looks like his destination was elsewhere.
  
  The stranger's booming laugh meets him as he shuffles slantways. A terrible laugh he's heard all too many times.
  
  God no! What right does he have to be here?
  
  Captain Hammer: :Come to pay your respects to my girl, I see."
  
  > say "Yes..."
  Dr. Horrible: "Why did i say that? Stupid!"
  
  Hammer laughs again. Insensitive git.
  
  Captain Hammer: "Doctor Horrible, I should've known it was you! You never did get over that little crush did you, Doc?"
  
  Horrible's fists ball up, and he wishes he could kill the guy right here. If only he had his death ray...
  
  Captain Hammer: "Come to kill my serious, long-term girlfriend Penny?"
  
  Dr. Horrible: "She's already dead..."
  
  Captain Hammer: "Again... I meant again. Well Doctor, today is going to be the worst day of your life."
  
  The two rivals tense as if preparing for a fight. Captain Hammer's hands go up in a fighting stance.
  
  > Attack
  Dr. Horrible puts up his fists himself as Captain Hammer grabs him by the collar of his lab coat and begins viciously pummeling his face... Dr. Horrible feebly tries to retaliate, throwing a lucky right cross that catches Hammer on the bridge of his nose. Hammer recoils in pain, releasing Dr. Horrible and stumbling to the ground.
  
  Dr. Horrible: "I'm not so weak and pathetic, Captain!"
  
  Captain Hammer: "I'll show you the hammer!"
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Ew! Gross! I don't want to see that!"
  
  Captain Hammer rises to his feet, grabbing the nearest tombstone and hurling it at Dr. Horrible. The tombstone strikes him in the torso and knocks him to the ground. Captain Hammer looms over Dr. Horrible.
  
  Captain Hammer: "Any last words? This time it will be different. This time you will lose, Doctor!"
  
  As Captain Hammer raises his boot to stomp Dr. Horrible's life out, from the shadows emerges a figure with a shovel. Captain Hammer quickly turns, only to be knocked on unconscious by the figure.
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Thanks, now would you help me up?"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve: "No Doctor, I will not. I will take your place in the Evil League of Evil and rule the world. MWHAHAHAHAHA! See, my evil laugh is even better than yours!"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve proceeds to step over Hammer's limp body and hits Dr. Horrible with his fist, knocking him out as well.
  
  > Many Days Later...
  "Today I got another letter from Bad Horse. It seems my conduct in the cemetery was... less than impressing. He said I wasn't evil enough! That I wasn't prepared to deal with things in the real world. Can you believe that? And... now I'm out of the E.L.E. It's humiliating! But I think I can show them I deserve my position in the League. I've done it before. That damn Steele-Blooded Steve. He attacked MY arch-nemesis. He attacked me, ON MY DAY OFF! I'll just have to prove myself again. I've done it before. Horrible out."
  
  > Redemption
  "A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Don't plan the plan if you can't follow through. All that matters: taking matters into your own hands. Soon I'll control everything. My wish is your command."
  
  Dr. Horrible has a remote control connected to a high-security armored car at the end of the street (extra precautions have been taken since the first Wonderflonium heist went so swimmingly well with the Doctor last time). Within the supposed safety of the armored car rests a silver briefcase full of Wonderflonium, an exotic material perfect for constructing freeze-rays and death-rays.
  
  > Hammer thinks he can stop you
  Captain Hammer's Hammer Cycle jumps, seemingly out of nowhere, onto the armored car.
  
  Captain Hammer: "Stand back, everyone! Nothing here to see, just imminent danger, in the middle of it: me! Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."
  
  Captain Hammer, on his mighty bike, slides across the roof of the armored car, taking out Dr. Horrible's remote control device and careening towards the edge.
  
  Captain Hammer blithely leaps from atop the vehicle, still singing, to flirt with a group of young women passing by. Cornball. What's the matter with him?
  
  > watch scene unfold
  The car, now unpiloted, skids across the street and crashes with an awful crunching sound into a nearby building. Dr. Horrible sprints through the stunned citizens and wreckage to pull the case of Wonderflonium out of what remained of the car. Dr. Horrible tries to sneak away through the crowd.
  
  Captain Hammer: "Dr. Horrible! Where do you think you're going? Didn't you learn the first time?"
  
  Captain Hammer advances on Dr. Horrible, grabbing him by the lab coat and lifting him off the ground with ease.
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Wait! It's not what you think! I'm using it to power my freeze-ray! To stop Steele-Blooded Steve!"
  
  > suggest teaming up
  Captain Hammer: "Well Doctor, you have my attention... Speak before I throw you in jail."
  
  Dr. Horrible: "I need the Wonderflonium for my freeze-ray. I used the last of it on yo-... I'm sorry about that by the way... Please don't kill me. But, I think Steve is building something big. We need to stop him."
  
  Captain Hammer: "Are you suggesting we team up? Why would I team up with you?"
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Do you have any other plan?"
  
  > Ponder plans
  Dr. Horrible stands for a moment in stunned confusion. Is his nemesis really willing to work with him?
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Yes, let's work together."
  
  Just then a mass of people run by. They catch fragments of hurried conversations involving Steele-Blooded Steve. They follow the mob to a local electronics store as a special bulletin is issued.
  
  TV: "This just in! Steele-Blooded Steve, the new E.L.E. villain, has just issued this warning at the Channel 3 News HQ! OH CAPTAIN HAMMER! SAVE US!"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve: "I am Steele-Blooded Steve! In a matter of hours I plan to be the ruler of all you wretched people. The Evil League of Evil will soon be defeated, and any hero you once knew will parish in my wraith! So come and get me Evil League of Evil! I'll be ready!"
  
  > go to Channel 3 HQ
  Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer approach the looming building where Steve is wreaking havoc. A hulking robot stands above the tower.
  
  Out of nowhere, a firey explosion rocks the surrounding area. Both are knocked to the ground. Dr. Horrible is pinned under a slab of concrete and struck unconscious.
  
  > awake a short while later
  In the excitement of battle, Dr. Horrible sneaks away and places himself on the roof of the Channel 3 News building. He raises his freeze-ray and points it directly at the robot.
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve makes his way toward Dr. Horrible, shooting rockets but missing everyone.
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Try this on for size!!!"
  
  Dr. Horrible fires the freeze-ray at the robot and hits it dead in the chest. This immobilizes the robot, forcing Steele-Blooded Steve to climb out. Steve runs toward the door but is hit in the back of the head with a rock.
  
  Captain Hammer: "Bull's eye!!!"
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve lies motionless on the ground, barely holding onto consciousness.
  
  > face down Steele-Blood
  Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer loom over Steve's defeated and injured body. Steve chokes out a final line.
  
  Steele-Blooded Steve: "But you don't understand. I enjoy pain! No one else can... no one can... I'm supposed to be ruling the world now! NO!
  
  Dr. Horrible: "Face it, Steve. There isn't enough room in this world for another great villain. We've beaten you and that's all there is to it."
  
  Captain Hammer grabs Steele-Blooded Steve by the neck and throws him in the back of an armored police vehicle to be escorted to prison. All the while Steele-Blooded Steve is laughing uncontrollably. Hammer turns to Horrible, grinning.
  
  Captain Hammer: "Well Doctor, now that I've saved the day, I see no need for our silly alliance. I need no help! I'm Captain Hammer!"
  
  "Good, fine, like I need him anyway. Back to being my nemesis. I have redeemed myself."