Mel Brooks was right. Merchandising is where the real money comes in.

Amber Benson, who played Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer financed a movie she wrote, produced, and directed with proceeds from the sales of limited edition Tara action figures. And it wasn't "hey, I made a lot of money from those action figures, I think I'll make a movie!" No it was, "I want to make a movie so I'll commission a new action figure and sell them to do it!"

The words "insane" and "genius" come to mind.

Writer's Block: Adult Onset

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When you make your first kill, take your first drink, get your first car, your alcoholic father hires you your first prostitute, and you find your spirit animal.

Those are the most tried and true methods. I figure if you throw all of them at the kid at once one of them's bound to work.

No seriously, I think just assigning it at an arbitrary age works just fine. Although I might place it at 17 rather than 18, or maybe even 16 since that's already the legal age to work and drive in this country.