Meditation on a fictional dystopia, and Cruella de Vil in punk.

Writing today.  I looked at a random panel in a Marvel graphic novel yesterday and it has inspired thirteen pages (thus far) of manic dystopia and forbidden love.  —Haha.—  My two main protagonists are either newlyweds or courting, in a society outlawing male/female interpersonal relationships.  So far it's making for some interesting dynamics.  The family in power doesn't allow the solidification of family units, but operates under forced breeding to control genetics and eliminate different ethnicities.  My dad had some good thoughts to add to my mental stew.  I'm a very detail-oriented person, and am not always that good at looking at the big picture.  Worldbuilding isn't usually my strength in writing, except where specific aspects of a culture directly influence my character interactions.  It's nice to get some wider thoughts.  (So if anyone else wants to proffer ideas—go for it, please!:)  I love it when my brain spins these elaborate premises out of one tiny, completely unrelated thing.  Unfortunately it doesn't happen as often as would be helpful.

I bought Children 18:3's new album yesterday.  (Christian punk band.  They are insane in the most awesome way conceivable.)  Christian, homeschooled siblings who write crazy fast songs.  I love that they write on a wide variety of themes—from Biblical topics (and not always the "obvious" ones, either), to the value of performance vs.the unconditional love of family, to budding boy/girl relationships, to the danger of stereotyping others, to suicide, to uncertainty about the future, to (I think) abortion, to—and this is my favorite—Cruella de Vil.  They just wrote this random song about Cruella de Vil! <—[YouTube link, there.]  One of the lines refers to "the smell of fear and two-toned hair."  How do you not love that?!  Honestly, I thought they were obnoxious when I first heard their debut album about two years ago (and the lead singer looks freaky scary on the jacket cover), but they were so unusual they intrigued me to the point where I listened to them anyway; and now I've actually come to really love their music, and respect them a lot as artists.  I would pay in a heartbeat to see them in concert.