History WMG / ConanTheBarbarian

* I see the timeline like this: Legend, Lord of the Rings, Conan, Beastmaster,The Scorpion King, Excalibur, Willow, Hawk the Slayer, Dragon Slayer, Dragonheart, Ladyhawke, 13th Warrior, Robin Hood, the Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Van Helsing, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Underworld.

* I see the timeline like this: Legend, Lord of the Rings, Conan, Beastmaster,The Scorpion King, Excalibur, Willow, Hawk the Slayer, Dragon Slayer, Dragonheart, Ladyhawke, 13th Warrior, Robin Hood, the Princess Bride, Van Helsing, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Underworld.

* This also means that the Franchise/CthulhuMythos are canon to the Literature/TheLordOfTheRings and the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Explains the [[EldritchAbomination nameless things gnawing at the foundations of the Earth...]]

** Actually, this happens when one Immortal is beheaded by another. In the third ''Highlander'' film, an Immortal is killed by Guillotine, and there's no fancy light show.

*** Taking that statement further; His intention was to include himself in a legend that would be far grander and last far longer than even his unnatural lifespan. The Heroes and villains of legendary tales are remembered equally well, sometimes the villains better.

** ...That... would be '''AWESOME'''.

* I see the timeline like this: Legend, Lord of the Rings, Conan, Beastmaster,The Scorpion King, Excalibur, Willow, Dragon Slayer, Dragonheart, Ladyhawke, 13th Warrior, Robin Hood, the Princess Bride, Van Helsing, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, Underworld.

* I see the timeline like this: Legend, Lord of the Rings, Conan, Beastmaster,The Scorpion King, Excalibur, Willow, Dragon Slayer, Dragonheart, Ladyhawke, 13th Warrior, Robin Hood, the Princess Bride.

** Yes; <sarcasm>who ''wasn't younger 25 years ago</sarcasm>?[[note]]And no, I didn't want to {{pothole}} the sarcasm page...[[/note]]

* If we look at this from a grander scheme, this also means that ''The Lord Of The Rings'' is canon to the MarvelUniverse. Which is ''awesome.''
* This also means that the Franchise/CthulhuMythos are canon to the Literature/LordOfTheRings and the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Explains the [[EldritchAbomination nameless things gnawing at the foundations of the Earth...]]

** ...Which doesn't really make sense in light of Howard's King Litterature/{{Kull}} stories, as that Atlantis was, unlike possibly every other portrayal, not home to an advanced civilization but to barbarian tribes (from which Kull came). It could be a reemerged Numenor resettled by humans who slipped back into barbarism if the Age of Man starts with Kull's ''Thurian'' Age (which precedes the Hyborian Age), though...

[[WMG:Conan is [[SinCity Marv]]]]

* Well, given the timeframe when the first mutants like Selene appeared, this could be a very plausible theory for the MarvelComics Conan's exploits (even though by now they've fallen victim to a force mightier than even mutant!Conan's mighty thews: intellectual property-based {{retcon}}).

* This also means that the CthulhuMythos are canon to the Literature/LordOfTheRings and the MarvelUniverse. Explains the [[EldritchAbomination nameless things gnawing at the foundations of the Earth...]]

** ...That... would be '''AWESOME'''.
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[[WMG: Conan is actually a Main/{{Terminator}}.]]

[[AC:Main/ConanTheBarbarian]]

** Nope, Immortal.

The movie version, that is. If you make a small boy push a giant mill wheel round in circles for years, it won't build up both sides of his body equally. In fact, it will kill him. But by a strange coincidence just as he collapses a time-travelling cyborg with a damaged memory appears and, for reasons best explained as a system bug, listens to the boys dying words about Crom, revenge, and the Riddle of Steel and imprints on them (in particular the part about steel). This explains why Conan has almost no personality, speaks about twenty lines in the entire film, gives away enormous rubies and feels no pain whatsoever.

Like the "Son of Crom" theory (which I also like) it explains things like his being able to survive (and win) battles against [[EldritchAbomination EldritchAbominations]] and to chop off limbs with a single stroke (and in one story through an ''iron bar'') without his blade ever getting dull. He unconciously projects a field around any edged weapon that effectively turns it into a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade monomolecular blade]]. Plus of course slightly superhuman strength and more than slightly superhuman endurance. A mild HealingFactor would also explain why, after being crucified in "A Witch Is Born" ''Through the wrists and ankles'' he's ever able to wield a sword or walk again.

* This also means that the CthulhuMythos are canon to the LordOfTheRings and the MarvelUniverse. Explains the [[EldritchAbomination nameless things gnawing at the foundations of the Earth...]]

* He's neither immortal nor especially long-lived; When Conan tells about what he did to his people, at most 25 years or so prior, he says "Ah... It must have been when I was younger."

[[WMG:The Hyborian Age is actually the Age of Man from ''TheLordOfTheRings''.]]

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