| 1 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''House of Pantheon/MediaAndConnectivity'' '''Index'''\ |
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| 6 | !Overdeities |
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| 8 | [[folder:Alpheus/The World Forger]] |
| 9 | '''[[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 Alpheus]], God of [[{{Retconjuration}} Retconning As A Power]]''' (The World Forger, First Son Of Perpetua) |
| 10 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/46388a7d_eb50_461a_b2fa_3b8bb224934d.jpeg]] |
| 11 | * Overdeity |
| 12 | * Symbol: The Crisis Anvil |
| 13 | * Alignment: TrueNeutral |
| 14 | * Portfolio: CosmicEntity [[TheMaker Who Forges Worlds]], [[HeelFaceTurn former]] KnightTemplar, DarkIsNotEvil, [[CainAndAbelAndSeth Neutral Brother To Warring Siblings]], {{Retconjuration}}, [[BackFromTheDead Killed By Barbatos But Resurrected In The Sixth Dimension]], OurDarkMatterIsMysterious |
| 15 | * Domains: Dark Matter, Retcons, Creation, Forges, Cosmic Beings |
| 16 | * Sought out by: [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/BossFightsAToM Dr Eggman]] and [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Dr. Wily]], [[Pantheon/DivineRoles The Divine Powers]], [[Pantheon/VengeanceArchetypes Enrico Pucci]] |
| 17 | * Interests: [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles the Dark Matter Horde]], [[Pantheon/ScientistsAndGeniuses Jimmy Neutron]], [[Pantheon/{{Currency}} Nibbler]] |
| 18 | * Interested in: [[Pantheon/{{Wardening}} Tartarus]] |
| 19 | * Special relationship with: Mobius/the Anti-Monitor (his brother) |
| 20 | * Allies: |
| 21 | ** Fellow comic book deities: '''[[Pantheon/CrossoversAndReferences Mar Novu/the Monitor]]''' (his other brother), [[Pantheon/DCComics the Justice League of America]] (notably [[Pantheon/{{Superheroism}} Bruce Wayne/Batman]]), '''[[Pantheon/LifeAndCreation The Entity]]''', [[Pantheon/DivineRoles The Celestials]], [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} The Ones]] |
| 22 | ** Other: [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Pantheonic Time Police]], [[Pantheon/OtherCreatures Giratina and its siblings]], [[Pantheon/DivineRoles Eru Illuvatar]], [[Pantheon/{{Endings}} The Alpha and Omega]], [[Pantheon/CraftingMaterials Neith]], [[Pantheon/{{Workmanship}} Dyntos, Vulcan]], [[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations Amara]] |
| 23 | * On good terms with: [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Cosmos]], [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior God (God, the Devil and Bob), the Alpha and Omega]] |
| 24 | * On speaking terms with: [[Pantheon/JoyAndHappiness Nerose Satanel]], [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Eliphas the Radiant]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements Mosco/Mule]], [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Nox (Classical Mythology)]] |
| 25 | * Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/OtherDimensions Barbatos]]''' (formerly his servant), [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Fused Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Melkor]], [[Pantheon/{{Depravity}} Hajun]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Lord]] [[Pantheon/NonAthleticSports English]], [[Pantheon/DarknessAndShadow The Dark Star]], [[Pantheon/MindGames Death Phantom]] |
| 26 | * Wary of: [[Pantheon/DraconicBeings Grima]], [[Pantheon/{{Mammals}} Antasma]] |
| 27 | * Dislikes: [[Pantheon/HolyAuthorityAndPower Chuck Shurley]] |
| 28 | * Respects: [[Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery Madoka Kaname]] |
| 29 | * A bit annoyed by: [[Pantheon/OtherDimensions Rick Sanchez]], [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior Beerus]] |
| 30 | * When Perpetua was designing the early DC Multiverse, she made it a triumvirate of matter, anti-matter and dark matter. Her first son, Alpheus, would be the World Forger in crafting new universes. These were shaped by the Crisis Anvil, [[{{Retconjuration}} which allowed him to retcon things in-universe]]. Hypertime and the Life Entity are but two of his creations. His dragon, Barbatos, would dispose of the unstable worlds. He would ultimately team up with his brothers Mar Novu(the Monitor) and Mobius(the Anti-Monitor) to stop their mother's mad schemes of weaponizing the multiverse to retaliate against those that might judge her guilty. Though his brothers [[CainAndAbel went to war with one another]] as the newfound Source Wall made the Anti-Monitor's [[DestroyerDeity role]] more or less defunct, the World Forger would carry on his job [[CainAndAbelAndSeth and stay out of their feud]]. Unfortunately [[TheStarscream the dragon got greedy and killed him]], turning the Dark Multiverse into a sustained [[CrapsackWorld nightmare realm]]. |
| 31 | * [[BackFromTheDead Death is not the end for Super-Celestials]], and he was resurrected in the Sixth Dimension. Initially he threatened [[KnightTemplar to lock up those who might side with Doom]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist to ensure that Justice would prevail]] and foil his mother's evil, but Batman [[HeelFaceTurn would convince him there was another way]]. Still, while Alpheus opposes the grand evil of his mother, he is ultimately a neutral being. He doesn't take sides with the various alliances, but he does make it clear he opposes the leader of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil for his close alliance with the treacherous Barbatos, seeking to hijack the World Forge when the Flame Imperishable remains beyond him, and as one of the things his mother did was ally with Melkor it is another reason to oppose the rogue Valar. |
| 32 | * With Barbatos imprisoned, the World Forge can now create new universe while failed ones are destroyed and recycled in the Dark Multiverse. Concerned he might be a bit rusty after his stay in the Sixth Dimension, Alpheus has been seen talking with the Alpha and Omega, and the God known to Bob for advice. They can understand [[BeingGodIsHard the difficulty]] [[GodIsFlawed in creation]]. |
| 33 | * He does not trust Grima or Antasma. It's a justifiable opinion, but it's mainly fueled from his history with Barbatos who's a bat dragon. The World Forger is considering asking Tartarus to help imprison threats to creation. During his travels he would meet Nox, who he became somewhat fond of due to being TheSacredDarkness, [[DarkIsNotEvil and somewhat relatable to him]]. The World Forger holds a fondness for Giratina as well, since while being [[DragonsAreDemonic a demonic-looking dragon]] with a nasty temper, is only so because it is concerned over balance and order. The rest of the Creation Trio found Alpheus' addition a great benefit, due to his expertise in the molding and shifting in space-time. |
| 34 | * One of the few beings that the Anti-Monitor tolerates. [[TheDutifulSon Though he ultimately sides with Perpetua]] and remains a driven OmnicidalManiac in his feud with the Monitor, the World Forger is a figure both brothers have respect for. The First Son of Perpetua laments that Mobius remains evil, fondly reminscing of the time [[FusionDance they combined into the Ultra-Monitor]] to face off against their mother. The World Forger's opposition [[EvilMatriarch to his mother]] means he ends up working with the Celestials and the Ones. Of the Ones he finds himself relating most with the Father, due to being in the middle of a good and evil dichotomy. He is also friendly with Cosmos, as while he isn't good-aligned he does want some sort of stability for the cosmos and he finds Justice more useful in achieving that than Doom. |
| 35 | ** His close alliance to the Celestials comes from the fact they brought him in the pantheon to prepare for the possible arrival of Perpetua. |
| 36 | * Alpheus is most impressed by Madoka wielding the power of {{Retconjuration}} to end the [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist ultimately unjust system of witches]], [[AbstractApotheosis though it came]] [[RetGone at a cost]]. He has also found Emmet Brickowski's optimism combined with his skill at building to be charming. Though not interested enough in him to be a proper ally, he did give Emmet a heads-up warning that there is a world in the Dark Multiverse where [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins Rex Dangervest succeeded]] [[StableTimeLoop at ensuring Emmet]] [[FutureMeScaresMe becomes him]].]] |
| 37 | * His goal during his "heel" phase was to lock up those who chose Doom and remake the multiverse so it only contains those of Justice. Zamasu decries turning against this decision, as he had hopes Alpheus would make a perfect world. The World Forger scoffs at him by saying [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist his definition of perfect is merely "perfect to me", not what's actually "perfect"]]. However [[VillainHasAPoint feel he has a point that the Dragonball Multiverse needs to be improved]]. He's rather annoyed by Beerus' sloth, but does think Mosco is doing a decent job. He's yet to express his thoughts on [[Pantheon/AuthorityFigures the two Zeno]]. |
| 38 | * Sometimes the World Forger finds himself talking with various KnightTemplar and WellIntentionedExtremist deities. YHVH seeks out the World Forger to help usher in a perfect multiverse. He states that he should pursue his plans to create a multiverse of Justice. The Divine Powers also seek him out to use the Crisis Anvil in their favor. The First Son of Perpetua tends to turn them down, along with Eliphas' request as he feels he should focus more on his job and preventing the evils of his mother right now. And he'll never hear the end of it from the Source's enforcers if they learn he's been meddling in the core affairs of other multiverses. |
| 39 | * Nerose Satanel believes he should've [[KnightTemplar stuck by his guns]], however otherwise has no hard feelings as he can understand a perfectionist desire. The World Forger has given his own critique on the Hadou Gods in response, at least when it comes to the ascended ones |
| 40 | ** [[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Mithra]]; created a fatal error by [[BlackAndWhiteMorality things into "good" and "evil"]], [[ForeverWar resulting in unending conflict]]. It has taught Alpheus more about the balance, or lack there-of, of Justice and Doom, and has made him reconsider how one should manage them. |
| 41 | ** Nerose Satanel; actually impressed that he created a world of Justice, though Batman has pointed out to him Justice rings hollow [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill if it is achieved at the sacrifice of free will]]. |
| 42 | ** [[Pantheon/ParadoxesAndTimeLoops Mercurius]]; a bit concerned with the consequence of EternalRecurrence, but otherwise doesn't feel he did that bad a job. Perhaps it's because [[CosmicRetcon the DC Multiverse]] [[ComicBookTime is semi-cyclical]]. Enrico Pucci believes he should reshape Hypertime to fit this more, in order to play to his belief that if everyone already knows their fate they will be content with their lives at last. |
| 43 | ** [[spoiler:[[Pantheon/HobbiesAndLifestyles Ren Fuji]] ]]; pities [[TimeStandsStill what his Law leads to]], but hopes for improvement. |
| 44 | ** Hajun; considers him completely insane [[OmnicidalManiac and a threat to everything everywhere]]. He has all of Mobius' extreme solipsism but with no restraint whatsoever and if he were to complete his Law and destroy the Masadaverse, he knows the rest of the omniverse would be on his hit list. He feels the same about Lord English, who while not a Hadou God has the power and raging [[{{Jerkass}} omni-dickery]] to want to tear apart the World Forge and the omniverse apart. |
| 45 | * He represents dark matter, and is frustrated that Barbatos' machinations have derailed what would eventually become the Dark Multiverse. It's meant to be rich in potential, and Barbatos chose to rule the broken worlds he was supposed to get rid of. Returning to the World Forge, he was a little miffed that Rick had stolen some of his supplies. It wasn't easy, but in the Trope Pantheon he needed to buff his dark matter-powered portal gun and other interdimensional travel devices. However Alpheus has enough that Rick's theft is merely a nuisance. |
| 46 | * As a celestial master of dark matter, the World Forger was rumored to have ushered the Dark Matter Horde. He denies this, [[spoiler:and they are likely connected to [[Pantheon/SingularSymbolism Void Termina]] anyway]], but they are still intrigued to him and his nature. Unfortunately so is the Dark Star, who wishes to one day assimilate the darkness of the Dark Multiverse and overcome the World Forger as part of its plan [[OmnicidalManiac to destroy all things and leave all in darkness]]. When [[Pantheon/{{Food}} Kirby]] asked if he had any plans for them, the World Forger replied that to know what to do with the Dark Matter Horde he must first clarify the true nature of [[spoiler:Void Termina and a reltionship with the Horde]], but he is yet to be convinced they pose a grand-scale enough threat to his role as the World Forger. |
| 47 | * Jimmy Neutron was intimidated by Alpheus as his EvilTwin tried to use a dark matter chip to create an evil copy of Earth at the expense of the real Earth's existence, however he soon deduced [[DarkIsNotEvil the World Forger is not evil]]. He wondered if Evil Jimmy may have somehow replicated the Dark Multiverse's physics on a micro-scale, but notices that "a world full of evil" is more like the Antimatter Universe or recent iterations of Earth-3, so it probably works in a different fashion. Jimmy wondered if he could help fix things, however the First Son of Perpetua declined the offer and stated "dealing with the quagmire that the Dark Multiverse has become is a job for the experts". |
| 48 | * Another reason why the World Forger rarely takes sides is because he has a job to do, well, forging worlds. Despite his official house, unofficially his real home in the pantheon is the House of Pantheon/{{Craft}}. He is looking for someone he can trust to help eliminate the failed worlds while he brings up the ones worthy of light. After working with Neith, Vulcan and Dyntos in the art of [[TheMaker creation]], Amara signed up to the job, [[TheAntiGod as it's kind of her thing]]. Alpheus welcomed this, however was concerned by her brother as he considered him a bit too..childish. [[spoiler:[[GodIsEvil Honestly, it's a kind way of putting it]].]] |
| 49 | * The creator of Hypertime, the World Forger is an important figure in the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality. With his excellent smithmanship he can keep the various retcons and changes to the timeline straight in the Trope Pantheon. It's said that whenever a retcon in the pantheon occurs, it comes down to Alpheus swinging his mighty Crisis Anvil. He knows many wish it to be put at rest in Pantheon/MaximumSecurity, but the First Son of Perpetua refuses to relinquish the weapon for even a moment's notice; he has so much work to do after the whole Barbatos incident. |
| 50 | ** An additional reason for his reluctance to let the Crisis Anvil out of his hands for even a second is that he ''knows'' Melkor desires it almost as much as the Flame Imperishable. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech And he told Melkor off for his coveting]]. |
| 51 | --> '''Alpheus''': "You seek the Anvil to create, [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget which was your desire before spite consumed you]]. [[CreativeSterility But you don't know how, and can't use it efficiently]]. [[EvilIsSterile You will only corrupt and mutate]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood due to your limited understanding]], [[TooCleverByHalf incomplete wisdom]] and [[EvilIsPetty petulant childishness]]. If you cannot come to terms [[UnwittingPawn you are being used as an example by Eru]], you are nowhere ready to use the Anvil in any efficient manner". |
| 52 | * Unlike the Dark Enemy, Death Phantom is smart enough to not provoke the World Forger as he could swat even his true form away like a fly. However this only fuels his conceit against Alpheus, as his ability to create and reboot worlds would undo the destruction he plans. [[OmnicidalManiac The ultimate nihilist]] dreams of striking the First Son of Perpetua down with his own Crisis Anvil, burn the Sixth Dimension to the ground [[DeaderThanDead so he can never reform]] and then finally shatter the Anvil so what is done can never be undone. Fortunately for everyone but the likes of him, that's all it can be; a dream. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
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| 55 | [[folder:The Anti-Monitor]] |
| 56 | '''[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths The Anti-Monitor]], God of [[RedSkiesCrossover Crossovers by Cameo]] and Harbinger of {{Cosmic Retcon}}s''' (The Monitor (as he refers to himself), [[FanNickname Monty]], [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar Marshmallow Man, Guardian of Fear]], [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Anti-God, The Great Destroyer]], [[spoiler:Mobius]]) |
| 57 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anti_monitor_3.jpg]] |
| 58 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:[[spoiler:Mobius]]\ |
| 59 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/antimonitor_8.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]]] |
| 60 | * Overdeity |
| 61 | * Symbol: [[RedSkyTakeWarning Red Skies]] |
| 62 | * Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9g_1ZGaiF4 Seeing the Anti-Monitor/Credits]] |
| 63 | * Alignment: NeutralEvil |
| 64 | * Portfolio: [[OmnicidalManiac Total]] [[ApocalypseHow Destruction]], [[DimensionLord Ruler of the Antimatter Universe]], EldritchAbomination, SpacetimeEater, [[CrisisCrossover Inciting Total Crossovers]] [[EnemyMine And Total Opposition]], [[MultiversalConqueror Enemy to All Existence]], [[RedSkiesCrossover Crossovers Through Cameo Appearances]], [[RedSkyTakeWarning Turning the Skies Crimson]], TooPowerfulToLive, [[OriginalGeneration Causes the Crisis]], {{Antimatter}}, EvilerThanThou, [[KnightOfCerebus Herald of the Dark Age of Comics]], [[CompleteMonster Usually Completely Evil]] ([[DependingOnTheWriter but not always]]) |
| 65 | * Domain: Destruction, The Apocalypse, Mass Retcons, Crossovers, Anti-Matter |
| 66 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/UnlivingBeings Deathstorm]], [[Pantheon/TragedyAndDespair The White]], [[Pantheon/TimeManipulation Randall Ross]] |
| 67 | ** Former Allies: [[Pantheon/VillainousCounterparts Thaal Sinestro]], [[Pantheon/WritingTechniques Parallax]] |
| 68 | * Rivals: '''[[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]]''', [[Pantheon/TimeManipulation Lord]] [[Pantheon/{{Sports}} English]], [[Pantheon/RuinAndDestruction Unicron]], [[Pantheon/OtherDimensions Amatsu-Mikaboshi]] |
| 69 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork with: [[Pantheon/{{Mindsets}} Krona]] ("creator" of sorts), some of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor the Anti-Spiral]] |
| 70 | ** WorthyOpponent: [[Pantheon/{{Reptiles}} Apophis]] |
| 71 | * Enemies: Literally everyone else, though he has some noticeable foes. |
| 72 | ** From the DC multiverse: '''[[Pantheon/CrossoversAndReferences The Monitor]]''' (his brother), '''[[Pantheon/{{Accessories}} Metron]]''', '''[[Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata Nekron]]''', '''[[Pantheon/GenderSexMiscellaneous Kara Zor-El]], [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel Barry Allen/The Flash]]''', [[Pantheon/DCComics the entire Green Lantern Corps, the entire House of El]], [[Pantheon/LifeAndCreation The Life Entity]], [[Pantheon/FireAndHeat Firestorm]], '''[[Pantheon/ValuesAndEthics The Spectre]]''', [[Pantheon/DreamsAndNightmares Dream of the Endless]], [[Pantheon/NamingIdentification Mr. Mxyzptlk]] |
| 73 | ** Others: [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Cosmos]], [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Melkor]], [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]], [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/OtherCreatures The Creation Trio]] (''especially'' Giratina), [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Eliphas]], [[Pantheon/JokesAndPranks Stewie Griffin]], any TopGod but especially [[Pantheon/DivineRoles Ra]], [[Pantheon/AuthorityFigures Present and Future Zeno]], [[Pantheon/{{Wardening}} The Living Tribunal]], [[Pantheon/PlanetaryBodiesAndSatellites Galactus]], [[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations Amara]], [[Pantheon/CelestialBodiesAndStars Eternity]], [[Pantheon/DimensionalAreas Yog-Sothoth]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Merged Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenresNtoZ Haruhi Suzumiya]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedTools Team Dai-Gurren]] |
| 74 | * Opposed by: [[Pantheon/HeroicActions Gandalf]] |
| 75 | * EvilCounterpart to: [[Pantheon/PositiveReaction Mr. Rogers]] |
| 76 | * Of all the members of the Pantheon, none is perhaps more feared or reviled as the Anti-Monitor. Born from Krona interfering with Creation, this being seeks nothing less than [[OmnicidalManiac the utter extermination of all but its domain]]. What makes the Anti-Monitor even worse than the GUAD in that regard is that he seeks not only to destroy the Pantheon and all its members, but the very tropes they represent so that '''nothing''' can ever exist again. Small wonder he's considered the Devil by so many of the Pantheon. |
| 77 | * Though the Pantheon's enemy, he isn't [[HateSink the most hated god]], probably because he's far too grand and impersonal to loathe. That title has no official bearer, though one might argue Merged Zamasu surpasses him in the grand and personal hate. The Anti-Monitor sees him as competition for the great destroyer, but Zamasu despises any comparisons between the two. As he points out, he'd at least let some form of reality persist. While technically true, no-one wants to root for him in an Anti-Monitor vs Zamasu fight either. |
| 78 | * Almost everyone is too beneath his notice to get him chatty. But there is a god who provokes an emotional response-Nekron. The Anti-Monitor utterly ''despises'' him after being used as a battery, and has sworn to somehow [[BeyondTheImpossible destroy the very void he is]]. And Nekron wants to destroy life, not space-time itself. That being said, some of the GUAD will form temporary alliances with him since they share similar desires. |
| 79 | * Galactus notices he shares traits with the Anti-Monitor. Both are cosmic-level beings who've devoured the lives of countless trillions. However, the Anti-Monitor is more of an EvilCounterpart since Galactus is only trying to keep the universal balance/keep himself fed, and has battled those who sought to destroy the universe in past. The Anti-Monitor is more concerned with the Living Tribunal, due to him being Marvel's GuardianOfTheMultiverse. He admits he stands little chance against the CosmicEntity if he were to act now, but is trying to gather his strength and find weak points to exploit. |
| 80 | * [[SpacetimeEater Destroys and devours space and time to feed off their energy]]. He's been trying to devour Eternity, due to the being embodying the Marvel universe. It's a trait he shares, just on a somewhat larger scale, with Unicron. They share a desire to destroy all that is not their realm, being the Antimatter Universe and Unicron only respectively. Though this also means they will always be rivals, instead of allies. |
| 81 | * The last time the Anti-Monitor tried to destroy the Pantheon, [[EnemyMine it took all four cardinal Overdeities teaming up]] to stop him. Yes, even Melkor joined if only because HE wants the pleasure of personally despoiling and destroying creation. [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar After dropping a galaxy-destroying BOMB]] on him. It wasn't even enough to kill him, only require a new armor and re-adjust his plans. Nekron and the GUAD are trying to use this as an opportunity to manipulate them, as he knows he might be required as well. To get an idea of how ''unifyingly dangerous'' [[FanNickname Monty is]], [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths after destroying innumerable universes]], it took the literal '''[[ComicBook/TheSpectre WRATH OF GOD]]''' to weaken him, and the entirety of the DC Universe to finish him off. [[BackFromTheDead When he came back]] [[WorfHadTheFlu a shell of his former self]], [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar it took a galaxy-buster]] [[InvincibleVillain and a superpowered broken-as hell psychopath]] to kill him again. |
| 82 | * There are destroyers in the Pantheon who he competes with. Amatsu-Mikaboshi for one, having a similar role to him in the Marvel universe. Since one excludes the Antimatter Universe from destruction and the other the PrimordialChaos before reality, they can't form an alliance. Lord English is just as destructive as him, however arguably worse in some respects due to desiring even the destruction of the afterlife and literally leaving nothing but himself remaining. The Anti-Monitor and Apophis have a somewhat respectful rivalry, as the two are some of the oldest, classic "ultimate enemies". [[EnemyMine They're willing to work occasionally]], mainly to slay [[TopGod top gods]] who defend what they're trying to destroy such as Ra. |
| 83 | * Although he cares very little for the Pantheon, he is very wary of the Superman Family. During the first Crisis, Kara Zor-El/Supergirl nearly killed him with her bare fists when he dared to hurt her cousin, and the original Superman was the one who finished him off. He got... restless when he heard about their ascension. |
| 84 | * Seeks to enslave and/or consume [[Pantheon/OtherCreatures the Creation Trio]] in hopes of mastering time and space, to once again go back and try to [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths subvert Creation itself]]. Of the trio, it is Giratina who detests the Anti-Monitor the most. As a benevolent god of Antimatter, it sees Monty as [[EvilCounterpart the complete perversion of itself]] and the balance it sees, declaring his [[MirrorUniverse Anti-Matter Universe]] "an abomination". |
| 85 | * [[OutsideContextProblem Quite possibly the most]] ''[[EldritchAbomination alien]]'' member of the Pantheon. Completely unique to his Anti-Matter universe, not only [[MirrorUniverse is morality flipped]] but the very [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality narrative]] is in reverse. Even [[Pantheon/{{Narrative}} Terry Pratchett]] has no power in such a realm. Mercifully, the rules of his backwards universe only apply inside it, and outside his reality, the Anti-Monitor is just as subject to the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality as anybody else. '''Everyone''' is trying to abuse this weakness the best they can. |
| 86 | * [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague Some even brought to light]] a past none ever knew about the Anti-Monitor, very few still know and even less suspect: [[spoiler:He used to be known as Mobius, a seeker of knowledge who was cursed to become the Great Destroyer. His chair now belongs to [[ComicBook/NewGods Metron]]. In his campaign against Darkseid, two more things were discovered about him: that [[RippleEffectProofMemory he remembers all Crises and changes to history]], and far more horrifying-the Anti-Life Equation flows through his veins.]] |
| 87 | ** [[ComicBook/FinalCrisis Other events]] imply a different origin for the Anti-Monitor. Apparently beyond the DC Multiverse is an entity called the Primal Monitor or Overmonitor, effectively the blank canvas which reality was written on. It sent a probe, but it was split into the Monitor and Anti-Monitor. |
| 88 | * As unbelievable as it is, there are actually deities in the Pantheon who are proper allies of the Anti-Monitor. Mainly, it's people who are not only completely [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidal]] even by omnicidal standards but don't care if they survive/want to die as well. The events of ComicBook/BrightestDay saw Deathstorm working as his [[TheDragon dragon]]. The White are noticeable in believing all creation is hopeless, and believe the Anti-Monitor would be a benefit to ending it all. Much like Hank Henshaw, once all is said and done he promises to give the White the death they desire. |
| 89 | * Randall Ross was one of the other ''very'' few allies that the Anti-Monitor has. This is due to his abuse of time travel and desire to destroy all time [[EvilIsPetty for petty reasons]], not even considering if he'd also be destroyed from doing so. The Anti-Monitor's motive for having him as a minion is so he can once again travel to before creation and subvert the Big Bang so that the multiverse is destroyed. He was interested in exploiting Stewie Griffin's role with his Big Bang. |
| 90 | * ''"[[BreakingSpeech No hope. No mercy. The universe you knew is nothing but a memory and I have no intention of leaving anyone alive to honor it]]."'' |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
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| 93 | [[folder:The Devourer]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | %% PANTHEON SEARCH DATABASE DATA: [=SequelReset,The Devourer,VideoGame,EpicBattleFantasy,Overdeity,Continuities,MediaAndConnectivity=] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | '''''[="ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF...=]''''' |
| 98 | |
| 99 | '''''[=I AM YOUR END!"=]''''' |
| 100 | |
| 101 | '''[[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy The Devourer]], Unholy Master Of [[SequelReset Resolution-Resetting Sequels]]''' |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/devourer_6.png]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | * Overdeity |
| 106 | * Symbol: The Devourer's main eye, staring at you |
| 107 | * Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOdjK4pYCUg Blaze of Iris]] |
| 108 | * Alignment: LawfulEvil |
| 109 | * Portfolio: [[FinalBoss Final Antagonist Of The EBF Games]] [[GreaterScopeVillain And Secretly Behind The Events Of The Previous Games]], [[TheManBehindTheMan Created Akron and Godcat]], EldritchAbomination, ControlFreak [[CompleteMonster With Zero Morality Or Acceptance Of Its Creations]], [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill No Tolerance Of Chaos And Free Will]], [[EvilLearnsOfOutsideContext Realizing The Presence Of The Player Messing With Its Universe]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou And Seeking To Remove Them From The Picture]], [[SequelReset Denying Conclusive Resolution Through Resetting Simulations]], [[RealityWarper Manipulating And Deleting Memories, People]], [[PlanetKiller The World]], [[OmnicidalManiac Even The Universe's Current Simulation]] [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist For Its Own Ends]], AboveTheGods, [[DynamicDifficulty Getting Stronger The More Content You Have Completed]] |
| 110 | * Domains: Eldritch Abominations, Universe Manipulation, Order, Resets, Overarching Villains, Metafiction, Dimensional Invaders, Deletion |
| 111 | * Heralds: The Cosmic Gigalith and the Devourer's army of [[BossInMookClothing Cosmic Monoliths]] |
| 112 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/MethodsOfKilling Kronika]], [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]], [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor The Anti-Spiral]], [[Pantheon/RobotsAndAutomata The Starmen]] |
| 113 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations Giygas]], [[Pantheon/LifeAndVitality Zanza]], [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Galeem]], [[Pantheon/GameProgression Airy]], [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction The GUAD]] |
| 114 | * Interested in: [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} White Face]], [[Pantheon/{{Words}} The Batter]] |
| 115 | * Rivals: [[Pantheon/{{Phrases}} Kaos]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/EyeAppearances The Auditor]], [[Pantheon/HolyAuthorityAndPower Chuck Shirley]], [[Pantheon/BossFightsNToZ Ouroboros (Bravely Default)]], [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Kang the Conqueror]], [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes Shuma Gorath]] |
| 116 | * Opposed by: [[Pantheon/TypesOfNarration The Narrator (Stanley Parable)]], [[Pantheon/TheatricProduction Game]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenresNToZ Niko]], [[Pantheon/BossFightsAToM Dr. Eggman]], [[Pantheon/{{Mouths}} The Judge (OFF)]] |
| 117 | * Archnemesis: '''[[Pantheon/PlainNeutral (INSERT NAME HERE)]]''' |
| 118 | * Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} The Epic Battle Fantasy Team]]''', the dimensional and multiversal guardians of the Pantheon, [[Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery Dr. Strange]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes The Doki Doki Literature Club]], [[Pantheon/{{Storytelling}} ICEY]], [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer (SMT)]] [[Pantheon/ShinMegamiTensei and his Forces of Chaos]], [[Pantheon/MusicalCompositions The Heroes of Luxendarc]], [[Pantheon/ChildArchetypes The Chosen Four]], [[Pantheon/GamingConsequences Frisk]], [[Pantheon/UnlivingBeings Sans]], [[Pantheon/TreesAndFlowers Flowey]], [[Pantheon/{{Destinations}} The Go-Getters Club]], [[Pantheon/OrderAndChaos Dharkon]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedTools Team Dai-Gurren]], [[Pantheon/{{Food}} Kirby]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Lord]] [[Pantheon/NonAthleticSports English]], [[Pantheon/DeathManipulators Doc Scratch]], [[Pantheon/MannersOfRevival Arthur Penhaligon]] |
| 119 | * The adventures in ''Epic Battle Fantasy'' always consisted of Matt, Natalie, and other allies that joined them later on to gather loot and experience, get stronger, and take on an increasingly threatening array of foes in epic RPG battles. However, little did the protagonists know, even as they began to fight against much more powerful monsters and even gods, that they were fighting a system controlled by a much more dastardly otherworldly entity. The Devourer, the one behind the conflicts with the games, was actually using the heroes' universe as simulations for creating a universe devoid of chaos and randomness, and the party of adventurers was unwittingly throwing a wrench into the Devourer's machinations. Each time the heroes completed their adventure, the Devourer had to reset the simulation, and each simulation would be represented by another game that the EBF party would have to overcome. With every reset, the Devourer grew more frustrated at its control was being broken by Matt and friends, raising the stakes of the world and even observing the universe's events through the Cosmic Monoliths. On the Devourer's fifth simulation, it began to reset the world to a greater extent, wiping out the party's memories of their previous adventures, resetting the world yet again, and introducing the Cosmic Gigalith to not only invade the world but to serve as a passageway for the Devourer to the heroes' dimension should things go south for the simulation once again. And as the Devourer continued, it realized the main threat was not just the five heroes standing before him, but an unseen force enacting the very acts of chaos and unwanted variables in his clockwork universe, using the party as their avatars against the Devourer, playing through the Devourer's simulation as if it was a game. Being unable to directly act against the player themselves, the Devourer sought at least exhaust the player by defeating the EBF party until the player was bored, but due to how strong the heroes became, the Devourer was finally slain, freeing the EBF universe from its manipulations, and all that the Devourer deleted would gradually come back over time, but little did they know what really happened to the Devourer... |
| 120 | --> '''"THAT BATTLE BOUGHT ME ENOUGH TIME, AND I'VE FOUND A WAY INTO YOUR HIGHER DIMENSION! I'VE MANIPULATED THE PIXELS ON YOUR SCREEN, AND THE SOUNDS FROM YOUR SPEAKERS, AND SENT MY DATA THROUGH TO YOUR WORLD! I'LL BE HIDING IN YOUR COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION. IN THE CHAOS OF YOUR DARK ENERGY. SOMEDAY THE LAWS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS WILL REASSEMBLE MY DATA, AND I WILL FINALLY MEET YOU."''' |
| 121 | * The Devourer expected to end up in our own dimension, desiring to fully manifest again and to quash the ones responsible for thwarting the Devourer's designs. And the Devourer managed to reform far more quickly than expected, but the Devourer sensed a great abundance of life and entropy in this new destination that the Devourer had arrived to. To be cautious, the Devourer decided to hide within a nearby vacant dimension, and slowly search and scour the cosmos to seek and eliminate the player. In truth, the Devourer had arrived in the Pantheon, and while the Devourer was correct in suspecting that the player, known as INH in the Pantheon, would be found here, INH was technically still safe from the Devourer's full wrath, but INH's avatars and associates were now in grave danger. Once the Devourer set up a new Cosmic Gigalith, the Pantheon was slowly being manipulated by the Devourer, with memories of specific things vanishing, space-time being altered, and eventually, deities and even worlds began to go missing, with a majority of deities not realizing, but already had a team of those experienced with dimensional phenomena made a lot of progress in investigating the Devourer, as if they had been prepared for this very situation from the start. Meanwhile, several deities related to INH were beginning to notice the discrepancies and manipulations the Devourer caused, and among them was the EBF party, who expected just another normally strange adventure in the Pantheon. Once the likes of them encountered several Cosmic Monoliths, however, the EBF party realized that the Devourer had encroached into the Pantheon, and hurried to give the group responsible for investigating the anomalies a warning about what they were up against, but by then, the latter group had already been on the verge of breaking the Cosmic Gigalith. With the Gigalith's destruction, the Devourer physically emerged into the Pantheon, and in reaction to encountering the same avatars that slayed it before, went berserk and attempted to delete as much of the Pantheon as it could. But the Devourer gravely underestimated the new deities and other multiversal guardians who had been monitoring the Devourer, and the Devourer was once again defeated, every reset and deletion by it being reversed with time, returning the Pantheon to normal, but instead of the Devourer trying to escape to a higher dimension, the Devourer's essence was now tethered to the Pantheon, with a new trope bound to the abominable force, turning them into another god in the Pantheon. It was revealed that the Pantheon's guardians were aware of the Devourer's plans and deliberately summoned it here, with the purpose of deifying and imprisoning the Devourer within the Pantheon, and in the process, denying the Devourer's final chance of victory against INH, with much enmity and rage on the Devourer's behalf. |
| 122 | * Knowing better than to directly antagonize the Pantheon again, the Devourer lies within a separate dimension still bound to the Pantheon, patiently interacting with allies and potential pawns, in wait for an opportunity to truly take the Pantheon for itself, to strip it of all free will. While the Devourer is now able to directly oppose INH, he knows that they are still separated by dimensions, and until the Devourer can breach their universe, it will have to contend with their avatars, of which there are plenty who are also aware of and regularly interact with INH, on top of other protagonists that INH has served as a "guardian" towards. The amount of video game worlds that the Devourer has observed as being influenced by INH's presence has astounded the Devourer, even more that for the majority of them, their "code" is similar to the code he has utilized to run the simulations that were the ''Epic Battle Fantasy'' games. The Devourer has often entertained the thought of toying and experimenting with such worlds after settling business with INH and the Pantheon, and bringing them all under its absolute control as well. But at the absolute minimum, if its allies aren't keen on sharing territory, the Devourer will settle for merely escaping the Pantheon and continuing on its original goals. |
| 123 | * The Devourer was invited by Kronika, a cosmic being known as a Titan who predated and stood over the likes of Elder Gods in her universe in hierarchy, to work alongside her since their goals both involve absolute control and yet don't conflict enough for them to clash with each other, and had the Devourer acquainted with Darkseid, an Old God who sought to eliminate all forms of free will and put endless suffering and oblivion in their place, something that the Devourer cared little for. Not to mention that Kronika has a minor hunch that the force behind INH just might being playing a role in the fate of her enemies in her world as well. The Devourer sees them as worthy allies and has gotten them more interested in opposing INH directly, given their ability to instill meddlesome free will and autonomy in their avatars in the safety of another dimension. That said, neither Kronika nor Darkseid, and in fact neither do we know what the Devourer desires from a clockwork universe devoid of chaos and entropy. Is the Devourer an entity of order itself? A monstrosity that benefits or enjoys a rigid world of order? A pawn of a greater Status Quo? The Devourer has no interest in answering, and is keen on deleting those who attempt to pry further. |
| 124 | ** Additionally, it views Galeem and Dharkon to be like one of his creations, Godcat, with Galeem being like the light half and Dharkon like the dark half, except with Galeem's goals being closer to the Devourer's, and Dharkon's as incompatible in comparison, which is quite unexpected given that Dharkon is closer to the Devourer in appearance, not to mention that the pair are of elements that the Devourer is weak to. However, the Devourer seeks to help Galeem win their war as Dharkon mainly since their ability to subdue video game characters would make Galeem a powerful game piece should Dharkon fall for good, being able to stay out of Galeem's way and manipulate Galeem from another dimension, but that will have to wait until the Pantheon can provide the opportunity to let that balance shift. |
| 125 | * However, there are rumors that the Devourer is also working alongside the GUAD at the same time. Given the Devourer's desire to delete the entire simulation of ''Epic Battle Fantasy'' when things weren't turning out its way or if the EBF party captured the Devourer on a NewGamePlus run, it is considered feasible that he'd be serving both the forces fighting for absolute tyranny and order and the forces for omnicide to [[PlayingBothSides benefit from either side's victory.]] If the former side wins, the Devourer can revel in the type of universe it set out to create in the first place. If the latter side wins, the Devourer can simply reset the universe in the Devourer's favor, or simply move on to deal with INH. Given that the Devourer's goals would completely undermine the GUAD's cause, the GUAD members are wary of the Devourer's assistance. Disturbingly, the Devourer seeks to get closer to Giygas, another mass of incomprehensible power, who was in the end finished off by INH themselves, and seeks to utilize Giygas to his advantage in spite of Giygas' lack of sanity, and has already gotten the Starmen that serve Giygas to also fight for him as well, to accompany the Cosmic Monoliths, causing the Chosen Four to be more actively opposed to the Devourer as well, and in turn they are being observed by the Devourer knowing that Paula's prayers managed to invoke INH's support. |
| 126 | * YHVH initially believed that the Devourer would be a rival in his goal of creating a world of absolute order, but it turns out that the Devourer was not only willing to let YHVH have his way with this dimension if need be, but was willing to help YHVH oppose INH, after convincing YHVH that INH was behind the fall of YHVH in several timelines, especially times when important people who chose the path of Chaos would cause YHVH's downfall, even those like the Demi-Fiend having been avatars of INH as the Devourer claims. Of course, YHVH's archnemesis, Lucifer, was keen to make sure that the Devourer's operations were continually watched and sabotaged when possible, knowing that without the likes of INH, his Forces of Chaos would hardly be able to put up a resistance against the Devourer, and when he suspects the Devourer to be going after protagonists related to INH or even attempting to delete them, Lucifer is preparing himself as well as GUAC members for such events. |
| 127 | * Shuma-Gorath, another eldritch TentacledTerror, has become a rival to the Devourer due to also being a dimensional invader, but with significantly different goals for the universes he invades. Instead of wasting time on controlling universes, Shuma-Gorath creates universes devoid of death, and filled with much chaotic creations and suffering, creating mayhem for the hell of it. And unfortunately for the Devourer, there are not only more entities that could match the Devourer in dimensional influence, but there are a significant amount of beings responsible for preventing such things that do have a chance in stopping the Devourer. Dr. Strange, one of the involved parties in the Devourer's initial defeat in the Pantheon, is frankly irked by having to deal with what is essentially an Anti-Shuma-Gorath that could try to RetGone his allies if given the window of opportunity. |
| 128 | * As for other gods and divine beings that saw the universe as something to keep constant control of or even use it as their plaything, the Anti-Spiral was initially concerned about the Devourer's deletion ability until it realized that such a thing would be very handy in sundering any problematic sources of Spiral Energy, so the Anti-Spiral decided to cooperate with the Devourer's machinations. Chuck Shirley, also known for destroying many realities to make one that would go his way, noticed the similarities in the Devourer's goals and simulations, but doesn't trust the Devourer to make a universe that he'd enjoy, but continues to tolerate him since he doesn't want the Devourer to mess with his realities. Zamasu initially wanted to enlist the Devourer's assistance in his crusade against mortals, and got the Devourer interested in eliminating the Saiyans that opposed him, due to them reminding of this feline entity known as "God" that he neutralized and reduced to a role that couldn't threaten the Devourer. However, as he looked into the Devourer's feats, he realized that he may have misjudged the Devourer as just a being willing to put mortals under complete control or oblivion to the disorderly. Not only did the Devourer create the likes of Akron and Godcat, divine and demonic beings in their own right, but was even able to reduce Godcat, a creator and destroyer deity into a LimitBreak. Zamasu doesn't want to look further into the implications of the Devourer being an entity that even treats gods and divinity like Zamasu himself as mere ''tools'', [[PitifulWorms treating them the way that Zamasu treats mortals]], since he frankly finds the Devourer disturbing enough. |
| 129 | * When it came to other characters who are aware of INH and the player and have their own interpretations of said player, they all equally oppose the Devourer due to the threat he represents. Niko, someone who was trapped in a simulation run by the World Machine, and had to work with INH to restore the world, is against the Devourer for trying to control such simulations and viewing its inhabitants as mere playthings. Pochi among the Go-Getters Club was an "X-Type" who was able to communicate with the player, who is known to them as an "Otherworlder", and worked alongside the player to help the Go-Getters Club to survive their dilemmas. Due to understanding the Devourer as a potential threat to the Otherworlder, though aware they can't oppose the Devourer directly, is keen on keeping his friends aware of the Devourer's actions. The Heroes of Luxendarc, who identified INH as the force that guided them to their quest and helped them against Airy and Ouroboros, are also determined to fight against the Devourer and his minions should the Devourer attempt to delete their friends or reset the world. Thankfully, Ouroboros and the Devourer see each other as rivals, due to the former not wanting any competition in invading the "Celestial Realm" that the player inhabits, and being completely incompatible with the Devourer's goals, but Airy is willing to also work with the Devourer in hindering his opposition, though she has to be extra cautious since the Devourer knows her true loyalties. Kaos also is aware of INH as the Portal Master thwarting his plans, and even attempted to enslave them at one point, but doesn't want to mess with the Devourer having dealt with another eldritch force known as The Darkness who ended up playing him for a fool, as the Devourer would. |
| 130 | * Frisk, while having a complicated relationship with INH, opposes the Devourer just as much as his friends that are aware of what the Devourer represents. Flowey, who was normally known for antagonizing Frisk and being aware of the resetting abilities Frisk had and ''he'' once had too, also dislikes the Devourer knowing what the Devourer is capable of, from resetting simulations, and being able to delete entities like Flowey, even if he could use his Omega Flowey form. The Devourer in turn is interested in Frisk's potential Genocide counterpart, mainly due to "Chara", another fallen human child who managed to "take over the simulation" from the player, even in ''separate playthroughs'', and is interested in unleashing Chara into the Pantheon. The Devourer is also aware of Sans, who even attempted to stop the player from making Frisk go through a Genocide Run the same way the Devourer attempted to hinder the player by killing Matt and his friends over and over again, but doesn't see Sans as a significant threat to the Devourer, not that Sans is willing to put the energy to look like one, but he's wary of the Devourer's interest in Frisk. |
| 131 | * The Devourer's minions of consist of Cosmic Monoliths, scouts and surveillance units of the eldritch master that are created by the Cosmic Gigalith, and are functionally extremely advanced alien technology. While Cosmic Monoliths are meant to observe foes on the Devourer's behalf, it proves a terrifying foe on its lonesome. It is armed with extremely potent dark magic on top of other forms of magic, and infamous for its ''Doomsday'' ability which can wipe out unprepared parties once it's charged. It's immune to most elements with the exception of electric and water attacks, their main weaknesses. More significantly, they hold the ability to warp space-time to their advantage, enabling it to teleport and easily dodge enemy attacks, and even use it to crush enemies if their magic is disabled. Due to their power and utility, the Devourer's allies tend to have some Cosmic Monoliths floating around to make the lives of their enemies more difficult than ever. It hasn't stopped people from trying to understand and research the Cosmic Monoliths for their own gain. Doctor Eggman has already started on reverse-engineering the Cosmic Monoliths, given that their dark power can be utilized against the Devourer, not to mention that Lance of the EBF party has already done so to develop potent technology of his own. Certainly, if someone like Lance who couldn't even trounce forest villagers with his army was able to rework it to his advantage, why couldn't Eggman do the same? |
| 132 | * There were some notable opposition to the Devourer who also had a romantic attachment to INH, though the Devourer scoffs at the idea of such a relationship given that the Devourer views the player and INH by extension to be a rivaling dimensional intruder who would also be "above" such pathetic relationships. ICEY, one of said individuals, fiercely hates the Devourer and intends to defend INH from the Devourer's plans to the bitter end, not just due to her desire to personally meet the player behind INH, but due to the Devourer reminding her of her Narrator who intended to control the choices she made and even managed to disconnect the player's influence from [=iCEY=] to eliminate her, only for her to break free and escape on her own. (Though, the other Narrators in the Pantheon like Stanley's Narrator or Game are similarly appalled by the Devourer itself, [[EveryoneHasStandards finding the Devourer just as horrifying.]]) The Doki Doki Literature Club also grabbed the Devourer's attention, or at the very least just Monika (and by extension Sayori), due to her ability to be aware of the simulation they were in, and to manipulate the game and even delete other characters in an attempt to get "closer" to the player. In a sense, her abilities weren't much different from the Devourer's own abilities, but Monika's former insistence on using them just to stay with the player forever on top of refraining from such abilities has led to the Devourer completely dismissing Monika as squandering her own potential and being as insignificant as her own friends. |
| 133 | --> '''The Devourer''': '''EVEN WITH POWERS THAT COULD COMPARE TO MY OWN, YOU INSISTED ON WASTING THEM ON A VILE NUISANCE FAR BEYOND YOUR OWN PLACE IN YOUR SIMULATION, AND EVEN THEN, IT HASN'T STOPPED THAT INTERLOPER FROM THROWING YOU OUT WHEN YOU BECAME DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR INTERESTS. IT IS CLEAR THAT IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU COULD DO, YOUR DESIRES AND ATTACHMENTS ARE WHAT SEPARATES THE [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy SERVANT]] FROM THE [[ControlFreak MASTER]]. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood I SEE NO REASON TO DEEM YOU AS ANY RELEVANCE BEYOND THE ROLES YOU SHARE WITH THE VERMIN YOU CALL YOUR COMPANIONS.]]''' |
| 134 | * Due to the nature of the Devourer's abilities, the Devourer can and prefers to manipulate the Pantheon across dimensions without having to deal with threats in the flesh. Being able to reset memories or even manipulate the code of the universe to alter things, the Devourer has its ways of manipulating things to its desire, even if it can't directly reset the Pantheon itself. More horrifying is the Devourer's ability to delete the likes of anyone that isn't an Overdeity in the Pantheon, or even worlds and locations if the Devourer is given the opportunity to do so. While non-sentient planets can be deleted instantly by the Devourer, Intermediate and Greater Deities are able to resist the effects of Deletion, though not to an indefinite extent. The main drawback with this power is that the Devourer can't permanently delete entities, and once the Devourer is killed, all that the Devourer deletes will be fully restored. It's easier said than done, but the Devourer isn't physically invincible. The Devourer once encountered Kirby who managed to destroy the Cosmic Gigalith, and Kirby managed to take on and defeat the Devourer by sucking up pieces of Cosmic Monoliths and using their ability to destroy the Devourer before deletion could finish off Kirby. The Devourer has also learned the hard way that some figures are simply beyond the Devourer's power, when an attempt to reduce Lord English, a known hunter of eldritch creatures, to a non-threatening role, had simply failed and led to Lord English breaching the Devourer's current dimension, then retaliating and thrashing the Devourer into bits. From that encounter, the Devourer has learned to be elusive toward Lord English as well as Doc Scratch, who the Devourer cannot also manipulate due to being under Lord English's power. |
| 135 | * The Devourer, searching for more potential elements or entities that could function to hinder the player in their tracks, learned about two particular beings who have a more... troublesome relationship with INH to say the least. The first was White Face, an ominous figure who was able to interact with the player's files and even be able to potentially intrude into their computer, though White Face did end up being defeated in the end. It's still interested the Devourer enough to understand how they work, if only to learn ''how to do it better''. And then there was the Batter, a man obsessed with purifying the world, and had INH as a guardian to aid the Batter in his quest, but when the time came for the Batter to finish his mission, there was a possibility for INH to rebel against the Batter, not that it deterred the Batter from fighting back. That said, the Devourer knows that it would be viewed by the Batter as another entity to purify, and keeps away from him, given that his desire to purify the Pantheon is something it can let slide. That said, the Judge, who views INH as the Batter's "Puppeteer", doesn't like the Devourer either given how tyrannical the Devourer is with the simulations he creates. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | '''''"IN THE END, I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE TO RESET THE WORLD."''''' |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | !Greater Gods |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Malal/Malice]] |
| 143 | '''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Malal]], Chaos God of [[CanonDiscontinuity Discontinuity]] and Ruler of Retconnian''' (The Outcast God, The Lost God, The Renegade God, [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Malice]], [[WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice The One Who Doesn't Exist]]) |
| 144 | [[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/malal_7073.png]] |
| 145 | * Overdeity within Retconnian, Greater God outside of it. |
| 146 | * Symbol: The Number 11. [[http://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/thumb/1379/52/1379524860586s.jpg A Bisecting Black/White Skull]]. |
| 147 | * Alignment: Nominally LawfulNeutral (for the Pantheon's sake), ChaoticEvil in reality. |
| 148 | * Portfolio: {{Enemy Civil War}}s, [[EveryoneHasStandards Insane by Chaos God standards]], [[ExiledFromContinuity Exiles From Continuity]], [[CanonDiscontinuity Those Removed From Continuity]], [[UnPerson The Erased]] |
| 149 | * Domains: Chaos, Self-destruction, Retcons |
| 150 | * High Priest: [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} W.D. Gaster]] |
| 151 | * Followers: The Doomed Ones, and The Sons of Malice renegade Space Marine Chapter |
| 152 | * Allies: All Pantheon deities who have suffered CanonDiscontinuity or been retconned away, (most prominently [[Pantheon/{{Planning}} Grand Admiral]] [[Pantheon/TacticsAndStrategies Thrawn]]), [[Pantheon/TaintedLaw The Dark Judges]], the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, Warhammer fans. |
| 153 | * Enemies: The Four Chaos Gods ([[Pantheon/CommonColors Kho]][[Pantheon/ObsceneActions rne]], [[Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases Nurgle]], [[Pantheon/LustfulActs Slaanesh]], [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} Tzeentch]]), [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the Tropers]], [[Pantheon/TechnologicalExperts Vril Dox/Brainiac]] |
| 154 | * Opposed by: [[spoiler:The House of Pantheon/LawAndJustice]] |
| 155 | * Before being removed from continuity, Malal was the Chaos God of Anarchy, representing Chaos' indiscriminate tendencies towards destruction, most notably self-destruction. Thanks to a copyright issue [[CanonDiscontinuity he's been stuck in non-existence]], fighting to try and be canon once more. There are hints this could happen, as rumors in the Warhammer 40K universe speak of a similar being known as Malice. |
| 156 | ** It's been revealed that, like the other Chaos Gods, Malal is a corruption of a positive aspect. That aspect? [[spoiler:JUSTICE.]] [[CrapsackWorld It goes to show just what the 41st Millennium is like]]. |
| 157 | * Most Warhammer 40K fans were sad to see him go. The Chaos God has been rather appreciative of them, [[MoralityPet and chooses not to interfere with their WH40K fun]]. |
| 158 | * Has become an official member of the Pantheon because its members found a very important niche: his home, [[WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice the Retconnian]], didn't just contain those who suffered from CanonDiscontinuity. Rather, it contained '''every''' bit of fiction that is no longer canon, from every source. Everything eliminated by retcons small and [[CosmicRetcon large]], even from the Pantheon's own history. All dwelled within this realm. And over time, Malal has managed to gain total mastery of it. Seeing his usefulness, he has been allowed to join the Pantheon because he keeps all the non-canon eliminates of fiction from ''breaking out,'' corrupting the fabric of the Pantheon. |
| 159 | ** In 2014, he addded the [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends original iteration]] of the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse to his domain, caused by the Disney-mandated reboot. Some parts of the ''Legends'' continuity have been added to the new ''Star Wars'' canon, like Admiral Thrawn, so at least some good came out of it. |
| 160 | ** Is practically omnipotent in Retconnian, however even there he has been bamboozled. Brainiac has managed to steal numerous defunct iterations of the DC Universe, [[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} to pit them against one another]]. The end result was [[spoiler:the re-canonization of all prior DC Universe continuities]]. Malal is infuriated at Brainiac for stealing from him. |
| 161 | * Close to the barrier that separates the Pantheon is Nontropia, the ' [[VideoGame/EpicMickey Wasteland]]. Accessible only through web archives and mirror webs, this planet is home to all things removed from itself: |
| 162 | ** The continent of Vitrolion: home to all the flame wars, unwarranted rage, and general bitching. It is the asylum of the now-retconned away Disgraces, who have forever left the Pantheon to escape the abuse. An apology has been made for such abuse. |
| 163 | * While [[ThrowTheDogABone happy that he's got a job]], Malal is still rather bitter about his position. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools While it's not always the case]], The Chaos God sees it as a means of dumping their unwanted on him. |
| 164 | ** Due to his inherently meta-fictional godhood, he loathes [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the editors of TvTropes]]. Deadpool has been sent to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punch him out]] if he goes too far with the [[WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice fourth-dimensional warp fuckery]]. |
| 165 | * Has used his influence to spread [[EnemyCivilWar discord]] within the Pantheon, all to fufill his vengeance and insane justice. He has aligned himself with the GUAD, agreeing with many of their points. |
| 166 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOapqJ_x3G0&feature=youtu.be&t=12m26s Apparently those who were rendered]] DeaderThanDead are also in Retconnian. [[PetTheDog They get along well with Malal]]. |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Mugen Yoguruma]] |
| 170 | '''[[http://animanga.wikia.com/wiki/D.Y.N._Freaks Mugen Yoguruma]], Goddess of {{Stealth Sequel}}s''' (The Shadow of Yog-Sothoth, Infinite Colour, Muu-chan, Kishishi Lady, (Fragment of) Yog-Sothoth, The One Who Distorts the World) |
| 171 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mugen_blasterz.png]] |
| 172 | * Greater Goddess, though might be closer to an Overdeity |
| 173 | * Symbol: The Eye of Yog-Sothoth ([[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eye_of_yog.png a glowing yellow eye with a gear design]]) |
| 174 | * Alignment: Appears as ChaoticNeutral, but is more closely to ChaoticGood |
| 175 | * Portfolio: [[SignatureLaugh Kishishi]][[LaughingMad shishishishi]], [[MagicalEye Possesses the Eye of Yog-Sothoth]], [[EyesAlwaysShut Keeps Her Left Eye Closed Due to That]], TimeMaster, SpaceMaster, RealityWarper, [[GreatGazoo Has A Lot of Power And Little Sanity]], ImpossiblyCoolClothes, GoodAllAlong |
| 176 | * Domains: Laughter, Insanity, Powers, Cthulhu Mythos |
| 177 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/DimensionalAreas Yog-Sothoth]], [[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations Cthu]][[Pantheon/CelestialBodiesAndStars lhu]], [[Pantheon/{{Otherness}} Azathoth]], [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Shub-]][[Pantheon/OthernessAbominations Niggurath]], [[Pantheon/HybridBeings Discord]] |
| 178 | * Enemies: [[Pantheon/PersonalityMisc Nyarlathotep]] |
| 179 | * One day, an albino girl with a medical eyepatch appeared in the Academy. People around her recognized her, but at the same time they couldn't tell who she was, so she slipped beneath everyone's notice. However, as things went on, strange things started to happen, most notably with some of the students being drawn into creatures told in the [[Pantheon/CthulhuMythos works of H.P. Lovecraft]]. All while the students saying that they know the girl ages ago. |
| 180 | ** Eventually, the student with the eyepatch suddenly disappeared for a while, and things started to calm down. However, in House of Time and Space, some gods heard an odd "Kishishi" giggling somewhere where Yog-Sothoth "resides". And there the girl was, who then removed her disguise to show her true identity as Mugen Yoguruma, the Mage of Yog-Sothoth. Apparently it was easy for her to sneak into the Pantheon due to her work not being recognized here and started messing around with people's "fates" and such. [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave They didn't really have a good way to get rid of her after that]] so she sort of stuck around. |
| 181 | * Mugen is a "Mage", a person who is infected by "Color", a type of corruption from the evil gods of Cthulhu Mythos (and some other monsters), corrupting the person's mind and turning them into monsters. Mugen was infected with the Color of Yog-Sothoth, gaining the ability to warp time and space. She then used her new powers to mess around, in particular using artefacts to infect people with Colors. |
| 182 | ** … Well, that is the story that she tried to spun. The truth is much more grand. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen In a world left undocumented]], the mechanical god VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} absorbed the essence of Glyu-Uho to become the "Vortex Blaster", becoming strong enough to destroy the Great Old Ones, Outer Gods and their avatars and finally end the dead heat between it and Azathoth. The thing is, death of Azathoth would result in the destruction of ''every universe what do, did, would or wouldn't exist''. This is where Mugen, the fragment of Yog-Sothoth comes in. She was able to extend the moment of Azathoth's death so that she can have a chance to create one last world where it can be reborn through an avatar of sort. Everything she did was a set up for hopefully get girl named Hatsuni Azana to become the who will remake the universe. |
| 183 | ** There is one aspect to her appearance, which was when [[VideoGame/NitroplusBlasterzHeroinesInfiniteDuel she appeared in a crossover between Nitro+ heroines]]. At first she seemed to just be an AssistCharacter, using her [[SphereOfDestruction Fist of Yog-Sothoth]] to help her summoner ([[{{Troll}} even if she hits them with them]]), but in reality, she is the one to orchestrate the entire event after taking reigns off a girl called Another Blood. Her plan was to gather together the Necronomicon by stitching together remains of [[MoeAnthropomorphism Al Azif]] across different universes, the Silver Key by recreating an incident that happened in Arkham City in the past as a "murder mystery play" starring the heroines[[note]]If you can call it that as she doesn't really care about FairPlayWhodunnit, such as her self-inserting herself as a detective[[/note]], and the Shining Trapezohedron which was inside a girl called Ouka in order to recreate the Ultimate Gate to bring birth to a new universe where Azathoth can be reborn. Yes, she turned a crossover into an interquel. |
| 184 | * When asked about what is her relation with the Yog-Sothoth that was already in the Pantheon, she sort of shrugs. Is she a fragmented aspect of it when she was defeated, or a completely different version of it. She doesn't really care. |
| 185 | * She really doesn't like Nyarlathotep, who she calls a "cheap imitation" of the actual deity, and is even more annoying than the Sphinx, saying that his "salvation" thing was more endearing than Nyarly's constant talk about humanity's darkness. [[GoKartingWithBowser The two of them play chess together]], though, discussing stuff. |
| 186 | * She is quite interested in the antics of LOL Rangers, Itazura Griefers and the Trollkaiger. While she hasn't really decided to which one to root for, she isn't planning to join the Trollkaiger due to Nyarly's icky tentacles being tied around it. If she would join, she would be called "Diamond Ranger"/"Itazura Diamond" [[note]]Black was already taken in Itazura Griefers and since she is "Infinite Color", she could potentially be any color, even something [[FictionalColour what doesn't properly exist]].[[/note]] |
| 187 | * There are some gods who really wish to lock her away, fearing that her actions would cause more problems than needed. The thing is that she is capable of escaping just about any magical seals placed on her if she wants to. Keyword being want, as she is willing to be locked away if needed. |
| 188 | * One thing she is being cautious about are the Three God Tools, three artifacts that she used to recreate the Ultimate Gate. While she is not sure if it can be repeated like things are, it is better to be safe than sorry later on. Especially since all three of them are in the Pantheon. |
| 189 | ** First is the Shining Trapezohedron, an artifact that can be used to seal away Evil Gods and also be used to majorly hurt Nyarlathotep and those related to it. She was surprised that she found it in the possession of a boy named [[Pantheon/WeaponizedTools Mahiro Yasaka]], as he is neither a pure hero or a pure villain. Upon further investigation, she learned more about the world he came from and those related to him such as [[Pantheon/{{Passion}} Nyarko]] and was rather surprised that [[LovecraftLite such a world could exist]]. She is keeping an eye of them to see how things turn out there. |
| 190 | ** Second is the Silver Key, which is one of few things that can threaten her as it can seal away her powers temporarily. She is surprised to hear that a girl named [[Pantheon/{{Locations}} Abigail Williams]] had become the metaphorical Silver Key in an attempt to open a gate for the Outer Gods. When the two first met, Abby was immediately cautious of Mugen, feeling that there was something wrong about her. Mugen was feinting being scared of Abby to make her less intimidating to her as she doesn't want to do anything to her just yet. |
| 191 | ** Third is the Necronomicon, the world's strongest grimoire. While Mugen doesn't necessarily have it herself, she does have the soul of the grimoire, Al Azif, meaning that it doesn't matter who has it as she has authority over who can use it and who can't. Which is good thing, as [[PublicDomainArtifact there are more than one copy of the book]]. |
| 192 | *** We're not sure if she named Al Azif Ex-Mortis after [[Franchise/EvilDead Necronomicon Ex Mortis]] or if she knows of [[Pantheon/OtherWeaponTropes Ashley Williams]] to name it as such. |
| 193 | * She seemed to have grown affection forwards Discord, as he knows how to use his powers to cause all sort of playful havoc. Discord does try to teach Mugen not to use her powers to bring serious harm to others, though whenever or not this will actually work is in question. |
| 194 | * While she has promised that she won't use any of the artefacts containing Colours, she doesn't guarantee that any of the other 13 Horrors created from them don't exist anymore. For example, some people have seen a werewolf-like being amongst [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel the Hounds of Tindalos]] who she speculates to be the remains of the nameless terrorists who was corrupted by their Colour. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Space Dandy]] |
| 198 | '''Anime/SpaceDandy, God of NegativeContinuity''' (Dandy, The Dandy Guy... in Space, Blockhead, Human, D-N-A-) |
| 199 | [[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/space_dandy_dandy_8547.jpg]] |
| 200 | * Greater God (Revered as an Overdeity in one universe, and [[spoiler:had the chance to actually become one]]) |
| 201 | * Theme Song: [[https://soundcloud.com/hayatoarchergokudera/space-dandy-viva-namida Viva Namida]] and [[https://soundcloud.com/spaciously-dandy/cosmic-adventure Cosmic Adventure]] |
| 202 | * Alignment: ChaoticGood |
| 203 | * Symbol: A star, either yellow (with a D in the middle) or red. Alternatively, the ''[[CoolStarship Aloha Oe]]''. |
| 204 | * Portfolio: [[TheDandy Being a dandy guy]]... [[SpaceX in space]], [[BountyHunter having adventures]]... [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace in space, other things]]... [[OverlyLongGag in space]], [[NegativeContinuity non-linear adventures]], [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist not-so]] {{Lovable Rogue}}s, [[TheyKilledKennyAgain dying every once in a while]], [[FriendToAllChildren being good with kids]], [[TheHedonist living solely for pleasure]], [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique masters of "Last Resort" tactics]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction destroying planets on occasion]], [[LivingMacguffin being sought after]] [[spoiler:[[MadeOfPhlebotinum because of his genetic makeup]], [[TheConstant existing in every known universe]], [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu sticking it to God]]]] |
| 205 | * Domains: Space, Pleasure, Space, Adventure, [[RuleOfThree Space]], Charm, [[spoiler:Time, [[OverlyLongGag Space]]]] |
| 206 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/LoveOther Spike Spiegel]], [[Pantheon/CharacterArchetypes Mugen, Jin, and Fuu]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeSettings the Outlaw Star crew]], [[Pantheon/LustfulBehavior Panty Anarchy]], [[Pantheon/HairStyles Brief]], [[Pantheon/SpeechAToM Kamina]], [[Pantheon/SingersAndPerformers Brook]] |
| 207 | * OddFriendship with: [[Pantheon/ActsOfWar Lelouch vi Britannia]], [[Pantheon/RecollectionAndAmnesia Rintarou Okabe]], [[Pantheon/WeaponWielding Vincent Vega, Archer]] |
| 208 | * Self-Proclaimed Love Interest of: [[Pantheon/WeaponWielding Erza Scarlet]] |
| 209 | * Opposes: [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenresNtoZ Haruhi Suzumiya]], [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Mr. Game]] [[Pantheon/SpaceManipulation & Watch]] |
| 210 | * Ascended after a reason was given for the NegativeContinuity in his series: [[spoiler:Dandy exists in every single universe, and his memories from each and every one of them are shared through a combined consciousness]]. [[spoiler:Nobody knows who this specific Dandy is]], but one thing is guaranteed: He loves legs. And booty. And boobies. |
| 211 | * A lot of deities don't know why Dandy is a Greater God. It's because [[spoiler:he is [[MadeOfPhlebotinum an embodiment of Pyonium]], a godlike energy source that can make people transcend time and space]]. In fear that he might end up as a LivingMacguffin to another bad guy, the GUAG higher ups have simply [[HandWave claimed]] that [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass his surprising competence]] is enough justification for his ranking. |
| 212 | * Upon hearing that someone named Scarlet was in the Pantheon, Dandy became absolutely determined in finding her. His search came to an end when he heard [[Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard her voice]], and he became disappointed that the Scarlet he heard about wasn't the one he knew. This hasn't stopped Dandy from making a move on Erza from time to time, however, much to her annoyance. |
| 213 | * Dandy still has bad memories of the time he and his friends got stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop for several days. He eventually found out that Haruhi may have been responsible for a [[MemeticMutation particularly infamous]] instance of one, and he's afraid she might put him in one. [[spoiler:After hearing she might actually be her universe's {{God}}]], his contempt for her has only increased. |
| 214 | * Someone once asked Dandy to bring all of his AlternateUniverse copies to the Pantheon. He agreed, mostly because the Pantheon is significantly bigger than the ''Aloha Oe''. For a while, they threw massive parties, until [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-RiwAP2rqM one Dandy]] showed up and freaked everyone out, prompting the Dandys to return to their home universes. |
| 215 | * Upon meeting with each other, Kamina and Dandy became fast friends, the two bonding over "what a real man needs". It helps that Kamina reminds Dandy of one of his AlternateUniverse counterparts. |
| 216 | * As an alien hunter, Dandy decided to take some aliens from the House of Pantheon/{{Otherness}} and bring them to the Alien Registration Center. While he has been mostly successful in getting some rare finds, some of them, to no one's surprise, were already registered. |
| 217 | * Thought that he had [[Creator/HiroyukiYoshino heard]] [[Creator/JoelMcDonald Meow]], and found Brief in his place. Dandy decided take him under his wing and help him bed Panty, [[ButtMonkey even if Dandy himself wants to get it on with her]]. |
| 218 | * Rumor has it that Dandy is secretly in a band with Lelouch. Though there's no evidence to support these claims, the two are on good terms with each other. Lelouch reminds Dandy of his friend Johnny, and even [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch sounds like him]]. |
| 219 | * Doesn't like Mr. Game & Watch, who reminds him of Paul, the 2D prince who stole his ex from him. |
| 220 | * Has petitioned to get part of the House of Pantheon/{{Food}} renovated into a new [=BooBies=]. He's gotten some growing support from a handful of deities. |
| 221 | * Sometimes tags along with Mugen and Jin whenever they go to the House of Lust. In return, he's invited them to [=BooBies=] multiple times. |
| 222 | * Found solace in meeting Rintarou Okabe, another person [[spoiler:who kept their memories across multiple timelines]]. |
| 223 | * Witnessed [[Film/PulpFiction Vincent Vega]] doing the twist in the House of Music. Thinking that [[Creator/JohnTravolta Tohn Jravolta]] had somehow made it in the Pantheon, Dandy joined in his dance and the two quickly became friends. |
| 224 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMfGiQrxA7Q Once subbed in for Archer]], and ended up taking Lancer to [=BooBies=] during the first night, derailing the plot completely, much to Rin's confusion. |
| 225 | * ''That's the Dandy way to live, baby!'' |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | !Intermediate Gods |
| 229 | |
| 230 | [[folder:Charmcaster]] |
| 231 | '''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Charmcaster]], Goddess of [[SameCharacterButDifferent Suddenly-Changed Characters]]''' ("Caroline", Princess, Sweetie, [[BadassAdorable Beautiful]], [[spoiler:Hope]], [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 Heather]]) |
| 232 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rick_morales_charmcaster.png]] |
| 233 | [[caption-width-right:350:15 Years Old]] |
| 234 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:20 Years Old]]\ |
| 235 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charmcaster_uaf.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 236 | [[caption-width-right:272:[[labelnote:21 Years Old]]\ |
| 237 | https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charmcaster_ov.png[[/labelnote]] ([[OlderThanTheyLook yes, really]])]] |
| 238 | * Lesser Goddess (younger self), Intermediate Goddess (older self), potential to become a Greater Goddess |
| 239 | * Symbol: Her Magical Charm Bag |
| 240 | * Theme Music: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IklO0GSn29A Boss Theme in Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks]] |
| 241 | * Alignment: NeutralGood, ChaoticNeutral, ''or'' ChaoticEvil - depends on her mood |
| 242 | * Portfolio: {{Breakout Villain}}ess, [[DarkMagicalGirl Gwen's Counterpart]], [[LittleMissBadass Sometimes A Little Badass]], FemmeFatale, [[HotWitch Very Attractive Sorceress]], AboveGoodAndEvil, [[SplitPersonality Isn't Always Herself]], BrokenBird, [[DimensionLord Fully Empowered While in Ledgerdomain]] |
| 243 | * Domains: Magic, [[spoiler:Dragons]], [[spoiler:Shapeshifting]], Evil, Good |
| 244 | * Heralds: Spellbinder (Her Father), Hex (Her Uncle) |
| 245 | * Allies: '''[[Pantheon/CharacterWriting Ben and Gwen Tennyson]]''' (sometimes), [[Pantheon/HeroicActions Kevin Levin]] (sometimes), [[Pantheon/RevengeAndRetribution Maleficent]], [[Pantheon/OtherRelatives Medea]], [[Pantheon/SupportPowers Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch]], [[Pantheon/WitchesAndWizards Zatanna Zatara]], [[Pantheon/IntellectualArchetypes Robin]], [[Pantheon/FleshEaters Marce]][[Pantheon/ExternalPowerSources line]], [[Pantheon/PhysicalAttractiveness Nine]] [[Pantheon/WitchesAndWizards the Phantom]], [[Pantheon/{{Accessories}} Lulu]]. |
| 246 | * Rivals: [[Pantheon/OffensivePowers Lucy]], '''[[Pantheon/MagicCasters Tharja]]''' |
| 247 | * Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/CharacterWriting Ben and Gwen Tennyson]]''' (sometimes), [[Pantheon/HeroicActions Kevin Levin]] (sometimes), [[Pantheon/{{Vampires}} Michael Morningstar]], [[Pantheon/MagicalItems Zeref]], [[Pantheon/{{Contempt}} Mard Geer Tartaros]], [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} Bernkastel]], [[Pantheon/EyeColors Medusa Gorgon]], [[Pantheon/NamingAndEpithets Isis]], [[Pantheon/FireAndHeat Alexstrasza]], [[Pantheon/{{Offsprings}} Cow and Chicken]] |
| 248 | * Opposed by: [[Pantheon/TraitorArchetypes Dr. Viktor]], [[Pantheon/FightingStyles Kuphulu]] |
| 249 | * Pitied by: [[Pantheon/GamingGenresNToZ Sora]], [[Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon, Madoka Kaname]], [[Pantheon/CharacterWriting Gwen Tennyson]] |
| 250 | * The magical girl took refuge into the Pantheon after hearing about her "nemesis" Gwen along with her cousin and Kevin being some of the deities. |
| 251 | * Charmcaster's talents range from many years of experience and her origins. Her magical bag contains rock creatures which she can use in several kinds of ways. She used to own a book of spells that are now in Gwen's possession. Even without her bag, she is capable of using many kinds of mana spells that allow her to control elements, change her appearance, telekinesis, and other kinds of magic. |
| 252 | ** [[CharacterizationMarchesOn She also has changed her appearance and personality over the years]]. While her outfit remains mainly a purple and black outfit she always has [[AmbiguouslyBrown dark skin]], although even that has brightened with each subsequent new form. In her older age, she gained pointy elf-like ears which Medea loves to look at. Sometimes, she looks a teenager, [[OlderThanTheyLook but she's actually 21 years old]]. Originally she was a 15-year-old student of Hex who was ego-driven, doing everything that she did just to prove that she ''could'' do them. As she turned into an adult she grew in her age and experience with magic. [[FemmeFatale Charmcaster used her looks and growing talents to her advantage]]. While still being a major problem to Ben and Gwen, Charmcaster went through tragedy and suffering during certain events. [[spoiler:While she's not so antagonistic to the Tennysons anymore, she still manages to cause them trouble as she tries to manage her powers and homeland, mainly because she is easily susceptible to bad influences, although Gwen and Hex are now trying to counterbalance that with good influence.]] |
| 253 | ** Her backstory and motivations are constantly in question, as they shift along with her appearance and personality. What is generally agreed upon is that she was born in Ledgerdomain, her father was killed by Addwaitya, and she was raised by her uncle Hex on Earth. Even certain events surrounding her are unclear; as it seemed like she once [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope dove into the abyss]] and committed mass-murder in a failed attempt to [[{{Necromantic}} resurrect her father]], but following a reset of the universe by Ben Tennyson, this event [[CanonDiscontinuity appears to not have happened after all]]. |
| 254 | ** [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 She once again has a change in her character and personality developing a more teen goth appearance in this different continuity]]. Many deities wonder if she will stick to having one design this time around or not. |
| 255 | * "[[BadassBoast She Is CHARMCASTER, DAUGHTER OF SPELLBINDER, CONQUEROR OF ADDWAITYA, AND RULER OF LEDGERDOMAIN!]]" |
| 256 | * Ben and Gwen were shocked to see her now part of the Pantheon. Both of them along with Kevin were unsure [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor if they should be worried or relieved about this news]]. |
| 257 | * Maleficent seemed confused when Charmcaster came to visit her temple. [[spoiler:Turned out she wanted to find someone who could transform into a dragon much as she could.]] |
| 258 | * Despite her constant swings in behavior, she does not fully support the idea of the complete extermination of a species. She might be fond of black magic, [[EvenEvilHasStandards but she does not agree with the actions of Zeref, his cultists, or his demons]]. |
| 259 | * Charmcaster has a major rival in the Diclonii Lucy. [[SplitPersonality One part of the mage appreciates her talents and abilities while the other side fears her powers and the kind of race she was born from]]. [[spoiler:Like Lucy, Charmcaster has another side that's in her head (actually two sides for Lucy), and the nicer half actually likes Nyu.]] |
| 260 | * Medea has been giving the girl some advice on how to handle some of the males in the pantheon. Charmcaster took some of her words to heart mainly with an old face: Darkstar. |
| 261 | * Robin was quite impressed by the many kinds of talents Charmcaster was capable of using. [[{{Yandere}} Naturally, Tharja made herself known to the other dark mage]]. |
| 262 | ** Other kinds of mages had different thoughts on the ruler of Ledgerdomain. Zatanna and Wanda want the girl to overcome her issues and learn to be a good person. Bernkastel and Medusa, however, want the girl to return to her old ways fully using the talents of dark magic. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Donna Troy]] |
| 266 | '''[[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Hinckley Stacy Troy]], Goddess of [[ContinuitySnarl Convoluted Continuity]]''' (The first Wonder Girl, Troia, ComicBook/WonderWoman IV, [[ComicBook/DCYearOfTheVillain The Deathbringer]]) |
| 267 | [[quoteright:334:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cover_titans_united_bloodpact_variant_cover_by_derrick_chew_v0_p4fukuwkfmp91.jpg]] |
| 268 | [[caption-width-right:334:Donna as Troia]] |
| 269 | * Intermediate Goddess |
| 270 | * Symbol: A collection of her superhero outfits |
| 271 | * Alignment: NeutralGood (NeutralEvil [[ComicBook/New52 during her recent brainwashing]], ChaoticEvil as "The Deathbringer" [[SanitySlippage due to Joker Venom]]) |
| 272 | * Portfolio: [[DecompositeCharacter Started Off as a Teenage Wonder Woman]], SidekickGraduationsStick, [[ContinuitySnarl A Mess of Continuity to the point of having]] [[ContinuitySnarl/DonnaTroy Its Own Page]], MultipleChoicePast as a Consequence, FlyingBrick, [[DeathIsCheap Consummate Resurrectees]], [[OutlivingOnesOffspring Her Ex-Husband and Son Were Killed in a Car Crash]], typically the TeamMom and WarriorPrincess yet ParentalNeglect, [[ThePollyanna Optimism in Spite of Tragedy]] |
| 273 | * Domains: Continuity (and the inevitable mess), Amazonians, Superheroines |
| 274 | * Interests: [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Grandfather Paradox]] |
| 275 | * Allies: |
| 276 | ** DC Universe characters: Most ascended Pantheon/DCComics superheroes, mainly '''[[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Diana/Wonder Woman]]''' ([[MultipleChoicePast complicated]], but they see each other as sisters), [[Pantheon/WeaponCreation Kyle Rayner]] (her ex), the Teen Titans (notably her ex [[Pantheon/PhysicalPowers Wally West]], [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Rachel Roth]] and [[Pantheon/{{Shapeshifters}} Garfield Logan]]), [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Dick Grayson]] (LikeBrotherAndSister relationship), [[Pantheon/GenderSexMiscellaneous Kara Zor-El]], [[Pantheon/MedicalConditions Barbara Gordon]], [[Pantheon/OtherPowers Buddy Baker]], [[Pantheon/FireAndHeat Firestorm]] |
| 277 | ** Other: [[Pantheon/WritingTechniques Rose Tyler]], [[Pantheon/FormsOfMedia George]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Doctor]], [[Pantheon/HeroicActions All-Might]], [[Pantheon/SupportMagic Yuna]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedTools Simon]] |
| 278 | * On good terms with: the House of Pantheon/FriendshipAndCamaraderie, [[Pantheon/ParadoxesAndTimeLoops Lars Fillmore]] |
| 279 | * On speaking terms with: [[Pantheon/{{Hats}} Linkara]] |
| 280 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork with: [[Pantheon/PowerAndAbilities Heracles]] |
| 281 | * Enemies: |
| 282 | ** DC Comics villains: Generally Pantheon/DCComics supervillains, mainly [[Pantheon/AnthropomorphicAnimals Barbara Ann Minerva]], [[Pantheon/EyeAppearances Trigon]], [[Pantheon/{{Titles}} Slade Wilson]] [[Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata Nekron]], [[Pantheon/InternalPowerSources Black Hand]], [[Pantheon/VillainousCounterparts The Batman Who Laughs]] |
| 283 | ** [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel The Hounds Of Tindalos]], [[Pantheon/DivineRoles Cronus]], [[Pantheon/OtherDimensions Funny Valentine]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Dhuum]] |
| 284 | ** Former enemy [[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Kratos]] |
| 285 | * Opposes the Pantheon/MindControl sub-house |
| 286 | * Wary of: [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior Beerus]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Ammit]] |
| 287 | * Continuity is a funny thing; add retcons, an shared universe and what can start off as simple [[ContinuitySnarl can lead to a tangled mess of timelines and histories]]. Just ask Donna Troy. Who is Donna Troy? She, or rather her old identity of Wonder Girl started as a teen version of Wonder Woman, in the same vein as Superboy. But team-ups [[MyFutureSelfAndMe with Wonder Woman]], showing up in the Titans, some even forgetting the whole "younger self thing"...[[ContinuitySnarl/DonnaTroy go here if you want an idea AND a headache]]. |
| 288 | * Her ascension was suggested by both Diana and, interestingly enough, Linkara. He wanted the opportunity to try and work with her on solving the ContinuitySnarl that is her very existence. Plus, he's a fan of her and a big fan of the Teen Titans. Something consistent across Donna Troy's timeline is that she's the TeamMom of the Teen Titans, which is why she's on good terms with the House of Friendship. |
| 289 | * [[ParentalNeglect Actually being a parent, however, was a different thing]]. Her husband divorced her over not having enough time for them, [[OutlivingOnesOffspring and sadly her son and him were killed in a car crash]]. It's been suggested that she spend more time in the House of Pantheon/FamilyAndRelatives due to the fallout of all this, mainly getting advice from the Hall of Pantheon/{{Mothers}}. Rose sympathizes with her tragedy, as her father was killed in a car accident. |
| 290 | ** [[ThePollyanna She has had a lot of tragedy, but never lets her show it]]. Donna gets along with those who remain optimistic in spite of their hardships and struggles, like All-Might, Yuna and Simon. |
| 291 | * [[MultipleChoicePast Whatever the background]], she is almost always depicted as a sister to Wonder Woman. [[ArtificialHuman Molded from clay like her]], [[HappilyAdopted being an orphan]], they're sisters. And while once a sidekick, she has long since been a superheroine in her own right. Because of her metafictional origins as a teen Diana, she's somewhat chummy with Lars Fillmore, who is literally a version of [[Pantheon/ParadoxesAndTimeLoops another person]] who splintered off because of timeline shenanigans. He's rather laid back and can relate to some of her heartbreak. |
| 292 | * The House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality attempted to unravel a clear, concise truth. The closest they got to the question of "Who is Donna Troy" is that she is the amalgamation of her alternate selves from the Pre-Crisis multiverse, with the ContinuitySnarl being a glitch of sorts in the Post-Crisis multiverse...probably. They concluded they should probably avoid Funny Valentine, for potentially [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet what his Stand]] could do. She doesn't like him anyway, due to being an American imperialist. |
| 293 | * Because of her complicated state in the space-time continuum, the Hounds of Tindalos despise her. Other deities are more helpful. Besides Linkara, the Doctor also wants to her her with her mess of a timeline. George can totally relate to her, as he's seen quite a convoluted mess from [[BerserkButton time travel]]. Grandfather Paradox agreed, ''but that's exactly what he strives for'' and is interested in Donna Troy. Some think he is to blame, and while he's not claiming that he does seek to make her timeline '''even more convoluted'''. |
| 294 | * [[DeathIsCheap A consummate cheater of death]], which has given her the enmity of Dhuum. One notable death involved her being reborn as an actual [[OurTitansAreDifferent Teen Titan]]...[[FakeMemories except not really]]. Note that Cronus was not part of the Titans of Myth that pulled that stunt off; he was already indisposed and a villain to both Diana and Donna. However it is thought that, were in not for death being ''even cheaper'' in the Trope Pantheon, Ammit and Beerus' Hakai [[DeaderThanDead would end her forever]]. Donna Troy's in no rush to test that. |
| 295 | * The Titans of Myth used her as part of their plan to escape the universe [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis because they predicted it was about to end]]. The Divine Powers are interested in her for similar purposes, mainly as a means to an end for their whole "recreate the universe without the ForeverWar of OrderVersusChaos" plan. Thematically [[TheOldGods they share in common things with the Titans of Myth]]. Enough that Donna Troy knows to be on alert with them. |
| 296 | * Doesn't like most DC supervillains, but besides the Cheetah she has special contempt for Nekron and Black Hand. As far as Nekron's avatar is concerned, her baby deserved to die because he was sired after she already experienced death. Nekron has disdain for all life, but especially those who cheat death. Donna Troy hates the Lord of the Unliving for forcing her to confront the zombie version of her ex-husband [[UndeadChild and baby]], the latter bit her and slowly turned her into a Black Lantern. And she was quick to point out his utter hypocrisy in decrying resurrections when he himself permitted some to function as sleeper agents. |
| 297 | * Given they're mostly Teen Titans villains, Trigon and Deathstroke are high on her enemies list. Beyond the DC Universe, so are the Bogeyman and Freddy Krueger. One of her foes calls himself the former and may even ''be'' the DC Bogeyman, who not only tortures people with nightmares, with young kids and girls being his favorite, but has a creepy infatuation with her, calling her "my sweet one" and "my lovely little girl". In short, a less kill-happy but still pervy Krueger. Donna also is rather sore at The Batman Who Laughs for the time he used Joker Venom to corrupt her into the insane "Deathbringer" as part of his Jokerized Secret Six. |
| 298 | * Like Wonder Woman, Donna Troy was rather apprehensive about Kratos [[RageAgainstTheHeavens and everyone knows why]]. [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 But nowadays he's mellowed out]], so they're down to "not trusting each other". Kratos sympathizes with the fact that she lost his son, since he was tricked into [[OffingTheOffspring killing his wife and daughter]] beyond his control. And like Wonder Woman she has difficulty working with Heracles, as while usually a heroic figure [[AdaptationalVillainy the DC incarnation is a darker individual]]. |
| 299 | * It was thought with the ''ComicBook/New52'' she was in fact an EvilDoppelganger and misandrist made to infiltrate Wonder Woman. Except this was again a case of FakeMemories, and she was BrainwashedAndCrazy. ''Again''. She's really getting sick of it and doesn't like the fact there is even a Mind Control sub-house in the pantheon. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | [[folder:Fern]] |
| 303 | '''[[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Fern the Human]], God of ContinuityLockout''' (Fern, Grass Finn, The Grass Sword/The Finn Sword, The Green Knight) |
| 304 | [[caption-width-right:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fern_render.png]] |
| 305 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_green_knight_2_removebg_preview.png[[/labelnote]] for his Green Knight form]] |
| 306 | * Intermediate God |
| 307 | * Symbol: A mix of the Grass and Finn Sword |
| 308 | * Alignment: Currently either [[TrueNeutral True]] or ChaoticNeutral (previously NeutralEvil, started as ChaoticGood) |
| 309 | * Portfolio: WalkingSpoiler [[ContinuityLockout That Requires A Lot Of Continuity Research To Understand]], [[FusionDance Merger Of The Grass Sword]] [[ParadoxPerson And A Paradoxical]] [[TemporalDuplication Finn]], GreenThumb, GreenEyedMonster, HeelFaceRevolvingDoor [[FailureHero Fueled By Angst At Failing At Heroism]], [[KillAndReplace Trying To Become The Only Finn]], LivingWeapon, AlasPoorVillain |
| 310 | * Domains: Spoilers, Continuities, Fusions, Paradoxes, Swords, Grass, Magic, Envy |
| 311 | * Complicated relationship with: '''[[Pantheon/HeroicAppearances Finn]]''' (his AlternateSelf), [[Pantheon/{{Canines}} Jake the Dog]] (technically speaking his adoptive brother) [[Pantheon/AdventureTime and their associates]] |
| 312 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/JealousyAndEnvy Mimikyu]], [[Pantheon/ClonesAndCounterparts Jeanne d'Arc (Alter), Roboking]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAppearances Alec Holland/Swamp Thing]], [[Pantheon/ParadoxesAndTimeLoops Lars Fillmore]], [[Pantheon/ClonesAndCounterparts Lea]], [[spoiler:[[Pantheon/TreesAndFlowers Flowey]] ]] |
| 313 | * On good terms with: [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Bizarro]], [[Pantheon/FamilyDynamics Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader]] |
| 314 | * On speaking terms with: [[Pantheon/{{Derivatives}} Mewtwo]], [[Pantheon/TreesAndFlowers Treebeard]], [[Pantheon/ClonesAndCounterparts Metal Sonic]] |
| 315 | * Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Toxicity}} The Lich]], [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles GOLB]]''', [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel The Hounds of Tindalos]], [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} Pazuzu]], [[Pantheon/ClonesAndCounterparts Dark Danny]], [[Pantheon/IdentityIssues Dark Bakura aka The Spirit of the Millennium Ring]], [[Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases Anton Arcane]] |
| 316 | ** EvilCounterpart: Dark Bakura |
| 317 | * Pitied by: [[Pantheon/IdentityIssues Ryou Bakura]] |
| 318 | * Fears: [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Grandfather Paradox]] |
| 319 | * To understand Fern the Human's deal [[ContinuityLockout requires a lot of context]] and [[WalkingSpoiler spoilers for the plot]]. For an abridged explanation? As part of an effort to resurrect Prismo, a paradox was created which turned a time duplicate of Finn into a sword. This Finn Sword was later seriously damaged by the Grass Sword, which was based on a demon and made by a wizard. These two swords eventually merged and birthed a new entity with Finn's memories but somewhat off due to being half-Grass Sword. |
| 320 | * Fern has ''issues'' with Finn as he first thought of himself as Finn, and while diverging into his own person he became more resentful [[FailureHero due to his inability to match up with his heroism]]. The view he was an inferior clone of Finn led him try and KillAndReplace Finn, but ultimately the two found peace with one another by giving up the Grass Demon within him. Unfortunately as it was part of him he died shortly afterwards. In order to maintain his existence in the pantheon the Grass Demon has had to be revived along with Fern, though it is a lot more quiet. Still Fern fears beings like Pazuzu possessing him, due to his experience with said Grass Demon. |
| 321 | * Recognizing how much of a butt he was being but unable to truly let go his insecurities and issues with being a copy, Fern ascended to the pantheon semi-reformed. His ascension was welcomed by someone who believes he can change "semi-reformed" to "reformed"; Swamp Thing. Asides from the superficial comparisons that they are both [[GreenThumb grass manipulators]] made of plants, Swamp Thing [[TomatoInTheMirror has his own history of issues with identity and originality]], especially in the Creator/AlanMoore run. He's trying to console Fern through his own identity issues, as while Fern has accepted he and Finn are different people sharing memories and personality traits continues to be something he deals with. |
| 322 | * As a quirk of Fern's ascension he is capable of accessing the Green Knight form again, but it comes with a cost; waking up the Grass Demon and asserting its influence again. Naturally Fern is extremely hesitant in using this form. The one time he did use it was to get some sort of edge against Bizarro, who was causing some mischief. [[PhysicalGod Against Bizarro]] he still didn't stand a chance, but the shock of his freeze breath reverted him back to his normal form. Being a doppelganger of a hero with some skewed views towards heroism, part of Bizarro was sympathetic to Fern and comforted him by saying "Am not sorry about that, am totally don't think you're a hero". It took a bit to translate what he said but Fern appreciated it and he does see a little bit of himself in Bizarro. Not much, but enough that he wants to see Bizarro prove himself as a hero as well. |
| 323 | * Him and Metal Sonic aren't allies, given the latter always was and continues to be a villain, however there is some mutual sympathy between the two. He fully understands how sucky it must be to have a crisis of identity and wanting to be someone else. Metal considers himself the true Sonic, and was nice enough to compliment him as "the true Finn". Fern appreciates it, but given his own issues he wishes Metal could resolve his InferioritySuperiorityComplex in a more peaceful manner. Mewtwo, having its own "clone complex" albiet not as extreme as either Fern or Metal, sometimes converses with Fern over his feelings. |
| 324 | * Among other duplicates, Fern is a full-fledged ally to Roboking and the Alter Jeanne d'Arc. The former is less envious of [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior his counterpart]] and a little bit more heroic than Fern, but the two do relate to each other's inferiority complex. Alter Jeanne is more villainous than Fern or Roboking, but nowadays [[HarmlessVillain not that much]]. She wants to prove herself to her original, but goes about it in a much saner way than Metal Sonic. Another friend of Fern's is Mimikyu, who relates to his angst over not being the "real" Finn as she wants to be just like Pikachu so people will love her. |
| 325 | * Dark Bakura has made comparisons between himself and Fern, citing they're an amalgamate of a human and demonic entity; he is a merger of the Thief King Bakura and [[Pantheon/PersonalAppearanceOther Zorc Necrophades]]. However both he and Fern are aware [[NotSoSimilar there are staunch differences between the two]]: Fern remained sympathetic even if he became a jerk, while the Thief King was already villainous and becoming Dark Bakura robbed him of whatever humanity he had. More important for Fern is that he died repentant, and Dark Bakura evil to the end. The true Bakura holds a fair bit of sympathy for what Fern went through due to the influence of the Grass Demon |
| 326 | * One of the reasons Fern was concerned about the similarities he has with Dark Bakura is because he fears that if the Grass Demon continues its influence, he will slowly become almost as evil as him. He doesn't hold those fears when thinking about Dark Danny, since he at least has his humanity while at his conception Dark Danny [[LiteralSplitPersonality literally had his humanity ripped out]]. That and the fact Fern was never AxCrazy even at his worst has him "merely" ''hate'' him like the Lich. The future ghost simply regarded this as a disappointment since if Fern were to embrace his inner darkness he would've been a good ally. |
| 327 | * While he doesn't feel comfortable being compared with Dark Bakura or Dark Danny, Fern is fine if people point out the similarities between him and Anakin Skywalker, as there are a fair few he'll admit to; both Fern and Anakin used to be heroic, though had a dark streak. They eventually became evil and took a new identity, but the two eventually [[RedemptionEqualsDeath died redeeming themselves]]. While they relate to each other a bit, the two don't find they have enough in common to have friends. The Chosen One will still aid Fern if need be, however; Anton Arcane tried to experiment on Fern as part of his research relating to Swamp Thing, since as already mentioned Fern and Swamp Thing are similar organisms. Vader wasn't having any of it and gave him a Force Choke, though given Arcane's undead nature this was more a deterrent than anything. |
| 328 | * Some of the more stringent members of the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality are a bit wary at Fern for being [[ParadoxPerson a walking, talking time paradox]]; the Finn Sword exists because of Finn interfering in earlier self's timeline, causing him to become said sword. The Hounds of Tindalos absolutely despise Fern for that fact, though the majority of deities don't care what [[EldritchAbomination they]] think. Lars, being a time paradox duplicate himself, came to comfort Finn and guide him safely through the house. Though he hasn't angsted about after [[TomatoInTheMirror realizing his true identity]], Lars is sympathetic to Fern's identity issues. |
| 329 | ** His status as a ParadoxPerson has intrigued Grandfather Paradox. Fern [[HumanoidAbomination has heard]] [[TimeyWimeyBall enough about him]] to be rightly terrified of this. |
| 330 | * Still sort of alive in Ooo, if you count "being reincarnated into a tree" as alive. 1000 years into the future he will grow into a ''massive'' tree, where future hero Shermy[[note]]may or may not be Finn's reincarnation[[/note]] will find the Finn Sword perched on top of it. As he was already a walking, talking plant, Fern is something found "soul-searching" with Treebeard; through the House of Pantheon/ProphecyAndFate Fern learned of his future and seeks to prepare himself for it. He's also learning to get along better with Finn thanks to learning about Lea; she shared a lot of bad self-esteem problems about being a copy, but eventually got along with her counterpart and found peace in being her own person |
| 331 | * [[spoiler:Fern is one of the confidants of Flowey. He didn't just get along after learning Flowey's private HeelFaceTurn and goal as TheMole of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, but that his was a story that touched Fern's heart; in his past life he was the kind Asriel, who's rebirth into a flower [[TheSociopath robbed him of a heart]] and twisted him. Though Fern still held empathy even at his worst, his own transformation corrupted him and as such he pities the cards fate dealt to him.]] |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Lilith]] |
| 335 | '''Myth/{{Lilith}}, Goddess of [[PseudocanonicalFic Canon Compliant Fanwork]]''' (The First Woman, The First Wife of Adam, Mother of the Lilin, [[ComicBook/IVampire Mother of Monsters]], [[ComicBook/{{Vampirella}} The Conjuress]], [[Creator/MarvelComics Bat Zuge, Kiskillila, Queen of Evil, The First Vampire]], [[Franchise/{{Buffyverse}} Mother Of All Vampires]], [[VideoGame/DarksidersII Mother of Demons, Queen of Hell, Bride of Lucifer, "Creation's most exquisite lie"]]) |
| 336 | [[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lilith_36.jpg]] |
| 337 | [[caption-width-right:248:Artist's depiction of Lilith, more modest than usual]] |
| 338 | * Intermediate Goddess |
| 339 | * Symbol: An owl wrapped by a serpent. |
| 340 | * Alignment: Chaotic. Whether that's [[ChaoticNeutral Neutral]], [[ChaoticEvil Evil]] or even [[ChaoticGood Good]] depends on who's writing, but she's usually one of the first two. |
| 341 | * Portfolio: PseudocanonicalFic, {{Lust}}, [[ToiletSeatDivorce Left Adam Over Arguments Over Sex]], a ChildEater, [[AdaptationalHeroism Feminist Icon]], WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, AntiHero or AntiVillain DependingOnTheWriter, [[SuccubiAndIncubi Archetypal Succubus]], [[OriginalMan Original Woman]], [[CompositeCharacter Parts Of Lilu, Inanna and Other Figures]], MonsterProgenitor, PsychoPrototype and [[LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine Dark Feminine to Eve's Light Feminine]], [[StrawFeminist Demonized Feminist]], DepravedBisexual, AllWomenAreLustful, [[MultipleChoicePast Human, Demon Or Angel of Prostitution]], [[LoveFatherLoveSon Said To Have Loved Adam And Cain]], [[AnimalMotifs Owl Motifs]], SnakesAreSexy, PublicDomainCharacter |
| 342 | * Domains: Lust, Demons, Banishment, Biblical Lore(sort of), Eroticism, Independence, Owls, Serpents |
| 343 | * Varying relationship: [[Pantheon/{{Categorism}} Lucifer (Supernatural)]] (ally in the shared 'verse, enemy everywhere else), [[Pantheon/FleshEaters Pennywise]] (allies as a ChildEater, opposes elsewhere), the House of Pantheon/ChildhoodAndAdolescence (enemies as a ChildEater, neutral otherwise), [[Pantheon/{{Contempt}} Angra Mainyu/Avenger]] (allies when evil, opposes [[SympathyForTheDevil and pities]] otherwise), [[Pantheon/MonsterTypes Alice (Monster Girl Quest)]] (varies on her mood) |
| 344 | * Important lovers: Many versions of {{Satan}} and [[Pantheon/{{Siblings}} Cain]] (includes [[Pantheon/{{Angels}} The Castlevania]] and [[Pantheon/ActsOfRevenge Paradise Lost]] incarnations of the Devil) |
| 345 | * Lusts for: Many deities, particularly [[Pantheon/PersonsOfDesire Luka]], [[Pantheon/FormsOfImmortality Vandal Savage]] |
| 346 | * Allies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Reptiles}} The other Lilith]]''' (her AlternateSelf), [[Pantheon/NamingTheme Vampirella]] (her daughter), [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer (SMT)]], [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} Satan (South Park), Morrigan and Lilith Aensland, Slan]], [[Pantheon/LustfulBehavior Slaanesh, Calistra, Kiara Sesshouin]], [[Pantheon/{{Shape}} Dr. Alto Clef]], [[Pantheon/LoveAndAffection Aphrodite]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLove The Black Queen of Sogo, Raynare]] |
| 347 | * On good terms with: Other devils not already mentioned, [[Pantheon/{{Reptiles}} Quezacoatl]] (only as Lucoa), [[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Set]], [[Pantheon/ReligiousPractice The Flying Spaghetti Monster]], [[Pantheon/LustfulBehavior Panty Anarchy]] |
| 348 | * Enemies: [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]], [[Pantheon/{{Prophets}} The Presence]], [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} Samael]], [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Guts]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Merged Zamasu]], [[Pantheon/TypesOfSadness Sam and Dean Winchester]], [[Pantheon/LoveAndAffection Judge Claude Frollo]], [[Pantheon/HuntersAndSlayers Buffy Summers]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAttitude Angel]], [[Pantheon/MagicArchetypes John Constantine]], [[spoiler:[[Pantheon/DodgingAndDefensiveness Death the Nephilim]], [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} War the Nephilim]]]] |
| 349 | * On poor terms with: Worshippers of the Abrahamic faith. |
| 350 | * Opposes: All incarnations of {{God}}, [[AllWomenArePrudes prudish women]], [[Pantheon/SelfHatred Cersei Lannister]], misogynists. |
| 351 | * Opposed by: Much of the House of Pantheon/{{Angels}} |
| 352 | * Envies: The HappilyMarried Gods in the Pantheon. |
| 353 | * Pities: [[Pantheon/{{Mothers}} Offred]], [[Pantheon/InfatuationAndObsession Tenri Ayukawa]], [[Pantheon/ArtificialBeings Frankenstein's Monster]] |
| 354 | * Disgusted by: [[Pantheon/{{Otherness}} Dis]] |
| 355 | * Other relationships: [[Pantheon/VillainousArchetypes Ahriman]], [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} Pazuzu]] (father and cousin according to Creator/MarvelComics) [[Pantheon/CraftingMaterials Jadis]] (her descendant) |
| 356 | * Lilith is a figure popularly associated with Jewish and Christian folklore. While not from Literature/TheBible itself, and may have originally been meant as religious satire, she didn't exactly contradict scripture and is an accepted figure. Typically she's Adam's first wife, who separated as she refused to be subordinate to him and wanted to be on top during sex. Typically considered to be the archetype succubus, and through various demons sired the Lilin. |
| 357 | * [[MultipleChoicePast Depending on who you ask]], she may have simply been a demon who preyed on Adam during the night or is one of the four angels of prostitution. It's said [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale anyone taken by her or them have only themselves to blame]]. The name originates from the Lilitu, a type of Akkadian demon [[ChildEater that eats children]], and was likely based on the Sumerian goddess of sex and war. As a PublicDomainCharacter, she has a lot of incarnations, which can cause her moral alignment to vary wildly due to the pantheon's Lilith being a CompositeCharacter of them. Like [[Pantheon/{{Demons}} Dis]], through the translations of [[Pantheon/{{Language}} Louisa Banks]] it's known [[Pantheon/{{Knowledge}} Hermaeus Mora]] claims they are aspects of the original Lilith. Unlike the Emperor of the Kingdom Dolorous have not truly fragmented from the original(mostly), though likely represent certain parts of her personality. Which is up for debate. Here are some notable incarnations: |
| 358 | ** The incarnation from [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei the SMT Multiverse]] is a version that was already independent of the original, ascending before the primary Lilith. The two of them immediately got along, though the question arises on how they'd plan to share Adam if he ever ascends. Hermaeus Mora states that this Lilith represents the love that they have for Adam, and loyalty/devotion to the Devil. |
| 359 | ** The DC Universe [[ComicBook/IVampire considers her the Mother of Monsters]], a wandering desert woman who was turned by Cain and became the second vampire along with his bride. The Series/{{Arrowverse}} adaptation(specifically, Series/{{Constantine}}), Lilith was created alongside her sisters, Durgia, Naamah, Lamashtu and Eve, to populate the Garden of Eden alongside Adam. Except for Eve, they rejected Adam's proposal, instead choosing to rule for eternity as Demon goddesses of Hell over a lifetime of obedience on Earth. John Constantine once dealt with Lamashtu and banished her to Hell. Lilith isn't pleased at this or John Constantine for doing this. |
| 360 | ** The Vatican of the Marvel Universe endorses the idea that she was a member of the Heavenly Host and married to Samael/Lucifer, and it's said she's the daughter of the Zoroastrian god of evil and a cousin of Pazuzu. Both DC and Marvel incarnations are seen by Mora as general incarnations of her monstrous side. |
| 361 | ** VideoGame/DarksidersII has it that she created the Nephilim and regards the Four Horsemen as her children, though they don't return the sentiment. [[spoiler:[[GreaterScopeVillain Having corrupted Abaddon in the first place]], she's not on good terms with them]]. While married to the Devil she sleeps with anything, and he is totally OK with it. Mora believes she is the incarnation of Lilith's scheming and high-ranking demonic position. |
| 362 | ** In the Franchise/{{Buffyverse}}, she's the "Mother of All Vampires", with her sister Lamia being the "Mother of All Demons". The two came to Sunnydale in order to free a pure-breed demon from Hell through a ritual called the Dust Waltz, and after Buffy killed her champion, she captured Angel to replace him champion. After some torture she didn't find him strong enough, so Buffy stepped in as champion in order to ensure the safety of her friends. Ultimately, the pure-breed demon, Azogg-Mon, was freed, who Lilith banished back to hell after accidentally killing Lamia, then left. |
| 363 | ** Probably her worst incarnation is the Series/{{Supernatural}} Lilith. The oldest demon in existence and the first human Lucifer turned into one, she's his personal [[TheAntiChrist Anti-Christ]] who likes to possess little girls for amusement, and wants to bring about the end of the world. [[Monster/{{Supernatural}} She's one of the worst threats Sam and Dean dealt with]]. Elsewhere, Lilith wants nothing to do with that incarnation or that version of Lucifer. Mora has stated this Lilith is the incarnation of her cruelty and ChildEater tendencies. |
| 364 | * Some consider Lilith to be a StrawFeminist given the times, and nowadays feel she got a raw deal being kicked out for wanting to be equal to Adam and on top during sex. Regardless of how she feels, she doesn't have any respect for misogynists, ''especially'' Judge Claude Frollo [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny due to his views on lust]]. She is wont to mock Cersei for holding her own gender and its sexuality in contempt [[{{Hypocrite}} while dabbling in "the weaker sex's" foibles]]. |
| 365 | * Pities Offred due to being made a BabyFactory and subjected to the dominance of men. Still having feelings for Adam, she's jealous to those who have found true love, and feels bad for Tenri Ayukawa not being able to get her suitor. She also pities Frankenstein's Monster due to the way he was rejected by his creator, much like she felt she was. |
| 366 | * Doesn't like any version of {{God}}, but only really has it out for YHVH and the Presence. With the latter, [[ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} she had grown tired of creation]] and became an OmnicidalManiac who turned against Lucifer Morningstar and the Presence eventually un-made. Zamasu was quick to judge and hate her for being a source of evil, and she found him to be a twisted parody of the God she's on bad terms with [[SatanicArchetype despite similarities with the devil]]. Amusingly she actually gets along with the Flying Spaghetti Monster since he's much less judgmental and willing to party. His heaven has strippers and beers, after all. |
| 367 | * At her worst, Lilith is a ChildEater and causes miscarriages out of anger for being rejected. At this lowest state, she finds herself working with Pennywise for food and hated by the House of Childhood and Adolescence. Fortunately, she's rarely like this as the whole child-killer angle [[AdaptedOut is often excised]]. In this more negative state, she finds herself getting along with Angra Mainyu, pitying his scapegoat status due to her own feelings of resentment towards being banished. |
| 368 | * Some legends have her as the favorite wife of Satan. Some believe they conspired together to bring about the original sin and bring down Adam and Eve. The devil of Castlevania and Paradise Lost are among her lovers, and the head of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfChaos may also be her lover. She tried to hit it off with the Satan of South Park, [[IncompatibleOrientation but he wasn't interested in anything non-platonic]]. [[EveryoneHasStandards Despite her lust]], she is ''not'' interested in the Emperor of the Kingdom Dolorous for robbing himself of all beauty, becoming a monstrous giant and not the charming devil she's passionate about. |
| 369 | * [[LoveFatherLoveSon Cain attracts her as much as his father does]]. She thought Vandal Savage was Cain, but the truth was more complicated and they're only FriendsWithBenefits. [[Pantheon/NamingTheme Naoya]] and [[Pantheon/SupportPowers SCP-073]] weren't as familiar with her and turned down her booty call. Dr Clef was surprisingly interested as she riled him up back in the day, but whether it's gone beyond a rekindled friendship Clef isn't saying. With one of Clef's possible identities being Adam, this may be Lilith's attempt to reunite with her first husband. |
| 370 | * Together with Cain, she sired Vampirella. She was happy to see her daughter, and in her presence appears to have become TheAtoner and trained her to hunt down the evil she spawned in the past. [[spoiler:That's a lie-she's actually harvesting the evil offspring for their souls so she has enough power to overthrow Satan and go after God]]. [[UnreliableNarrator According to Cain]], [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension she may have been the first to use True Magic]] and teaching him about it [[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade may be the real reason he became a vampire]]. |
| 371 | * Believed to be ''the'' [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]]. {{Satan}} and Cain [[MyGirlIsASlut have no problem with it]]. Morrigan and Lilith Aensland were happy to meet such a famous succubus, the latter even being named after her. She naturally gets along with other {{sex goddess}}es, along with other lusty women like the Black Queen of Sogo, Raynare and Mad Moxxi. She really likes Kiara Sesshouin due to how she perverts faith and the position of nun into being about lust. |
| 372 | * Attempted to seduce Guts, only to be fought off given his reaction to Slan and demons in general. She tried to sleep with Luka, finding his monster attraction a powerful magnet for her lust. She ended up feuding over Alice, however, the two managed to see eye to eye as they are "monster queens" associated with serpents. Lilith ended up meeting Quetzalcoatl, attracted to his (or rather, ''her'') busty Lucoa form. It's worth noting that while she usually goes after men, lore said [[DepravedBisexual she seduced Eve as well]]. She's also associated with owls. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[folder:Nero (Star Trek)]] |
| 376 | '''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Nero]], God of [[ContinuityRebooter Rebooting The Continuity]]''' |
| 377 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Nero_9422.jpg]] |
| 378 | * Intermediate God |
| 379 | * Symbol: The grieving tattoos on his body |
| 380 | * Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpVJr7Y7zs0 Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns]] |
| 381 | * Alignment: ChaoticEvil |
| 382 | * Portfolio: [[ContinuityRebooter Creating The Kelvin Timeline]], BaldOfEvil, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Wants To Tear The Federation Apart For Letting His World Die]], [[MisplacedRetribution Not Attacking HIS Version of the Federation]], AxCrazy, RevengeBeforeReason, [[HeroKiller Imploded Vulcan And Most Of Its Citizens]], [[NormalFishInATinyPond A Lot More Impressive As A Man Outside Of His Time]], CrusadingWidow, UnrealisticBlackHole |
| 383 | * Domains: Retcons, Destruction, Rage, Tragedy, Time Travel, Black Holes |
| 384 | * Interested in: [[Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} Atros]] |
| 385 | * Allies: '''[[Pantheon/CraftingMaterials Nox (Wakfu)]]''', [[Pantheon/ActsOfHatred Rau Le Creuset]], [[Pantheon/{{Contempt}} Hank Henshaw]] |
| 386 | ** Former ally: [[Pantheon/ActsOfHatred Dr Gerald Robotnik]] |
| 387 | * [[HeadbuttingHeroes Headbutting Villains]] with: [[Pantheon/SpaceManipulation Sirius]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes High Councilor Kal-El]] |
| 388 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork with: The Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction |
| 389 | * Rivals: [[Pantheon/TypesOfSadness Malygos]], [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Randall Ross]] |
| 390 | * Enemies: Everyone from the [[Pantheon/StarTrek U.S.S Enterprise]], '''especially''' [[Pantheon/SpaceAndCosmos James T Kirk and Spock]] (really any ''Pantheon/StarTrek'' character), Atros, [[Pantheon/DreadAndValor The Green Lantern Corps]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Pantheonic Time Police]], [[Pantheon/CelestialBodiesAndStars Team Lightyear, The Space Sheriffs]], Dr Gerald Robotnik, [[Pantheon/DeathArchetypes Maria Robotnik]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeTone Shadow the Hedgehog]], [[Pantheon/AirBasedTravel Galaxy Man]] |
| 391 | * SympathyForTheDevil from: [[Pantheon/OtherEmotions Jean-Luc Picard]] |
| 392 | * The "Kelvin Timeline" is the rebooted Star Trek universe, an AlternateUniverse caused by time travelling. And the catalyst to this was Nero, as he, the crew of the ''Narada'' and the elderly Spock were flung back in time 154 years in a time travel mishap. Unfortunately for the new timeline Nero has a bone to pick with the Federation, [[SanitySlippage and has gone too far off the deep end to be reasoned with]]. Add the black hole-generating effects of red matter and you have a very dangerous opponent. |
| 393 | * [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness In the ancient days of the pantheon]], Nero held the title of "God of [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds World-Destroying Misery]]", before falling out relevance. Now it is a trope held by Malygos, who has [[WellIntentionedExtremist a different end]] in expressing angst. The two understand each other's grief but regard each other as competition in their own ends. The angst? Nero's home of Romulus was destroyed in a supernova that Spock had promised to stop and yet failed to, all before of the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat obstructive bureaucracy]] that prevented him. While he opposes what he's done like the other Pantheon/StarTrek deities, Picard is somewhat sorry for him as [[spoiler:[[Series/StarTrekPicard he planned lead a fleet of rescue to evacuate as many Romulans as possible but they were attacked and destroyed, causing Starfleet to withdraw the mission]]. Not wanting to be a spectator, Picard gave Starfleet a choice of either accepting his revised plan for the mission, or his resignation, in which Starfleet Command chose the latter. Despite being thankful for the attempt, Nero is too lost in his maddening rage to listen to reason and pull a HeelFaceTurn like Picard would hope]]. |
| 394 | * Nero has one goal; to destroy the Federation and all its planets. However this doesn't mean he's an OmnicidalManiac, despite his clear potential for one...at least for the ''entire'' galaxy or universe. He would also obviously spare Romulus. As such he only works with the GUAD for their resources, in hopes he can more safely contain red matter and enhance his weaponry. Because he's not ''completely'' insane he's chosen not to go after [[Pantheon/PowerGainsAndLosses Evolto]] despite the utility of him being a walking black hole. However he will still go after Galaxy Man to reprogram him and empower his Black Hole Bomb. |
| 395 | * [[NormalFishInATinyPond Though the Narada is impressive, it stands out because it's over a century from the future]]. And Nero is ultimately an amateur when in it comes to time travel, basically doing so by accident. Still, his reckless actions have made him an enemy of the Pantheonic Time Police. Future Trunks has point-blank told him the utter ''pointlessness'' of his revenge when, [[AlternateTimeline thanks to multiverse theory]], not only can he not undo the destruction of Romulus but the worlds he's ravaged are completely innocent. [[VillainousBSOD This completely shut him up...]] [[OhCrap until he came to a realization]]. |
| 396 | ->'''Nero''': "[[IveComeTooFar There is nothing I can do to make up for what I did?]] I...I actually thought that. [[FaceDeathWithDignity I accepted leaving the mortal plane]]. But then I learned about the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality, and I realize ''[[IgnoredEpiphany I was limited]]''. My wife, my unborn child, ''my entire planet!'' Thank you Trunks for telling me the mistake I made, for now I have the means to correct it. And neither you nor the Pantheonic Time Police will stop me!" |
| 397 | * Nero remains vengeful towards Spock and the Federation, but upon his ascension into the pantheon he has a grander ambition; mastery of the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality so he may not just RetGone the destruction of his world, but negate it from all existing timelines if need be. To do this he has allied with Nox, who from the start was a villain in order to save his family. Together, they hope they can save each other's loved ones. The belief that if he succeeds in his grand endeavor, none of his crimes will have happened [[TautologicalTemplar has only fueled Nero's self-righteousness to new levels]]. |
| 398 | * His grief is comparable to that Gerald Robotnik experienced on the death of Maria, and Shadow before realizing what Maria's last wish really was. Had he still been consumed with grief the once good doctor would've made a valuable ally to Nero's own despair, however he's been behaving for the now ascended Maria's sake. However the Cyborg-Superman and Rau Le Cresuet remain consumed by maddening grief and hatred, and are happy to help Nero so long as he helps them. Of course, he is well aware they have ambitions different from their own but would rather it not become an issue...yet. |
| 399 | * Red matter is a rather dangerous substance, and has to be properly contained. It being ignited was the cause behind the Narada and Nero himself being swallowed up by a black hole. He is looking to research Sirius' powers so as to refine red matter into a more efficient weapon. Sirius permitted this to a degree, but only because he finds Nero and his technology useful for the time being. He scoffs at Nero's revenge as childish, [[PsychopathicManchild which he]] [[{{Hypocrite}} has little right in saying]]. |
| 400 | * Nero would naturally be a fit for the Red Lantern Corps, however Atrocitus considers him too unstable for his cause. The rogue Romulan finds this to be unfortunate. More concerning for him is the Green Lantern Corps and other space police that might interfere in his goals. That said as much of a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds he is, [[EvenEvilHasStandards he thinks Randall Ross is nuts]] and [[EvilIsPetty his motivation]] [[OmnicidalManiac for destroying all of time]] is utterly absurd. However his access to time portals is something Nero finds very useful. He hopes Randall's time portals will fulfill his new-found goal of mastering the House of Time and Space. |
| 401 | * While he has the same name as [[Pantheon/RoyalActivities the Roman Emperor]] and [[Pantheon/{{Workmanship}} his]] DistaffCounterpart, alongside [[Pantheon/HybridBeings the quarter demon]], he doesn't have anything in common with them and they all regard him as insane. They even point out how [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist he seeks to prevent genocide on the Romulans]] [[{{Hypocrite}} with an even greater genocide]] and wonder how much he really cares about the memory of his people. However at this point he's too far gone to really be reasoned with. |
| 402 | * ''"I've been waiting for this day my whole life... This day of reckoning".'' |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | !Lesser Gods |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Sei Iori & Reiji]] |
| 408 | '''[[Anime/GundamBuildFighters Sei Iori & Reiji]], Heralds of RecursiveCanon''' (Reiji: Mr. Meatbun, [[spoiler:Aria von Reiji Asuna]]) |
| 409 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7f3eb2af9e6ca2186c2a83ac35772d31.jpg]] |
| 410 | [[caption-width-right:300:Sei is on the left, Reiji is on the right]] |
| 411 | * Lesser Gods |
| 412 | * Symbol: Their Build Strike Gundam |
| 413 | * Theme: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig8EqcS_t38 Nibun no Ichi]]; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zoNcVWPN1Q Gundam Build Fighters!]] |
| 414 | * Alignment: NeutralGood, with Reiji being closer to ChaoticGood |
| 415 | * Portfolio: HotBlooded, RedOniBlueOni |
| 416 | ** Sei: A Gundam Nerd, [[TheEngineer Building High Quality Gunpla]], [[GuyInBack Co-Pilot]], [[TookALevelInBadass Taking Levels of Badass]], [[WeirdnessMagnet Attracting… Interesting People]], [[ChasteHero Being Incredibly Naivé When It Comes to Girls]], [[WingdingEyes Weird Eyes When He Gets Way Too Excited When Talking about Gundam]] |
| 417 | ** Reiji: [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Prince of Arian]], AcePilot, BelligerentSexualTension, FieryRedhead, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Saving his Newtype Love Interest]], [[BigEater Eating More than His Fair Share of Food]], BrutalHonesty |
| 418 | * Domains: Gundam, Sports, Friendship |
| 419 | * Superior: [[Pantheon/MannersOfDeath Yoshiyuki Tomino]] (although he's not involved in Build Fighters; Sei also admires him) |
| 420 | * Heralds: Rinko and Takeshi Iori (Sei's parents), China Kousaka, Mao Yasaka, Nils Nielsen, Caroline Yajima, Ricardo Fellini and Kirara/Mihoshi (their friends and rivals), Mr. Ral (their mentor, shared with Team TRY Fighters). |
| 421 | * Allies: All Heroic Pantheon/{{Gundam}} Deities (especially Tatsuya Yuuki (with a FriendlyRivalry going on as well), '''[[Pantheon/JobModifications Aila Jyrkiäinen]]''' ([[OfficialCouple Reiji's Custom]] {{Tsundere}}, [[spoiler:later, [[HappilyMarried his wife]]]]), [[Pantheon/PowerLevelsAndAppearance Team TRY Fighters]], [[Pantheon/MilitaryTechnology Amuro Ray]], [[Pantheon/ExtrovertFlaws Setsuna F. Seiei]], [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} Domon Kasshu]], [[Pantheon/{{Destinies}} Kira Yamato]], [[Pantheon/FanserviceAttires Ryuko Matoi]], [[Pantheon/{{Logic}} Mako Mankanshoku]], [[Pantheon/WeaponizedTools Simon the Digger]], [[Pantheon/HeroicOutlooks Raleigh Becket and Mako Mori, Kouta Kazuraba]], [[Pantheon/DreadAndValor Naruto Uzumaki]], [[Pantheon/JoyAndHappiness Excel]], [[Pantheon/PersonalAppearanceOther Chihiro Kosaka]], [[Pantheon/{{Personality}} Rana Linchen]] |
| 422 | * Enemies (half of them moreso in Reiji's case): Kogane, [[Pantheon/{{Mentalism}} Jervis Tetch, Yuri]], Anyone who threatens women, [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Griffith]], [[Pantheon/BetrayalAndTreachery Ragyo Kiryuin, Arthas Menethil]], [[Pantheon/TaintedLove Prince]] [[Pantheon/TraitorArchetypes Hans]], The Pantheon/GUAEMechaCohort ([[Pantheon/MotivationsForEvil Ali Al-Saachez]] and [[Pantheon/ActsOfHatred Rau Le]] [[Pantheon/MotivationsForWar Creuset]] in particular), [[Pantheon/{{Science}} Ryoma Sengoku]], [[Pantheon/VillainousAttitude Handsome Jack]], [[Pantheon/PhysicalAppearance Skull Face]], Darth Nihilus |
| 423 | * When you think of the word Gundam, you think of mecha battles, political intrigue, and worlds where it would be safe to say that life sucks living there most of the time. Also there are numerous timelines with their own pilots and mecha. In the timeline where these two originate from, Gundam is a work of fiction and Gunpla (Gundam translated as a figurine) battles are a thing. Sei Iori is a skilled Gunpla builder and when he encounters the unusual Reiji, the two decide to take the world of Gunpla battles by storm, meeting a slew of contestants along the way. Living in that timeline actually doesn't suck compared to most other ones. |
| 424 | ** That particular timeline is known as Anno Domini (or A.D). And before you ask, no. Other than having Gundams involved, it has nothing to do with that [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 other A.D. timeline]]. |
| 425 | * Aside from these two and their successor's Team TRY Fighters, [[Anime/ModelSuitGunplaBuildersBeginningG there was another group of kids who have gotten into Gunpla battles]]. It can be argued they probably didn't exist in the same timeline as them, but then again, both Sei & Reiji (and the TRY Fighters by extension) were more active in the Gunpla-battling endeavor. |
| 426 | * Sei has found the House of Pantheon/{{Craft}} to be the perfect place within the Pantheon to help spread the art of Gunpla battles. Classes have opened up there, as well as the Pantheon/{{School}} house, for other deities to try out building Gunpla and battling with them, with Rana Linchen often attending these classes. Serious Gunpla competition would sometimes take place in the Pantheon/{{Sports}} zone. |
| 427 | ** The Gunpla battles that occur in the Pantheon utilize both the 3-on-3 battles that Team TRY Fighters followed and the previous battle types that were featured in Sei & Reiji's Gunpla run. For the 3-on-3 battles, Aila has thought about joining Sei & Reiji's team for these occasions. |
| 428 | * Even though they aren't victims of mind control, both Sei and Reiji have a noticeable dislike towards villainous deities who specialize in mind control given what had happened to both Aila and Meijin when the duo fought them at separate rounds at the tournament. There's a stronger dislike in regards to Jervis Tetch and Yuri since the devices that Sei & Reiji noticed on Aila and Meijin during the tournament look like items that either Jervis or Yuri could have designed. |
| 429 | * Reiji is praised as one of the few Gundam protagonists to ever save their Newtype lover (or at least someone that is as close to a Newtype as one can get from his timeline) from a terrible fate. When asked about this, Reiji just shrugged. |
| 430 | * The Arian prince is a frequent visitor to the House of Pantheon/{{Food}} and likes to check out the offerings that are present there. The first time he visited that place, he saw Aila there, and was left in awe. [[BelligerentSexualTension They both proceeded to bicker at each other, though Aila seemed to enjoy the argument more]]. ''Every'' god within the House of Food had [[BlankWhiteEyes a major league WTF reaction]] to their argument. |
| 431 | * As the prince of Arian, Reiji decided to see what some of the other princes in the Pantheon were like. Unfortunately, there were some evil princes that he found and did not take it well. Reiji notably hates Prince Hans quite a bit over using a girl to achieve a selfish goal. |
| 432 | * Since one of the main obstacles of their journey was a company chairman that was willing to use underhanded tactics to ensure their defeat, Sei & Reiji are not fond of corrupt company leaders who are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their selfish goals. The two also dislike those who play unfairly and have made sure that these kinds of instances never happen in a Gunpla battle. |
| 433 | * Ryoma Sengoku has earned a considerable amount of ire from both Sei & Reiji (the latter moreso) given how he takes a look at information and uses that for villainous means. |
| 434 | * In what shouldn't be considered a surprise given his interests, Sei freaked out that when he learned that the Gundam pilots from the animés were real here. He fanboyed so much that [[Pantheon/OtherEmotions Bright Noa]] had to slap him, but it turned out to be a bad idea because it only made him fanboy harder. Thus was recorded an extremely rare instance of when the infamous [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Bright Slap]] failed. |
| 435 | ** Of course, this also meant that a number of the various Gundam villains in the shows that Sei has watched also exist in the Pantheon. The most that he and Reiji can do at the moment is to keep their distance from the baddies. |
| 436 | * The two have come to learn of other mecha pilots that didn't originate from Gundam after Sei heard about [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars some events that some Gundam pilots got involved with (him and Reiji aren't likely to get directly involved with these at the moment)]]. Naturally, they (Sei moreso given that he's the Gundam fanboy) have gotten along with these additional mecha heroes. |
| 437 | ** One non-Gundam mecha pilot that Sei & Reiji get along with is Simon the Digger, due to the latter's HotBlooded energy whenever he takes control of his mecha. Both Sei and Simon can relate to how they were able to become more badass in their respective adventures (though comparing the scale of Simon's to that of Sei's is like saying skyscraper-tall robots are bigger than teddy bears). |
| 438 | * Sei was in for quite a surprise upon learning that the man responsible for bringing Gundam to life, Yoshiyuki Tomino, had a spot in the Pantheon. Although Tomino doesn't have a whole lot to say about Sei & Reiji, Sei is quite thankful for Tomino's work (even if these works can get very dark compared to Sei & Reiji's adventures) and if it weren't for Tomino, who knows if Gundam would actually be a thing (or even a word). |
| 439 | * Due to their interest in a sport (though Gunpla battles aren't really considered a traditional sport), Sei & Reiji have been targeted by Kogane. Luckily for the duo, Kouta Kazuraba is serving as something of a bodyguard for Sei & Reiji whenever Kogane is on the offensive. Kouta and Sei & Reiji all respect each other for their determination in achieving their respective dreams. |
| 440 | * Even though he's already in a relationship with Aila, Reiji being quite friendly towards Sei has gotten a few deities [[HoYay shipping the two with each other]]. Sei's [[{{Tsundere}} attitude]] towards Reiji at times can be further evidence of the pairing thing. |
| 441 | * Given how much of a SeriousBusiness Gunpla battles have been amongst those who partake in it, the activity has been seen by others falling under E-Sports. Regardless of where Gunpla falls under, both Sei & Reiji are thankful for the fact that Gunpla battles are picking up popularity in the Pantheon. |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | !Demigods |
| 445 | |
| 446 | [[folder:Donald Love]] |
| 447 | '''[[Videogame/GrandTheftAuto Donald Love]], God of [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Unknown Fates]]''' (Don, D, DL) |
| 448 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/love_8.png]] |
| 449 | * Demigod |
| 450 | * Symbol: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gtawiki/images/7/76/Love_Media.png/revision/latest?cb=20070430082045 Love Media Logo]] |
| 451 | * Alignment: NeutralEvil |
| 452 | * Portfolio: CorruptCorporateExecutive, [[AxCrazy A big insane in the early days]], BastardUnderstudy, FauxAffablyEvil, [[ImAHumanitarian Cannibal]] [[ILoveTheDead and a fan of Morgue Parties]], [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Based on Donald Trump]], StrawmanPolitical |
| 453 | * Domains: Money, Crime, Fates, Politics, Corruption |
| 454 | * Allies: '''[[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Claude]]''', [[Pantheon/ClothingStyle Tommy Vercetti]], [[Pantheon/LuckAndFortune Dimitri Rascalov]], [[Pantheon/VillainousAttitude Patrick Bateman]], [[Pantheon/{{Politicians}} Ethank Roark Sr.]] and [[Pantheon/{{Toxicity}} Jr.]], [[Pantheon/CriminalPunishment Polpo]], [[Pantheon/ObsceneActions Lionel Starkweather]], [[Pantheon/VillainousAttitude Hannibal Lecter]] |
| 455 | * Enemies: The House of Pantheon/LawAndJustice, [[Pantheon/RevengeAndRetribution Niko Bellic]], [[Pantheon/FightingStyles Kazuma Kiryu]], [[Pantheon/{{Mindsets}} Goro Majima]], [[Pantheon/{{Politicians}} Mike Haggar]], [[Pantheon/ExtrovertFlaws The Son]], [[Pantheon/OrganizedCrime Giorno Giovanna]] |
| 456 | * Opposed by: The House of Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata, The Good deities of the House of Pantheon/LoveAndAffection |
| 457 | * While he may seem a mellow and successful businessman on the outside, Donald Love is anything but a good person. Having started as Avery Carrington's protegé in the [=80s=], Love established Love Media in Liberty City and pursued a career in politics to become major, using underhanded tactics like assassinating the then-current mayor, commiting fraud and even getting innocent caught in gang wars, ultimately losing the battle after people caught up to his connections with the Leone family. After getting his revenge on those that wronged him, years later, his company and him resurfaced around 2001, becoming one of the biggest people in Liberty City. Having met Claude thanks to a contact of his in LCPD, Love tasked Claude with a few missions involving gang wars and mysterious packages, even making him act as a decoy for his associate to escape. After succeeding, Claude returned to Love's penthouse but he was nowhere to be seen and his fate was left unresolved...until now. |
| 458 | * Donald Love formally entered by bribing his way in, having learned that the Court of Gods does indeed have some members that are willing to work on his conditions and so he was allowed a very respectable temple modeled after his penthouse in liberty city. Given the mysterious circumstances behind his disappearance, Love was given a title reflecting that. Whatever happened to him hasn't been elaborated by the man himself but one thing is certain, it doesn't mean good things for the pantheon. |
| 459 | * Notably one of the few employers that never attempted to double-cross Claude, even though [[WhatCouldHaveBeen there was a chance he would have]], but that never happened. Claude is alright with working for him again since he does pay very well, but hopefully this time he doesn't use him as a decoy again. |
| 460 | * One of his favourite activities is to instigate Gang Warfare so the real state prices go down, something he learned from his mentor, Avery Carrington. He infamously got Yakuza leader Kenji Kasen killed by a Colombian Cartel strike (actually Claude in disguise) to instigate conflict between both factions. Certain ascenders members of each group, as well other unrelated gangs, have taken notice of this practice and have tried to go after Love in retaliation. |
| 461 | ** Kazuma Kiryu and his partner Goro Majima have personally visited and beaten the crap out of Love and his security as a warning that if he tried this again, they wouldn't be as lenient and kill him. Donald Love, enraged about this assault, has sworn that he would make both men pay with their lives. |
| 462 | ** He also ended up being a target for Giorno Giovanna and his friends for trying to create a beef with his gang and the other mafias. This may stem from Love's connection to Polpo, who he met one day after trying to recruit the man for his company. Both share a hedonistic lifestyle but Polpo is only interested in a casual business relationship and nothing more, with his boss Diavolo having no interest in Love whatsoever. |
| 463 | * In the search of new potential partners, he came across an old face in Tommy Vercetti, having encountered the man back when he was still learning under Avery Carrington. Tommy was surprised to learn of Donald's evolution and how he ended up icing old man Carrington back in Liberty City. Vercetti and Love later ended up agreeing to work together and for Tommy's crew to protect Love from any future intrusion by any third party |
| 464 | ** He also ended up meeting Dimitri Rascalov, the Russian mobster pulled some strings to convince Love for a partnership. Donald is aware of Dimitri's [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder notorious betrayal record]] and so he has kept an eye on him but given the fact that the Mafiya could allow him to expand his influence in the house of Pantheon/CrimeAndTransgressions, he ended up accepting. This created the unfortunate consequence of getting on Niko Bellic's shitlist, since besides the fact that he is working with Dimitri, Niko also has a lot bad memories about power-hungry businessmen like Donald Love. |
| 465 | * Him and Patrick Bateman hit it off instantly. Both highly successful businessmen with a sociopathic streak and not strangers to murder, that and possibly that both men are {{Karma Houdini}}es. A partnership began the moment they met and Bateman tend to visit Love and hang out with his and his old Asian friend, frequently talking about their wealth. Outside of business, Patrick usually likes to hides the victims he murders in Love's temple, since the latter likes to use them for his "Morgue Parties" or just to [[ImAHumanitarian feast on them]]. |
| 466 | * Unknown to many, Love likes to eat human meat, usually comparing to raw chicken. He is also said to be a [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]], which instantly made him a persona non grata for the House of Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata. This depraved behavior instantly caught the attention of Lionel Starkweather, a powerful man like Love would be an excellent backer for his films, which Love approved the moment he found out, possibly out of his hidden sadistic nature. |
| 467 | * Being part of a ViceCity (Well, not the actual Vice City but he's been there), Donald Love and Ethan Roark Sr. had similar goals and interests, so both ended up becoming allies and Roark even suggested that Love could become the mayor of Liberty City again if he had Roark backing him up. Love is also depraved enough to get along with Roark Jr., often using him as an enforcer and even inviting him to his Morgue Parties. |
| 468 | * He is acquiantanced with another SerialKiller, this time being Hannibal Lecter. Both men being notorious cannibals, he finds that Lecter is a outstanding chef and his dishes have been the best he has tasted. That and he is trying to protect him from the pantheon authorities however he can. |
| 469 | * Given his surname, Love-themed heroes and {{Love Freak}}s ''despise'' him for being a CorruptCorporateExecutive and being nothing but a depraved human being. Love just chuckled at their remarks, feeling that they focus on arbitrary things and are getting angry for nothing. |
| 470 | * [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No, he is not related to Donald Trump]]. |
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