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* AGodAmI: What [[spoiler:the entity residing in Xibalba claims to be.]]
* AGodAmI: What [[spoiler:the entity residing in Xibalba claims to be.]]
* ShoutOut: Much of Nameless's dialogue references philosophical pessimist writings, such as Ray Bressier and Creator/ThomasLigotti. [[spoiler: Also serves as a TakeThat, as these very beliefs render Nameless helpless against Xibalba.]]
** By contrast, in the final issue, the Veiled Lady quotes Julian of Norwich, an optimistic Christian theologian (though perhaps ironically).
** By contrast, in the final issue, the Veiled Lady quotes Julian of Norwich, an optimistic Christian theologian (though perhaps ironically).
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* ShoutOut: Much of Nameless's dialogue references philosophical pessimist writings, such as Ray Bressier and Creator/ThomasLigotti. [[spoiler: Also serves as a TakeThat, as these very beliefs render Nameless helpless against Xibalba.]]
** By contrast, in the final issue, the Veiled Lady quotes Julian of Norwich, an optimistic Christian theologian (though perhaps ironically).
** By contrast, in the final issue, the Veiled Lady quotes Julian of Norwich, an optimistic Christian theologian (though perhaps ironically).
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** By contrast, in the final issue, the Veiled Lady quotes Julian of Norwich, an optimistic Christian theologian (though perhaps ironically).
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* AuthorTract: Morrison is a practitioner of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic Chaos magic]], and a good deal of the comic exposits on his metaphysical and philosophical beliefs.
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* AuthorTract: Morrison is a practitioner of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic Chaos magic]], and a good deal of the comic exposits on his their metaphysical and philosophical beliefs.
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by Creator/GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalba is on a collision course with planet Earth.
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by Creator/GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story CosmicHorrorStory follows "Nameless," an occult hustler who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalba is on a collision course with planet Earth.
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* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The inside of Xibalba is a titan-sized New Brutalist labyrinth.
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* EldritchLocation: Xibalba proves to be this not too long after the humans have approached it.
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* MindScrew: The way the story unfolds is anything but straightforward, presenting everything in a surreal dream logic.
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* TheAntiNihilist: In the midst of a HumansAreBastards rant by Nameless, Sofia implores him to just enjoy a beautiful day while it lasts.
* LivingBodysuit: [[spoiler: Nameless has been one for Xibalba this whole time.]]
* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Nameless's gleeful nihilism blinds him to just how much [[spoiler: Xibalba is consuming him from within.]]
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* ShoutOut: Much of Nameless's dialogue references philosophical pessimist writings, such as Ray Bressier and Creator/ThomasLigotti.
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* ShoutOut: Much of Nameless's dialogue references philosophical pessimist writings, such as Ray Bressier and Creator/ThomasLigotti. [[spoiler: Also serves as a TakeThat, as these very beliefs render Nameless helpless against Xibalba.]]
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:The true nature of the the series as Nameless is trying to fight Xibalba's control over him without fully knowing it.]]
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:The true nature of the the series as Nameless is trying to fight Xibalba's control over him without fully knowing it.]]
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* AuthorTract: Morrison is a practitioner of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic Chaos magic]], and a good deal of the comic exposits on his metaphysical and philosophical beliefs.
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* IKnowYourTrueName: Nameless expressly gave his name up so nobody could pull this on him.
* IOweYouMyLife: Nameless agrees to help Sofia because she saved his life. [[spoiler: Or so she has him believe.]]
* IOweYouMyLife: Nameless agrees to help Sofia because she saved his life. [[spoiler: Or so she has him believe.]]
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* OccultDetective: Nameless gives his profession as "occult consultant" to various governments.
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalba is on a collision course with planet Earth.
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by GrantMorrison Creator/GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalba is on a collision course with planet Earth.
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** By contrast, in the final issue, the Veiled Lady quotes Julian of Norwich, an optimistic Christian theologian (though perhaps ironically).
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalbais on collision course with planet Earth.
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalbais Xibalba is on a collision course with planet Earth.
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* MindRape: The specialty of the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] and in doing so makes their victims "give birth to increasingly more monstrous ideas.
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* MindRape: The specialty of the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] and in doing so makes their victims "give birth to increasingly more monstrous ideas."
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler known who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalbais on collision course with planet Earth.
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''Nameless'' is a 2015 comic book written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham, and published under Creator/ImageComics. The story follows "Nameless," an occult hustler known who is recruited by a group of billionaire futurists to save the world, as a massive asteroid named Xibalbais on collision course with planet Earth.
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An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning. A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares. An occult hustler known only as 'Nameless' is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission. And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth. But nothing is what it seems—a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin. Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS.
Written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham.
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* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: The Xibalba entity is responsible for the very concept of God in the human psyche.]]
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* ShoutOut: Much of Nameless's dialogue references philosophical pessimist writings, such as Ray Bressier and Creator/ThomasLigotti.
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[[caption-width-right:350:WHAT IS HUMAN?]]
->''"Honestly, there are some things you wish you'd never lived long enough to see. December, man. That was a pure cunt of a month."''
-->--'''Nameless'''
An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning. A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares. An occult hustler known only as 'Nameless' is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission. And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth. But nothing is what it seems—a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin. Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS.
Written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham.
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* AGodAmI: What [[spoiler:the entity residing in Xibalba claims to be.]]
* AntagonisticOffspring: It's heavily implied that Nameless is actually [[spoiler:one of Paul Darius' children]].
* ArcWords: What is human?
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:The true nature of the the series as Nameless is trying to fight Xibalba's control over him without fully knowing it.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Darius and Nameless' crew mates are long dead, having been murdered by the titular character himself after he'd been possessed by Xibalba. The versions seen for most of the series are mental projections created by Nameless to help him fight Xibalba.]]
* DefaceOfTheMoon: [[spoiler:The fate of Xibalba after having its mental link with Nameless turned against it so it's steered to hit the Moon instead of Earth.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Outsiders]] are an entire race of these though they're actually [[spoiler:thoughtform invaders that gradually warp the minds and bodies of their victims into more physical manifestations of this trope.]]
* GeometricMagic: Nameless paints special sigils on the space suits and the White Valiant to help protect them from Xibalba's magic.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The [[spoiler:Titans of Marduk]] in both a literal and metaphorical sense as their creations became nigh-indistinguishable from the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] as their war intensified.
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:The Veiled Lady/Sofia Darius]] who's trying to save the world in her own way, but is clearly more invested in getting revenge on Nameless for [[spoiler:killing their father.]]
* MindRape: The specialty of the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] and in doing so makes their victims "give birth to increasingly more monstrous ideas.
* MonsterClown: One of [[spoiler:Xibalba's]] most favored forms.
* NoNameGiven: Most of Nameless' fellow crew members and Darius' Tribal Elders. [[spoiler:They're all revealed in the fifth issue.]]
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler:Ixaxaar.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Xibalba]] among the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] as its imprisonment actually spared it from dying out after the [[spoiler:Titans killed themselves to cut their enemies off from more sustenance and potential vessels.]]
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* UnreliableNarrator
* XMeetsY: {{Armageddon}} meets EventHorizon.
[[caption-width-right:350:WHAT IS HUMAN?]]
->''"Honestly, there are some things you wish you'd never lived long enough to see. December, man. That was a pure cunt of a month."''
-->--'''Nameless'''
An astronomer kills his family, then himself, leaving a cryptic warning. A Veiled Lady hunts her victims through human nightmares. An occult hustler known only as 'Nameless' is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists for a desperate mission. And the malevolent asteroid Xibalba spins closer on a collision course with Earth. But nothing is what it seems—a terrifying inhuman experiment is about to begin. Abandon all hope and experience ultimate horror in NAMELESS.
Written by GrantMorrison and illustrated by Chris Burnham.
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* AGodAmI: What [[spoiler:the entity residing in Xibalba claims to be.]]
* AntagonisticOffspring: It's heavily implied that Nameless is actually [[spoiler:one of Paul Darius' children]].
* ArcWords: What is human?
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler:The true nature of the the series as Nameless is trying to fight Xibalba's control over him without fully knowing it.]]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Darius and Nameless' crew mates are long dead, having been murdered by the titular character himself after he'd been possessed by Xibalba. The versions seen for most of the series are mental projections created by Nameless to help him fight Xibalba.]]
* DefaceOfTheMoon: [[spoiler:The fate of Xibalba after having its mental link with Nameless turned against it so it's steered to hit the Moon instead of Earth.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Outsiders]] are an entire race of these though they're actually [[spoiler:thoughtform invaders that gradually warp the minds and bodies of their victims into more physical manifestations of this trope.]]
* GeometricMagic: Nameless paints special sigils on the space suits and the White Valiant to help protect them from Xibalba's magic.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The [[spoiler:Titans of Marduk]] in both a literal and metaphorical sense as their creations became nigh-indistinguishable from the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] as their war intensified.
* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:The Veiled Lady/Sofia Darius]] who's trying to save the world in her own way, but is clearly more invested in getting revenge on Nameless for [[spoiler:killing their father.]]
* MindRape: The specialty of the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] and in doing so makes their victims "give birth to increasingly more monstrous ideas.
* MonsterClown: One of [[spoiler:Xibalba's]] most favored forms.
* NoNameGiven: Most of Nameless' fellow crew members and Darius' Tribal Elders. [[spoiler:They're all revealed in the fifth issue.]]
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler:Ixaxaar.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Xibalba]] among the [[spoiler:Outsiders]] as its imprisonment actually spared it from dying out after the [[spoiler:Titans killed themselves to cut their enemies off from more sustenance and potential vessels.]]
* TarotTroubles:
* UnreliableNarrator
* XMeetsY: {{Armageddon}} meets EventHorizon.
