| 1 | Current sandboxes are a work in progress. Here's stuff I'm working on. Do not edit the sandbox without my permission. nightelf37 and [=SuperWIKI1=] have been given permission to edit how they wish. The second sandbox is for adoptables. You are permitted to adopt anything not under '''Main focus''', but you must private-message me and ask permission for it. [[Sandbox/RJReworks My reworks are here]]. Stuff on hold [[Sandbox/RJOnHold is here]] |
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| 3 | If you want to adopt any of my approved ideas you should PM me, but I'd prefer it if you want to start working on them in the near-future (like within a month) |
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| 5 | Sandbox/RJWastebin (cut ideas+April Fools, more of a reminder), Pantheon/MonPartnerships are just here for useful links, and Sandbox/HypePreventionSandbox can serve as a warning |
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| 9 | If anyone wants to salvage something from [=Super W1KI1=], [[SandBox/SuperWIKI1 go here]]. On another note I have some interest in Tropers/{{Morgisboard}}, Sandbox/Jester_Punslinger, Sandbox/{{Matteste}} |
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| 29 | [[folder:Infinity Gauntlet and Gems]] |
| 30 | '''[[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet The Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity Gems]]''' (or Infinity Stones) |
| 31 | [[quoteright:690:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duel_infinity_gauntlet_9.png]] |
| 32 | [[caption-width-right:690:The Infinity Gauntlet with all six gems in place]] |
| 33 | * Note: Restoration |
| 34 | * Appearance: A golden gauntlet, intended to have six different colored gems/stone embedded in it |
| 35 | * Hall: Maximum Security |
| 36 | * Class Level: 1 |
| 37 | * Alignment: TrueNeutral (dependent on who wears it) |
| 38 | * Portfolio: [[RealityWarper Lets You Bend Reality To Your Will]], [[SpaceMaster Including Total Mastery Of Space]] [[TimeMaster And Time]], DismantledMacGuffin, AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome, AmplifierArtifact |
| 39 | * Domains: Power, Gems, The Cosmos, Reality Warping, Functional Omnipotence |
| 40 | * The Creator/MarvelUniverse has many powerful artifacts, but few, if any surpass the Infinity Gems. Sometimes known as the Infinity Stones, they predate the universe and have been reported as either remains of a god that destroyed themselves out of loneliness or six singularities present at the Big Bang. Recent evidence points to them being mined by [[Pantheon/HolyAuthorityAndPower the Celestials]] from the God Quarry, which is basically the corpse of the First Firmament (basically the first iteration/precursor of [[Pantheon/CelestialBodiesAndStars Eternity]]), and delivered to their new designated universe. They embody six aspects of the universe and at full potential, allow one absolute control of that aspect of reality. To what extent depends on the continuity, but in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', we see what happens when Thanos has all six in a specific gauntlet to wield their power, in order to impress Lady Death...omnipotence, barring a couple restrictions. Even [[CosmicEntity cosmic entities]] can be towed with it He only lost from a subconscious belief he didn't deserve that power. No-one has held onto that power permanently, and as it makes one a step or two below {{God}} this is probably a good thing. |
| 41 | * It is important to remember that Infinity Gems can only work in the universe they come from. Trying to use it in other universes is akin to trying to use your TV remote on somebody else's. The Infinity Gauntlet in the Trope Pantheon specifically works on the CrossoverAlternateUniverse which all the different gods interact, and only that reality, forged by the Celestials for the pantheon's universe for purposes no-one has deciphered yet. As such, while the Infinity Gauntlet is still ''immensely'' desirable, it cannot be used by any deity to take complete control of their own ''verse''. [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]] has denoted the Infinity Gauntlet as useless for him [[ComicBook/JLAAvengers when he got his hand on it]], a fact that is undoubtedly a relief. As bad as Thanos wielding the Infinity Gauntlet was, the man had insecurities and personal issues that made it possible he would lose control. Darkseid...doesn't, and he is not the kind of person [[VictoryIsBoring who would grow bored with victory]]. Attempt to modify the Gauntlet to work outside the Pantheon will incur the wrath of [[Pantheon/{{Wardening}} the Living Tribunal]]. |
| 42 | ** Darkseid being unimpressed by the Infinity Gauntlet has been furthered when [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle Thanos used it in a fight against him]], where while he could have his avatar away when Thanos was serious, his true form could just summon a new one. So Thanos decided to confront his true form...[[spoiler:and that was a really horrible move, as the Infinity Gauntlet was out of range in Darkseid's universe. [[ResurrectionDeathLoop Cue the Omega]] [[FateWorseThanDeath Sanction]]. Thanos really doesn't want to talk about it or how he got out of that one.]] |
| 43 | * The Living Tribunal is one of the only beings who can defy the Infinity Gauntlet when it is at full capacity without question. In comparison even Doctor Doom, [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 when he had absorbed the power of Beyonders]], was hurt by its power. The Living Tribunal is the primary security in making sure the Infinity Gauntlet is only ever used when it's the only viable option. [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation The SCP Foundation]] has put a lot of measures into "containment"...well, not so much the Gems as they're relatively predictable when on their own, but as a way of keeping people out. While there are a number of variations of the Infinity Gauntlet and Gems, the Pantheon's Infinity Gauntlet [[TruerToTheText is closer to the Earth 616 Variation]]. As such it lacks [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Earth-199999's need to possess a certain level of strength to wield without the risk of death]], making it all the more attractive a target. The six Infinity Gems are watched over by various deities. On their own, the stones provide great power. But combined, they form a circuit—a positive feedback loop granting the user ''INFINITE'' power! |
| 44 | ** The Time Gem; currently being watched over by [[Pantheon/TimeTravelling Chronoa]] due to being the Supreme Kai of Time. Powered by the user's mastery of '''Space'''. Grants the user unlimited control over time itself. Whoever can wield it can make the House of Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality whatever they want it to be. That said, it is unknown how the Time Gem alone would face off against Lord English on an equal playing field, or others [[ParadoxPerson unbound by time]]. |
| 45 | ** The Soul Gem; currently being watched over by [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation the Truth]] because of their intimate connection to the inner workings of the universe. Powered by the user's mastery of '''Reality'''. Can preserve the soul to allow for life after death, the manipulation and control of all souls, dead or alive. One can use it to lord power over both the House of Pantheon/LifeAndVitality and the House of Pantheon/DeathAndPostmortem. They'd have the power to ''shut down'' the pantheon's DeathIsCheap rule, an idea that Dhuum is salivating over...though the same gem could set it back up again. |
| 46 | *** Technically all gems have also been known as the Soul Gems, though only one has domain over souls. Should be noted; they have no relation to what the Puella Magi have used, or [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Tamriel soul gems]]. |
| 47 | ** The Power Gem; currently being watched over by [[Pantheon/PowerAndAbilities Son Goku]]. Powered by the user's mastery of '''Mind'''. Can make a person more physically powerful. At its best, it can hold control over all power in the universe. While his heroic deeds made Goku a viable candidate to watch over the stone, the fact he has no intention to use it as it'd feel like "cheating" clinched his role. However [[Pantheon/{{Dragonball}} his network of friends and allies]] still have to remind him not to lose track of it. |
| 48 | ** The Reality Gem; currently being watched over by [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation The SCP Foundation]]. Powered by the user's mastery of '''Time'''. Can allow a person access to the multiverse. Alters the laws of the universe to the users will, and seems to be a more general reality-bending purpose. [[Pantheon/PowerArchetypes Doctor Manhattan]] muses that his own abilities act similarly to the Reality Gem, as he is able to bend reality due to his innate understanding and connection to the underpinning rules of existence. The SCP Foundation utilizes Scranton Reality Anchors in its containment chamber so as to suppress its power, in case [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse it takes the form of the Aether]] or some researcher tries to abuse their privileges. |
| 49 | ** The Space Gem; currently being watched over by [[Pantheon/SpaceAndCosmos the USS Enterprise-A/B Senior Crew]]. Powered by the user's mastery of '''Power'''. Can allow teleportation through space, and the manipulation of space. It's to the House of Pantheon/SpaceAndCosmos what the Time Stone is to the House of Time and Temporality. The USS Enterprise are entrusted to make safe and ethical scientific breakthroughs researching the stone, specifically in their FasterThanLightTravel technology and teleportation research. |
| 50 | ** The Mind Gem; currently being watched over by [[Pantheon/AnalysisAndRecords Hari Seldon]]. Powered by the user's mastery of '''Soul'''. Can grant telepathy or intelligence. Taps into the users mind for complete control of psychic powers including telekinesis. Hari Seldon's immense cunning and methods made him a viable candidate to watch over. |
| 51 | * [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse In Earth-199999]], there are actually two gauntlets. There is a right-handed one that's currently locked in Odin's treasury and also contains replicas of the Infinity Gems, and a left-handed one that the Thanos from that universe currently has... or so we thought. Turns out Odin's is merely a fake. You want to go to [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Earth-1610]] for dual gauntlets, though they have eight Infinity Gems[[note]]so four for each hand[[/note]]. Strictly speaking, without the Gems/Stones the Gauntlet is just a normal gauntlet, albeit one that can withstand overwhelming power (or as [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Palpatine]] puts it, '''[[EvilIsHammy "UNLIMITED!!!]] [[Memes/RevengeOfTheSith POWER!!!"]]'''). He makes it no secret he wants the Infinity Gauntlet and has been observing other variations. [[ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman For example, one where it took form of a Wishing Cube, each face a panel of "forever glass"]]. [[VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions In yet another reality]] there's a Genesis Stone, Evolution Stone, War Stone, Nightmare Stone, Chaos Stone and Death Stone. The last one actually made its way into Earth-616, [[spoiler:where Thanos used it [[CapturedSuperEntity to imprison Mistress Death]] for toying with his emotions]]. The Infinity Gems/Stones can also be wielded with [[VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder an Infinity Armor]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow Infinity Sword]]. |
| 52 | * The Infinity Gems played a role in a battle between Marvel characters. Thanos was in possession of the Mind Gem during that particular instance. There is uncertainty as to what happened to that Thanos during that time. The usability of the Infinity Gems by themselves depends on one's power level. Greater Gods and Overdeities have no problem with it. Intermediate Gods could use one Gem but are likely to be exhausted after that. Lesser God and below, there's practically no point in using a Gem. This was best demonstrated when they were used by, in a particular merging of worlds, X, to eliminate Ultron Sigma. Despite being a Greater God, he struggled using the Infinity Buster (created by Iron Man and powered by the Infinity Gems) requiring the assistance of everyone present (including other Greater Gods, such as Thor, Doctor Strange and Zero) to stabilize the energy, even after donning the Ultimate Armor.Another version was offered as a prize for [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall the winner of the 1047th Interdimensional Contest of Champions]]. [[spoiler:[[Pantheon/{{Hats}} Linkara]] won, however he figured out the Temlins would never give out something so power without regulations. The Infinity Gauntlet he has is from another universe so he's unable to use it. That's why previous winners of the Contest of Champions can't be chosen again.]] |
| 53 | * [[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 Due to the actions of an alternate]] Ultron, [[LoopholeAbuse a loophole has been found]]; the Infinity Stones can be used to enhance something from their own universe even if they are outside of it. Theoretically it might be possible to attack someone with a sneak attack from another universe; if Zen'o were to erase an Infinity Gauntlet wielder with them unaware and Zen'o remaining in his own palace, it could work. That being said, [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Battleworld]] shows being within the universe lets you face down powers outside of it so this strategy is not perfect. The "Infinity Ultron" loophole has also opened the possibility that someone could send an ultra-powerful force or being to another universe. Davros was the one to muse of this, in a particularly horrifying scenario; use the Infinity Gauntlet to mass produce Reality Bombs and portals to send them to other universes the second before they detonate. On the flip side, someone aware of a multiversal cataclysm in progress, like say the Anti-Monitor's antimatter waves, could make the universe of the pantheon indestructible from said cataclysm. The Xeelee have become interested in that idea, believing it could make a universe-wide sanctuary for species to flee to. |
| 54 | * The other drawback is that it cannot be used to destroy itself, either the gems or the concept they represent. For example, if the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction tried to use the Soul Gem to cause the extinction of all life, there would still have to be at least one being in the universe with a soul left over. The one notable exception was the MCU, as that Thanos had the Infinity Stones destroyed so they couldn't be used again, and he wouldn't be tempted...he almost killed himself doing so. That said [[AdaptationalWimp they are weaker than their 616 counterpart]]. The Infinity Gauntlet of the Trope Pantheon holds the same limitation as the 616 Gauntlet. One lesser detail was discovered about (at least the Pantheon's) Infinity Gauntlet when [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Cosmos]] was allowed to wield it; its qualities couldn't be altered. She tried to use its power to make it so it could only be used with a selfless intent, but when she tried to test it with a selfish desire ([[PokeThePoodle make Palutena's coffee taste bad]]) it worked. |
| 55 | * This also means that, even if the SCP Foundation wanted to, they could not alter the Infinity Gems with SCP-914. In case you're wondering, no they do not plan to use it against [[Pantheon/{{Psyches}} SCP-682]] any time soon. 682 has proven to survive and adapt to the laws of physics being altered, being sent to an area of non-existence and being put in a narrative built around it being permanently killed. The possibility it could at least permanently incapacitate the lizard is there, however this is considered risky. The reason they don't use nukes on 682 is fear it will adapt to that. Could you even imagine what a 682 that adapted to ''the Infinity Gauntlet'' would be like?! [[spoiler:If you've seen SCP-6820, you could probably guess.]] Considerations to using it against [[Pantheon/MindGames SCP-3125]] has been made; while its extradimensional status puts it outside the Gauntlet's range, it could alter the universe to block it out. Using it against [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities SCP-3812]] was a non-starter, though, as he's one of few decisively known to surpass the Gauntlet's power. |
| 56 | * The Infinity Gauntlet is something of interest to all Grand United Alliances. While there are there are some Overdeities that could actually ''[[EvenMoreOmnipotent surpass]]'' the power of all gems, they're a very small group and who exactly fits there is heavily debated. Though it only affects the Trope Pantheon central universe, this is more than enough to tip the balance of power. [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Melkor]] still doesn't think this is enough, and he wants to use the ones in the vault to create his own set capable of working across all universes. It seems like a fool's effort since the Living Tribunal would punish any attempts to do that, however you have to remember that there's nothing stopping him from, say, restore himself to full power permanently. [[Pantheon/ReligionAndFaith YHVH]] and [[Pantheon/{{Ambiguity}} Lucifer]] have mused that, [[OrderVersusChaos given their agendas]], the Soul Gem will probably take precedence. |
| 57 | * It's important to note that the range being limited to its universe doesn't mean that its power is only universal. The Ultimate Nullifier has the ability to destroy entire timelines, and even destroyed and recreated the multiverse once. And yet, when Adam Warlock tried to use it on Magus holding five of the six Infinity Gems, this failed. [[WebVideo/TheImaginaryAxis It's been theorized]] the real reason why nobody holds on is more a mental reason, that being [[HeelRealization they realize they aren't worthy]]. Tests with other artifacts in Maximum Security is explicitly forbidden, though many are curious as to see how they'd interact. It's assumed that even within range the Infinity Gauntlet couldn't do anything to the Throne, as its influence on existence is more comprehensive. A lot of people wish it could be used to get rid of Li'l Cal, but [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Lord English's]] massive influence over the timeline would mean it would inevitably be out of range when the Gauntlet is active. |
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| 60 | [[folder:Miracleman]] |
| 61 | '''[[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} Michael John Moran/Miracleman]], God of Being RenamedToAvoidAssociation''' (Mike Moran, Marvelman) |
| 62 | [[quoteright:792:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miracleman_vol_1_1_yu_variant_textless.png]] |
| 63 | * Note: Adopted from Tropers/PhantomFire |
| 64 | * Hall: Pantheon/NicknamesAndRenames (House of Pantheon/NamingAndEpithets) |
| 65 | * Greater God as Miracleman (Quasideity as Michael Moran) |
| 66 | * Symbol: The stylized "MM" symbol on his chest |
| 67 | * Alignment: LawfulNeutral erring [[LawfulGood good]] (originally written as outright LawfulGood) |
| 68 | * Portfolio: [[SupermanSubstitute A Superman And]] [[{{Expy}} Bill Batson]] CaptainErsatz [[DerivativeDifferentiation That Became His Own Distinct Character]] being RenamedToAvoidAssociation, FlyingBrick, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Has An Aloof Morality Due To His Detachment From Humanity]], [[ClassicalAntiHero Plagued By Doubt If He Did The Right Thing]] because UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, AntiHero and/or BigGood, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Does Care For Those Close To Him]], [[TouchedByVorlons His Power Comes From Experiments With Alien Tech]], ByThePowerOfGrayskull, LossOfIdentity |
| 69 | * Domains: Adaptations, Retools, Supermen, Magic Words, Dual Identities |
| 70 | * Associated with: [[Pantheon/ArcsAndEpisodes Alan Moore]] ([[MyRealDaddy his most influential writer]]) |
| 71 | * Interests: [[Pantheon/NamingIdentification Mr Mxyzptlk]] |
| 72 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Clark Kent/Superman]], [[Pantheon/{{Shape}} Billy Batson/Captain Marvel/Shazam]], [[Pantheon/MotivationsForHeroism Asa Martin/Samaritan]], [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Carol Danvers and Kamala Khan]] (albeit [[AloofAlly with some aloofness]]), [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Peter Parker/Spiderman]], [[Pantheon/FearInducers Eddie Brock]], [[Pantheon/BodilyForm the Venom Symbiote]] (FireForgedFriends type), [[Pantheon/AdaptationalChanges Superman (Red Son)]], [[Pantheon/FictionalExpies Robert Reynolds/the Sentry]], [[Pantheon/RegretAndShame Nolan and]] [[Pantheon/{{Superheroism}} Mark Grayson]], [[Pantheon/PowerArchetypes Jon Osterman/Doctor Manhattan]], [[Pantheon/{{Planning}} Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias]], [[Pantheon/{{Royalty}} Princess Bubblegum]], [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialAbilities The Blorg Commonality]], [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialAppearanceAndBiology The Asteromorphs]], [[Pantheon/HeroicAttitude Metro Man]], [[Pantheon/FantasticalLeadership The New Alliance of Free Stars]], [[Pantheon/IntrovertCharacterization Marik Ishtar]], [[Pantheon/RecollectionAndAmnesia Android 21]] |
| 73 | * On good terms with: [[Pantheon/SplitPersonalities Ryou Bakura]], [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Merlina the Wizard]] |
| 74 | * On speaking terms with: [[Pantheon/CharacterReveals Ice King/Simon Petrikov]] |
| 75 | * OddFriendship with: [[Pantheon/{{Metafiction}} The Crimson Chin]] |
| 76 | * Rivals: [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes High Councillor Kal-El/Regime Superman]], [[Pantheon/ImpostorsAndImpersonations Victor von Doom]], [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialAbilities The Network]] |
| 77 | * Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Derivatives}} The Homelander]] (albeit [[SympathyForTheDevil pitying somewhat]]), [[Pantheon/ClothingTheme The Plutonian]], ''[[Pantheon/VillainousReputation Lex Luthor]]'' (more on his side), [[Pantheon/MotivationsForEvil Cletus Kasady/Carnage]], [[Pantheon/SplitPersonalities Dark Marik, Dark Bakura/the Spirit of the Millennium Ring]], [[Pantheon/FictionalExpies the Void]], [[Pantheon/ClonesAndCounterparts Dark Danny]], [[Pantheon/NarrativeGenresNToZ The Qu]], [[Pantheon/CyberneticsAndEnhancements Android 20/Dr Gero]] |
| 78 | * On poor terms with: [[Pantheon/NamingReferences Alucard (Hellsing)]] |
| 79 | * Distrusted by: [[Pantheon/HuntersAndSlayers The Boys]] (especially Billy Butcher) |
| 80 | * Pities: [[Pantheon/AlignmentChanges The Last Son of Alcatraz]] |
| 81 | * Annoyed by: Nazi deities |
| 82 | * Young Michael Morlan was a kindly copyboy who first attempts to return a dime astro-scientist Barghelt dropped, then defended the scientist from a trio of hoodlums, Impressed by his integrity and well-defined discernment of good and evil, he treated and allies with in his atomic machine. Using the word "Kimota", he could transform into his alter ego Miracleman, a blonde, musclebound superhero, and he had many vibrant superhero adventures Years later, he has forgotten his magic word and much of his youth, but eventually he rediscovers his past and more. As it turned out, these classic adventures were part of a simulation [[GovernmentConspiracy by "the Spookshow"]], using alien technology to create superhumans as part of "Operation Zarathustra". Stopping an atom bomb was the only real part of the story. His life would take a drastic turn; his sidekick Kid Miracleman's alter ego had become evil, the scientist/his "creator" Dr Emil Gargunza had his own schemes around him and his unborn child, and he would meet up with the aliens who's power was derived from. Miracleman would become a melancholic figure who reshaped the world into a utopia, a new age of enlightenment with the Miracleman family as gods of a new Olympus. However Miracleman would lose touch with humanity, ruling essentially as a BenevolentDictator. |
| 83 | ** The out-of universe history of Miracleman is complicated. Originally created by Mick Foley in 1954 following Fawcett Publications' cessation of their superhero titles, a replacement for Captain Marvel was made, changing his human identity from newsboy Billy Batson to copyboy Micky Moran. His superhero identity was Marvelman It ran 350 issues between 1954 to 1963. When Alan Moore decided to retool and rework the series in 1982, the character had to be renamed to Miracleman as while predating the title of Marvel Comics, Eclipse Comics (the company that owned it at the time) lacked the legal muscle to keep the name. Miracleman would eventually end up under Creator/MarvelComics, designed in its multiverse as Earth-82324. His status as an {{Expy}} of Captain Marvel/Shazam was reflected in-universe by the Miracleman family being inspired and modeled after the Golden Age run of Billy Batson and company. |
| 84 | * It took a bit of time for the OG Man of Steel and Billy Batson to notice that Miracleman was part of the Trope Pantheon. His temple of Olympus was in the ruins of Central London following Kid Miracleman's rampage. He and Miraclewoman reshaped the world into a utopia; all the practical ills of human society are cured, and the offer of superhuman powers and children is gradually taken up by a humanity who regard the Miracleman Family as gods. However, he has effectively taken over the world, and his utopia has been criticized as a false paradise without any real authenticity and feeling. As such, Superman and Shazam's view on Miracleman is a bit mixed. This isn't an "Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' scenario, noting he lacks the selfish and hypocritical traits of that Man of Steel, however they are a bit put off by him and his distance from humanity. That said, Miracleman remains an ally because he tries to live up to the ideals of a superhero, and he appreciates their criticisms as he does legitimately does want to make the world a better place. He's a fan of Billy Batson as his comics were a direct inspiration in and out of universe for his heroism, and he has a lot of respect for the immense compassion of the two. |
| 85 | * Tends to associate more with the DC characters, as he's directly inspired from two of their [=IPs=] A Superman that he's particularly friendly with is the Earth-30 version, "Red Son" Superman. Nowadays he prefers to go by Somishka. He acted as a well-meaning dictator of the Soviet Union and hoped to expand his regime worldwide, however [[HeelRealization he realized how suffocating his regime was]] and turned over a new leaf. Of the various Supermen of the multiverse, he perhaps understands Miracleman's self-doubts and desire to live up to the vision of a utopia the most. One of the reasons why has both Men of Steel as allies is after seeing the extremes that the Regime/Earth-49 Superman's dictatorship went to, he wants advice to make his paradise as close to one as he can realistically achieve. Said dictator Superman is by his own admission impressed at the new world order Miracleman has ushered, however his own ego and insistence [[ItsAllAboutMe he's the only one with the right vision]] makes him a rival...[[WorthyOpponent albeit one with some relatability]]. |
| 86 | * Though initially spent most of his time with DC characters, given his inspiration, he's starting hanging out with Marvel comic characters, what with being part of the same multiverse. He has a cordial relationship with two Marvel superheroines; Carol Danvers and Kamala Khan. The two have held the Marvel superhero title role, with Miracleman musing that it really is a good alias. While he doesn't relate to them that much, he does like to work with them in order to do the right thing, even if he's not the best at it. While they're not exactly canon, he has shown up as a bunch of [[VariantCover variant covers]] with more traditional Marvel superheroes, and because of that Miracleman is interested in actually meeting them for real. There was a bit of a scuffle where, in a homage to a VariantCover, he was in a fight with Black Suit Spiderman, Venom, Carnage and Thor. With Carnage the reasons they were fighting [[AxCrazy kind of go without saying]], Miracleman musing he's a lot like Kid Miracleman. With Spiderman and Venom this was more down to mistrust of the Klyntar symbiote, thinking it was some sort of threat. Peter Parker and Eddie Brock managed to talk him down, with Miracleman becoming interested in Eddie and Venom due to more recent comic events. He also fought Thor, but this "homage" to another VariantCover was actually a friendly sparring match. He's still somewhat aloof given his attitude, but he is interested in learning more about Marvel superheroes |
| 87 | * For context as to how he got to the Trope Pantheon, you can thank Dr Manhattan for that. He was exploring other 'verses [[Creator/AlanMoore his author was involved with]] [[ComicBook/DoomsdayClock following his meeting with Superman]], trying find someone [[SupermanSubstitute reminiscent of the Man of Steel]] but who could more personally understand [[BlueAndOrangeMorality his own detachment and superhuman mindset]]. ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'' was interesting to him as it was a superhero {{Deconstruction}} by his author that predates ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', motivating his desire to reach out to Miracleman. Another ''Watchmen'' deity was just as interested in meeting him; Adrien Veidt. Ozymandias and Miracleman had visions of improving the world in a dubious fashion; for Adrien [[WellIntentionedExtremist it was how to get there]], for Miracleman [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans it was more the result]]. Miracleman and Ozymandias often discuss with one another whether what they've done was worth it. He relates more to Dr Manhattan, due to how he's grown distant from humanity. |
| 88 | * Miracleman's alter ego, Michael Moran, is the all too human, insecure half that dealt with the LovesMyAlterEgo trope and feeling he could not live up to his counterpart. Saying "abraxas" will revert Miracleman to Mike Moran, and he will stay that way for a couple hours before he can say "Kimota" again and become Miracleman again. Unlike how Billy Batson is typically depicted, the two are more of a dual personality deal. To some, it could be seen as a serious, superhero counterpart to [[Pantheon/IdentityIssues Professor Kelp/Klump and Buddy Love's]] dual personality. Both personas are intrigued by the dynamic between Mike Moran and Miracleman, though for personal reasons Mike isn't available to talk with. After Liz and Winter left him, he essentially committed suicide by saying "Kimota" with no intention of changing back. Miracleman plans to honor this and will never willingly revert to Mike Moran, however if someone says "abraxas" in his earshot he will still revert. Mr Mxyzptlk found this interesting and initially tried to play a prank by switching personalities; Mike would be the superhuman and Miracleman the..regular human. Before he could Doctor Manhattan noticed and told him [[DudeNotFunny what he's doing was insensitive]]. After reading ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'' the imp begrudgingly admitted "[[EveryoneHasStandards yeah, I guess it would be a jerk move]]", though he also made it clear "I'm still interested in seeing what he does here". |
| 89 | * This intentional LossOfIdentity is something the antiquarian Simon Petrikov wasn't sure how to feel about, though he will definitely be there to be a sympathetic ear for. [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake The context for why is a spoiler, though]]; [[spoiler:Years after being freed from the curse of the Ice Crown, Simon's depression was bad enough that he contemplated using an opportunity to become the Ice King again "for other people's sake", what would've essentially been a DeathByPersonality suicide (and given the trauma of being Ice King in the first place, a pretty morbid decision if he went through with it). However he managed to find new meaning and value in his life.]] Though somewhat unnerved by Miracleman, he is still sympathetic towards him. Alucard was a more critical of this decision, as he sees it as begrudgingly abandoning his humanity, though for a much more understandable reason than why so many people became vampires. And while Miracleman doesn't actively look down on humanity, he muses there's an implicit sense of superiority. Miracleman believes this view to be hypocritical. All being said, their disagreements are more ideological than anything and not eactly aggressive. |
| 90 | * This dual identity is part of what makes him distinct from the likes of Superman, and gives him more in common with the pantheon's official SupermanSubstitute; Robert Reynolds/the Sentry. The Sentry tries to be more traditionally heroic, but like Miracleman he can prove terrible at saving people in anything more than an immediate sense. He has the SexierAlterEgo and trouble with his wife, and their human identities are notably more pathetic...though Bob had more psychological issues than Mike. Of the many ascended deities who parallel the Man of Steel, the Sentry is perhaps the one who gets along with Miracleman the most on a personal level. On a more relaxed level, he enjoys chilling out at Metro Man's house, emphasizing with his desire to live his own life and not be defined by people's expectations of him. And, on a more somber level, he has a lot of sympathy for the Last Man of Alcatraz, who was genuinely heroic but who was used and abused by both the government and aliens. He fears he would've become a TragicMonster too had he and the rest of the Miracleman family not broken out of Dr Gargunza's grasp. |
| 91 | * There's a wrinkle in the comparison between Miracleman and the Sentry, in that there's a third personality; the SuperpoweredEvilSide, OmnicidalManiac Void. The Void is the Sentry's ArchEnemy, and an enemy that reminds Miracleman of his sidekick Johnny Bates ''completely psychopathic'' alter Kid Miracleman. Miracleman swears he'll do his best to contain the Void in order to help his new friend, but freely admits he's not the best at helping with this kind of stuff. He's still upset with having to kill Johnny Bates in order to stop Kid Miracleman ever coming back, and he dreads what might have happened if KM managed to subsume his human alter completely. That worst case scenario has kind of come true with Dark Danny, [[FutureMeScaresMe the ghost half of Danny in an alternate future]]. After being split off and possessing Vlad's ghost half he went on to eliminate the human side and was a virtually unopposed psychopath for ten years. The Spirit of the Millennium Ring also reminds Miracleman of Kid Miracleman, though fortunately Ryou would eventually be free of him. Attitude-wise, Kid Miracleman is similar to Dark Marik in that he starts as a semi-rational yet violent psychopath before devolving into utter AxCrazy ness while still possessing a dangerous amount of intelligence as they plan to laugh amidst the actions. He wants to help Ryou and the real Marik Ishtar never again be haunted by this dark side. |
| 92 | * He's also trying to aid Android 21 in permanently eliminating her hunger. The scientist has been making sure to distract [[spoiler:her...husband?]] Dr Gero from trying to experiment on him. He's opened up and told her a bit about his origins; the aliens who his powers derive from are the Qys. One of the universe's ruling superpowers, they have technology to allow them to switch between custom bodies at will. The Qys took him and Miraclewoman to their homeworld where the future was discussed by their ambassadors of the Qys and their mortal enemies the Warpsmiths, with Miraclewoman convincing the assembly that Earth should be a neutral world wherein the two cultures can work together and hopefully achieve some form of understanding. A third powerful race spoke to Miracleman upon his ascension; the Asteromorphs. Evolved descendants of ''homo sapiens'', they saw much potential in him and how he could aid their evolutionary cousins both to become better, and defend their burgeoning utopias from hostile aliens like the Qu. The Network, who were initially rather impressed by what he accomplished with the Qys, wanted to help him improve humanity. However Miracleman disagreed with their [[EvilColonialist more brutal imperialist ways of going about it]], and he does not trust them. Though they still don't seem to hate each other their ideological disagreements make them rivals more than anything. |
| 93 | * Superman's ArchEnemy Lex Luthor was livid at Miracleman's ascension since he sees even more of what he tries to project on Superman; that of an alien trying to suppress human progress. Critics of his rule has stated that he's effectively "sold humanity out to extraterrestrial powers" and spoiled the concept of utopia. However for Miracleman's flaws, Luthor is hardly in a position to call him out for anything, noting that "for someone who claims I'm out of touch with humanity [[EvilCannotComprehendGood you're not exactly a paragon of understanding, are you?]]. You're not as petty as Dr Gargunza, but not by much." The Boys are pretty distrustful of Miracleman for being this supe that basically took over the world, even if he made it a better place by most people's estimations. The Homelander is suspicious of him, claiming that Miracleman is trying to get in the way of [[FreudianSlip hi-American]] [[{{Eagleland}} hegemony]]. Miracleman considers him [[PsychopathicManchild an immature child]], however he does feel some sympathy for him as he was basically raised by a committee. It makes Miracleman fear that different circumstances in their youth is a major reason for why he didn't turn out like him, not his own personal values. |
| 94 | * A number of Nazi deities were intrigued by him, as they see him as he's this literal bright, blonde authoritarian {{Ubermensch}} "made" by a former Nazi collaborator. Miracleman finds this attention annoying as while you could argue he's a SuperSupremacist, he certainly isn't racist and he thinks their ideology woefully perverted and misunderstood the concept of an ubermensch. Miracleman lives on the more benevolent territory of being AboveGoodAndEvil, or BlueAndOrangeMorality depending on your interpretation. Most of his more traditionally heroic allies say it's the latter, noting he clearly tries to do right if how he does so is questionable. For example, by The Golden Age he grants wishes to those who reach him: he agrees to help a woman become an artist, but refuses to heal a young girl put in a coma by his fight in London. [[Pantheon/PowerLevelsAndAppearance The Moon God]] has been watching his utopia, seeing what another alien's influence does to the Earth compared to what his extensions have ended up doing. It's made him think; should he have directly interfered after all? |
| 95 | * A curious comparison could be made between him and Princess Bubblegum; she's a protective mother to her people and is seen as Lawful Good in-universe, however she loves the Candy Kingdom in a more grand level, having a number of morally grey moments. Both Miracleman and PB demonstrate [[BenevolentDictator how authoritarianism can be used as a force for good]], though it'll always have those more ethically questionable moments. The two are working together in hopes of truly bettering the world, as Bonnibel can appreciate the utility in an ally like Miracleman. In the sense of leadership and politics, the SupermanSubstitute that might relate to that the most could be Omni-Man. Having adopted human virtues like empathy, he would go on to reform Viltrumite society as TheGoodKing. [[spoiler:In the future, his son would as well]]. Miracleman counts on them as valued allies. Though he knows he'll get fodder from opposition saying he "sold out to aliens", he's opened up communication with the New Alliance of Free Stars and the Blorg Commonality. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | %%Some details I'm looking for feedback. How do you think the Doctor (and which incarnation) would stop Edgar? |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[folder:Edgar the Bug]] |
| 101 | '''[[Film/MenInBlack "Edgar"]], God of StumblingInTheNewForm''' (Edgar the Bug, [[NamedInTheAdaptation Kerb]]) |
| 102 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edgar_the_bug_2.jpg]] |
| 103 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ed_8.jpg]] |
| 104 | [[caption-width-right:350:Top to bottom: Edgar in his human "[[GenuineHumanHide disguise]]" and Edgar's actual appearance.]] |
| 105 | * Adopted from: Adopted from Tropers/{{Shinobi}} |
| 106 | * Hall: Pantheon/{{Shapeshifters}} (House of Pantheon/{{Shape}}) |
| 107 | * Lesser God |
| 108 | * Symbol: Cockroaches drinking sugar water |
| 109 | * Alignment: NeutralEvil |
| 110 | * Portfolio: InsectoidAliens, [[CreepyCockroach A Nasty Roach]] [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex With An Inferiority Complex]], BigBad, KillAndReplace Edgar [[GenuineHumanHide And Use His Hide As A Disguise]] ([[HughMann Not A Good One]], [[BodyHorror Especially Since Decomposition's A Thing]]), AtrociousArthropods, FantasticRacism towards mammals, EloquentInMyNativeTongue, [[AssholeVictim No-One Particularly Misses His "Host"]], [[AffablyEvil Tries To Be Cordial Around Humans]], [[PetTheDog Notably His Host's Wife]], SinisterSweetTooth, AxCrazy, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Has Sympathy For Earth's Bugs]] [[BerserkButton And Reacts Poorly To Them Being Squished]], StumblingInTheNewForm, EvilIsBigger, GeniusBruiser, [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe Still Kicking After Losing His Torso]], [[NoNameGiven His Actual Name Isn't Mentioned]] |
| 111 | * Domains: Bugs, Aliens, Criminals, "Disguises", Brutishness, Inferiority Complexes |
| 112 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/{{Arthropods}} Arachne, Shelob]], [[Pantheon/{{Insects}} The Terraformars]], [[Pantheon/FormMentalities Albedo (Ben 10)]] |
| 113 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork with: [[Pantheon/{{Extraterrestrials}} Zim]] |
| 114 | * Business relationship with: [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Charles Montgomery Burns]], [[Pantheon/{{Consumption}} Jabba the Hutt]], [[Pantheon/RoyaltyOther Nute Gunray]] |
| 115 | * Rival: [[Pantheon/TimePlacement Boris the Animal]] |
| 116 | * Enemies: '''[[Pantheon/PlainNeutral Agent K and Agent J]]''', "space cops" (so [[Pantheon/DreadAndValor the Earth Green Lanterns]], [[Pantheon/CelestialBodiesAndStars Team Lightyear, the Space Sheriffs]]), [[Pantheon/{{Futurama}} The Planet Express crew]], [[Pantheon/Warhammer40000 The Imperium of Mankind]], [[Pantheon/StarWars The Galactic Empire]] (albeit ineffectually), [[Pantheon/{{Mindsets}} Billy]], [[Pantheon/BeastHandlers Shino Aburame]], [[Pantheon/{{Unpopularity}} Dib]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Doctor]], [[Pantheon/GameMechanics the Spore Player Race]], [[Pantheon/{{Sizes}} Hank Pym/Ant-Man]], the human deities from the ''Pantheon/HalfLife'' franchise, XCOM |
| 117 | * SitcomArchnemesis with: [[Pantheon/{{Insects}} Fritz Von Meyer]] |
| 118 | * Respects: The Halls of Pantheon/{{Arthropods}} and Pantheon/{{Insects}} (except Lolth and the Radiance, because EvenEvilHasStandards), [[Pantheon/BeastHandlers Agitha]], [[Pantheon/CourageAndVirtue James Henry Trotter]] (one-sided; they're more wary of him) |
| 119 | * Annoyed by: [[Pantheon/{{Disguises}} Rubber Soul]], [[Pantheon/TortureAndMutilation Ramsay Bolton]] |
| 120 | * Distrusted by: [[Pantheon/ImpostorsAndImpersonations The Crewmates]], [[Pantheon/{{Extraterrestrials}} E.T the Extraterrestrial]] |
| 121 | * Imagine a giant cockroach, with unlimited strength, a massive inferiority complex, and a real short temper. That's a handy description of the alien terrorist known as Edgar the Bug, though strictly speaking "Edgar" is the name of his "disguise". Coming to Earth in hopes of obtaining [[MacGuffin the Arquillian Galaxy]], as a 12 foot cockroach he needed to keep that under wraps. So he killed a farm called Edgar and wore his hide like an ill-fitting suit. Given the radically different physiology [[StumblingInTheNewForm it made his movements awkward and gangly]], made worse by the fact [[BodyHorror natural decay was in effect]]. Still, it wouldn't matter if he got his plan to work; kickstart an Arquillian war against Earth, allowing him and his brethren to feed on all the dead bodies they want and use the power of the Galaxy for boundless energy. Time almost ran out, however he was fortunately thwarted by Agent J and Agent K. Even then, [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries he had family who wanted some payback for what happened]]. |
| 122 | * Edgar woke up from a dream of a warm, humid land with rivers of sugar water and all the detritus and carrion he could eat. If that was "Bug Heaven", the Men in Black felt whatever god they have was feeling merciful all things considered. To his horror, he woke up in the human "Edgar suit", in a domicile with spare "Edgar suits". He noticed unlike the original they were artificial, making them more viable for a disguise. Calming down, he decided to ask if anyone was there and what this was about. He was approached by an ambassador of the Court of the Gods saying he had woken up in a larger universe, the Trope Pantheon, and despite his crimes he did earn a new title; God of StumblingInTheNewForm. Since this was a second chance of life, the roach decided to take this. The Men in Black were livid at yet another major perp making his face known, and he wasn't too fond of seeing them again either. But hey, at this point Agent K and Agent J have kind of gotten used to stuff like this happening. |
| 123 | * He's generally just called Edgar, sometimes Edgar the Bug or even the Bug. This is because his true name isn't stated in the movie or almost any other form of media. He doesn't mind if people use it, learning [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries his brother would go by Edwin]], but he mentions that he is named in the novelization-Kerb. Bugs [[AlwaysChaoticEvil have a rep of being full on nasty]], though EvenEvilHasLovedOnes is still in effect. And [[EvenEvilHasStandards he's not without standards]], like being annoyed by "primitive gender squabbling" and J's brazen womanizing. This makes him ALighterShadeOfBlack compared to Boris the Animal. Both have a clear arthropod thing going on and their own schemes to make their people prosper at the expense of the Earth, but Edgar considers his ambitions too destructive and that they stand in the way of his own goals. Boris thinks Edgar is a hypocrite, pointing out by endangering the Earth he was also endangering the insects he was fond of that lived on it. The two aren't enemies per say, as the MIB have their attention, but they don't even try to get along. |
| 124 | * It's not clear how exactly he got the "suit" "off" Edgar the farmer, [[GoryDiscretionShot but fortunately we never see the remains]]. [[GenuineHumanHide Given he's tight fit in human skin]], [[FlayingAlive the farmer didn't]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath die peacefully]]. He wishes he could've made it a more fool-proof disguise, like how the Lich was able to fit into Billy's hide so well he even managed to hide the horn...and that's the only thing he'll say about the guy [[HorrifyingTheHorror as he's scared of the]] OmnicidalManiac. Ramsay Bolton wishes he could've witnessed what happened to the farmer and he wants to see Edgar more at work, as he's a fan of "[[FlayingAlive the Bolton tradition]]", however this creeps out Edgar. As he put it "[[FantasticRacism you mammals are under-evolved pond scum]] [[InsultToRocks but saying that would be a compliment]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards to a sicko like you!]]" He's more ambivalent towards [[Pantheon/ObsceneActions Leatherface]], the official holder of the GenuineHumanHide trope, but he still thinks he's a weirdo. |
| 125 | * Some have compared Edgar's disguise to [[Pantheon/{{Disguises}} Nothing There]]. Less alien and more [[EldritchAbomination abomination]], the entity disguises itself in someone else's skin, much like him, but these shells are actually very on-point. The entity has trouble with speech, but compensates with copying and mimic the various mannerisms and personality trains when they were still alive. However they still undergo decomposition, limiting its effectiveness as a disguise. The alien roach thinks it's a neat trick and is inspired to try and improve his impression of human beings so as to go undercover. He's set a goal for himself in being good enough to get under the radar from [[Pantheon/{{Protagonists}} Gordon Freeman]] and his friends, as they have a history of killing hundreds of hostile aliens and thwarting an AlienInvasion. XCOM is on the hunt for stopping whatever scheme he has, so if he's going to avoid capture by the Men in Black or similar groups he's got to improve in certain areas. |
| 126 | * His ability to impersonate human beings [[HughMann is limited]], though this is more due to physical problems than anything. Just because his disguise isn't all that convincing doesn't mean he's an idiot, as he's pretty cunning and good with technology; it's just that he's gotta make do what his massive frame permits. Rubber Soul heckled him for it, promoting his own ability to disguise himself, but rather than falling for the taunt the roach fired back; he critiqued him for [[PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing being so good at looking like other people, but not bothering to act like them]]. However he isn't interested in starting a fight, even if his {{Jerkass}} attitude annoys him, because he's curious as to what a properly trained Yellow Temperance could accomplish. Since Edgar is a hostile alien that impersonated a human being he's seen with distrust by the Crewmates. E.T also distrusts him, but for somewhat different reasons; Edgar's an alien hiding from the government, but in contrast to E.T he's a lot more hostile. |
| 127 | * There's some similarity to his disguise with [[Series/DoctorWho the Slitheen's skin suit]]. When Edgar learned about them, he decided he should try to go "for a vacation" on Raxacoricofallapatorius, since they had better suit disguise tech, but first he needed to take a snack. Said snack was Dib, who amusingly enough was fooled by his disguise[[note]]in fairness since his new disguise is artificial skin, it doesn't have the decay problem[[/note]] just long enough for the bug to get his hands on him. Fortunately the Doctor was present at the time and stopped him. Zim had a laugh at the whole thing but made it clear that Earth was his and [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he's only one allowed to defeat Dib]]. His posturing ego initially put Edgar off, but he tolerates and will occasionally try to work with him against a shared foe as they're mean insectoids with an attitude and many enemies. Though maybe he just want to get close to Irken technology, he also agrees on how he dislikes humans. |
| 128 | * Edgar has a general empathy for what humans would call bugs. He lets regular cockroaches hitch a ride on his body [[BerserkButton and loses his temper if someone squashes a bug]]. Because of this, he's remarkably civil in the Halls of Arthropods and Insects, [[AffablyEvil and is genuinely friendly at the inhabitants]]. He only makes a couple of exceptions in Lolth and the Radiance, as [[CompleteMonster they're so depraved]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards he can't stomach them]]. Plus the Radiance has the power to control other bugs. Asides from the Terraformas, though, no-one there really shares his goals and he tends to get attention from the space cops. While usually peaceful there, there was a "bar fight" when, while enjoying a nice pitcher of sugar water, Swarm's bees started drinking it. Edgar doesn't like Fritz Von Meyer much, not so much that [[ThoseWackyNazis he's a Nazi]] ([[InformedAttribute it's not like he's espoused those beliefs that much]]) but because he dislikes seeing an undead human command bees. |
| 129 | * One of his friends is Arachne, God-Mother of SpiderPeople. Unlike the sociopathic Lolth she actually cares deeply for her brood, and he warmed himself up to her after thrashing around Billy for his abuse of spiders. Despite all of his crimes [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Edgar has clear love for his kind]] and was appalled Billy would try to squish his own spider-son [[FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider who has been nothing but compassionate]] just because he has arachnophobia. He tried scooping his brains like ice cream [[YourBrainWontBeMuchOfAMeal but a hollow knock was all he got from his head]]. While more frog-like in his true form, and thus someone he's mildly prejudiced towards, Edgar likes Albedo somewhat due to his disgust for the human form he found himself stuck with. Due to hating humans more and his own inferiority complex he's somewhat sympathetic towards the Galvan. Albedo sees him more as a convenient ally to steal stuff for his experiments, but they'll still act relatively civil towards one another. |
| 130 | * You can often see him conversing and planning with the Terraformas, fellow roaches with a nasty attitude who look down on vertebrates. [[FantasticRacism Edgar's dislike of mammals]] might be partly down to [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex how arthropods are looked down on]]. While "space cops" are enemies of his pretty much by default, he is particularly contemptuous to governments that look down on his kind. The Imperium of Mankind is notoriously xenophobic, and see him as a disgusting Xenos criminal...I mean he is a criminal, but still. The Galactic Empire isn't as xenophobic, but they still don't like non-humans. Edgar cites their genocide of the Genosians as a reason to hate the empire, [[VillainHasAPoint and in fairness he's not wrong]], [[EvilVersusEvil nor is he that the Empire is an unpleasant institution]]. However he's seen as a rather minor threat by both governments, all things considered, which only made him angrier because he was being looked down upon. Less understandably, he's gotten hostile with Hank Pym and Shino Aburame as he doesn't like how they're humans that order around bugs, however he almost always pulls his punches so as to not harm the bugs they command. He somehow rationalizes this as "a dirty move" and uses this InsaneTrollLogic to fortify his own FantasticRacism. |
| 131 | * Though he doesn't like humans, he does make an exception for a few. As he's a criminal and a murderer who's actions endangered the Earth he's no friend of Agitha or James Henry Trotter, however he thinks [[YouAreACreditToYourRace "they're some of the good ones"]] due to their friendship and kinship with bugs. Mr Burns' curious fondness for bugs, with him being a beekeeper, got Edgar's attention. As an amoral billionaire he wasn't put off by Edgar being a 12 foot criminal cockroach and said that he would let him work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant so he can make money to keep up the disguise. The bug decided "eh, why not?" and decided he could do with hiding in the plant when the cops come, as [[Pantheon/{{Officers}} Springfield's elite]] are incompetent and Mr Burns usually has a bribe ready. Edgar has gotten some "side-jobs" from Nute Gunray (via Poggle the Lesser's recommendations) and Jabba the Hutt, where he uses his criminal skills to do dirty work for them. |
| 132 | * He's made a few new attempts to steal artifacts of immense power. First off, he swindled [[Pantheon/ArtifactsLibrary the Universal Remote]], initially believing its powers were exaggerated because if not why wasn't in Pantheon/MaximumSecurity (which he tried and predictably failed to break into). Having heard of some of the risks, until Team Lightyear could surprise and catch him he used it mainly to pause time whenever the Men in Black were in his sight so he could make a getaway. His next caper was trying to sneak into the Spore Player Character's ship to steal it for himself and be able to use all the ship's incredible abilities for himself, but he got kicked out while trying to figure out the controls. Finally he went to Planet Express to steal one of [[Pantheon/SpeechAToM the Professor's]] doomsday devices. This...[[TheBadGuyWins actually worked]], albeit the main reason Farnsworth's lax attitude to said devices. That being said he didn't have much bad to say about [[Pantheon/{{Phrases}} Zoidberg]], [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex as on some level]] he can sympathize a bit with the ButtMonkey status of a fellow arthropod. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | %%Who do you think could be the "first pick" deputy choices for the rings? This is what TBA is for. Also hit a bit of a writer's block with indigo, violet and white. What would you suggest I add? |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:The Lantern Rings]] |
| 138 | '''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Nine Lantern Corps Rings]]''' |
| 139 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ee46ef4e793efcbb2a5f4e654ae2b988a4cbb690_hq.jpg]] |
| 140 | * Note: Restoration and expansion |
| 141 | * Hall: Pantheon/TheArmory (Pantheon/TheGreatTreasury) |
| 142 | * Appearance: Nine rings with different colors and sigils |
| 143 | * Class Level: 3 |
| 144 | * Museum Check: Cleared (Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, White), Denied (Orange, Black), Limited Access (Red) |
| 145 | * Alignment: LawfulGood (the Indigo Tribe ring), NeutralGood (the Blue Lantern ring), LawfulNeutral (the Green Lantern ring), TrueNeutral (the White Lantern ring), ChaoticNeutral (the Red Lantern ring), NeutralEvil (the Orange and Black Lantern rings), The Sinestro and Star Sapphire/Yellow and Violet rings tend to be LawfulNeutral and ChaoticGood or LawfulEvil and ChaoticNeutral depending on the situation |
| 146 | * Portfolio |
| 147 | ** Generally applies to them all: [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower Flexibility of Abilities]], [[MagicAIsMagicA Stringent Rules]], The InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality, [[LightIsGood Some Of Them Are A Force For Good]], [[BrightIsNotGood Some Less So]], RingOfPower |
| 148 | ** Dependent on the ring: ThePowerOfHate, RedIsViolent (Red), {{Greed}}, [[TheCorruption Inflicts Great Avarice On The User]], [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne Grows Weaker The More Rings Are Active]], EnergyAbsorption (Orange), EgocentricTeamNaming, EvilCounterpart to the Green, [[IKnowWhatYouFear Weaponizes Your Fear]] (Sinestro/Yellow), SpacePolice, [[HeroicSpirit Powered By Willpower]], initially ThouShaltNotKill, [[SanityHasAdvantages More Useful Due To Not Affecting The User's Psyche]], EmeraldPower (Green), [[SurvivalMantra "All Will Be Well"]], [[KryptoniteFactor Basically Useless If A Green Lantern Isn't Nearby Or The User Despairs]], SolarCPU, HopeSproutsEternal, HopeBringer, [[GoodHurtsEvil Effective Against The More Negative Lanterns]] (Blue), PowerCopying, TeleportationWithDrawbacks, [[HeelFaceBrainwashing Normally Used To Force Sociopaths]] [[ForcedToFeelEmpathy To Be Compassionate]], EmpathicWeapon (Indigo), LoveRedeems (or HeelFaceBrainwashing if you want to be cynical), CrystalPrison, [[ThePowerOfLove Powered By Love]], [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Said Love Can Prove Overwhelming]], LoveFreak (Star Sapphire/Violet), DarkIsEvil, CameBackWrong, [[RevenantZombie Undead With All The Memories]] [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil And The Ring's Programming In Charge]], FromASingleCell, EmotionEater, [[AuraVision Sees Emotions]] (Black), AllYourPowersCombined, LifeEnergy (White) |
| 149 | * Domains: Power, Light, Constructs, Emotion (all but Black), Rage, Fire, Vengeance (Red), Avarice, Obsession, Absorption (Orange), Fear, Intimidation, Oppression (Yellow), Law Enforcement, Willpower (Green), Hope, Support (Blue), Compassion, Brainwashing (Indigo), Love, Crystals (Violet), The Undead, Darkness, Death (Black), Life (White) |
| 150 | * Ring wielders |
| 151 | ** Permanent: [[Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} Atros/Atrocitus]], [[Pantheon/AnimalCompanions Dex-Starr]] (Red), [[Pantheon/OutlooksOnJob Larfleeze]] (Orange), [[Pantheon/LegacyAndInfluence Thaal Sinestro]] (Yellow), [[Pantheon/DreadAndValor The Green Lanterns of Sector 2814]], [[Pantheon/{{Words}} Kilowog]], [[Pantheon/{{Successors}} Abin Sur]], [[Pantheon/PlanetaryBodiesAndSatellites Mogo]] (Green), [[Pantheon/ReligiousFigures Bro'dee Walker]] (Blue), [[Pantheon/AlignmentChanges Iroque/Indigo-1]] (Indigo), [[Pantheon/GemsAndJewellery Carol Ferris]] (Violet), [[Pantheon/InternalPowerSources William Hand/Black Hand]] (Black) |
| 152 | ** Temporarily: [[Pantheon/GenderSexMiscellaneous Kara Zor-El/Supergirl]] (Red), [[Pantheon/VillainousReputation Lex Luthor]] (Orange), [[Pantheon/FearInducers Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes High Councillor Kal-El/Regime Superman]], [[Pantheon/GoodAndEvilColors Mongul]] (Yellow), [[Pantheon/RebellionAndRevolution Ganthet]] (Green), [[Pantheon/{{Sizes}} Ray Palmer]], William Hand (Indigo) almost every ascended DC character that was deceased or previously deceased during the events of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' (Black), said resurrected mentioned (White). [[Pantheon/{{Superheroism}} Bruce Wayne/Batman]], [[Pantheon/{{Philosophy}} Diana/Wonder Woman]], [[Pantheon/NonVehicularTravel Barry Allen]], Thaal Sinestro and the first four Earth Green Lanterns have all possessed at least two rings on a temporary basis |
| 153 | * After the failure of the Manhunter robots, the Guardians of the Universe sought another way of keeping law and order throughout the universe. They would turn to the Emotional Spectrum, an energy field fueled by the emotions of sentient beings, and decide on the green light of willpower. The Green Lantern Corps utilizes a green power ring, which can create energy constructs based on the user's imagination. It requires the ability to overcome great fear to use. However, there are other power rings that utilize other emotions and parts of the Emotional Spectrum. All rings have the same core abilities, but what exactly they can do and the effect they have on the user depends on the color/emotion. They follow the ROYGBIV color pattern, with the rare white rings able to harness all the powers of the emotional spectrum. [[Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata Nekron]] would create a Black Lantern ring, which possesses the corpse of the dead to mimic their living self so as to elicit an emotional reaction and feed off it. |
| 154 | * Applies to the rings as a whole |
| 155 | ** In times past, the Green Lantern Corps had left a Green Lantern ring in the treasury to be used to recruit a member of the Trope Pantheon. When [[Pantheon/{{Emotion}} the Emotional Entities]] emerged in the Trope Pantheon, it caused an explosion of emotional energy that created eight rings representing each. This veritable rainbow caught the attention of the various Lantern Corps, with the exception of Larfleeze who was distracted with trying to break into Pantheon/MaximumSecurity. Bro'dee Walker would broker an arrangement; so as to not allow the rings to get into the wrong hands or out of their control, they should be moved to the Armory. He cited [[ComicBook/BlackestNight when they utilized deputy members against the Black Lanterns]], suggesting they should keep them here in case they need to deputize new members. Later on a Black Lantern ring was placed by Nekron's forces, and unfortunately for anyone not part of the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction it refuses to go away. |
| 156 | ** The power batteries required to recharge the power rings aren't in the Great Treasury. This is done in the interest of the leaders of the different Lantern Corps. The rings have 24 hours worth of charge and require a power battery to re-use, via the lantern oath. If someone wishes to use the ring for more than 24 hours they will have to get permission from the leader or leading member of each Lantern Corps. Each ring has a "first choice" for who gets deputized that most of the Lantern Corps are in agreement. Larfleeze is an exception because he ''refuses'' to allow anyone else to wield the orange ring, and in truth it and the black ring are meant to be held in permanent containment [[GodzillaThreshold unless the situation is so extreme it requires it]]. |
| 157 | *** Red: Bruce Banner/the Hulk. An interesting case where initially Atrocitus was against it, fearing the Hulk would lose control, but changed his mind. His opinion shifted due the events of ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', having become sincerely impressed by the Devil Hulk and declaring [[TranquilFury that alter has the clarity of all Hulks to use the ring's full potential]]. Due to his HealingFactor, he is also able to remove the ring without medical assistance. A specialized "baptism of blood" was made to make sure the one who wields this ring would not be reduced to an AxCrazy status. |
| 158 | *** Orange: [[Pantheon/{{Selfishness}} Wario]], the pantheon's official god of {{Greed}}, [[FriendlyRivalry is the only being Larfleeze can even imagine succeeding him as Orange Lantern if something were to happen to him]]. Due to the more light-hearted nature of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise and the inherent wackiness of Wario, he's seen as the safest substitute for Agent Orange. To date, however, the direness required to permit his usage of the orange ring hasn't happened yet, so his effectiveness with it is only theoretical. |
| 159 | *** Yellow: [[Pantheon/AncestorsAndLineage Anakin Skywalker]], also known as Darth Vader. It was an interesting choice, not one Sinestro planned not a choice he ruled out the ring picking. As Vader, [[TheDreaded he was definitely capable of instilling great fear]], [[VillainousValour yet a green ring could also be considered]] as the Korugarian noted. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork Their relationship is a strained one]], as they agree on many issues and share many enemies but also differ on a lot of things. While Sinestro knows Anakin is ashamed of his past, he has encouraged him to use that ability to instill fear [[PayEvilUntoEvil to deal with the deserving]]. [[Series/{{Ahsoka}} Following his re-encounter with Ahsoka as a Force ghost]], he has terms with his mixed legacies and is more accepting (if stil somewhat apprehensive) [[BadPowersGoodPeople about using a yellow power ring]]. |
| 160 | *** Green: TBA |
| 161 | *** Blue: TBA |
| 162 | *** Indigo: TBA. It's important to recognize TBA was chosen ''because'' TBA had great compassion, not that [[ForcedToFeelEmpathy it was forced on them]]. On its own, the indigo ring searches for that quality, which is why Ray Palmer was deputized during the Blackest Night. |
| 163 | *** Violet: TBA |
| 164 | *** Black: [[Pantheon/VillainousRoles The Lich]]. The Lich is perhaps the only being in the Trope Pantheon that fits Nekron's criteria for a [[NotBrainwashed willing]] Black Lantern-someone he can trust, someone who would actually get something out of the ring and someone who could get the most out of it. One of the Lich's favorite tricks in reanimating the cadaver of Billy to use as an emotional tactic against [[Pantheon/SwordsAndSabres Finn]]. |
| 165 | *** White: TBA |
| 166 | * Applies to the rings individually |
| 167 | ** Unlike most of the rings the Red Lantern ring has limited access due to the hazard it proposes to the user. Normally the ring would cause whoever wields it to go into a berserker mode, but the pantheon's ring is updated to keep the user's mind intact asides from the inherent anger required to power it. No, it's because it replaces the user's heart and blood, so if someone were to take it off they would undergo cardiac arrest and die unless they have a Blue Lantern to help, or some other way to fix the circulatory system. Usually Red Lanterns blast a fiery plasma that can burn even in space, so long as there is rage present. Atrocitus believes true rage comes more from [[Pantheon/RevengeAndRetribution Revenge]] and righteous Pantheon/{{Anger}}, not the kind of Pantheon/HatredAndRancor present in, well you get it. [[Pantheon/RevengeAndRetribution Edmond Dantes and Niko Bellic]] have tried to advise members of their Hall not to seek it the red ring out due to their experience with revenge. [[Pantheon/ActsOfRevenge Demise]] seeks to take that ring for himself, which Atrocitus feels would be "a perversion of the ring", and he intends for no truly evil deities to ever get their hands on it. |
| 168 | ** The Orange Lantern ring is not really meant to be used, but rather [[GodzillaThreshold for emergencies only]] and to complete the collection. This is because of two factors; Larfleeze will attack anyone who tries to use it as he's insistent only one can use the ring (in part because its power lessens the more people who use it), and [[TheCorruption whoever uses one will almost always be consumed greed]]. The [[IncorruptiblePurePureness incorruptibly pure]] like Tom Bombadil and Galahad who could resist the ring will be unable to use it. Despite the security [[Pantheon/{{Arthropods}} Shelob]] managed to swipe the ring. To everyone's horror [[PureIsNotGood she was so innately avaricious and hungry as to use it to its full extent]], actually winning the fight against Larfleeze [[SanityHasAdvantages who's experience was shrouded by his lack of lucidity]]. [[EnemyMine Hal had to help him get the ring off the spider]]. With its power to absorb energy, and use the victims of the wielder as constructs makes it a prize of Shang Tsung...however, he wishes to eliminate Larfleeze first so as to use its power without limit. |
| 169 | ** Sinestro's initial yellow power ring was basically a Green Lantern ring that exploited the yellow impurity within the Central Power Battery, but now it is specifically designed with fear in mind. Instead of seeking those with great fear, it's meant to ''instill'' great fear by using the target's fear against them. With this in mind, the yellow power ring synergizes incredibly well with [[Pantheon/MaximumSecurity Horror's Hand]]. Though it would also require overcoming one's greatest fear, he believes he may be more powerful than even utilizing Parallax with the two in his possession. For now, though, he will pick and choose who to deputize; anyone who tries to use it to pull a fast one on him will end up like Mongul. The GUAG keeps an eye on this ring [[BadPowersGoodPeople so whoever uses it is an asset]], something isn't enthused about but prefers it over the [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil GUAE]] having their eye on it for heavy hitters of theirs [[EvenEvilHasStandards he finds despicable]]. |
| 170 | ** The Green Lantern power ring is the one most people are familiar with; the original you might say. It is considered the most powerful weapon in the DC Universe, and has traits pretty much all rings have; FTL travel and the ability to survive in inhospitable environments, nigh-universal translation on par with [[Pantheon/SpaceManipulation the TARDIS]], and instant communication. Mogo is tied to the rings as they act as a sort of "moral compass", ensuring that the rings don't pick [[VillainousValour someone corrupt who has the power to overcome great fear]]. Yes, Sinestro was a Green Lantern, [[FallenHero but he used to be a good man]]. Because of the Green Lantern Corps' role as [[SpacePolice intergalactic law enforcement]], the House of Pantheon/LawAndJustice will often petition members of their own to be deputized. They're still shocked that Daffy Duck managed to use one in the past as "the Green Lantoon". |
| 171 | ** The Blue Lantern power ring is one of the strongest ''and'' weakest of all the power rings. Weakest, because hope without will is powerless; with no Green Lantern present it only can do the standard life support, translation and transportation. But ''with'' a Green Lantern its the most powerful outside the white ring, capable of [[SolarCPR rejuvenating stars]], [[GoodHurtsEvil weakening the more negative red, orange and yellow rings]], heal wounds and overcharge the green ring. It's important to remember if the wielder feels despair, the ring will leave them. The inherent capacity for good makes it the least favorite ring of the GUAE, with [[Pantheon/CrueltyAndSadism Junko Enoshima]] as the loudest critic. Many in the House of Pantheon/{{Despondency}} are hoping that the Blue Lantern Corps will replenish their numbers and that there should be more blue rings available in the pantheon, since unlike [[{{Sadist}} Junko]] most members of that house actually appreciate hope as a concept. |
| 172 | ** As previously mentioned, the pantheon's Indigo Tribe ring searches for those with great compassion. For the GUAG, this is preferable and not simply because some members have moral issues with Indigo-1's methods. Of course, for those who approve of her methods, they can always come to her to "unwillingly recruit" members. The indigo ring can manipulate the energies of other parts of the emotional spectrum, making it synergize well with other power rings. |
| 173 | ** The Star Sapphire, or Violet Power Ring is powered by love. Initially it had a more extreme and parasitic effect, making its wielders [[{{Yandere}} obsessed and violent with their love]], however the Zamarons worked to lessen the effect. While going after those with the ability to feel great love, they tend to have also experienced loss in their life. |
| 174 | ** If the orange ring's presence in the Great Treasury was troubling, the Black Lantern ring's presence signaled alarm bells. While the orange ring was understood as "emergencies only" the black ring is only there because the GUAD planted it. While the resurrected are safe from its effects unless Nekron has an emotional tether present, whatever corpse will always become [[HiveMind an extension of his will]] should the black ring possesses it, unless it is someone he implicitly trusts like the Lich. It's feared through much of the House of Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata as any technically dead resident aside from ghosts shall be ensnared by their Black Lantern persona, [[AndIMustScream aware of what's going on but unable to control it]]. Attempts to reprogram the ring so as to maintain one's own will have failed; the only people who succeeded at keeping their mind as a Black Lantern was Black Hand (who's got UndyingLoyalty to Nekron), Hal Jordan (who used Black Hand's ring) and any "Omega Lantern" (Black Lantern variants by way of [[Pantheon/{{Leadership}} Darkseid]]). Stopping the ring requires intense white light, a mix of green and other ring, or forcing the Black Lantern to feel emotion. |
| 175 | ** The White Lantern Corps has never been permanently established, and the white ring is the rarest and perhaps hardest to use of any. Anyone who the Life Entity has hosted itself in will naturally wield a white ring, but utilizing all seven parts of the emotional spectrum is another potential way to get a white ring. Instead of a power battery, the ring is charged by actions that would constitute "living". It's capable of resurrecting the dead (though most of the time attempts to do so will fail) and can create constructs that can potentially last longer than those cast by other lights. [[Pantheon/{{Pragmatism}} To Meridia's glee]], it's positively devastating when used on the undead, and since there are a number of good or neutral deities in the House of Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata usage of the ring is strictly prohibited there...the Hall of Pantheon/{{Ghosts}} being the exception due their more incorporeal status preventing harm. |
| 176 | ** There are actually two other Lantern Corps without rings in the pantheon. Much to Umbrax's disappointment the Ultraviolet Corps does not get a ring in the collection, however this is mainly because they use [[PowerTattoo tattoos]] in place of the ring and archiving that was a lot harder. If it were a ring, Junko Enoshima would almost certainly be its primary choice. There is also the Gold Lantern Corps who represent joy, theorized [[spoiler:to be a FusionDance of green and yellow corps]], however they're from the future and have some complications through it that prevented a gold power ring from being archived. Some consideration was made for archiving the Phantom Ring, which can be used by absolutely anybody to access any part of the Emotional Spectrum, but it's highly unstable. ''Any'' emotion no matter how small will access that power and it risks killing the user over prolonged usage. Its creator Rami has no intention of letting it into the Trope Pantheon and he's not planning to make a second one, but it was worth noting. |
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| 179 | [[folder:Pieces of Kryptonite]] |
| 180 | '''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} Pieces of Kryptonite]]''' |
| 181 | [[quoteright:576:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2672456_kryptonite_6.jpg]] |
| 182 | [[caption-width-right:576:A (mostly accurate) diagram of various types of kryptonite]] |
| 183 | * Note: Restoration |
| 184 | * House: Pantheon/TheArmory (Pantheon/TheGreatTreasury) |
| 185 | * Appearance: Glowing rocks of a variety of colors |
| 186 | * Class Level: 5 |
| 187 | * Museum Check: Granted |
| 188 | * Alignment: TrueNeutral (most kryptonite variants), ChaoticNeutral (red kryptonite) ChaoticEvil (black kryptonite) |
| 189 | * Portfolio: GreenRocks, AppliedPhlebotinum, MagneticPlotDevice, [[KryptoniteFactor Weakness Exploitation]], [[KryptoniteIsEverywhere Sometimes Common]] DependingOnTheWriter, [[FightOffTheKryptonite Can Be Fought Off]] [[ManOfKryptonite Or Weapon]][[KryptoniteRing ized]], SicklyGreenGlow |
| 190 | * Domains: Radiation, Weaknesses, Minerals, Meteorites |
| 191 | * Source of interest: Ascended Pantheon/{{Superman}} deities and those adjacent to them, [[Pantheon/{{Superheroism}} Bruce Wayne/Batman]] |
| 192 | * Hazardous to[[note]]has to be from the same universe[[/note]]: [[Pantheon/{{Heroism}} Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman]], [[Pantheon/PowerMentalities Jonathan Samuel Kent]], [[Pantheon/GenderSexMiscellaneous Kara Zor-El/Supergirl]], [[Pantheon/ClothingStyle Kon-El/Conner Kent]], [[Pantheon/{{Canines}} Krypto the Superdog]], [[Pantheon/InfluentialFigures Jor-El]], [[Pantheon/PrideAndEgotism Dru-Zod II/General Zod]], [[Pantheon/DimensionalAreas Hernan Guerra]], [[Pantheon/FearsomeArchetypes High Councillor Kal-El/Regime Superman]], [[Pantheon/{{Fanbase}} Kal-El of Earth-Prime/Superboy-Prime]] (most versions), [[Pantheon/FemaleAnatomy Kara Zor-L/Power Girl]] [[Pantheon/AdaptationalChanges Kal-L of Earth-30/Red Son Superman]] (depends on the continuity/canon), [[Pantheon/AntiVillains Bizarro]] (blue kryptonite only) |
| 193 | * Empowers: [[Pantheon/OffensivePowers John Corben/Metallo]] (as an energy source), [[Pantheon/LocationsAndSettings Ultraman]] (dependent on the canon) |
| 194 | * Often a being [[FlyingBrick of great power]] will have [[AchillesHeel a weakness to exploit]]. A KryptoniteFactor, if you will. But where does kryptonite come from? Originally, an unpublished 1940 Superman story proposed a green mineral called kryptonite as something that weakened the Man of Steel, Superman. Eventually adapted into the comics proper, kryptonite is a radioactive material that is usually harmless to human beings, but poisonous to Kryptonians. In its natural state it has a SicklyGreenGlow, however green is not the only color. There are a variety of kryptonite variants, though "green k" is by far the most well-known and understood kryptonite. |
| 195 | * The pieces kept down here do not represent all the Kryptonite in the Pantheon, but rather all the pieces that have been found and reported by various deities. Batman himself keeps a large supply of green Kryptonite in the event that Superman should ever FaceHeelTurn, as well as to keep it out of the hands of the villains. Most villains who are planning to fight Superman have attempted to steal some of the Kryptonite available outside the vault. Lex Luthor himself uses some as a power source for his Warsuit, though he claims it's because it makes a very potent power source, and that the only reason Kryptonite isn't used as an alternate form of power is because Superman (or any of his Kryptonian allies) wouldn't be able to be in any city powered by it, "and we wouldn't want that, would we?" |
| 196 | * Kryptonite is iconic for being a by-word for [[KryptoniteFactor weaknesses]]. Sure, the House of Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery is something [[WeakToMagic Superman doesn't have resistance to]], but that's because it affects him no differently than a normal human. Red sunlight can depower him, however kryptonite is outright poisonous. Typically in order to protect himself from the radiation [[KryptoniteProofSuit he wears a lead suit]], though [[ClothingDamage it's a lot less resistant to damage than Kryptonians are]]. [[Pantheon/CombatClothing Edna Mode]] has been commissioned to make more resilient suits, however she has made it clear "no capes!"; no matter how iconic Clark's red cape is, she's not a fan and [[SeriousBusiness refuses to incorporate it]]. A more basic suit is worn so the Man of Steel can conduct experiments with kryptonite in the Great Treasury, primarily green Kryptonite. He's given the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfGood a modified green KryptoniteRing in case he ends up being brainwashed to do evil, [[FaceHeelTurn or actually becomes evil]], with it being modified to cripple him in a fight but not potentially kill him via radiation poisoning. Considering other evil Kryptonians, [[ThouShaltNotKill he would prefer lethality not being an option if used against them too]]. |
| 197 | * The rarity of kryptonite on Earth depends on the continuity, but there's one place in the universe where the mineral is plentiful; the "asteroid belt" of Rao. As in, Krypton's shattered remains. The Trope Pantheon's additional supply of green kryptonite comes from the House of Pantheon/SpaceAndCosmos traveling to the star system. [[Pantheon/SpeechAToM Professor Farnsworth]] has sent [[Pantheon/{{Futurama}} the Planet Express crew]] on delivery to collect kryptonite for the Trope Pantheon. Unsurprisingly, Lex Luthor was one his main buyers, though it's worth noting that kryptonite isn't just useful against Kryptonians. Metallo has a kryptonite heart as a power source, since much like most radioactive materials it's a potent energy source. Further money has been made selling it off to the House of Pantheon/{{Weapons}}, where members of the Hall of Pantheon/BladedWeapons and Pantheon/{{Projectiles}} have been figuring out how to weaponize them. That said, unlike Lex residents are more concerned about how it would fair against General Zod or Regime Superman than how it would fair against the Man of Steel. |
| 198 | * The most common color, green, causes ill effects to Kryptonians exposed, with prolonged exposure eventually killing them. Generally kryptonite fails to affect kryptonians from a different universe. In order to deal with [[Pantheon/{{Superman}} the different universe Kryptonians]] there's a bunch of green variants with codenames; Green K-2 for Power Girl, Green K-30 for the Red Son Superman, Green K-33 for Superboy-Prime and Green K-49 for Regime Superman. It is important to note that it doesn't affect [[SupermanSubstitute Superman expies]] so using it to deal with the Plutonian's latest rampage is unfortunately a no-go. The most commonly brought up variants of the mineral are blue, red and gold kryptonite. Blue is basically Bizarro's kryptonite, with no effect on normal Kryptonians. Red can do a bunch of (often wacky) temporary mutations in Kryptonians, and gold initially permanently de-powered Kryptonians but now tends to be temporary. Black kryptonite typically splits Kryptonians into a good and evil side. It hasn't been tested on an already evil Kryptonian like General Zod or Regime Superman yet, and neither are in much rush since they already have experience fighting morally opposite members of their race. |
| 199 | * Named after Krypton the planet, given their origins. Not to be confused with the element krypton, which as one of the noble gases has nothing in common with the mineral. The House of Pantheon/{{Science}} has been studying kryptonite's composition, however they've gotten inconsistent results [[DependingOnTheWriter as what its made off depends on the continuity]]. One constant is that they're radioactive, and as the Hall of Pantheon/PoisonAndToxicity has surmised, should still be treated with caution by humans. This is because in a number of continuities it has a similarly adverse affect on the human body under long term exposure; Lex Luthor ended up getting cancer from long-term use of a KryptoniteRing...at least, green kryptonite works that way; we're not sure about the others. The House of Pantheon/HealthAndDiseases is studying blue kryptonite to see if it could have the reverse and help with radiation poisoning, but tests are inconclusive. |
| 200 | * [[Pantheon/FieldsOfScience Edward Elric]] is interested in studying kryptonite's composition because if he knows what it's made out of it can be reproduced alchemically. Not that he plans to use it, except as a deterrent against evil Kryptonians like General Zod of course. However the one deity most interested in experimenting with kryptonite in the pantheon is, obviously, Lex Luthor. Using his influence in the Houses of Pantheon/{{Commerce}} and Pantheon/{{Science}} he has been trying to "blend" it with different artifacts in the Great Treasury. He primarily intends to embed it with adamantium. The result is that while this krypto-adamantium is more brittle than normal (albeit still significantly more durable than steel) it allows you to cut through a Kryptonian like adamantium can cut through a human. |
| 201 | * [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation The SCP Foundation]] has been utilizing SCP-914 for experiments with kryptonite. Any accusations they are trying to contain Superman, or any other Kryptonian, has been denied. The main functions they use in tests are 1:1, Fine and Very Fine. What results they get can wildly vary, and it depends on which kryptonite they use. For the most part green kryptonite is the main test subject, as it's the base and most common version. They mainly experiment with green, blue, red and gold kryptonite. Black kryptonite has rather |
| 202 | ** 1:1: With regular green kryptonite, about 99% of the time it just switches it with a different form of kryptonite. Blue is the most common, followed by red. The rarest result is black. The other 1% it creates a new mineral that triggers a KryptoniteFactor in [[SupermanSubstitute Superman expies]]; a greenish rock that emits a painful sonic shriek for [[Pantheon/{{Derivatives}} Homelander]], for example. Blue usually just produces green-k when put through 1:1. Any non-standard kryptonite has an upwards of 10% chance of making a "false kryptonite" that uses a weakness for a SupermanSubstitute. So far no-one has made gold kryptonite with these experiments, suggesting it could be considered a "fine" kryptonite. Much of the Trope Pantheon's non-standard kryptonite is the result of this 1:1 experimentation. |
| 203 | ** Fine: Depends on how much is added. When a slab of green kryptonite was added, the result was a variety of weapons made out of kryptonite. But when just a small amount like a rock or KryptoniteRing is put in it has a chance of "upgrading" them. Fine green kryptonite has its lethality magnified, and has the same toxicity to humans as lead. Fine blue kryptonite is the same for Bizarro, and can lessen the effect of green k. Fine red kryptonite will always give the Kryptonian a detrimental mutation and last for a fortnight. Fine black kryptonite is theorized to further split a Kryptonian in several aspects of their personality or create some sort of HatePlague, but it hasn't been field tested yet. Fine gold kryptonite's full effects aren't understood, but they inevitably tested it on [[Pantheon/{{Psyches}} SCP-682]]. By some miracle it actually dampened his HealingFactor to the point he spent the next week [[DemBones as an animated skeleton]], however after he grew his flesh back a second attempt [[AdaptiveAbility had him emanate an aura that nullified kryptonite radiation]]. |
| 204 | ** Very Fine: Always enhances kryptonite's capabilities and changes the coloration, but usually in an unpredictable and unstable manner. Using green kryptonite resulted in the creation of "chartreuse" kryptonite, which not only nullifies Kryptonian powers like gold but poisons them like green. However unprotected humans suffer acute radiation poisoning akin to holding a similarly-sized chunk of uranium. Very fine blue or "teal" kryptonite does the same to Bizarros, but it actually heals human beings. Very fine red kryptonite is considered "infrared" kryptonite since it's only visible on that wavelength, and mutates whatever's near it. Nobody is in a rush to create "pitch black" kryptonite. Very fine gold (dubbed "24 karat") kryptonite didn't change color, but instead suppressed any innate powers to any species around them. This included humans' ability to perform basic human functions like produce bone marrow or have higher thoughts. Currently considered too dangerous to use as a contingency. |
| 205 | * While mentioned in the profile picture, jewel and white kryptonite aren't nearly as often mentioned. Jewel can enhance the psychic powers of Phantom Zone residents (at least in Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis its exact powers are somewhat unclear) and white kryptonite kills plant life. [[Pantheon/{{Commerce}} Mr Burns]] and [[Pantheon/{{Villainy}} Hoggish Greedly]] have tried to produce white kryptonite in order to make room for plots of land and construction. [[Pantheon/{{Teenagers}} The Planeteers]] opposes this, but they do acknowledge white kryptonite could be used for good as a weapon against hostile plant beings like [[Pantheon/GreenlandsAndGuardians Mordremoth]]. |
| 206 | * Some kryptonite variants haven't been collected yet, for a variety of reasons. One [[OldShame Superman doesn't like to talk about]] is pink kryptonite, which turns Kryptonians gay. The Hall of Pantheon/RomanticOrientation wants it for study out of curiosity; what would happen if a gay Kryptonian or someone else of that race who isn't straight had pink kryptonite? One variant, turquoise kryptonite, is in [[Pantheon/{{Derivatives}} the Batman That Laugh's]] hands, though he muses that "it's basically just regular kryptonite but it ignores the "can only affect Kryptonians from the same universe" rule". Orange kryptonite can give animals superpowers for a day, leading to people wondering how [[{{Mon}} Mons]] might be affected; if they put it next to a Charizard, could it potentially trigger a Mega Evolution or do something crazy like let him use a fifth move? Perhaps the holy grail of rare kryptonites is platinum kryptonite, which can permanently give a human Kryptonian powers via touch. Both the [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfGood GUAG]] and [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil GUAE]] having been financing research into making platinum kryptonite. |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[folder:Aja Oba]] |
| 210 | '''[[ComicBook/InfinitumAnAfrofuturistTale Aja Oba]], God of [[ImmortalGenius Immortal Geniuses]]''' (John) |
| 211 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/infinitum_quad_cover_22.jpg]] |
| 212 | [[caption-width-right:1000:Aja Oba throughout the ages]] |
| 213 | * Halls: Pantheon/IntellectualArchetypes (House of Pantheon/{{Knowledge}}), Pantheon/FormsOfImmortality (House of Pantheon/LifeAndVitality) |
| 214 | * Intermediate God (Greater God in his giant monolith form) |
| 215 | * Symbol: An infinity symbol in the center of a broken heart |
| 216 | * Alignment: LawfulNeutral |
| 217 | * Portfolio: An ImmortalGenius [[CompleteImmortality Who Not Even The End Of The Universe Can Put Down]], TimeAbyss, GeniusBruiser, [[DyingCurse Cursed With Eternal Life]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever And Agreeing That It's A Curse]], AntiHero turned GoodIsNotNice, growing StrongerWithAge, [[OutlivingOnesOffspring Outliving Whatever Family He Has]], [[LoveRedeems Growing Out Of His Warlord Phase Thanks To Ayeko]], becoming an ImmortalRuler and GodEmperor, [[DownerEnding Achieves Absolution Only To]] [[AndIMustScream Persist After The End Of Everything]], BeenThereShapedHistory, HealingFactor |
| 218 | * Domains: Immortality, Rulers, Regret, Loss, Intelligence, History |
| 219 | * Interested in: [[Pantheon/DeathAndPostmortem Death of the Endless]], [[Pantheon/AuthorityFigures Present and Future Zen'o]], [[Pantheon/DivineBehavior Beerus]] |
| 220 | * Allies: [[Pantheon/LifeAndVitality Van Hohenheim]], Hob Gadling, Dr Henry Morgan, Ashildr, [[Pantheon/RomanticOrientation Jack Harkness]], [[Pantheon/SpeechAToM Professor Hubert J Farnsworth]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Doctor]] (particularly his 10th incarnation), [[Pantheon/{{Sinners}} Kratos]], [[Pantheon/{{Touring}} AZ]], [[Pantheon/RacialAppearances Django Freeman]], [[Pantheon/RegretAndShame Nolan Grayson/Omni-Man]], [[Pantheon/{{Goals}} Meliodas]], [[Pantheon/SpecializedNarratives Gilgamesh]], [[Pantheon/TortureAndMutilation The Five Survivors]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities SCP-1440]], [[Pantheon/FieldsOfScience Senku Ishigami]] |
| 221 | * On good terms with: [[Pantheon/LegacyAndInfluence Abraham Lincoln]], [[Pantheon/AgeAndYouth Kraft Lawrence and Holo]], [[Pantheon/MannersOfRevival Carter Hall/Hawkman and Shiera Sanders/Hawkgirl]], [[Pantheon/SpaceAndCosmos The USS Enterprise -A/B Senior Crew]], [[Pantheon/CelestialBodiesAndStars The Space Sheriffs, Team Lightyear]], [[Pantheon/MagicMixed Albus Dumbledore]], Vulkan |
| 222 | * On speaking terms with: [[Pantheon/{{Voices}} The Wolf (Puss in Boots)]], [[Pantheon/PlanetaryBodiesAndSatellites Galan of Taa/Galactus]] |
| 223 | * Rivals: Lostbelt Qin Shi Huang ([[FriendlyRivalry somewhat amicably]]), [[Pantheon/CriminalActions Vadar Adg/Vandal Savage]], [[Pantheon/{{Pragmatism}} The Emperor of Mankind]] |
| 224 | * Enemies: [[Pantheon/{{Slaughter}} AM]], Tenebrae, [[Pantheon/{{Categorism}} Dr Weil]], [[Pantheon/AgeAndYouth Porky Minch]], [[Pantheon/VillainousAttitude Calvin J Candie and Stephen]], [[Pantheon/{{Categorism}} Col Benjamin Cameron]], [[Pantheon/{{Memes}} Moon Man]], [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Lord English]], [[Pantheon/DeathManipulators Doc Scratch]], [[Pantheon/UndeadAndPhasmata Nekron, Nagash the Undying]] and the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfDestruction, [[AliensAreBastards hostile aliens]] like [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialBehaviour the Dalek Empire]], [[Pantheon/FieldsOfScience Ultimate Reed Richards/The Maker]], [[Pantheon/HatredAndRancor Zamasu]], Voldemort |
| 225 | ** FriendlyEnemy with: [[Pantheon/FantasticalJobs Trazyn the Infinite]] |
| 226 | * Envied by: Tom Marvolo Riddle/Voldemort |
| 227 | * Pities: Czeslaw Meyer, [[Pantheon/FieldsOfMagic Sarda]] |
| 228 | * Opposes: [[Pantheon/{{Advertising}} The Incubators]] |
| 229 | * Opposed by: [[Pantheon/PovertyAndRiches Robert "Bob" Ewell]], [[Pantheon/AfterlifeEntities Grim]] |
| 230 | * Aja Oba was an African warlord renowned across the land for his military might, ruthless ambition and strong leadership. He and his equally-cunning consort, Queen Lewa, become the rulers of one of the earliest empires in human history. Everything changed one day when he sought out a child from his concubine Obinrin, betraying her by simply stealing their child from her. The sorceress curses him with immortality, forcing him to live with the consequences of his actions; he would outlive his family and his kingdom. Bitter, ruthless and notably vengeful, he would go on to eventually be MadeASlave, rebel, find himself in the World Wars, and gradually grow as a person. His millennia of life allowed him to grow fiercely intelligent, starting his own company, bankroll space colonization, and lead his own team of scientists in terraforming a new world. He'd see humanity through two great wars against an alien race, see peace, and eventually rule post-humanity as a GodEmperor. His abilities would go stronger with time, make peace with Obinrin, and he would live to see the end of the universe...and yet he would survive that. But the king did not die, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever much as]] [[AndIMustScream would want to]]. |
| 231 | * Aja Oba, or John as he would later be called, [[DownerEnding looked to have a grim ending]]. Surviving the end of the universe, he would be expected to deal with an eternity of loneliness. And yet it seemed even he underestimated how long "eternity" is; uncounted eons after the end, a machine showed up in the void. Before it could vanish he clung on to it, finding himself flung back to some point in the 31st century, albeit not the one he was familiar with. That machine was none other than the time machine of Professor Farnsworth, having [[Recap/FuturamaS8E6IKnowWhatYouDidNextXmas recently updated it to go backwards]] and remembering he still had a copy after Bender smashed the original. He was deeply grateful for what Professor Farnsworth did, and the two have been doing some scientific research together. That said the immortal knows Farnsworth's [[MadScientist a crackpot, if a brilliant one]]. The Trope Pantheon noticed his presence in New New York, and decided to investigate. With his great intellect and study of physics, they decided to officiate himself as an official member of the pantheon, representing the trope of the ImmortalGenius. |
| 232 | * When he had entombed himself as a GodEmperor of a dying Earth, Obinrin revealed that they are not immortal, they just live a long time. Aja Oba wonders if this was a lie, as he had outlived the universe itself. Though given a second chance in the Trope Pantheon, he fears that one day he will outlast the pantheon's universe and found himself [[AndIMustScream in a post-universal void]] ''again''. So he needed an answer on if he can die, and who else to answer that than Death of the Endless. It's said she's the only member of the Endless to be completely immortal, destined to close shop at the end of the universe, though one can only imagine what will happen to her afterwards. Her answer [[NonAnswer wasn't satisfying; "you get a lifetime"]]. [[NotSoOmniscientAfterAll Rumor has it even she doesn't know]], though it's more likely that she's simply dodging the question. The king intends to get an answer one day and is keeping his eye on her. Grim was bothered by this, as he really doesn't like how he's this immortal who spits in the face of his job, however he's made it clear to the skeleton [[WhoWantsToLiveForever if he knew how to stop being immortal he'd take it]]. Really, the whole beef is more down to Grim's feelings of inadequacy. The Wolf, as an incarnation of Death, is somewhat frustrated by his inability to die but he holds nothing against him as he believes that he does value life in spite of all the tragedy he experienced. |
| 233 | * The fear of an AndIMustScream scenario remains for Aja Oba, though it is more the fear of a true eternity of isolation than some "million years or so". AM was infuriated to no end learning about Aja Oba, a man who has helped guide the humanity he hates to exist all the way until the sun started to die. The fact he was left alone after the end of the universe can only mildly arouse his sadism knowing his accomplishments. Aja Oba has balked the malevolent computer, since as a man who has [[TimeAbyss lived beyond the end of the cosmos]] and who has experienced so much he would not be broken by being reduced to "a soft, jelly thing", musing he would merely have to "play the waiting game" until AM's circuitry fails. It might be a bluff, [[NervesOfSteel but it shows balls forged]] from having SeenItAll. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech He made it clear the AM is a "envious, stunted thing railing against his existence]] [[MisplacedRetribution with whatever innocents in his reach]]", and he will plans for those Five Survivors to never find themselves in his grip. He's automatically sympathetic to Czeslaw Meyer and Sarda for the suffering their immortality gives them, though with Sarda it's one-sided since he acknowledges he's [[{{Jerkass}} a jackass]] [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse who's sad past doesn't absolve him of his actions]]. |
| 234 | * Aja Oba became aware of Lord English, a Lord of Time who emerges at the NaturalEndOfTime as a summoning method. LE's goal, facilitated by his servant Doc Scratch, [[OmnicidalManiac is the destruction of everything]]. He's so absurdly powerful that he could [[KilledOffForReal make him stay dead]], however he's also a ''massive'' {{Jerkass}} [[CruelMercy who would rather spare him in the void so he may truly be alone]]. The Old Man From Nowhere noted "first time?" as LE had also given him a similar CruelMercy. He mused that like John, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever his curse]] is one born of hubris. Granted he was never a warlord, but [[EnemiesWithDeath he was quite a sore winner to the Brothers Death]]. As Aja Oba is immortal 1440's anomalous destruction has no effect on his person, though the same cannot be said for whatever building or other structure he's part of. [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation The SCP Foundation]] believes it might be worth their time keeping tracks on the former African king, especially if he's going to be more active in the fight against the GUAD. |
| 235 | * As someone who has seen the universe end, he cannot for the life of him fathom what could drive the GUAD outside of [[FeralVillain its more feral members]] to be an OmnicidalManiac. For starters, the universe is going to end eventually, and while some theorize/in some universes a new reality could emerge he feels that would probably happen anyway [[TheBadGuyWins even if they get what they want]]. Of course beings like Nekron find concepts like loneliness and boredom foreign to them, but with his knowledge of things like entropy their goals are more impatient than anything. He doesn't get why Nagash would want to rule TheNecrocracy [[ItsAllAboutMe where only he has free will]] either, since he'd basically be alone. Of course, this is down to Aja Oba not being TheSociopath; if he feels detached from humanity, it's because [[NeverBeHurtAgain he doesn't want to be hurt again]]. [[CompleteMonster They're utterly evil]] so these thoughts come a distant second to trying to stop them and hating them for their actions. He might hate Dr Weil more, as he feels that "the destruction of mankind is merely fleeting" [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans and humans and Reploids should live a living death]] for what they did to him...[[ItsAllAboutMe aka punish him for his massive war crimes]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil with a]] FateWorseThanDeath. |
| 236 | * Interestingly, Galactus of all beings has inspired a bit of hope in him. He used to be a mortal scientist who survived the end of his universe, only to be reborn as the might Eater of Worlds. It gives Aja Oba some hope that he might be given a second chance in a new reality. He serves as one of few humans Galactus will talk to, due to this similarity. It has made him less interested in the Incubators trying to sell their system to avert heat death, as he's noticed since they are a HiveMind they're essentially running an abusive system in order to preserve the existence [[ItsAllAboutMe of basically a single individual]] [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist in a way that benefits them and not the rest of the universe, despite their claims of good intentions]]. [[ObliviouslyEvil Kyubey doesn't seem to understand said accusations of selfishness]], [[BlueAndOrangeMorality mind you]]. Ashildr has also made him feel somewhat better about his situation. While not truly immortal, being TheAgeless, she managed to make it all the way to right before the universe's end and was happy to join [[Pantheon/OpposingFate Clara]] in "the long way round", travelling the cosmos again through space-time. She's let him join her on her borrowed TARDIS as she very well knows what it's like to be him, [[TheFogOfAges though she admits her memories are more limited by a standard human brain than his]]. |
| 237 | * Aja Oba has also expressed some interest in Beerus and the Zen'o, specifically due to [[DeaderThanDead their ability to destroy/Hakai and erase]]. Though he has held a warrior's code against suicide he did attempt it when his boyfriend Jose died, [[BungledSuicide only to come back from that]]. [[PetTheDog Beerus has advised him not to try]], since by his own admission his Hakai cannot finish off someone like Future Zamasu due to his wish on the Super Dragonballs for immortality, and Aja's immortality might equal or even surpass that. Since Zen'o erased Infinite Zamasu, that could work on him but [[EveryoneHasStandards but the Omni-King is uncomfortable with what amounts to euthanasia]]...and now that he's in the Trope Pantheon he's feeling less suicidal. Zamasu, almost on cue, balked at the presence of Aja Oba, saying to him that he will never be anything other than the warlord he used to be and that [[CruelMercy he hopes someone like him will be the]] SoleSurvivor so he forever be punished and burdened with humanity's "sins". The immortal has decided to just tune out the mad Kaioshin's ramblings, quickly seeing him for the CompleteMonster he is. |
| 238 | * [[TimeAbyss Is in the running for one of the oldest deities in the Trope Pantheon]], though there are other deities that chronologically predate him and could theoretically surpass him in age at some point. He was born some time before the Roman Empire, [[BeenThereShapedHistory having worked under Hannibal in the Punic Wars]]. By his own admission he wasn't a good guy in his early centuries; he was a cold-hearted warlord and empire-builder, stole his concubine's child and killed her people. Even afterwards he was more vengeful and bitter. In many ways, he and Vandal Savage aren't so different, as Vandal was a similarly brutal warlord and caveman in his mortal years. However Aja Oba would grow out of his violent ways, [[ShadowArchetype and Vandal never did]]. [[NotSoDifferentRemark They've told each other that they're almost like two sides of the same coin]], and hold rivalling ambitions for humanity. On Vandal's better days the two will debate each other's methods, but that does not mean their rivalry is a friendly one. He has a more friendly rivalry with Qin Shi Huang, as their rivalry is built more on disagreements as to what the best path of humanity, in contrast to Vandal [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans who is more interested in just controlling said path]] despite what rationalization he might use. |
| 239 | * A warlord eventually turned benevolent GodEmperor, Aja's story has proven an interesting tale for Gilgamesh, as he once tried to find immortality. Much like Aja Oba Gilgamesh used to be an immature, cruel king, however he would grow into a ReasonableAuthorityFigure that has loved and lost. Attention has been brought on him by other long-lived individuals that are or have been rulers, like Omni-Man and Kratos. Omni-Man is reminded a lot of the Immortal from his universe, who has been described by the superhero community as "[[VirtuousCharacterCopy good guy Vandal Savage]]". He also used to be Abraham Lincoln. As a former slave who fought for the Union in the Civil War, and a cunning leader himself, he respects the 16th president, the latter of which is curious as to what interactions Frederick Douglass might have had with him. Nolan Grayson and Kratos used to be more villainous in their past but over time they've matured into measured leaders, much like Aja Oba, so much like Gilgamesh they get along with him. |
| 240 | * One of his first steps to being a more admirable figure was when he was MadeASlave. Renamed John, something he kept for quite some time, he carved out a niche for himself as Master Bill Smith's prizefighter, married fellow slave Ambermae and started a family. Unfortunately, Smith finds out about Aja's efforts to flee slaves from other plantations, and had both Ambermae and the children hanged, driving Aja to brutally murder Smith and flee into the wilderness. With this in mind, he's got to give Django Freeman a round of applause. He's decided to aid him in freeing slaves, starting with giving the business to Candyman. Calvin Candie is horrified and flummoxed at a black man that's both [[ImmortalGenius exceedingly intelligent and immortal]], as his existence goes against every single one of his racist beliefs. The same could be said about the head the Klu Klux Klan, Col Benjamin, who has rationalized Aja Oba's existence as a racist interpretation of the Curse of Ham. Bob Ewell hates him for similar reasons, however as a pathetic LowerClassLout and irrelevant no-one the immortal feels more disgust than outrage. |
| 241 | * In the future, he would find wealth and success running a major corporation, using his influence to establish a colony in another star system, building the new world as a tribute to his lost kingdom and loved ones. The war humanity had with an alien race cost him his love Jason Jose, the first person he opened up to after his vow never to love again. Later, after transcending humanity, he becomes the ruler of the restored Earth - a superpowered monolith commanding the allegiance of every living sentient being on the planet. Some comparisons can be made between him as the Emperor of Mankind, however he had the benefit of living in a much more friendlier universe, and a peace was made with man and xenos, a peace that saw the two races merge. [[AbsoluteXenophobe To the Imperium, this is blasphemy of the highest order]]. The Emperor refuses to accept John's choices, seeing him as a rival for humanity's future, but more so than Vandal he is willing to be civil [[EnemyMine and work together for shared threats to human existence and development]]. There are beings like the Daleks who simply cannot be reasoned with. Due to his immortality the old African king can get up from an extermination, [[ImmortalityHurts but it still really hurts]]. |
| 242 | * With his ascension, he would become aware of the multiverse, and worlds with different physics and sciences from what he's familiar with. The House of Pantheon/MagicAndSorcery was of particular interest since the only true magic he remembers is the curse that gave him his immortality in the first place. He's used the time to research and understand magic [[MuggleWithADegreeInMagic even if much isn't accessible to him]]. [[Pantheon/FieldsOfScience Edward Elric]] helped him get the ropes, as despite being in said House he considers [[AlchemyIsMagic his trope]] more of a science. Lord Voldemort was rather livid at this, [[FantasticRacism as John is by his reckoning a muggle]], and the fact he has the immortality he's been looking for is infuriating. Voldemort's old teacher was a lot warmer to the former African king's study of magic. He can relate to his personal change and the pains in his past life; back in the day Dumbledore had some ambitions of UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, but learned the error of his ways. That being said, Aja Oba's expertise remains science. He's been aiding the USS Enterprise and some SpacePolice deities in space colonization. He's formed a kinship with Senku Ishigami over their use of science to improve the world, and with the same mindset in mind, he has come to abhor the Maker for his use of science for great evi. |
| 243 | * He's more of a resident of the "immortality" side of the ImmortalGenius trope, something driven by the fact he never had anyone who shared his condition in his 'verse (except for Obinrin, and he only found that out billions of years later). Despite a number of disagreements he has with his father and the Imperium's policies, Vulkan is amiable to Aja Oba, respecting him as [[GeniusBruiser a brilliant warrior]] who ultimately has humanity's best interest in mind despite said disagreements. While finding his actions deplorable Aja Oba sees Voldemort more envious than anything of what he has, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever though the envy's clearly one-sided]]. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood As love is a foreign concept to the Dark Lord, the idea losing people would sour the idea of immortality is foreign]]. The same could be said of the deeply cruel and sadistic Sith Emperor, who boasts to the other immortal he doesn't fear [[AndIMustScream what comes after]]; he plans to simply rest and wait until the universe starts a new. [[TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou Aja admits though that's the one good idea he has]]. On a brighter note, he's good friends with Hob Gadling despite the fact [[LivingForeverIsAwesome his outlook on immortality is totally different]]; He supposes there's a bit of any irony in it since he used to participate in the slave trade, however Gadling has long since forgone those actions and sees it as an OldShame. Hob Gadling and Henry Morgan have different outlooks with the latter closer to Aja Oba, but the three have a mutual understanding on the consequence, ups and downs of an eternal life. |
| 244 | * He wasn't alone in immortals who hurt from outliving those they love. Elric's father Van Hohenheim lived with the fear of outliving his children, though right before he was about to die he admitted he wanted to keep on living. Jack Harkness and the Doctor know the feeling of seeing who they care about die, something the 10th Doctor is more vocal about. Despite all the tragedies he's experienced, the Doctor [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome finds the universe just awesome]] and wants to encourage the immortal to look on the bright side of life, and he's welcome to join him on the TARDIS to explore it. In spite of how his love life has gone Aja Oba thinks Kraft and Holo are a cute couple. He's interested in Hawkman and Hawkgirl because they're a couple that has reincarnated and found each other across the centuries. One immortal friend he had as a result of bonding over the past is Meliodas. He was also cursed with immortality, but with the caveat that his love [[Pantheon/MannersOfRevival Elizabeth Liones]] would be reincarnated over and over. Aja Oba would try pacifism thanks to MLK's speeches, though he admits it was motivated more out of boredom. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Roswell, New Mexico]] |
| 248 | '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell,_New_Mexico Roswell, New Mexico]], Divine City Of [[RoswellThatEndsWell Mysterious Happenings In 1947]]''' (All American City-Alien City) |
| 249 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roswell_nm_main_street.jpg]] |
| 250 | [[caption-width-right:350:Main street in downtown Roswell]] |
| 251 | * Hall: Pantheon/AdministrativeCenters (The Pantheon/DominionsExpansion) |
| 252 | * Description: A humble city in Chaves County, New Mexico, with some sights from ufologists to enjoy |
| 253 | * Symbol: Its flag and seal |
| 254 | * Alignment: TrueNeutral (usually associated with LawfulNeutral government agents) |
| 255 | * Portfolio: RoswellThatEndsWell, StockUnsolvedMysteries, [[HistoricalInJoke Fodder For History Jokes]], [[GovernmentConspiracy Government Cover-Ups]], RealEventFictionalCause, supposed Area51 connections |
| 256 | * Domains: American Cities, Rumor and Speculation, Weather Balloons (officially), Cold War technologies (most likely), Aliens, [=UFOs=] (unofficially) |
| 257 | * [[RoswellThatEndsWell Notable visitors]]: [[Pantheon/{{Futurama}} The Planet Express crew]] sans Amy and [[Pantheon/ExtrovertCharacterization Hermes]], [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialAppearanceAndBiology Roger Smith]] |
| 258 | * Barred entry: [[Pantheon/ExtraterrestrialBehaviour The Harvesters]] |
| 259 | * Roswell is a humble city that serves as the seat of Chaves County, New Mexico. Its home to the New Mexico Military Institute, and was a sight for much of Robert Goddard's early rocket works. With a population of about 42,000 Roswell is by all rights just a normal city in the state, and wouldn't be well-known were it not for something that happened on July 7 1947. Personnel from the air field recovered materials from a ranch outside Roswell. Initial press release stated that the materials resembled a "flying disc", but issued a correction that it was in fact a weather balloon. The Roswell Incident was forgotten for over 30 years, until ufologist Stanton Friedman interviewed Major Jesse Marcel about it in 1978. He claimed that the government had pressured him into silence about what they had seen: the object recovered from Roswell was a spacecraft containing alien bodies. In the '90s, the government offered a new explanation of the events: there was a coverup, but it was to hide the existence of Project Mogul. However, this couldn't change the fact that the idea of aliens, or some other strange event, happened that day. The city has found a tourism niche with ufology, and has even referenced it in the city seal. |
| 260 | ** Something more of note: Roswell is the fifth largest city New Mexico, and home to their military institute. It's a center for irrigated farming, dairy, ranching, manufacturing, distribution and petroleum production. [[JustHereForGodzilla Of course let's face it, most are only interested because of the Roswell crash]]. |
| 261 | * Roswell's ascension wasn't something [[Pantheon/PlainNeutral The Men in Black]] or [[Pantheon/SourcesOfInformation the SCP Foundation]] were looking forward to. It had ascended previously, but they removed it from the Trope Pantheon for "security reasons". The city came back with a vengeance; while it is basically a replica of the "present day" Roswell, now it has a time portal in the air field that shows up about 100 feet above the city in 1947. [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality The Elite Time Patrol Enforcers]] was assigned to take care of this problem. Strict regulations are made to prevent any paradox or alteration to the timeline. For now, it mainly serves as a way to look back in time to how that day of July 7, 1947 went. However, anyone with a time machine of their own, say Doc Brown and Marty [=McFly=], doesn't have to follow these regulations. That said Emmett Brown doesn't plan to visit that time period, noting it's better if he doesn't go to a time where his younger self is present. |
| 262 | * It was a bit of a surprise to some that Area51 wasn't dually ascended as part of a package deal, since that's usually where they move whatever happened in Roswell to. Of course, it does make some sense as the government would prefer people not connecting more dots than they already have. [[Pantheon/LuckAndFortune Bugs]] have said that off the record, where you really want to go stuff about the Roswell incident [[Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction is Area 52]]. Some Russian deities wanted the Tunguska River to be ascended along with it [[TheTunguskaEvent since it has similar connotations]], albeit its more generally agreed in real like to have just been a meteorite, but the Court of the Gods made clear it would have to make its own case for dominion-ship. Additionally, while the main focus of Roswell as a dominion is something that happened in 1947, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch 1973 was also an eventful year for the city]] as [[Pantheon/NamePlacement Cobra Bubbles]] managed to save the Earth from aliens convincing them mosquitos are an endangered species. |
| 263 | * The trope that the city of Roswell was ascended under is RoswellThatEndsWell, and as the Trope Pantheon is a sort of hub/mass-crossover ''[[MultipleChoicePast all in-fiction explanations are true]]'', even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff. For [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality the Doctor]] this wasn't exactly new. But the specific event that [[TropeNamer gave the trope its name]] is something the Planet Express crew is intimately aware of. [[AccidentalTimeTravel Due to an accident involving a supernova and metal in the microwave]], [[Recap/FuturamaS3E19RoswellThatEndsWell they (asides from Scruffy, Hermes and Amy) are behind the Roswell incident]]. The ship was Bender's body that got damaged from a crash, and Zoidberg was the alien. One could only imagine how [[UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman Truman]] would react if he ascended. It's an incident [[Pantheon/TimeAndTemporality Philip J Fry]] is rather sheepish about his time due to certain mistakes [[MyOwnGrampa that made him his own grandfather]]. Because of [[TheChosenZero his important yet not so intelligent existence]] the space-time co-ordinates are guarded by the Elite Time Patrol Enforcers as a high priority status. |
| 264 | * Zoidberg went to Roswell in order to find one of his four hearts that got dissected, as the crew forgot to collect it with his other dissected[[note]]vivisected if we want to be technical[[/note]] organs. However he ended up selling his ticket to the local buffet after getting swindled by "Ronnie Roswell", for a "I Crashed In Roswell And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt" T-Shirt. Beheeyem was wearing another T-shirt, however instead of being swindled the Pokemon went along with it due to the fact it's implied the Elgyem line arrived in the Pokemon universe's equivalent of the Roswell incident. To Stan Smith's complete lack of surprise, "Ronnie Roswell" was a persona of Roger. Stan thought it was stupid for him to show up at the city he crashed to back in 1947, along with being confused that there were more aliens that crashed that day. Roger just said "hey it was a busy day" and justified his decision by saying he forgot some of his stuff at the crash site and figured if he was caught [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself he could just say it was a cosplay]]. |
| 265 | * Not all aliens that crashed in Roswell were friendly. Granted, [[ComedicSociopath Roger isn't exactly friendly]] but compared to the Harvesters he's a saint. One of their spaceships crashed in Roswell and it was later used to make a computer virus against the mothership. As the Roswell crash was key to humanity's victory over them, they despise the city and regularly send drones to try and destroy the city. Because of this, the Men in Black have had to amp the security within the city of Roswell and develop secret defense networks. Likeminded gods in the Trope Pantheon have aided in their new project, [=UnderRoswell=]. Basically its an underground city meant to serve as a secret government stronghold, and study of alien and classified phenomena. Before developing it they first needed to locate where Bender's head was so as to not disrupt [[TheSlowPath his trip back to the 31st century]]. [[AndIMustScream Despite being intombed for over a millennium]], he was actually enjoying it until his friends dug him up. |
| 266 | * Indiana Jones claims he was one of a team of 20 experts who were called in to analyze artifacts leftover from the saucer's wreckage. [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull After an escape from Area 51]], he's not exactly a trusted source. The SCP Foundation is rumored to have used amnestics on him in the past as Roswell [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1051 is where an alien egg showed up]], one that just happens to look like a saucer. Compared to some of the stuff they contain they don't consider the Roswell incident too spectacular, as the alien was essentially just a big ambush predator for them. Really it's the reports of time travel in the region that grab their attention. Interestingly as well-known as the Planet Express' trip was (they won an Emmy for that episode), [[Series/LostInSpace the Jupiter 2 crew]] did something similar "before it was cool". That said, they're not in the Roswell records since they landed in Michigan instead, and they were simply mistaken for aliens. |
| 267 | * [[VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus In an alternate]] [[AlternateHistory history]], [[Pantheon/HuntersAndSlayers BJ Blazkowicz]] infiltrated the Nazi-occupied Roswell to retrieve some secret technology. However it was terrestrial; created by a secretive cabal of Jewish scientists and inventors over a millennia before 1961. [[ThoseWackyNazis The ascended Nazi deities]] were intrigued by the numerous other aliens explanations which, due to the nature of the Trope Pantheon, [[MultipleChoicePast were all true in the ascended dominion]]. [[Pantheon/MotivationsForEvil The Red Skull]] has assigned [[Pantheon/{{Karma}} Hans Landa]] to use his credentials to spy on activity in Roswell, in order to see if it has use for his planned FourthReich. Personally Col Landa thinks this is a waste of his talent, and (probably correctly) suspects [[ReassignedToAntarctica this is some punishment for his past]] as a {{Turncoat}}. Conspiracy theorists had a field day imagining how it might match up with [[StupidJetpackHitler rumors of "Die Glocke" and Nazi UFOs]]. |
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| 343 | * In progress (7/10) |
| 344 | * Approved ideas (15/20). Feel free to PM and adopt if you're interested. Same with below |
| 345 | ** '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri The Alpha Centauri Star System]], Divine [[StockStarSystems Oft-Represented Star System]]''' |
| 346 | ** '''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Aegislash]], God of [[DefendCommand Defend Commands]]''': Old draft here: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=358 Aegislash]] |
| 347 | ** '''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Komala]], God of [[LaidBackKoala Laid-Back Koalas]]''' (Hall of Mammals, TrueNeutral) |
| 348 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Captain Gantu]], God of [[NetGun Net Guns]]''' (Hall of Firearms, LawfulNeutral) |
| 349 | ** '''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny Jurgen Voller]], God of [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct Trying (And Failing) To Remove Hitler Via Time Travel]]''' (Hall of Time Travelling, NeutralEvil) |
| 350 | ** '''[[Series/DoctorWho Donna Noble]], Goddess of MissingTheGoodStuff''' |
| 351 | ** '''[[Series/DoctorWho Cardiff]], Divine [[AliensInCardiff Small Town With Supernatural Occurrences]]''' |
| 352 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/Nimona2023 Nimona]], Goddess of PrimalPolymorphs''' (Pantheon/{{Shapeshifters}})-Adopted from Tropers/{{Excessive-Menace}} |
| 353 | ** [[WesternAnimation/Klaus2019 Jesper Johanssen and Klaus]]: {{Demythification}} |
| 354 | ** '''[[Literature/TheShadowOutOfTime the Great Race of Yith]], Divine Race of MentalSpaceTravel''' |
| 355 | ** '''[[Literature/HerbertWestReanimator Herbert West]], God of [[MadScientistLaboratory Mad Scientist Laboratories]]''': Adopted from Tropers/PhantomFire |
| 356 | ** '''[[Film/TheMatrixResurrections The Analyst]], God of [[TrilogyCreep Going Beyond A Third Installment]]''' |
| 357 | ** '''[[ComicBook/{{Bedlam}} Fillmore Press]], God of BehavioralConditioning''' |
| 358 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/CarolAndTheEndOfTheWorld Carol Kohl]], Goddess of Living JustBeforeTheEnd''' |
| 359 | ** '''[[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Frank and Julia Cotton]], Damned Couple Of [[AFamilyAffair In-Law Adultery]]''' |
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| 361 | * New ideas (main focus)-17/20. Feel free to PM and adopt if you want to. |
| 362 | ** '''[[Franchise/Ben10 Corrodium]]''': restoration of an idea made by worldofdraken. Corrodium is a notable phlebotinum from the Ben 10 franchise, mainly associated with aliens from the Anur system. It's this purple and potent energy source that acts as a mutagen to most non-Anur lifeforms, and is a plot device by Zs'skayr and his associates. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=4468 Original version here]] |
| 363 | ** '''[[Franchise/Ben10 The Anur System]], Celestial Seat Of [[HomeOfMonsters Monster-Inhabited Worlds]]''': restoration of an idea made by worldofdraken. The Anur System is a mysterious and spooky star system in the Ben 10 universe. It is a MonsterMash where the aliens there look and act very similarly to classical monsters and spooky folks from Earth. They've got aliens that are like ghosts, mummies, Frankenstein's Monster, werewolves and even vampires...well, sort of, Vladats are endangered nowadays. |
| 364 | ** '''[[Literature/HarryPotter The Deathly Hallows]]''': a restoration and expansion for the Great Treasury. Basically this is expanding on the old Elder Wand profile by bringing the other Deathly Hallows into the fold. They're important and legendary magical artifacts, said to have been given the the Peverell brothers by Death himself. The Elder Wand is said to be the most powerful wand however it is notoriously difficult to hold on to. The Resurrection Stone allows you to communicate with dead loved ones. And the Invisibility Cloak does what it says |
| 365 | ** '''[[Literature/HarryPotter Gilderoy Lockhart]], God of [[WriteWhoYouHate Being Based Off Who The Author Hates]]''' (Real and Legendary Pastiches, NeutralEvil)-Gilderoy Lockhart is the MilesGloriosus anti-mentor in Chamber of Secrets. This HateSink is based off of a real person that JK Rowling hated, "barely exaggerated" in personality from an enormous blowhard she had to deal with for two years. She hasn't specified who she hated to base him off to deny him the satisfaction |
| 366 | ** '''[[Myth/ClassicalMythology Polyphemus]], God of [[ClassicalCyclops Classically Monstrous Cyclops]]''' (Hall of Eye Appearances)-Polyphemus is a major antagonist in the Odyssey. Unlike the elder divine cyclops who were wise and built things for the Olympians, Polyphemus was a member of the more mortal cyclops. They were known as vicious, giant brutes [[ToServeMan who ate people]]. Many like Polyphemus were children of Poseidon. He has some HiddenDepths such as a musical talent, but otherwise fit the stereotype the Greeks started |
| 367 | ** '''[[Myth/EgyptianMythology Huitzilopochtli, Tlaloc, and Xipe Totec]], Triumvirate Deities Of HumanSacrifice''': the Aztecs are infamous for their practice of HumanSacrifice, an act they believed was a NecessarilyEvil to keep the natural order. Three major gods had their own take on sacrifice. Huitzilopochtli is the war deity of sacrifice that had the traditional heart-ripping out maneuver. Tlaloc is a rain and water god who's sacrifice involved dressing up seven children in the style of Tlaloc before pulling out their hearts, and the children crying before reaching the designated shrine was considered a good omen for abundant rain. The festival of Tozoztontli involved more child sacrifices in caves. And Xipe Totec, who flayed himself to feed humanity, has his sacrifices skinned and priests wore that skin |
| 368 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad The Golden Turd]]''': a restoration to the Grand Treasury. The accursed stool was created by Roger after a bad meal, and acts similarly to the One Ring; everyone who gets access to it will inevitably be corrupted by greed and become obsessed by its power. A potent ArtifactOfAttraction and ArtifactOfDoom, without exception, they will suffer a terrible fate because of it. [[spoiler:Roger has to resort to time travel to stop it's madness...and it more delays the inevitable than anything]]. [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13955282570A87068500&page=3970 Draft here]]%%Proposed 1/3 |
| 369 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Cleveland Orenthal Brown]], God of [[AbandonedCatchphrase Abandoned Catchphrases]]''' (Hall of Phrases, TrueNeutral)-Cleveland is the straight man of Peter's pals. He didn't have many quirks, but one of the things he was known is RapidFireNo, caused by him and his bathtub falling due to Peter's shenanigans. When this eventually lead to him leaving Quahog the catchphrase was dropped in the spin-off, and would remain dropped when he returned to the main show.%%Proposed 1/3 |
| 370 | ** '''[[Literature/XeeleeSequence The Interim Coalition Of Governance]], Unholy [[TheDictatorship Dictatorship]]''' (Hall of Manners Of Authority)-the Coalition is one the most extreme, psychopathic dictatorships in fiction. Think [[Literature/NinteenEigthyFour Oceania]] meets the LensmanArmRace. They're a totalitarian oligarchical dictatorship that uses omnipresent indoctrination, [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans thinks humanity should be in a state of constant suppression in order to be human]], will erase dissidents, commit genocide for even the pettiest of reasons ([[FateWorseThanDeath or make you wish they did]]) and [[AbsoluteXenophobe despises everyone and everything else]] |
| 371 | ** '''[[Literature/XeeleeSequence The Spline]], Deified [[LivingShip Living Ships]]''' (Hall of Air Travel)-adopted from Someone 404. The Spline used to be whale-like creatures living on a faraway planet. After a chance encounter with another alien species, they chose to redesign themselves into SpaceWhale like starships. Their nervous systems are wired into a control deck, their pores hold weapon and sensor emplacements, and specialized organs are used to keep passengers alive, among other adaptations. %%Greater Gods |
| 372 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Officer Barbrady and Sergeant Harrison Yates]], Co-Gods of [[PoliceAreUseless Useless Police]]''': the world of South Park is one full of idiots, and the police are no exception. Barbrady and Yates represent police incompetence, but in different ways. While Barbrady is technically a TokenGoodCop, he's a complete idiot who was illiterate until "Chickenlover" and is usually unable to deal with the situation at hand. Yates is somewhat smarter, however he's a stereotypical BigotWithABadge who joined the force to frame and arrest minorities, and when he's not being corrupt he's usually failing to solve the case like not picking up the hints [[ObviouslyEvil Michael Deets]] is the SerialKiller he's looking for%%Proposed 1/3 |
| 373 | ** '''[[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Stephen and Linda Stotch]], God and Goddess of [[YouAreGrounded Grounding]]''': Butters' abusive parents Stephen and Linda are very well-known for using grounding on Butters as a punishment. It's practically a catch phrase. Usually [[DisproportionateRetribution it's something minor]] or a misunderstanding, but in more recent episodes they have more of a legitimate case like using Facebook to spread misinformation. A video game reveals Stephen obsessively grounds Butters [[FreudianExcuse because his mother did so to him]] |
| 374 | ** '''[[UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury]], Deified [[TheFateOfThePrincesInTheTower Royal Princes With Fates Unknown]]''': the titular princes of the trope. Edward V and Richard were the sons of Edward IV, and thus his heirs after he died. But due to certain engagements of their fathers their parents' marriage was declared invalid and they were disinherited...and soon vanished from records. Much like Amelia Earhart what happened to them is one of those old mysteries. Much of the HistoricalVillainUpgrade of their uncle is that he had them offed. Maybe they died of natural causes...or maybe not. There were pretenders during Henry VII's reign claiming to be the lost princes. What happened to them is one of those famous British mysteries alongside Jack the Ripper's identity |
| 375 | ** I am considering UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria for UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain. So, why does Queen Victoria fit Victorian Britain, one of the most commonly explored historical periods of Britain? One of the longest running monarch, she ruled from 1837 to her death 1901. Much of 19th century Britain is remembered for the accomplishments, society and failings of that era. She pushed the "lie back and think of England, prim and proper society" stereotype of the era, though personally she didn't exactly live up to the stereotype. [[BeamMeUpScotty And no, she never said she wasn't amused]]. How do I word this to not come off as redundant? |
| 376 | ** '''[[Series/Loki2021 Loki Odinson (Variant L1130) and Sylvie Laufeydottir]], God and Goddess Of [[AlternateSelfShipping Being Shipped With Your Counterpart]]''' (Hall of Clones and Counterparts)-two of the main leads of the Loki series. Sylvia is a genderswapped version of Loki, and the Loki in this series is a variant from the timeline created when the Avengers went back in 2012 to get the Space Stone. Fans frequently shipped them together, which is only helped by the fact there is some serious ScrewYourself subtext. [[spoiler:It ends up becoming somewhat canon]] |
| 377 | ** I am thinking of giving [[ComicBook/{{Miracleman}} Johnny Bates/Kid Miracleman]] HelplessGoodSide, but I do not know how I should word it. A DeconstructedCharacterArchetype of the KidSidekick, Johnny is normally a sweet kid but his SuperpoweredEvilSide is a complete psycho. Bates is timid and horrified by this other persona, but he's also still a child due to Kid Miracleman having remained in superpower form since the early 60s, forcing Bates' body to remain in stasis for most of it with his mind helplessly trapped in Kid Miracleman's. He's bullied by his alter and forced to use summon him to avoid being assaulted. It's clear the only solution Miracleman has is to ShootTheDog the poor kid |
| 378 | ** '''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Koraidon and Miraidon]], Co-Deities Of Being ConditionedToBeWeak''': notable for being mascot legends with you since almost the start, being Ride Pokemon who are FishOutOfTemporalWater. The two are incredibly powerful Pokemon but they were severely traumatized by a more vicious member of their kind and start rather weak and incapable of fighting. Over time you help them retain their will and spirit, however even at the end you can't use them in a battle. |
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