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Ascensions: In-Progress
Phil Coulson
Director Philip J. Coulson, the God of Being Revived Against One's Will (Agent Coulson, Son of Coul, Phil, A.C., Jamie Flugelman, Ghost Rider)
- House: Life and Death (Manners of Revival)
- Demigod (prior to season 7) or Lesser God (season 7)
- Symbol: A pair of sunglasses or the SHIELD logo
- Theme Song: Agents of SHIELD Overture
- Alignment: Neutral Good with Lawful Good leanings
- Portfolio: Ascended Extra, Canon Foreigner who became a Canon Immigrant, Ascended Fanboy, Breakout Character, The Leader, Nice Guy until you piss him off, Unwanted Revival (twice), inspiring the best in people, Cybernetic Hand, revived the second time as a life-model decoy with Super-Strength
- Domains: Secret Agencies, Leadership, Death, Technology
- Herald: Audrey Nathan
- Allies:
- Marvel Universe: Steve Rogers/Captain America, Tony Stark/Iron Man, Thor, Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel and Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel, Nick Fury, Peggy Carter, Miles Morales/Spider-Man III, Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider, James Rhodes/War Machine, James Barnes/Winter Soldier, Hank Pym/Ant-Man I, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Amadeus Cho
- Other allies: Clark Kent/Superman, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Diana/Wonder Woman, Barry Allen/The Flash II, Wally West/The Flash III, Victor Stone/Cyborg, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Kara Zor-El/Supergirl, Dick Grayson/Nightwing, Jason Todd/Red Hood, The Green Lanterns of Sector 2814, Billy Batson/Shazam, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Neo, Trinity, Morpheus, John Connor, Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese, Agents J and K, The Chosen Four, Lucas, The Doctor, Jack Harkness, Rory Williams, Krillin, Ben and Gwen Tennyson, Max Tennyson, Kevin Levin
- Enemies: Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Johann Schmidt/Red Skull, HYDRA, Loki Laufeyson, Ultron, Thanos, Mephisto, Norman Osborn, Lex Luthor, Thaal Sinestro, Darkseid, Agent Smith, SKYNET, Boris the Animal, Porky Minch, Eobard Thawne/Professor Zoom, The Master, all evil deities in the House of Betrayal
- Opposes: Amanda Waller
- There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people to see if they could become something more. Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. was one of the people in charge of seeking out an recruiting these people. However, he knew they would never get along unless they had a sacrifice to motivate them. To this end, he faced Loki alone, giving his life to bring the Avengers together. Following this, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury used the T.A.H.I.T.I. project, a project designed to use Kree biology to resurrect a fallen Avenger, which Coulson was in charge of and had shut down, to bring Coulson back to life. All of Coulson's memories of the project and the Kree were wiped in order to prevent side effects. When Coulson learned of the circumstances of his revival, he was horrified and called Fury out on it. Years later, Coulson would give his life again to save the Earth, only to be brought back a year later as an LMD, upgraded with Chronicom technology, once more against his will.
- Several months after his team's final mission, he received a message from his protégé Daisy Johnson. Her space exploration team had found a world that turned out to be the Pantheon. Some other members of the team hurried over to assist, and after they had told their stories to the Court of the Gods, it was decided to consider them for godhood. Coulson was naturally the first one considered, and it was decided that he hold the title of God of Being Revived Against One's Will due to the fact that it had happened to him twice.
Melinda May
Agent Melinda Qiaolian May, the Goddess of Only Taking Guns if Necessary (Agent May, The Cavalry)
- House: Combat (Combat Other) and Weapons (Other Weapon Tropes)
- Lesser God
- Symbol: A SHIELD Airborne Mobile Command Station. Alternatively, a SHIELD Quinjet.
- Alignment: Neutral Good
- Portfolio: The Ace, Ace Pilot, In-Universe Memetic Badass which she hates because a child died during the mission that led to her reputation, actually having killed the child herself out of necessity, leading to severe trauma and her retirement from field work, being brought back into field work on the condition that she doesn't have to fight, Defrosting Ice Queen, only taking a gun if she needs one which she rarely does, being Coulson’s right-hand woman and the Team Mom, Disney Death, The Empath, retiring again in the last episode to become a teacher at SHIELD Academy
- Domains: Combat, Emotions, Martial Arts, Teaching
- Herald: Dr. Andrew Garner (her ex-husband)
- Allies: TBA
- Enemies: TBA
- Following Team Coulson's final mission, Daisy Johnson discovered the Pantheon while exploring deep space. This led to several members of the team being considered for godhood. Coulson requested that his longtime partner Melinda May be considered second, after himself. After carefully examining May's backstory and personality, as well as what tropes still needed gods, it was decided that she hold the position of Goddess of Only Taking Guns if Necessary.
- Despite primarily being a combatant in the field, May has a troubled history with combat. In the mid-to-late 2000s, she, Coulson, and several other agents were sent to Bahrain to peacefully intercept and register a powered individual known as Eva Belyakov. Instead, Eva and her hired mercenaries took every S.H.I.E.L.D. agent present, sans Coulson and May, hostage in a warehouse. May went in alone and killed several of Eva's mercenaries and Eva herself, saving the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. However, Eva's daughter Katya died in the crossfire. In reality, Katya was behind the whole thing. She had taken over the minds of the mercenaries and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, as well as her mother, in order to feel their pain. After May killed Eva, Katya revealed her true colors and threatened to kill the brainwashed agents, forcing May to kill her. The event left May traumatized and led to her retirement from field work until she was recruited for Team Coulson.
- May has stated that she doesn't actually have anything against guns. She merely doesn't feel that she needs them. She is usually right. In the rare event that she does need a gun, she will not hesitate to take one - usually from the enemy.
Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons
Dr. Leopold James "Leo" Fitz and Dr. Jemma Anne Simmons, God and Goddess of Genius Couples (Both: Fitzsimmons | Fitz: Turbo, The Doctor, Bobo | Simmons: Nana)
- House: Love (Couples Archetypes)
- Demigod (Fitz) | Quasideity (Simmons)
- Symbol: Their wedding rings
- Alignment: Neutral Good, with some Lawful Good leanings mostly on Jemma's side
