Trope Pantheons Discussion

Hail to you, Hrothgar! I am Hygelac’s kinsman and devoted thane; already in youth I have done many glorious deeds...

@RJ - Yeah, a hard pass for Mr. Truman . I don't even know if the guy has any notable fictionalized depictions in pop media, which sort of makes things harder.

Abstaining on the other two choices. I would like to see what others think about those suggestions before I could make a move.

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Edited by CrimsonShark on Feb 27th 2021 at 12:40:14 PM

Done with this.

Tanaka-kun, God of Sleepyheads

• Quasideity
• Symbol: A mini-roomba
• Theme Song: "Utatane Sunshine"
• Alignment: True Neutral out of laziness, leaning Good
• Portfolio: Tends to fall asleep at random, perpetual listlessness, actually thinks he's trash for being a lazy bum, but others disagree, pretty insightful and adept at giving advice, would probably be an excellent student if he tried harder
• Domains: Sleep, Laziness, Friendship
• Heralds: Ohta
• Allies: The Classical Literature Club (especially Oreki), Mako Reizei, Yoh Asakura, Totoro, Snorlax, Mordecai and Rigby, Seiichirou Kitano
• Pities: Madotsuki, Bedman
• Annoyed by: Robbie Rotten
• Opposes: Merak (Sumeragi Swordsmen)
• Tanaka is a high school boy mainly known for always being exhausted and falling asleep easily and randomly. For that reason, he has built his life philosophy around relaxing and doing as little as possible. Despite, or perhaps because of, his quirks, he has a way with attracting the interest of those around him and occasionally even their admiration for this seeming commitment to an unorthodox way of life. He also values his friends and family (even if it doesn't seem the case superficially), though he doesn't have much interest in romance, thinking it would be a bother.
• He simply woke up from one of his frequent naps one day and found himself in the Pantheon just like that. He thought it was all just a very weird dream, so he didn't make a fuss. Learning that he was chosen to become a god did get his attention as it made him worry that it was going to be a huge bother and his relaxed days were coming to an end, but the higher gods who appointed him clarified that they wanted him to behave like he usually does. Tanaka figured it was fine in that case, but he did request that they bring in his best friend Ohta as well; he basically can't function without Ohta, who carries him from place to place when he can't be bothered and generally looks after him. His request was granted and Tanaka was finally instated as a god and Ohta as his Herald. Ohta was more surprised about the Pantheon than Tanaka, but it didn't take long for him to settle on his usual mellow demeanor.
• Given he has elevated his lifestyle of laziness into a whole philosophy to the point of calculating his actions in order to exercise as little effort as possible, it stands to reason that he has made some friends in the Pantheon who also love nothing more than laze around all day. This circle of friends includes some "usual suspects" such as Mako Reizei and Yoh Asakura, but the one Tanaka has most in common with is Houtarou Oreki, who has his own view justifying his laziness that goes, "If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick." Tanaka finds it an admirable motto, though it saddened him to hear about the true reason Oreki holds such a mindset and he doesn't think it's healthy if it comes from such a place. Tanaka is happy that Oreki at least managed to find true friends who care about him, though he can't help but be reminded of his boisterous self-proclaimed apprentice Miyano whenever he sees Eru.
• He doesn't always think highly of his listless self, so he has some interest in deities who used to be lazy but managed to get over that flaw, such as Mordecai and Rigby. At first Tanaka was more interested in the novelty of a big blue jay and a raccoon who acted exactly like humans, but learning about their attempts to better themselves struck a bit of a chord in him. At the moment, though, he really can't see himself working hard towards something, even though he knows he'll have to do so someday. Mordecai and Rigby have expressed some concern for the way Tanaka is living his life now, although they acknowledge it's a good thing that at least he's an above-average student. For now Tanaka just observes the odd duo going on their strange adventures (and occasionally finds himself dragged into them, which he approaches as listlessly as he does most anything).
• Despite his personality, he doesn't seem to think that highly of deities who outright embody the sin of sloth. A particularly bad example of such deities is Merak of the Sumeragi Swordsmen, who has chosen to work for evil forces just because it's easier and is downright apathetic and callous when it comes to the lives of his underlings. It's not like there's much Tanaka can do about Merak, but obviously he has a reason to dislike those who give a bad rep to his favorite pasttime. Merak finds it mildly pitiful that they can't be friends as he thought Tanaka was a guy after his own heart, but he doesn't care that much either way.
• When it comes to Robbie Rotten, a villain determined to preserve the laziness of LazyTown, Tanaka finds himself more annoyed by him than anything because of his antics. In a way, Robbie's hard work at accomplishing his goal totally goes against Tanaka's personal philosophy of doing as little work as one can get away with. Plus, Tanaka doesn't really see the point of making everybody as lazy as he is. He thinks Robbie is better off stopping his battle with Sportacus and just go home and be lazy on his own without engaging in something as unnecessary and laborious as changing the world.
• Tanaka's favorite way of sleeping is outside, on the grass, on a sunny day. On different occasions while he was looking to try new, comfy places to sleep, he ran into Totoro and Snorlax dozing off and couldn't help but admire how peaceful the giant creatures looked. He also, more importantly, thought it might be very pleasant to sleep on their cushy-looking bellies and that's just what he did. Totoro and Snorlax, by all accounts, seem very tolerant of Tanaka doing this; perhaps it's the fact that Tanaka looks so peaceful while he sleeps that prevents them from taking offense.
• He would probably spend all his time sleeping if only he could get away with it, so hearing about deities who do exactly that made him slightly envious. At least at first, because some of the deities who do that are actually quite frightening individuals. There is Madotsuki, who forever walks in her dreams and has no qualms about stabbing anything that gets in her way, and also Bedman, an assassin who kills people in their sleep. From these examples, Tanaka has arrived at the conclusion that maybe it is better to be awake some of the time, so that sleeping time will carry even more value and won't be taken for granted. Though, at the same time he also pities Madotsuki and Bedman for the external circumstances that led them to sleep all the time.
• His unavoidable tendency to fall asleep in class is something that causes much grief to the teachers in the Elysium Academy, as well as the student council. Tanaka at first often found himself on the end of an earful for his behavior, but teachers and students soon gave up when it was clear he wouldn't change his ways and instead contented themselves with the fact that his attendance record and grades are very good. Which doesn't mean some teachers are not driven to tears and low self-esteem seeing Tanaka snooze through their classes, assuming he's bored by them.
• He was once approached by Seiichirou Kitano, which prompted Tanaka to try to give him his wallet so the thug-faced boy wouldn't mug him. He was oddly calm about it, all things considered; he simply resigned himself to the fact that he would never win in a fight the way he is and so tried to get it over with quickly. But actually, Tanaka had dropped his wallet somewhere and Kitano was trying to give it back to him, which surprised Tanaka (still as dull-faced as ever). Tanaka related the encounter to Ohta later that day and commented on how both he and Kitano had faces which scared others despite their good hearts and how Kitano must have a tiresome life because of it. After some time, both have become good friends with Kitano.

Abstaining on Truman. Much as I like the guy, a fictional depiction of him could be suggested instead.

Got two suggestions:

• Pfc. Gary Jasper and Pfc. Timothy Connor, Dual Deities of Anti-Infantry Combat and Anti-Structure Combat (Jasper, Jas; Connor) - The two main members of Baker's light machine gun and bazooka team, they're notably capable of suppressing large amounts of enemy infantry better than the Base of Fire Team (have both a much higher rate of fire and doing this from much longer range). And, unlike the Base of Fire Team's weapons, both the Browning M1919 and the Bazooka are a One-Hit Kill against anything short of a tank should an enemy get hit. While the bazooka team, in theory, would be more appropriate for the Anti-Armor role, in practice they're more often than not faced against enemy infantry hiding behind fortifications such as sandbags, machine gun emplacements in church towers, and even artillery gun positions, with the only instance of them engaging tanks in one mission. The only real downside they have is the lengthy reload for both the bazooka and machine gun, which leaves the team vulnerable to enemy fire.
• Sgt. Franklin Paddock, Patron Saint of Soldiers Hailing From The Countryside (Paddock, Mr. Deathwish) - I originally nominated Ronald "Red" Daniels for this trope, but I do believe Paddock shows off this trope better, Southern accent and all. Hailing from Kansas, Paddock is a brash hothead of a soldier who is known to be a Blood Knight and someone who loves going In Harm's Way. His Establishing Character Moment is attacking an enemy gun position alone and gunning down the entire crew before the latter can react. He's also notably a bit of a Genius Ditz, correctly deducing things such as German artillery emplacements not listed on any maps and the problems in 2nd squad before Operation Market-Garden, but also doing things like hurting his hand trying to bust open an unlocked church door or having artillery fire dropped near friendly positions while targeting a fleeing enemy.

Edited by Rmpdc on Feb 27th 2021 at 8:39:45 PM

@ Wootzits:

Let's go back to reality. Together.

@Wootz:

Tanaka is up.

Anything for this early draft?

Bring up the fact that they’ve been appearing in Smash.

Enemies of The Silencerz, a top-secret US Government Conspiracy intent on making First Contact, while also fighting a hostile group of alien robots, The Racing Drones.

@Truman: . That guy is way too not notable in fiction for me to thumb up.

Yeah, it's not like he snuffed out thousands of lives or anything and ascending him because of that alone would be horrifyingly insensitive, no, the man's main problem was that he wasn't notable enough.

Edited by WeirdWarrior on Feb 27th 2021 at 12:05:55 PM

Posting for feedback.

Princess Kaguya, Goddess of Impossible Tasks (Takenoko/Li'l Bamboo)

• Quasideity
• Symbol: Bamboo shoots
• Theme Song: "Warabe Uta", "Inochi no Kioku"
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Born from a bamboo shoot, happily raised in the country as One of the Boys until she is made a princess, which makes her unhappy, gave impossible tasks to stave off her suitors, actually comes from the moon and wanted to experience life on Earth, can't avoid going back to the moon against her wishes
• Domains: Women, The Country, The Moon, Happiness
• Heralds: The bamboo cutter and his wife
• Allies: Many Studio Ghibli deities, Amaterasu, Thumbelina, Momotaro, Merida
• Enemies:
• An elderly bamboo cutter found a tiny girl in a bamboo shoot. Thinking her to be a gift from the heavens, he treated her as a princess and brought her home to be raised by him and his wife. Her incredibly rapid growth got her named Takenoko by the village children, who she grew up happily with. Her adoptive father, however, had grandiose plans for her and amassed enough of a fortune to move his family to the city and become part of the aristocracy. Kaguya, as she came to be christened, was unhappy in this new world of ranks, ceremonies and restrictions, and dreamed of her home in the mountains. Adding to her sadness, she had many suitors, who all proclaimed their love for her in overwrought terms without having even met her, so she gave them impossible tasks, based on their proclamations, to drive them away. Eventually, word of her reached the Emperor, who tried taking her for himself; the traumatic event summoned her memories of when she lived on the moon and yearned to live on Earth. She also knew that the people on the moon were about to come and take her back, which she didn't want as she loved her time on Earth and her family. But they did come and, whether she wanted it or not, took her, erasing her Earth memories.
• Although Kaguya's memories were erased, the sensation that she had lost something remained. Eventually, spurred on by a conversation with the other resident who had once gone to Earth, she rebelled against the moon people by running away to the dark side of the moon. From there, she stumbled into the Pantheon. At some point she got tired from all the running and fell asleep on a rather fluffy pile of grass, which was really the nature spirit Totoro, who didn't mind. She was then found by the Kusakabe sisters, who brought her to their temple (which, being in the country, rang a bell for Kaguya as it was similar to her childhood home on Earth). Introductions were made and the sisters explained the Pantheon to Kaguya (as well as they could, considering their young age). Kaguya found it fascinating and wished to stay as long as she could, but she thought her people might come for her soon. The Kusakabes spread the word about their new friend and soon enough, all the Ghibli deities and some others knew about her and were willing to help her. When the moon people came, everybody who sympathized with Kaguya teamed up to drive them away. None of the tricks the moon people had used before worked, so they were forced to retreat. In the aftermath, Kaguya was instated in the Pantheon as a goddess.
• Kaguya was thus set up at her own temple with little to no danger of the moon people coming to take her away. Still, her missing memories gave her a sort of emotional hole and she felt sad much of the time. One day she was visited by the wolf goddess Amaterasu. Kaguya was rather happy to have a pretty white dog to play with, but Amaterasu had other ideas; she had Kaguya climb on her back and together they went off to her world, more specifically her adoptive parents' home. Seeing her home and parents again, not to mention their tearful reactions to her return, did the trick for jogging her memory and a heartwarming reunion was had. Then they were all brought into the Pantheon and Kaguya's parents were installed as her Heralds, with her temple turning into a replica of their home in the mountains for extra comfort. Kaguya is forever grateful to Amaterasu for helping her remember and reunite with her beloved parents. Amaterasu is only too glad to help and likes to visit and play with her once in a while.
  • One might wonder why Kaguya hasn't brought in her best friend/possible love interest Sutemaru as well. Kaguya certainly misses him very much and likely felt tempted, but Sutemaru has a wife and child and it would be all kinds of wrong to talk him into tearing himself away from his family, who surely need him much more than Kaguya does. Kaguya contents herself with her memories of him.
• She was quickly welcomed by Thumbelina and Momotaro, who share the circumstances of their birth with her, being all born from some kind of plant. Kaguya was additionally surprised to learn about Thumbelina's own troubles with having had many prospective suitors for marriage she did not want. Fortunately, she found her happy ending when she married a fairy prince well-suited to her. Kaguya supposes it's fine then, though remains a bit mistified at how that worked out when they still barely knew each other. When it comes to Momotaro, Kaguya likes hearing about all the adventures he has gone on and play with his animal friends, who all seem fond of her. Kaguya is tomboyish enough that she feels slightly jealous that she never got to go on some great adventure, but reasons that now that she's in the Pantheon, there will surely be all kinds of opportunities.
• Kaguya is a strong-willed girl, but she respected her parents' wishes, which is why she didn't protest too strongly when her father decided to bring her to the city and make themselves into aristocrats, despite Kaguya hating the stifling lifestyle. Still, she rebelled in some ways, as shown with how she dealt with the five men who asked for her hand in marriage. This incident in particular got her the respect of the Scottish princess Merida, who likewise got the idea of letting her three suitors try to win her hand through an archery contest, and then she proceeded to best them all with her skills. Otherwise, Merida was a lot more rebellious towards her parents than Kaguya, which got her into a lot of trouble. But even if they don't entirely agree on the subject of filial piety, they still have a lot of fun with each other since they are both big fans of the outdoors.

Isn't Celesteela based on Kaguya?

What else should I add to these two?

Cobra Bubbles, God of Embarrassing Last Names

• House: Naming Convention (House of Naming)
• Demigod
• Symbol: His "Cobra" Knuckle Tattoos
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Portfolio: Badass Baritone and Scary Black Man Still With The Surname Bubbles (And First Name Cobra), Bald Of Awesome, Brutal Honesty, Was An Antagonist, But Just Doing His Job, Sympathetic, If Not All That Friendly, The Men in Black, Reasonable Authority Figure
• Domains: The CIA, Social Workers, Intimidation, Investigation, Extraterrestrials
• Herald: Shush/Experiment 324^note that's "three-two-four", not "three hundred and four"
• Keeping tabs on: Jumba's Experiments, any extraterrestrial activity in Hawaii, Necrozma, The Ultra Beasts, the Extraterrestrials house (especially) Roger the Alien
• Allies: Lilo and Sitch, Agent K and Agent J, Conrad S Hauser and Snake Eyes, Mary Poppins and the rest of the Heroic Protectors Of Family, The Blorg Community, The Silencerz, the Grand United Alliance of Good
• Headbutting Heroes with: Stan Smith and Avery Bullock
• Enemies: Hamsterviel, Boris the Animal, Cobra Commander, Destro and the Baroness, Zim, evil and invasive aliens in general, The Child Abuse Supporters
• Opposes: Abusive Parents on principle
• Uncertain on: The SCP Foundation
• Cobra Bubbles is a stern social worker and supposedly former CIA agent concerned with Lilo and Nani's relationship. While gruff and not all that friendly, he means well for her. However it's not just family environments he has to worry about, what with the arrival of the alien Stitch. Having had experience with extraterrestrials in the past, and secretly a member of a Men In Black-type organization, he becomes an important player in the strange alien occurrences in Hawaii.
• Yes, his surname is "Bubbles". He admits it's kind of embarrassing, which is why he prefers to only be referred by his first name of Cobra. This doesn't stop him from being badass. The dude was able to convince an invading alien force to spare Earth by lying and saying that insects were an endangered species. Cobra's skill in defending the Earth shows he's a brilliant operator, and a strong asset to the GUAG.
• If you want to be more specific on the time he saved the world, it's because he convinced them mosquitos were endangered. The fact he made such a bold-faced lie and convinced them is all the more impressive. This happened in Roswell, though in 1973 rather than 1947. However he did end up finding Bender's head buried in the ground from the incident. Having been informed of the time traveling of that Roswell incident, he let Bender's head continue his rest in the ground to avoid a nasty time paradox.
• It's not known if the organization he works for is literally the Men in Black, but in the pantheon they are for all intents and purposes. He's keeping tabs on the House of Extraterrestrials for them. Naturally this makes him an enemy of any hostile alien, and this also includes Zim. He's not an idiot and sees past his Paper-Thin Disguise, nor does he think that "because Zim's an idiot, he doesn't pose a threat to mankind" because he's seen evidence that he can be.
• Due to his role in extraterrestrial phenomenon and First Contact scenarios, Cobra is also working alongside the Silencerz, who are another top-secret US government that's capable of combating hostile aliens. He is also working with the Blorg Community to expand humanity's reach and eye in case of alien threats.
• Much of Cobra Bubbles' attention in matters of the extraterrestrial are on Hawaii. By extension, this includes Alola. As such, he is on full alert when it comes to the Ultra Beasts, and especially Necrozma after their invasion there. Fortunately Necrozma has found its one true place with Nebby and the unascended Gen VII protagonist, however it still posed a threat only comparable to Jumba's greatest experiments.
• Though he didn't have enough connections to make Shush a god, he was able to make him his herald. For those in the know, Shush was one of Jumba's experiments meant for eavesdropping. Now he's an espionage agent for the CIA, which Cobra actually still works with. He wasn't exactly pleased to learn that Avery Bullock and Stan Smith have maintained their job, however when not goofing around or distracted by their own emotions they can be surprisingly effective. He's willing to work with them, but wishes they could be more competent and often plays the Straight Man to their wacky antics.
• He is keeping watch out for Stan because he makes sure Roger doesn't misbehave too much. Of course, he can't let Stan know he knows about Roger being an alien. On Roger, he has made it clear to him he is watching and the moment he proves himself a significant enough threat to the safety of the human race, he will tell every CIA operative of his alien nature. Any attempts Roger made at intimidating Cobra failed and has made it a point that he has tangled with worse.
  • As part of his connections to the CIA, he is an enemy of Cobra and an ally of the G.I Joes.
• Cobra still takes his job as a social worker seriously, and as such he makes frequent visits to the House of Family, especially the Family Dysfunctions wing. Immediately he was enraged by the Child Abuse Supporters and has sworn to bring them to justice, along with destroying their faction. To start with, he's buffed support for the Heroic Protectors of Family and made it clear he's watching any abusive parent in the pantheon. Among the Heroic Protectors of Family he works the closest with Mary Poppins.
• Cobra Bubbles might have some connection to the SCP Foundation given their closeness to the Men in Black. He's not confirming or denying that, but he does admit he is researching the extraterrestrial SCPs. So far he's only really keeping checks on SCP-1171-1. Though racist, Beauremont is a non-issue.

Jacob Luke "Jake" Long, God of Were-Dragons (The American Dragon)

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• Houses: Dragons (House of Beast), Transformations (House of Shape)
• Intermediate God
• Symbol: A gong with his human shadow imposed on a dragon shadow
• Theme Song: The American Dragon intro theme songs (both Season 1 and 2)
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Weredragon through Dragon Ancestry, The Hero (Knight in Sour Armor and Pragmatic Hero type), Cocky, Shirks Responsibilities But Noble And Heroic, Heroic Red Dragons, Half-Caucasian, Half-Chinese, Big Eater, Beware the Nice Ones, Protagonist Title
• Domains: Dragons, Heroism, Teenagers, Shapeshifters
• Allies: Lilo and Stitch, Spyro the Dragon, Harry Potter, Io, Bahamut, Crossbreed Priscilla, Ryu(Breath of Fire), Peter Parker/Spider Man
• On good terms with: Benevolent members of the House of Otherness, most dragons really
• Friendly Rival: Danny Phantom
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Daenerys Targaryen (enemies with TV incarnation), The Dovahkiin
• Enemies: Acnologia, dragon hunters in general, Tiamat, Ripto, The Sorceress, Melkor, Smaug, Aerys II Targaryen, Voldemort, Kaido
  • Friendly Enemy with: Bowser
• Jake Long is an at first unassuming Chinese-American teenager living in New York. In truth, he's a fire-breathing dragon who's job is to protect a secret world of magical creatures. The first American Dragon, he is said to be The Chosen One, though as a slacker teen he has a lot to learn. He gets it from his mom and her father. Normally he's in human form, but can transfer into a dragon.
• The Weredragon trope was considered for Acnologia, however Jake decried this choice since Acnologia is a depraved beast who despises dragon and human alike. The fact that he hunts dragons only increased the American Dragon's ire towards him. It was Lilo and Stitch who ultimately proposed he gets the trope, as they had teamed up to deal with Morpholomew/Experiment 316.
• Jake's ascension was a boon to the Otherness house, due to his role in guarding and protecting the magical creatures of an unseen world, though it remains taxing on his school life. Harry Potter has helped fill in some of his time protecting the magical world so he doesn't exhaust himself. Jake's travels eventually led him to meet another New York superhero, Peter Parker, who can relate to the stress of his role as Dragon Guardian given his own bad luck and responsibilities being a superhero.
• The American Dragon wasn't happy to learn there were a number of fantastic racists who would want to see him dead. Ripto hates dragons in general, even ones with a human form. Voldemort considers Jake Long both a muggleborn and a "filthy half-breed". None of them revolted Jake as much as the Sorceress, who's plan of becoming immortal involves ripping off the wings of baby dragons. He is also an enemy of Kaido, due to being a Weredragon who's desire to spark the biggest war the world has ever seen is insane.
• Jake is against dragon hunters by principle, and hopes the wish to destroy them all will mean the Huntsclan won't enter the pantheon. However he makes an exception for the Dovahkiin, at least to a degree. Despite his memetic hatred of dragons, the Dovahkiin only goes after malicious dragons and not ones outside the The Elder Scrolls verse as he doesn't have the same dreaded factor. He does have bad experiences with dragons as a whole so he only works with Jake to counter-act evil dragons. He'll be there if and/or when the Dark Dragon arrives.
• As nobody knows where said Dark Dragon comes from, Jake wondered if he was a pupil of Melkor. Melkor claimed he was behind his turn to darkness, which was believable, but eventually his vanity led him to boast he is the progenitor of all dragons and that he is Jake's rightful ruler. Io stepped in and informed that other than possibly having a role in the Dark Dragon he's full of it. Jake naturally opposes someone as malignant as the first Dark Lord, and came to recognize Io as the true progenitor of dragons. He and Bahamut were proud to see Jake managed to make it to the pantheon.
• There were a number of evil dragons like Tiamat or Smaug that Jake considers a threat to the magical world, however there are more benevolent, neutral or less bad dragons who considered him a great addition to their sub-house. Even Bowser was pleased, and in spite of sometimes fighting Jake Long when he uses magic for evil purposes like kidnapping the Sprixies they sometimes work together, especially when someone proves Eviler than Thou. Jake's a more straight ally with Spyro the Dragon.
• His Dragon Ancestry was a point of interest for the Targaryens. Jake theorizes that their association with dragons and unique royal abilities are because Valyrians have actual dragons in their family tree. He wasn't happy around the likes of the Mad King Aerys, who in his delusions believed that burning down King's Landing with wildfire would have him reborn as a dragon. His daughter Daenerys was more level-headed and impressed by Jake, however the American Dragon is careful with her as while she has good intentions she can be...ruthless. Her TV incarnation's Face–Heel Turn has made that version an enemy of Jake Long.
• He and Danny Phantom are rivals, albiet friendly ones. Other gods have noticed the comparisons: they're half-otherworldly beings who can shapeshift to that form, teenage superheroes and they help deal with supernatural/otherworldly threats. A simulation was made to determine in a no holds-bar fight who'd win. The simulation concluded Danny would make the winning strategy of overshadowing Jake and blasting him into a ghost.
• Jake would rather not mention the time his grandfather wanted to hook him up with a younger version of his mom when he time traveled back to 1986. Marty McFly and Philip J Fry said that "it could've gone worse". He got Marty, but when taking a look at Fry's trope he felt a bit queasy and reaffirmed not wanting to mention said incident.
• —>"He's cool he's hot like a frozen sun. He's young, he's fast, he's the chosen one."

The Shredder is the leader of an evil clan of ninjas which he corrupted in many incarnations from a noble one. He might be enemies with Jake over it. Plus, the TMNT could transform themselves into dragons in one incarnation with mystic powers; Po is known as the Dragon Warrior and can summon dragons in the Spirit Realm; Lloyd Garmadon is 1/4 dragon as his father is a descendant of dragons and onis, and he can summon an elemental dragon to fight with.

Edited by VengefulBale on Feb 27th 2021 at 12:12:27 PM

A little update so far. I'm thinking about what Gregory and Paula would think of Lisbeth Salander.

I'm also considering having Paula interact with Alicia Huberman, but is there any way to make it work other than the fact that they share the same actress?

Gregory and Paula Alquist Anton, Dual Representatives of Gaslighting (Gregory: Sergis Bauer [his real name])

• Potential House: Causes of Madness
• Quasideities
• Symbol: Aunt Alice’s jewels
• Alignment: Neutral Evil (Gregory), Neutral Good (Paula)
• Portfolio:
  • Gregory: Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, Domestic Abuse, Manipulative Bastard, only married Paula so that he could gain access to her aunt's old house, Terrible Ticking, Villain Protagonist
  • Paula: Alone with the Psycho though she would later denounce her husband
• Domains: Abuse, Insanity, Manipulation
• Heralds: Nancy, Miss Thwaites, Elizabeth, Brian Cameron
• Allies:
  • Gregory: Akio Ohtori, Uncle Charlie
  • Paula: Susy Hendrix, Linkara, Simba, Adora and Catra
• Enemies:
  • Gregory: Any of Paula’s aforementioned allies,
  • Paula: Mother Gothel, Thomas Wake
• Pitied by: B.J. Blaskowicz (for Paula)
• Paula Alquist is a young girl who lived with her aunt, a famous opera singer named Alice Alquist sometime during the Victorian London era. One day, the aunt is suddenly murdered and robbed by the mysterious Sergius Bauer, leaving Paula alone. Years later, while studying abroad for the ten years since the incident, she would meet a man named Gregory Anton (unaware of the fact that he’s actually Sergis), whom she would eventually marry. After returning to London, Paula began to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps in the night, and gaslights that dim without being touched. It turns out that her husband had tormented her in order to send her to an asylum and obtain her aunt’s jewels. This situation brought the attention of Scotland Yard inspector Brian Cameron, who has known known Alice Alquist since his childhood; seeing Paula brought his interest in solving the case regarding Alice’s murder. After recovering her sanity, Paula would end up turning the tables as she psychologically tortured Gregory, now bound to a chair, tantalizing him with the suggestion that she might free him so he can escape arrest, trial, and execution, before calling in Cameron to arrest Gregory and take him away.
• Upon reviewing their story, the Court of the Gods felt that they are a perfect fit to represent the Gaslighting trope, especially considering the fact that it named the trope in the first place, and it was a matter of time before the couple’s presence was brought to the court. Paula was understandably concerned with having to share the title with her husband given what she had to go through. At Paula’s request, Brian was also brought in as one of their Heralds, particularly to keep Gregory in check.
• Paula’s experiences with Gregory led her to be sought out by other people who have had similar experiences. One person that she became allies with is Susy Hendrix, another woman who had experience being tormented by nefarious plotters. Paula admired Susy for being able to defend herself against Roat despite her blindness while Susy is happy that Paula was able to stand up against her abusive husband. The two swear to get behind each other’s back if another situation like this happens to either of them.
  • She did not expect a non-human animal like Simba to relate to her, but he ended up being another of her allies. Both left their homes when their parental figures were killed, traumatizing them, and only came back as adults. They thought the killers were trustworthy when in truth they were manipulating them psychologically for their own ends, but in the end managed to see them for what they are.
  • She also didn’t expect to ally herself with Linkara, who had his own experience with gaslighting as he recalled the time that Mechakara tried to gaslight him into suicide by making him think he was the father who abused and sacrificed his child for their dark god (the Magic Gun was that child). Adora and Catra also sympathize with her as they were reminded of being gaslit by Weaver.
  • While B.J. Blaskowicz is not connected to gaslighting, his mother, Zofia, was a victim of abuse from his father, Rip, who only married her just to get her family's fortune. As such, he has shown sympathy towards Paula, seeing as she had to deal with an abusive husband.
• Some people couldn’t help but compare Gregory to Uncle Charlie as they both have a preference towards strangulation when it comes to committing murder, altough their motives are different; Gregory is just greedy while Charlie thinks he's ridding the world of scum. Charlie and Gregory also seem to have intense feelings for their marks (the younger Charlie and Paula respectively). When Paula first encountered Uncle Charlie, she at first thought he was Detective Cameron, but it wasn’t until he attempted to strangle her that she realized otherwise. Fortunately, her own allies were also there to clear up this situation.
• Paula’s experiences with Gregory led her to oppose most other gaslighters in the Pantheon, such as Mother Gothel (for her attempts to manipulate Rapunzel) and Thomas Wake (who was a gaslighter against Winslow). She also doesn’t like Akio Ohtori for being a domestic abuser, not helped by the fact that Gregory used to serve as Akio’s high priest before his ascension (and the fact that they seem to be on good terms with each other).

I am looking for a map of Paradiso that is not The Love That Moves The Stars, and the only good one I found my laptop thinks is sketchy to download. Could someone please give me one in RJ Adopted, and a collage of the non-Aratar Valar please? I am having trouble

@ wootzits: Magnolia Arch is a Lunarian who dedicate themselves to combating the Ba'als and one of the last thanks to a powerful Ba'al attacking Fort Lune and killing many of her kind. Magnolia sought to hunt it down and ended up crashing on Luxendarc. After everything, when it came time for Magnolia to return she actually makes the decision to stay on Luxendarc instead.

@ RJ: Uriel Septim VII and Martin Septim have the blood of the Dragon God Akatosh in them like the rest of the emperors before them. Though they cannot change into a dragon Martin did become an Avatar of Akatosh as a final gambit to stave off Mehrunes Dagon when he manifested on Tamriel. While he did defeat the Daedric Prince and close shut the jaws of Oblivion, he wouldn't be around to see the fruits labor.

Hooks and Crooks is taken by Thresh but not too long ago it was brought up that League of Legends has an over-representation problem with many profiles to its not and not much holding up in current quality in addition to the tropes potentially going to better examples. As such, I'd like to propose a replacement. Feedback is appreciated.

Sweepers for Hooks and Crooks

• Reasoning: Created by the Heads of the World, they are a cannibalistic group of cyborgs living in the City's Backstreets and Outskirts. A Sweeper's remaining flesh underneath their metal suits are liquidated and should it run out, they cease to function and die. To sustain themselves, they use their hooks connected to fuel tanks on their backs and melt the target into the very same liquid to refuel. They feed in a period of time called the "Night in the Backstreets" (tldr think The Purge but it lasts for 80 minutes).

@Crownless

for Sweepers, I don't mind if the current holder gets deleted

@Wootzitz

There's also Kaguya of the Blood Team, who is predictably based off of her legend. Fujiwara no Mokou knows a Kaguya Houraisan. Chang'e also hails from the moon. Kubo is descended from moondwellers. for

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Feb 27th 2021 at 11:35:06 AM

for Sweepers if nobody objects

How’s this looking so far?

The Chaos Kin, Unholy Mook Maker

• Potential House: Enemies and Life and Creation
• Intermediate Deity
• Symbol: The Chaos Vortex
• Leitmotif: This
• Theme Songs: Destroyed Skyworld, The Chaos Vortex, Chaos Island
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Walking Spoiler, Mook Maker, Generic Doomsday Villain more intelligent than it seems, Only cares about destruction and Soul Eating, The Speechless unless possessing someone, Your Soul Is Mine!, Causing more damage than even Hades, One of the only villains in the game with no humor at all, Eldritch Abomination, Sealed Villains, Kick the Dog, Taking You with Me
• Domains: Souls, Possession, Destruction, Chaos, Mooks, Creation
• Allies: Nekron and the Grand United Alliance of Destruction, Chaos (Sailor Moon), The Dark Matter Horde, Don Thousand, Dharkon, The Dementors, The Four Chaos Gods
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Lord Tirek
• Rivals: Hades, Black Doom, The C’Tan
• Enemies: Oh, you mean besides everyone that isn’t its ally? Palutena, Pit, Viridi, Dark Pit, The Grand United Alliance of Law and the Grand United Alliance of Chaos, YHVH, Lucifer, Madoka Kaname, The Sailor Guardians, Doctor Strange, Sailor Galaxia, Galeem, The Cloverfield Monster, The Undertale deities, especially Frisk and Sans, Bête Noire, Many Big Goods, victims of Demonic Possession and Puppeteer Parasites, Cloud Strife, Terra
• Interested in: Queen Beryl, Death Phantom, The Death Busters, Joker, The Dead Moon Circus, Nightmare, Alien Empera, Shocker, Yapool, any and all Mooks in the Pantheon, The Puella Magi (Especially Madoka Kaname and Homura Akemi), anyone with a particularly unique soul, The Chimeras, The Shroobs, The Dark Matter Horde, Vanitas and his Unversed, The Heartless, Xemnas and the Nobodies, The Starmen, The Ultimate Chimera
• Not much is known about the Chaos Kin. Only its ability to take control of people, steal souls and cleave portals in and out of the Chaos Vortex with its tail. It escaped from the Lunar Sanctum when Pit destroyed it, possessing Palutena later and trapping him inside of a ring while controlling her...for 3 years. Once Pit woke up and got his body back with the aid of Magnus, he and Viridi set out to put a stop to the creature’s plans.
• It was thought to have been condemned to A Fate Worse Than Death in the Chaos Vortex. That would’ve been the case...had a battle between the GUAC and GUAL not ended up expanding into the Chaos Vortex, where the creature killed one of the soldiers and reconstituted its original body, cleaving a portal out of the Chaos Vortex with its tail, entering the Pantheon. It began picking off people one by one and eating their souls in search of someone strong enough or with the authority to cause mass destruction. When someone who managed to escape from the Chaos Kin described its appearance, the look on the faces of Pit and Palutena were that of pure horror. Pit, Palutena and a few other deities eventually tracked down and defeated the monster, but it was contained in the Pantheon under Mook Maker due to the amount of minions it created to try and defend itself. A good thing too, as it had caught a severely injured Overdeity off guard and was about to take control of them.
• Is currently sealed in its temple due to the massive danger it poses to every being that has a soul and ability to take control of its victims. It sympathizes with Lord Tirek because of this and while they have differing goals, they are willing to work together, though he is disgusted by the actions and desires that the Chaos Kin holds.
• Despite being sealed away, it attracted the attention of the GUAD. More specifically, Chaos, Dharkon and their leader, Nekron.
  • Dharkon himself was intrigued by the Chaos Kin as it didn’t turn into a spirit during Galeem’s attack. Ultimately, since their goals align, they joined forces. Both agree that Galeem has to go. Nekron thinks what the Chaos Kin has been doing is wonderful. Chaos sees it as not unlike something that an aspect of itself would be like in a way.
• YHVH, Lucifer and their alliances both oppose it. The former hates it for being a creature of chaos. The latter dislikes it as he believes it is a misrepresentation of Chaos. The Chaos Kin, who had escaped from its temple at the time and was controlling a Quasideity, actually used their body to snark, saying that it was the conflict between their alliances that lead to it being able to enter the Pantheon in the first place. It isn’t entirely wrong.
• To say the deities from its home universe were unhappy to see it again would be a massive Understatement. Given all of the pain and misery it caused, this is understandable. Palutena has been doing all she can to prevent someone else from becoming its puppet while Pit has been helping her every step of the way. Viridi is enemies with it because of what it did as well as the grudge the Chaos Kin built up from being sealed away by her. Dark Pit is pissed at it for nearly killing him.
• When a few idiots claimed that they could control it, Hades actually came out and stated how much of a handful this thing was, discouraging many. Babidi still tried, and it ended with the far more competent Chaos Kin taking control of him and using his Majin spells to greater effect. Reports say that the Chaos Kin was a nightmare to stop while it was controlling him.
• The Sailor Senshi, not being strangers to battling soul-stealing monsters, immediately became enemies due to its vile actions of taking souls and controlling its current victim being reminiscent of what Galaxia did to nearly all of them when working with Chaos. Unsurprisingly, Galaxia declared it an enemy as well, with Chaos' aforementioned fondness of the creature only fanning the flames.
• Recently, Dementors have been seen inside of the Chaos Vortex. This is because the Chaos Kin made a deal with them so they could both get souls more easily. Some Dementors there are real while the others are copies created by the Chaos Kin. In any case, the Chaos Vortex has become a hell of a lot more dangerous.
• Has taken a disturbing interest in the Puella Magi due to their Soul Gems, which it sees as unique. In particular, it desires to consume the souls of Madoka and Homura and knows it won’t be able to get them easily, so it is planning to take control of a deity equal to the power of the latter through possession in order to accomplish this.
• Accepted an invitation from Nekron to join the GUAD, who said that it would get some souls to eat at times. It was soon introduced to some of the foot soldiers other members of the GUAD have like Daimons, Droids, Chimeras, Starmen and The Shroobs. It has also been introduced to The Heartless, much to the collective shock and horror of many. Since then, it has learned of Nobodies and Unversed as well and wants to create some as Mooks. The Chaos Kin is currently searching for a way to encounter some so it can learn more about them before making any.
• As it is capable of creating copies of beings that can dish out One Hit Kills, it is banned from going ANYWHERE near the Ultimate Chimera. The last thing the Pantheon needs is an entire army of them to deal with and Porky has even told the creature that he has no idea where it is and that it tends to do whatever it wants.

Edited by SailorVenus372 on Feb 27th 2021 at 11:35:32 AM

@Wootzits Kubo has connections to the Moon and is also a child like Kaguya as well as the whole 'parents want their child to join the Moon' thing although Kubo had the opportunity to rebel and use The Power of Love to change his grandfather's mind. I suspect he will be saddened by her fate since she was forced into it and her Earth memories erased.

Now that the entire League of Legends over-representation was mentioned, I think it would be appropriate for me to mention which of those profiles I want to rework, that being Illaoi, Mordekaiser and Fiddlesticks. The rest however can get the boot.

Edited by HamanaHamanaHamana on Mar 1st 2021 at 4:26:42 AM

I might rework Ahri in the future. Don't mind everyone else getting the boot.

I don't get how that would be all that relevant for Jake personally

With League of Legends, we should also consider who would fit in a group profile

Where does Soap Within a Show go?

Edited by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 on Feb 28th 2021 at 8:22:10 PM

Theatric Production is where Show Within a Show resides under the The iCarly Cast , but that seem more about production than the product. Forms of Media and Storytelling (I lean to the latter) are other options.

Also, Applejack's moving to an Honesty related trope, asking what took so long. Instant Knots is now free.

UPDATE: Meals is giving an overly long warning. It's the one house that allows tropeless deities as "God(dess) of X food", which now seems the time to ask if this should or could continue given it's filled up the house and will continue to do so if more tropeless food deiites are allowed. Making a sub-house for tropeless title seems...in poor taste (pun can't not be unintended). Thoughts?

Edited by Ferot_Dreadnaught on Feb 28th 2021 at 2:57:56 AM

Bottom-Posting. I have a profile to post but I'd rather save everyone's time instead of being left out as the last post of the page.