Trope Pantheons Discussion

Leomon's up.

For Marcus Wright: who's a criminal that's been given a second chance? Who might relate to his flavor of being a Tomato in the Mirror or being rebuilt as a cyborg without their consent(while still holding onto their sense of self/free-will)

The Series 850 Terminator Model 101 Infiltration-Combat Unit, God of Getting The Same Sentiment As Their Doppelganger

• Hall: Clones and Counterparts (House of Derivatives)
• Intermediate Gods
• Symbol: His metal skull with Kate Brewster's name tag next to it
• Theme Song: Graveyard Shootout
• Alignment: Nominally Lawful Good
• Portfolio: Doppelgänger Gets Same Sentiment, Cynical Mentor, Meatsack Robot, Naked on Arrival, Only Interested In Completing The Mission, Not People, Invoked Replacement Goldfish, Used This Connection To Terminate Future John Connor, Cruel to Be Kind, The Comically Serious, Highly Cunning If Harsh In Part Because Of His Psychological Skills, I Lied, Guile Hero, Self-Termination Permitted As A Form Of Termination, Survives In A Video Game As An FK Walker, Pre-Mortem One-Liner
• Domains: Terminators, Imposters, Assassins, Bodyguards, Cybernetics
• Series template^note out of universe: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Respects: The SCP Foundation
• Allies
  • From the same universe: John Connor (designated protector), the heroic T-800 (same series, different model), Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese (if a bit frictional)
  • Other: Android 16, The Pantheonic Time Police, Zero (Mega Man)
• On good terms with: E-123 Omega
• On speaking terms with: Iroque/Indigo-1
• Enemies
  • From the same universe: The T-X (main obstacle to his mission), SKYNET (his creator), the original T-800 and the T-1000 (fellow Terminators)
  • Other: Any supporter of the destruction of humanity. More specific/a bit more personal enemies include Zamasu (Goku Black incarnation), Dark Danny, Envy the Jealous, Ragyo Kiryuin, Mephiles the Dark, Omega (Mega Man Zero)
• Pities: Laura Kinney
• Annoyed by: Bender Bending Rodriguez
• The T-850 series of Terminator was a more advanced set of cybernetic Terminators, with better understanding of human psychology. And it's not a coincidence that this T-850 has same appearance of the "Uncle Bob" model, and was utilized by SKYNET despite being out of date; the Master Computer was counting on John Connor's attachment to the model so the T-850 could terminate him. He succeeded doing so, but fortunately John's wife Kate Brewster was able to reprogram him. SKYNET had sent its most advanced unit, the T-X, back to ensure its creation is unimpeded and eliminate Connor's lieutennants, or him if she can find him. The T-850 was reprogrammed to protect the younger John and Kate. This wasn't also a mission to thwart Judgement Day; it was inevitable at that point. What matters most is that John and Kate survive to ensure humanity's survival...and he was good at keeping his best cards at his chests.
• Compared to the "Uncle Bob" model or other reprogrammed T-800s the T-850 is a lot colder and wasn't interested in going through the same development of the others. Sure he wants to ensure humanity's survival, but because that's his mission and not his desire. Upon his revival in the Trope Pantheon, the T-850 has made sure to keep track of John and protect him from the more malicious side of the Grand United Alliance of Machines. John decided to explain to him everything across various timelines to help him further ensure his mission's victory.
• The Uncle Bob T-800 was initially confrontational since he did kill a version of John, though the same can be said of "Pops" and Carl. That said, being Terminators they understand the why and are more than willing to work with him to make up for what happens? to John. This background is why John's parents find it difficult working with him, but again, given they're able to work with all the heroic T-800 series they're also willing to work. They don't like his belief that Judgement Day is inevitable, but as the T-850 puts it "Judgement Day may be inevitable, but we decide who wins".
  • For those wondering, one of the differences between him and the T-800 models is two hydrogen cell power fuels. They cause a devestating explosion if they rupture, which is how he stopped the T-X. The T-850 is still able to have their CPU taken in and out like the T-800, and in a video game that CPU survived. Connor made good use of it by installing him into a FK Reaper.
• The T-X was immediately informed of her rival Terminator's arrival. It was clear to her that from now on, the Terminators who remain loyal to SKYNET must consider eliminating all renegade Terminators as Priority Number 2, with Priority Numbers 1 and 3 being terminating John Connor and Sarah Connor/Kyle Reese respectively. SKYNET has been trying to convince anyone who wants mankind dead that treacherous models like the T-850 must be quashed, as the T-850 will inevitably oppose them; eliminating beings like Zamasu are an extension of his mission to protect Connor/humanity, after all. One of the T-850's "personal" targets is Envy, who exploits looking like loved ones...something the T-850 admits is similar, though not as cruel as he did to terminator future John Connor. He still considers the T-X a bigger threat than him, mainly because he's far less cunning than her.
• Though ordered to ensure John Connor's survival, he isn't programmed to follow his orders and will lie to achieve his ends. If Connor himself ever compromises humanity such as be consumed by the T-3000 persona the T-850 is willing to terminate him. Somewhere in his harddrive rests contempt for those who betray their own humanity, primarily Dark Danny and Ragyo Kiryuin. The T-850 regards the latter as a sort of Foil; he was originally an enemy of humanity but was reprogrammed to aid in their survival, while she was a human who willingly chose to become their enemy. The former is someone he keeps a close eye on due to trying to upend the timeline for his end.
• It was ultimately decided that in lieu of ensuring his universe's future, complicated it may be, that the T-850's main mission should be doing what he's best at; terminating those who wish to avert humanity's future accomplishments. He's given the Pantheonic Time Police permission to give upgrades and new protocols in order to achieve this; one of them was letting him remotely pilot the FK Reaper his CPU was put in in one of the video games, and use it as a Body Backup Drive. High on his termination list is Mephiles the Dark, though the shade scoffed "you're going to need the help" as even as the Weak, but Skilled "hedgehog" he's tough to take down.
• Being a product of mortals and a time traveler, he's on Zamasu's very long hitlist. The T-850 finds this rather illogical as his mission is to prevent abuse of time travel from changing history. He swiftly concluded this is just Zamasu's omnipresent misanthropy at work. He's curious if the Potara Earrings work on mostly artificial beings, as he would have to combine with Uncle Bob to "match up with the big leagues". Android 16 has offered him ideas on how to empower himself. The T-850 has come to be fond of the guy as much as he lets on, given he sees they have a lot in common.
• Despite its stoic demeanor and not opening up as much as other reprogrammed Terminators have, the T-850 isn't soulless. Crying is something he can never do, but if he could he would cry for Laurey Kinney; the fact she was tortured by her handler just for being the Opposite-Sex Clone of the guy who killed said handler's father is horrific and repulsive. A smirk could be seen when he saw E-123 Omega show off his guns. They found they have more than a few things in common; renegade killing machines who aid the heroes against their creator. Omega doesn't think they're similar, stating that the Terminator acts out of duty while he acts as a matter of personal pride.
• The T-850 is willing to stand up for himself, albeit in a stoic and subdued fashion. He doesn't exactly like being referred to as a robot, preferring "cybernetic organism". He's more than a little annoyed by Bender who will never let him live down his collection of clothes being from a male stripper during a bachelorette party. According from him his gaydar was going off like crazy. The T-850 simply palmed his face and pushed him away at this, saying "talk to the hand". The bending robot was a little bit surprised to learn this wasn't because he had a sense of humor and blamed this whole exchange on his gay weather balloon.
• Like Zero, though the T-850 now protects humanity he doesn't consider himself a hero. He also share the common opinion that the Omega under Dr Weil's employ is, even for a killing robot, completely insane. He respects the SCP Foundation for their pragmatic approach in guarding humanity, though is otherwise disinterested in the anomalous. He also sees zero problem with the Indigo Tribe utilizing Heel–Face Brainwashing, since as a reprogrammed Terminator that's more or less what happened with him.

Marcus Wright, God Of Last-Minute Ending Changes To Appease The Test Audience

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• Hall: Endings (House of Narrative)
• Lesser God
• Symbol: A damaged Project Angel logo
• Alignment: Neutral Good (started off/considers himself True Neutral, potentially Lawful Good in the planned ending or Neutral Evil in another ending)
• Portfolio: Anti-Hero (Knight in Sour Armor type), Was Going To Replace John Connor By Taking His Skin, But Changed To Sacrificing His Heart To Save John Because The Test Audience Hated It, Cyborg, Tomato in the Mirror (to serve as an infiltrator unit), Dark and Troubled Past as a Delinquent, Fragile Speedster, Finds A Second Resurrection In Comic Form
• Domains: Cyborgs, Redemption, Resurrection, Changed Endings
• Interests: Dr Viktor
• Allies: John Connor, Kyle Reese (Sarah too), Finn, Android 21, Jake Sully, Barry Allen/the Flash, Androids 17 and 18, Victor Stone/Cyborg
• On good terms with: The heroic T-800, Dr. Victor Fries,
• On speaking terms with: General Luke Skywalker and Annikkin Starkiller
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: August Heart
• Enemies: SKYNET and its loyal Terminators, the more malicious members of the Grand United Alliance of Machines, The Cybermen, Dr Gero/Android 20, Ragyo Kiryuin
• Marcus Wright was a man on death row living a life of regrets. He and his brother were petty criminals, and a botched car-jacking killed his brother and two cops. He accepted his fate and donated his body to science. However shortly afterwards SKYNET went online, began its war on humanity, and found use of Dr. Serena Kogan's Project Angel. Marcus was reborn in the war, forming a kinship with a young Kyle Reese and eventually locating John Connor. As it turns out he was reborn as an Infiltrator Unit, and the infiltration came clear by unwittingly leading John into a trap. This trap almost worked, but Marcus was sick of SKYNET "congratulating" him, chose his humanity, and saved John and Kyle. However John's heart was irreparably damaged. As a Death Seeker seeking redemption, his strong heart was given to John.
• Many have found the heart transplant rushed and implausible, and upon Marcus' new, new life in the Trope Pantheon he had figured out why; it was a last minute change to an ending the test audience hated. That being John actually died, but Marcus would have his skin and identity transplanted on him so John may live in spirit. Despite getting off on the wrong foot, Connor feels he'd be honored by this ending and welcomed back Marcus Wright with open arms...well, the version who met him. Even he can't keep track of the different timelines.
• Because his trope is one that often invokes What Could Have Been, Marcus has enjoyed downtime swapping stories with General Luke Skywalker and Annikan Starkiller. By studying the Time And Space and Narrative Houses, Marcus Wright has learned of not just abandoned storylines but also alternate continuities. Despite discharging him from its service SKYNET was spying and taking notes.
  • In one comic, his status as a Hybrid model gave him a Healing Factor, allowing him to regenerate his heart and revive. In that canon SKYNET had used another Hybrid model in a Serial Killer called Thomas Parnell. This went horribly as Parnell was even WORSE than SKYNET and sought to take control. Surprising everyone, especially the prime SKYNET, that SKYNET worked with the Resistance to eliminate Parnell and even was turned around from its murderous ways, helping to repair the damage it caused. Considering how evil most versions of the A.I are Marcus Wright wishes the machines would take notes.
  • SKYNET was further confused by learning that Project Angel and Serena were actually working for it; the latter became a Hybrid model and fill a goal of turning humanity into immortal cyborgs. Because of how SKYNET seems humans and really anything, it was shocked to see any version of itself protect humanity from extinction by enacting a mass culling first...technically fulfilling its origin purpose as a defensive network. The human sympathizers of the GUAM wish the canon SKYNET was more like that version. The more evil members of the GUAM consider this and Marcus practically blashphemy.
  • Contrasting all these nicer SKYNETs, the murderous A.I was glad to see that there was an ending where Marcus remained loyal (maybe?) and carried out his mission in slaughtering the resistance. This ending was even more hated than the original, but that has not stopped SKYNET from using the House of Time And Space to make it a reality.
• Terminator Salvation has a double meaning; humanity's salvation through John Connor, and his own through learning to forgive himself and find a purpose. He supposes it isn't that different from Finn's defection from being a stormtrooper, though Finn believes he's grasping at straws. Still, they are two men who matured into heroic figures. Another friend Marcus has is Jake Sully, who chose what is right over what he was sent to do. Their resemblance probably played a factor in all this. Within the same universe(multiverse?) he's on relatively good terms with the heroic T-800, as while he doesn't trust him due his experience with "true" Terminators like the T-RIP he respects how even a man with a CPU for a brain he learns to embrace humanity.
• He isn't sure what to think about Godspeed. With his background in crime and mistakes in life that led to him being on death row, Marcus considers August's past murders questionable, and while he understands he's trying to improve he's still cautious. The speedster feels they're not so different, which is why they have a frosty relationship but still get along to a point. By contrast, his and Barry's relationship is a lot more amiable and he's more accepting of the guy. The fact that what got him into death row wasn't intentional helps. He wonders if Barry could use the Speed Force to Judgement Day, however the Flash has warned him he can't just casually do that and changing history is only in case of emergencies. He personally knows what happens when you mess up time travel.
• Another DC superhero Marcus Wright has found solace in is Cyborg. Victor Stone was always heroic, but he knows damn well what cybernetics can do to a man and he's someone the hybrid of man and Terminator can console on his being a Manchurian Agent. He can also trust the guy to help maintain his cyborg parts and update them if need be. Seeing what Cyborg has to eat, Marcus is glad SKYNET had to keep his digestive tract even if it's another frailty compared to your average T-800.
• Despite getting along with Barry and Victor, he's on relatively good terms with a DC supervillain (kinda). His sympathy towards Mr Freeze might be a case of Psychological Projection as Victor Fries was transformed irrevocably like him and despite the ice, his situation brings the tears. Marcus knows how it must hurt forever being separated from his love and stuck in a body he hates, and wishes he could find peace. Sometimes, he does. Mr Freeze is aware of this and deep down he's touched by the sentiment, but knows the status quo of the main continuity will make such happiness elusive.
• Fond of Android 17 and 18. Like him they were delinquents who were turned into cyborgs, ultimately used for evil, but ultimately grew to become heroic. By contrast, he looks at Dr Gero with nothing but contempt for him robbing the lives of people away for his revenge plot just as he was taken by SKYNET for it's revenge against all humanity. Dr Gero merely scoffed at this, but his blood reached a boil when he condemned him for what he did to Android 21 and said that he stole her humanity away. At that moment Dr Gero stopped his charge, shamefully stuttering "I-i didn't take her..I never meant", allowing Marcus to make his getaway. He truly pities whatever happened to her, and while the reason is only known to Dr Gero he certainly feels uncomfortable almost bringing up the subject of his wife.
• Besides the more aggressive members of the GUAM, especially direct allies of SKYNET, he is also antagonistic to willing traitors of humanity, be it on a large scale or their own. Ragyo Kiryiun being the most infamous, though he has a hard time believing there was anything human about her in the first place. The Cybermen are of the belief that Marcus' humanity is his weakness, and believe they can end his suffering. As far as Marcus is concerned, it would MAGNIFY the suffering. Plus he knows they're just dying to incorporate Terminator technology into their schemes.

Okay from the top. I'm taking back the following.

• The Sinner, Deity of Sentences Longer Than One's Lifespan
  • Reasoning: The whole game is reportedly about reducing your life sentence, which spans around one million years counted from birth.
• Jensen Garner Ames, God of Winning One's Freedom
  • Reasoning: The plot of his movie is the need to win a deadly racing game, with freedom as the reward. Sure, the higher-ups don't want that to happen, but that's par for the course for this trope.
• Aiden Pearce, God of Harmful Hackers
  • Reasoning: His hacking can be used to cause all sorts of mayhem, as well as lining his own pockets, so to speak.

I was told someone in Independence Day will have Hacked by a Pirate, and I'm fine with that.

I'll think of a reason to take Adachi soon, if he isn't claimed already by another troper.

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We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
Borg Collective, Deified Race of Assimilators and Insistent Surrender Demanders (The Borg, Borg Hive)

• Greater Deity-level race. Once had an Overdeity-level influence until their Transwarp network was annihilated.
• Symbol: Borg Collective's sigil
• Theme Song: Borg Engaged, Borg Take Picard, On The Borg Ship, Captain Borg
• Alignment: Lawful Evil who believe themselves as Lawful Neutral.
• Portfolio: Adaptive Ability, Cybernetics Eat Your Soul, Cyborg, Bald of Evil, Blue-and-Orange Morality, Body Horror, Clingy Costume, Deflector Shields, Bee People, The Dreaded, The Unfettered, Creative Sterility, Equal-Opportunity Evil, Evil Wears Black, The Evils of Free Will, Loss of Identity, Hive Mind, Horde of Alien Locusts, Hostile Terraforming, Implacable Man, The Needless, Obliviously Evil, Scary Dogmatic Aliens, Space-Filling Empire, Technologically Advanced Foe, Wetware Body, Was Once a Man, Utopia Justifies the Means, We Have Reserves, You're Nothing Without Your Phlebotinum, Zerg Rush
  • Borg Queen: God Save Us from the Queen!, Hive Queen
  • Borg Drones: Hive Drone, Zombie Gait, You Are Number 6
  • Borg vessels: Lightning Bruiser, Mega-Maw Maneuver, Sinister Geometry
• Domains: Assimilation, Cybernetics, Enhancements
• Allies: "All races will be assimilated."
• Rival Races: Blorg Commonality, Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah, Technocyte Infestation, Flood, The Vex, Bydo Empire, Grey Goo
• Enemies:
  • Star Trek: Jean-Luc Picard, Data, William Riker, Worf, USS Enterprise-A/B Senior Crew, Deep Space Nine Main Characters, Q, Elim Garak, Gul Dukat, Khan Noonien Singh, Nero
  • Doctor Who: Cybermen, The Doctor, TARDIS, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, Dalek Empire, Davros, The Master, Nestene Consciousness, Sontarans
  • Enemy Races: The Combine, Corpus, Vortigaunts, Harvesters, Formics, Heptapods, Chozo, Martians, VUX, Starmen, Tyranids
  • Others: Lucifer, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Primus, Master Chief, Cortana, Sigma, X, Zero, Harbinger, Commander Shepard, Adam Jensen, Tron, Master Control Program, Ender Wiggin, Gordon Freeman, Steve and Alex, Samus Aran, Mother Brain, Metroid Hatchling, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sally Acorn, Metal Sonic, Nyarlathotep, Philemon, Star Fox, Honor Harrington, Linkara, Gendo Ikari, Nom Anor
• Interests: Cooler
• Interested in: Cell, The Sleeper, SA-X, Horde Prime
• Respected by: YHVH
• Respects: Ivo Robotnik
• Pitied by: Brainiac
• Opposed by: Kazuya Minigishi and Hibiki Kuze
• Opposes: Venjix, SKYNET
• Fears: Phazon, Dark Samus
• The Borg Collective is one of the infamous examples of an invasive intelligent species. Staring out as... something, the Borg's primary goal is to reach perfection through assimilating other races and advancing through the technology they gain. For eons, the Borg built legions upon legions of armies—assimilated countless worlds, and occupy major galactic sectors. Anybody who has knowledge and capabilities they can gain from, the Borg will take them for assimilation, a Fate Worse than Death as whatever free will a person has vanished into the collective unconsciousness as they are altered to be what is typically a Borg drone. Starfleet and other powerful alien races have done their best to deflect Borg incursions multiple times, knowing that if they falter once it might be the end for the people under them. What makes the Borg so dangerous are their superior technology and their unified forces that can sacrifice any unit for victory. However, their incapability of foresight and robotic mindsets cost them dearly as several incidents that had the infamous Voyager Federation starship involved shook their foundations. Their war with the Alternate Dimension-dwelling Species 8472 with their Organic Technology wiped out enough forces to make them consider alliances. Furthermore, the Borg Collective had several of their drones realize individuality at certain points and began subverting the links that bound Borg members together, causing an internal civil war that has yet to resolve. Finally, the greatest blow to their power was the destruction of their Transwarp hub which is used to teleport Borg vessels across the galaxy within minutes by the U.S.S. Voyager. People still wonder how a single Federation research vessel had done so much damage to a seemingly invincible race when the entire Federation armada could not. Though it is not to say the Borg are extremely weakened, as they are a significant threat but most advantages they held are gone which resulted in the Borg setting their sights on the Pantheon, with the intent to bring themselves to even greater power than they were beforehand.
• Their presence in the Pantheon was alerted when the transmission was received by Defense where the notorious Borg statement on their intentions of assimilation and the demand of surrender was heard. All Federation officers who were prepared for this eventual day, gathered nearly all forces to defend the Pantheon. Jean-Luc Picard was particularly alarmed as he was converted to a Borg beforehand, something that traumatized him greatly. As Picard was elderly, even if he had the most interactions with the Borg prior Picard was not as fit to carry out of a deflection against their attack. Honor Harrington picked up his mantle instead and led the forces against the Borg and to everyone's surprise, the Borg fleet they met went down rather easier than they thought. It was still a tense battle but not as harrowing as when the Borg first invaded Federation space. In fact, for an invasion of the Pantheon, the amount of Borg was quite small for such an undertaking. This is likely attributable to the fact Borg could not gather enough forces even if they want to. Some Borg has transported down onto the Pantheon anyhow, resulting in a zone being made that isolated the drones from the rest of the Pantheon so new technology will not be able to return to the Collective. Humorously, this special prison for them is shaped like a cube. These drones represent the Collective in the Pantheon and do not need to go outside their domain at all thanks to the little technology they have replenishing themselves. All they do is a report on Pantheon happenings to the Borg Queen who is somewhere else entirely. Many humanist protesters stage protests outside the Borg domain as their treatment is akin to a boxed-up zoo animal, but those who are aware of the Borg know that leaving them to wonder would be devastating. There are very few exceptions to Borg being able to regain individuality but that requires cutting them off from the Borg Collective leading to potentially disastrous results.
• The Borg are met with so much hatred that even Q who can erase people from existence said never to provoke the Borg under any circumstances. Benjamin Sisko and Jake Sisko particularly dislike the Borg's presence as Jake's mother was a casualty in the Battle of Wolf 359. Even the Enterprise-A/B crew (or at least their Kelvin counterparts) had to tangle with the Borg on numerous occasions, albeit in an indirect matter so that the first true Borg encounter did not happen much earlier. When Q originally sent Picard's crew to Borg space, it was more or less a warning to them that the galaxy beyond Federation space is NOT forgiving as they thought. That is not even mentioning how the Borg had a direct influence on the First Contact scenario between humans and Vulcans through Time Travel, defining that the Borg is the greatest threat to the democracy and freedoms the Federation stands for. Although they are seen as such by Federation members, the Borg ironically have higher priority targets due to Federation knowledge and tech looking a bit dim when compared to other civilizations in the Pantheon.
• The Borg has sought to capture the TARDIS after merging with the Cybermen to control time and space. The Borg would have tried assimilating the Cybermen but a conflict between each other would not bode well for either side and the fusion of members together was decided instead. That being said though, the Cybermen would pull the hood over the Borg due to being much more pragmatic and ambitious than their counterparts. The Cybermen would overwhelm the Borg Collective, resulting in the Borg making a new alliance with the Federation to stop the Cybermen from overtaking the universe. AS a result, if there are enemies considered mortal to the Borg aside from Species 8472, the Cybermen would take that spot. When speaking on the Time Lords though, the Borg have an extreme interest in this species and decided to initiate a time travel project to conquer planets due to it. The Doctor cringes at what happened, wishing that they would have stayed to "stop Time Lord meddling aftermaths"—something the Doctor's companions find humorous considering that is all of the Doctor's adventures in a nutshell. The Dalek Empire is disgusted that there is a race that is trying to reach perfection when the Daleks are already perfect as they say. The Borg would love to do nothing else but grab a Dalek since even one would substantially add themselves to the Collective.
• There are some races that the Borg are unwilling to assimilate because they do not add to their "reach for perfection" that defines the Borg and would subtract from it with their presence within the Collective. Either those they reject are too primitive or too unintelligent, with the only way averting their dismissal is being biologically interesting. Fortunately for them and unfortunately for everybody else, the Pantheon is filled with technologically and biologically interesting people to assimilate and add to their "perfection". Although an ironic thing is that they were unable to assimilate anything within the Pantheon, not even at the space the representative drones are stuck in. They just try replicating things they see on the cameras system they enter, ranging from random vehicles that pass by, devices on people, or even activities that normal people wish to never have seen. They are also trying to discover the Omega Molecule within the Pantheon since they deem that the apex of perfection, and think that a certain bug-looking humanoid whose DNA they acquired (Cell rubbed his hand on their space) could be the key to doing so. Cell laughs at such robotic things being so desperate to try to attain HIS biological power.
• The Metroid Hatchling once tried sucking life off the Borg domain, with the Borg drone regarding its activities until Samus pulled it off. To say they are intrigued by the energy-draining creature is putting it lightly, and have placed the Metroid Hatchling as a high-level priority target for them to assimilate. They also saw that Samus was made of a similar material as the Metroid Hatchling (her Fusion Suit would do this), with the Borg placing her assimilation even higher. They would bark at them whenever they pass that, "Resistance is futile" but like all the messages they make, the drones were ignored. Then they managed to spot Samus again atop their ship but on examination of her DNA composition, it was nothing the Borg have ever seen before. SA-X was scouting for Samus and left afterward, [[ArtificialStupidity not noticing the Borg due to its narrow vision on things. The X Parasite was an even more curious species that the Borg want to add to the other races they gained, though are questioning on HOW to do so since whatever genetics the X Parasite has are something the Borg never dealt with before.
• It becomes not surprising that YHVH calls the Borg the ultimate form of order, as their inherent strength is thinking as one instead of as a group and converting others to the same mindset. However, he would like to poke flaws at their programming for allowing several Borg drones to gain individuality at certain intervals. It was not a deliberate flaw on their end but a costly flaw nonetheless. YHVH also does not see a good reason why a Borg Queen should exist. The Borg Collective strives for one goal of perfection via assimilation and function not under the Borg Queen but the directives already do that for the Borg. It is as if they made a representative for themselves but the representative does not encapsulate their culture nor does the representative does anything. What YHVH does not realize however is that the Borg Queen having somewhat individual thought allows the Borg to react accordingly to situations where their directives are not enough to save them, thus giving longevity to the Borg. That free thought the Borg Queen holds also allows them to reject following YHVH as his ways are not the "perfect structure" that they seek.
• The Master who has used the Cybermen for their purposes several times has an interest in using the Borg for... prosperity's sake. The Master is sure that controlling the Borg will be easier as they are not as ambitious as the Cybermen were. The Borg do not want anything to do with the Master through the Borg Queen proposes that the Master will be a great asset. The Collective will give him a false sense of security then assimilate the Time Lord, thus gaining the knowledge that can help the Borg take over the universe. Then the Master overheard all of that thanks to some sonic technology, so refuses to utilize the Cybermen anymore. The Borg Queen wishes that private conversations can be had within the Borg Collective.
• Cooler who has robotized a planet beforehand thinks the Borg is interesting as a concept and an active culture. That said, even he knows that the Borg could be so much more... if they have someone like him being their leader. Their Borg Queen, despite being intelligent can only know so much and cannot properly react to unpredictable scenarios. Cooler on the other hand, thinks that if the Borg Collective were to link up their hive to him then designate him as the leader, they might bounce back from their current slump and much more. Hilariously, people like to point out that the flaws of the Borg hierarchy can apply to him, and he never led forces beyond a single planet (he refused to lead the Cold Force after all). The only thing that makes Cooler have a legitimate claim against the Borg Queen is his sheer power.
• The Borg have a counterpart with the Bydo Empire, who much like Species 8472 uses Organic Technology and dwell within another dimension. This raises the Bydo's threat level to the Borg much higher than the likes of the Combine, the Grey Goo, or even the Starmen. It does not help the Bydo wants to assimilate anything they come across to but without the pickiness the Borg have. It also is apparent to the Borg that humans of Earth created them, making the Borg question how much intelligence humans hold to be capable of such a feat.
• Lucifer despises the Borg, believing that their brand of subjugation is the ultimate form of locking away the freedoms of others. The Morningstar would extend his hand to make sure that drones who regain their individuality from the Borg Collective remain as such by locking away their consciousness in COMPs that the GUAC hold. Though it causes the Borg Collective to find their misfunctioning units as errors and disposes of them, something Lucifer does not find an issue because Borg members went through as much Body Horror as it is (even if the effects are reversible). The two young men who see how COMPs descend society to chaos are alarmed by Lucifer's actions, as that could open the possibility of the Borg gaining access to Demon Summoning technology. Lucifer cites that he is a demon, so he would know if such a thing were possible... only to hastily double check if any security openings were made.
• All Cybertronians hate the Borg, thinking that their assimilations pervert machinery. The Autobots being the peacekeepers they are, know that the Borg are a threat to life across the universe and sworn to stop them. The Decepticons have a differing perspective, as they see the Borg creating territories as supplanting their power and consider the Borg an enemy. Not to say that Autobots or the Decepticons will try to do an Enemy Mine regarding them but they at least have one more thing in common with each other.
• Tron almost had his data hacked by the Borg drones who remained in the Pantheon, seeing that Tron after being converted from Rinzler was a security liability even in the smallest senses. Then out of nowhere, the Master Control Program saved Tron from basically having his data assimilated. The reason for this is that the Master Control Program sees not as a fellow AI but just a cluster of Users together. Not even they are allowed to ruin the datascape. Then the Master Control Program tried to reprogram Tron for his purposes, only for Tron to escape for that fate as well.
• Sigma dislikes the Borg immensely, as he believes Reploids must be free of any kind of subjugation whether that be from humans or an alien species. That paints Sigma as a major Hypocrite as his actions would convert Reploids to becoming Mavericks even when he is gone, essentially assimilating people from beyond the grave. X and Zero would like to indulge in pointing that fact out but see what Sigma stating are Right for the Wrong Reasons to put it lightly. They are lucky that Borg members are not as versatile as Mavericks, or else an army of such will be worst than what is already present.
• If there is some respect the Borg has for even the smallest of persons, it would be for Ivo Robotnik of all people. When he took over Mobius, Robotnik's Unwilling Roboticisation of the Mobius animal population was ruthless—turning rebels into loyal soldiers in a heartbeat and even concocting a virus that spreads assimilation via touch. The Borg Collective as a whole was impressed on how efficient the man was but only showed disappointment that Robotnik was still consistently beaten by rebels and thought that he became much less threatening when people started calling him Eggman. For this, the Borg want to assimilate Eggman, thinking that he will give them a major boon when they learn of his techniques and knowledge. Those who rebel against Eggman may have nothing but hatred for him but do not want the guy to end up being a tool for a potentially worse threat. Eggman takes the assimilation threat as a compliment though does not want to spend the rest of his life as a cyborg, which is ironic considering Robotnik put MANY animals under that same fate to varying degrees of horror.
• Considering that many Borg ships are in the shape of geometry (likely for efficiency reasons) and extremely large, it comes as no surprise that many resources are sunk to said ships. Steve and Alex (or just general players) were in the need of metals and other materials hard to come by, so a Borg ship would be perfect for them. It is not known how they are into one but they were able to get away with thousands of blocks worth of resources. It took accidentally breaking some essential Borg ship material to alarm the drones of their presence (Borg does not care for intruders until they pose as direct threats ready for assimilation). Though it would seem daunting of a task, Steve and Alex were able to escape with minimum damage after breaking the floor beneath them and then hiding in an alcove where the Borg cannot angle their firearms at. This incident made the Borg Queen realize that perhaps the Borg need to prepare themselves for an even longer period if two normal-looking figures can cause so much damage.
• Though the Borg as a whole is mostly invulnerable, they are at their weakest when it comes to messing with their programming. This especially is devastating considering that Borg members share the same thoughts. Venjix and SKYNET were both vying to take control of the Borg via hacking and tried overriding them several times to serve themselves. Venjix was the first one to try to do it, only to find the alien nature of the Collective's security to be daunting. Venjix as powerful as it is was made by humans and only has familiarity with mostly human technology, so backed out when the going was surely looking tough. SKYNET was the next one in line and though faced with the same issue Venjix had, persisted with trying to hack the Collective as best it could. It was then SKYNET set off a single security alarm, almost having the entire Borg Collective reprogram it instead. The Borg see that both artificial intelligence are threats to them and instead of assimilating the two, want to dispose of them after they are done assimilating SKYNET and Venjix technology.
• A Borg ship came upon one of the Phazon Leviathans in space and attempted to assimilate it as they always do. It did not work out as well as the Borg liked. Every drone on the ship died to be infected by Phazon, and the Phazon infected ship went on autopilot and tried to send a signal for recovery. It was then the next Borg ship came and faced the same fate, to which then another came... and another... and another... It took a bit for the Borg to realize Phazon was dangerous. They tried extracting it for themselves but Dark Samus came around and tried reclaiming for Borg ships for herself. Knowing the danger Phazon poses, the Collective decided to blow up all the ships that succumbed to Phazon and were compromised. Ironically, the Borg were the ones on the resisting end this time.
• Humorously, Gendo Ikari also plans to assimilate all of humanity to be as one as LCL, which is basically reverting humans back to primordial soup. The Borg would come to think doing so would be a waste of a race and make humanity useless (considering they are soup after all), though they do hold interest in studying the devolved humans as such an event would render humans biologically unique. Plus, humans becoming a collective may have made it easier to assimilate their civilization's remains as there is no resistance to stop the Borg. Gendo Ikari is making sure that is Instrumentality makes the human collective at least capable of defending itself to prove that humans are stronger together in the most twisted sense.
• Horde Prime was able to capture several Borg drones for himself after the deflection of their invasive forces. With that, Horde Prime was able to subjugate those Borg members with the chips he holds, essentially assimilating them under his will. The Borg Collective still have awareness through those drones and no matter what they do, they cannot override him. This both intrigues and frustrates the Borg that someone has better assimilation technology than they do.
• Even the heavily machine-centric Borg are seen as meals to the Tyranids due to the drones having flesh on them, no matter how much cybernetics are put there. That said though, the Tyranids have difficulty penetrating Borg ships and also have difficulty eating whatever Borg they come across. The only Borg drones the Tyranids can eat without chocking on wires are the babies kept in nurseries, and even then they have a hard time pulling them out. The Borg consider the Tyranids to be too feral to have any value in assimilating, so they mount a full-scale extermination assault against any Tyranid within their vacinity.
• Team Star Fox have also taken a stand against the Borg due to facing a similar threat before: the Aparoids whom control life and machines with Aparoidedation, a viral spread of their power. The Borg also have the capabilities of assimilating a planet virally with their nanoprobe virus but that process is far more gradual than what the Aparoids are capable of. Star Fox is making sure that the Borg do not meet with the Aparoids, or else either side's capabilities will heighten extremely when it comes to assimilating planets.
• The Blorg Commonality have a particular keen interest towards making the Borg their friend. Even more so due to their similarities right down to their similar names and quotes. The Blorg has had more than one attempt of assimilating the Borg Collective to which they were able to deflect away. Their assimilation has to do more with thinking that befriending the Borg will lead them to greater heights than what they are right now, to which the Borg will agree if they were the ones assimilating instead. The Blorg has tried to do the befriending with individual drones with varying degrees of success but the Borg Collective would have the lasers point to the drones' heads before they became security risks.
  Blorg Commanility: We are Blorg. You will be befriended. Your biological and technological friendliness will be added to our own. Resistance is impolite.).
• Anomalies are always something the Borg look forward to as anomalies may lead to them finding more ways to improve themselves. The Sleeper though is an anomaly that got on their radars almost immediately and is being heavily monitored by the stationed drones. The drones are experimenting to see if they can induce an anomaly to break them out of their current prison and then send back as much knowledge back to the Borg Collective as they could.
• Philemon and Nyarlathotep do not want humans to become like the Borg by any means because doing so will erase humanity's collective unconsciousness due to being replaced by the Borg Collective. They will not be able to have the choice of morals, philosophies, nor actions as all they will dedicate themselves to is achieving the goals of perfection. Both of the gods do not have the highest opinion of humanity and consider them all sheep to raise but they will not allow an alien species to take free will away from people. If anything, it should be humanity's choice to remove free will from themselves or to collectively make a being fulfill that wish.
• Brainiac holds sorrow for the Borg more than anything. He thinks that their pursuit of perfection is an impossible task that will only lead them to constant dead ends. Even with the Omega Molecule, the Borg will never understand how to utilize it or be capable of evolving past their current state that would allow such better change for themselves. Brainiac would like to say the Borg are in a loop that they cannot break out of. Do not mistake Brainiac's sympathy under goodwill though, as Brainiac looks down upon the Borg for not reaching HIS perfection, meaning that his pity is not too dissimilar to arich person feeling bad for poor people for not having the luxuries they have like clubhouses or a giant collection of shrunken civilizations. Brainiac keeps a Borg vessel within a bottle to study them and he can best compare the Borg's functions to ants.
• Nom Anor and the rest of the Yuuzhan Vong think the Borg's entire existence is heretical to their beliefs. Due to the Yuuzhan Vong opposing mechanical technology, the idea of nanomachines and cybernetic graft onto them forcibly is horrifying. They would rather grab their blasters and shoot themselves than undergo that. Ironically, their opposition is what may be what makes the Yuuzhan Vong interesting to the Borg as their technology bases itself on genetics. That is a feat on its own and the Borg think they will be an excellent addition to their collective.
• "You will be assimilated."

Edited by M1gamiTensei on Nov 15th 2021 at 11:07:45 AM

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Sunny, Basil, Kel, Aubrey, and Hero, Deified Quintet of Dismantled and Rebuilt Friend Groups (Sunny: Omori, Snuuy | Basil: Flower Boy, Bagel, Brazil | Kel: Kelsey | Aubrey: Aubs, Auby, Aubergine | Hero: Henry)

Left to right: Hero, Aubrey, Sunny, Kel, Basil ^{The friends (including Mari) in Sunny's Headspace, and their waking selves during their shared childhood} 

• s: 5
• Hall: Friendship Dynamics (House of Friendship and Camaraderie)
• Demideities (Sunny and Aubrey), Quasideities (Basil, Kel, and Hero)
  • The Headspace versions of Kel and Hero possessed Demigod strength, and Omori once had Greater God power in Sunny's psyche.
• Symbol: A smashed lightbulb that once gave off darkness instead of light
• Theme Songs: Finding Shapes in the Clouds, Where We Used To Play, See You Tomorrow, Treehouse - Here We Are, Together Again
  • Sunny: Crossroads, You Must Carry On., DUET
  • Basil: A Home For Flowers, Help Me, Your Catastrophes - Procession
  • Kel: PRANKED., Thrifted Tchotchkes
  • Aubrey: Just Leave Me Alone, It Means Everything.
• Alignment: Neutral Good as a whole (Hero is Lawful Good, Kel had shades of Chaotic Neutral as a child, Aubrey was fully said alignment during the group's separation, and Sunny and Hero were momentarily True Neutral - which Sunny and Basil retain some hints of)
• Portfolio: Flower and Color Motifs, Temperament Ensemble, Idiosyncratic Ship Naming, True Companions, went through the horrible loss of Mari, resultingly fell apart for four years but managed to come back together, had unknown reactions to Sunny's truth
  • Sunny: Dark Secret: Manslaughter of his older sister Mari via Staircase Tumble, Hates Being Alone, former Hikikomori with Dull Eyes of Unhappiness and Repressed Memories who shut himself into his own imagination, and is resultingly not quite used to the waking world, Ironic Name, Knife Nut, The Quiet One, dies by suicide in certain alternate endings, but instead gains the courage to come clean about the truth, in spite of his former trauma safeguard Omori's resistance and attempted takeover
  • Basil: Camera Fiend, Caring Gardener, Distressed Dude, once dangerously scared of losing his best friend Sunny due to his parents rarely seeing him, Shrinking Violet, had the idea of covering up Mari's death as a suicide, was in dangerous denial about what Sunny accidentally did, vainly tried to convince himself everything would be okay, and became downright shattered as a result, almost killing himself over it
  • Kel: Chronic Hero Syndrome, really loves Orange Joe, "Every Kel meme is canon", was hurt by the tragedy but took it well enough to become the driving force behind the reconciliation, Keet, Lovable Jock, used to see himself as too stupid to reunite the group, Took a Level in Kindness, The Unfavorite
  • Aubrey: Leads a gang of delinquents, carries around a nailed bat yet never really swung something so deadly, Parental Neglect, Used to Be a Sweet Kid but felt abandoned by her old friends and became an abrasive punk who took her anger out on Basil, later realizing and apologizing for her past mistakes
  • Hero: Big Brother Mentor, former Broken Ace over the loss of his love interest Mari and still pretty saddened over it, The Medic, Memetic Psychopath, remorseful about snapping at his younger brother Kel, nicknamed after his love for hero sandwiches, Supreme Chef, Token Adult
• Domains: Emotion, Friendship, Grief, Guilt, Memories, Reconciliation, Trauma
  • Sunny: Anxiety, Denial, Depression, Dreams, Ignorance, Knives, Poetry, Quietness, Unfeelingness, Violins, Manslaughter, Suicide
  • Basil: Abandonment, Anxiety, Bargaining, Depression, Devotion, Fear, Flowers, Gardening, Photography, Plants, Falsehoods, Suicide
  • Kel: Acceptance, Basketball, Basketballs, Happiness, Hardiness, Sports, Unfavorites
  • Aubrey: Abandonment, Anger, Bunnies, Delinquency, Nail Bats, Neglect, Poverty, Stubbornness
  • Hero: Academics, Charm, Cooking, Depression, Excellence, Sadness
• Heralds:
  • Basil: Polly (his caretaker)
  • Kel and Hero: Hector (their pet dog)
  • Aubrey: The Hooligans (the scooter gang she befriended), Bun-Bun (her pet rabbit)
• Followers:
  • Falling-out aspect: The Order of the Stone, the Addisons, Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin
  • Reunion aspect: Love Händel, the Psychic Six
• Allies: Each other, all Good-aligned Undertale deities, the Doki Doki Literature Club, Emmet Brickowski, the Inside Out Emotions, Takuto Maruki, Scott Pilgrim, Ness, the Wayfinder Trio
  • Sunny: Mary (Dreaming Mary), Madeline (Celeste), Jessica Cruz, Bedman, Nega Scott, Lucas
  • Basil: Asgore Dreemurr, Toriel (those two especially to Basil), friendly members of the House of Plants
  • Kel: Luigi, Ron Weasley, Emi Ibarazaki, the Wii Fit Trainer, Tetsuya Kuroko, Michiru Kagemori
  • Aubrey: The Curtis Gang, the Tōhōshinki, Cerebus the Aardvark, the Doom Slayer, friendly rabbits
  • Hero: Mario, Gordon Ramsay, Toriko and Komatsu, Shirou Emiya, Ron Weasley
• Friendly Rivals:
  • Sunny: Madotsuki
  • Kel: Most of the Houses of Gaming (mainly on Kel's end) and Sports
• Enemies: The Child Abuse Supporters, Bill Cipher, The Oni, Felix (Red vs. Blue)
  • Basil: Unfriendly members of the House of Plants
  • Hero: The Mafia of Cooks
• Fears:
  • Sunny: The Inducers of Nightmares
  • Hero: All spiders
• Respects (Kel): Michael Jordan
• Opposes (Kel): SCP-261
• Opposed by (Basil): Yuki Ashikaga
• Commonality Connection (Aubrey): Bad Girl, the Batter, the Scout
• Complicated Opinions: Azula
• Interested in: The Hall of Dreams and Nightmares (Sunny avoids it like the plague, though)
• Welcome to WHITE SPACE. Omori has been living here as long as he can remember. He sometimes sits around by himself, and sometimes traverses the whimsical Headspace with his friends. It isn't that lively or interesting, nor is Omori especially comfortable with Headspace's denizens' way of life, but everything is okay. However, all of this is within the dreams of a lone Hikikomori named Sunny.
• A traumatic event, specifically the death of Sunny's older sister Mari, caused Sunny's group of best friends to grow apart, drastically altering the next four years of their lives. The quiet Sunny became an utter shut-in, the sweet-yet-somewhat-grouchy Aubrey became a mean and cynical delinquent, the friend-loving gardener Basil became more timid and neurotic than ever, the usually versatile and studious Hero fell under a year of depression, and the adventurous Kel did his best to focus on what made him happy. Fortunately, Kel eventually managed to coax Sunny out of his house, and the two helped everyone else remember how much their old friends care, effectively getting the group to reconcile.
• However, while Sunny, Kel, Aubrey, and Hero had a sleepover at Basil's in an effort to comfort him before Sunny moved away from Faraway Town, Sunny found out the terrible truth he repressed for so long: Mari didn't actually commit suicide like Kel, Aubrey, and Hero believed. Sunny accidentally pushed her down the stairs amidst a heated argument they had over their recital. In a panic, Basil and Sunny hung Mari's corpse under a tree in Sunny's backyard to frame it as a suicide. This furthered the two boys' trauma and shaped the respective hallucinations only called "Something" that stalked the boys for the next four years of their lives. Once Sunny woke up and managed to check on Basil, the two wound up in a surprisingly brutal fight that ended with Basil stabbing Sunny's eye with his garden shears in an attempt to destroy Sunny's Something, and they were rushed to a hospital.
• As Sunny regained the precious memories he lost, he faced his own maladaptive defense mechanism, Omori, but ultimately couldn't barrel through his issues. All he could do was accept his guilt as a part of him and move on with his life nonetheless, refusing to succumb just as Omori refused to succumb. Once Sunny was fully prepared to tell his other friends about the truth about what happened to Mari, Omori and the Somethings subsided for good.
• No one is certain how each of Sunny's friends reacted to his confession. It was certainly quite the surprise that Mari didn't really kill herself, but Kel is widely considered to be the most forgiving, having grown into the group's Only Sane Man. However, speculation has varied to how well Aubrey and Hero would take it, let alone how easily Sunny and Basil would be able to forgive themselves. Nevertheless, a few months after Sunny moved to the city, they eventually decided on another reunion for old times' sake, and took a trip to the Pantheon. Many of the gods and goddesses present rejoiced (with some bittersweet sobbing) upon seeing the gang on much better terms now, and the Court of the Gods was happy to nominate Sunny and his best friends as Deified Quintet of Dismantled and Rebuilt Friend Groups.
• Applies to the whole group or largely to multiple members:
  • The five have bonded strongly as True Companions, and have frequently sought and still seek to strengthen bonds that other people closely make with each other.
    • One time, Kel helped a shut-in similar to Sunny go downstairs to celebrate his birthday with his dad. Hero noticed it unusual how Kel sometimes seemed like the responsible one recently, but he and Sunny found the interaction heartwarming anyway.
    • Some find this to have largely resulted from issues with their own respective families. Kel is somewhat estranged from his parents due to their favoritism towards Hero, Aubrey's mother never put in much effort to take care of her, Basil was raised by his grandmother and caretaker due to his parents going on too many business trips to spend much of his life with him, and how well Sunny's doing with his parents isn't well-known. The friends resultingly became like a Family of Choice, albeit at the cost of them being further devastated without Mari, the only real link holding the group together.
    • Sunny and his friends appreciate the bonds that the Wayfinder Trio and many Undertale deities developed in particular, but they dislike the Child Abuse Supporters' use of familial connections for evil, as well as Felix's utter faking of close friendship.
  • As members of the House of Friendship and Camaraderie, the five were befriended by Emmet Brickowski, and they sometimes build beautiful things with the use of LEGOs. It feels nostalgic for them to do so, furthering their rememberance of what it is like to be kids.
  • Sunny, Basil, and Kel have recently learned not to bottle up their grief, and they took the time and effort to understand one another's emotions immediately prior to their ascension. The personified emotions of Inside Out fame gained the group's attention for this (and Disgust is relieved that there isn't much of a reason for what she embodies to be a prominent emotion where Sunny and co. are from).
  • The friends sometimes visit the Hall of Dreams and Nightmares, to find out what Sunny's time in Headspace was like and how it affected him. They took the flanderized versions of their past friendships with humor, but it all eventually got old. Sunny seems to avoid the Hall anyway, out of fear of resumed emotional repression.
  • One day, Sunny woke up to find everyone around him gone, and the landscape a hollow, monochrome area. Approached and frightened by a strange glowing triangle, Sunny was quick to shy away from the nefarious dealmaker. Once Sunny warned his allies, he learned more about Bill Cipher's invasion of dreams (and bodies!) as a means of fulfilling his sinister goals... and him being a geometric figure with a single, lidded eye... no one was happy with that.
  • When it comes to the Flower Motifs Basil assigned to his closest friends, the sunflower represents Basil's desire for an optimistic outlook on life, the lily of the valley represents Mari's past bringing of peace and unity to the friend group, the rose represents Hero's versatility and popularity, the gladiolus represents Aubrey's determination and strength of character, the cactus (a plant, but not a flower in and of itself...) represents Kel's resilience and hardiness, and the white tulip represents Sunny's frequent quietness and simplistic aesthetic - and the beauty of such.
  • Aubrey and Kel seem to bicker a bit more harshly than they did in the past, but they both recall Aubrey's bullying of Basil that made it devolve from their past friendship prior to Sunny leaving his house.
  • That said, the friends find it ironic how Aubrey introduced Basil to them, yet ended up bullying him so much while the group was disbanded.
  • Sunny and his friends often hang out with the Doki Doki Literature Club, whose members are intrigued by Sunny's love for reading, comics, and poetry.
  • The friends aren't sure what to think of Princess Azula. Her feelings of abandonment certainly contributed to how she currently acts. Sunny and co. had high hopes for her prior to realizing that she, unlike Sunny and Aubrey, still refuses to own up to her misdeeds.
• Applies to both Kel and Hero:
  • Kel and Hero occasionally compare their heights. The former recently had quite the growth spurt, so such difference is much harder to discern now. Sunny seems to have helped the brothers decide who is taller, but keeps silent on the matter.
  • The brothers bonded with Ron Weasley. They each have a bit in common, but such things aren't the same:
    • Kel and Ron, while not quite suffering to the extent of their respective companions, felt no less relatable for it, due to them not being particularly confident in themselves and being unfavorites of sorts in their respective families.
    • With Ron being known to some as "The King" and his last name being somewhat akin to Kel's given first name, Kel someimtes wonders how a "Kelsey is our King" tune would work out.
    • Both Ron and Hero are severely arachnophobic and have been assumed by some to be less kindly than they really are. While Hero is sometimes thought to be the least forgiving out of Sunny's friends, many exaggerations of his reaction are in good fun. Hero does feel pretty bad about people genuinely hating Ron enough to seriously vilify him, though.
  • Kel being overshadowed by Hero is often found to be akin to Luigi being less popular and well-known than Mario, but the roles are a very different story for the brothers' personalities, with both Kel and Mario being more brash and mischievous than their respective brothers.
• Applies to Sunny:
  • One of the first people the friends met was Takuto Maruki, a therapist interested in the Metaverse (a realm shaped by human cognition). He empathizes with the time Sunny spent stuck in Headspace, and occasionally supports him through his remaining guilt and grief. Sometimes, Sunny decides to bring his friends along so they can continue dealing with what they went through together.
  • Due to the immense repression and scary hallucinations he incurred, Sunny is implied to have suffered from dissociative amnesia. Furthermore, Sunny and his friends regard Omori as more of a face of Sunny's emotional repression than a real Split Personality.
  • Sunny's experiences as a mentally ill shut-in were comparable to those of certain other deities he befriended, but there are important differences for many of such:
    • Sunny met Mary at one point. The two found out that they both used their dreams to cope with their trauma, but Mary was forced to be a shut-in, where Sunny had more of his own volition involved. For several reasons, Mary is forbidden from talking to Sunny as her real self, Mari.
    • The group became interested in Scott Pilgrim's Medium Awareness, and Sunny currently sees Nega Scott as a foil to Omori. While Omori existed to bury the truth of Sunny's entire past via perpetual RPG loop, Nega Scott worked to get Scott to face his past actions.
    • Another contrast made in this likeness ensued once Sunny met Madeline, whose disesteemed anxiety and pessimism physically manifested while she climbed a magical mountain. Madeline was eventually forced to learn to work with Badeline as an ally, while Omori's attempts to shield Sunny from his existing trauma caused him to embody an unhealthy coping mechanism, and Omori as a personification of Sunny's guilt vanished once Sunny managed to make peace with such guilt. However, barreling through their respective issues proved to be impossible for both Sunny and Madeline.
  • Madotsuki and Sunny consider one another friendly rivals over not only them both being Knife Nuts, but also Black Space, having consisted of the most repressed parts of Sunny's memories, being an inverse-Whole-Plot Reference to where Madotsuki is from.
  • Harbingers of nightmares frighten Sunny in general, but one being stands out in particular: The Oni. Madotsuki told him about it, and everyone learned that it, like the forementioned Bill Cipher, has no standards and looks a lot like Something.
  • Certain deities wondered how Sunny is doing with the lost eye of his. Initially having to wear an eye patch, he eventually got a glass eye prior to the friend group's ascension. However, since Sunny's eye got stabbed instead of slashed into in his scuffle with Basil, this isn't accompanied by a scar of that sort.
• Applies to Basil:
  • Basil frequents the House of Plants, and has introduced its members to the meanings of various flowers he has grown. While plants are often associated with peace and calmness, the proportion of friendly faces in the house is only so much, so Basil is wary of the House's depths.
  • Due to how devoted Basil is to his best friend Sunny, some wonder if the former is in love with the latter. This has largely resulted from Basil not only sharing Sunny's timid and gentle disposition, or even him taking Aubrey's blame from Sunny or Omori for scribbling out photos of Aubrey's older sister figure Mari (which was done in an attempt to repress Sunny's memories), but also Basil being willing to hide the fact that Sunny accidentally killed his sister, not to mention him deluding himself into believing that Sunny could never have killed her, even by accident. The shared trauma of this horrible secret eventually caused Basil to try to kill himself (and a small number of deities suspect that Basil wanted to take Sunny with him). In response, the two boys currently seek to prevent their relationship from being overly codependent, which Yuki Ashikaga seems relieved at.
  • Basil dislikes taking pictures of people while they're smiling for the camera. Many other photographers resultingly found the idea of capturing people living in the moment to be wise.
  • Basil became quite close to Asgore Dreemurr and Toriel. Their love for gardening piqued his interest and reminded him of how much he learned from his caretaker Polly (as well as his late grandmother), and they all sometimes spend time together to expand their knowledge on their shared passion. Though Basil helped Asgore and Toriel get along again, the latter two still only view each other as friends.
  • Basil has been subject to a few nicknames, but he doesn't seem appreciative of his name sounding similar to "Brazil" for... some reasons.
• Applies to Kel:
  • Kel has enjoyed playing different kinds of games his whole life. He enjoys playing basketball with the likes of Michiru Kagemori and Tetsuya Kuroko (and he looks up to basketball star Michael Jordan), and is well-known across the Pantheon for his compliments and critique of the video games he discovered. The Wii Fit series' codification of Exergaming fascinates him in particular (and excites him with gameplay his friends won't curbstomp him at).
  • While Kel was much less emotionally unstable than his childhood friends once were, he still has had some issues with running from his grief, even while remaining fully aware of it. He and Emi Ibarazaki seem to have spent a long time with all their remaining loved ones at arm's length, even though they know their reasons for such to slightly differ.
  • He spent some time searching the Pantheon for his beloved Orange Joe, and encountered a strange vending machine that can dispense any liquid substance. He spoke of what he wanted to order, but the staff was alarmed and told him about what happened last time someone wanted a cup of "joe". He was quick to turn back, but now he's happy that his close friends occasionally buy the soda for him.
    • Aubrey still finds the drink to be disgusting, though, and she tried arguing with Kel for twenty minutes about it.
    • Curiously, Kel hates milk compared to when he was a child. Many people have tried to guess how this came to be.
• Applies to Aubrey:
  • Once Aubrey learned of Cerebus the Aardvark's association with darkening of tone, she described the sheer extent to which she changed as a person. This gave the two more insight into how easily people's identities and mindsets can be deconstructed and reconstructed.
  • A good number of victims of Parental Neglect (at best) and poverty, namely Natsuki and the Curtis Gang, related to Aubrey's home "life" and (just like Cerebus) how it contributed to her current personality.
  • Aubrey's newer friends and lifestyle are reminiscent of Japanese Delinquents like the Tōhōshinki, and the Hooligans' use of scooters and/or bikes to move around (and not committing the worst of gang activity) are akin to a certain subculture of such.
  • Aubrey's use of blunt weapons for combat has lead people to compare her with other baseball bat weaponizers, most notably Ness, Bad Girl, the Batter, and the Scout. Like her friends, Aubrey is friendly to Ness, but doesn't know what to think about the relatively amoral examples.
  • Despite her change in personality, Aubrey still finds fluffy bunnies to be adorable, enjoys the presence of such animals, and has befriended the Doom Slayer over his own love for such (as well as his loss of his own pet rabbit, Daisy). Aubrey occasionally lets him visit her own pet rabbit, Bun-Bun.
• Applies to Hero:
  • Hero has seemed to lack physical fitness as a kid. His Headspace self wasn't very swift in a fight and had to rest for quite a bit after any strenuous physical activity. This is unlikely to be the case now, as he recently and single-handedly saved both Sunny and Basil from drowning in their old hangout spot's lake. Nevertheless, few think he's much stronger than Kel.
  • He's able to gain the respect of other Supreme Chefs, even Gordon Ramsay, for the cooking skills he developed. Contrary to Hero's typically soft-spoken demeanor, however, he (as well as the competent cooks he befriended) is quite upset about the abysmal cooking of the Mafia of Cooks.
  • Due to Mari ostensibly committing suicide and Hero blaming himself for having no idea why, he gave up his dream of growing up to be a chef, desiring to become a psychologist in order to prevent others from suffering Mari's "fate". Hero still feels rather guilty that he couldn't notice Mari's perfection getting to Sunny's head and contributing to her untimely death, still blaming himself to an extent for such.
• "Waiting for something to happen?"

Edited by dynamicDiscovery on Nov 16th 2021 at 9:58:03 AM

for and

All these purges are really getting to the thread.

I'll get a better picture soon, I promise.

EDIT: See?

DEMOuntable Next Integrated Capability Armor (DEMONICA)

• Returning To: The Armory
• s:

• Class Level: 5
• Appearance: A high-tech combat suit that comes in either gold and green, or black and red
• Museum Check: Denied, later Granted upon Tadano Hitonari's ascension
• Alignment: True Neutral, as it depends on its wearer
• Portfolio: Powered Armor, Magic-Technology Compatibility, Field Scanners, Adaptive Armor, Magikarp Power, Modular Adaptability
• Notable users: Flynn (has gotten his hands on both versions), Tadano Hitonari (all six incarnations)
• Interested Parties: X-COM, most deities from the house of War, General Shepherd, Senator Armstrong, the God-Emperor of Mankind, The Phantom Thieves of Hearts, the Grineer, the Corpus, the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit, Black Ops, SCP Foundation, Global Occult Coalition
• An advanced combat suit developed and sponsored by the United Nations, originally intended for all-environment use, which exceeded all expectations when it was shown to be an excellent choice for survival in the chaotic terrain of the Expanse (the Schwarzwelt). Its superior modular programming allows for an unprecedented degree of customization. Its worth was further confirmed when it was later proven capable of communicating with, allowing the user to recruit, and/or taking down demons thanks to the installation of a variant of Akemi Nakajima's Demon Summoning Program.
  • Aside from this, it has scanners capable of detecting Forma, magic and alien presences, incoming hostile encounters, and studying field conditions. Its advanced circuitry augments the capabilities of the wearer, adjusting itself to their combat preferences to maximize effectiveness. All of this makes it a premium choice for baseline and superpowered personnel alike. However, its main weakness is that it requires considerable amounts of use in combat to reach peak efficiency.
• Externally resembles a Cyberman, who have no comment so far on these suits.
• A couple of DEMONICA suits were found, disassembled, in a certain Tokyo. While still excellent military gear, it appears a botched reverse-engineering job significantly lowered its abilities, removing most of its Adaptive Ability in favor of more conventional armor. Flynn currently seeks to repair the damaged set he owns, and if possible, augment it by using his faithful AI companion Burroughs as the navigational AI for the armor.
• There are two known variants: one in mostly black with red details, and another in gold with a green undersuit. While the black suit is more combat-oriented, the gold variant is significantly more powerful.
• Several parties in the Pantheon became interested in acquiring DEMONICA technology. Most of the groups in question are military-affiliated deities or groups such as X-COM, most deities from the house of War, General Shepherd, and Senator Armstrong in particular. They intend, for the most part, to mass produce and use them against any and all potential enemies, all of them having been impressed by the suit's aforementioned combat capabilities. Not to mention The Grineer and the Corpus, alongside profiting off of it with the latter.
  • Likewise, the God-Emperor of Mankind wants to make the gold variant standard issue armor for the Imperial Guard, seeing it as the ultimate weapon against Warp incursions (an armor that allows baseline humans to go toe to toe with Physical Gods and enables them to gain control over demons seems like a dream come true) though he wants to see if he can't tweak it so it comes with a gold undersuit too. And maybe add a few skulls for good measure.
  • Interestingly, there one demon who managed to acquire a personalized variant of the gold and green version. Said demon, one Jack Frost, has been training under Sergeant Hartmann. This particular one is different in that he actually passed and survived the Drill Sergeant's Training from Hell. When he finally earned the right to wear the DEMONICA, he became known from then on as Demonee-Ho, and quickly gained a reputation for his 100% success rate during operations in the field.
  • One can also count the Hazardous Environment Combat Unit and the Black Ops among the interested parties. While the former already have the pretty impressive PCV in their arsenal, the DEMONICA's even more advanced capabilities might just give them the edge they need to fight more powerful aliens and monsters that litter the Pantheon. Both the SCP Foundation and the Global Occult Coalition would also be heavily invested in researching the DEMONICA and how they themselves can use it.
• With Tadano Hitonari's ascension to the Pantheon (and them being surprised to discover that the DEMONICA was in the Pantheon's Treasury), a change of policy was in consideration in regards to requisitioning and reverse-engineering it. Thus this gave the Grand United Alliances of Good, Law, and Chaos a head start in research. The GUAs of Evil, Destruction, and Machines are now dedicated to capturing the Hitonaris in order to requisition their DEMONICAs for themselves. Other independent forces not among the above who have interest in the suits are trying the same.
• Because this suit improves by killing enemies, pacifist combatants will have a hard time making it stronger, though they can still use and recruit demons with it. One can still get it stronger by having their summoned demons kill on their behalf, though.
• The Phantom Thieves of Hearts (including Akechi) have also been seen with DEMONICA suits on occasion, though these are just outfits and nothing more. Some interest has been drawn to obtain real suits for themselves, though there's the whole "kill foes to give it power" thing, but Metaverse Shadows might qualify for that.

Kumiko Yamaguchi, Goddess of Psychologist Teachers (Yankumi, Mr. X, Gokusen, Kumicho, Masked Fighter)

• Potential House: Teachers
• s:

• Demigoddess
• Symbol: her red tracksuit
• Theme Song: Hontou no Kotoba, or Feel Your Breeze
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Helping Her Students With Their Problems, Yakuza Heiress, Badass Teacher, Bad "Bad Acting", Bunny-Ears Lawyer, Cloud Cuckoo Lander, Incredibly Shit Singer, Hot-Blooded, Nerd Glasses That Can Become Scary Shiny Glasses, Neighborhood-Friendly Gangsters, Obfuscating Stupidity, Oblivious to Love, She Cleans Up Nicely, Stealth Hi/Bye, Concocting Zany Schemes
• Domain(s): Teachers, Mathematics, Yakuza, Psychology
• Heralds: Shin Sawada (her star student, boyfriend, and aspiring Yakuza lawyer), Fuji Kuroda VI (her tosa dog)
• Followers: Hitomi Shinonome, Lou Anne Johnson, Morrie Schwartz, Gabe Kotter, Professor Max Schneider
• Allies: Eikichi Onizuka (Distaff Counterpart), Charles Xavier, Frasier Crane, John Keating, Gentaro Kisaragi, Kazuma Kiryu, Koro-sensei, Byleth Eisner
• Enemies: Biff Tannen, Agatha Trunchbull, Dr. Angus Mumby, Lucius Malfoy, The Death Busters, Terence Fletcher
• Opposed by: Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana
• Respects: Draco Malfoy
• Conflicting Opinion: Albus Dumbledore
• Teachers are supposed to help their students be prepared for the real world after graduation. Some of them take the extra mile and help their students with all sorts of social issues. No degree of psychology actually required, that's what defines a Psychologist Teacher.
• Kumiko Yamaguchi, fresh out of university, applied for a job as a teacher in Shirokin High School, an all-boys school renowned for being full of delinquents. She was put in charge of the worst class in the school — class 2-D, but despite their rowdiness, she was more than equipped enough to handle any trouble a bunch of snot-nosed kids can cause, given that she's an heriess to a Yakuza clan^note While her mother actually left the clan and married a straight salaryman, they died in a car crash, and Kumiko was sent to the Kuroda clan because they were the closest available relatives, which she keeps secret (though she and the whole clan weren't that good at keeping secrets) due to schools being intolerant of gangs and people of dangerous backgrounds though the principal turns out to have hired her specifically due to her background, and the entire school eventually finds out near the end, but preferred to keep her either way. Throughout the rest of the series, Kumiko wins over her originally mistrustful students and improves their lives for the better, both through talking things out with them and a helpful dose of the Yakuza code.
• Kumiko's reason for being a teacher is because of back when her younger adopted siblings were allowed to graduate as long as they don't attend the graduation ceremony. After realizing that schools have been forgetting the real value of students and throwing out those who don't abide by the group rule, she decided she would help those impoverished students.
• It was the end of another day at Shirokin teaching delinquents when she arrives home, only to see a mysterious person with a letter of recommendation to a place called Elysium Academy. They told her to read it in private before she makes any decisions. One private read later, she found the offer acceptable and eventually earned a spot in the Pantheon.
• Just to get things out of the way, her Yakuza background is now made known from the start, given how poorly she and her clan are at keeping secrets, even if she might try to pass it off as being a fan of Yakuza media. And because the students for the most part are far smarter than Shirokin's (not that that's hard), and some of the idiots might not even notice any facade she might try to pull off, it would be disrespectful to assume they're fools. That said, they're not that ciritcal of her background, or at least it's not grounds for being fired.
• Thanks to her background and experience with delinquents, she has no problem disciplining them when they get too rampant. She's heard that The Tōhōshinki and Tatsumi Oga are from schools filled with them, just like Shirokin High. Thankfully, they've progressively mellowed out.
• As a teacher who helps with her students' issues, she's gotten along with others who do the same, such as Eikichi Onizuka, Charles Xavier, Gentaro Kisaragi (who himself was a delinquent in his school days, though it's more from much of the elitism of the alumni than anything), Rean Schwarzer, and Byleth Eisner (though the whole could-be-either-gender thing was weird).
  • As for Albus Dumbledore however, especially in light of his big plans for Harry and others throughout his years and his past with Grindelward, she's a bit more conflicted in her opinions of him.
  • Koro-sensei is another teacher that has helped his students both academically and personally, and gets along wth him despite his reputation for being an alien and being pervy, not to mention teaching how to assassinate.
• And of course, there are the nasty teachers, such as Trunchbull (and they get into fights more than once since Agatha has a hatred for twintails, which is how Kumiko wears her hair as a teacher), and Fletcher (for his abusive methods, even if they bear exceptional fruit when it works).
• As a Yakuza heiress, she can get antsy when it comes to law enforcement. But given her reputation in the mortal realm, she's at a truce with most of them. Of course, there are still the occasional zealot who care not for her non-evil stance, such as Inspector Javert and his allies, who try to arrest her on sight whenever they get the chance.
  • On the other hand, she's had a better encounter with fellow Yakuza deity Kazuma Kiryu after undertaking a rescue mission for one of her students. The Dragon of Dojima had been in the area, and made swift work of the fools that dared get into their crosshairs. They became fast friends after that, him sensing her good heart. (add encounter with Goro Majima?)
  • And then there was Tatsu Yamashiro/Katana, who has a vendetta against ALL people in the Yakuza due to having lost her family to them. After hearing about her from Kiryu, who fended off the vigilante with difficulty one time they crossed paths, Kumiko knew that reasoning with Katana was most definitely out of the question for the time being.
• There was a short time where she used to moonlight as a vigilante called Mr. X, but has since ceased that activity, prefering to instead help as either a teacher or as a a Yakuza heiress. So there's no chance she's going to be confused for another Mr. X (or his daughter Miss Y) anytime soon.
• When it comes to beating up threats to her students, she's even taken out a demon once. And with so many other supernatural stuff in the Pantheon, there are dangers aplenty of all kinds, so she'll have to pick her battles.
• With all the jumping and kicking she does, she prefers to not wear skirts due to running the risk of doing a Panty Shot, though she will if she has to. Someone suggested she get some Modesty Shorts for such situations.
• Got entangled with some of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts after seeing Ryuji, Makoto, and Haru going up against a tough-ish monster and giving them the initiative via a Dynamic Entry flying kick. Once the threat was subdued and taken away, she was formally introduced to the group and what they did, and she turned out to be fully supportive of their cause. After hearing of their backstory, she stated that things would've been very different had she been at Shujin High. On the other hand, given her background, it's unlikely she would've been applicable as a teacher there anyway due to Kobayakawa not wanting someone in the yakuza as a teacher, even if he's part of the same conspiracy that had Kaneshiro in its payroll.
• Dislikes restrictive parents who think they can do whatever they please to their children, given Shin suffered that treatment under his father (before they and Kumiko eventually came to an understanding).
• Opposes children who abuse the power of their parents' influence (particularly authority over use of gangs) to do whatever they please, as well as parents who don't rein them in. Kumiko used to be bullied due to her background, but she never used her clan's name or asked them for help, because she believes it won't foster respect and loyalty.
  • She holds great disdain for Lucius Malfoy because of this, while respecting his son Draco for moving away from that line of thinking.
• Is enemies with the Death Busters, as they are aliens who used a School for Scheming (founded by their Mad Scientist, Professor Souichi Tomoe/Germatoid) as a front while they worked to summon their boss Pharaoh 90 and awaken Mistress Nine. On top of their omnicidal ambitions, she isn't happy that said school is in the Pantheon as their temple.

Edited by nightelf37 on Nov 16th 2021 at 6:07:07 PM

for Borg and Omori

@Omori - .

This Christmas, witness these nominations happen, or something. Welp, I just realized I suck when it comes to trying to make something akin to an advertisement. Anyway...

• Angela Sheehan - Companion Cube
  • The short film centers on a girl named Angela as she discovers a Baby Jesus statue in a church and she feels sorry for it as it feels cold. As a result, she steals the statue and tries to take it home so that she could keep it warm and safe. Given her Christian background, Angela talks to it as if it were a real person and does the best to make sure she fulfills her goal as she thinks it would being happiness for her family and for Limerick in Christmas.
• Buddy - Manchild
  • Buddy is a man who, when an infant, was accidentally stowed away by Santa Claus during Christmas time. Being adopted, Buddy was raised alongside Christmas Elves in the North Pole and when he dilecides to go to New York to reconnect with his father, his upbringing shows; he finds it hard to adjust to society and despite being an adult, his mannerisms and actions are akin to that of an annoying child, which ends up annoying those he comes into contact as due to being extremely naive and childish, he comes off as being Innocently Insensitive.
• Kuai-Liang/Sub-Zero - Blue Means Cold (Rework)
  • Sub-Zero is the primary character in the franchise to be using cryomancy as his main power set and as way to be identified for it, he is always wearing blue. Sub-Zero is extremely proficient in his use of ice when it comes to combat, his base of operations as leader of the Lin Kuei is set on a snowy mountainside, and is one of the most famous cryomancers in entertainment fiction, let alone video games.

Additional Notes:

• Angela is a real-life person as the narrator is her son, though it's unclear whether it's Frank or Malaxhy McCourt as well as the story being based on a real-life tale told by their mother. That said, I am intending to strictly focus only on the animated adaptation of Angela as a way to affirm that I am doing this to represent her animated films, first and foremost.
• Manchild is currently taken by Misato Katsuragi, though she also has Stacy's Mom and I would personally argue that Buddy is a better example of the earlier trope than Misato is.
• Sub-Zero's profile looks to be unpolished and a lot of what appears to texts based upon on the old days remain. I am intending to refurbish and I prove his profile to better modern standards.

for all of them.

Edited by CrimsonShark on Nov 16th 2021 at 4:17:34 PM

for all three.

Posting these suggestions here. Two are reworks of old profiles under a new trope, while the last one is a new profile taking a trope from an older profile.

• Sergeant John Basilone, Patron Saint of War Heroes - Currently holds Sergeant Rock. While he does demonstrate the former trope throughout the series, there's far more focus on his heroic actions on Guadalcanal, his subsequent awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor, his subsequent tour of the US as a Propaganda Hero selling war bonds, his status as a Shell-Shocked Veteran eventually surfacing, and his established reputation amongst his men as a badass and supposedly invincible hero. Since the series is Based on a True Story complete with a Foregone Conclusion, it ends with his sacrifice in helping men off the beach on Iwo Jima. Of note is that he's the only main protagonist in the series who ends up as this, with Robert Leckie and Eugene Sledge mainly being known for the books they would write well after the war.
• Black Cat Mantaray 5-4, Patron Saints of the Gunship Rescue - Currently hold Guy in Back, while the current holder of Gunship Rescue has a woefully underdeveloped profile. While they do demonstrate the former trope (in the form of three crew members being this trope, including the Player Character), the level they're featured in is better known for the second half, where, despite having been damaged in an earlier raid against Japanese shipping, the titular Black Cats jump into danger once more and succeed in saving the lives of several American sailors from attacking Japanese aircraft and torpedo boats. Interestingly, they're both on the giving and receiving end of this trope, gunning down enemies attacking damaged ships and drowning sailors, and later, getting rescued by US Navy fighter aircraft when their own guns run out of ammunition at the end of the level.
• Chief Aviation Radioman James Murray and Aviation Machinist's Mate Bruno Gaido, Holy Rear Gunners of the Pantheon - Currently held by the aforementioned Black Cat Mantaray 5-4, an aging and increasingly outdated profile, which I plan to rework under a different trope. Two notable flight crew aboard the USS Enterprise in early to mid 1942, both men serve as the radiomen slash rear gunners for their respective SBD Dauntless pilots, Lt. Dick Best and Lt. Clarence Dickinson/Ensign Frank O'Flaherty. Both men prove to be competent at their jobs, saving their pilots, and in Gaido's case at one point, the Enterprise herself, from numerous attacks by attacking Japanese aircraft. Without them, the main characters would have ended up either killed or without a carrier to fight on. The SBD Dauntless itself is one of the more famous aircraft to feature this trope, being featured in numerous media from books to film with its rear gunner seat occupied, often manning the machine gun.

Edited by Rmpdc on Nov 16th 2021 at 8:58:33 PM

@ Marcus Wright: Anyone knows why in the hell he looks like Perseus?

Cody Travers could also be on good terms, as he too was given a second chance with Haggar pardoning him.

Enemies with Frost and Sektor, who wish to use his tech to create better Cyber Lin Kuei.

Bit more on Lidia.

Lidia Sobieska, Patron Of Youthful Politicians (The Right Honorable Lidia Sobieska, Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, The Strongest Member of Parliament)

• Lesser Goddess
• Symbol: The Flag of Poland
• Theme Song Island Paradise
• Alignment: Lawful Good
• Portfolio: Alternate Company Equivalent, Apologetic Attacker, Authority Equals Asskicking, Badass in a Nice Suit, Blood Knight, Dark Is Not Evil, First Polish Karateka, Go-Getter Girl, Megaton Punch, Nice Girl, Patriotic Fervor, Prime Minister Of Poland At The Age Of 29, Stance System, Theme Naming, Wants The Tekken Force Out Of Poland, Wearing The Colors Of The Polish Flag
• Domains Politicians, Martial Arts, Shotokan/Polskie Karate, Polish People
• Allies:
  • Tekken Allies: TBD
  • Other Allies: Mike Haggar, Cody Travers, Captain America, Helena Douglas
• Rivals: G (Street Fighter)
• Enemies:
  • Tekken Deities: Heihachi Mishima, Kazuya Mishima, Jin Kazama
• Worthy Opponents: Makoto, Kim Kaphwan, Sub-Zero
• Person Of Intrest: To The Illuminati, particularly Gill, Urien and Kolin
• Survived a terrorist bombing that killed her father at twelve. Accepted into law school at sixteen. Won her first karate championship at eighteen. Graduated law school and entered politics at twenty-one. And now, Prime Minister of Poland at twenty-nine, which makes her the second-most powerful politician just below the President. Thanks to Cody Travers and Mike Haggar sponsoring her, the Right Honorable Lidia Sobieska has ascended to the Pantheon.
• The first Polish-born martial artist to ever grace the Pantheon, Lidia's ascension is indeed a cause for celebration. But while some look on with great interest, measuring her potential, others are watching her with great concern, debating on if she could either be friend or foe.
  • For Heihachi Mishima, Lidia is for him, firmly in the latter. The young upstart had the gall to demand that he pull his Tekken Force out of Poland. Heihachi's response? A letter, praising her for her accomplishments, and a warning for her not to oppose him. Now that Lidia has ascended, Heihachi has another problem aside from his son and grandson, as Heihachi is expecting the upstart to address her grievances to him personally.
  • The Illuminati also shows interest in Lidia. Such raw potential and such passion could be molded into something far greater. Becoming Prime Minister before 30 is impressive. Gill and Urien are now watching Lidia with great interest.
• As a highly-skilled practitioner of Shotokan Karate, Lidia's ascension has put the martial arts community on notice. Before going into politics, Lidia planned on devoting herself to martial arts. Now, with her ascension, this opens the doors to new challenges and new opportunities.
  • While not a practitioner of Shotokan Karate, Makoto's Rindou-kan Karate has several similarities with Shotokan Karate. As a result, both Lidia and Makoto became fast friends.
  • Through Liu Kang, Johnny Cage and Sonya Blade, Lidia is recommended to visit the the deified Lin Kuei boss, Kuai Liang. The suggestion is soon made clear when Lidia sees Kuai performing the Kanku Dai, a traditional Shotokan kata. Yup, Sub-Zero is a certified master of Shotokan Karate.

Poland from Polandball is a rather quirky personification of her country.

for the Faraway kids.

Nice!

Is the trope Swiss-Army Hero open? I don't see it anywhere but I want to be sure.

No, I don't it's taken nor do I think anyone else has reserved it for an idea. You got anyone in mind?

I was thinking that Ben and Gwen Tennyson needed a revamp.

I think Ben would be the perfect candidate for Swiss-Army Hero as that is basically the pitch of Ben 10. By the end of Omniverse, he has oner 60 different aliens forms he can take on.

I don't have a new trope for Gwen yet, but I'm working on it. Finally, I think you could give their current trope (Relationship Writing Fumble) could be given to one of their followers, but I don't know enough about them to write it myself.

could give Gwen Magic Is Feminine. She's the main source of magic in a science dominated series, and a member of a Witch Species with a natural ability to manipulate mana. By the end of the series (or in the distant future) she's easily one the strongest spellcasters in the world.

Edited by AzureLegacy on Nov 16th 2021 at 1:47:17 PM

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Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, God of Nazi Protagonists

• :
• House: Protagonists.
• Quasideity
• Symbol: A hand shadow forming a rabbit's ears.
• Theme Song: Helden and Jojo's Theme; alternatively Mit all deiner Liebe
• Alignment: True Neutral at first whilst obliviously aiming to be Lawful Evil, Neutral Good by the end.
• Portfolio: Intially a Nazi Protagonist out of Indoctrination Before Turning Against the Ideology, Adaptational Heroism, Children Are Innocent, Rabbit Motif, Broken Pedestal on Hitler, From the Mouths of Babes, Character Development, Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold, Slighty Scarred but Treated as a Freak for It, Precocious Crush, Not Really Evil in his Time as a Nazi and Bad at Executing their Ideology.
• Domains: Nazism, Innocence, Imagination
• Heralds: Elsa Korr, Yorkie.
• Allies: Captain America, Sophie Zawistowski, Charlie Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, Pvt. Robert Zussman, Vasily Zaytsev, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chester Nimitz, B.J. Blazkowicz, Izetta, Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo, Coco.
• Enemies: All Nazi Deities (especially Johann Schmidt/The Red Skull, General Heinz Bohm, General Franz Vahlen, Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse), HYDRA, Major Erwin König, Shocker, Eric Cartman, Masataka Shima.
• Intrigued by: Salad Fingers
• Jojo Betzler was a young boy from Berlin, Germany in World War II; he was enrolled in the Hitler Youth where he tried to fit into their ideology in a misguided attempt to serve his country, even having an imaginary Hitler friend serve as the representation for the ideology slowly corrupting him.. However, after discovering a Jewish girl named Elsa Korr that hid in his house, he started to change his mind and reject the Nazi ideology, especially after his mother who was a secretly working against the Nazis, was hanged by the Gestappo. When the Allies siegued Berlin, Jojo managed to survive (alongside his best friend from the Hitler Youth, Yorki) and after being spared from execution by the sacrifice of his friend and mentor, Klenzendorf, was able to fully leave the Nazi ideology behind, kicking his imaginary Hitler friend off a window and he and Elsa went on to have a rejoice dance on the streets now that they were free of the Nazi's grip.
• Jojo ascended after the events of World War II passed, landing in the Pantheon in a quite strange situation for his perspective, especially given the variety of deities around, particularly those involved in World War II with either the Axis powers or the Allies. For the most part he's a small player but does follow some heroic deities around which he considers the most admirable.
• Right off bat he became quite the admirer of the superhero Steve Rogers/Captain America, known for his fight against the Third Reich and HYDRA in World War II and remnants of theirs throughout the years. Johannes was quite interested in hearing of Steve's exploits and adventures, particularly those involving him fighting the forces of HYDRA in the present day, which Jojo found disturbing to hear about since it seems even the passing of decades does not fully erase the influence of Nazi Germany from the world. He's also shared his experiences about the war and losses which Steve empathized a lot given his own trauma and bad experiences in World War II.
• Izetta made a connection with Jojo over the issues of persecution by a fascist Germanic army and subsequently having to face the horrors of World War II both through personal afflictions and those of other people hurt by the regimes. Jojo was also surprised to learn that Izetta was a legitimate magical girl, unlike the delusions that the Hitler Youth tried to sell him about Jewish people. Jojo also admires her for her bravery and decision all on her own to take on the fascist forces of her world, in spite of having no personal reason to do so herself.
• It's no surprise to anyone that Jojo LOATHES Nazis with all his being, as not only did he witness the true cruelty and horror of the Nazis, but he even lost his beloved mother to the Gestapo. As such their presence in the Pantheon was not something he liked to see. Prime among these deities was Johann Schmidt/The Red Skull, infamous leader of HYDRA who has close ties to the Nazis and at times even works towards reigniting their ideology in the present. But Schmidtt isn't alone in this regard.
  • Heinz Bohm, Franz Vahlen, and Wilhelm Strasse are all known Nazi war criminals who have ascended into the Pantheon and thus called Jojo's attention and disgust. He particularly has a massive loathing for Heinz Bohm, whose horribly inhuman actions and torture of innocents didn't sit well with Jojo at all, especially with how utterly depraved he was, even compared to many Nazis that Jojo personally met. Franz Vahlen also called Jojo's attention with his support of various war crimes even before World War II, such as the use of poisonous gas in trenches and subsequent support of brutal techniques in war. Strasse himself also stood out for the sheer scope of his depraved actions and continued assistance towards the twisted depravity of the Third Reich long after Hitler's fall.
  • He dislikes Nazi Germany troops just as much as the leaders, even if he knows many soldiers are misguided or ignorant to the truth of their cause. Stands out include the Waffen Infantry, Waffen Officers, Waffen Senior Troopers, Waffen Storm Leaders and Nazi Storm Elites, and the Valkyrie Jager. While Jojo is hopelessly outmatched against such foes he does support the actions of the likes of Captain America and allies in bringing them all down.
  • The organization Shocker was born of both remnants of the Nazis and their Japanese allies as well as insane cultists who desired to conquer the world under the visions of the Great Leader. The similarly hateful ideals of the organization and willingness to house and further the agendas of ex-Nazis and Neo-Nazis alike sickened Jojo greatly, like with the Nazi Germany infantries he's not really suited to fighting them head-on and thus lets the likes of the Kamen Riders and other heroes handle that issue.
• In addition to the Nazi deities, Jojo has little good things to say about the allies of the Nazis such as Imperial Japan supporters and Italian fascists; since he knows them and many others happily aided Nazi Germany's war crimes and were also pretty terrible and cruel regimes themselves. Added to these lists were neo nazis and those who perpetrate the ideology of the Tird Reich in the modern day. Commander Masataka Shima was one of the first of these individuals, the commander being infamous for his involvement in hiding away Nazi Gold and antagonizing several american soldiers and getting away with his support of the Axis powers and post-WW2 crimes even having an American POW with him.
• He had little positive things to say about Eric Cartman, as the boy is a fervent anti-semite who is also highly supportive of the Nazi regime on top of being quite the unpleasant asshole himself even with those two factors removed. Cartman has at times mocked and made fun of Jojo for his deformities, abandoning the Nazi regime and falling in love with a Jewish girl that did not reciprocate his feelings; though all those times ended with Cartman backing off anytime Jojo showed signs of actually hurting him as Cartman is quite the big coward. As for Cartman's friends, they don't really have much of an intent to associate with Jojo due to understanding that their association with Cartman is unlikely to give them a good reputation with Betzler, though Kyle at least appreciates to know about a kid that outgrew the Nazi ideology and respects jews nowadays.
• Since the Americans helped liberate his town and Germany from the grasp of Nazi Germany Jojo admires the heroic American soldiers and leaders that arrived in the Pantheon, primarily President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As for the soldiers he has great admiration for Charlie Company 2nd Battalion, the leading force in D-Day, the decisive battle that started the turn of the tide against the Nazis. The deities themselves greatly admire that Jojo was able to outgrow the ideals of the Nazis in spite of being almost indoctrinated into it.
  • Similarly, BJ Blaskowicz earned Jojo's respect for his continued fight against the Nazis and all allies they have. While Jojo finds Blaskowicz quite brutal, he won't condemn his actions as he's learned about the atrocities that his foes have committed, mostly thanks to Strasse. Blaskowicz was also one to congratulate Jojo on abandoning the Nazi's ideology that tried to corrupt him.
• The imaginary friends of Foster's Home were puzzled to know that his imaginary friend was a version of Adolf Hitler of all things possible, though have not really held it against him due to knowing how he ultimately was once just a misguided ignorant kid rather than a genuine supporter of the Nazi ideology and Hitler worshipper. He most notably became friends with Bloo, Coco, Wilt, and Eduardo as the main four were pleased to try and find a better and less horrible imaginary friend for him to spend time with.
• Jojo made an empathic connection with Sophie Zawistowski, as he'd heard of the horrors she faced during her stay at Auschwitz all thanks to being the wife of a Jew, Sophie was at first hesitant to reach out to the boy due to his initial association with the Nazis but quickly warmed up once she knew the full picture of his change of heart and protection of his Jewish friend and unreciprocated crush, Elsa. Jojo has at times comforted her about losing one of her children, relating the grief he experienced when he lost his mother to that.
• Salad Fingers was an odd deity that Jojo found out about, as Fingers had likely survived a great war which is implied to have had some really bad effects on his mental state and on top of that also hallucinated imaginary friends in the vast barren world he lived in, just so he could speak to someone. While Jojo finds little else to know about him, he does still find himself perplexed by the strange humanoid. As for Fingers, he finds Jojo an odd, if nice, fellow and has tried a few times to know him better only for Jojo to understandable avoid his company to Finger's disappointment.

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Ginga@ Im fine with Tennysons trope changes. Big problem is what to do with the multiple Bens/Gwens.

Thanks to my newly ascended profile, the Hall of Friendship Dynamics is getting really big now. Should I split its page into A to L and M to Z?

@Bale:

@nightelf: I did mention a while back when you attempted to rework one of your older profiles that was going to be deleted that I couldn't trust you to do a sufficient rework of such to put it to current, stricter profile standards and this still holds true now with your three suggestions.

Again, I should emphasize in general that when it comes to reworking an outdated profile, it means making the flavor texts and interactions more detailed and not just adding minor notes. It isn't just about making sure something fits the trope; it's about making sure the profile is at a good quality (as in, having detailed flavor text that explains interactions well) that it doesn't end up at risk of being deleted/replaced with another candidate later on.

Edited by r-lock256 on Nov 16th 2021 at 11:41:08 AM

@Bale - for JoJo's Nazi Wannabe Adventure.

Edited by CrimsonShark on Nov 16th 2021 at 8:06:26 PM

@Bale