Trope Pantheons Discussion

Welcome to the Trope Pantheons thread! Please read the rules:

Rules

Rules. The following are not suggestions or tips, but things that have to be followed:

When writing a profile, take note of the following:
- Gods cannot be followers or high priests for obvious reasons. The 'gods' have ascended meaning there is no need for said character to be a follower of another if they have ascended.
- No hype profiles, please. 'Hype Profiles' are profiles that have been made out of ongoing events and have not been around for a long time. This creates 'hype' due to popularity and certain elements either through certain scenes, memes, dramatic acting or considered overly awesome. They are not bad tropes but building a portfolio solely for that is a bad idea, as they do not say a thing about representing the trope best (unless it's those trope concepts that they are trying to embody for a long time)
  - You can see one if the profile is only showing off how awesome they are or suddenly pushing how 'significant' they are thanks to the just very recent events rather than respecting the longstanding good representations of the trope. And usually having... minimum portfolio or flavor texts and being a bit too generalized or self-contained to events from within their home series instead of interacting with other Pantheon members.
When posting in the forum, take note of the following:
- When you suggest a God, please explain why they fit the trope. Not everyone is going to understand just "X should be the God of Y because they exemplify the trope" off the bat, especially if they're unfamiliar with the work.
- You must use the Trope Pantheons discussion thread in the forums if you wish to add a new deity, story, something else of importance to the Trope Pantheon canon, or reworking an existing deity (be it simply improving their existing profile or changing their title).
  - For new and reworked deities, 3 means the profile will have a one week waiting period.
  - For new and reworked deities, 4 is a 3 day waiting period.
  - 5 is an automatic ascension for new and reworked deities.
  - Speaking of reworks, for anyone that wants to improve such profiles, they have to review the current trope the character(s) has and see if it still holds up or if there is a better rep for their trope.
- For adding new Treasures to The Great Treasury or new Dominions to the Dominions, the following rules apply:
  - For new Treasures or Dominions, 3 is a 3 day waiting period.
  - 4 is an automatic addition to the Great Treasury or Dominions.
- Do not repost a profile in the forums more than twice in a day if noticeable changes have not been made in between. If a profile is posted a third time in a row without noticeable alterations, it will be downvoted. This is so spamming of no-effort profiles is less frequent and to prevent tropers from getting aggravated seeing the same profile over and over. The minimum acceptable change has to be a single flavour text.
- The Pantheon is not a mouthpiece for you to voice your opinions on certain characters. You may like certain characters more than others, but do not make the mistake of making profiles for characters you like look like Character Shilling.
- Tropers new to the Pantheon are barred from approving or downvoting profiles until they have ascended at least two profiles.
- Do not include fan reception in any profiles. It has nothing to do with the character themselves and will create unnecessary conflict.
- Write a detailed explanation on why the character is the best candidate for deity of that trope. If people disagree with you, do not force it on the people.
- Keep in mind that if you still want to try to find a trope for a particular character, you are only given three chances to find a particular trope for them. If a suggestion goes past three possible tropes, then it will come off as shoehorning a character into the Pantheon just for the sake of that character to be there.
  - On a related note, even if a character does have a free trope being suggested, there is still a limit of three attempts for suggesting that character for that trope. If no one responds to that certain proposal after being posted three times, then it will get to the point where the idea will be seen as being shoehorned into the Pantheon. In addition, the idea needs to be considered acceptable and approved because they are good, not for the sake of pitying others because no one is responding to their idea.
When posting Pantheon related stuff to the wiki, take note of the following:
- Do not put a link to these Pantheon pages into the main wiki page. The moment you want to add in a main Characters page that the character is a God of this trope, do not do it. If you see leftovers of this practice, inform the forum and use the cutlist. This also goes to the Trivia page. The only exception to this rule is if a page in the Pantheon could be confused for a page in Main, like Good Colors, Evil Colors and Good and Evil Colors.
- Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment ALSO applies here. Do not bring things that would incite fights, even if it is what is currently the hot topic and might be 'urgent'. For example, the political scene and some really bad politicians. We are not here to fight at each other, so don't suggest things that go to that direction, this is a fictional Pantheon after all.
- To add a Pantheon page for a certain work, 4 or more characters coming from the same series/franchise should be ascended before adding the page. For Creator specific pages, 4 deities coming from the same creator and 2 individual work pages coming from the same creator is the minimum to warrant a page.
- Do not create a trope page for a story until the story is fully completed.

Instructions and Tips

Here are some tips one should keep in mind when editing:

Preparing to write:
- First thing to do before present a profile is to go to the Trope Pantheons discussion thread. In the forums, you must discuss with other users on adding ideas and seek their approval with sound reasoning. You can also get some assistance in the forum thread by either asking for help and those interested asking if they can help. Submissions that are added without discussion are likely to be deleted and those who violate those rules by adding Pantheon content without discussion will get reported to the mods.
- If you feel the need to remove a character for some reason (poor quality, outdated titles, etcetera) and replace him/her with another or outright rework, please see what the other tropers think about this in the discussion thread before doing anything hasty. Use good reasoning to see if your idea can easily replace the character present without drawing out your statement or giving too ambiguous claims most do not understand.
- Please be sure to consult others in the discussion about what you want to work before making the profile. This is done to see if your proposal is the best representative and so, in case your profile is turned down, you do not waste time writing something that others might not find suitable.
  - In the same vein, if you adopt a profile from another troper, it is recommended that you make an announcement that you have done so on the discussion thread. More often than not, a trope that was reserved for something was given away to someone else. Check the Related tab on the top of a page to see if a trope or character has been reserved by a user.
- If, for whatever reason, you are writing about a God who just happens to be a person in real life, just try to be very careful about what you decide to say. Do not try to make the editing seem too meta (self-referential) and use the aformentioned creativity to create hypothetical scenarios towards fictional characters.
When writing a profile for a character, here are a few things to note:
- All deities should be sorted by their divine ranking. Put Overdeities on the top of the page and Quasideities on the bottom. Also be sure to add them in alphabetical order by their first/given name (can be reversed if it is Eastern ordered). For a group, if there is no official name for them all list down all their names by order of relevance or (if too long to list) title them as Insert Name Here Main Characters or some other identifiable title along the same lines.
- The maximum number of tropes that a god can have is two, but do not try to abuse that fact. If you need to use a second trope to specify a certain thing about their position, that can be excused either because said character represents their trope choice very well alongside the first trope. It is still generally encouraged to only have one trope.
- A trope can only belong to one profile at a time. The only time two profiles can share a trope is if there are explicit variations listed in the trope page proper (e.g. Muscle Angst is held by both Biscuit Krueger and Chihiro Fujisaki as the former represents "Too Much Muscle" and the latter represents "Not Enough Muscle")
- If the character you are about to add to a House already exists in another, make sure to mention that this person has spots in other House as well. Up to 2 places can be made for a deity, with the sole exceptions being those at the Main House to highlight those characters’ importance to the Pantheon’s lore.
- For a character's theme song, try to avoid calling it "Theme of God X" or "Theme of (Show where God X originates from)". If possible, try to find out if the song has an actual name through research. Most importantly, it has to be part their series’ official soundtracks from media. Do not list songs that are made by fans or outside sources. If they were not specifically used as music for that specific character, then they do not count. Furthermore, it has to be a general theme specifically made for that characters’ appearances, not some generic music that plays for many other instances not related to the character in question.
- For images, when adding an image for your chosen character, it is highly recommended to use a stylized image that embodies the character or renders that also highlights a character’s behavior (such as cool poses). Most images should be from the main adaptations of the character, unless the images from the other media are of a higher quality than the adaptation. Unless it is needed, do not use fanart for images. If you are, please attribute to the original artist. Due to the website’s dark mode, removing white backgrounds from an image is paramount. This website is suggested to do the background removal. If an image you have takes up too much bytes, it is suggestible to use this site to reduce the byte size. If the byte is still too big, put the compressed image to other sites (or even the same one) to compress even further. Use wikias to look for better images, as even wikias for the series might not contain good official images.
- Creativity is your friend. While it is not recommended to get too ditzy at your ideas, it is best that when writing a profile for a certain character, do you think of capable scenarios between X and Y. Tip: do not use shallow examples (X wields a sword and Y wields one too) and try to think of relationships that makes sense (i.e those characters that are shout-outs for another).
Pantheon Content:
- Some series or genres will eventually have greater representation in the Pantheon than others. This is unavoidable, but a little diversity helps to make you not look like a shill per say. Try to ensure that if you add a deity from a popular series, make sure that it is because they are a good representative for the trope in question, and not just because they are connected to another deity in their respective canon.
  - As far as deities from actual mythologies, there is generally expectation to build the profiles off interactions from fictional portrays rather than basing it entire from the actual myth. Therefore, a mythological deity should be more of a Composite Character whose main identity is from the actual myth.
- Occasionally there will be Gods that carry a title without a trope. This is not forbidden, but it is well advised not to abuse them. The only house that a tropeless profile are wholly allowed is the House of Food. Mainly due to most food items lacking tropes, and adding tropes about said foodstuffs is slightly unnecessary. However, the character being ascended for their choice of a food, or food-related thing must be a decently good representative of said item. (i.e their Trademark Favorite Food, or something that they are closely associated with In-Universe, or both).
- For Dominions and Treasures profiles, always consider what made those places/objects popular in the first place. Were they plot-important, identifiable imagery or have a unique aspect of it? Do not just bring regular objects under the basis of following a certain canon.
For Profile Standards:
- Flavor text is used to describe certain things about a character, place or object. To avoid short ones, it is recommended to write flavor text with 4-7 sentences that can fill around 2 lines each. Be warned that adding too many sentences does not equal good flavor text as it is not an essay of sorts (unless words are substantial and do add to the overall line).
- Character Profiles of a certain person should have the following:
  - A portfolio that contains at least 7 (at the minimum) tropes describing their character.
  - Flavor text count for a deity profile should have by minimum, 10 (depending if the character in question has enough relationships/characterization) to 15 with a maximum of 20-25 for an individual profile.
  - On the other hand, group profiles (profiles of a group that has 4 or more members) have their maximum flavor text count to 15 minimum, giving individual lines for the other members of the group (unless the members are not as characterized) up to 30 at max.
- Dominion profiles of a certain place should have the following:
  - A portfolio that contains at least 5 (at the minimum) tropes describing the context of the place.
  - Flavor text count should range at least 10 to 15.
- Treasure profiles (inanimate objects without a trope) should have the following:
  - A portfolio that contains at least 6 (at the minimum) tropes that describes the object itself.
  - Flavor text count should be at least 7 flavor text up to 12 to constitute a treasure profile.

Divine Ranking System

Overdeity: Omnipotent-level Reality Warpers capable of manipulating the entire universe (or at least the world) at will. Within their own universe they are believed to be omnipotent, or at least impossible-to-completely-destroy embodiments or concepts.
Greater Gods: High-level Reality Warpers and that are extremely powerful (capable of destroying or changing anywhere from a large city to a planet at will) and very strong non-reality warpers capable of doing the same thing.
Intermediate Gods: Deities at this level are capable of strong but specialized powers such as hydrokinesis, pyrokinesis, etc. without major drawbacks and low level Reality Warpers capable of affecting their immediate area at will.
Lesser Gods: Capable of highly specific or little power on their own, or suffer from Power at a Price. However, they may be able to ruthlessly exploit their power or combine it with just being badass enough to make up for it.
Demigods: Basically the Badass Normals of the pantheon, making up for their lack of abilities with strength, strategy, and/or planning.
Quasideities: Any otherwise normal human, human equivalent, or below without any special powers or training will fall here.

Templates

Template for adding a new deity:

God X, God/dess of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
Rank: This can range from Quasideity, Demigod, Lesser God, Intermediate God, Greater God, to Overdeity, based on representation of power mentioned above.
Symbol: An image or icon used to represent the deity.
Theme Song: Official song (in other words, no fan music, regardless of quality) that usually is used in affiliation with the character. If the deity is a musician this will most likely be their Signature Song. If possible, give a link for reference, preferably on either a website like Soundcloud or YouTube.
Alignment: Good, evil, neutral etc. Forget about The Great Character Alignment Debate here, the Pantheon is one of the few places where you can assign Dungeons & Dragons alignment to characters that don't have alignment system. After all, the Pantheon is based on D&D and is made for fun.
For Pokémon deities only:
- Gender: Defines the gender of the Pokémon; if genderless, it instead defines what gender they identify as.
- Ability: Provides the Pokémon's ability. If they can Mega Evolve, the new ability is listed as well.
- Moves: Defines the four moves used by a Pokémon. A Z-Move may also be listed.
Portfolio: Tropes associated with the character.
Domains: Things that the character has influence over.
Herald: Non-ascended loyal character that is from the same series as the ascended character.
High Priest: Non-ascended like heralds, but not from the same series, and can serve as a worthy replacement in case something would happen. They can be served as part-time workers in case the originals are busy with some jobs. Co-Godhood is accepted depending on the approval of the originals, usually if the co-deity is from the same series.
Followers: Non-ascended characters that are not part of the Pantheon, but would probably worship this character by the fact that they share the ascended character's trope.
Relationships between ascended characters go here with your chosen character, it goes something like this:
- Allies: Members of the Pantheon that are allies, those that share the same values as them and would theoretically be friends with them.
- Rivals: Members of the Pantheon that are rivals, people who may look at your character with suspicion or a challenge.
- Enemies: Members of the Pantheon that are foes, those who would see your chosen character as a threat, either on their pespective or yours.
- Additional Character Relationships: Members of the Pantheon that do not fit in various relationships (examples include Enemy Mine, Vitriolic Best Buds, Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, Headbutting Heroes, Friendly Enemy, Friendly Rival, Just Friends, etc.), allies, rivals, or enemies.
- Partner: Defines a partnership with an ascended deity and Mon-type. (if any)
- Feared by/Fears: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon notably fear or are feared by.
- Respected by/Respects: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon respect or are respected by.
- Opposed by/Opposes: Not necessarily the same as "Enemies", but this is used for any deity whom the members of the Pantheon directly opposes or is opposed by (basically the opposite of "Respects") terms of certain viewpoints, regardless of alignment.
- Pitied by/Pities: A deity whom the members of the Pantheon feel pity for or are found pitiable by.
- Conflicting Opinion: Sometimes, the Deities argue over specific themes and philosophies.
Add the Intro. The intro is made up of two trivia, the Ascension Text (or just the Ascension) and The Bio. Both are necessary, but which order you use for them may vary depending on the profile in question. It may be better for one profile to have The Bio first and the Ascension second or vice-versa, although for the most part the order is irrelevant:
- The Ascension Text: This the story of how the character got into the Pantheon and/or was ascended. There are many ways for this to happen. They may be tricked into it or have simply wandered into the Pantheon, they may have had an already ascended character bring them in, they may already be in the Pantheon (via being another deity's Herald or sharing a trope) and got "promoted", or some combination of the above. Anything is possible in the Pantheon, so use your imagination, but try to incorporate their trope into the story, if possible.
- The Bio: A brief synopsis on the character's backstory. No need for the character's entire life/production history, but just give enough that those who don't know the character can get an idea of how the character works.
Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
And some more trivia/facts.
And a couple of more.
- Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Deities/Characters is 10-15 (15-20 for group profiles) at minimum to 20-25 (30 for group profiles) at maximum.

Template for Dominions profiles:

Place X, Place of (Insert Trope Here) (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
Alignment: Refers to the dominion's role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
Portfolio: Tropes associated with the dominion.
Domains: Things that the place has links to.
Relationships (Optional): Unless the location has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as where the dominion is linked to, note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said dominion, good or evil otherwise.
Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Dominion is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
And some more trivia/facts.
And a couple of more.
- Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Dominions is 10 at minimum to 15 at maximum.

Template for Treasure profiles:

The name of the item in here (Alternate names/Nicknames, Fan Nickname)

An image, if possible. Please use official art or a screenshot for a picture.
Appearance: A shortened description of the item's looks with some notable features also mentioned.
Class: Refer to the Treasure Classification System in the Great Treasury.
Alignment: Refers to the objects' role in their story, be it those used by villains or used by the Player Character.
Theme Song (Optional): Not important as compared to Deity and Dominion profiles but a notable mention if there is an accompanying song in use with the object.
Museum Check: A note that says whether the item is viewable by the public.
Portfolio: Tropes associated with the item.
Domains: Things that the item has links to.
Relationships (Optional): Unless the item has a connection with a specific deity, relationships are optional and may not be required. However, if there are deities linked to the same series as where the item is linked to (especially the original owner of the item), note them using the relationships, this includes deities that theoretically have interest with said object, good or evil otherwise.
Add the Intro. Here the introduction of the Treasure is added with some tidbits regarding the origins of its' creation and usage in the story. You can also add what made it popular/iconic/important here.
Now add some random trivia/facts about events/alignments/moments/fights/friendships/relations etc.
And some more trivia/facts.
And a couple of more.
- Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Treasures is 7 at minimum to 12 at maximum.

Edited by Willbyr on May 24th 2021 at 7:52:09 AM

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#193276: Sep 22nd 2022 at 7:26:23 AM

x4 & x3 (RE: Excessive-Menace & lawliet-saw-whet)

Since you want something more broad for them, would British Humour be a good trope for Monty Python to represent?

Edited by m-95 on Sep 22nd 2022 at 10:27:48 AM

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#193277: Sep 22nd 2022 at 12:03:13 PM

That's too broad, if I propose it, I'll have to propose why they should get the concept of British humor itself and not someone earlier than them or not say something they've done that sets them apart from other British acts. I would have propose Sketch Comedy, but on the description on Monty Python's Flying Circus's page, it is Trope Codifier with Saturday Night Live, but both of them are influence in their own right.

The best opinion I have at the moment is to search for one of their Trope Codifiers or something. But instead, I'm going to risk it for the biscuit and propose this:

Monty Python, Divine Comedic Troupe of Surreal Humor - This British comedy troupe was formed in the late 1960's and best known for their sketch works such as Monty Python's Flying Circus, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian. Their trademark humour, often described as "farcically surreal or absurd" where expectations of a joke is different from the situation and punchline, is used to lampoon current social or historical topics and even meta production stuff in the most bizarre, outlandish, and out-of-left-field way. While one could argue that The Goon Show had done this sort of humor first (with Troupe citing as their influence), I would argue that Troupe almost made this type of humour their own to the point that "Pythonesque" used to describe types of humor similar to theirs and many well known comedic media such as Rick and Morty, South Park and Deadpool site them as an influence for their own bizarre humor as well as being referenced a lot other comedic shows often to point out how weird something is.

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#193278: Sep 22nd 2022 at 1:43:20 PM

I like that idea.

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#193279: Sep 22nd 2022 at 4:10:02 PM

First draft of Doctor Destiny. Like most first drafts, I am mainly asking for mistakes to be pointed out so I can correct them

John Dee, God of Being Unable To Dream (Doctor Destiny)

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^{Doctor Destiny in The Sandman}

Adopted from: Sailor Venus 372
Intermediate God (Quasideity when derived of his dream powers, Greater God when he had Dream's ruby or within the dream world)
Symbol: A skull shrouded in a blue cloak
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: Unable to Dream Even When His Ability To Sleep Was Returned To Him and Became Far More Insane As A Result, Nightmares, Destroying and Controlling Minds, Skull for a Head, “Because I Can”, Mad Scientist, Influencing People Through Their Dreams
Domains: Insanity, Dreams, Nightmares, Evil, Minds, Preparation, Power
Interests: Sheev Palpatine
Allies: Freddy Krueger, Nightmare, Vaermina, Wizeman, Nightmare Moon, Dead Moon Circus, Johan Liebert, Molag Bal, Antasma, The Plutonian, The Batman That Laughs, Junko Enoshima, Bill Cipher, SCP-993, Kefka Palazzo
Headbutting Villains with: Infinite
Rivals: Zebediah Kilgrave
Enemies: The Justice League (Batman Especially), Dream of the Endless, Madame Xanadu, the rest of the Hall of Dreams and Nightmares (eg: the Inception Crew), Princess Luna, NiGHTS, Kirby, King Dedede, The Sailor Guardians, Klonoa, The EVA Pilots (Especially Asuka), He-Man, Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, SCP-990, the Crew of the Nebuchadnezzar, Razputin Aquato
Feared by: Destiny of the Endless
John Dee was once a Mad Scientist with a variety of ambitions, ranging from gaining wealth to world domination. Eventually, he became so powerful that the Justice League had his ability to sleep and dream removed in order to stop him, driving him more insane and powerful. Eventually, after a bloody night once he escaped Arkham Asylum, Dream of the Endless personally stepped in and stopped him, sending Dee back to Arkham after he broke his Ruby and restoring his ability to sleep, though he is still unable to dream. He would continue to come back to menace the Justice League and other Superheroes after these events. Also, while Dream’s Ruby was destroyed, Destiny managed to keep some residual power and kept making more. When one got broken, he ended up imprisoned in the ruby, and when it was repaired, he emerged from it with all of his power returned.
Was ascended into the Pantheon one night by Melkor while many deities were either preoccupied with the Forever War or sleeping. He proceeded to invade the dreams of some deities in order to torment them mentally. Once he did this, he was met with some very infuriated deities who proceeded to stop things from getting worse by taking him down, though Destiny managed to escape and retreated to his temple to scheme. He-Man believed that he was Skeletor in disguise, however Doctor Destiny stated the similarity was just down to his costume. Interestingly, he predates the look of the old Skull for a Head. Skeletor himself considers John Dee manic and unstable; not worthy of an alliance but too powerful to ignore.
The ascended members of the Justice League weren’t happy to see John Dee enter the Pantheon, and have made it clear that they will work to the best of their ability in order to put a stop to any plans he creates. Also, Destiny of the Endless wasn’t happy about his ascension either, as he was afraid to turn the page in his book to find out the result of the battle between John Dee and Dream. Doctor Destiny, at the moment, is one of the only deities who has made him feel this way. Considering Destiny of the Endless’ immense power, that’s quite a feat. His skills as a Nightmare Weaver quickly attracted the attention of Dream's greatest rival. Doctor Destiny was giddy at a dream deity that appreciated him and his powers. The notorious Molag Bal applauded this choice as he admires and respects both Dee's depravity, and how he brought it out in people all in one bloody night.
One of his tricks when dealing with the Justice League was trapping them in dreams within dreams to make it all the harder to get out; basically he was pulling an Inception before the Inception Crew was a thing. Given his powers and twisted mind, he's naturally singled out as their enemy. Doctor Destiny isn't surprised since most of those within his Hall consider him a violent psychopath and are quite to remind him why he's in is oxymoronic. Doctor Destiny is also a technical genius; he has made an anti-gravity device and a will-deadener ray to fight Green Lantern, but his main skill is dream manipulation. A lesser known fact is that his mother Post-Crisis was the mistress of Roderick "sort of but not Aleister Crowley" Burgress, and Post-Flashpoint Madame Xanadu. And before you ask, they don't get along.
Just what was that "bloody night"? The short and not so sweet of it was that he brought the world to madness for 24 hours, because he could and because he would dance on the ashes. Manipulating people into acts of murder, mutilation and moral degradation, causing fear, madness and panic, it was a Weirdmageddon before Bill Cipher made and codified Weirdmageddon. Horrifyingly, the triangle gave the whole thing two thumbs up. SCP-993 was deeply amused by the amount of depravity Doctor Destiny inspired and embodied, such as controlling a kids host to convince the kids to cut their wrists. Doctor Destiny was glad to learn there's a surplus of utterly deranged deities in the Trope Pantheon that he can call on for aid and help against the Justice League.
Though not her favorite flavor of breaking people, Junko Enoshima still thinks what Doctor Destiny did was awesome and wants to be involved. John Dee likes her spirit and is fondly reminded of the Joker. He has also stated he appreciates Johan Liebert's powers of Mind Rape, as he is capable of breaking people's spirits just with the right word at the right time. In both cases, their alliance is that of a casual friendship rather than anything serious. As for the serious allies, like-minded individuals that could rival members of the Justice League. One of the first people he looked for was the infamous evil Superman the Plutonian, who out of neurosis instead of Dee's self-enjoyed psychosis wants to tear apart the world as well. The Batman Who Laughs, a being born out of Bruce Wayne's worst nightmares, decided he was too amusing to not keep around and proposed he should have Kefka join his little team of nightmares. To tell a long story short, Doctor Destiny went from a loner in the villain community to one in a pool of likeminded villains.
A horrifying ability of his is that of controlling people through their dreams, though it isn’t really controlling as much as it is influencing them. As mentioned previous, this means he can subconsciously manipulate anyone into committing horrific acts. Worse still, there’s a chance nobody could know who he’s influenced until it’s too late if he plays his cards right, something that he is more than capable of doing. He is a source of pure dread by the EVA pilots for his Mind Rape abilities, especially Asuka due to personally experiencing Mind Rape by Arael. Their already volatile personalities to Doctor Destiny easy pickings he'd love to have fun with.
Doctor Destiny's power over dreams makes him a valuable asset to the Black Moon Circus and Wizeman. Doctor Destiny isn't as devoted to the idea of a universe of nothingness, but he is fond of the idea of dancing on its ashes. Plus, his growing madness has led him to grow bored of his old bog-standard supervillain ways again. Their ability to inflict nightmares and Mind Rape was everything John Dee could want in an alliance, and with both the Justice League and Dream in the Trope Pantheon Doctor Destiny decided he needed a more constant roster of allies. His giddiness in all this attracted Nightmare Moon who saw him as a worthy ally in the fight against Princess Luna. Luna may like her scares and spooks, but John Dee is a true nightmare.
Anakin suffered premonitions of his mother and wife dying in his dreams, and it's said his dreams of the latter were so constant he became sleep-deprived to avoid it. Needless to say, this contributed his poor decisions. Even as Vader he is disgusted by the suffering Doctor Destiny causes people in their dreams and in general he's disturbed by his Nightmare Weaver powers. Despite not getting along with SCP-990, they're at least in agreement that John Dee must be stopped as the latter finds his powers a threat to his role in life. Palpatine overhead all of this, and finds Doctor Destiny both amusing and a powerful individual. However, Destiny is too manic to serve the Empire.
Being a Nightmare Weaver, it was only a matter of time before he came into contact with others. The first one he met was Freddy Krueger, who mistakenly believed him to be his DCAU Counterpart at first, but given how psychotic Destiny is, they get along just fine. Antasma’s another one he got along with, and the two have joined forces, though some of Destiny’s actions, especially forcing the people in a diner to kill each other in gruesome ways, are too much even for him. As Doctor Destiny is ironically incapable of dreams, Freddy Krueger's alliance was seen as pragmatic too since he's forced to confront the supervillain on his terms.
He was confused to learn of Nightmare, who lives up to his name by invading people’s minds when they sleep and causing bad dreams. That isn’t what confused him though. What confused him is the fact that Nightmare also owns hordes upon hordes of monsters to do his bidding, though he did come to the conclusion that this just makes him more dangerous. He and Nightmare now have a partnership going, with the latter even warning him about Kirby’s capabilities and the Star Rod. In a good mood, Destiny tried to strike up an alliance with the Purple Man...however he still prefers to work alone and thinks himself superior due to his Compelling Voice being easier to use. Dee simply mumbled "I hope you aren't a heavy sleeper" and walked away.
Tried to find Dream's Ruby again, as he had heard rumors there was a magical ruby still active. This ruby was in fact the Phantom Ruby prototype embedded in Infinite's chest. Infinite's immense ego led him to be apprehensive and he still hasn't dropped treating Doctor Destiny as an inferior being, but he wasn't immediately hostile as he learned John Dee also likes causing immense suffering and playing with people. Doctor Destiny deduced illusionary powers of the Phantom Ruby had great potential for Mind Rape akin to his own manipulation of the dream world, and the two concluded they could create a lot of chaos by working together...though they still don't get along.
Fondly remembers getting people to bring up their worst acts during a rampage, such as getting a woman to admit she once drunkenly had sex with a corpse in a morgue. He tried pulling this stint on Quagmire by influencing his dreams, only to recoil at the sheer breadth of his sexual exploits and fetishes. Glenn doesn't think he has room to be disgusted given everything he's done.

SailorVenus372 Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form

#193280: Sep 22nd 2022 at 4:32:04 PM

Err...you need to repropose it since I only gave it to you via P Ms

Edited by SailorVenus372 on Sep 22nd 2022 at 8:38:24 AM

I’m plotting my schemes wherever I go! They’re perfect in every way…

HamanaHamanaHamana Dog or Oni? (Bitroper)

Dog or Oni?

#193281: Sep 22nd 2022 at 7:26:17 PM

Clovis, I said my ideas are not planned for adoption, yet on your RJ Adoptables sandbox you insist on listing my ideas (despite my edit telling you that I am not interested in giving my ideas to you or anyone for that matter).

This is my only warning and I will kindly tell you to stop.

I swear Loid, you can't draw worth shit!

M1gamiTensei The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps from Punished “Brainwashed” M1gami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines

The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps

#193282: Sep 22nd 2022 at 10:49:51 PM

Have a rework idea that I’ll surely regret.

Nathaniel Richards, The Time-Travelling Conqueror (This guy’s profile is poor and I want to redo it. Kang comes form the future and has messed up with time in an attempt to take over all realities. Somehow his history allows his incarnations to fracture themselves into different iterations, so you have multiple Kangs running around threatening reality.)

Pantheon server for all who click here. Freaking lost $410 and I am hunting down for a nuke to reign down.

m-95 Har har har from my place of residence Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Loves me...loves me not

Har har har

#193283: Sep 23rd 2022 at 9:52:32 AM

The Master as well as Lucrezia Mongfish (I'm a self-shill, I know) are both time-traveling conquerers who, oddly enough, also can duplicate themselves like Kang does. Kang has The Master on his Allies list but he doesn't have an interaction with him for some reason, and Lu is a young profile.

Please visit the "AITA" forum game

CrimsonShark The Black Blade from The Internet of Loneliness and Beyond Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number

The Black Blade

#193284: Sep 23rd 2022 at 10:20:59 AM

Eh, why not .

Halloween/Horror/Thriller-based suggestions will be coming soon, but first, I'll be making some rework suggestions. They all have lacking paragraphs and flavor texts and could be better developed. Now, with that out of the way...

Rexie — King of the Dinosaurs
- Rexie is, well, a Tyrannosaurus and is seen as the star attraction of Jurassic Park to the point where a T. rex skeleton makes up the logo to further the fact that she is the most popular dinosaur in the park. On a personal note, Rexie fits both ends of the trope; she is a ferocious apex predator who inspires fear towards others, but she's also got a more majestic and inspiring feel to her, making her a sort-of Nominal Anti-Hero. Of course, she's one of the most powerful dinosaurs in the series.
Tom and Jerry — Slapstick
- Well, yeah, that's what Tom and Jerry are best for and they've defined it for years to come. Most of their moments are spent trying to one-up each other and causing grievous amounts of violence and harm to each other. The violence is incredibly over-the-top and realistically incomprehensible but is almost always Played for Laughs with them distorting the two in various ways instead of killing them. Heck, Tom and Jerry themselves either tend to shrug their injuries off quickly or react to them amusingly, be it painfully or nonchalantly, all for the sake of comedy.
Atsuko "Akko" Kagari — Inept Mage
- In keeping with the theme of never giving up your hopes, Akko is an up-and-coming witch student at the Luna Nova Academy, but despite being bestowed the Shiny Rod that once belonged to her idol, Shiny Chariot, she has a great amount of difficulty trying to tap into even the most basic fundamentals of magic, leading her to be very competitive and determined in her effort to live up to her inspiration. The trope also has a tragic application to Akko's character later on in the story, though she tries her damndest to be the best witch possible regardless.

"O, Death... become my Blade, Once More"

Necromancer10 Buddy from Crakcarz, the Continent of Wacky Necromancers Since: May, 2019 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection

Buddy

#193285: Sep 23rd 2022 at 11:13:48 AM

for all 3.

Beep-beep

r-lock256 (Spin-off Series)

#193286: Sep 23rd 2022 at 11:29:38 AM

Done with Ridley's rework.

Ridley, God of Legacy Boss Battles (Geoform 187, Meta Ridley, Neo-Ridley, Omega Ridley, "Little Birdie", Mystery Creature, Proteus Ridley, Cunning God of Death)

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^{Meta Ridley}

Intermediate God
Symbol: His head
Theme Music: Vs. Ridley (Brawl, Ultimate)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: Ascended Extra, Ax-Crazy, The Dreaded, Genius Bruiser, Healing Factor by Eating Organic Matter, Lightning Bruiser, Practically Joker, Pirate, Cyborg, and/or Undead Space Dragon, Your Size May Vary
Domains: Dragons, Destruction
Heralds: Kraid, The Space Pirates, and occasionally Metroids
Superior: Mother Brain
Allies: Phazon, Ganondorf, SCP-682, The Joker, Ur-Quan Kzer-Za, King Ghidorah, Cyberdemons & Tyrants, Ender Dragon, Andross, Sinistar, The Slugs, Gigan
Rival: Raven Beak
Enemies: Samus Aran, Anthony Higgs, The Metroid Hatchling, The Chozo, Spyro, Pikachu, Isaac Clarke, Star Fox, Galeem & Dharkon, New Alliance of Free Stars, Green Lanterns of Sector 2814, Atrocitus, Ellen Ripley
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Dark Samus, SA-X, Bowser
Source of Interest for: Bydo Empire, Aparoids, The Infested
Samus Aran has fought against many dangerous adversaries across the galaxy, but of these foes, she harbors a strong hatred towards Ridley and said hatred is mutual. As part of the Space Pirates, Ridley is responsible for the death of Samus’ parents and destruction of her homeworld and he greatly enjoys his job in causing chaos across the cosmos. Samus has been able to defeat Ridley whenever they cross paths, but Ridley has been known to gain some sort of additional power before fighting her once more, be it getting mechanized or being corrupted by an alien substance, making him more of a danger not just to Samus, but to whatever planet they’re on. Even if Ridley isn’t the main threat to the galaxy that warrants Samus getting involved to stop it, his insatiable bloodlust and power (whether it is by his own natural skills or getting augmented by an outside source) make him Samus’ most prominent adversary.
A distress beacon reached the Pantheon and a team led by Samus was sent to investigate to find any survivors and exterminate any threats that are present at that location. The team managed to find where the distress signal was coming from, a desolate spaceship that was barely functional and mostly destroyed from the outside. As the team explored the ship looking for survivors, Samus had a feeling that a familiar enemy may be responsible for what was going on and as the members of the rescue team started dwindling in numbers, Samus was able to find someone from the ship who turned out to have been the only survivor of the attack. A loud rumble went through the ship and a dangerous enemy burst through the floor, preparing to kill the survivor before getting blasted from behind by Samus. As it turned out, Ridley was responsible not just for the massacre on the ship, but he also killed the rest of the rescue crew and taunted Samus over what was destined to be another failure. A fight ensued and in the chaos a self-destruct key was activated due to the ship sustaining a lot of damage. Samus helped the survivor find their way to the exit while blasting Ridley away before the latter was damaged enough by some falling rubble and fell far from where Samus and the survivor was at. The two were able to escape the ship’s explosion, but Samus knew that her arch-enemy found his way to the Pantheon and that many more battles against him were bound to happen.
Even when Samus is taking part in Smash battles alongside other Nintendo characters, Ridley has managed to find a way to terrorize her alongside other participants. During the Subspace incident, he fought Samus and Pikachu (the latter was rescued by her and the two became allies both during that incident and afterwards) and later attacked them and some of the other participants as Meta Ridley while the Subspace Bomb Factory was being destroyed. He (or a clone of himself more accurately) later became involved in the Pyrosphere attacking other fighters if they’re unable to use him to their advantage (the Pyrosphere was also used as a fighting arena by those in the Dead or Alive tournament, but Ridley interrupting those fights led to said combatants not wanting to use it as an arena again) before becoming a direct participant of the Smash battles, attacking them in multiple arenas beyond the Pyrosphere. Him being an active fighter happened when Galeem unleashed a massive attack that led to a massive amount of casualties, with the stake getting higher once the similarly powerful eldritch entity Dharkon got involved. There are many devious villains who Ridley is willing to work for just so he can kill others, but Galeem and Dharkon are among the very few villains that he won’t ally himself with not just because of what happened, but because he should be the one to incapacitate Samus and not them.
Ridley may be one of Samus’ deadliest enemies, but he’s not the only one she’s fought against in her travels. While he maintains loyalty to Mother Brain and her Space Pirates, there were other enemies of Samus that he became aware of and for the most part, there’s some degree of conflict between him and Samus’ other adversaries. While he’s been useful for the Phazon in general, there’s some in-fighting between him and the Phazon’s most trusted enforcer Dark Samus due to what the latter did to Ridley and the Space Pirates back then. An X Parasite made a clone of Ridley out of his remains, but Ridley has a similar level of distrust towards SA-X despite sharing the same goal of trying to eliminate Samus and seems more willing to let the Phazon corrupt everything as opposed to letting the X Parasites take over despite his issues with Dark Samus. Raven Beak is a highly personal foe for Samus, but for different reasons compared to Ridley and although the renegade Chozo doesn’t mind working with Mother Brain as the two have fairly similar goals, he and Ridley have a rivalry of sorts when it comes to personal foes of Samus and who should be the one to kill her when the time comes.
Participating in the Smash tournaments led Ridley to be in contact with other Nintendo villains who fought in the tournament, with most of their motivations being related to conquest. Ganondorf was someone Ridley had no trouble getting along with as the former had powerful magic and was willing to work behind the scenes alongside another villain to pull off his schemes to take over Hyrule and get revenge on Link and Zelda, with Ridley providing Ganondorf some airborne support to help out. There is a more mixed reception between Ridley and Bowser as while the Koopa King has often tried to take over the Mushroom Kingdom via kidnapping Princess Peach and has shown to be dangerous at times with the help of a massive army, Ridley feels that Bowser hanging out with Mario too much (whether it’s for recreational activities or fighting off an even more dangerous threat) is hurting how effective he can be in conquering various worlds. Bowser has had multiple powered-up forms ranging from willingly utilizing them to being corrupted by them against his will, something that Ridley was interested in if it meant having access to deadlier versions of his attacks. It’s clear that Bowser isn’t willing to let Ridley forcibly corrupt him via unknowable substances such as Phazon given how poorly it turned out for the Koopa King and while the two have worked together on occasion, Bowser finds Ridley too unstable to truly have an alliance with, even if Ridley is capable of hurting Mario to a greater extent than Bowser can.
Much like how Samus has some similarities to Ellen Ripley, Ridley has some things in common with the Xenomorph, specifically being aggressive alien creatures that serve as a primary enemy to a hardened female warrior. What Ridley lacked in rape metaphors and large numbers it made up for winged mobility, outright sadism in contrast to the Xenomorphs’ aggressive animal-like behavior, and having different forms to augment its abilities via mechanization or contact with corrupt substances. Ripley still saw Ridley as a threat the same way she saw the Xenomorphs and considering the similarities Ridley had to the Xenomorphs, she’s willing to help Samus and other combat-capable space warriors take Ridley down. As for the Xenomorphs, Ridley has no problem joining in on their rampages, but finds it darkly funny that regular evil humans have tried and failed to use Xenomorphs to their advantage when malevolent alien overlords would likely have better luck trying to use them in their conquests.
Ridley killing people and destroying the worlds they’re from has earned him the scorn of deities who served as the sole survivor of terrible attacks from those who were just as evil as he is. Atrocitus was someone who saw Ridley as someone that needed to be killed thanks to having been the survivor of an attack by the Manhunters that wiped out everyone from his world. One of Ridley’s rampages was intercepted by Atrocitus, who engaged in a violent battle against him, ending with Ridley heavily bruised to the point of needing cybernetics to get back on his feet for a period of time. The Green Lanterns later learned about Ridley and the damage he can do to the galaxies with and without additional power sources he can get his hands on and while Atrocitus despises him because of how much it reminds him of his tragic past, the Green Lanterns see Ridley as a more general enemy to the cosmos that must be stopped.
The Joker was someone who Ridley found strong kinship with thanks to them being mass-murderers who get a kick out of tormenting their arch-enemies and find a way to come back even after being put in a near-death situation. Since The Joker uses a deadly chemical known as Joker Venom as part of his crime sprees and Ridley was imbued with Phazon at one point, the idea of mixing a variant of Joker Venom with Phazon was something that was brought up by some, including The Joker himself who recalled when Ra’s al Ghul and The Shredder needed The Joker Venom formula so that it can be mixed with TCRI mutagen as part of the duo’s plan. If someone wasn’t already killed by a mixture of highly deadly substances, then they could be a psychotic murderer with the creepy grin of The Joker and additional powers from the Phazon. There’s doubts on whether or not a mixture of such substances will happen, let alone even work, but even if such a combination will never come to be, it doesn’t change the fact that Ridley and The Joker like working with each other in terrorizing the Pantheon.
As a draconic space pterodactyl with a penchant for destruction, Ridley has found himself in the crosshairs among the numerous dragon hunters in the Pantheon who have targeted him either for the safety of others or just to get a bounty for killing him. He has also been the subject of animosity from various benevolent dragons such as Spyro, but Ridley doesn’t care about how many enemies he has so long as he can make their lives miserable or kill them during battle. In these battles among dragons, Ridley has gotten the help of other malevolent dragons such as the Ender Dragon, with the latter sharing a similar tendency to cause destruction even if she’s not as emotive about it as Ridley is. Ridley is quite fond of King Ghidorah for being another sadistic space dragon willing to work with whoever is willing to conquer various worlds. The two having undergone mechanization was something they’re aware of, though Ridley noticed that Mecha-Ghidorah was a mecha that needed someone to control him and Ridley believed that if Ghidorah were to be mechanized again that he should try to fight against whoever is controlling him in order to maintain his sense of destruction.
While Samus primarily has been the one to fight Ridley whenever the chance arises, there are other intergalactic heroes who have stepped up to battle him if Samus is busy fighting a more dangerous adversary. Among such space heroes included Issac Clarke and Star Fox as they have fought against comparably deadly foes in space and learning that Ridley can become more dangerous with a corruption of some sort gave them more of a reason to fight him to prevent a Necromorph-inspired Ridley or an Aparoid-infused Ridley from going on a rampage. Ridley has no problem working with other space enemies to satiate his desire to kill such as Sinistar, The Slugs, and Andross, the latter of whom was looking to find additional ways to take over the galaxy and destroy Star Fox for good. Given that Ridley has a healing factor, ordered a robotic version of himself to be built at one point, and a separate group of people made a clone of himself at a different point, Andross is quite interested in what Ridley is capable of and is willing to make a clone far more dangerous than what Samus fought against and is willing to let Ridley work with him to get enough information and perfect that clone when the time comes to unleash. Other evil scientists (whether on Earth or in space) have taken a similar interest in Ridley and are willing to work with him in order to create their own distinct clone of Ridley as part of their Pantheonic conquests.
His time terrorizing the cosmos led Ridley to learn about a variety of aliens and his psychotic nature meant that the ones who are already a danger to innocents are willing to work with him. Gigan was an alien who shared much of Ridley’s deranged character and has no problem working with him if Ghidorah is elsewhere, especially since Ridley already has a good relationship with the three-headed dragon. Ridley opted to work with the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za after learning about Samus attacking that group and that particular race saw the service of Ridley and his Space Pirates as useful to them. It was Ridley’s involvement with the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za that led to the New Alliance of Free Stars to oppose him with Samus aiding in the group’s efforts. Ridley learned that one of the races that is part of that alliance was the Yehat, pterodactyl-like aliens with a focus on warrior culture and some of the Yehat are loyal to the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za, a factoid that he’s looking to use to undermine the Yehat that are opposed to him.
Ridley underwent cybernetization after being killed by Samus and while his healing factor allowed him to shed some of his cybernetic implants overtime, being imbued with Phazon made him much stronger than before. The Cyberdemons and Tyrants were demonic entities given cybernetic implants and Ridley has no problem working with them in spreading destruction across the Pantheon, even if he ends up fighting against some Cyberdemons on occasion due to their chaotic nature. As Ridley was made stronger by the Phazon, there were plenty of alien races with corruptive abilities such as the aforementioned Aparoids, the Bydo Empire, and The Technocyte Infestation that are willing to imbue Ridley with their powers as a means to spread their influence across the Pantheon. There is a strong mix-and-match nature when it comes to both alien substances and cybernetic implants, meaning that Ridley can be even stronger than he was as Omega Ridley or Proteus Ridley with the right parts and substances, something Samus doesn’t want to happen given that Ridley already is dangerous without having to rely on cybernetic parts or alien substances.
One particular entity that fascinates Ridley is SCP-682 given how destructive it is and how much it despises humanity as a whole. What made it even better for him was that Ridley was one of the handful of entities that SCP-682 was on good terms with, mainly because of Ridley’s regenerative abilities and capacity for destruction wherever he goes. The adaptive abilities that contribute to SCP-682 recovering from various injuries, whether it is something mundane or extreme, was a subject of interest for Ridley and him mulling over the potential of enhancing his regenerative abilities, though his meetings with this SCP don’t happen often due to how much the SCP Foundation wants to destroy it and the Hard-to-Destroy Reptile being in a highly secure place. It hasn’t stopped Ridley from finding some weak points in SCP-682’s holding area and destroying it so that it can go on a rampage destroying humanity and anything else in its way.
Kill as much as you want! Have fun!

CrimsonShark The Black Blade from The Internet of Loneliness and Beyond Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number

The Black Blade

#193287: Sep 23rd 2022 at 11:57:05 AM

"O, Death... become my Blade, Once More"

M1gamiTensei The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps from Punished “Brainwashed” M1gami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines

The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps

#193288: Sep 23rd 2022 at 12:22:17 PM

Pantheon server for all who click here. Freaking lost $410 and I am hunting down for a nuke to reign down.

Excessive-Menace uwu from the Velvet Cage (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself

uwu

#193289: Sep 23rd 2022 at 1:03:07 PM

for Mr. Scott

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!

Necromancer10 Buddy from Crakcarz, the Continent of Wacky Necromancers Since: May, 2019 Relationship Status: Browsing the selection

Buddy

#193290: Sep 23rd 2022 at 1:06:23 PM

for Ridley.

Beep-beep

SailorVenus372 Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form

#193291: Sep 23rd 2022 at 2:53:15 PM

for pirate dragon

I’m plotting my schemes wherever I go! They’re perfect in every way…

r-lock256 (Spin-off Series)

#193292: Sep 23rd 2022 at 3:09:06 PM

Ridley's on a rampage again.

lawliet-saw-whet Resident Trope Lurker from Your Head, In Your Head, Zombie, Zombie Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady

Resident Trope Lurker

#193293: Sep 23rd 2022 at 5:27:46 PM

@CrimsonShark to all three.

I'm posting my first draft for the Stanley Parable Bucket. I kindly needed some suggestions not part of the current relationships list. Also, beware of spoilers of the Game's updated rerelease.

Any ascended character with buckets as its main plot points or story element
Any SCP object that has a few similar traits to this bucket (ascended or otherwise)
Any monster or Eldritch Abomination that was magically turned into an inanimate object
Besides The One Ring or Drugs, any fictional object that causes comfort or euphoria to whoever takes it (which may or may not cause obsession)
Any game or non-gaming object that causes endings or paths to change while in possession

Any other suggestions are kindly welcome.

Feedback Mode - No Thumbs

The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket (The Bucket, Gambhorra’ta(?))

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_201.png

Potential Place: Miscellaneous Items or Maximum Security
Class Level: 4 (but has the potential of a Class 0 or 1 object)
Appearance: A metal bucket with a wooden handle.
Alignment: True Neutral or Chaotic Neutral (depending on the ending)
Theme Song: Is This A Bucket?, Stanley's New Apartment, Showing Him The Bucket, Home Sweet Home, Gambhorra’ta, Treasurer of The Profaned Vault, The Silly Birds Observation Facility, But Nobody Came (not the one from undertale), Stanley’s Sacrifice
Museum Check: For Display Only, Don't Touch
Portfolio: Ambiguous Situation, Companion Cube, Security Blanket, Animate Inanimate Object, Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag, Artifact of Attraction, Bizarre Alien Biology, One-Winged Angel, Spotlight Stealing Object, Walking Spoiler
Domains: Containers, Comfort, Obsession, Ambiguity
Owned by: The Narrator (The Stanley Parable)
Sacred to: Stanley (The Stanley Parable), (Insert Name Here)
Interests: Sergeant-Barrister Jane Doe aka The Soldier, Sheldon J. Plankton, Mr. Eugene Krabs, Dr. Edgar Zomboss and his Zom bies
Avoided by: The Trolls, Carrie White, Harry and his Dinosaurs, Charlie the Unicorn, The Dursleys
Rivals: Linus' Blanket, The Companion Cubes (Portal), Angela's Baby Jesus statue, The One Ring
To Be Kept Away From: Smeagol and Gollum, The Grand United Alliance Of Destruction, Anyone who wants to use the bucket for profit
No Relations with: Charlie Bucket, Grandpa Joe Bucket, Hyacinth Bucket
Introduced in "The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe", more specifically, the section where the Narrator shows off his plans to make a sequel for the game after finding himself disappointed with its Updated Re-release. Amidst complaints about the original game's "confusing and paradoxical nature" which "engendered a chaotic sense of reckless despair in those who played", the Narrator comes up with a solution by making "The Stanley Parable Reassurance Bucket". As he explained, every time Stanley holds the bucket and explores the office with its "many disorienting contradictions", it would bring him a sense of comfort and "normalcy". He made this as he finds it a more convenient solution than redesigning the game entirely to be less distressing. The Bucket is Stanley's optional companion, bringing it to whichever path it takes him. It is also constantly referred to as an animate object, though appears to only be a ordinary looking bucket, or so we think.
Following the ending of the updated rerelease, Stanley bought the bucket with him to the Pantheon without the Narrator's knowledge. When the Narrator eventually found out, he at first let Stanley have the bucket as the Narrator figured it would help Stanley cope with the fantastical and dangerous nature of this world. But after several weeks, the Narrator finds Stanley clinging tightly to the bucket, unable to go out of his temple in fear of losing it. Vaguely remembering the trouble he had with the bucket (as he only has vague memories of other endings he experienced), the Narrator is peeved by this and sought to get rid of the bucket ASAP. Since he is unable to get rid of the bucket himself in his own world, he decided to reach out to those in charge of The Great Treasury in containing it (pun intended). At first, those in charge of The Great Treasury laughed off the Narrator's proposal but after looking into the matter, they find some disturbing information that made them reconsider.
On the surface, it looks like an ordinary bucket but is also said to bring "warmth and comfort" when it is picked up. However, prolonged use of the bucket can lead to developing a clingy obsession with it, and even passing interest can cause someone not holding the bucket want to protect it or have it for themselves. Also, every time Stanley goes to a familiar path from the original game, it not only changes the dialogue to tailor the situation with the bucket but also the endings to great effect, to the point where the tone and events of the original path are also different. Although it is unclear if the changes were of the bucket's doing or if The Narrator is changing stuff to suit the situation. Some endings point to the latter as even the Narrator falls for the bucket's charm or that he's unable to get rid of the bucket himself despite having the power to do so in other paths. It also doesn't talk yet, some reports have the bucket "speak" talk to them (yet it is unclear if it is from the bucket or the Narrator is making up the "dialog" for it).
Its power seems to be unleashed whenever someone holds the Bucket, as it doesn't seem to affect the other paths even when the Bucket is present within the Office untouched. It is also shown to have resistance to its obsessive power against someone already showing disinterest or disdain for the object. There are endings where the Narrator is shown to treat the Bucket as a regular story object or wanted to get rid of it when it distracts Stanley from the Narrator's story and it was only at one ending when he started to consider if there's more to this regular bucket did he wanted the Bucket for himself. While inconsistent in each path, the Bucket's presence in the Pantheon would mean that it would display all of these traits from all of its paths, making it very dangerous for anyone wise enough to abuse its power. So Those-In-Charged approved the Narrator's proposal and decided to dispatch a special team to retrieve the bucket from Stanley's temple since the Narrator does not trust Stanley to part with the bucket by himself. The Treasury Curators decided to keep it on display in The Great Treasury under limited circumstances as a warning for others about its power.
There are some proposals for getting rid of the Bucket entirely and there have been attempts made in the Bucket's world. One path sees the bucket escaping from the place, only to show up a few path resets later. Another sees the Narrator wanting to make Stanley feed the Bucket to "The Bucket Destroyer" but Stanley was unable to let go, even defying The Player's input to do so. Another ending sees The Narrator deleting all buckets from the game, which causes everything to disappear as everything in the game is apparently a bucket (save for Stanley and The Narrator, who are confirmed not to be buckets.) While disturb by this knowledge, The Treasury Curators are not sure if "everything is a bucket" only applies to their world or the whole multiverse. Either way, they would rather not have someone test that hypothesis especially when there are powerful beings who can make single objects disappear. If the GUAD, an Alliance decided to the destruction of everything, would get a hold of this knowledge and trick Timmy Turner into wishing to get rid of all buckets or Scarlet Witch into saying "No More Buckets", it would mean the destruction of the multiverse as we know it. For this reason, they make sure that this knowledge does not leak into the Pantheon or to not cause any distress to the other Deities there.

Edited by lawliet-saw-whet on Sep 23rd 2022 at 8:33:26 PM

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Oggy123 Kirby from Jakarta, Indonesia Since: Oct, 2013

Kirby

#193294: Sep 24th 2022 at 7:57:56 AM

I'm back with one suggestion for a rework:

Bandana Waddle Dee, God of Uniformity Exception
- Reason: While most Waddle Dees are more-or-less identical to each other, and are mainly portrayed as generic enemies in most games, Bandana Waddle Dee stands out from the others for wearing, well, a blue bandana. He's also a major character as of recent, being an assistant to King Dedede in his first appearance since a minigame in Kirby Super Star, and later as an ally to Kirby and a main character in the level of King Dedede and Meta Knight.

I suggested this because his present profile is... a bit short. Also, i think i'd like to rework my previous profile, The Octonauts, since, in hindsight, i think it's pretty underdeveloped and short as well.

This is not a Rickroll, i promise

fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!

Google "big ears"

#193295: Sep 24th 2022 at 8:19:43 AM

Are you perhaps interested in reworking Stanley? I was going to do it, but i'm super busy lately. He is supposed to get a trope change too.

Uni cat

lawliet-saw-whet Resident Trope Lurker from Your Head, In Your Head, Zombie, Zombie Since: Sep, 2014 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady

Resident Trope Lurker

#193296: Sep 24th 2022 at 10:09:44 AM

I believe both the Narrator and Stanley should get a rework tbh. The updated rerelease has a lot of lore and characterization to chew on. The only reason I'm focusing on the bucket first is because I don't have a lot of decent ideas or characters for both of them on their possible new interactions (besides have them interact with other meta characters) but I have plenty for the bucket. And I have other profile ideas I have interest finishing and ascending or reworking first, which have more ideas than those two. But I'm willing to rework if I do have ideas. If you can kindly suggest some characters they could interact with, I'm open to that. Also, suggestions for the bucket would be nice too.

Edited by lawliet-saw-whet on Sep 25th 2022 at 1:13:30 AM

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Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

#193297: Sep 24th 2022 at 12:58:05 PM

I'm a little surprised R. Mika isn't the god of Ass Kicks You.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.

WhirlRX Since: Jan, 2015

#193298: Sep 24th 2022 at 1:13:23 PM

She was. But was deleted for poor profile. You could remake it if you are interested. Just give a reason why she fits the trope.

KaoticKanine from Vania of Pencils Since: May, 2016 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free

#193299: Sep 24th 2022 at 1:41:56 PM

On a similar note, I'm fairly amused that Dota 2 used to be really prominent in the Pantheon but now it's only a handful of characters left in here lol And that's not including Zeus and Mars.

CrimsonShark The Black Blade from The Internet of Loneliness and Beyond Since: Nov, 2018 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number

The Black Blade

#193300: Sep 24th 2022 at 6:17:34 PM

'I am Groot'

"O, Death... become my Blade, Once More"

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