Trope Pantheons Discussion

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Tomoo and Yatsu, Unholy duo of Mechanical Transformations(Tomoo: The Salaryman, Yatsu: The Metal Fetishist)

• Potential House(s): Cybernetics and Enhancements, Transformations
• Intermediate Gods(can evolve into Greater Gods through assimilation)
• Symbol: Their combined form, a massive, Phallic metal...thing
• Theme Song: Drop Hammer or Megatron
• Alignment: Tomoo: True Neutral(eventually Chaotic Good) Yatsu: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Both: Moody gray shading, Bizarre Imagery and Narrative, Nightmarish Mutations into Machinery, Bizarre Superpowers over Metal,Cybernetics Eat Your Soul, Can be interpreted as a ''really'' weird love story, Phallic Symbolism, Alternate Continuity
  • Tomoo: An Average Japanese office worker until his transformation, which was Punishment for leaving Yatsu for dead, a Gradual and agonizing one, Developed a huge power drill from his you-know-what, Actually Yatsu's brother in a sequel timeline, Gains a Superpowered Evil Side.
  • Yatsu: A mentally unstable vagrant who became a world ending abomination, Lightning Bruiser, Misanthrope Supreme, Laughing Mad, Has Pitiful Origins, Seeks to destroy and remold everything while stalking and torturing Tomoo out of ''Love'', Utterly Insane, Utterly Depraved and Utterly Bombastic
• Allies:
  • Tomoo: Bruce Banner, Cameron Vale, Gregor Samsa, Larry Talbot, Hank Pym, Astro Boy,Alex Murphy/Robocop
  • Yatsu: Tetsuo Shima, Cell, Hank Henshaw, Gigan, AM,Ultron,The Qu, T-1000, SKYNET, The Cybermen.
• Enemies: Both: The Child Abuse Supporters, Darryl Revok, The Enchantress
  • Tomoo: Freddy Krueger, Diavolo, Shou Tucker, Gendo Ikari, Dr. Gero
  • Yatsu: All life Organic or otherwise who oppose him, but more specifically:All Cybertronians, Metallo, Cyborg, Tim Barnett, Kevin Levin,Poison Ivy, Magneto, Gorilla Grodd, Toph Bei Fong
• Special Relationship: Each other(brothers in one timeline)
• Intrigued by:(Yatsu) The Thing, Sadako Yamamura,Tomie Kawakami, The FaceHuggers.
• Rivals:(Yatsu)The Borg Collective
• Of Interest to:The SCP Foundation
• Pitied by: Meilin Lee(mostly Tomoo)
• The story of the "Iron Men" begins with an average Japanese Salaryman and his girlfriend. One day, the unassuming businessman was driving home with his girlfriend until they accidentally ran over a pedestrian. This pedestrian, however, was the man known as "the Metal Fetishist" so called for his unusual fixation on metal applied to his body. The couple, unaware of this, believed the man dead, hid his body, and tried to move past their dark deed. But the Salaryman had received a curse or perhaps gift from the Fetishist. The man's body slowly began taking on the properties of metal, his mind plagued with horrific visions of a cybernetic nightmare. Eventually the Salaryman's transformation led to his girlfriend's death, and the Metal madman himself arrived to complete the transformation as part of his mad desire to share his agony with his victim. The two engaged in a brutal battle of metal and flesh, eventually combining into a monstrosity that sought to rust away the world with their newfound "love".
• At least that's how one version of the story goes. Another account tells of a salaryman named Tomoo, who led an ordinary life with a loving wife and child, but had no memory of his past. That life was shattered when Yatsu, AKA the Metal Fetishist, targeted him for his depraved plans. Tomoo's young son was murdered, and he plunged into despair, awakening the metal-morphing powers he shared with Yatsu-actually his brother. Tomoo went on a brutal rampage against Yatsu's cult to save his wife, and soon discovered the truth of his past. The boys' father was a metal molding maniac as well, experimenting on his children to create human weapons. With this awful revelation, Tomoo succumbed to his brother's urging and evolved into a massive, tank like juggernaut. Amid the destruction however, it seems Tomoo found peace, as he apparently shifted back to human form with his wife and revived son.
  • Some time later Yatsu resurfaced, this time targeting another Cyborg named Anthony. Yatsu threatened Anthony's son to control him as a new weapon. But the super Cyborg fought the Metal Fetishist and ultimately averted suffering Tomoo's fate, and Yatsu was absorbed by Anthony's own power, gone for good...at least for now.
• Eventually the Salaryman(Tomoo) was welcomed into the Pantheon gates. He hoped to find a nice place to settle down and put his metal nightmare behind him. Unfortunately there was a reason he was there, and the other inductee surfaced shortly after. Initially disoriented, the Metal Fetishist soon set to work seeking new metal to absorb and fuse with for power and pleasure. Tomoo was filled with terror as he realized his brother was coming for him. Yatsu seeks to expand his love of chaos and transform the Pantheon into his twisted view of beauty, and he wants to be one with Tomoo to do it.
• Applies to Both:
  • Despite everything, neither will say they hate the other(although neither are mentally sound). The Salaryman/Tomoo on some level feels guilty for indirectly causing his enemy's transformation, as in one timeline he left Yatsu for dead and in another his murder of their parents inspired the boy with a love of devastation. The Metal Fetishist/Yatsu claims their "love" transcends mortal flesh and hopes that someday Tomoo will come to see his point of view. Nobody sane buys that though.
  • Although they outwardly appear to human, both Yatsu and Tomoo will morph into horrifying machine monsters under stress, leaving unpredictable devastation where they go. Tomoo has tried to seek help for this, leading to him joining a "support group" of sorts with similar individuals like Dr. Bruce Banner and the Lycanthrope Larry Talbot. Banner knows well the trauma of being a walking weapon, and he's shared Tomoo some techniques to tame his anger. Yatsu, meanwhile, seeks to unleash the full extent of his power and enjoys the company of like-minded monsters, especially of the mechanical variety. One such is the Android psychopath Ultron, whose desire to replace humanity with cybernetic extensions of himself earned him the Metal Fetishist's respect. By chance, one of Tomoo's circle is Dr. Hank Pym, Ultron's creator. Pym is as ashamed of his monstrous son as Tomoo is his brother. Both agree their counterparts represent the worst impulses of themselves, and that it's their responsibility to destroy them.
  • A similar duo is the psychic "Scanner" terrorist Darryl Revok and his brother Cameron Vale. Despite his lack of social skills, Vale was interested in Tomoo's condition and believes he's found another ally. Revok, on the other hand, has decided that both Metal men are too dangerous and psychotic to be controlled. He's able to effectively strike Yatsu mentally, but the maniac's biomechanical nature allows him to bounce back quickly. Revok is still planning to destroy the metal monster, and Yatsu sneers at his arrogance.
  • Neither of them are friends to the mysterious mage called "the Enchantress". Tomoo in his case considers her no better then the Metal Fetishist, as she transforms people in karmic ways while also affecting innocent bystanders. Yatsu on the other hand is annoyed by her self-righteousness, as he is quite proudly open about being a destruction loving force of evil. The Enchantress doesn't view them worth her time though, as they're already in frequent psychological and physical agony.
  • If there's one ideal they share, it's that they both loathe abusive parents, especially since in one timeline their father was a selfish monster who turned them into what they are. While Yatsu isn't much better than his dad, he still sees his father in people like Ozai and seeks to destroy everything he built. Tomoo especially has it in for men like Gendo Ikari and Shou Tucker, who used their own children for their own selfish experiments, which in the case of Ikari had truly apocalyptic results. Dr. Gero stands out as the most similar, as while he did care for his son, he still created killing machines both organic and mechanical. Further unnerving Tomoo is that Gero has expressed interest in the two, believing he may have a better chance of studying and harnessing their powers.
  • The SCP Foundation keeps a close watch on the two as they specialize in containing anomalous and especially dangerous beings and phenomena. Tomoo is willing to cooperate if it means helping control his abilities, but Yatsu has given them more trouble. Even worse, he shows a fascination with the various monsters the Foundation contains. Of particular interest is SCP 217, the Clockwork Virus. Yatsu sees it as a lifeform akin to himself and seeks to join it in reformatting the Earth. Thankfully, he's been held at bay for now.
• Applies To Tomoo:
  • A certain nightmare-walking creature began appearing in the poor guy's dreams, being a fan of that level of Body Horror and mental anguish. Krueger noted with amusement that the undertones of Tomoo and Yatsu's relationship reminds him of a time when he was a malevolent force symbolizing repressed homosexuality trying to take over another young man's body. Freddy hoped to possess Tomoo and use his devastating powers in the waking world. Fortunately, a cyborg lifeform isn't so easy to control, and Freddy was forced to eject. He was disappointed but still shows interest in the Iron Men's potential.
  Freddy: Aw, you're no fun. But your friend? He seems like my kind of guy.
  • In terms of being an unassuming office guy transformed into a strange creature, Gregor Samsa can relate to Tomoo's plight. He's also as devoted to his family as his cyborg counterpart, though perhaps not to the extent Tomoo gets when you threaten his wife and son. Despite Samsa's own horrible situation, Tomoo would say Gregor's father was still better than his own, as at least he didn't intentionally mutate his children.
  • The Salaryman was relieved to meet others who had experienced and overcame similar trauma. Alex Murphy, a police officer who was resurrected as a cyborg super-cop after his murder, told Tomoo he was impressed by the lengths he went to save his family from his evil brother. Tomoo hopes someday Murphy can reunite with his own. Atom, better known as the android superhero Astro-Boy, is a fellow native of Japan and was moved to tears hearing what Tomoo and his brother went through as children. It especially resonated because of his own relationship with Dr. Tenma. Atom hopes one day Yatsu can remember his humanity the way his brother did.
• Applies to Yatsu:
  • He's considered an insane abomination even among other world conquerors, if only that his insanity and dangerous powers make him too unpredictable. Besides Ultron, however, a few admire his monstrous ambition. Cell, the aformentioned Dr. Gero's deadliest creation, is on a journey to perfect himself and sees Yatsu's mission of spreading "the beauty of destruction" as similar. The cyborg Kaiju Gigan is generally a weapon for whoever points him somewhere, but Yatsu's technopathy lets him to communicate with the beast on more even footing, promising him new upgrades and places to destroy. Hank Henshaw, the hopelessly misanthropic Cyborg Superman, joins with Yatsu in the belief a fellow cybernetic entity can help bring an end to his tortured existence and destroy the world that spawned them. He's also caught the attention of SKYNET, who's thrilled at the prospect of creating man-machine hybrid Terminators with the Fetishist's unique powers. The evil AI assigned the shape-shifting T-1000 as a diplomat. A similarly sociopathic machine called AM(Allied Mastercomputer) has admitted it's impressed that a young human could transcend into a being that rivals itself in power and malice. Yatsu has experience as a cult leader, and preaches a new world of machines where organics are slaves and fuel, every evil automaton's dream.
  • One group that shares his beliefs is the bionically enhanced race known as the Cybermen. The Cybermen have battled to create a technological dystopia across different timelines, and Yatsu has offered to aid them in their crusade. Although he can't assume command from the Cyber Controller, Yatsu is happy to provide new hosts to the cyberization process. He's also planning to limit their emotion inhibition so his ideal cyber race can be more creative. Another race, the similarly cybernetic Borg, isn't happy with Yatsu's ambitious, wild card personality. The Collective has decided to exterminate his individuality, a feat easier said than done, and Yatsu has vowed to have the collective answer to him.
  • Ironically for someone who also hates organics, Megatron of the Decepticons has nothing but contempt for the Metal Fetishist and sees him as a plague on Cybertron in general. That he's a horrible abomination is one of the few things he and Optimus Prime can agree on. Upon learning of Cybertron and it's inhabitants, Yatsu was thrilled at the chance to assimilate a race of mechanical beings, but he's been repelled by both Autobot and Decepticon alike.
  • He's well aware that there exist monsters and beings of similar nature within the Pantheon, even if they're not necessarily mechanical. Unfortunately(at least for him), what prevents an alliance is most are too feral and uncontrollable to reason with. The amorphous alien called "The Thing" is focused on assimilating the populace and sees Yatsu as competition, while the viral Onryo Sadako doesn't need help spreading her influence. Tomie Kawakami, another shape-shifting sociopath with assimilation powers, is too petty and vain, seeing Yatsu's grandiose vision as an annoyance. However, he's found it a bit easier to exploit the parasites called Face-Huggers. The cyborg believes he can use them to engineer bio-mechanical Xenomorphs, something nobody wants to see implemented. Even worse, he's recently caught the interest of the alien "Qu" who also seek to "evolve" humanity to their warped designs. Yatsu is more than happy to serve as a consultant.
  • Because of his metal-manipulating abilities, any descent person with this power deems him a disgusting monstrosity. Even mutant revolutionary Magneto, who generally dislikes humanity, believes Yatsu is a rabid dog who needs to be put down, much to the latter's disappointment, as he thinks Magneto could've been a great partner. Toph Bei Fong, hailing from a world where people can manipulate elements, has stated he's an insult to Benders everywhere. None of this really bothers the Metal Fetishist, as he thinks sooner or later, they'll all be absorbed into his glorious metal and succumb to his twisted vision.
  • While many Pantheon inhabitants are familiar with the trauma transformation can bring, one boy in particular was appalled to learn of this man's ascension. Tim Barnett, a boy who underwent a slow, traumatic metamorphosis into an apple tree, sees what the Metal Fetishist did to his brother as worse than his own ordeal. Even if Tomoo was guilty of a graver crime than stealing an apple, Tim has decided to help any way he can against the biometal sociopath. Yatsu strangely pities the child somewhat, because to him becoming plant matter is far inferior to the beauty of metal.
  • Unsurprisingly, most heroes and villains who don't believe in organic subjugation are also very much opposed to the cyborg's insanity. Pamela Isley is the inverse of Yatsu, a former human mutant with godlike power over plants, but even she recognizes that he's a worse monster than her. Gorilla Grodd is a megalomaniacal beast but he still has the sense to see the Metal monster as a threat to all apekind. Even Metallo, another homicidal machine man, is horrified by Yatsu, as he still has enough attachment to his human side. He also detests Hank Henshaw, so the Metal Fetishist allying with the nihilistic cyber-being is more than good a reason. Cyborg/Victor Stone is a man who grapples with his human and robotic halves and was disgusted at how the biomechanical man could discard his humanity with such ease. Yatsu attempted to corrupt his cybernetics, but Victor retaliated with a special anti virus he designed. Cyborg's fury at Yatsu for his sick violations nearly blindsided him, but he was able to disrupt the corruption and made it clear he wouldn't hold back so much next time.
  Cyborg: You want to be metal so badly? Try to get in my head again, and I'll show you what it's like to be scrap iron.
  • He's found a startling number in common with the psionically powered Japanese criminal Tetsuo Shima. Both were shy children given deadly powers by experiments(at least in one timeline for Yatsu), both have a heated rivalry with another young man they were very close to, and both eventually metamorphosed into monstrous abominations that tried to assimilate the world. Tetsuo on his part is happy to find a kindred spirit and together the two plan to become gods of this cruel world. It's the exact opposite with one Kevin Levin, however, as he sees Yatsu as the kind of person he could've been(and has become at times) if he didn't have caring friends: a sociopathic monster in every sense who absorbs and destroys whatever he touches. He's afraid to even absorb metal from Yatsu and has advised his friend Ben to never let the Omnitrix take any "DNA" from the creature.

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Where in Family and Relatives would Satellite Family Member go?

Family Dynamics works for me

Edited by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 on Apr 2nd 2024 at 2:59:39 AM

Either Other Relatives or Family Dynamics

Edited by J99908 on Apr 1st 2024 at 9:44:57 AM

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Here's the Neptune and New New Amsterdam York draft with a little bit added. Any Futurama fans here with something to say?

Neptune, Divine Gas Giant Treated Like It Has A Solid Surface

• Hall: Astronomical Bodies (House of Dominions Expansion)
• Description
  • In Futurama: A bluish planet with an Arctic tundra and solid ground, harsh but livable
  • In real life: A bluish "ice giant" (gas giant with a large icy interior) with storms raging up to twice the speed of sound^note so not livable
• Symbol: Robot Santa's hat over a trident
• Alignment: True Neutral for most of the planet; Lawful Evil for its polar region
• Portfolio: Strolling on Jupiter, Home To Robot Santa's Workshop And The Neptunians, Grim Up North IN SPACE!!
• Domains: Tundras, Santa Claus, Neptunian aliens, Astronomical Bodies, Yetis
• Sacred to: Robot Santa Claus, Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune
• Unholy to: Anyone Robot Santa declares naughty (so almost everyone here and almost everyone else) (explicit to the Arctic region)
• Barred entry: The Iris, Majin Buu
• The eighth planet in the Sol System is Neptune, discovered by Earthlings in the 1840s. Who exactly discovered it is debated, and beforehand it was predicted due to how the orbit of Uranus^note so Urectum behaved. A cool, bluish planet, it is home to the Neptunians, four-armed humanoids with piggish noses and being famed for their cooking. In the 29th century Robot Santa Claus was made and moved to its North Pole, where he set up his Death Fortress and a toy shop that is basically never used since virtually everyone is branded naughty. It has a primarily arctic environment, but since what's been seen on the surface is the polar region that might just be that area. It has a number of moons, the biggest of which is Triton. Triton has its own fauna, and both bodies are home to yetis.
• The ascension of Neptune was somewhat unique amongst its fellow Sol System planets, in that rather than being the "real" version of the planet that acts as a Composite Character, it was explicitly the version from Futurama. And there's a good reason why; Neptune in general didn't really have enough to get a place in the Dominions Expansion, and Futurama's Neptune had something specific going for it; Strolling on Jupiter. In real life, Neptune is what's known as an ice giant and thus has no solid surface. Its also far colder, with a "surface" temperature under -200 degrees Celsius. Its stormy winds can reach over 2000 km/h and the only remotely Earth-like thing about it is the gravity (just a bit more). There's been no evidence Futurama's Neptune was ever terraformed, and Farnsworth thinks that it's simply because "people of the Stupid Ages didn't have enough info". That said, a portal occasionally shows up in this Neptune's orbit that lets people see other, more accurate Neptunes in the multiverse.
• The fact it has a solid surface and is habitable is something that Wonder Woman remembers, way back in the day, when she dealt with some invaders from there and eventually helped overthrow their dictator. She's not the only person who recalls a gas giant being a lot less gassy, and not just (a) Neptune. John Carter has visited Jupiter in the unfinished book Skeleton Men of Jupiter which had forests and water, and is inhabited by two sentient races. Porky Pig and Sylvester were once abducted by aliens from Jupiter and ended up on the body no worse for wear, and Timmy Turner once made a wish for every day to be Christmas, and naturally ended up on Robot Santa's Naughty List while he was dealing with his mess. Oddly, he also recalls his Fairy Godbrother, Poof, claiming that it was Jupiter with the solid surface, not Neptune. Never mind that if they were solid planets, they'd have a lot more mass and consequentially more severe gravity. This all said, one mortal actually proposed a solid concept for how the real Neptune could be colonized. It still wouldn't fit the experiences of these deities, mind you.
• Significantly increased habitability asides, Futurama's Neptune is not a popular place to visit. The reason for this is down to Robot Santa Claus, who rules as a tyrant over the Neptunians in the Arctic. They look like Christmas Elves yes, but that is more down to them being malnourished because Robot Santa doesn't feed them enough. Unless it's X-Mas he almost never leaves, and if anyone finds themselves in his territory should prepare for some murder and merry mayhem. His Death Fortress was raided by the original, organic Santa and Nicholas St North in order to depose his rule, but the collateral damage was becoming too much. Instead, an agreement was made; Robot Santa would not unduly try to kill, main, or injure visitors to the Neptunian polar region and double the portions of his "elves", in exchange for having their promise they will protect his planet from interlopers. Robot Santa reluctantly agreed to this...however he is still conniving in stretching the "unduly" part to his favor without breaking the agreement.
• Winterbolt and SCP-4666 aspire to conquer Neptune for themselves...well, mainly Winterbolt. The Yule Man was content with his morbid actions in Earth's Arctic regions and went alongside the former's plan more to try something fresh with the Neptunians, and decided to start by taking over the relatively obscure Neptunian South Pole. Even Robot Santa was shocked to see the results of a Weissnacht, though that might just be because he doesn't list his planet's residents into the naughty/nice lists. In order to test the other Santa would live up to their agreement, he called them up to deal with his problem before they started spreading across the rest of the planet, while he watched with a bunch of X-Mas cookies in hand. To those outside his purview, Robot Santa has pushed the Neptunian politicians to make more weapons to protect their homeworld. After all, doing so helps Robot Santa's weapons factories and protects his planet.
• The planet is named after the Roman god Neptune, aka Poseidon. He had initially considered claiming the planet, mainly in the name of flexing his ego, but with how inhospitable the actual Neptune was he didn't feel like it. However Futurama's Neptune is something he could try to claim since it does have liquid water, if often covered by ice...it's still not something he's all too interested in. Since his programming doesn't account for gods on the naughty or nice spectrum (possibly relating to his friendship with the Chanukah Zombie) Robot Santa isn't gonna do anything in response but he is watching him in case Poseidon pulls something. With the original Neptune absent, Sailor Neptune doesn't have as much authority or connection over Futurama's, but she's still considered a guardian of the planet. It's for this reason she's one of the very few people on Robot Santa's nice list.
• Outside of the Neptunian Arctic, the Neptunians are a strong and relatively tall species who are well-known for their cooking. One of the best chefs on Earth is a Neptunian called Elzar. A staple of their dishes is the Neptunian space slug, more specifically the greenish-yellow one. Don't try the purple one though, since they cause diarrhea. Sometimes they can be domesticated. As a defensive maneuver, they can inflate themselves to a large size, and like Earth slug they shrivel up with salt. So long as you don't use too much salt they make a nice staple food, so mortal residents have been selling these space slugs to the House of Food. Star Wars deities have noticed they seem to be based off the Gormaanda. Neptunians are a common immigrant on Earth and they usually make their living in the service sector. There's a place called Little Neptune in New New York if you want a microcosm of their culture.
• Many have wanted to Take Over the World. Some have wanted to take over the moon, or Mars. But conquering Neptune? It's practically never heard. Even Robot Santa is only ruler of the Arctic region of Neptune. Aphoom-Zhah did, however. Way back when Neptune was known as Yaksh it had visited and it wishes to take Neptune for itself, claiming it to be its right. Never mind this was a different Neptune. Despite being a Great Old One, it is still seen as less of a threat to the planet than the Iris is. The Iris had at some point mutated its Neptune into something unrecognizable. When it plans to invades the Solar System of the 31st century, this Neptune is expected to be its first target. If anything could unite all the Neptunians and those who immigrated there, it would be in opposition to this Eldritch Abomination. Majin Buu has a different mindset on what to do with Neptune; blow it up! Then again, that's his usual go to answer, but while he is also barred from getting anywhere near Neptune, the Iris is just as much a target for Buu's Planet Burst, which the people of Neptune are quite relieved to see keeps the Iris far away from them. The Collector considered using it as one of his celestial pinballs but after realizing there's life on it chose not to.

New New York, Divine Seat Of Reborn Cities With The "New" Title

• Hall: Administrative Centers (House of Dominions Expansion)
• Description: A stylized almost retro-future mega city in the state of (New?) New York
• Symbol: The same as Old New York, just with "New New" instead of "New" in the symbol
• Theme Song: The video game OST
• Alignment: True Neutral
• Portfolio: Big Applesauce and the Big Rotten Apple In the Future, New Neo City, After the End 1000 Years From Now, Balancing Idealism and Cynicism, Under City of the Old New York, We Will Have Euthanasia in the Future
• Domains: Cities, The Future, Cultural and Cross-Species Melting Pots, Rebuilt Areas, Undercities, Spacious Sewers, Sitcoms, Sci-Fi Comedy
• Sacred to: Hubert J Farnsworth, Carol/Mom, Philip J Fry, Turanga Leela, Bender Beding Rodriguez, Hermes Conrad, Nibbler, Dr John Zoidberg
• On speaking terms with: Mutant deities (formerly officially barred entry from)
• Banned entry: William Stryker, Emperor Belos
• Banes: Robot Santa Claus, the Brainspawn
• Similar locations: Tokyo-3, New Hong Kong, New Chicago, New Earth^note also has a New New York
• One of Earth's most iconic cities, New York City had been settled in 1624 and for centuries it would serve as one of the US' most important cities. That was, at least in one reality, a bunch of UFOs invaded the city in 2308 and tore practically everything down except for the Applied Cryogenics Lab, the bank of one Philip J Fry and probably the Statue of Liberty. A medieval society (or at least something with the Middle Age aesthetic) was built in its place...then another group of UFOs tore that down some centuries later. Over the ruins of Old New York, New New York was built, thought to be some time between 2500 and 2800. In spirit it has that melting pot, Big Applesauce feel but with a seedy underbelly...only now in Zeerust flavor! The sewers, and thus the sewer mutants can be found living amongst the ruins of Old New York. That said, Applied Cryogenics didn't really notice.
• Regarded by some as a Crapsack World, but this is debatable as there are many positives. It has been described by the writers of Futurama to not be a utopia or dystopia, but like real life except more futuristic. As far as Fry is concerned, it's basically a cooler version of his old city though that might just be because he fits into the 31st century better than he did the late 20th. The Simpson family spent some time there and they found it a fine enough city, though admittedly they didn't get to spend much time there. Homer will proudly boast of all the ways New New York is better than Old New York, though again he's biased. For most pantheonic residents of Old New York like Peter Parker, the biggest difficulty is adjusting to the new technology and curious sci-fi conventions. He finds its easy, but that's mainly down to how being a superhero in a comic book means he's dealt with crazier stuff on a semi-regular basis.
• Much like Old New York, New New York is a melting pot of different cultures. Given the setting, there's a bunch of robots and aliens walking around living their lives, treated no different than the human residents. There are some exotic^note by 21st century standards meat markets for the taste of many an extraterrestrial from the Trope Pantheon that wants to have meeting, and yes that even includes human meat. That said, the Hall of Flesh Eaters have been advised other humans getting the meat is still seen as taboo. Though the societal issues of the original New York persist, many within the House of Extraterrestrials and Otherness find it an accepting and interesting place to visit if they're looking for a nice, big city. However, staying there still has the problem of most only being able to afford apartments.
• As mentioned it is quite welcoming to aliens, along with robots. Mind you, hostile aliens and robots are obviously going to be exempt, but of course its not like the Daleks are just gonna casually visit instead of screaming "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!" and trying to level the city to the group. Oddly, this didn't stop one Dalek scout from their early history getting lost in the city, with the Dalek Empire noting it's weird that this happened again in a "York". The T-800 has noted that doing missions for SKYNET would be easier than in regular New York because nobody would care if his robotic endoskeleton gets exposed. On another note, the controversy of euthanasia has been solved by the 30th century...with suicide booths 25 cents a pop. Kent Brockman and J.Jonah Jameson had a field day making news about it and that's all we're going to say about the matter.
• New New York has had a history of bigotry towards mutants, who were only allowed on the surface in 3010. It (well, Earth as a whole) has also found Robosexual marriage a controversial thing, having the idea that Robosexuals Are Creeps for a while...however it was legalized in 3010 as well. Mayor Poopenmeyer has tried to monetize this increased tolerance by giving a free tour of the city for Kipo, Kosmo and Nova, and while they recognize what's going on they appreciate the free tour as is. These legalizations have led Reverend Stryker and Emperor Belos to decry the city as "New New Sodom" with future New Jersey as "New New Gomorrah", and the former believes that they shouldn't have just kept the mutants to the sewers...they should've "cleaned" those sewers. Poopenmeyer agreed with the New Jersey statement but has otherwise declared both a Persona Non Grata to the city.
• There are a variety of places to visit New New York. The House of Travel has warned people that the roads aren't exactly designed for non-flying cars, though they can still be used...you might get complaints about being some throwback from "the stupid ages" by an ornery civilian, though. The Bablyon Rogues note that their hover boards are seen as somewhat mundane by the people of the 31st century. Also, you should probably get used to tube travel as a means of transport. Some notable locations of New New York include:
  • Various "Little X" neighborhoods in the same vein as Little Italy or Chinatown. There's Little Bitaly, a robot town, and Little Neptune, a seedy neighborhood of Neptunian immigrants. There's a dodgy organ dealer, but usually the only kind of people he tricks are guys like Fry.
  • MomCorp, the headquarters of perhaps the most influential Earthican business of the 30th and 31st century. Even if her evil nature isn't exactly a secret in the Trope Pantheon, her products still sell like hotcakes here^note insert Capitalism Is Bad joke here and the House of Commerce usually has their eyes on it. More so than the Planet Express HQ, much to Farnsworth's chagrin.
  • The Head Museum, home to many heads in a jar of historical figures and celebrities from time past. Sometimes they have two of the same head like Grover Cleveland, leading to rumors of cloning. George Washington has visited the Head Museum, admitting to the feeling of seeing his own head in a jar to be surreal talking to him. That said, it at least wasn't a Serpent... Sometimes you can also find Eric Cartman, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and Amy Pond...the Doctor is trying to figure out how that last one is a thing.
• The Doctor theorizes the area might have some sort of temporal significance, getting the feeling he can almost sense a fixed point but it's one of those rare ambiguous cases. This is mainly down to one Philip J Fry, who stayed at a cryogenic lab that was miraculously untouched for over a millennium. Should the original New York manifest in the Trope Pantheon, it might see the same building appear again, only for a version of Fry to still be chilling in suspended animation with cheap beer in hand. The building is the crux of a major Stable Time Loop due to Fry's "past nastification" and chosen one role, and even though the building has served its purposes the Doctor still visits New New York sometimes (partly for some fun) and has tipped the Elite Time Police Enforcers off on the city's re-ascension as a place of notice. He's mentioned that in exploring time and space, there are at least fifteen New Yorks. The New New York he's familiar with is that 15th version of the city, found on New Earth; a planet so similar to the original Earth that after its destruction in the year 5 billion they made it a nostalgic throwback to the old Earth.
• It's hardly the only place that's getting the "New" suffix. Sol Badguy knows the second New is redundant, but it's useful for distinguishing it from Neo New Yokr. In his world, that's the city that was built in place of Old New York after it was destroyed by worldwide technological collapse and a 100-year war. If it's not New York getting a redundant second "New", it's Tokyo. Whether New (or even New New) Tokyo is a thing in the 31st century is unknown. Shinji had grown up in "New-Tokyo 2", following the original being nuked and submerged, so he's somewhat curious about New New York. Since there was a medieval period (or at least medieval themed) between Old and New New York, he wonders it should be called New New New York instead.

Edited by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 on Apr 3rd 2024 at 8:54:30 AM

to both

So, Skullgirls finally released Marie's story mode, said to be the true canon path for the game, and oh momma, we got some juicy new bits of lore.

First off, the final party that took the Marie Korbel, aka the Skullgirl, was Filia and Samson, Squigly and Leviathan, and Peacock.

We got some more lore of Peacock's past, showing her as Patricia in the makeshift orphanage as The Fatalist since her home was caught in the war, with Marie being Wise Beyond Their Years, and the headmaster of the orphanage, Hilgard, encouraging the two to spend time together for Peacock and Marie to learn how to loosen up their stances, leading to them being best friends. The man who took Peacock's eyes out in her story mode was one of the slave traders who tried to kidnap the orphans in Marie's story mode, with Peacock leading the slave traders away so Marie could go get help.

Peacock's parasite, Avery, is smart with math enough to be capable of cutting through time and space, or as Peacock calls it, the Ginormous Cosmic Timeosphere, and did it to send the Skullheart across time and space with the help of Leviathan. However, it instead exploded and a crystal lodged itself into Marie's heart, letting her still live as long as it wasn't shattered.

While Peacock can still fight without Avery, she isn't able to teleport right back to New Meridian after the Ginormous Cosmic Timeosphere was tampered with. She also isn't smart enough to use it without killing herself or everyone around her. Said tampering was also implied to be a member of the Trinity (probably Double or Aeon, the goddess of time in the Skullgirl universe).

Even after being able to live with just a crystal in her heart, Marie could still feel the Skullheart's influence, and planned on killing herself as soon as Peacock was back in New Meridian to spare the world of the Skullgirl. Peacock however doesn't take any of that, from constantly encouraging her she is worthy of staying alive and that wanting to live isn't selfish, to fighting Marie to prove a point that Marie still wants to live deep down by not thinking to let Peacock shatter the crystal. In the end, thanks to Peacock constantly never giving up on Marie and Marie never giving up on herself thanks to Peacock and her wish to protect her friends and be the last Skullgirl, they were able to break the cycle.

Marie ended the Skullheart's cycle by fighting her boss self from infecting her mind, and taking the strength and will of her past and the lives of all the others the Skullheart has claimed back from them, even though the Goddesses of the world claimed there will always be a Skullgirl.

After finally breaking free of the Skull Heart's influence, Marie received a Redemption Demotion at the cost of becoming her old self. Even still, the skeleton minions still serve her since they like her. Except for Joe, but he hates Marie's enemies more.

Peacock and Marie are now together and free of the threat of the Skullheart, now ready to keep the world safe and stop the plans of Double and the Goddesses.

Brain Drain and Valentine are now working on a new Skull Heart called the Chrome Heart.

Edited by kingvideogames on Apr 1st 2024 at 9:21:48 AM

Time to rise and shine. Good morning!

I've got nothing to provide for you, so here's a .

On another note, have you considered the idea of posting a profile with only a small number of paragraphs established? I think one of the problems you face when it comes to getting approvals is that your first draft tends to be already filled with 10-12+ paragraphs and you have an established list of relations for your character. That, and not being too clear about what you want for suggestions makes it look like you already have enough and the other users are unsure of what you give to you regarding suggestions.

Also, I recommend spacing out your posting times to give other users a chance in posting their own drafts when they're asking for paragraph/interaction ideas and/or approvals. I'm saying this because I've witnessed that you have a bad habit of overshadowing other users' profiles, including my drafts of Dutch and Micah. Now, I know you don't mean to antagonize or annoy others, but I'd let you know just in case you need to be more careful about your actions here as well as being more considerate about other users whenever they want to post their own content here.

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@Kingvideogames — I'm not sure if you actually got approval to have Luigi set up as a Guardian Representative for Characterization as usually, I tend to make that position a separate voting thing in addition to the profile itself. Just wanted to get that off my chest.

That, and I was thinking about a Rep overhaul for that particular House, but didn't have enough time to consider what theme(s) to go with, in addition to feeling like replacing Muzet and maybe Carl Jung. But then again, I'm too caught up on other things, both in the Pantheon and elsewhere, to express too much concern over that.

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Also wanted to announce that Depravity now has all of its deities moved to new Halls see here for where I've placed them. That said, I would hold off from deleting that page for now as I think we would need to get a couple of wicks cleaned up before demolition happens.

Also, can I move Wyald to Villainous Attitude as stupidity doesn't have anything related to, well, Cruelty and Sadism. On a similar note, Hatsune Miku seems misplaced as her trope, Virtual Celebrity, isn't really about music, so I was wondering which House and Hall would she work best in (maybe Popularity and perhaps either Fanbase or Types of Popularity).

Edited by CrimsonShark on Apr 1st 2024 at 6:02:09 PM

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

Hamana has placed some of their profiles in Guardian positions before with no prior announcement and no one complained, so I guess there isn't a rule for that kind of stuff.

Agree with moving Wyald to Villainous Attitude and Hatsune Miku to Types of Popularity.

Removing my since I've noticed that you still have an incomplete flavor text in one of your profiles.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Apr 2nd 2024 at 12:01:32 PM

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!

You're voting for me already? I thought that dominions and artifacts still needed 10 paragraphs to be viable

@RJ: Rose Tyler also visited the 15th New York on New Earth, so she could visit Futurama's New New York as well. Also, shouldn't the Doctor be in the visitors list?

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I just need to fill in Franky's placeholder and come up with a Rex-specific interaction, and this'll be done. I'm also considering adding an interaction with the Porygons; who was reworking them again?

Rex, Mike, and Bert, Holy Trinity of Adaptational Late Appearances (Small Railway Engines, the Smallies)

• Hall of Character Adaptations
• Demigods
• Theme Song: Never Overlook a Little Engine
• Alignment: All Chaotic Neutral
• Portfolio: Chromatic Arrangement, Vitriolic Best Buds, hate being belittled, sing a Pep-Talk Song with a Disney Acid Sequence, their backstory is never mentioned in the show
  • Rex: The Leader, Nice Guy, but Not So Above It All
  • Mike: Fiery Red, Hair-Trigger Temper
  • Bert: Literal-Minded, Big Ol' Eyebrows, Butt-Monkey
• Domains: Trains, smallness, metafiction
• Heralds: Mr. Fergus Duncan (their boss); Frank, Jock, and the other unadapted engines on their railway
• Allies: The Steam Team (especially Thomas), the Pteranodon family (especially Tiny)
  • Mike: Edward Elric
  • Bert: Lenna
• Enemies: P. T. Boomer
  • Mike: Dawn Bellweather, Otis, Miltank
• Complicated relationships: The Skarloeys, Franky
• Of interest to: Bendy
• In the 1960s, Sir Topham Hatt II discovered that the trackbeds of the abandoned Mid-Sodor Railway were shockingly weed-free because they used spoils from the lead mines as ballast. The controllers of Sodor's various railways teamed up to create the miniature-gauge Arlesdale Railway to transport ballast from the mines, and purchased three engines from England whose railway had closed down. By sheer cosmic coincidence, they look very similar to ones on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Several engines have mistaken them for magical beings. The Arlesdale Railway also transports wool and passengers, and in its first year of operation, a pair of clergymen visited. One of them was the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, wrote about the Arlesdale Railway in his series of books about Sodor.
  • Rex, who's green, is the de facto leader. He's the most level-headed and usually introduces the group to other engines. However, he's not above teasing the others, especially Mike. He can also be overconfident, such as when he boasted that transporting wool would be easy, only to crash into a pile of wool bales and derail. Fortunately, it didn't damage him too much, and the incident taught them that they need to work together.
  • Mike used to be green like Rex, but now he's as red as his temper. He's always complaining about minor inconveniences, such as livestock on the line. He's very proud of his whistle and hates being belittled the most. Unlike most engines on Sodor, he prefers goods to passengers.
  • Bert is blue and the oldest of the three... but not the wisest. When he heard that the visiting clergymen take moving pictures and write books, he thought he was going to be turned into a moving picture in a book. He's petty and has a vengeful streak; when the clergymen accidentally splashed him with mud, Bert got revenge by splashing one of them with rainwater. He forgave them after they cleaned him up, though, and much later, he helped them find Duke, an engine from the Mid-Sodor Railway who'd been buried in a landslide.
• When The Railway Series was adapted into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, the creators were contractually obliged to only create episodes that were adaptations of the books at first, but Adaptation Drift kicked in during season 3. After Wilbert Awdry died in 1997, they decided to ditch the source material for good, leaving the Arlesdale trio unadapted. That was, until 2015, when they made a surprise appearance in the special Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure. Three chapters of their debut book, Small Railway Engines, were subsequently adapted into episodes in season 20.
• The trio were happy to learn that Thomas the Tank Engine was in the Pantheon after they ascended. They'd previously helped him stop a pirate, and he introduced them to the rest of the Steam Team. Their meeting with the Pantheon's other engines was... a little more complicated. Peter Sam was happy to learn about what became of his old home, while Sir Handel was just glad to finally meet engines he could look down upon. Bert, meanwhile, was annoyed to learn that Skarloey was the engine the rescuers took to find Duke in Thomas & Friends instead of him. Skarloey had no idea what he was talking about. There's one thing all engines can agree on, though: they hate P.T. Boomer. When threatened Rex, Mike, and Bert, they dumped a truckload of ballast on him.
• The trio have met some of the Pantheon's most... interesting Rail Enthusiasts. The Pteranodon children were ecstatic, as always, to meet more engines in the Pantheon, especially Tiny. Mike was insulted when she gushed about how small they were, until Mrs. Pteranodon explained it was a compliment. Tiny is friends with all sorts of small creatures, and likes to cheer about their "tiny power". Mike still finds her annoying, but the other two find her endearing. Bendy is also a big fan of trains, but they find his perpetual grin and demonic forms off-putting.
• [Franky]
• Exclusive to Mike:
  • Mike hates Dawn Bellweather. Not because of her plan to turn prey against predators, but because he thinks sheep are stupid and do nothing but get in the way. He hates cattle even more, such as Otis and Miltank, because they remind him of an embarrassing incident where he lost his whistle while trying to scare a cow off his line.
  • Mike has a surprising amount in common with Edward Elric. They're both as short as their tempers — but don't say that to their faces! — and wear red, a strong, masculine colour that gets the blood pumping. Once upon a time, Ed would've found it weird that he related so much to a talking train, but after years of being in the Pantheon, "normal" loses all its meaning. It helps that they're both from the quiet countryside.
• Exclusive to Bert:
  • After his meeting with Skarloey, Bert became very confused. He simultaneously remembered being the engine who took the rescuers to Duke, and having no idea who Duke was. Wilbert Awdry based The Railway Series on real events on Sodor, and later it was adapted into Thomas & Friends, right? Yet he appears in Thomas & Friends as an author who writes books based on THOSE versions of events. And above all this is the "real world", where trains don't talk and there's an Isle of Walney instead of Sodor. This was all too much for Bert's non-existent brain to handle, so he spent all night in his shed pondering his existence. He eventually sought advice from another god who went through a similar experience: Lenna. When she ascended, she gained memories of three different timelines, and she'd previously spoken to her creator, Tom, over the phone. Her advice? "Don't worry about it," which wasn't very helpful.

The cows don't seem like enemies; that implies a mutual hatred. I think the term you're looking for is "opposes".

Anyway, who wants to add to Marie Korbel's profile to incorporate the events of her story mode?

Edited by mdalsted on Apr 2nd 2024 at 5:33:45 AM

Freudian Excuse: Not one person is entirely good or evil; something will have to have happened in the past to make them what they are today.

@Crimson Shark, I see, didn't realize that was a voted office here. My mistake. That being said, I did suggest placing Luigi there first here and I got some approvals for it without anyone saying Luigi should be in Character Changes instead. If it is a problem for the others, I will be open to moving Luigi to Character Changes instead.

I think it would be better to just rework her profile at this point since her story mode has her going through a character arc and has several different allies and enemies swapping places, and of course, Peacock is promoted to best friend material for her.

Edited by kingvideogames on Apr 2nd 2024 at 8:15:54 AM

Time to rise and shine. Good morning!

Out of curiosity, have the Entities from The Magnus Archives made it into the pantheon?

Edited by EnigmusPrime on Apr 2nd 2024 at 5:55:25 AM

No. Do you have a proposal in mind?

I am of the opinion Historical Person Punchline should go to someone who is a common subject of the trope. Who would you say is used so much that they'd be a fitting rep in the pantheon?

Edited by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 on Apr 3rd 2024 at 2:22:09 AM

"WILSON!"

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"Sorry, but you're in my story now."

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@RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 - Futurama's Neptune

• Maybe expand about the native Yetis (that reside in Neptune and its moon Triton) and how you can contract Yetiism, which turns you into a Yeti. Ithaqua, who is called The Yeti, might find this planet similar to his regular cold dwellings.
• You can also make other bullet text describing its moons (in particular Triton, which was already been terraformed by humans).

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@NitroIndigo - Rex, Mike, and Bert

• I was thinking since Rex usually brings presents to children (and that one year he delivered fake snow with a fan to make it look like its snowing) in Christmastime, something about visiting or delivering presents or snow in the Hall of Xmas and Yule
• To help with the Franky interaction, maybe you should extend that to the rest of the Straw Hats. Because of their interactions with Sailor John, they are often weary of the evil pirates in the Hall Piracy and other evil pirates outside of that hall. Their meetings with the Straw Hats was an exception tho as they seem to be good and kindhearted people.

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@DoodSlayer136 - Pilgor The Goat

• While not Wide-Open Sandbox, Ralph comes from a game where he destroys a building and Fix-It Felix Jr. needs to save the building in turn.
• Other Goats: Gabby Goat
• The Rabbids are a group of troublemakers from a video game (who is already allies with the Goat). Doge, Cheems and Walter are also allies due to their zanny nature.
• People who have encountered goats: Heidi (who has taken care of goats), Dipper and Mabel (who had a goat named Gompers living with them during their summer vacation), Ferdinand (who has a friend goat)
  • The Chupacabra, The Goat Sucker, facing off with Pilgor, but the winner is not what you expect.

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Yeah, I think so.

Edited by lawliet-saw-whet on Apr 3rd 2024 at 4:10:40 PM

Mood Status: Currently suffering from cringe.

^ Where does Rex delivering presents to children come from? Daisy's Perfect Christmas? Regardless, thanks for the suggestion.

@Tomoo and Yatsu: Much like Yatsu, Yubel once sought to fuse themselves with Judai Yuki along with all of existence as a show of insane love, tough unlike him, they regained their sanity when Judai willingly merged with them. They might thus see him with some pity.

Also, I'm back with another draft for Conan. Suggestions are welcome.

Conan, God Of Heroic Barbarians (Conan The Barbarian, Conan The Cimmerian, Amra, King Conan, Conan the Destroyer, Conan The Adventurer, Conan the Buccaneer, and many more)

• Intermediate God
• Symbol: A fist holding up a sword.
• Theme Songs: "Anvil of Crom", "Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom" and "Riders of Taramis"
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral for most of his early life, became closer to Chaotic Good as a king
• Portfolio: Heroic Barbarians, One Man Armies, Slayers of eldritch beings,, is a sellsword, a thief, a pirate,a brigand leader, a monster slayer and a king, Very promiscuous in his adventures, sympathetic thieves and thugs, gritty fantasy heroes, Became a good ruler even as he resented the responsibilities
• Domains: Adventure, Barbarism, Combat, Rulership
• Avatar: Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Followers: Leo, Tusk
• Herald: Zenobia (His wife)
• Allies: Sonya the Barbarian (part of the Nephalems), Red Sonja, Barbara and Elysia, Cerebus the Aardvark, Korgoth, Ax Battler, Gilius Thunderhead, and Tyris Flare, Thor, Wonder Woman, Sigmar Heldenhammer, Minsc & Boo, James Howlett/Wolverine, Frank Castle/The Punisher, Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch, Illyana Rasputin/Magik, Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Flash Thompson/Agent Anti-Venom, Eddie Brock/Venom, Doctor Stephen Strange, Tarzan, John Carter
• Enemies: All evil members of the House of Magic, Apophis, Lord Voldemort, Shuma-Gorath, Nox, Skeletor, Set
• Worthy Opponent: Doctor Doom, Kang the Conqueror, Cain Marko/The Juggernaut
• On bad terms with: Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Pities: Robert Baratheon
• In ancient times, after the sinking of Atlantis but much before the coming of proper history, there was an Age undreamed for full of exotic lands and fantastical sights. Hither came Conan, a native of a cold hostile land named Cimmeria who set out to explore the larger world. While the tribesman was seen as a barbarian by many, his upbringing had granted him the abilities of a warrior superior to most and a wild yet honest mindset that helped him with dealing with civilizations. He would go on many adventures, becoming a sellsword, a thief, a pirate,a brigand leader and a monster slayer amongst others, until he became a king by his own hand by overthrowing the corrupt ruler of Aquilonia. Though the thrill-loving adventurer found the duties of a monarch to be more taxing than he had expected, he still became a good king for his new land and subjects. He had further adventures, and many other than his creator have tried to continue his stories, none can confidently say the absolute truth about what happened to him thereafter. That is at least until the appearance of a strange portal disturbed his kingdom. Investigating himself, the Aquilonian King investigated it himself, allowing him to step into a strange land: the Pantheon, where he was informed that he'd been chosed to represent heroic barbarians. Though rather dubious about the offer at first, Conan nonetheless took it, adding Conan the God to his many titles.
• He is rather bemused about his new title as 'god', especially since Crom, the main god of his people's religion, is a god that actively spurns worship and smite those who try to call to him. As such, he does not particularly care about being prayed to either, though neither does he mind any of his worshippers going to him for advice, even allowing them to quote 'the hell with you' from one of his more famous incarnation, because it amuse him. In fact, he has a joke claimed that he would give his title to any of them who can defeat him, just to give them some motivation. Even if this was how Pantheon godhood worked, nobody has managed to meet that challenge yet, though it hasn't stopped any subsequent Barbarian Hero from ascending. One such fighter was Sonya of the Nephalem, who challenged him to a brawl for the hell of it. Though she lost, she did manage to impress him a lot, and it didn't hurt that she reminded him of an old friend.
  • Said old friend would eventually arrive in the Pantheon: none other than the warrior woman Red Sonja. Naturally, Conan was very much happy to see her again, and the two often fight together like old times when circumstances allow it. He does still have obvious attraction towards her, but she isn't any more interested than before, and so they are Just Friends. Though he was suprised to learn that it wasn't her first time meeting with people of other times and worlds either, leading him to meet with both Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. As they are also larger-than-life men dedicated to the care of their respective 'kingdoms' of the jungle and Mars through action (not to mention a general tendency to walk around without anything covering their chests), the three of them also have became fast allies.
  • Other such barbarians are Barbara and Elysia, twin princesses from the Glade of Dreams, who look at the experienced barbarian royal with starstruck admiration, the more scarred anthropomorphic Aardvark known as Cerebus, as well as Korgoth, a barbarian very similar to him in his younger days, if even more violent and antisocial. As their predecessor of sorts, he tend to see them as his responsability much as the citizens of Aquilonia are, and so strive to help with their problems, even if Cerebus' are... strange.
  • At first, the dwarf warrior known as Gilius Thunderhead came to Conan as if an old friend, before realizing that he had mistaken the barbarian for his similar-looking companion known as Ax Battler. Interested by his tales of heroisms against the tyrant involving the two friends and an amazon named Tyris Flare, the Cimmerian decided to help the dwarf have the two ascend with the later. And after they managed to convince the Court to do so, he made it known that he would gladly fight alongside them all.
• Conan's temple serves as an extension of his castle in Aquilonia, so that he can spare time for his roles both as a king and as a God. While he first lead a rebellion against the corrupt ruler Numedides and took the throne for his own gains, he had come to learn that the duties of a monarch were heavy and more grueling than taking the crown was. Still, he does his best to be a good monarch for his people and better his land, for he sees them as his responsibility to take care of. (Relationships with other good Usurpers and those who struggle with rulership) Another warrior who usurped his throne from a wicked king only to find its responsibilities appaling was Robert Baratheon, but while Conan remains as mighty and impressive as ever, he let himself sink into hedonism and degradation until his death from a mere hunting accident. While the Cimmerian does not approve of Robert neglecting his duties to his people that let the realm fall into chaos after his demise, he does have sympathy for the former king of Westeros' fall, and took it as a sobering warning to not let himself falter.
• Hearing of another man from a so-called primitive tribe that went on to become a monarch, tough clearly one of lesser scope than a literal god emperor, Sigmar has approached Conan to observe his character. Greatly approving of his care towards his kingdom and citizen, the Emperor of Man approached him for an alliance as well as possibly mentoring him in rulership. Tough unwilling to be treated as a pup to teach, Conan likewise still see a more than worthy ruler in Sigmar, and so the two have formed a fast friendship.
• His herald is none other than his queen Zenobia, former slave girl of the King of Nemedia who rescued him from an enemy conspiracy because she had fallen at first sight for him. While the two are very much Happily Married, he still possess a Royal Harem and he's very much as open to brief trysts as he was in his youth. The values of the Hyborian Age are... odd like that, tough he is fairly chivalrous by its standards, and one of the best ways to spurs him to heroism is an innocent woman in trouble.
• Some have theorized that he might be a past life of the God Emperor of Mankind due to their similar appearance back when the Emperor was active. He does not approve of such talk, for he look down on the so-called ruler of mankind as a decrepit old man who has formed an oppresive regime around itself through deception and arrogance, not worthy of any sort of worship. He bluntly said that no matter the lives he may have, he would never want such an existence where he could not fight with his people himself.
• One time, the fates would have him entangle with a woman just as mighty as he is and as skilled... 'Wonder Woman''. It turned out Diana had ended up in the past and without her memory when he met her. For him, he was drawn to her since he believed her to be Yanna, his childhood crush from a nearby tribe of warrior women. As they ventured together, this turned out to be a case of mistaken idendity, but this did leave a fondness for the other, to the point she left him one of her bracelets and the golden lasso as a parting gift when she left. She would meet a man hinted to be his reincarnation in the modern day, but the two were still more than happy to meet each other again in the Pantheon.
• One of Conan's incarnations exist in the ancient past of the Marvel Universe, and he one day found himself thrust into present day when he helped a time-stranded Wanda Maximoff thwart the plans of the Greek Goddess Nyx. While he shared a mutual attraction with the Scarlet Witch, she remained loyal to her current lover, though they were still glad to see each other again. Nox, as the goddess of the night is more commonly known, is not too pleased with him and has regarded him as a great obstacle should she ever attempts her scheme to cover the universe in darkness.
  • During his stay there, he worked with many anti-heroic figures of the Marvel Universe in a very loose team known as the 'Savage Avengers'. While they're not a formal group in any way, most of their ascended members readily fight alongside him should they need to face dire threats together. Those comrades even included villains such as Doctor Doom, Krang the Conqueror and Juggernaut! While those more antagonistic figures' plans in the Pantheon sometime threaten his kingdom, needing Conan to face them in battle, there is still a great mutual respect between them.
  • Suffice it to say that not all his meetings there went so well. One day, he worked with the Rhino to rob a bank, only to be confronted by Spider-Man. The encounter ended with Conan mocking the superhero's Comes Great Responsibility philosophy, exposing his underwear by ripping his suit, and successfully getting away. While Conan's role as a king meant he doesn't commit such banditry anymore, Spidey is till very understandably sour about this event. Especially since he swears he saw the Cimmerian chuckle under his breath when reminded about it.
• Due to his long experiences of fighting with wicked sorcerers, Conan has a general distrust of magic and those who use it, tough it's not an unsurmountable prejudice, as he has managed to make friends with less nefarious wizards like Doctor Strange. This does not lessen his opposition towards wicked sorcerers, especially those themed around snakes, for he had many running with worshippers of the wicked serpent god known as Set, including one version where one such cult leader killed his family. A prime example of such a foe is Voldemort, whose arrogance and cruelty is very typical of the many enemies he slayed before. And of course, the leader of the Death Eaters does not appreciate a simple, 'dumb' muggle interfering in his plans.
  • He went on to meet the actual divinity within the Pantheon, or at least in one of its incarnation: Apophis. Quite naturally, the snake wasn't pleased by the barbarian's interference with his worshipper's spread of his influence, and so now seek to destroy him. But that name conflation did NOT please the Egyptian God also known as Set, who has dedicated himself to punish Conan for confusing him with his hated enemy. For his part, the barbarian does not care much about the differences to his world's version, for they're all as wretched as each other to him. Another evil divinity he has faced before is Shuma-Gorath, but the tentacled monstrosity is content to ignore Conan for now, as despite the difficulties the Cimmerian gave him before, he and the other Savage Avengers did unwittingly helped free the entity from the control of the sorcerer Kulan Gath. The sentiment isn't exactly recoprical considering Shuma is still a monster bent on domination and wanton destruction of the world.
  • Hearing of his many prestigious slayings of wicked wizards, the magic hunter known as Anti-Mage tried to recruit Conan in his cause to eradicate all magic, but he found himself rebuffed by the barbarian-turned-king. For tough he disliked sorcery, he was not one to wish to dedicate his life to wipe it out, and he had in fact worked with mages in the past for common causes. Tough Anti-Mage was disapointed by the refusal, he still highly respects the Cimmerian.

So, um, it's been around a year since I last posted here, so I want to know if the position for Loss of Identity and Cope by Creating are still open? If they are, I'll continue where I left off and work on Mafuyu and Kanade's sheets for those two spots.

Edited by Zenchchcrowme on Apr 3rd 2024 at 8:43:20 PM

They're still open.

Conan would see most of the Hall of Otherness Abominations as enemies. With the exception of Kthanid and Desco. Also just about anyone in the Cthulhu Mythos would be an enemy. He'd probably have some concerns with Vampirella. On one hand, she's Vampirella. On the other, she's still a Vampire. That's also the relationship she has with Red Sonja too actually. Though they tend to become Fire-Forged Friends. He should also be "On bad terms with" Ben Reilly. Ben intercepted him on a heist, Conan won the fight, but lamented that he wished that they could have had a fair fight over the one they got instead^note Conan was in a hurry. Not sure about Kaine, but he'd probably either not care, or laugh for once in life.

Asking again to split the Hall of Soldier Archetypes in alphabetical order to fix the "Too Long Warning". As for Tactics and Strategies, I propose moving the Black Spy and White Spy's I Know You Know I Know to Planning. I also propose a new hall in the House of Craft, a Hall of Traps. Normally I'd prefer to have some more tropes before making a Hall for it, but "Home Alone" Antics isn't really related to anything military like, and neither Trap Master or Trap Is the Only Option sound like it belongs in Crafting Materials.

Thank you for the quick answer! I'm going to continue working on it then.

hi I just wanted to make sure is there a god for Madness Mantra?

Edited by catcreep on Apr 3rd 2024 at 11:15:02 AM

oh and is there a god for "all for nothing"? (I didn't link the pages cause I'm tired)

and Madness Mantra is free, but some people have ideas for All for Nothing: for Fasoman 1996 it's Enji Todoroki, for Shinobi it's Aki Hayakawa (the latter idea has multiple different potential trope ideas btw).

@Azure

for the Hall and split ideas.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Apr 3rd 2024 at 11:42:38 AM

THE GOLDEN AGE WILL RETURN AGAIN!