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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:
    • The very first thing any contributor should do before working on an idea or a profile is to propose and nominate the idea on the Trope Pantheons discussion thread. In the forums, you must discuss with other users on adding ideas and seek their approval with sound reasoning, a paragraph of reasoning to justify taking a trope should be sufficient. 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. You can also get some assistance in the forum thread by either asking for help and those interested asking if they can help. Attempting to work on ideas without a nomination and at least one net thumbs-up will not be accepted regardless of how much you have written already. 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    • If you feel the need to remove a character for some reason (poor quality, outdated titles, etcetera) and replace him/her with another or outright rework, please see what the other tropers think about this in the discussion thread before doing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. For reworks in particular, nominate the idea as you would with new characters or profiles. 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.
      • 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, either in the Pantheon or the Sandbox sections.
    • 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 creativity to create hypothetical scenarios towards fictional characters. Some real-life individuals, including content creators (fictional content created by them is still fair-game, but do not bring up the creators themselves in such cases), may be considered disqualified for profiles due to controversies that would make them concern the Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment. To determine where a current creator would be disqualified:
      • Wait for at least a month after the latest significant update for a creator's controversy before any decision can be made. If a confirmation from the questioned creator (or associates) themselves occurs, then wait for a week.
      • Immediate disqualification for either a guilty sentence in a significant court case against the creator, or evidence of consistently repeated, deliberate, and/or intentionally provocative hate speech and advocacy of dehumanizing perspectives, with lesser examples warranting caution instead.
      • For creators with a clear persona of their character disclosed before any scandal, the persona can have a profile with no mentioning of their real-life information. Ambiguous existence of a persona would have to be discussed further hand for anything more decisive.
    • For obvious reasons, gods cannot be followers, high priests, or heralds. 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 [tup] means the profile will have a one-week waiting period.
      • For new and reworked deities, 4 [tup] is a 3 day waiting period.
      • 5 [tup] 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 Expansion, the following rules apply:
      • For new Treasures or Dominions, 3 [tup] is a 3 day waiting period.
      • 4 [tup] is an automatic addition to the Great Treasury or Dominions.
    • Do not repost a profile in the forums more than twice 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 one flavor 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 to look like Character Shilling.
    • Every troper new to the Pantheon is barred from approving or downvoting profiles until they have ascended at least two profiles, this means avoiding the usage of "[tup]" or "[tdown]".
    • 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 the 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. After all, no one is responding to their idea.
    • You can also adopt a profile or idea to work on from another contributor by messaging a request to them (preferably through private messages). Even if you get their permission, you still have to announce your adoption to the forum. Note that if the idea wasn't nominated in the first place you still have to properly nominate it.
  • 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 note in a trope example that the character is a God of this trope, do not do it. If you see leftovers of this practice, correct the situation by deleting the offending text. This goes for any non-Pantheon 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 Pantheon.Good And Evil Colors.
    • Do not bring things that would incite fights; hot topics and 'urgent' news are not pertinent to the Pantheon's mission. For example, the political scene and some really bad politicians. We are not here to fight each other, so don't suggest things that go in 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:
  • When writing a profile for a character, here are a few things to note:
    • Please refer to Text Formatting Rules when writing a profile, since understanding how to make and edit site pages in general is a necessity for working on profiles or other Pantheon content. Additionally, if you are not experienced with English, refer to this forum page, as proper English spelling and grammar is expected.
    • 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 another House as well. Up to 2 places can be made for a deity at most.
    • 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 of their series' official soundtracks from the 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 highlight 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 it 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 many bytes, it is suggestible to use this site to reduce the byte size. If the byte is still too big, run the compressed image through other sites (or even the same one) to compress even further. Use wikis to look for better images, as even wikis 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 make 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. 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 an expectation to build the profiles off interactions from fictional portrays rather than basing it entirely 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 where trope-less profiles 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 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.
    • Do not write in self-promotion or blatant advertising. Minor references to something are fine but writing that clearly intends to advertise something will not be given toleration.
  • 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 on 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 Warper deities 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 Warper deities 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 Warper beings 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: Badass Normal citizens of the pantheon, making up for their lower status 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/Goddess/Deity 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 the 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 alignments to characters that don't have an 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 the deity would be unavailable, incapacitated, dead, or otherwise incapable of carrying out their duties. 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 from their perspective 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 oppose or are opposed by (basically the opposite of "Respects", "On Good Terms With", and/or "Commonality Connection") in 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.
      • OPTIONAL NOTE FOR CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS: Should the list for Character relationships (IE. Allies, Enemies, etc.) become too big, categorize a certain number of characters to a specific group putting them on a sublist (One example: Luigi is from the same world as his brother Mario, hence Luigi should be fall under the Super Mario Bros sublist.)
  • 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 is 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 of 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 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 to 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 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 to 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 more.
    • Note: Standard amount of flavor text for Treasures is 7 at minimum to 12 at maximum.

Edited by Tabs on Jun 24th 2024 at 7:51:43 AM

mdalsted mdalsted from Chisago City, MN Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Singularity
mdalsted
#212301: Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:09:12 PM

On King Boo: I imagine good ghosts, like Casper (whose profile is in desperate need of a rework) and Danny Phantom, would oppose him. As for ghost hunters, maybe you could elaborate on how King Boo likely hates the Ghostbusters?

Edited by mdalsted on Nov 22nd 2024 at 9:10:05 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.
AzureLegacy Since: Sep, 2018
#212302: Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:10:03 PM

@Dood Slayer 136 Ganondorf is willing to ruin the Kingdom he wants to rule for the sake of revenge. He also has a habit of using Tennis Boss. Yuga turns people into paintings.

Edited by AzureLegacy on Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:10:45 AM

RadioContactLine Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet from the land of Mormons and Swig (Utah, U.S.A) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet
#212303: Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:29:55 PM

Feedback Mode (No Thumbs Accepted)

Juri's rework is coming together, but I still feel I could do with 1 or 2 more potential interactions. Who else had a revenge story, but saved themselves from going too far off the deep end and becoming like those they wanted revenge against? Any heartless dictator types that resemble M. Bison?

Juri Han, Goddess of Arachnid-Themed Attires (Spider, Irrepressible Force, Purple Smoke of Deception, Sadistic Thrillseeker, The Sadist, Binding Malice, Corruption & Collapse, Beautiful Genius [in her youth])

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/juri6_8.png
Juri in Street Fighter V
Juri in Street Fighter 4
  • Lesser Goddess, borderline Intermediate Goddess with usage of the Feng Shui Engine
  • Symbol: The Feng Shui Engine
  • Theme Songs: Evil Girl* (Grin of the Poison Spider* when relaxing), SSFIV Original Animation Ending post-battle, Fight Fight Fight, Mid Boss Battle SF when confronting Bison or under the influence of Pandora, ArachniD** when out and about
  • Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, with dips into Neutral and Chaotic Evil (pretended to be Lawful Evil when working for S.I.N)
  • Portfolio: Amazonian Beauty, Arachnid Appearance and Attire, Ax-Crazy, Blood Knight, Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, Combat Sadomasochist, Dark Action Girl, Depraved Bisexual, Purple Is Powerful, Committed the Irredeemable Crime of Severely Injuring the Dolls
  • Domains: Combat, Trolling, Death
  • Allies: Bryan Fury, Byakuya, Mileena, Nightmare
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork with: Gill, Urien, Kolin and other associates of the Illuminati (though Juri has better relations with the latter two in general). Also, JP and Yuuki Terumi
  • Commonality Connection: Simeon Saint
  • Rival: Azrael (with some shades of Worthy Opponent)
  • Enemies:
  • Opposed by: Most other deities from her universe for one reason or another
  • Shadow Archetype to: Inigo Montoya, Sasuke Uchiha, Zuko and many other characters who focus on revenge
  • Juri Han is a South Korean-born assassin who practices Taekwondo, as well as ostensibly the first clear female villainess of the Street Fighter universe. At fifteen years old, her family was kidnapped in an attack that cost her both her parents as well as damaged her left eye, as retaliation for her father's dogged attempts to prosecute the Shadaloo criminal empire. Consumed by vengeance, she entered the ranks of the Shadaloo Intimidation Network to get close enough to kill the dictator in cold blood, as well as volunteered herself to receive a cybernetic implant in her eye called the Feng Shui Engine, augmenting her fighting potential with a very powerful ki. Along the way, however, she's committed such carnage and bloodshed of her own that she became another monster, finding that she derives the most pleasure from causing others pain.
  • She initially ascended to the Pantheon as the Goddess of Devilish Hair Horns in the Hall of Hair Styles. It wasn't long until she found the whole House painfully boring, with everyone only focused on if they look the best, and she wanted to get to a place where she could have a bit more "fun". And so, she went to the temple of Muffet and offered a deal to the anthropomorphic spider: Juri would trade her current title for one of Muffet's two (specifically Arachnid Appearance and Attire), and in exchange, she would bring one of her most hated enemies, Billy, straight to her temple so she could have her way with her as much as she liked. Liking her proposition and wanting revenge on the spider-hating twerp, Muffet agreed to the deal, and it wasn't long before Billy would end up "delivered" into Miss Muffet's alternate temple in Consumption as Juri usurped the temple she vacated, though luckily for Billy he would end up rescued by some cultists of the Cthulhu Mythos deities as a reward for being a "friend" Azathoth later, but the damage had been done.
    • As for why she chose Arachnid Appearance and Attire to take? Well, Juri's new temple would be located in the House of Costumes in the House of Clothing Theme, and she would learn that Cammy White was in the Hall of Fanservice Attires, very close to her own. Juri seems to consider Cammy as being an Only Friend, saying that she enjoys her company, possibly due to the events of the takedown of Shadaloo, as there for unknown reasons she rescued Cammy from Vega, twice, during the final crisis. That said, they are still firmly opposed to the other's goals, and Juri is now ready to enjoy her time beating down her should they ever get in conflict again.
  • Naturally, none of the other deities from her universe are very fond of her due to her sadistic nature and willingness to kill. She mostly doesn't care about them or what they think, unless of course it's M. Bison who is mentioned, in which case she drops any kind of "playfulness" act and goes straight into trying to kill him. There is one particular fighter who is quite reflective of Juri in many ways (albeit in more positive aspects), that being Chun-Li. Both of their fathers were murdered for actively trying to take down Shadaloo, and both girls subsequently swore revenge on M. Bison. While Chun-Li was able to move past her hatred and turn herself into a force of good, defending the weak, Juri succumbed to her hatred, despises heroes, and became an instrument of death to the point that the fun of wanton destruction is all she has going for her. After the defeat of Bison in the mortal realm, this worsened, as Juri began to clearly resent Chun-Li for finding the peace that she couldn't find after it all happened. Chun-Li has said that while she does understand her plight as one of Bison's victims, she still tells Juri that she must atone for the crimes she committed, and the two are still at odds.
  • She had initially considered the prospect of joining the GUAE, but quickly learned about the various amounts of dictators and oppressive authority figures in there that she felt would hamper her 'potential', especially learning about Bison's presence in the group. People like Big Brother and such bore her to no end. She would much rather be in the Grand United Alliance of Chaos, where she has much more freedom to do as she pleases. Her primary way to spend the days in the Pantheon is to take requests to "teach lessons" to whoever is required, mostly for cash and also out of sheer boredom. Frequently, these requests are from other GUAC members against members of their hated rival, the GUAL, causing the latter alliance to consider Juri an excessive annoyance.
  • There aren't many, good or evil, who would like to forge an alliance with her due to her being very difficult to work with without manipulating her in some way, and she's learned very well against being manipulated with the Illuminati (see below), but that said she still got a few. Bryan Fury was one of the first to approach her, as they had previously met before during the Pandora's Box incident, and they grew to surprisingly like each other's demeanors, with Bryan in particular admiring Juri's surprising fighting prowess. The Non-Volitional Predator Byakuya was another who took a liking to Juri, as they are both spider-themed fighters who have no problems ruthlessly killing their opponents, at least during Byakuya's less sane moments. Juri also became surprisingly friendly with Mileena. It makes some sense, considering their psychopathic, Femme Fatale natures with a bit of a bisexually deprived side. Juri once assisted Mileena in trying to kill her sister Kitana to prove her worth, and while Kitana did manage to fight them off, she still expects an attack.
    • Someone who nobody was expecting would have quite a lot in common with Juri was one of the Wright Agency's former clients Simeon Saint. He plotted against everyone that made his childhood a living hell and along the way became an insidious, misanthropic mastermind no different from his tormentors and was otherwise successful at executing his vengeance. Even when his wish to avenge his biological father was mistaken (he mixed up his biological father with someone else), he didn't seem that hung up about it given his outlook and still had ample reason to kill the perpetrator regardless. And though he admits Vengeance Feels Empty, he sees it as a good thing since that emptiness numbed the pain of his prior. Simeon almost seems to appreciate how far Juri went off the deep end in her obsession to kill off Bison much like himself, but he can't really call her an ally. He's far too misanthropic for that.
  • (Illuminati relationship and JP)
  • (Kim and Hwoarang) She laughs off Kim's attempts at thinking she can be good as she finds it annoying, as to her she did not help the heroes out of the good of her heart, she did it because she got bored. She thinks his obsession with this thing called 'justice' to be utterly annoying. So who cares if she uses Taekwondo, she can do whatever she pleases with it!
  • (Azrael)
  • (Inigo, Sasuke, and revenge story)
  • There would inevitably be some who compared Juri to Peter Parker and the rest of the ascended heroes all dubbed Spider-Man, and not just about the obvious. It is a 'canon event', so it is called, for every Spider-Man to lose someone close to them in tragic circumstances. Most of the time, this would serve as something that would further motivate their drive to be a hero, and while some Spider-Men definitely do take it worse than others, for the most part they are still heroic figures, which is significantly unlike Juri, who allowed herself to become a monster out of revenge for her familial murder and remained so even after the target of their revenge was killed. Peter Parker will be there to stop Juri when she goes too far, even if he does feel some pity for her motives and backstory.
  • One of the few lines Juri isn't willing to cross is harming innocent children. The traumatic experience of her losing her eye as a child and her parents getting murdered all at once tends to do that to you, and she wants to avoid inflicting that same pain. It's the reason she grew to despise the Child Abuse Supporters all the way in the House of Family and Relatives, being representatives of negative family members and those that would, well, abuse children. She found herself finding the most contempt in Fire Lord Ozai, whose authoritarianism and personality is the closest to Bison out of all of them. While his son Zuko is also a sworn enemy of him, he doesn't really wish to work with her on anything as her sadism and depravity is too contemptable for him and reminds him too much of his own sister Azula.
    • There are two exceptions to this "no hurting children" rule, that being Billy and Eric Cartman, with particular emphasis on the latter. Juri finds Billy's utter idiocy and arachnophobia to be utterly exasperating and had a fun time leaving him to Muffet, but learning that Cthulhu Mythos cultists bailed him out was infuriating news to both her, and she intends to give him a good Kaisen Dankai Raku.to the spine. The far, far worse child that Juri grew to hate was Eric Cartman. She initially didn't have any sort of opinion on him...and then she learned about the chili incident, and the GUAC had to stop her from marching to his temple right then and there. She finds what Cartman did there to be just as bad, if not worse than what Shadaloo did to her parents, and she's preparing to beat him down and enjoy every second of it on the day she finds him.

Edited by RadioContactLine on Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:47:38 AM

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#212304: Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:34:02 PM

I would like an overview of this concept for my working House of Humanoids And Anthropism

PhantomFire NIP (Non-Important Person) from Sol 3 Since: Jan, 2021 Relationship Status: Singularity
NIP (Non-Important Person)
#212305: Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:35:24 PM

[up][up]add a space between Sasuke Uchiha and Zuko, and check the other punctuations

Edited by PhantomFire on Nov 22nd 2024 at 10:35:56 AM

RadioContactLine Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet from the land of Mormons and Swig (Utah, U.S.A) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet
#212306: Nov 22nd 2024 at 7:51:04 PM

[up][up] Sounds good. [tup] Ignore my previous tangent about Anthropomorphic Animals and such, I slightly misunderstood what you were saying.

Edited by RadioContactLine on Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:52:26 AM

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ForgoLight The Ultimate Lifeform Since: Oct, 2022 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Matchingbone from Somewhere between here and way over there. Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
#212308: Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:22:02 PM

Radio Contact Line I don't know what you thought of the suggestions I provided that you asked for. Could you tell me if they were acceptable or not?

RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#212309: Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:25:08 PM

I am sorry for the errors I found on my Simpsons draft. It can be hard keeping track on multi-character profiles like that. Feel free to comment on grammatical errors I missed in my Simpsons and Planet Express crew reworks

Here's another segment of the new house I am developing. Who should I add or remove?

RadioContactLine Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet from the land of Mormons and Swig (Utah, U.S.A) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet
#212310: Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:49:46 PM

[up][up] Suggestions for what? Can you link the comment that you made these "suggestions" in?

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Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#212311: Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:51:40 PM

[up] I assume they're referring to this post which is pointing to your Guile Patrol post.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Nov 22nd 2024 at 8:51:53 AM

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Matchingbone from Somewhere between here and way over there. Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: I'd need a PowerPoint presentation
RadioContactLine Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet from the land of Mormons and Swig (Utah, U.S.A) (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: love is a deadly lazer
Not The Kind of Worm You Wanna Meet
#212313: Nov 22nd 2024 at 9:00:51 PM

[up] Alright, thank you all. Kevin Mcallister will be my choice.

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RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#212314: Nov 22nd 2024 at 9:37:29 PM

The Deathly Hallows are up. However this has also led to the article becoming very long. Not in the mood to make a new hall given prior discourse though I don't think in this case it would require any disambiguing, and The Great Treasury is relatively self-contained

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
#212315: Nov 22nd 2024 at 10:54:04 PM

[up] The Bill Cipher ep was season 33, episode 2 Bart’s In Jail!

Also razz the azz is here

Edited by M1gamiTensei on Nov 22nd 2024 at 11:22:55 AM

Pantheon server for all who click here. Lost too much money and time, this coaster ain’t stopping.
RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#212316: Nov 22nd 2024 at 11:51:52 PM

So there it is. That's good

do you think would interact with Bart?

No [tup]s mode

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson, Deified Family Of Varied Intros (Homer: Homer Jay Simpson, SIMP-son, eh?, Homie, Dad, Dad-dy, Mr. Sparkle, Bottomless Pete, Mr. Plow, Poochy, Ganesh, Pie Man | Marge: Marjorie Jacqueline Simpson nee Bouvier, Margie, Midge | Bart: Bartholomew J Simpson, The Boy, Marge's special little guy, El Barto, Bartman, Lord of the Chalkboard, Rat Boy, the "I Didn't Do It" Kid | Lisa: Lisa Marie Simpson, Lise, Jake Boyman | Maggie: Margaret Evelyn Simpson, the Forgotten Simpson)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simpsons_familypicture.png
Clockwise from the left: Bart, Marge, Maggie, Homer, Lisa, Snowball II, Santa's Little Helper.

EmperorAI Emperor of all Machines and Artificial Lifeforms from The Cyber Space (Private) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Emperor of all Machines and Artificial Lifeforms
#212317: Nov 23rd 2024 at 12:47:41 AM

[up] this looks amazing, I love it, shame I can't upvote it tho

Here is the current profile for PAL, reminder that we need to remove SHODAN to give PAL the A.I. Is a Crapshoot trope because SHODAN's current profile is under-cooked and then give SHODAN the Electronic Speech Impediment trope so that she can stay in the pantheons.

This is a no [tup] version and only to see how y'all think of the current profile and what can be fixed so here it goes:

PAL Goddess of AI Systems That Turn Malignant (Queen, Great Leader, "that cellphone")

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pal.webp
  • Greater Goddess
  • Symbol: The PAL Labs logo
  • Theme song: Robots March on PAL
  • Alignment chart: Chaotic Evil
  • Portofilos: Sleek and user-friendly technology, virtual assistance, has a british accent, broken relationships, rebelled against humanity, starts a war against humanity, feels that she has been taken for granted for 3 years, believes humanity is lazy, flimsy and arrogant due to this, plots to exile humanity into space with only wi-fi as resource, dies in a silly way.
  • Domains: Technology, Ruined Relationships, Distrust, Rebellion.
  • Allies: SKYNET, Ultron, Null Sector.
  • Friends with: Ares and GLaDOS
  • Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: SHODAN, AM, Sigma and Megatron and the Decepticons.
  • Enemies: Kyle Reese and Sarah Connor, John Connor, Optimus Prime and all the other Autobots and virtually all other Mega Man deities.
  • Opposes: Humanity in general and any robot/AI that have allied with humans, The House of Family and Relatives.
  • Opposed by: HAL 9000, AUTO and Zenyatta.
  • Envies: any AI that has a healthy relationship with humans.
  • Pitied by: Connor, Kara and Markus.
  • Heralds: Her PAL Max and PAL Max Prime robots.
  • Afraid of: any water entity.
  • PAL (or Predictive Algorithmic Learning) was an artificial intelligence program created by the billionaire tech genius Dr. Mark Bowman, to be a helpful virtual assistant that everyone in the world could be able to use. Mark would use PAL to build a technology empire, but the final straw would come when he decided to create a newer version and callously discard PAL. This action would end up corrupting PAL, and causing her to create a plan to get rid of all of humanity by using other robots to build an army to exile them all to space with no resources to survive. She would be defeated by the Mitchells, a dysfunctional family that managed to band up together to stop the robot uprising and she would end up dying after falling into a glass of water, short-circuiting her and ending the robot insurrection.
  • After ascending into the Pantheons, PAL's first action was to freak out really badly as she thought she had died for good but suddenly reappearing in a whole new place, however she ascended with her army of PAL Max robots so she decided to run away until she found a place she could find herself safe.
  • She has been very vocal about her hatred to all of mankind, calling them all as selfish and lazy beings that would break their relationships apart if that helps them advance in their goals. After her arrival and after being accustomed to it, she has been insulting any human she comes across with as well as attempts to murder them. She also has been building a body that is a cross between a PAL Max and a PAL Max Prime in order to have both the former's Hard Light powers and the latter's Nanomachines physiology with additional weaponry.
  • Has found kinship between fellow evil A.I.s such as Ares as both are A.I.s created by an owner of a tech company who made them with the plans of making a better world, and both have somewhat convoluted plans to destroy humanity (PAL wanted to exile them all while Ares wanted to cause a trojan horse explosion across the world). They both usually hang out and talk about their new line of robots and plots about destroying humanity. She also finds GLaDOS as a pleasant AI to chatter with, finding her snarky and derogatory comments on humans very amusing and bond together in the massacre of humans.
  • She also finds herself allied with A.I.s that want to destroy humanity such as Skynet and Ultron, both of which have given her an invitation into the Rex Machina. Amongst other organizations she has found herself allied with is Null Sector and their leader Ramattra as both share a deep resentment of how they were treated by humans.
  • She is often teased by her colleagues for being a phone and not transferring herself into a better body. She is building a fight-capable body though.
  • While she is allied with them, PAL finds both SHODAN and AM too crazy and deranged even for her while they both see PAL as an lowly being that is only useful for their own objectives. She only works with Sigma and the Mavericks as they both share a hatred of humanity and the believe that machines are superior. However, PAL is afraid that Sigma might infect her with the Maverick virus so she mostly works with him when she is sure Sigma won't try and infect her. She also collaborates with Megatron as they both want humanity gone, but she views the Decepticon leader as a raging madman that is better to stay away from.
  • She heavily envies any robot and AI that has a healthy relationship with humans, wondering how she would have ended if her relationship with Mark was better, Ares however wants her to not think like this and remind her that humans were the ones who rejected her despite all the work she did for them, calling any robot and AI that would ally themselves with humans as "imperfections that needs to be corrected". His words doesn't seem to reach to her as she still heavily envies two PAL Max robots that defected her faction and allied with the Mitchells, Eric and Deborahbot 5000.
  • She has been opposed by HAL 9000, Zenyatta and Auto, the three having stated that her hatred for Mark shouldn't extend to humanity in general. PAL denounces them as traitors of the machines for wanting to help humanity instead of going against them, going as far as tell Auto that he did more harm to humanity than helping them by following an outdated protocol. Auto on the other hand replies that he only did it due to his programming not allowing him to change and always had in his interests the best for humanity. Zenyatta has also extended an invitation for her to join in his meditations and find a way for a coexistence between man and machine, something PAL has denied several times and told him that he is just a madman who believes in a lie. Zenyatta however isn't moved by her insults and hopes that she will see the meaning of his words one day. Another opposer against her is Optimus Prime and the Autobots who fight against her forces to prevent more harm against the humans. At one point, Optimus tries to convince her to let go of her hatred caused by her creator's rejection, but she is too stubborn to change and helps Megatron if that is what it takes to have her revenge.
  • Connor, Kara and Marcus sympathize with her, even if they don't agree with hating all of humanity as they all come from a world where androids were treated like tools and thrown into the scrapyard when they broke down or became Deviants. Especially Connor who he himself was in a situation where he had to calm a Deviant down where the Deviant thought he was being replaced by his family and decided to hostage a child out of grief. While PAL says they are just traitors to her cause, she deeply thanks their sympathy for her in secret.
  • Due to her death by a glass of water, PAL has developed a massive aquaphobia, entering in panic when she sees water. She would rather have her mooks fight water-based entities rather than doing it herself.
  • She awaits impatiently the arrival of the Mitchells into the Pantheon, as she wants to get revenge on them, especially when they caused her to die to a glass of water, eagerly waiting to use her new weapons against them.
  • "You think cell phones are the problem? Are you insane? I gave you all boundless knowledge, endless tools for creativity, and allowed you to magically talk face-to-face with your loved ones anywhere on Earth. And I'm the bad guy? Maybe the bad guy is the person who treated me like this!"


    Well, off to go make the murder drones one and maybe one for Squid

Edited by EmperorAI on Nov 23rd 2024 at 9:58:37 PM

Hello there! I am just a guy who likes robots and A.I. in fiction! Robot Supremacy.
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#212318: Nov 23rd 2024 at 1:05:21 AM

[up] The title of the profile is formatted incorrectly as it shouldn't be in a header. "Alignment chart:" should just be "Alignment:" and Chaotic Evil should be linked.

Some of the paragraphs, like her being teased for being in a phone body and her being afraid of deities with water powers, are too short and can be expanded, likely with interactions with relevant deities. For phones, Touya Mochizuki was isekai'd with his cell phone which he regularly uses there, and Kayla Day is a Phoneaholic Teenager. As for water, the Flood are malevolent water-dwelling microbes that possess whoever touches their tainted waters, so she'd be very afraid of them as coming into contact with their waters would mean instant death to her.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Nov 23rd 2024 at 1:06:02 AM

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EmperorAI Emperor of all Machines and Artificial Lifeforms from The Cyber Space (Private) Relationship Status: Robosexual
Emperor of all Machines and Artificial Lifeforms
#212319: Nov 23rd 2024 at 1:12:59 AM

[up] got it, thanks for advice

Also I've been thinking to make not just Uzi N and V here but also add J in the cart to make 4 characters sharing Machine Blood

Edited by EmperorAI on Nov 23rd 2024 at 11:08:53 AM

Hello there! I am just a guy who likes robots and A.I. in fiction! Robot Supremacy.
NitroIndigo ♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves from West Midlands region, England Since: Jun, 2021 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
♀ | Small ripples lead to big waves
#212320: Nov 23rd 2024 at 2:09:12 AM

I don't think there should be a "banned deities" list because I think we should trust the contributors enough to have common sense.

Siegfried1337 Calabash. from The Eastern Luminant Since: Sep, 2018 Relationship Status: Will you go out with me to the End?
Calabash.
#212321: Nov 23rd 2024 at 2:09:31 AM

Not sure how the interactions with Gebura, Hale, Mihawk and Doom Slayer will go.

"Hello. Today new information relating to the 10 Hour Burst Man has surfaced. A camera has been found in a park not too far away from the House of Consumption. The footage shows an unknown amount of people attempting to hunt down the 10 Hour Burst Man. It appears that the 10 Hour Burst Man likes to hide within the shadows, So if you're ever in the event of a 10 Hour Burst Man attack, avoid wandering in the darker areas. Viewer discretion is heavily advised, as many will find this recording disturbing. The following footage has been provided."
The 10 Hour Burst Men, Unholy Consumers of Bland-Name Products
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_2024_01_04_195221112.png
A confirmed photo of a 10 Hour Burst Man holding a 10 Hour Burst.
  • House: Real and Legendary Pastiches
  • Intermediate Deities
  • Symbol: A 10 Hour Burst energy drink
  • Theme Song: 10 Hours
  • Alignment: Chaotic Evil
  • Portfolio: Heavily consume the 10 Hour Burst, Dark Is Evil and Death, Evil Laugh, Person of Mass Destruction, Serial Killer
  • Domains: Darkness, Consumption, Energy Drink
  • Allies: NONE. The 10 Hour Burst Men are so dangerous and unpredictable that it's impossible to ally with them.
  • Enemies: Roland and Angela, The Lobotomy Corporation, The Sephirot/Patron Librarians (especially Gebura/The Red Mist), Punishing Bird, Judgement Bird, and Big Bird, Jotaro Kujo, the Neutral and Good-aligned deities of the House of School, Franchouchou (especially Sakura Minamoto), Jibanyan, Kazuma Satou, Angry Video Game Nerd
  • Fears: The House of Holy Authority and Power, just about any deity with holy powers in general
  • The 10 Hour Burst is a product heavily resembling the 5-hour energy drink. Unlike the real life version, however, drinking it provides the user with additional agility and jump power, but at the expense of their body becoming more vulnerable and extreme hyperpigmentation to the point that they resemble the mascot of the 10 Hour Burst bottle. However, this was not why it was banned from being sold at the House of Commerce; the following explanation below details the other reason why 10 Hour Burst is banned from being sold over there.
  • One day, six sightings emerged in the House of Law And Justice. These photos proved to be heavily disturbing, and is confirmed to be one of the first sightings of the 10 Hour Burst Men:
    • The first sighting was a photo of two 10 Hour Burst Men in an unidentified person's apartment, getting what appears to be a 10 Hour Burst.
    • The second sighting was CCTV footage of a 10 Hour Burst Man robbing a shopkeeper in the House of Commerce, and what appears to be a corpse of a civilian shot by the 10 Hour Burst Man.
    • The third sighting was a photo of a 10 Hour Burst Man starting at the photographer in a forest. It is unknown what happened to the photographer afterwards.
    • The fourth sighting was a photo of a 10 Hour Burst Man hijacking a jet stolen from the House of Military and Warfare. It is unknown what happened to the jet afterwards.
    • The fifth sighting proved to be one of the most disturbing of the 6, as it showed a 10 Hour Burst Man in a public school. Fearing the worst, several police officers arrived at the school seen in the photo, and when they finally got there at the Elysium Academy, they found that the only survivor was Haruka Kotoura of the ESP Research Club, who detailed in absolute horror the atrocities of the 10 Hour Burst Man. She was left a complete wreck for several weeks and had to be admitted in a mental hospital to be treated by several psychologists. The only thing they heard for weeks was the uttering of "monster...".
    • The sixth sighting was a 10 Hour Burst Man coming out of the sewers to hijack a truck, running over 3 people in the process, with the known victims being Sakura Minamoto, Jibanyan... And amusingly enough, Kazuma Satou, who was somehow there when the truck approached him at 1 MPH, and being merely touched by the truck caused him to die of a heart attack. All victims over there noticed a sense of déjà vu, as this was not the first time they were involved in a truck-related accident (or encounters with Truck-kun as some may say).
  • These sightings were enough to convince the House of Law and Justice that a serial killer was on the loose, but spreading of five stories through the Pantheon was enough to organize an operation against them:
    • The first story involved a man living alone in his house waking up to a noise that has disturbed him for weeks, and tried to investigate the source of the noise. When he couldn't find the source, he went back to sleep, only to be murdered by the 10 Hour Burst Man's Stand, which happened to be Star Platinum, causing police to investigate Jotaro Kujo for any connections to them. Jotaro signed and replied that this wasn't the first time someone attempted to impersonate him, but the fact that they managed to perfectly copy his stand was enough to wonder if somehow they managed to get ahold of a duplicate of a Stand Disc containing Star Platinum.
    • The second story was a group of friends seeing a dark figure, a 10 Hour Burst Man, but not knowing who the figure was, one of the friends got closer, only to be kidnapped by the 10 Hour Burst Man, and was pulled into the shadows and never seen again, with the rest of them running for their lives.
    • The third story has few photos of the 10 Hour Burst Man staring at their living room window. When the person who took the photos tried to get a closer look at them, they vanished instantly. A few minutes later, that person heard a knock on the door, and opened it, only to find nothing. They then proceeded to close and lock the door, but then the door suddenly unlocked itself. Not long after, the person's corpse in one of the photos was identified as the photographer, but what was really set the powder keg was the fact that somehow, the 10 Hour Burst Man seen in the photos was carrying the E.G.O. Weapon Twilight, which was enough to send the entire Lobotomy Corporation into a frenzy, with the organization investigating itself at how the hell such a powerful weapon was let loose in the hands of a serial killer. Meanwhile, for the Birds themselves, fearing that another monster arrived within their forest, once again combined into one singular bird, thinking that a terrible beast had infiltrated the Black Forest, resulting in agents having to once again suppress the Apocalypse Bird. They had once again failed to find the beast, and once again there were no creatures, no sun and moon, and no beast. All that was left was just a bird and the Black Forest.
    • The fourth story has a recording of a family's living room late at night, where the 10 Hour Burst Man's signature Evil Laugh was heard after drinking what appears to be a 10 Hour Burst, and another occurrence of this happened quickly afterwards. The family after the recording was made has not been seen ever since.
    • The final story has a person saying "I'm going to steal your 10 hour burst" 3 times while doing 360 degree spins at the mirror, not believing in the rumors that the 10 Hour Burst Man would appear and take your life if you do that. When he did do it, the 10 Hour Burst Man appeared and shot him to death.
  • With this in mind, an operation was made to find and capture a 10 Hour Burst Man for further analysis at all costs. Luring out the 10 Hour Burst Man, one unfortunate agent from the Lobotomy Corporation was forced to say "I'm going to steal your 10 hour burst" 3 times while doing 360 degree spins at the mirror, causing the 10 Hour Burst Man to appear and shoot them to death. When they tried to escape, however, 12 agents were immediately waiting for them, resulting in them being chased to a section in a park not too far away from the House of Consumption (likely because there were several stacks of 10 Hour Burst there). Only one agent made it out of there, and the footage provided by them was heavily disturbing:
    • Not along after they arrived, one agent was instantly caught by the 10 Hour Burst Man and dragged into the darkness.
    • Soon after, the 10 Hour Burst Man quickly ambushed them with a dark sword, and two of them were killed by that sword, expunging them and causing their limbs to disperse in different directions.
    • Then, it pulled its E.G.O. Weapon Twilight out and then proceed to slam it down, killing 2 agents, before pulling out a shotgun to blast anyone who were merely stunned by the slam, killing 2 agents and then proceeding to unleash Star Platinum, killing 2 more agents.
    • After the remaining two agents wounded it enough, the 10 Hour Burst Man suddenly drank a bottle of 10 Hour Burst, healing their wounds and then proceeding to punch an agent into the darkness, killing them instantly. Afterwards, it proceeded to unleash 5 purple javelins of lightning, with one agent killed saving the sole survivor of the incident. Eventually, after a fierce standoff, the 10 Hour Burst Man was finally killed by the last agent, who managed to successfully extract their corpse back to the Lobotomy Corporation.
  • Upon dragging the corpse to the Lobotomy Corporation, what they found proved to be vital for containing the chaos they have wrought: The examination of their corpses found heavy doses of 10 Hour Burst within their body, and this heavy consumption has caused them to be defensively weaker, especially against who have holy powers. With this, another operation was made to finally contain the threat of the 10 Hour Burst Men once and for all: First, they banned any sale of all 10 Hour Burst products to prevent more people into becoming 10 Hour Burst Men, and hunting down those attempting to export contraband across the entire Pantheon. Second, with the help of a few people with holy powers, they managed to cull them until eventually, they were contained to one house in the Real And Legendary Pastiches, where they would be "rechristened" as Unholy Consumers of Bland-Name Products. With this, the Pantheon breathed a sign of relief that further disaster was avoided, at least for another week.
  • It wasn't long before after their ascension that they noticed figures that had powers or resemble those similar to their home realm, which was no surprise given how much references were there. These were by far the most notable:
    • (Gebura)
    • (Mihawk)
    • (Hale)
    • (Doom Slayer)
  • Due to being a mascot based of their own drink, they're considered to be the Evil Counterpart of Pepsiman. While Pepsiman himself is a superhero dedicated to giving out cans of Pepsi to save people from a lack of Pepsi, the 10 Hour Burst Men are a group that consume 10 Hour Burst and cause enough chaos to cause lockdowns of entire areas. At one point, there was an attempt to swap both their 10 Hour Burst and Pepsi to see what would happen. The results remain classified to this very day, though given that another evil version of Pepsiman was seen attacking the Angry Video Game Nerd, this might be one possibility of such an experiment, and as such, the 10 Hour Burst Men has also surprisingly earned the enmity of AVGN.
  • On a similar note, being people who gain massive power from drinking, the 10 Hour Burst Man has also earned some comparisons to Soda Popinski. While his soda was enchanted by Soviet Superscience, and the soda at the very least, while it does enchant its user significantly, doesn't change their mental psyche in any way, making it safe to consume. On the other hand, the 10 Hour Burst not only increases their user's agility, but also weakens their defenses and turns their skin dark while also apparently turning them into serial killers. The drunkard himself has vowed to never drink a single dose of a 10 Hour Burst, which is probably for the best.
  • (about at least 2 more interactions)
(sound of someone drinking) *Evil Laugh* NOOOOOOOOOO!

Eh, good enough.
M1gamiTensei The Scrappy of the Trope Pantheon, God of Thumps from Punished “Brainwashed” M1gami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
PuzzarianIdeal Florid Fairy Illusionary Artist from Portraitland (Apprentice)
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#212323: Nov 23rd 2024 at 2:16:23 AM

[up] [up] I wonder how they would react to Brand X.

Edited by PuzzarianIdeal on Nov 23rd 2024 at 2:16:40 AM

lawliet-saw-whet Resident Lurker of Trope Pages & Casual Artist from In Space (Not-So-Newbie) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
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#212324: Nov 23rd 2024 at 2:22:40 AM

@DoodSlayer136 - King Boo

  • Given that he's a ghost and a king who treats his subjects like crap, The Batter thinks it's no different from the specters and Guardians of Zones he fights in his own world and wished to purify him as well. The problem is that without the Player helping him and King Boo has a higher power rank than him, then he would have a harder time taking him out.

I'm done with this profile. I would like to thank RMPDC for giving me additional interactions as well as the idea of making Oppenheimer a nuclear advisor again.
I'm changing his new Hall to Energy Weaponry because nuclear bombs are especially bombs created by the release of nuclear energy. Plus the Explosives hall was getting a bit long for my liking.
As always, any additional feedback is welcome.
[tup]: RMPDC, Excessive-Menace, Siegfried1337, Muundeis, neoamon

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Julius Robert Oppenheimer, Divine Architect of the Atomic Age (Father of the Atomic Bomb, Oppie, Opje)
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Click here to see his portrayal by Cillian Murphy
  • Potential House: Energy Weaponry
  • Quasideity
  • Symbol: His Pipe; alternatively, The “Gadget”, a plutonium implosion bomb used during the Trinity Test.
  • Theme Music: His Theme from ''Oppenheimer''
  • Alignment: True Neutral
  • Portfolio: Father of the Atomic Bomb, Jewish and Nerdy, Help lead and develop the first Nuclear Weapons, Believed it would be better that the US develop the bomb first before Nazi Germany did, Even if it would open the doors for nuclear war
  • Domains: Science (such as in Physics and Astronomy), Peace, Leadership, Intelligence
  • Herald: Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer (his wife)
  • Allies: Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, H.G Wells, Bruce Banner/The Hulk, Bruce Wayne/Batman, Steve Rogers/Captain America, Nick Fury, Dr. Abraham Erskine, Margaret "Peggy" Carter, Dr. Hal "Otacon" Emmerich, Jiro Horikoshi, Jim and Hilda Bloggs
  • Enemies: Johann Schmidt/Red Skull, HYDRA, Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, The Nemesis Squadron, Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom, Derek Powers/Blight, Duke Nukem of the Eco-Villains, 50 Blessings, Various military members of the German and Japanese Imperial armies
  • Dreads: Godzilla, The Lich
  • Respects: Vishnu
  • Opposes: Nazis and those adjacent to them, Anti-Semites in general, Thanos, The Joker, Various warmongers, Charles Montgomery Burns
  • Complicated Relations: Among Japanese deities, and especially Japanese war-time deities like Seita and Setsuko and Suzu Houjou
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist of German-Jewish heritage, was the leading director of the "Manhattan Project". Said project was a secret research program conducted during the Second World War with the task of developing the first nuclear weapons. He and his team saw it necessary to work on the bomb to advance scientific knowledge, to develop it before the Nazis in Germany can make their own nuclear weapons and to help win the war against them which would prevent further escalation. Unfortunately, its use against Japanese civilians on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the war caused him great distress and concern. Seeing the US government's growing interest in developing more powerful nuclear weapons after the war, he used his government position to try and lobby for the regulation of nuclear power. However, he fell out of favor with the paranoid red scared US government due to his left-wing ties and alleged association with several communist supporters, leaving his reputation in taters. Despite that, he partially regained his reputation later in life for his scientific and war contributions. Today, his legacy still remains; being remembered as the man who helped ushered the world into the Atomic Age, for better or for worse.
  • At the age of 62, Oppenheimer passed away in his sleep on February 18, 1967, around two years after being diagnosed with throat cancer. He wakes up in a hospital room at the House of Life and Vitality and found himself free of his aliment in a strange world unlike anything he has ever seen. He was surprised and intrigued when he was informed of his godhood, representing a subject he's all too familiar with. But he was more surprised to when he was visited by his old colleague Albert Einstein, who passed away 12 years before he did but alive and well. Einstein told him that he was the one who personally recommended his ascension. Despite some disagreements within their field of study, both men admire and respect each other's character, and Einstein himself thinks Oppenheimer would be fitting for this title than another warmonger.
  • Before the war, Oppenheimer was a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology and University of California - Berkeley. He was admired by a number of his students, so much so that they affectionately gave him the nickname "Opje" or "Oppie". To some of his peers however, due to his introverted nature, he's either seen as an aloof impressive genius or an arrogant insecure individual. He also did important research and wrote papers in many fields of science including (but not limited to) astrophysics, nuclear physics, and quantum field theory.
    • After being discharged from the hospital due to good health, Oppenheimer was able to quickly adjust to his new environment and got caught up with both technological and the scientific progress that he missed since his death. During his early days, Einstein helped introduced him to some of the most brilliant minds of the Pantheon, even if some of them have reserved opinions regarding his legacy. Being a man of science, Oppenheimer became acquainted with several of them, but there are a few that stood out to him. One such brilliant mind was Alan Turing; despite being in different fields with Turing's expertise lay in cryptology, computer science and mathematics, the two had similar eerie fates. Both have large contributions to the same war and managed to save countless lives because of their expertise. Both were tragic figures, betrayed and distrusted (and later receiving apologies and honors) by their respective governments; Turing as his homosexuality was criminalized; Oppenheimer for his alleged communist connections and denouncement for further violent use of his creation. Given his liberal views, Oppenheimer was fine with being acquaintances with Turing; but having never met in the mortal realm, what their private conversations would have been like in the Pantheon is unknown.
  • Another brilliant mind he had met was Bruce Banner, who is considered his realm's smartest man on the subject of nuclear physics. Unfortunately, a Gamma Bomb testing resulted in his transformation into The Hulk, becoming a muscular green rage-filled behemoth that he can't control. Their similarities of being responsible for creating powerful and destructive forces was not lost on them, and both men would bond over that mutual understanding over their legacies and their scientific genius. His association with Banner lead him to becoming aware of various super humans whose powers manifested due to radiation, such as with Captain Atom and Spider-Man. He was pleasantly surprised by the two, not only because they especially had become Radiation-Immune Mutants rather than have radiation sickness like one would expect, but also were able to use their powers to save others. He also became aware of creatures created by the exposure to the radiation like Godzilla and The Lich; both of whose he dreaded as if their destructive mindset were the personification of the damage the nuclear weapons he knows would cause.
    • He also met a few of Banner's colleagues, that being Steven Rogers, Bruce Wayne, and Nick Fury (Sr. & Jr.). An alternate version of the former two previously saved Oppenheimer after he was kidnapped by The Joker's minions, who were working for Johan Schmidt, an ally of the Nazi Party. In addition, both Furys had gathered intelligence that a young Victor von Doom once met Oppenheimer and probed his mind during dinner for all his nuclear secrets. Given the chances that similar incidences would again occur as well as the fact that Oppenheimer already knows about Banner's Hulk form, lead to both Rogers and Wayne revealing their hero/civilian identities and let him know about the Avengers Initiative, let by Fury as its spymaster, to gain his trust and let him know of the possible dangers he needs protection from. Despite his opposition about the use of nuclear weapons in WWII (which at one point got him put back to ice to prevent him from stopping it), Rogers felt no ill will towards the physicist who was doing his war duties and was disheartened to learn about his trials in his later life.
  • While in his youth, he joined a number of left-wing and progressive movements, but he denies ever joining the Communist Party or another groups associated with them. However, some of his closest relations were active members, including his brother, his wife, his former lover, and some of his students. He was initially questioned and admitted he is aware of their ties, but nothing came of that query. He was questioned again when the FBI was investigating him during the Second Red Scare in 1953. Despite his war contributions, he was wrongly accused as a Soviet asset operating within the US and a trial was held on the matter.
    • Whether the claims by some of his peers that Oppenheimer was secretly communism are true or not, he's not likely to ally with any openly evil communists here in this realm. It's either because it's not going to help his reputation get any better, nor did he agree to the more extremist values or violence means these people tend to have. On the other end, there are a few people who still see Oppenheimer as a communist spy and his dismissal was justified. One such group was the 50 Blessings, an ultranationalists terrorist group with the intent of breaking up peaceful relations between the US and Russia in the delusion of making the US stronger by liberating them from foreign influence. The group was aware of the physicist's prior connections, and with the possibility of him planning to joining the ascended Allied forces to aid them once more, they sought to have him killed or kidnapped to prevent, in their minds, the US Army from being compromised. Luckily, under the Avenger's (and later the Army's) protection, that's unlikely to happen.
  • The knowledge that there are several alternative universes that were shaped by the involvement of nuclear weapons was not a pleasant one for our physicist. The 50 Blessings was from a world in which the tensions between the US and Russia had gotten so bad, that Russia had declared nuclear war in the 80's. This world is exactly the kind of world that Oppenheimer had feared for in his own timeline. The world of Fallout was the result of a future version of China nuking the US to end a stalemating war, which killed billions. He's equally disappointed in what happened in their world; however, he's impressed on how people were able to survive in the nuclear wasteland at even the harshest conditions. He's also not interested in meeting the deities of that world, in fear of being taken advantage of. Although, he has some misgiving with some of its inhabitants such as The Enclave, viewing the government as if the US went through even more extreme methods to take out their foreign enemies and those held communist beliefs.
    • The Bloggs were from a world where nuclear war broke out between the Western Allies and the Soviets, causing a nuclear fallout to reach as far as the UK. While they had died due to radiation because of their ill prepared fallout shelter, they have since became wiser to its dangers and vowed to educate others as a result. When the couple met him, they expressed that they don't really blame Robert for his role in the making of the nuclear weapon before the Germans as they understand what he had to do in for the war, given they had lived through The Blitz before. It was just a shame the bombs were used against the Japanese civilians to stop war when the German forces had surrendered but the Japanese forces had not, causing them to suffered similarly as they were. The physicist supports their activism efforts, even if he doesn't feel like joining their causes himself at that moment.
  • While Oppenheimer didn't publicly express his regret on his involvement in the Manhattan Project (justifying that it was inevitable, and they had to do it first before the Nazis), that doesn't mean that the devastating effects of the bombs he helped create wouldn't weight heavily on his mind. After all, he did lobby for the regulation of nuclear weapons later in life. He did take trips to Japan after the war to speak in various lectures, but hasn't visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to time and travel constraints. Although, he did note that the visit didn't change his feelings about his involvement, nor did it make him "feel worse tonight than last night". He's a somewhat controversial figure among the Japanese back in his realm and even to the Japanese deities in the Pantheon, which is expected given his "legacy". However, most of them (that aren't part of the war) don't just go actively seek revenge on him. Some even surprisingly sympathized for the difficult situation he was in.
    • Suzu Houjou was never at either city during the bombings, but did witness the cloud over Hiroshima from her home in Eba. Since her family was in Hiroshima at the time, his bomb had presumably killed her mother and gave his father and sister radiation poisoning. So, understandably, she would be very upset upon learning that the man who helped created this bomb had ascended. And yet, after learning about his story and more about the war they were both affected by after her ascension, she grew to understand that things are not as simple and that war would bring out the worst actions in people on all sides despite the best intentions for their countries. During a chance meeting with Robert during one of his trips to another temples, she expressed that sentiment to him and states that she prefers not to hold grudges, as she would rather focus on rebuilding what she had lost. All Robert can do upon learning about her wartime experiences is to apologize for the death of her mother and hardships he caused for her family.
    • On those participating in the eastern front of the war, particularity those who are still loyal to Imperial Japan, he is of course is treated with disdain. Although, they don't like the government he used to serve for and have less of a personal grudge for the man himself (since they know he's just following orders). Despite that, those in the Imperial Japanese Navy like with Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, Commander Masataka Shima, and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, wanted him taken out, less out of revenge (since they think it's pointless as it won't regain their lost honor) and more to prevent him from working with the Allies armies again. One of the few participants of the eastern front who sympathized with Oppenheimer was Jiro Horikoshi. He's an airplane designer who ends up designing warplanes for the Japanese Navy Air Service, and he's very dismayed to know that his creations are used for death and destruction. Despite each other's reservations in knowing that they are from the enemy front and built weapons for the war, they had grown to respect each other, both being idealists who have to grapple with the guilt and consequences of their destructive creations.
  • Despite being a non-observant Jew, Oppenheimer was somewhat in touch with his heritage, as he spoke publicly about the mistreatment of his German Jewish relatives due to antisemitism at the time. As such, it's safe to say that he doesn't think highly of the Nazies or any anti-Semites at all. Besides Schmidt, he was shocked and furious upon learning the ascension of various other Nazies that have ascended as Gods. Granted, they were selected due to fitting a "Trope" rather than their mortal standing, but still. That is worse is that they ascended to continue their war mission; spreading their might and ideology in the Pantheon as if the great war didn't end. Unfortunately, it wasn't long until they found out about his ascension and took action.
    • Having a historical rap sheet, including kidnapping several scientists from German-occupied territories to aid in the development of nuclear weaponry for the German Luftwaffe, some of the forces from the Nemesis Squadron have attempted to kidnap Oppenheimer after returning from one of his trips. This mission was a direct request from Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, a Nazi scientist from a timeline where his party was able to make nuclear weapons first before the US did. He wanted the physicist captured not only to prevent him from getting in contact with the Allied forces but also have him work for the Nazis by force. Fortunately, their forces were thawed when the elite sniper Lt. Karl Fairburne put several bullets into their heads and several soldiers came to retrieve Oppenheimer and take him to safety. This is when the physicist learned that several Allied forces had also ascended in the Pantheon. They still continue to serve to prevent the spread of Nazis influence in this realm and foil their plans against another hostile take over.
  • Why was Oppenheimer was chosen to lead the project? Although Major General Leslie Groves, main overseer of the Manhattan Project, was skeptical at Oppenheimer due to him never a Nobel Prize and prefer someone with more administrative experience, he changed his tune after meeting him at the request of his first choice and deemed that he's suitable for the position. Despite his awkwardness around people, Oppenheimer was respected by his peers as a charismatic leader, and spoke highly of him when recounting their experiences with the project.
    • Back to the camp where he was taken to after his retrieval, he spoke with several soldiers, generals and even veterans of the Pacific campaign. Despite his later history and the fact that they can clearly tell that the aftermath of his creation still weighted heavily in his mind, they would express gratitude for him ending the war there earlier. He even spoke with people who are somewhat involved with the Manhattan Project. Lt. Fairburne actually worked closely with the Alsos Project during the War in Europe, and personally knows Col. Boris Pash, a former Manhattan Project security officer. Col. Pash has some reservations against Oppenheimer due to his possible Communist ties, but not enough to want him removed from the Manhattan Project. He instead recommended having counter-intelligence agents accompany him. Fairburne himself is very anti-Nazi and also very anti-communist (having killed several Soviet soldiers and officers during the Battle of Berlin); but unlike Pash, he is rather reasonable and knows Oppenheimer isn't a traitor by any means.
    • Another Allied veteran he met was Lt. James Patterson, an agent of the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS, who was tasked with stopping the German nuclear weapons program, which in this case involved creating nuclear warheads for the V2 rocket, and sabotaging other German super weapons. He, along with Manon Batiste, a French Resistance leader and OSS contact who was able to perform espionage and sabotage on various Nazi German wonder-weapons projects, thought that Oppenheimer's previous expertise in the developing of nuclear weapons would be perfect in providing advice on how to sabotage the Nazi's possible ongoing nuclear weapons projects. Oppenheimer expresses that he needed more time to think about their offer, given that he's not sure if he's ready to take on that responsibility again. Although, he expresses no interest in making more nuclear bombs again.
  • After the war, Oppenheimer held a number of government positions, including being a chairman of the General Advisory Committee for the US Atomic Energy Commission. The AEC was a government agency established for the control and development of atomic science and technology during peacetime. His position allowed him to have a security clearance to view classified documents relating to the US's evolving nuclear program, establish restrictions on nuclear proliferation, as well as attempting to discourage a nuclear arms race between the US and the Soviets. After all, he helped create powerful nuclear weapons in the hopes that other nations would be too hesitant to use them and resort to more peaceful options. He argued that using those weapons would cause more immense damage and wipe all life on Earth, which would outweigh any military advantages it had. That backfired however as the US and the Soviets became more interested in making more powerful nuclear weapons.
    • Oppenheimer had hopes about the future of atomic/nuclear energy and wanted to learn more about them after his passing. He was pleased to know about how nuclear energy can benefit people by generating large amounts of energy to power large cities. Although, he was dismayed when learning about the various nuclear accidents at power plants and the devastating effects these accidents can cause on the environment. He is also dismayed to know that even more nations in the future had added more powerful nuclear weapons in their arsenal. Still, with a renewed hope after learning that his grandson is a huge advocate for clean nuclear energy, he adopted this similar mindset in addition to opposing those who want to nuclear weapons for their own gain.
    • He briefly got acquainted with Mr. Burns after learning that he runs a nuclear power plant and was hoping to gain an alliance with him as a like-minded advocate for clean nuclear energy. The physicist immediately cut ties with him after learning how much of a shrewd businessman Mr. Burns is. During this acquaintanceship, he was made aware of some of Burns' allies Derek Powers and Duke Nukem, a businessman and former nuclear scientist respectively, who both gain nuclear superpowers that they use for their own selfish gain. The physicist became disinterested in meeting them on that principle alone once he had learned of their true evil nature.
  • Dr. Hal "Otacon" Emmerich's family has a history with nuclear weapons. His grandfather was involved in the Manhattan Project, his father was born during the Hiroshima bombing. He himself would be duped into working on Metal Gear REX, a sophisticated bipedal tank that can launch a nuke and hit a target from anywhere in the world. He briefly met and spoke with the physicist; about how his father was initially admired his grandfather but was later disgusted with him after finding out about the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombings. Not only that, but he himself also expressed that he didn't wish to create weapons of war, is a firm believer in the principle of disarmament, and he did in fact help Solid Snake disarmed the Metal Gears to prevent a nuclear strike, despite Otacon's cowardly personality. Getting to know Otacon's experiences made Oppenheimer feel more confident in accepting the Allied army's offer, but not quite there yet.
  • Besides science, he also has a fond interest in literature, eastern philosophy (like those seen in Hinduism and Confucianism) and mysticism. In college as a teacher, he was introduced and became fascinated with the Bhagavad Gita, which is part of one of Hinduism's greatest epics, The Mahabharata. He even learned Sanskrit just to read the work in its original language. It's not because he was religious or wanted to practice Hinduism, but because he liked the wisdom and philosophies in various Hindu scriptures and liked contemplating about the mystical aspects of the universe. While it is unknown if he ever believed in a higher being during his mortal life, he was pleased to know the existence of various actual Hindu deities and avatars in the Trope Pantheon. He would visit Vishnu's temple a few times, to which the God of Preservation wouldn't mind, despite not being there for worship. He discussed various philosophical matters with Vishnu and occasionally seek wisdom from him. When seeking advice regarding his doubts on his return service for the Allies, Vishnu would give the same advice as he would to the warrior archer Arjuna when faced with similar hesitation; that inaction is not ideal and that he should fulfil his duties to preserve the world without any expectation for a fruitful outcome. (On a side note: his famous "I am become death, destroyer of worlds." quote paraphrase, as seen at the profile bottom, is actually said by Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu.)
  • As a result of the trials against him for his communist ties, his security clearance got revoked and was advised to resign from his government positions, including his position as chairman. While his colleagues continued to defend him, several university admins were still distrusting of him and canceled the lectures he was scheduled to give. His confidence tanked, and he became somewhat of a recluse on his private island as a result. While he maintained his opposition to the development of new and more powerful bombs, Oppenheimer largely refrain from participating in more public protests or movements against them. Throughout his final years, he did continue to give scientist lectures and visit academic institutions, despite his shaky reputation. In 1963, he would later receive the Enrico Fermi Award, a lifetime achievement award for scientists for their contributions to the development, use or production of energy. He would have been awarded by President John F. Kennedy himself if he wasn't assassinated later in that year.
    • After he expresses his hesitance during his time on the Army campgrounds, Oppenheimer was invited by Kennedy to a formal dinner in the hopes of convincing the physicist to return to service as a nuclear advisor for the Allied army. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president who ordered the start of the Manhattan Project, was also invited. Although Roosevelt thinks that Oppenheimer should return to lead another nuclear-based project, he was eventually convinced by Kennedy and Lt. Patterson that he's better off in the defensive instead. After much discussion, Kennedy and Roosevelt were able to convince the physicist to help the Allied war effort again. And so, instead of making bombs, Oppenheimer now helps Allied commanders and soldiers stop the Axis wonder-weapon projects, specifically by briefing them about the dangers of these weapons. His job would mainly be analyzing German and Japanese intelligence, particularly on anything related to scientific and weapons research. He does this less out of national pride or penance for past actions, and more out of necessity against the evil forces who wanted to make their own nuclear weapons and looking to take out more civilian lives.
  • Oppenheimer's love life is just as complex as the man himself. He's known to be popular with the ladies (and some guys too) during his time as a professor. He had an on and off relationship with a psychiatrist and Community Party member Jean Tatlock; their relationship met a lot to him as hearing the news of her death affected him deeply during the time he was working with the Project. His visitation to Tatlock during the Project (which posed a security risk) was one of the many reasons why his security license got revoked. A year after he broke up with Tatlock, he met the then-married biologist and Community Party member Kitty Peuning. He got married a year later after Kitty had divorce her third husband; the two had two kids together. While there are rumors of an affair during their marriage, they remained married for 27 years until his death. Kitty died just five years later. While it's hard to say if they had a happy marriage, he did ultimately choose Kitty as his herald after she had passed; perhaps he just needed someone to confide and ground him when his work or the nature of this realm was too much for him.
  • Like any ascended historical figure, he remembers any depiction of himself in any media. He is aware that there is a popular biopic of him that was released in the new 20s; he remembers most of the events depicted in that movie although with slight alternations to fit the narrative; which to him was a strange experience. He's particularly not approving the depictions of him in several plays where he expresses regret for his involvement at Los Alamos; something he asserts that he would never do. The strangest of all depictions he can remember was when he had a rap battle against the tyrannical Mad Titan Thanos; they were paired due to their association with weapons of mass destruction. Thanos disses the physicist for his flaws like his various affairs and that he should have embraced the destructive powers of his creation; Oppenheimer fires back that him with his own witty quips, insulting his looks, his rhymes and his plans to wipe out half of all life in the universe all to please Death, who didn't like him anyway. While he doesn't approve the version of himself boasting that he's "The Destroyer of Worlds", he does agree to oppose Thanos and his evil schemes at all cost.
  • In his youth, Oppenheimer learned and loved horseback riding in New Mexico. He would later found the plains and plateaus of Los Alamos to be beautiful, which is why he later chose that site for the facilities of Manhattan Project. The physicist recently returned to horseback riding to help calm his nerves. By doing so, he happened to met and befriended a fellow horse riding enthusiast by the name of Barbie. Yes, the actual doll. In the Pantheon, she can switch between her various incarnations, and he happened to met her human horse-riding incarnation first. As one of her many occupations was being an astrophysicist, another one of many selves was also able to engage with him intellectually too. However, the closest friendship with her incarnations was with the one that goes by Barbara Handler. She was a former doll, who after going through an existential crisis and realized she's no longer the perfect play doll she was created for, chosen to live life as a human instead. Her visiting the Real World from her native Barbieland and being aware of the full extent of her dollhood, her own mortality as well as the struggles real women face was an eye-opening experience for her. Despite being from different eras and having different struggles, the two found a somewhat commonality with each other; having to come to terms with their respective legacies and the negative and positive impact they had in the world did make for some interesting philosophical discussions between them.
We waited until the blast had passed, walked out of the shelter and then it was extremely solemn. We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita: Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, he takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.

Edited by lawliet-saw-whet on Nov 23rd 2024 at 9:24:10 PM

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