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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    • If you feel the need to remove a character for some reason (poor quality, outdated titles, etcetera) and replace him/her with another or outright rework, please see what the other tropers think about this in the discussion thread before doing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

RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 from New Zealand (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#178326: Mar 25th 2021 at 2:22:46 PM

@ Aaron Stark: There is honestly a surplus of Marvel characters who either have very poor profiles, or moderate profiles that could be improved on. I'm mainly a DC man so I'm not the best guy to handle it, but I thought it'd be good for people to know

Anything else to say about these two?

Nana, Divine Patron Of Black Comedy Animal Cruelty (Bluehair)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nana_6.jpg

Capitaine Chantel Shannon DuBois, Goddess of Malevolent Animal Control Officers (Captain Chantel DuBois, Psychopath, Crazy Lady, That Horrid Woman)

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

SailorVenus372 Since: Nov, 2019 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#178327: Mar 25th 2021 at 3:22:39 PM

No-Thumbs Mode

Nagisa Misumi, Honoka Yukishiro, and Hikari Kujo, Triumvirate Godddesses of the Frills of Justice (Nagisa: Cure Black, Natalie Blackstone | Honoka: Cure White, Hannah Whitehouse, The Queen of Knowledge | Hikari: Shiny Luminous | Collectively known as "Pretty Cure")

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The Pretty Cures in their transformed state. From Left to Right: Cure Black, Shiny Luminous and Cure White.

Get Snuck-Up On.”
Trypticon03 Since: Feb, 2021 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#178328: Mar 25th 2021 at 3:36:26 PM

I propose Devastator as combiner god of HA HA HA—No. He first said it in the G1 cartoon episode Heavy Metal War. It has since become quite memetic and is popular in gif and video format.

CrownlessMimic N Corp. E.G.O::Contempt, Awe from The City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
N Corp. E.G.O::Contempt, Awe
#178329: Mar 25th 2021 at 3:49:21 PM

Early draft for the Slugs, early enough to still be working on a bullet regarding their ascension. They're a race of telepathic hedonists who prefer to hide out in nebulae to ambush and trap unsuspecting ships. Though their physical prowess is comparable to humans, they're combat pragmatists to make up for it.

Also images were the best I can do. The onr used for the Type A was the only one I was satisfied with so don't hpund me about that if you don't haven't found assets I can use.

The Slugs, Sacred Race of Nebulae

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/picsart_03_21_110057.png
Slug Scout/Interceptor and Slug Light-Cruiser/Light-Surveyer
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/033706de5b2c7d0ac42ff3a6c70c82a3a53a7a19.jpg
Slug Cruiser Type A "Man of War"
Click here for the Slugs themselves 
  • Potential House: Planetary And Celestial
  • [tup]s:
  • Lesser Deities
  • Symbol: Their ships.
  • Theme Song: Slug (Explore), Slug (Battle)
  • Alignment: Strong leniency to Neutral Evil. Can be True Neutral at best with individual cases.
  • Portfolio: Telepathic Spacemen, Psychic Block Defense, Jack of All Stats, Combat Pragmatist, Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, Hiding in sectors full of Space Clouds, Hedonistic Con Artists, Sssssnake Talk
  • Domains: Telepathy, Treachery, Crime, Hedonism, Slugs
  • Allies: Jabba the Hutt, Ridley, The Eliksni, Felix, Psy-Crow
  • Rivals:
  • Enemies: The Space Sheriffs, Team Lightyear, Captain Commando, Star Fox
  • Respected by/Respects:
  • Pitied by/Pities:
  • Opposed by/Opposes:
  • Conflicting Opinion:
  • High Priest:
  • Herald:
  • These telepathic Slugs were shunned in the Galactic Federation for their constant thievery and attempts at manipulation.
  • Deceit, theft, trickery, all words no strange to a lowly scoundrel and other such types of scum. For every honest character out there in the universe, you have one who will stop at nothing to lie, cheat, and steal their way to the road of personal happiness. In the case of the nebulae dwelling Slugs, it is a way of life. Time and currency are always spent in the pursuit of pleasure and leisure, even if it comes at the cost of the happiness of others. Gifted with the ability of telepathy to see past the nebulae of their homeworlds the Slugs have turned this power into perhaps their greatest asset. Their race is shunned and seldom seen as a result but hasn’t stopped them from continuing their ways.
  • (ascension)

Edited by CrownlessMimic on Mar 25th 2021 at 4:04:39 AM

Be awed. Or be awestruck. This is the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#178330: Mar 25th 2021 at 4:03:40 PM

[up][up] I prefer the holder of the trope to be one who regularly says it like a Catchphrase, not saying it once and having it go memetic.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Mar 25th 2021 at 4:04:00 AM

SING TO ME, LEND ME THE SONG OF BLASPHEMY
AbsentCoder Some Rando from Head in the Clouds, Feet on the Ground Since: Jul, 2017 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
Some Rando
#178331: Mar 25th 2021 at 4:18:18 PM

Not to be the kind of person to interrupt conversations, but I had a couple of thoughts about an entity or two to ascend.

Namely, I noticed that we don't actually have a God of Speedrunning in the Pantheon, but I'm not certain who we should ascend, if anyone. My first impulse is Summoning Salt but I feel there must be someone out there more well-known for speedrunning proper, especially without an image of Salt beyond his channel icon.

Sure, Salt is someone very well known for making videos detailing the history of a games' speedrun and is also a very skilled speedrunner himself, but the lack of an image makes it a bit hard for me to take. It's not a problem with The Runaway Guys but I dunno...

Additionally, I know this might be bad practice but I kinda want to ascend bill wurtz but I'm not sure if his trope should be Word Salad Lyrics or Lyrical Dissonance. His lyrics are nonsensical, yes, but if you think about them they can be a little bit at odds with the imagery and instrumentation.

[Insert Unoriginal Stinger Here]
fasoman1996 Google "big ears" from Argentina (A.K.A. Naziland) Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
Google "big ears"
#178332: Mar 25th 2021 at 4:35:15 PM

@Crownless I think a funny interaction would be with the Metal Slug crew, who have fought aliens in the past. The silly connection is in the vehicles they tend to pilot, called Slugs, which they might take either offense to or interesting in reverse engineering those for their ships.

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#178333: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:14:53 PM

[up][up] Welcome to the Pantheon, thanks for not jumping to profile making. Now, first of all I recommend you read the rules stickied on the top of the page, they'll help you with the know-hows of the thread.

As for your suggestions I don't know any better candidates or much about them so I'll be abstaining on approving or disapproving them

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#178334: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:20:33 PM

@Crownless: Given that the biology of VUX is stated to be similar to a cross between "a green octopus and a banana slug", I think the VUX themselves would view them barely positively enough to be willing to have Teeth-Clenched Teamwork.

I would like any response to the idea of the Melnorme being nominated for Proud Merchant Race.

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#178335: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:32:25 PM

Should I make some hypothetical profiles for them? Something bare-bones to get the ball rolling? @Vengeful

Edited by AbsentCoder on Mar 25th 2021 at 5:32:36 AM

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#178336: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:34:24 PM

[up] You can't make profiles for them until they get approved.

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#178337: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:36:34 PM

[up] Good to know. But what should I add beyond a summary of my reasoning? A more in-depth explanation or should I wait for some other people to weigh in?

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#178338: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:37:10 PM

[up] You just have to state why your choice not only fits the trope but also why are they a good representative or even the best one for that trope

Edited by VengefulBale on Mar 25th 2021 at 6:37:54 AM

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#178339: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:41:15 PM

[up] By that logic maybe I should scrap my proposal to ascend Bill as I looked for a trope to apply to him and not the other way around.

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#178340: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:49:54 PM

[up]I tend to look for a trope, then find a character to fit them. They tend to stick better.

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#178341: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:50:22 PM

[up][up] For the tropes you looked up for him, I think Word Salad Lyrics fit him better than Lyrical Dissonance, though you should still explain why he fits the trope again if you want to work on him.

[down] Unfortunately, I don't know who else could fit that trope. Try finding a different image for Belloq that'll be small enough to be accepted.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Mar 25th 2021 at 6:11:58 AM

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#178342: Mar 25th 2021 at 5:57:06 PM

@menace If you think Devastator is insufficient for HA HA HA—No, then who would you suggest instead?

Also, could someone please add an image for the Belloq profile in my sandbox? I tried to add on but it said the file was too large, if nobody will add one, could you at least tell me how to make it smaller?

Edited by Trypticon03 on Mar 25th 2021 at 8:59:30 AM

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#178343: Mar 25th 2021 at 6:01:06 PM

@ Excessive Menace: Agree

The following Marvel deities are in dire need of a rework, they have very small profiles. I'd do them but I'm not knowlegable of the series and want to point it out to those who both are and willing: Laura Kinney, Hank Pym, Quentin Beck, Charles Xavier

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#178344: Mar 25th 2021 at 6:11:00 PM

The thing is that Egil can have that trope if and only if someone wants to rework him. No one has volunteered so we cannot keep him.

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#178345: Mar 25th 2021 at 6:13:24 PM

@Menace Yeah, I’m not sure Lyrical Dissonance works, considering that his music sounds happy and his lyrics do on the surface as well. Though, his lyrics are nonsensical despite sounding happy.

A prominent example probably being from Movie Star:

"Maybe we should sell out
Maybe we could buy gold
Maybe we can just go back home
I'm gonna be a movie star"

Edited by AbsentCoder on Mar 25th 2021 at 6:15:35 AM

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#178346: Mar 25th 2021 at 6:21:33 PM

[up][up] Then I'll take Egil if you're that insistent in quality control.

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#178347: Mar 25th 2021 at 6:30:58 PM

@Trypticon: Try this site.

https://picresize.com/

Reduce the image width to 350 pixels (keep aspect ratio, of course) and there you go.

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#178348: Mar 25th 2021 at 7:00:21 PM

Two ideas:

  • Ava from Ex Machina for Do Androids Dream?: Ava is an android intended by her creator Nathan to be the first one to have a consciousness, so he chose an average guy called Caleb to put her to a Turing Test. However it turns out Ava was programmed to convince Caleb to help her escape her confinement and the real test was to see if she could manipulate someone into doing it. She succeeds. The audience is asked to decide for themselves whether Ava has a consciousness or only acted according to her programming, which is the point of the trope.
  • Harry Powell from The Night of the Hunter for Knuckle Tattoos: Harry is a psychopathic priest and a Serial Killer who has the words Love and Hate tattooed on his knuckles, which he uses as a metaphor for his philosophy that there is an eternal struggle between the two forces (he tends to arm-wrestle with himself to illustrate it).

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