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The Archipelago, Home of the Background Magic Field (The Enchanted Isles)

• Fantastical Settings
• Description: A chain of 34 islands in the north Atlantic, ranging in size from a town square to Denmark.
• Symbol: The Gilmourie Tree's apple
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
• Portfolio: Fantastic Nature Reserve, home to a World Tree that grows under a Weird Sun, its inhabitants know little about the outside world, Fantasy Kitchen Sink, hidden by a Perception Filter, home to griffins, dragons, merfolk, nereids, dryads, centaurs, al-mirajes, kankos, unicorns, phoenixes, manticores, sphinxes, ratatoskas, hippocamps, chimeras, borometzes, pegasi, and more.
• Domains: Magic, seclusion, sailing, trees
• Vistors: Fluttershy, Gilda, Hitch Trailblazer, Rubeus Hagrid, the Spectral Familiars, Reimu Hakurei
• Banned from entering: Lord Voldemort, Pokémon Hunter J, Big Jack Horner, P. T. Boomer, Moro, Lord Tirek, Arnold Berkman, Sophie
• Restricted access: Jonah
• Has diplomatic ties with: The Monster Sanctuary, the Principality of Eylstadt
• Magic entered the world when the first tree grew. It flowed into the soil, the air, and the water, spreading all over the Earth. This magic goes by many names — glimourie, glamry, glim, glimt — and the source of it all is called the Glimourie Tree. Long ago, magical creatures lived everywhere, but humanity hunted them to near-extinction. The glimourie is at its strongest in the Archipelago, and 3,000 years ago, it was hidden away to keep magical creatures and humans who respected them safe. Now, the only way to enter it is through portals that open under very specific circumstances, called waybetweens.
• Places of interest include:
  • Lithia is the largest island. It's home to Bryn Tor, a bustling port town where magical creatures roam the streets alongside humans. Hundreds of sailors pass through everyday to sell their most valuable wares. The streetlamps are lit with salamandric fire, which never goes out. It has a pub called The Naiad's Tail, which is popular among fishers.
    North of Bryn Tor is the City of Scholars, where yellow stone buildings surround a lagoon. The Archipelago's wealthiest people live here, such as the Trevasse family. The city's landmarks include a mermaid-shaped fountain, a large jewellers called the Gem Palace, and Anja Trevasse's palazzo.
    The north-eastern peninsula is home to sphinxes, who are willing to offer knowledge to anyone who can answer their riddles — or eat them if they can't. They carve writing in various languages into mountainsides.
  • A few smaller islands have friendly inhabitants, too.
    Atidina's town of Icthus was once the biggest port in the Archipelago, but fell out of use when it was hidden from the rest of the world. Now, its human inhabitants enjoy its quietness, and occasionally merfolk and hippocamps swim alongside fishing boats. Borometzes grow in its fields, and unicorns live in its forests.
    Antiok is home to centaurs, skilled artisans who make magical artefacts and potions. Due to their high metabolic costs, they need to eat a dozen times a day, and they have night-long feasts every full moon. The University of Alquon is on the west of the island.
    Tār has a small population of humans, but its main point of interest is its forest. There, the smell of the glimourie is strong, and dryads live inside the colourful trees, some of which grow extremely delicious apples.
  • The Island of the Immortal's most notable feature is the golden palace where the Immortal, the being who contains the soul of the Glimourie Tree's first apple, once lived. Whenever they die, they immediately reincarnate, and keep all the memories of their past lives. That was, until 100 years ago, when the Immortal's incarnation couldn't handle his burden and drank a potion to forget everything. Now, the palace is overgrown and overrun with karkadans, vicious unicorn-like creatures who kill for sport and have toxins dripping from their horns.
  • Arkhe is the northernmost island, surrounded by a choppy sea and covered in sand. It's inhospitable to most beings, but dragons like its warmth. Here, the Glimourie Tree grows under a sun-like orb of pure heat and magic called the Solumnulum, that holds the barrier around the Archipelago in place. It's also the "sun" that Icarus flew into. In order to keep it safe from intruders, the tree is hidden within a trap-lined maze that only the Immortal knows the way through.
  • There are also some islands that visitors are advised to avoid at all costs. The Island of Manticores is barren because its inhabitants try to eat everything they see, and like to torment their prey first. The Island of Murderers is a prison colony that no-one can ever leave because of an enchantment.
• In order to preserve the Archipelago's wildlife, some gods were pre-emptively banned. Pokémon Hunter J hunts all sorts of exotic life-forms, and the magical creatures would definitely be on her list if she were allowed in. Voldemort is been known to kill unicorns, which is considered a special kind of evil in his world. It's unknown if the Archipelago has this taboo, but its inhabitants take great care to not needlessly kill magical creatures. Big Jack Horner hates fantastical beings and smuggles magical artefacts in his home world, and everyone dreads to think what would happen if he got his hands on any centaur crafts. P. T. Boomer just hates everything magical and whimsical. Moro and Lord Tirek want to steal all magic for themselves. Jonah is allowed to visit, but he's not allowed on any ships because he has a tendency to make them sink.
• Fluttershy, Hitch Trailblazer, and Rubeus Hagrid are all good with animals, magical or mundane. Fluttershy can tame the most dangerous of creatures, and during a visit, she calmed down a rampaging kraken simply by asking it what was wrong. The first time Hitch stepped onto Bryn Tor, he was instantly followed by an entourage of al-mirajes. Hagrid... is much less sensible. He once tried to pet a manticore, and would've gotten eaten if he wasn't so big. Some people have mistaken him for a berserker, who are an order of fearless humans who protect the Immortal.
• Gilda's visit caused quite a stir. Griffins are believed to be extinct in the Archipelago after the glimourie started to fade five years ago. Furthermore, unlike the Archipelago's griffins, Gilda can talk. She loved the attention at first, but soon became frustrated with it, so she sold some of her feathers to wealthy humans for an exuberant amount of gold pieces and left without another word.
• The Spectral Familiars are interested in the Archipelago because it has an eerily similar backstory to their Monster Sanctuary. It too is a place where magical beings live alongside humans that's hidden from the outside world, and surrounds the site where the first tree grew. They and their keepers have considered letting some of the Archipelago's creatures live in the Sanctuary, but they're having a hard time getting the flying senate (the Archipelago's government) to agree. Regardless, the two dominions have diplomatic ties, and their inhabitants frequently travel between them.
• For similar reasons, Reimu Hakurei is interested in the Archipelago. She's from a long line of miko who maintain the barrier that separates the fantastical land of Gensokyo from the mundane world. She once tried to throw a tea party in The Naiad's Tail... only to learn that they didn't serve tea. On the plus side, a kanko (the only Japanese creature known to inhabit the Archipelago) decided it liked her and tried to make a nest in her sleeve.
• The Archipelago also has diplomatic ties to Eylstadt. It too is brimming with magic, in its case thanks to leylines. In canon, Izetta drained all of its magic to prevent the Germanian Empire from using it to power their weapons of mass destruction, but it's still there in the Pantheon. Two high-ranking members of the empire, Arnold Berkman and Sophie, were interested in harnessing the glimourie... so they were added to the banlist as soon as possible.

There's a place where all the wildest stories began...

I hope I've gotten at least one person interested in Impossible Creatures (2023). Also, the Google Sheets database doesn't have the new Dominion halls on it. Let me make some changes...

@RJ-19-CLOVIS-93: Would it not hurt to include some mention of Sanae Kochiya in Maya & Zatz’s profile, as she is also part-divinity as well? Regardless of whether or not you end up doing so, I’ll give it a .

Edited by PuzzarianIdeal on Apr 20th 2024 at 11:38:28 AM

Been a while since I posted a draft. Only added blurbs about EGO and Distortions and surrounding context. Couldn’t really find it in myself to divorce these two from their inspirations.

I have an idea for both of their ascensions but I still need to work out some stuff. Additional (and non-mook) allies for Dongbaek for instance. Overall, I don’t want the relationships to be lop-sided this time around.

For Dongrang, would him ascending as a result of cutting a deal with Lex Luthor via his knowledge on K Corp’s Singularity be a reasonable scenario? Seeing as Dongrang became a scapegoat for a terrorist attack posthumously.

[[folder:Dongbaek and Dongrang]]

Dongbaek and Dongrang, Feuding Deities of the Former Friends Photo (Dongbaek: Lobotomy E.G.O::Sunshower - Dongbaek, Effloresced E.G.O:: Spicebush | Dongrang: Dongrang, Who Denies All, Effloresced E.G.O::Farmwatch)

^{Lobotomy E.G.O::Sunshower}

^{Effloresced E.G.O:: Spicebush}

^{Dongrang, Who Denies All}

^{Effloresced E.G.O::Farmwatch}

• Potential House: Tainted Friendship
• s:
• Lesser Deities
• Symbol: For both, a photograph of the old League of Nine◊. Individually, their respective E.G.Os.
• Theme Music: DongBaek (Dongbaek), Dongrang’s Distortion theme, Fly, My Wings - Mili (Dongrang)
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral (Dongbaek), Neutral Evil (Dongrang)

• Portfolio: Foils to one another, Green Thumb, Normal inventors turned E.G.O users, Warping the battleground through E.G.O., Former colleagues in the League of Nine Littérateurs turned into bitter enemies, Going out pitifully
  • Dongbaek: A leader of Technology Liberation Alliance whose true motives differs from theirs, Well-Intentioned Extremist, Anti-Villain, Seeks to bury the world’s technologies so they and their happiness could be discovered anew, Valued her memories of the League, Climax Boss of Canto IV, A Lighter Shade of Black compared to her opponents, Named after the Korean word for Camellia and themed after them plus blunt-lobed spicebush, Missing an eye from a firework explosion, Once wielded Sunshower E.G.O, Now wields Spicebush E.G.O, Inflicting Sinking and Blooming

  • Dongrang: Smug Snake, The Sociopath, Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, Once a kind vet and inventor but grew to value his achievements more, Slew the calf he once took care of after ignoring him (either literally or symbolically), Distorted from realizing how far he fell... before doubling-down and manifested E.G.O, Arc Villain and Final Boss of Canto IV, Greater-Scope Villain of Canto III, Embodying Gluttony, Named after Korean author Yoo Chijin's pen name, Wields Farmwatch E.G.O, Four Eyes, Zero Soul

• Domains: Inventors, Technology, Plants, Fractured Friendships
  • Dongbaek: Camellias, Blooming, Fleeting Moments, Resetting, Nostalgic and Bygone Memories
  • Dongrang: Animals (formerly), Betrayal, Gluttony, Ambition, Future, Stagnation
• Heralds: Her sect of the Technology Liberation Alliance
• Allies:
  • Dongbaek: The Vahki
  • Dongrang: Lex Luthor, Dr. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock, Ultimate Reed Richards/The Maker
• Rivals:
• Enemies: Each other and their respective allies, Lobotomy Corporation, The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
  • Dongbaek: The Enclave, Dr. Otto Octavius/Doc Ock
  • Dongrang:
• Respected by/Respects:
• Pitied by/Pities:
• Opposed by/Opposes:
• Conflicting Opinion:

• Look backward into the past, far enough when certain technologies that are seen as normal today were in their infancies. What did you think people felt when they saw through a telescope, watched a moving film, or witnessed the original plane take to the skies for the first time? Did they have stars in their eyes and childlike wonder in their heart when such creations were brought to life? This simple joy was what drove the League of Nine Littérateurs, a society operating in T Corp after moving from District 19 composed of inventors and tech enthusiasts who held illuminators conferences to showcase the inventions they privately made for the group. Among the members are Yi Sang, Dongbaek, and Dongrang who hailed from the same hometown. They were an innocent bunch, taking time out of their busy lives to fund their private ventures but this time of peace would not last. Cracks began to form as members came and went, the group was barely scraping by economically, and their technology was soon at risk from being confiscated due to not having the prerequisite registrations as other powers grew wise of their existence. Some members began caving into pressure and sold out the League for their personal safety with the final fracture being a raid conducted by T Corp’s agents ending in the League’s base burning to ash, scattering any of the remaining members with it.

• (ascension)

• ()

• (Phantom Thieves)

• Dongbaek:
  • A hometown friend of Yi Sang and Dongrang who joined the League of Nine with them was fond of fireworks as they reminded her of home in S Corp where the stars were as clear as day. Alas, no such sky could be seen in T Corp’s smoggy and colorless light-polluted skies hence her admiration for pyrotechnics. Dongbaek was of a cheerful sort, a bit of a jokester while also being an enthusiastic member of the League though was a realist in not really looking towards using any of their technologies for good if it wasn’t going to meaningfully change the City. The happiness they had here in the moment mattered more. When T Corp's collectors came knocking for the Mirror technology they harbored, Dongbaek used a firework explosion as a diversion but in the process lost her eye and burned down the building full of the League's memories.
    • Following the League dissolution she became a bitter shell and at some point joined the terrorist syndicate known as the Technology Liberation Alliance where she swayed many of the downtrodden under her banner and would raid an abandoned L Corp laboratory in K Corp, one that happened to be occupied by Dongrang. In truth, however, Dongbaek’s goals did not end with technology’s abolishment as in destroying them she hoped the technologies would be rediscovered anew. Unfortunately, Dongbaek would never fulfill her wish as she was stopped by Yi Sang and the rest of Limbus Company with Dongrang finishing her off with the Golden Bough. Her goals scattered to the wind, as transient as a flower in bloom and the fireworks she loved so much. Though, she would help Yi Sang by encouraging him to fly towards the future and break free of the sloth and stagnation that gripped him.

  • After the TLA raided an L Corp branch in K Corp they managed to extract and use E.G.O the same way they did. Dongbaek in particular uses Sunshower, the E.G.O of the Drifting Fox. In Korean folklore, sunshowers are said to occur when a tiger and a fox get married and the cloud, who also loved the fox, is left weeping leading to the ensuing rainfall. For this reason sunshowers are also referred to as "fox rain". The general outline of such stories consistently has themes of unrequited love while Drifting Fox itself also conjured feelings of depression. It fits Dongbaek to a tee, being left in the rain as the League irreparably cracked and one of her closer friends leaving with someone else in the accident that scarred her. There is also another meaning to the E.G.O and her usage of it: Drifting Fox also represents the resentment directed against empty gestures of kindness, the kind akin to giving the homeliness a broken umbrella. You may pat yourself on the back for such a good deed but that umbrella is full of holes and they're still huddled underneath the rain. If anything, such a gesture is comparable to ignoring the downtrodden to begin with. Though Dongbaek rallied those with hatred for technology and the destruction they wrecked upon the world, ultimately they are stepping stones for her own goals of resetting the world and recreating the happiness the League once shared for future generations. With Sunshower, both the gloom of the Drifting Fox and herself will sink her enemies into a deep, deep depression just as they have felt. Since ascending to the Pantheon, however, this equipment has been passed down to a high-ranked TLA right hand she personally appointed because...
    • … she managed to manifest her own E.G.O, Spicebush. In rejecting the voice with the warmth of sunshine and emerging from the cover of parasols her newfound power blossomed from admitting to the selfishness of such an ideal. Even if there's no-one left to follow her, even if the world forsook her and she did it, Dongbaek will walk forward towards a newer more innocent world returned to beautiful meadows and a breathtaking blue sky. The mind-sinking puddles and resentful umbrellas of Sunshower pale in comparison to the piquant fragrance spread by the flowers blooming on her person and the environment around her. And this scent is often accompanied by powerful gusts of wind from her fan ranging from precise, crushing gales to all-encompassing cyclones. The Spicebush E.G.O is a reference to the work written by Korean author Gim Yujeong^note member of the real-life Circle of Nine called "The Camellias", of whom Dongbaek is named after. The story describes a character, Jumsoon resting under the yellow camellia flowers representing budding if not intimate attraction to the protagonist. While no such flowers exist in Korea, the closest equivalent and potentially what Gim colloquially referred to is the local Lindera obtusiloba otherwise known as blunt-lobed spicebush. And in real life, Gim Yujeong was close to fellow author Kim Hae-Gyeong (who went by Yi Sang as his penname) due to also suffering tuberculosis to the point where they tried to form a suicide pact though the plan fell through with as Kim soon moved to Tokyo. The two would pass away in 1937 just a month apart from one another.

  • (A unique Evil Luddite involving Fling a Light into the Future: Otto Octavius)

  • (TLA's affinity for Mecha-Mooks: The Vahki)

  • “I've always wished to be a bud, soon to burst into bloom. Shrouded in scent all over the body… Even if this is my own heart-wrenching path, understood by no one… I'll still leave behind a morrow, strong and fertile like fallen petals.”

• Dongrang:
  • A hometown friend of Yi Sang and Dongbaek who was fond of animals. He took care of strays simply because they were suffering and under ailments, but Dongrang was most fond of a yellow calf who was abandoned by his mother. Fittingly, Dongrang’s specialty was with medicine and took pride in it as he cared for animals. Slowly, however, this benevolent outlook was chipped away as visitors flocked to other League member’s technologies but not his own. Dongrang then came to one conclusion: That the technology he made, and by extension himself, had no value if it had no immediate use let alone the capacity to change the world. He soon went off the deep end after being forced to destroy his work in a Concept Incinerator to prevent it from being taken and coming across the emerging technology of K Corp, culminating in him selling them out for his own ends.
    • He soon found himself working for K Corp and in discovering the dark secret behind the Ampules, he used Glass technology stolen from the League to hasten tear production. What was once technology that brought simple joy was soon appropriated for nightmarish ends. Dongrang would soon rise to be the Branch Manager of K Corp’s Food Resource Development but despite such status and being surrounded by awards he knew in his heart such trophies were hollow and even as he craved more the guilt from what he became threatened to consume him. This guilt wouldn’t last, however, as he soon embraced his ambition and wish to head towards the future with his first act being to kill Yi Sang to finally escape from the League’s shadow. Alas, Yi Sang would put him down first, having soared with the wings filled with the memories of the League while Dongrang failed to even take off and was still embraced by the shadows of the League as he lay dying. Dongrang’s work in advancing his status would also be for naught as following his death K Corp would use him as a scapegoat for the incident involving the Technology Liberation Alliance.

  • On the day Dongrang burned away his work he also burned away his innocence and pride too. All that work, all that compassion for healing animals because it was the right thing to do was meaningless. K Corp’s Singularity already existed and even though he was invited to work for them and earn his own prestige his contribution was one stolen from the League. When the empty vanity began to consume him and was embraced by a voice warm like the sun he Distorted into Dongrang, Who Denies All. His Distortion is centaur-like in nature with the lower half resembling a bovine not unlike his beloved cow, one perpetually hungry for anything, everything that can stave off his emptiness. This fits into his inspiration, the real life Korean author Yoo Chijin who was vocal about the farmers’ plight under landowners but upon earning a cushy position and in the midst of growing censorship began publishing pro-Japanese pieces. Among Yoo Chijin’s published works is a stage play named “The Cow” which is about a farmer whose pride and joy is their beloved cow/ox. Still, there was a silver lining to all this and wouldn’t remain sad and empty for long because...
    • ... He would un-Distort and also manifest his own E.G.O, Farmwatch. Despite its frail and primitive appearance in the hands of a civilian scientist it belies its surprising strength and agility with its most nasty application allowing Dongrang to sow seeds and cultivate them to reap its benefits. And incidentally, other living beings work just as well to sustain himself. So what if he’s empty? So what if his achievements are hollow? That is the past, not the now. And Dongrang’s now is looking towards the future for more opportunities ahead. In addition the aforementioned stage play, The Cow, featured a “mareum” aka a farmwatch as a villain who eventually collected the farmer's cow as a part of a tax but would no sooner meet his karmic end by said animal. While the roles were reversed here, Dongrang would still meet his end at the hands of Yi Sang just moments after manifesting E.G.O and failing to move forward like he wanted, forever embraced by the shadows of the past that gripped him. His fate couldn’t be any more fitting for farmwatches neither had the wealth of landowners nor the skill and hard work of an actual farmer. And for all of his talk of advancing himself, the real life author Yi Sang came to see the humble farmer as symbolic of Korea's stagnation as a country.

  • (New outlook on tech, progress for the sake of it, Ambition Is Evil: Otto, Alt. Reed Richards/The Maker)

  • (traitor)

  • (cows: Otis)

  • “All that's left is a parasitic mutation of Yong-ji's glass... My shoddy copy of the glass, which didn't manage to be anything. What use is technology that can't change the world? So I want you to stop caring like I have. Let it cry for our agony and sorrow in our stead.”

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Singularity for Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

Reasoning: His favored tactic. Thanks to his ability to manipulate fate with Phenomenal Affirmation, he’s killed a whopping 2,044 universes and their Arch-Eve Variants. The only thing the player can do is change the way the variants die. Despite that going against him, he still kills them and destroys their universes. He isn’t overly reliant on that ability either. He’s just as skilled a Chessmaster and intelligent planner. He tricks Jeanne and Bayonetta into opening the Alphaverse so that he could seal Jeanne and kill the latter. Despite his power, Singularity doesn’t even prefer fights, rather killing or attempting to kill the protagonists on the spot. It took someone with enough willpower to overcome his manipulation of fates, reality and backup plans to destroy him, and even then he returned in Jeanne’s personal story.

Edited by SailorVenus372 on Apr 20th 2024 at 3:04:08 AM

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The Candlemaker, God of Elemental Hair Compositions (Mr C )

• Votes: 4 (Excessive-Menace, Vengeful Bale, Nitro Indigo, Tropers/nightelf37)
• Date of ascension: 23 April (repost 21 April)
• Halls: Elements and Nature: Other (House of Nature), Hair Styles (House of Personal Appearance)
• Overdeity
• Symbol: The Book of Life itself, with a seal of golden wax
• Theme Song: Welcome To The Cave of Souls
• Alignment: Neutral Good
• Portfolio: Weird Beard Made Of Elemental Clouds, Nice Guy, Grandpa God, Everyone Calls Him The Candlemaker, A God Equivalent And One Of The Friendliest Guys In The Movies, Big Fun, Light Is Good
• Domains: Life, Souls, Divinity, Friendliness, Spirit, Weddings
• Interests: Lady Eboshi, Darth Plagueis
• Allies: La Muerte and Xibalba, Manolo Sanchez, Maria Posada and Joaquin Mondragon Jr, The Love That Moves The Stars, God (Bruce Almighty), The Life Entity, Death of the Endless, Finn and Jake, Shishigami, Hestia, Neith, Anubis, The Valar, Osiris, the Supreme Kais of Universe 7, Eru Illuvatar, Ra, Arceus, Xerneas and Yveltal, Junior the Stork, Alpheus/the World Forger, Mar Novu/the Monitor
• On good terms with: Quetzacoatl and Tezcatlipoca, Chaac, Destruction of the Endless, Rayquaza, Zygarde, The Living Tribunal, Whis, San, Ashitaka
• On speaking terms with: Beerus
• Enemies: the Grand United Alliance of Destruction (on top of the list; Nekron, Nagash, The Crimson King, Apophis and the Lich), Chakal, Zamasu, Ah Puch, Chakravartin, Darkseid, Zanza, Melkor, Ungoliant, Kronika, Perpetua, Mobius/the Anti-Monitor, Barbatos
• Disrespects: Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort
• Pities: Cetrion
• The Candlemaker is a spirit who lives in the Cave of Souls and is also the keeper of the Book of Life. A powerful yet humble deity made out of celestial candlewax and with a beard of clouds, he's in charge of both keeping the balance between the Land of the Remembered and Land of the Forgotten, and more importantly creating the candles of life that embody every living thing. He has a brother, the Creator, who rules the Land of the Blessed, a land where angels and other celestial beings live. He helped Manolo return to the land of the living and acted as the officiator of his wedding to Maria Posada, along with helping him deal with Chakal. He also was the officiator for Lady Micte and Lord Mictlan's wedding...that didn't go as well though.
• His ascension was, according to some, foreshadowed by the fact he was the herald of his divine contemporaries La Muerte and Xibalba. A good friend of bost even if he acknowledges the latter can be a jerk. Like them he also took a modern human form incognito, that being a bus driver, Mr C. According to some official notes He used have a thing for the former, and the puddle he has in the Cave of Souls isn't just a Companion Cube; it's alive and made from the tears of a goddess, La Muerte's sister La Noche. Also, Maya and the Three shares a universe with him, so he was kind of happy to see Maya and Zatz ascend with him as he enjoyed their story. Chakal wasn't exactly happy to learn the Candlemaker had ascended due to his role in his defeat, but it's not something the Candlemaker puts much consideration into. Having aided them and overall impressed by their accomplishments, Manolo, Maria and Joaquin were happy to meet up with the waxy, lovable god again.
• His ascension as the god of Elemental Hair Composition is because of his Weird Beard of elemental clouds. Because it's made of clouds, someone decided to prank him by inviting Rayquaza over and use its ability of Air Lock to wipe that weather off his face. This didn't work, in large part because of how powerful he is and it's not exactly weather. The dragon and the Candlemaker are amicable to each other because the latter likes how the former, and another dragon Zygarde for the matter, have the job of keeping order in the world, particularly against squabbling entities like Groudon and Kyogre. As a life and soul deity, the Pokemon that he has the closest working relationship with is Xerneas and Yveltal, the incarnations of life and death. Him and Arceus are pretty tight too, and the latter can respect him for taking his job seriously but not being a stick in the mud and having a good sense of humor. He tried to reach out to Kracko who's made almost entirely of clouds and not just the hair, but the mean little cloud wasn't interested in his easy-going personality.
• The Candlemaker's function is to craft the candles that embody and represent people's lives. If that candle is still lit, it means they're alive. With his usage of candles, the Dark Brotherhood was curious about this waxy deity due to their usage of the Black Sacrament, though he doesn't exactly approve of their rituals. The Candlemaker is easy going yet he's still an equal to La Muerte and Xibalba, and one of the more understated Overdeities in the Trope Pantheon. Ember Lumen was also curious about these candles, seeing as how she's a living flame. The House of Undead and Phasmata was curious as to what their candle would look like since they're, you know, undead and still kicking in the mortal realm. Apparently when he shows them their candle, the fire is extinguished but its still hot and smoking. For Voldemort, it was multiple small and lopsided candles with a very tiny flame, representing his mutilated soul. While agreeing with most he's reprehensible, he's more disappointed than anything he could sully his essence to escape the reaper, and his ultimate fate may be worse than the Land of the Cursed.
• The Cave of Souls serves as his temple, and it has a direct connection to both the House of Life and Vitality, and the House of Death and Postmortem. It's the nature of his job, after all. Strictly speaking his job of making the candles only applies to those from his universe, however with other divinity's permission he can make candles for other universes. The Life Entity and Death of the Endless were the ones who gave the go ahead for this, creating an appendix for his Book of Life to catalogue the comings and goings of Trope Pantheon members. Literal deities and divine entities don't show up in the appendix, though it's not like gods showed up in the regular one. Comparisons could be made between his book and Destiny's, though as the Candlemaker will readily admit Destiny's is far more expansive and influential. Unlike Destiny of the Endless he isn't bound to his book.
• Because of his job, he works closely with divine beings of life, death and whatever's in-between. Though he follows the rules, he's willing to bend them a bit in order to help souls and spirits in need. The nature of the Trope Pantheon means that he has to relight candles, something he's not done that often, but he can adapt. Though his morality and worldview is more convention compared to Shishigami's Blue-and-Orange Morality, his nature as a life and soul deity means he understands the importance of the Nature Spirit and aids its role in the world. With this role in mind, he's on good terms with San and Ashitaka. Lady Eboshi is curious about him given her prior experiences, but is wise to avoid getting too interested in him. Darth Plagueis doesn't share this; he wishes to study the Candlemaker to learn the secrets of life itself...most would consider his reasons to be nefarious. Junior the Stork is another ally of his due to his role of delivering babies, and thus new life.
• He's like Hestia in that he gets along with everyone he meets. They've got different jobs, though as being a protector of the family is an essential role as her "goddess of the hearth" position, knowing and getting along with people is super important for her. Due to The Book of Life and Maya and the Three having a shared universe, the "public domain gods" that he has the most familiarity with are the Mayan and Aztec ones. He's on good terms with them, except for Ah Puch by "virtue" of Ah Puch being a complete asshole who makes corpses and the dead his playthings, and he intends to expand his Hell. Yeah, Tezcatlipoca can be a major tool like Xibalba, but he still recognizes the Candlemaker's importance and he's a Nice Guy he respects. On another continent, there are some Egyptian gods seeking to work in tandem with him; Osiris and Anubis have the role of judging the dead, and while they usually want the heart of the dead to weigh they are OK with using his candles as a substitute if someone fails to be mummified. They had to make a modified scale to not give the feather of Ma'at an unfair advantage, however.
• Few can say they hate the Candlemaker. Even someone as notorious as Zamasu, while seeing him as an enemy, doesn't have anything against him personally and might've liked to know him, but his job is antithetical to the Zero Mortals Plan. Like almost everyone the Candlemaker thinks he's nuts and his plan is steeped in blood and hypocrisy. As destroying the Cave of Souls and him would prevent new life from emerging in his native universe, he's considered a primary target by the GUAD. They aren't the only ones, mind you. Darkseid sees every god not under his control as someone to subjugate and/or eliminate, and the idea of taking the Cave of Souls, letting him control the fate of life itself in the Candlemaker's universe...is a terrifying one and it puts a smile on Darkseid's face. The Monitor had been, well, monitoring this and has informed the Candlemaker of some other multiversal threats. As the Monitor it is his job to observe and help the positive matter universes develop; a bit more cosmic in terms of divine vocation, but not incomparable to the Candlemaker's role.
• Much as how almost nobody has a bad word for the Candlemaker, the Candlemaker rarely has it in him to hate someone. One of the only exceptions to this is Chakravartin. Controller of the Wheel of Life and Death in his universe, he continually destroys and rebirths planet Gaea to find a suitable successor to take it over after he leaves, harms trillions in the process without a care. He's a perversion of everything the Candlemaker holds dear. The same could be said about Zanza, and especially Kronika who's vision of balance is insane as far as he's concerned. He feels real bad for Cetrion having being gaslit into Kronika's loyal daughter despite what she's done (including sacrificing herself) and wishes she could live up to her potential. Perpetua and the Anti-Monitor are major enemies, as she seeks to enslave him in order to control life while Mobius simply seeks to destroy him along with his universe. Her son the World Forger has been making some Powered Armor and enchantments to give him at least some chance surviving them, though they're so OP he can't guarantee. When asked why he's putting in the help, Alpheus said that as creating life and making sure the right universes reach the light multiverse, their jobs compliment each other to a degree.
• On a more lighter note, he has a bit of an issue with Beerus the Destroyer. Not that he dislikes him, and the two recognize each other's importance, but he feels Beerus isn't that good at his job and as such he's one of those beings who gets away with snarking at Beerus' expense without fear of reprisal or even the cat being too pissed. Since the Candlemaker's job is one of creation, his specialties are more something to tie in with the Kaioshins, and they prove a lot more competent than the cat....well, except maybe Shin, but since he was Incompletely Trained he has more of an excuse. Whis, an angel who observes and keeps a sense of balance, enjoys having Mexican meals with the Candlemaker. The Living Tribunal has been observing their meetings and believes the Candlemaker is doing a good job, and a heads up...Melkor and Ungoliant are seeking to come in and marr his cave. Ungoliant hungers for the light within him and his cave, and Melkor seeks to marr the world he comes from the same way he did Arda.
• Nekron could sense Nagash's plans to enslave the Candlemaker so he may control the souls of everyone and had the more reliable^note read: loyal Lich infiltrate that afterlife since he has prior experience. The Candlemaker made sure to warn both La Muerte and Xibalba that "if there's any gnarly horned dude or big yellow hand wanting to have a say with one of your bets, squash him like a bug. You gotta play safe with the guy". The Crimson King meanwhile wants to physically tear the Cave of Souls apart by removing its metaphysical foundation. Finn and Jake helped stop the Lich's attempted takeover of their universe's afterlife as part of their final journey before they reincarnated, so they were happy to help out the Candlemaker.
• Said to look like God. He is not the Alpha and Omega of his setting, but he is a powerful being whose job is to maintain the balance and the peace over the world of the living and the dead, and he's quite a nice guy. His aforementioned brother also comes off as kind of a God-like figure if the Land of the Blessed is any indication. Some have even compared his ability to craft life candles akin to Eru's usage of a true, ensouled life is described as the Flame Imperishable, though Eru is far grander than even the Candlemaker. He is someone that the Candlemaker would refer to as "sir", and listens to his advice. He works on his godly duties with the Valar, who usually make good conversation partners. Other benevolent Gods get along with the Candlemaker.

Have you made at least two profiles? I heard that you need to do that before your votes can count

Yes, they made at least two profiles before (like K'sante, Renata Glasc and Dr. Emmet L. "Doc" Brown and Marty McFly).

@Crownless

I have no problem with your proposed idea for Dongrang's ascension.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Apr 20th 2024 at 4:28:10 AM

OK, I'll get on it. The Candlemaker is up

I have an idea for Contested Sequel, but I admit it's a rather big and varied trope so I won't be mad if you say there's a better choice for it

• Dani Ramos and Grace, Co-Goddesses of Contested Sequels: the new hope of humanity and Kyle Reese equivalent of an Un-Reboot is the most recent Terminator movie, and like pretty much every movie since 3 suffers from this. While critics tend to have seen it as a step in the right direction compared to 3 or 5, it still got a contested reputation for killing off John Connor at the start, retreading the original movie and having a Happy Ending Override

Edited by RJ-19-CLOVIS-93 on Apr 21st 2024 at 2:02:32 AM

. Feel like there are better options out there.

Edited by Shinobi on Apr 20th 2024 at 7:14:00 AM

I agree with this one. The fact that it went from Screw Destiny to You Can't Fight Fate seals the deal as well.

Edited by Gehayadren on Apr 20th 2024 at 10:17:58 AM

To be fair, three already did that.

Alright, I guess I just needed confirmation

First draft of the Mr Mxyzptlk retool. I am looking for ways you think Mxy would try to match wits in his regular trickster-like ways to worthy opponents mentioned. I couldn't figure out a good story without it sounding mechanical

No s mode

Mister Mxyzptlk, God of Unpronounceable Names (Mister Mxyztplk, Mxy, Mixelplik, Ben deRoy, the King-Thing of Brpzx, Loki, Coyote, Anasui, "Clark Kent", "The Spectre", Chaos God)

• Note: Self-rework
• Hall: Naming Identification (House of Naming and Epithets)
• Overdeity
• Symbol: His bowler hat
• Theme Song: His Supergirl theme
• Alignment: Chaotic Neutral...98% of the time (Chaotic Evil the other 2%)
• Portfolio: A Reality-Bending Imp From The Fifth Dimension, The Unpronounceable, A Form You Are Comfortable With, Jerkass, Will Mess With Supes But Has A Clear Code, Knows He's A Comic Book Character, It Amused Me, Great Gazoo, Sees Himself Beyond Morality, Anything That Can Come To His Imagination Will Be Reality, Story-Breaker Power Though To What Extent Varies, The Trickster, Manchild, Actually Knows You Can't Play Too Hard With Reality, Would Be Superman's Deadliest Enemy If He Didn't Simply Have Fun With Him, Dastardly Dapper Derby, Fun Personified
• Domains: Cosmic Power, Mischief Makers, Tricksters, Reality Warping, Chaos, Higher Dimensions
• Interests: The Mane 6
• Interested in: Bruce Nolan
• Allies: The Celestial Toymaker, Discord, Delirium of the Endless, Sarda, Bugs Bunny, Loki
  • Partner: Blacephalon of the Ultra Beasts
• Vitriolic Best Buds with: Wade Wilson/Deadpool, Pinkie Pie, The Genie
• On good terms with: Roger Rabbit, the rest of the Looney Tunes, Present and Future Zeno, the Three Stooges, Bizarro
• On speaking terms with: Lex Luthor
• On poor terms with: The Living Tribunal
• Friendly Rivalry with: The Collector, Hoopa
• Enemies
  • In the traditional sense: The Joker, Superboy-Prime (less so nowadays), Victor Von Doom, Moro, Lord Tirek, Darkseid, YHVH, The Batman That Laughs, Perpetua, Mobius/the Anti-Monitor, Emperor Belos, The Plutonian, Judge Doom, X/Xenophanes, SCP-3125, The Nothing, Bill Cipher, Zamasu, Trigon, The Auditors of Reality
  • Worthy Opponents: Clark Kent/Superman (Friendly Enemy or Friendly Rivalry, all depends on his mood), Kara Zor-El/Supergirl (though one time they were straight-up enemies), Jonathan Samuel Kent, Son Goku Rick Sanchez, The Doctor
• Opposed by: SCP Foundation
• Respects: Dream of the Endless
• Annoys: Aztar/The Spectre, Q, Jafar, Thor, the cast of Regular Show
• Ambivalent towards: Jon Osterman/Dr Manhattan
• In Superman's Rogues Gallery, you will never find someone with the phenomenal cosmic powers tied with a sense of whimsy and playfulness as you will with Mister Mxyzptlk. A jester and magical imp from the Fifth Dimension on the planet Zrfff, he's typicall just jester, a comedian and everyman on his home turf.. But due to the 5th dimension's higher nature, he comes off as a god-like Reality Warper in the third dimension. Rather than anything outright evil like most of Superman's villains, he's content with pranking and messing with the Man of Steel. He can make the universe his clay but prefers to match wits with him by causing (relatively) harmless chaos. For a win condition, you have to get him him to say, spell, write, or otherwise communicate his own name backwards. So have him say "Ktlpzyxm" and he'll be gone for 90 days. He does have a sense of honor and respect behind his clownish behavior, making him more of a Friendly Enemy.
• Mr Mxyzptlk is relatively unique in that he isn't a specific version that ascended to the Trope Pantheon; all versions of the imp, unless specifically stated otherwise, are the same guy. His pestering of the Man of Steel spans the multiverse. Surprisingly, one mortal did the math and found this actually holds up. And because he can break the fourth wall with ease, he knows what the Trope Pantheon is. He came on his own accord to meet up and mess around with others, and there's no way he's gonna let Superman be where without him. Though Superman finds him annoying, they don't have much in the way of hard feelings and Mxy considers him his worthiest adversary. Second worthiest is Supergirl, who was a victim of his pranks during her early career. Some things he did include temporarily amping power levels up and removed her weakness to Kryptonite to humiliate Superman,, depowered her, repowered her, lured her into a future century where everyone had been brainwashed into hating her, tried to get married to her (don't ask), banished her and Batgirl to other dimension and pretended to be her enemy Black Flame pretending be Supergirl as a part of a convoluted scheme to prank Superman and Batman (again, don't ask).
  • His relationship with Superman got a little strained when he was tricked by the mysterious Mr. Oz into being captured along with countless other heroes and villains. He figured Superman would rescue him once he stopped his regular visits, but when that didn't happen, he made his own escape and decided to steal Superman's son as his new best friend. To challenge Mxy's attempts, Superman challenged him to a game, where the winner gets to keep John. It was a back and forth contest where Mxy almost won several times, but ultimately the love of the Superfamily managed to merge his 2 halves back together and reclaim John. Mxy, as part of the game, agreed to go "far away" for a while, but he's fairly certain that Batmite and Gsptlsnz can keep him amused for now. And besides, he'd always be game for another game eventually.
• Where exactly Mr Mxyzptlk stands in the Fifth Dimension is often Depending on the Writer. In his original appearance, he was basically a nobody on Zrfff. Back in the Golden Age of Comics, it was Mr Mxyztplk. He's got a bombshell of a wife in Ms Gsptlsnz, though as they're both higher dimensional shapeshifters they could just prefer those appearances. On that note, he thinks Roger and Jessica Rabbit are a cute couple. Originally it was suggested the Golden and Silver Age Mxy were counterparts though with the "all Mxys are the same guy" reveal it's possible this could be just "fifth-dimensional weirdness"^note or maybe they're from different points in their personal history. Supes once managed to get to the Fifth Dimension and cause trouble for him on his home turf. He let Luthor use red kryptonite so long as he didn't reveal his involvement. Earlier in his timeline he used to be a serious minded researcher, but in order to complete a Stable Time Loop Young Justice they inspired within him a sense of humor via a Three Stooges bit. He was happy to meet them in the Trope Pantheon and thank them for the laughs.
• There are a few Mxys that are clearly not the same guy, but they're the exception rather than the rule and the main Mxyzptlk is well aware of their antics. Chiefly his Antimatter Universe counterpart Mixyezpitellik, a serious-minded and neatly dressed Reality Warper. He hates being compared to Mxyzptlk, calling him a "madcap imp". There's also a Bizarro Mxyzptlk made as a result of a Bizarro duplication ray, who's interested in creating order and usually pretty dour. Mxyzptlk jokes that they're somehow the same guy as only a Bizarro of him could be so humorless. Mr Mxyzptlk claims that Loki, Anansui and the Coyote are in fact just him under an alias but since he's from the DC Universe this is suspect. For what it's worth he gets along with Loki, seeing him as a kindred spirit if significantly more ambitious than him. The god of mischief decided to prank Thor by having Mxy disguise himself as Loki and the real Loki trying to "clear his name", keeping the act up until he gets bored and betrays him by working with his "imposter".
• Well aware of Marvel Comics, when he showed up Post-Crisis he initially went under the alias "Ben deRoy as a nod to the Beyonder. When the Beyonder ascended the two formally met and became friends since they enjoy playing with their phenomenal cosmic power. And yes, that is a reference to the Genie. In the DC Universe, genies are often Fifth Dimensional imps, and his ilk have inspired other whimsical beings like leprechauns. He and the Genie enjoy stand up, however the Genie thinks Mxy can be a real jerk and while Mxyzptlk usually reverses the damage he does, he has killed. Still, he got a good chuckle over Mxyzptlk disguising himself as Iago and messing with Jafar by tempting him with great power only to put him in the Thousand And One Nights book and figure out how to get out. Afterwards he went after Hoopa and tried to test himself by summoning a bunch of legendaries and see if Hoopa Unbound can send them back with his rings. He's come to like the little scamp and decided to make another Pokemon his partner, that being the tricky and goofy Blacephalon.
• His true form is incomprehensible to third dimensional beings; being an imp is simply his preferred form to interact with them and not expose the Eldritch Abomination he really is. His true, secret imp name is unpronounceable...though the Joker would argue otherwise. His alias, however, is hardly pronounceable due to its complete lack of vowels, and usage of rare consonants. All his kind have the lack of vowels in their name. How do you even pronounce it varies; "Mix-pih-tulk", "Mix-yez-pitl-ick", "Mix-el-plik", they're all valid. Him having to say his name backwards might be a blessing in disguise. Ryuk used his Shinigami eyes to figure out his true name only to get "Mxyzptlk" in English instead..."nice try" said the imp. There wasn't any hard feelings as he likes the cut of the Shinigami's jib, being someone who's more proactive and interested in stirring the pot to see what happens. Mxy won't admit that him giving a mortal great power was done smarter than when he did it. Speaking of which...
• Much like Rumpelstiltskin, knowing his true name gives you some power over him. Famously, the Joker once scammed him of the majority of his power by exploiting his true imp name. Mxyzptlk only wanted to give him 1% of the power as he was curious to see what he'd do with that power, but he ended up taking 99.9% instead. Becoming Emperor Joker the universe bent to his insane vision and reality started tearing apart at the seams, requiring Mr Mxyzptlk to work with Superman to find a way to beat the Clown Prince of Crime. It's very much an Old Shame and by his own admission, a bone-headed move. Because of this he's made sure never to let himself be in that position again, staying clear of Dr Doom has he has a...reputation for taking god-like power for himself. He has no interest in giving anyone a drop of his power after that, so he stays clear of Moro and Lord Tirek as they can't be trusted with even a zillionth of his power. Much as it left him with egg on his face, Mxy was still interested in other cases of someone handling god-like power. He thinks Bruce Nolan being God for a Day was amusing, giving him props for yanking too hard on reality.
• Doom speculated he might actually be the Impossible Man for a bit, but the two ended up meeting and not getting along as the Impossible Man thought his pranks went a bit too far. He was outraged that not only did Mxy not care about innocent lives being endangered, but he lied to him. This more cavalier attitude towards danger is why the Collector is mistrustful of him, however the imp still has a soft spot for the kid and they like to compete at planetary billiards^note uninhabited planets mind you. That said, Mxy does have standards and a sense of honor. He's not like Bill Cipher who's idea of a good party is causing mass chaos and devastation, and he's not a Sadist like Yuuki Terumi. That said, he does enjoy playing games with Bill, but it's more about showing that triangle up. They regularly play reality-bending games in the Nightmare Realm, specifically there because Mxyzptlk feels Cipher needs to be on a leash until he learns how to play nicer, often with him making fun of Cipher for using his hedonism in part to cover up the fact he misses the home he burned down. Him wanting to prove he's a better mischief maker is meant to distract the villain.
• Got a bit bored of playing poker with Bill in the Nightmare Realm and he manifested into somewhere a bit more colorful...Equestia...which history has shown is a bad idea. Discord immediately confronted Mxy given his fight trying to fight off the menace of Bill, who responded with "just ask Ktlpzyxm over there". The imp's response was "that's Ktlpzy-...oh you scummy Dorito chip!" and turned Bill into a Dorito before kicking him out. Mxzyptlk apologized for that, since he's a fan of Discord and enjoys messing around with reality, but not too much. The Mane 6 were curious, if a bit concerned over someone "who's been playing Discord's game before De Lancie was a glimmer in his daddy's eye!...oh yeah, I should probably mention I can see the bronies too." While his specialty is messing with Superman, he's decided to mess with Pinkie Pie by summoning her and Deadpool into a World of Chaos and see if they can figure their way out together. He wanted to be sporting and ran a deli for them when they get hungry, but he got tricked into saying his name backwards when asking to be paid for the chimichanga and ice cream. 90 days later, he wanted a redo and they were happy to do so.
• The Fifth Dimension is described as being "imagination". It is one ontological layer below the Sixth Dimension, the "multiversal control room" which Perpetua and her relatives come from. The planet he's from, Zrfff, is the home of imps, genies and similar beings, who's magic is advanced 5-D science. Visitors have described Zrfff as being a wacky and chaotic place, something close to a Looney Tunes sketch. To some degree, you could say that Mr Mxyzptlk is like a trickster who uses Toon Physics. Mxy corrected this by saying "my powers aren't toonforce, I simply present it like that!" Judge Doom still despises Mxyzptlk for how close in temperament and to a degree powers he resembles a toon, even if he's a toon underneath that human suit. Emperor Belos holds Mxy in contempt as someone that resembles, seeking his power for himself to purge the world of "sinful" races. Not wanting to take any chances, he turned him into an action figure and played with him as the Collector played with an "action figure" of Zamasu. The mad Kaioshin made the mistake of trying to attack Mxy because he saw him as an irresponsible god at best, god-complexed juiced up mortal at worst. Said action figure doesn't have a voice box because the imp didn't want the "action figure" to say slurs in front of the kid.
• Mr Mxyzptlk is a big fan of the Looney Tunes. The imp waxed on a (possibly untrue) story that before the Man of Steel he was in a prank war with Bugs Bunny and lost, but liked the moxie and decided to improve his craft. The story may be made up, but the point is that the two got along long enough for Mxy to ask him for a favor and go humiliate the Joker as payback for the time he stole his power. The Joker thought he could get one up on Bugs by making him say " Ynnub Sgub" but as Bugs was using Toon Physics alone, no dice. The whole thing was recorded by Future Zeno who figured out how to use a camera, in order to show off to Present Zeno. Mxyzptlk likes those kids, musing "sentimentality isn't my style but hey, I'm a dad myself". Mxy's fondness for the Zeno duo might be because of sadness over how his son (sort of, it's complicated) Vyndktvx turned out. He tried killing him only to take out the Thing-King (actually a future Mxyzptlk) he systematically destroyed all of the planets inside his pocket dimension to spite his enemy, and inflicting a massive amount of misery towards Superman for burning Vyndktvx's arm during one of his attacks on Earth. He'll entertain him in exchange for getting to mess with Goku. So long as he comes back in one piece and he gets to watch, Zeno will allow it.
• Mr Mxyzptlk is absurdly powerful by simple virtue of being from a fifth-dimensional Wackyland, but just how absurdly powerful depends. Sometimes the way to banish him is a self-imposed limitation, sometimes it's a hard rule. He's a self-admitted sucker for games, not necessarily that he is bound to their rules as the Celestial Toymaker is that he really likes them. Not coincidentally, the Toymaker happens to be a good friend of his. The two are reality warpers who occupy themselves and their immortality with games. The Toymaker uses more "official" games while Mxyzptlk does mind games and jokes. They each have their personal Worthy Opponent in the Doctor and Superman respectively. They're also significantly more powerful than nearly every other member of said opponent's rogues gallery. The Toymaker's games are considerably more nasty, with the occasional Fate Worse than Death, however like Mr Mxyzptlk he has rules and some sense of fairness he follows. The imp has tried to make it a regular thing every week to meet up with the Toymaker and play games, often requiring the Doctor and Superman to work together in order to mitigate collateral. In Mxy's defense, he'll reverse whatever damage the Toymaker didn't bother to as he's not as bad. Sarda will sometimes be invited for game night.
• By his own admission there are some beings beyond him, such as Dr Manhattan and, given the aforementioned Sixth Dimension, the Monitor and his relatives in their true form. He doesn't exactly care for Jon Osterman's attitude and has tried to tell him to lighten up, but is otherwise ambivalent towards him. Unfortunately, it also means that as the Darkest Knight, the Batman That Laughs is a threat and one just as comparable to Emperor Joker, if not even worse. He's definitely above Darkseid given he was no match to Emperor Joker, at least regularly as True Form Darkseid is not a form the Lord of Apokolips uses lightly. Beings like Darkseid and YHVH consider him utterly insufferable for not using his powers for anything serious. The Living Tribunal isn't all that impressed by his actions and general irreverence, and Mxyzptlk isn't exactly fond of someone much more powerful than him being, as he sees it, a stick in the mud. Still, he recognizes the Living Tribunal's importance and the two begrudgingly tolerate each other. Also of note; it's ambiguous where SCP-3125, another being from (a different) Fifth Dimension would stand compared to the imp. What is known is that the Escapee finds him obnoxious and insufferable, and Mxy thinks he's no fun.
• His focus on the DC Universe is usually just Superman and friends. As annoying and chaotic as he is, more than a few times they've had a laugh at what transpired. While he is on speaking terms with Lex Luthor, that's more down to him being ok with helping him once in a blue moon to cause mischief, not because he likes him. Bizarro seems to get along with him a bit more, though that's more down to one incarnation of Bizarro coming to be because of the Joker using the imp's powers and Mxy being nice enough to keep him around when reality went back to normal. Mxy has a Friendly Rivalry with Batman's most powerful fanboy, another 5-D imp called Bat-Mite, who in the (possibly non-canon) "World's Funniest" they ended up rampaging and destroying the multiverse in their little conflict, only to put reality back together good as new like nothing happened. Again, good thing he's only interested in mischief. One of his antics was dunking on the Spectre with planets, something the angel is not impressed by. He's more livid at the time Mxy impersonated him to watch over Regime Superman when he was troubled by Trigon, as no-one messes with his Supes but him! The fact Trigon wasn't squashed like a bug would solidify his Overdeity status in the Trope Pantheon.
• Once faced an Eldritch Abomination called the Ultimator, who was a 10-dimensional being that almost succeeded at consuming and assimilating the Fifth Dimension into itself. Being completely outclassed, Mxyzptlk had to resort to other comic books to figure out a solution. His solution? Make his own version of Dream of the Endless to bore the Ultimator into a slumber. The actual Dream tolerates this parody, but he didn't think it was all that funny. Since the Fifth Dimension is imagination, one could argue that it falls under the domain of Dream...though there's always the question of "how canon is Vertigo to DC anyway?" He does respect Dream, though he gets along a lot better with Delirium due to sharing that spirit of chaotic whimsy, though even Mxy is cautious not to truly upset her. As the Fifth Dimension is imagination, that puts Mxy in opposition to the Nothing. On a related note, the Auditors despise Mxyzptlk for his boundless whimsy and imagination coupled with the power to make his chaotic whims a reality.
• As much as he's seen as a Laughably Evil or even Harmless Villain, it's very important to remember the only reason Mr Mxyzptlk is not one of the most dangerous villains in all of DC is because he chooses not to. At heart he's Above Good and Evil and acts out of boredom; he spent the first 2000 years of his life in stasis, the next 2000 doing good deeds and now being a prankster. In one scenario he decided to try being a villain for 2000 years, and afterwards maybe he'll feel guilty about it. It did not end well, with many innocent people and much of Superman's supporting and rogues gallery dying. Xenophanes wants to goad Mr Mxyzptlk into doing that again, but he's given a firm "no" since that ended with Superman killing him, and he's not that bored yet...or maybe that's something that happens at the end of his personal timeline. He finds Lord X to be droll and unimaginative, but this doesn't change the fact that he and Bill Cipher are well aware he absolutely has the potential to be more dangerous than them.

Maybe an interaction with HIM, a demonic entity who routinely screws with the Powerpuff Girls and is way stronger than them, having his teeth knocked out at worst with the bare exception of one episode. Of course, his encounters with them are considerably more cruel and psychological even if they range in menace and evil. Ranging from making them solve riddles or the professor pays…in reality, for flapjacks, to…well, stuff like this. And he’s a Reality Warper as well.

Edited by SailorVenus372 on Apr 20th 2024 at 9:28:23 AM

He reminds me of Rumplestiltskin. Shrek was once granted a wish by him, at the cost of the day he was born.

Speaking of Rumpelstiltskin, he's in Naming Identification so maybe there can be an interaction based off of their "beat me by saying my name" trick.

This guy…

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Singularity, God of Winning Either Way (The Crafted Tyrant, DCH-AN-3G-H6554823)

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^{Singularity Balance}

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• Overdeity
• Symbol: The Homunculi Emblem◊
• Alignment: Lawful Evil
• Portfolio: A.I. Is a Crapshoot, The Worst Person In The Series, Omnicidal Maniac, Multiversal Conqueror, Hero Killer, Phenomenal Affirmation, Invincible Villain, Viler New Villain to Loptr, The Chessmaster, Sadist, Renaissance Man, Healing Factor, Reality Warper
• Domains: Machines, Biology, Artificial Intelligences, Destruction, Death, Conquest, Power, Fate
• Heralds: The Homunculi
• Allies; SKYNET, Ultron
• Enemies: BAYONETTA, JEANNE
• Singularity is an Artificial Human and Artificial Intelligence. Accidentally created due to an anomaly in an artificial body parts plant as the product of an experiment, he’d become self aware go on to make the Homunculi, mass produce them, and slaughter his creators before ravaging his home universe, known as the Alphaverse, and everyone within. Not content, he decided he would conquer all of creation and eradicate everything, uncaring if he became the sole being left in existence. He would spread to the rest of the multiverse with his army of Homunculi, learning of one being who can defy his Phenomenal Affirmation: Bayonetta. So, he’d slaughter her counterparts across the multiverse, dooming 2,044 universes and Viola, the daughter of one of the Bayonetta’s, would be the Sole Survivor of his massacres. Working with Bayonetta and Jeanne, the three would confront Singularity when he arrived after murdering the counterpart of Dr. Midmyers Sigurd. He would be destroyed when Bayonetta sacrifices herself to stop him. Except, not really. He would appear in the past and stripped of some of his power as a result of Bayonetta’s sacrifice. Intending to reclaim his lost power, he taunts, imprisons and attempts to kill Cereza as this would return them to him. However, the younger Jeanne would fight and defeat him, Singularity fading away once and for all.

Edited by SailorVenus372 on Apr 21st 2024 at 12:50:09 PM

The Cassette Beasts party members saved the multiverse from a conqueror. Also, why is the first flavour text mostly written in the conditional?

Besides being enemies with the rest of the Bayonetta cast, there’s the Devil May Cry cast, those of Arthurian Legend, and everyone in the Hall of Angels and Pantheon/{}Demons}}

For Mxy, his latest incarnation looks like a Supreme Kai so you can use this as basis with the Dragon Ball gods

Also for Sigma, remember Luka Redgrave is in the pantheon now.

Relation to Father and the Homunculi

Ight, got a quick suggestion for everyone:

Atlas and P-Body for Coop Multiplayer: two Cute Machines built by GLaDOS for the sake of testing, they come from an elaborate campaign meant to be played in multiplayer, with two players needing to work together to solve puzzles only possible with two people (or just kill each other, whichever comes first). It proved to be a popular enough mode that it even got DLC for its campaign before the main game did.