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DUNGEONS, DUNGEONS & MORE DUNGEONS

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The MCU Synergy Problem

It’s been a month since X-Men ‘97 came out, and just about everyone’s has already pointed what makes it so good.

-Staying true to the spirit of the original while still striving for its own identity

-Staying true to the characterization and depiction of the characters, and in some cases, improving on their characterization such as in the case of Jean Grey and especially Morph.

-Introducing new concepts, elements and characters that haven’t been explored in other adaptations yet.

-Having so many callbacks to the original while not coming off as nostalgia pandering.

-The animation and action! MY GOD! The animation and action!

Really, the only problem people have with this show is the weird love triangle between Rogue, Gambit and Magneto.

We already had to deal with the infamous love triangle Cyclops, Jean and Wolverine in the original, we did not need this.

Not only is this just unnecessary, it’s also just weird since in the original, it was never even implied that Rogue or Magneto had any sort of history between each other at all.

But here, they met during Rogue’s days with the Brotherhood. And I think when they met, Rogue was still a teenager.

During that time, the two grew an attraction towards each other and although it’s not explicitly stated, it is implied that they did….ya know…

Man….

Although I do enjoy Magneto, unlike a lot of other people, I can acknowledge that he’s kind of an awful person.

He’s a supremacist, a terrorist, a mass murderer, a violent, abusive psychopath, and a deadbeat father (well, when he used to be a father but we’ll get to that soon).

But never though that “groomer” would be an addition to that list as well.

All I can say is that….if this show took place in the modern day, Magneto ain’t beating any allegations.

But besides all that, another major positive people have with this show is just how….comic booky it feels, which is something that’s been lacking with a lot of Marvel content for the better of a decade now.

But before we get into that, let’s take a little history lesson.

Marvel was founded all the way back in 1939 by Martin Goodman….but it wasn’t called Marvel at first, it was actually called Timely Comics. But by 1951, the name of the brand was changed to Atlas Comics. 

During this era, the comics saw the introduction of several characters include The Human Torch (the android), The Whizzer, Miss America, The Destroyer, the original Vision and The Angel. 

But the two most notable characters introduced during this time were none other than the patriotic fighter of justice Captain America and the anti-heroic aquatic incel Namor the Sub-Mariner.

But Marvel would become the comic book powerhouse we know them as today starting in April of 1961, when Altas Comics was changed to be part of the newly-named Marvel Comics brand, helmed by the legendary duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

And over the course of the 1960s, Marvel would not only quickly become the biggest name in the comic industry (only being rivaled by who else, but DC), but also introduce many of their most recognizable stars.

This would include the likes of The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Iron Man, The X-Men, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, The Inhumans, Black Panther, The Silver Surfer, Black Widow and Hawkeye, and of course, the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

And in addition to tons of, in the words of Yogurt…..

Marvel would also see plenty of entries into the wider world of television. 

From the anthology series Marvel Super Heroes, to the acclaimed five-season run of The Incredible Hulk starring the legendary bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno, to the absolute meme-fest that was the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon.

But Marvel really found their footing amongst the public consensus in the 1990s, largely thanks to their animated shows.

We had X-Men ‘92, Spider-Man, Iron Man and Fantastic Four ‘94, and The Incredible Hulk ‘96. 

What made these shows stand out from their predecessors was that they strived to actually be adaptations of their respective comics.

Yeah, prior to these shows, all of the cartoons were largely villain-of-the-week shows with little to no continuity and apart from the characters, didn’t really take a whole lot from their source material.

But these shows actually went out of their way to actually adapt storylines from the comics, had ongoing plots, and much stronger characterization than before.

And even besides that, and of course, merchandising, Marvel was making quite the name for itself in the world of video games. Most notably the ones that were made by Capcom, which included the likes of The Punisher, X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, and most famously of all, Marvel vs. Capcom.

Their status among the public consensus became even stronger when the 21st century rolled around.

This was largely thanks to the multiple films based on Marvel Comics properties that came out during the 2000s.

This included the likes of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, Ang Lee’s Hulk film, Tim Story’s Fantastic Four duology, Mark Steven Johnson’s Daredevil, and (Sirs whose names will not be mentioned here at all)’s X-Men series.

And apart from the merchandising (which was stronger than ever before thanks to the movies), the 2000s would also see some of the best video games based off the Marvel Comics and its IPs.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: A New Age of Heroes, Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, X-Men Legends and its sequel Rise of Apocalypse, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and Spidey himself had a multiple of great games from this era.

From ones based off his cinematic outings, to ones based off his alternate universe escapades (Ultimate Spider-Man), to ones that featured the characters’ worst voice actor to date and was responsible giving us that famous depressed Spidey walking meme (Web of Shadows).

But everything would change for Marvel in 2008 with the release of….

This film would not only serve as the invincible armored Avenger’s first outing on the big screen, but would also be the start of one of the most well-known and influential pieces of media in Marvel’s entire history…..

The Marvel….Cinematic….Universe….

Just about everyone knows about the MCU.

It only not made the characters of Marvel even bigger than before (along with introducing some of the more lesser-known characters to the general public), but also helped popularized the concept of the shared cinematic universe in general.

The franchise has gone on to become one of, if not, the biggest and most successful film franchise in history and has left a major impact on the world of cinema and even Marvel themselves.

And unfortunately, not really for the better…..

Everyone has already pointed how much of a negative influence the MCU has had on the media we consume.

From the multiple failed attempts from studios who desperately wanted to trend chase by making their own cinematic universe, only for these attempts to end up being massive failures, to a lot of writing in many films post-Avengers having this quippy and observational sort-of-write that while beloved at first, has gone on to become seen as annoying and tiresome…..

But I really want to focus on the effect it’s had on Marvel as a whole.

To start this off, let’s look the place where this MCU effect has been the biggest problem…..and it’s ironically enough, the comics.

Ever since MCU began, Marvel has been adapting elements from the MCU into the comics, which became especially more apparent after the first Avengers film.

And while Marvel is no stranger to adapting elements from Marvel media outside the comics, it’s never been to this extent.

This synergy has seen major changes in the appearances and characterization in many of its characters, including…..

-Iron Man being portrayed as far more snarky and quippy than he previously was. At first, people were on board with this change, not only because people liked Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal, but also because during the mid-2000s, Iron Man was not a popular character. Not in the frankly overused and tired “nobody knew who Iron Man was prior to the release of the first film” way. But more in the sense that everyone hated him during that time. This was largely thanks to the absolute clusterfuck known as Civil War, which turned Iron Man into a full-on villain. Plus he was indirectly responsible for One More Day, aka the worst Spider-Man story ever written.

-Loki became far more heroic and started looking and acting more like his MCU counterpart. Hell, the Loki we know today isn’t the same one introduced back in the 1960s. That Loki died all the way back in 2010, and the one we know today is essentially his reincarnation. And this reincarnation was not only introduced in the exact same year that the first Thor movie released, but in the exact same month as well!

-Thor started acting far more goofy and air-headed like his MCU counterpart following Thor: Raganrok.

-Hawkeye started giving off what could be best described as “uwu small bean tired dad” in the Matt Fraction run, which started just 4 months after the first Avengers film.

-Agatha Harkness having her appearance changed into that of a much younger woman following Wandavision.

-Introducing the Ten Rings following Shang-Chi, and having the titular hero being the user of them instead of just being Bruce Lee like he had been for last 50 years.

-Literally everything involving the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Its also led to tons of the characters getting somewhat phased out like….

-Iron Fist, due to the poor reception of his MCU show and complaints towards him being a “white savior”.

-Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, aka the original Ant-Man and the Wasp, who were also two of the five founding members of the Avengers. But despite that, neither of them appeared in the first Avengers film. And although it was a loose adaptation of The Ultimates, Hank and Janet were still present in that story as founding members of the titular team. Hell, Hank definitely has this the worst as he was killed off back in 2015, and was only recently brought back from the dead…..and he’s an old man now. I wonder why?

-Valkyrie, who was not only killed off permanently after Thor Ragnarök, but replaced with not one, but two characters very similar to the Valkyrie that appears in Ragnarök.

-The Inhumans, who had a major push in relevancy in order to promote their upcoming movie and TV show. But after the former got cancelled and the latter ended up being a massive flop, they ended up being banished to the shadow realm and barely acknowledged anymore. Also, the reason for their push plays into a later point.

-Quicksilver, which also plays into that later point I just mentioned.

-Black Panther, who Marvel seems to be somewhat edging out in the comics literally because of Chadwick Boseman’s passing.

And worse of all, retcons……such as…..

-Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch being revealed to have never been Magneto’s children nor mutants at all….shortly after the release of Age of Ultron.

-Shang Chi’s biracial heritage being rewritten to have him being fully Asian shortly after his film.

-Nebula, in addition to being made to look and act more like the movie version, also was revealed to be Thanos’ adopted daughter and Gamora’s sister….just like in the movies. 

-Ms. Marvel being revealed to have been mutant all along instead of an Inhuman…..just months before the release of The Marvels.

-Thor and the other Asgardians are not mythical beings, but actually aliens who were mistaken for gods by humanity….who just so happen to use magic (yeah this is a weird one because it constantly keeps flip-flopping between one or the other).

-Nick Fury being revealed to have had an illegitimate son who looks exactly like the MCU Nick Fury, who himself was based on the Ultimate Universe version of Nick Fury, who was African-American and modeled after Samuel L. Jackson. This is really weird because if they wanted a Samuel L. Jackson inspired Nick Fury, they could’ve easily just waited for the 2015 Secret Wars event and just had the Ultimate Nick Fury be one of the surviving inhabitants of the Ultimate Universe to be brought over to the 616 Universe along with Miles Morales, The Maker, and that son of Wolverine everyone forgot the existence of (even Marvel themselves!).

So yeah, as you can see, this is quite a problem.

Marvel has essentially been trying to make the comics resemble the movies rather than the other way around.

Which has not only gotten annoying and tiresome, but it’s also pretty disingenuous.

I mean, you’re pulling from a source material that has literal decades of content and lore to use, and now you’re actively trying change and contradict that lore just because of a series of movies adapting said source material?

This is obviously because they’re trying to appeal to new Marvel readers who came right from the movies.

But for some reason, Marvel seems to believe that general audiences have never heard the word “adaptation” before.

But this isn’t just an issue for the comics, it’s also an issue for…..pretty much every medium Marvel can be represented in.

For over a decade, Marvel has been essentially trying to push the MCU as the default everything.

Anything Marvel related: it all has to be similar to the MCU and barely anything else. And if it can, just utilize any of the comics written post 2010.

It’s pretty much the same problem that a lot of recent Spider-Man media suffers from.

When they’re adapting stuff, it’s almost always from the cartoons, Brian Michael Bendis’ Ultimate Spider-Man and Dan Slott’s run on Amazing Spider-Man.

And this has often come to the detriment of many of the non-MCU projects released during the 2010s.

Three of the best examples of this I could think of were Avengers Assemble, Square Enix’s Avengers, and Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. 

Avengers Assemble is famous for being the Marvel cartoon that was only created just to ride on the success of the first Avengers film.

But in spite of this, it was apparent during the first two season that this show was striving to have its own identity. Specifically utilizing some of the lesser-known faces of Marvel.

But as the series went on, the MCU got bigger and bigger. And as a result, the show started to get bogged down by MCU synergy.

From having storylines that were obviously done to tie into whatever movie came out not that long ago, to even changing characters appearances in order to better reflect their MCU counterparts.

The best example of the latter was with Falcon, who was a member of the main cast.

During the first three seasons, he actually stood out from the rest of the team visually as his outfit wasn’t trying to emulate the MCU.

It wasn’t emulating the comics either because I think that outfit of his was wholly original to this show.

But during season 4, Falcon ends up going through a time warp. And when he comes out, he’s been aged up from a young college-aged man to a grown man around the Avengers’ ambiguous age range and is wearing an outfit similar to his MCU counterpart.

Now we come to Square Enix’s Avengers.

My God…..was there anything this game did remotely right?

Or at least competently?

And one of the many flaws of this game was its roster.

And this actually plays into another major point on how stifling MCU synergy is.

Ever since the first Avengers movie, whenever the titular Avengers appear in just about anything, they’re almost always shown having the same roster.

That being Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye.

Sometimes there will be other members like Falcon, Ant-Man, Wasp, Black Panther, Vision and Captain Marvel, but that’s because those guys are also major names in the MCU as well.

Like for God’s sake, switch it up a bit! 

For the next major thing the Avengers appear in, how about we have a roster based on like…..

The Heroes Return roster, or the Hickman roster, or the Englehart roster, or the New Avengers roster, or the Stern roster, or the West Coast roster, or even the Classic roster!

But back to the Avengers game, they didn’t even commit to that never-changing roster I just mentioned!

When the game released, the Avengers video game had Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Black Widow as the main Avengers roster until Ms. Marvel joined up.

Yeah, Hawkeye didn’t appear as a part of the roster until his own DLC with Kate Bishop!

As for the other additions to the roster, we had Spider-Man, Black Panther, The Winter Soldier and the Jane Foster Thor.

Yeah, when looking at this game as an adaptation of the comics (which it barely was), the roster is absolutely pathetic when you look at the INSANE amount of members the Avengers have had over the decades.

And when looking at this game as an adaptation of the MCU, it didn’t even commit to that!

This is even more of the case when you look at the list of characters they initially had planned, but they obviously had to drastically cut all that for the sake of time constraints.

Hell, if you want to see something really sad, just look at the villain roster.

Over the 3 years this game was around, it only gave us 4 (yes 4) villains.

M.O.D.O.K., Taskmaster, The Abomination and Klaw….

Yep! Just these four schmucks!

No Red Skull, no Mandarin, no Baron Zemo, no Leader, no Ultron, no Kang the Conqueror, no Absorbing Man, no Wrecking Crew, no Enchantress, no Whirlwind, no Crimson Dynamo, no Circus of Crime….

Hell, they don’t even have Loki, the most popular and well-known Avengers villain!

It’s even more sadder when you consider the DLCs, i.e Spider-Man, who despite having undoubtedly the most well-known rogues gallery in all of Marvel, not one of them appear at all in his DLC!

In the wise words of a young redheaded YouTuber who likes to talk about Spidey….

“How easily you got showed up by Fortnite!”

If you want more detail on the history of this game and what went wrong, I suggest watching Matt McMuscles’ What Happened video on the game, but basically the reason that the game was the way that it was due to the laziness and apathy of Square Enix, the inexperience and slight incompetence of Crystal Dynamics, having WAY too many cooks in the kitchen (i.e., they worked with five studios, all of which were located in different parts of the world), and most of all, the utter greed of Marvel.

And funnily enough, this game ties into my next talking point…

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite! The fourth and possibly final game in the series….and is regarded by just about everyone to be the weakest game as well.

Just like Avengers, one of (if not) the biggest criticisms of this game was the roster.

Infinite had a roster of about 36 characters, having the second smallest roster in the series’ history, only surpassing Clash of Heroes’ 15.

This was quite the surprise when compared to the previous game, 3’s 48 characters and especially 2: A New Age’s 56.

As for the roster itself, it was made up of both veteran characters and new characters.

Returning from the previous game, we had Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Doctor Strange, Dormammu, Ghost Rider, Nova and Rocket Raccoon.

Also returning were two faces that hadn’t been seen since 2: Venom and Thanos.

As for the new characters, we had Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Gamora and Ultron.

Yeah not exactly the most interesting roster.

And I’m sure many of you noticed by now, there’s something notable characters missing from the roster.

Namely the X-Men, their villains and Doctor Doom, all of whom have been staples of the franchise since the beginning.

And there’s a reason for that….

A very, scummy reason….

I already mentioned this in my X-Men: The Next Mutation post, but it does bare repeating her.

As the MCU became more popular, Marvel became focusing on pushing the Avengers as their premiere superhero team, with the Fantastic Four and X-Men essentially being dethroned.

Along with that, their relevance in the comics notably began to degraded, and barely began making appearances in media outside the comics.

The reason for this, apart from Marvel focusing on cashing in on the Avengers, was because despite still owning the overall rights for the FF and X-Men (which, why wouldn’t they?), their film rights were still owned by 20th Century Fox.

Since Fox was pretty much a rival company to Marvel until Disney bought them out, Marvel basically saw any form of FF and X-Men representation as free-marketing for Fox.

So they decided to essentially not to allow any FF or X-Men related characters to appear in any media outside the comics and even reduced their overall presence as well.

Which is why Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and the other non X-Men mutants were retconned into not being mutants, why Quicksilver himself has been sort of been an afterthought in recent years, why the Inhumans were pushed so hard, and why the FF and X-Men characters weren’t in this game.

Plus the justifications and excuses for this from the developers are absolutely hilarious, because you can just tell that they’re lying through their teeth while being held up at gunpoint by a bunch of Marvel executives.

Oh yeah, let’s bring up the other biggest elephant in the room and want led to Square Enix developing Avengers.

After Infinite came out and got quickly abandoned by the player-base, many people at Capcom have come out to reveal just how awful it was working with Marvel and Disney.

They weren’t just pushy with who and who couldn’t be in the roster. 

They were also pushy about how the characters that would be in the roster would be portrayed (specifically wanting them to heavily resemble their MCU iterations) and even changing their themes to be exactly like the MCU ones. 

Hell, this pushiness was so bad that for the trailers, they did not want the Marvel characters to be depicted as losing!

This was also an issue back during 3 as well, but it was essentially amplified during this game.

This really shows just how petty Marvel really is….

They’re willing to ignore and downplay the existence of two major players of their brand that people have loved for decades and were created by the two men them helped make the company they are today.

They’re unwilling to compromise and it has to be their way or the highway.

And this pettiness eventually came to bite them in the ass as Capcom’s statements about working with them eventually reached many of the other big video game developers.

And soon enough, when Marvel was trying to find someone to develop Avengers, none of the big game developers wanted anything to do with it!

Eventually, they did find a developer with Square Enix, who already had experience working with Disney via Kingdom Hearts.

It’s actually ironically hilarious that the heads at Marvel believed all three of these projects would actually be successful because of the MCU synergy, but they all ended up being flops because of said MCU synergy!

But this desire for MCU synergy has not only negatively affected non-MCU project of this time, but even ones that either came out before this desire or….never came out at all.

I’m sure many of you remember The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

This show was essentially a love letter to the Silver Age comics of Marvel  and strived to be an near-faithful adaptation of many classic and even recent Avengers storylines, while also having its own unique spin on it.

Hell, in some cases, the EMH versions of these storylines are actually better than the originals, especially in the case of Secret Invasion. 

Sadly, the show got cancelled in 2012 after 2 seasons and 52 episodes…and to this day, EMH probably has one of the dumbest and scummiest reasons for cancellation in television animation history.

The reason this show was cancelled because Marvel wanted to replace with it a show that was more in-line with the MCU, aka Avengers Assemble.

Yep! Not low ratings. Not bad critical reception. Not budgetary reasons. Hell, not even bad toy sales, which was a major reason for a lot of action cartoons around this time getting the axe!

And it doesn’t get much better from here.

During the 2010s, there were a lot of promising Marvel projects that never saw the light of the day, with two of the most notable being the animated Deadpool series and Marvel Era.

Following the success of 2016 film, FX and Marvel Television decided to collaborate to created an animated series based on the merc with the mouth, with Donald Glover (yes, that Donald Glover) being one of the main showrunners, alongside his brother Stephen.

However, the series was cancelled almost a year within its development, with the main reason being that Marvel wasn't particularly big on the vision that the Glovers had for this series.

And apart Donald speculating racism on Marvel’s part (which given that Jeph Loeb was meant to be an executive producer on this series, that possibly could be the case), another possible factor for the show’s cancellation was because of Deadpool’s connection with the X-Men, and during this show’s production, Marvel was still in their “the X-Men don’t matter anymore” phase.

And it really sucks because the pitch animation for this was really good and made this seem like it was going to be a very fun show.

New we come to Marvel Era.

Out of all the cancelled projects, this was perhaps the most interesting.

Marking a first for their animated shows, this would’ve been an anthology series released in 2014 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Marvel Comics.

It was going to be produced by Powerhouse Animation (best known for Netflix’s Castlevania series) and it was gonna have 7 stories, with each one being themed around a different decade and focusing on a different character.

There would’ve been a 40s story focusing on Captain America, a 50s story focusing on either Wolverine or Namor the Sub-Mariner, a 60s story focusing on the X-Men, a 70s story focusing on The Heroes for Hire, a 80s story focusing on The Punisher, a 90s story focusing on the aforementioned Deadpool, and a 2000s story focusing on Captain Marvel.

This honestly seemed like it was going to be a really great show, which was enhanced by the absolutely gorgeous animation of the pitch trailer.

Unfortunately, Powerhouse announced that the project was cancelled because it wasn’t what Marvel Television were focusing on.

Which is code for: Marvel didn’t want it because it wasn’t MCU adjacent….

To wrap this up, I just wanted to bring up the reason I made this in the first place.

Over the last few weeks, there was a leak for a upcoming episode of X-Men ‘97, which showed a shot of Captain America’s shield.

And this led many people to somewhat groan, believing that this was yet another case of MCU synergy. 

And although this was proven to be false, it really does speak volume with how much influence the MCU has had.

Although it has brought lot of Marvel’s star characters into the mainstream, the MCU has shaped and changed them so much, that it seems like they can no longer exist as characters who have existed for literal DECADES.

They always have to be associated with a film franchise that has existed for about 1/6 of their existence in fiction.

But I think the biggest takeaway to all this is that this constant MCU synergy kinda shows a lack of reverence for Marvel’s legacy.

Look at this merchandising from the 2010s and 2020s....

In most of this merchandise, the character roster featured is almost always the same.

The Avengers, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and the Web Warriors, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.

The Inhumans were also apart of this roster until, as I mentioned earlier, got banished to the Shadow Realm....

Occasionally you'll get some of the other cosmic characters like Nova, She-Hulk and some of the street-level heroes like Daredevil, Elektra, Ghost Rider, and The Heroes for Hire.

But those are few and far between.

But other than that, it's largely the four I mentioned earlier.

Because they're the main faces of the MCU, and as we all know, everything has to be related to the MCU in some way....

But now let's compare that to some Marvel merchandising from the mid-to-late 2000s and early 2010s....

Upon seeing this, you can tell that there’s a far greater sense of appreciation for Marvel.

This merchandising pulls from nearly every corner of the Marvel Universe you can think off and features characters from the heavy hitters, to the borderline obscure.

Plus it still heavily features the Fantastic Four and X-Men characters, who, may I remind you, spent a good chunk of the 2010s having their presence greatly reduced and their existence constantly threatened or denied because of movie rights!

All in all, Marvel really needs to stop the MCU synergy.

In spite of what they think, it’s clearly done nothing but harm and stifle many potentially good (even great) projects.

Not only that, but it’s also gonna start harming the Marvel brand itself with how homogenized they’ve made everything and the rapidly increasing lack of interest in the MCU.

Plus its also brought out the worst in Marvel.

From cancelling projects for stupid reasons, to showing a lack of respect for the legacy they’ve build, to literally being difficult to work with because of how they want everything to be their way.

But things do seem to be looking up a bit….

There’s been the multiple of Spider-Man media of the last few years , which has been one of the few Marvel projects that aren’t bogged down by MCU synergy.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur also ended being shockingly really good, and although it does have some MCU synergy, it’s pretty minor.

And now we have X-Men ‘97.

It does appear that there’s some kind of movement in Marvel to actually start making projects again that aren’t being made to be a glorified MCU circle-jerks.

And hopefully, this could led to some really unique and interesting projects, specifically for this year.

Since remember, this year marks the 85th anniversary of Marvel Comics, so that’s pretty big!

But then again, their corporate overlord had an utter embarrassment of a year for their centennial….

And Marvel themselves also contributed to that as well….

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I'm seeing the new D&D movie this weekend I'm so excited so I'm going to talk about the Loser's and how'd they play D&D.

Bill- He's definitely the DM. Comes up with all these insane homebrew campaigns that drive the Losers crazy. Also he is not afraid to kill their characters, he is ruthless and his monsters are genuinely scary. The few times he's actually played he plays a fuckin human wizard (derogatory)

Richie- He plays as a human bard, is anyone surprised? He tries to fuck monsters all the time and Bill kicks the table when he rolls. Richie has been successful twice and now his character has to go on quests to pay for child support. Also he actually sings when required to.

Bev- She plays an half-orc barbarian, you go girl! She charges into battle all the time and completely wrecks shit up. Bill always targets her character first because Bev has her character stacked up and is very efficient in weapons. She is out for blood when she plays. Sometimes she forgoes the party's plan and just charges in to fight.

Stan- He plays a high elf rogue, we all know he's that bitch. He'll sneak off during battle and pull sneak attacks. The party will be about to attack and they'll be like?? Where is Stan?? But Stan has already got into position behind the monster. Also Stan character acts the shit out of the roleplaying, fight me on this

Mike- He plays a wood elf druid, of course he's the nature guy. Honestly I don't know much about druids but it screams Mike. He's more a pacifist and is constantly trying to tame the animals they come across. He's the player to ask "But is this creature really evil?" It works sometimes, he's got himself a pet owl bear. Also Mike occasionally dms but he never kills their characters.

Eddie- He plays a dragonborn paladin. He likes to act like he's not as chaotic as some of Losers like Bev when it comes to fighting but the moment a villian hits him he goes crazy and fights them with a chaotic energy only he could muster. Also he notoriously rolls horrible and he gets so MAD, they can always count on Eddie to curse up a storm in a session.

Ben- He plays a gnome fighter, he wants to be small but powerful. Poor Ben is the one who actually comes up with plans to take down monsters and bad guys, it's just that no one listens to him. He's also a charming character and constantly has to apologize to the npc on behalf of the party's behavior.

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by Livefrommybedroom

being a seductive bard in a D&D campaign is so much easier than keeping a romantic relationship with your best friend's father secret, writing your dissertation during a pandemic, and somehow surviving quarantine with a family that truly knows no boundaries. jaskier would know.

Words: 3358, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Jaskier | Dandelion, Triss Merigold, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Lambert (The Witcher), Eskel (The Witcher), Vesemir (The Witcher), Coën (The Witcher), Ermion | Mousesack

Relationships: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion, Triss Merigold/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Coën/Lambert (The Witcher)

Additional Tags: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Alternate Universe - Dungeons & Dragons, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Jaskier is enby, Jaskier | Dandelion Has Feelings, Jaskier | Dandelion is a Mess, Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia is Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon's Parent, Geralt is A Good Day, Secret Relationship, pandemic fic, quarantine fic, because i am also escaping through D&D, Bedsharing, and they were ROOMMATES, Eskel is DM, Geralt is a half-orc fighter, Lambert is a dragonborn rogue, Ciri is a half-elf ranger, appropiate D&D casting, Yennefer is a tiefling sorceress, basically she’s the devil incarnate, Triss is a human cleric, we stan Triss in this house, Netflix Triss, Jaskier is an elf bard, of course, he rolls nat twenties on everything, Geralt is pissed off about it, fic inspired by this tag, When your ranger character just wants to kill the boss but the bard rolled a nat 20 for seduction, Jaskier tries to seduce everyone, INCLUDING GERALT, pan Ciri, Geralt is a bi disaster in real life and in D&D, inappropiate use of italics, no past Yen/Geralt, Yen/Geralt in D&D campaign, Triss/Geralt in D&D campaign, basically the campaign is Wild Hunt, But different, Witcher videogame canon, grad student Jaskier, college student Ciri, this is really inspired by that joey batey netflix video, Recreational Drug Use

[noahkahanverison]

Hey guys so @devilessyeet and I had an idea to run an IT dnd campaign. It does have premade charactes, having already decided the classes and races for The Losers, but if you’re interested in joining please DM me

Richie - Bard college of Satire | Tiefling

Eddie - Cleric Destruction Domain | Halfling

Bill - Paladin Oath of Vengeance | Scourged Aasimar

Beverly - Protection Fighter | Fire Genasi

Mike - Circle of Dreams Druid | Dragon born

Ben - Rogue Inquisitive | Elf

Stan - Ranger Gloomstalker | Human

[dukereviewsmovies]

Duke Reviews: Captain Marvel

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where Today We're Continuing Our Look At The Marvel Cinematic Universe...

Where Today We're Looking At The Film That Angered 1,000 Anti-Feminists, Captain Marvel...

This Film Follows The Journey Of Carol Danvers As She Becomes One Of The Universe's Most Powerful Heroes As An Intergalactic War Between 2 Alien Races Reaches Earth...

Will Danvers Save Earth From War?

Let's Find Out As We Watch Captain Marvel...

The Film Starts In 1995 On The Planet Hala, When A Human/Kree Hybrid Named Vers (Played By Brie Larson) Has Constant Nightmares Of An Aircraft Crash And A Woman Being Murdered By What Looks To Be A Skrull...

Telling Her Mentor, Yon-Rogg About This, He Helps Her Train To Become A Member Of The Starforce...

Is That Anything Like Star Command And If So I Wonder If She's Ever Met Buzz Lightyear...

Even Though He Believes She's Ready...

Then Why Are You Training Her?

Taking Her To See The Supreme Intelligence, Who Is The Artificial Intelligence That Rules The Kree Empire...

And Is In No Way Related To The Great Intelligence From Doctor Who...

It Allows Gets On The Starforce Which Consists Of Yon-Rogg, Minn-Erva, Att-Lass, Bron-Char And Korath The Pursuer From Guardians Of The Galaxy...

As Yon-Rogg Gives A Briefing To The Starforce, Who's To Rescue A Kree Operative Named Soh-Larr...

Hang On A Minute, Minn-Erva, Att-Lass, Soh-Larr? Are Kree Names Just Regular Words Or Names That Are Just Expanded By A Hyphen?

He Informs The Team That He Has Been Captured On The Planet Torfa And Instructs The Team To Perform An Incursion On The Planet...

Landing Underwater And Their Suits To Reach The Surface, They Soon Realize That The Torfan Natives Are Skrulls And That...

(Start At 0:28, End At 1:33)

Abducted By The Skrull General Talos (Played By General Krennic) He Takes Vers On Board A Skrull Spacecraft While Yon-Rogg And The Starforce Retreat. On Board The Skrull Spacecraft, Talos Gains Access To Vers' Memories From Various Points Of Her Life...

But She Awakens Just As Talos Gets What He Wants From Vers Pertaining To A Light Speed Engine...

If That's What You Want, They Sell Those Easily On Tatooine...

But Vers Manages To Escape...

(Start At 0:08, End At 1:28)

(End At 1:13)

Followed By Talos, Norex And 2 Other Skrulls, Vers Crash Lands On A Planet Called Ee-Arth (Otherwise Known To Us As Earth...

Hey, Blockbuster! This Isn't Dated At All...

Anyway, While Vers Crashes Into A Blockbuster, Talos And The Skrulls Land On The Beach And Assume The Identities Of Surfers They See There...

Managing To Reach Yon-Rogg, Vers Learns That She Will Stranded On Earth For About 22 Hours...

Well, At Least It's Better Than 7 Zuurls...

Attracting The Attention Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agents Nick Fury, Phil Coulson And Keller Arrive On The Scene To Interrogate Vers And Dismiss Her Claims About The Kree And The Skrulls Arrival On Earth...

But Before They Arrest Vers, Their Interrogation Is Interrupted By One Of The Skrulls Which Leads Her To Chase It To A Subway Car Where We Get Our Stan Lee Cameo...

Stan Lee Cameo!

(Start At 0:33, End At 1:27)

(End At 1:13)

During The Fight On The Subway Car, Fury And Coulson Attempt To Pursue Vers, But When Fury Realizes That Coulson Stayed Behind At The Shopping Complex It Leads To A Fight Between Fury And The Skrull Imposter..

Eventually The Skrull Imposter Is Killed When Fury's Car Crashes Into Oncoming Traffic...

Utilizing A Skrull Crystal That Contains Her Lost Memories, Vers Begins Recollecting Them By Dressing In A Civilian Outfit Which She Takes From A Display And Stealing A Motorcycle So She Can Go To Pancho's Bar In The Nearby Town Of Rosamond...

Fury And Keller (Who Has Been Replaced With Talos) Take Possession Of The Deceased Skrull And Perform An Autopsy On It. Going After Vers, Keller Tells Fury To Do It Alone As They Can't Trust Anyone...

Finding Vers At Pancho's And Now Fully Convinced That The Skrulls Are A Threat, Fury And Vers Question Each Other To Ensure That They Not Skrull Imposters...

Once They Realize That They're Not Skrulls, Fury Takes Vers To The Joint NASA USAF Facility In Nevada To Confirm The Claims Of Her Origins On Earth. She Learns That She Was A Fighter Pilot For The Air Force Who Flew With Maria Rambeau...

Oooh, Monica Rambeau Foreshadowing...

And Were Under The Tutelage Of Doctor Wendy Lawson For Project P.E.G.A.S.U.S. Who Surprisingly Looks Like The Supreme Intelligence And Is The Woman That Was Murdered In Her Dreams...

Calling Yon-Rogg, He Tells Vers That Lawson Was A Kree Operative Named Mar-Vell...

Okay, For Those That Don't Know Who Mar-Vell Is, He Is The Original Person To Go By Captain Marvel...

And Is Also The Person Who Gave Carol Her Powers..

Yon-Rogg Also Reveals That Mar-Vell Was Working On A Unique Energy Core And Experimented With Tech That Was Going To Change The War...

However, Upon Telling Him About Her Life Here, Yon-Rogg Believes It To Be A Skrull Simulation And Tells Her To Remember Her Training And That They'll Be Arriving Soon Before Hanging Up...

Reporting Their Location To Keller Who Brings A Posse Of Agents With Him, Including Coulson. Fury Realizes That Keller Is Not Keller But A Skrull...

Going Rogue With Vers, Coulson Allows The 2 To Escape With A Cat Named Goose On Board A Prototype Quinjet Which They Take To The Rambeau Residence In New Orleans...

Surprised To See Vers Still Alive, Both Maria (Who's Played By 007?) And Her Daughter, Monica (Again, Foreshadowing) Identify Vers As Carol Danvers, A Fighter Pilot Who Was Seemingly Killed With Lawson In A Test Flight Gone Awry And That The Cat, Goose Is Lawson And Her Pet...

Followed By Talos And Norex Who Negotiate A Temporary Alliance After Talos Reveals That He Was In Possession Of A Black Box That Survived The Crash. He Also Reveals That Danvers Was Deceived By The Kree And That They Are Homeless Refugees That Are On The Brink Of Extinction And Constantly On The Run From The Kree...

Which Is Actually An Interesting Turn For The Skrulls...

Usually Seen As Bad Guys Who Replace The People They're Conquering When They Try To Take Over A Planet, (Hell, They Created Super Skrull To Fight The Fantastic Four) This Is Actually A Great Reveal Probably One Of Best I've Seen In A Marvel Movie As The Skrulls Are Usually Seen As Bad Guys...

Hearing The Recording From The Black Box, Carol Finally Remembers What Happened, Turns Out Mar-Vell's Death Was An Assassination That Was Orchestrated By Yon-Rogg...

Instructing Carol To Destroy The Energy Core That Powered The Engine, Carol Attempted To But In Doing So She Gained Cosmic Abilities When Absorbing The Energy From The Engine With No Memory Of Her Life Whatsoever...

Afterward, Yon-Rogg Was Authorized By The Supreme Intelligence To Train Her As A Kree Operative...

Talos Reveals That Mar-Vell Was Actually A Kree Double Agent Who Was Attempting To Help The Skrulls By Testing The Light Speed Engine Which Will Help Them Flee Kree Occupation Forever And That The Black Box And Her Memories Contain The Coordinates To Mar-Vell's Lab That's Cloaked Above Earth's Orbit Which Contains Not Just The Energy Core But The Last Of The Skrull Refugees...

The Next Day, Yon-Rogg Arrives On Earth To Confront Carol Where He Quickly Realizes That The Carol He's Talking To Is Actually Norex Who He Quickly Executes As Danavers, Fury, Maria, Talos, And Goose Take The Quinjet To The Lab Where Danvers Finds The Energy Source Which Is Revealed To Be The Tesseract....

The Tesseract?...

Okay, I Got To Talk About This Now, In Captain America: The First Avenger It Was Revealed That After The Red Skull Flew Off To Vormir And Captain America Was Frozen Today

That The Tesseract Was Found In The Ocean By Howard Stark Who Gave It To S.H.I.E.L.D....

But Aside From That Story Killer, Talos Is Reunited With His Wife And Daughter...

So If Howard Stark Had It, How Did Lawson Get Ahold Of It?...

It Doesn't Make Sense!

But Yon-Rogg And The Starforce Ambushes Them And Places Carol Under Stasis So She Can Talk To The Supreme Intelligence But In Removing The Inhibitor That Has Been Limiting Her Powers Carol Fights The Supreme Intelligence...

(End At 1:44)

Taking The Tesseract, Carol Reunites With Fury And Monica Who Watch As Goose Reveals Himself As A Flerken When He Eats The Tesseract And A Bunch Of Kree Soldiers...

In A Battle For The Tesseract, Danvers Fights Her Former Starforce Allies And Quickly Overpowers Them, While Fury And Monica Get The Skrulls On Board The Quinjet, But As They Do, Talos Is Shot By Yon-Rogg, Who In A Rage, Called The Accusers Led By Guess Who?...

Nice To See You Again, Ronan...

Anyway, Yon-Rogg Called Ronan To Tell Him To Dispatch Kree Ballistic Missiles On Earth In An Attempt To Kill Danvers And The Skrulls After Him And Minn-Erva Fail To Kill Them In Their Jedi Starfighters When Carol Knocks Them Out Of The Sky When She Discovers "Oh, I Can Fly"...

(Start At 0:39, End At 1:20)

(End At 1:32)

Returning To Earth, Danvers Faces Yon-Rogg One Last Time...

(Start At 0:13, End At 1:53)

In The Aftermath, Goose Claws Fury's Left Eye And Blinds It While His Guard Is Down...

So, I Guess When Fury Said That The Last Person He Trusted Cost Him His Eye, He Was Bullshitting?...

The Skrulls Take Temporary Shelter At The Rambeau Residence Where Talos Recovers From His Injuries And Once They Decide To Leave, Carol Decides To Go With Them To Help Them Find A New Home...

But Before She Leaves, She Gives Fury A Modified Transmitter/Pager To Call Her In The Event Of An Emergency As Fury Drafts The Protector Initiative Which Is Quickly Changed To Avenger Initiative When He Sees That Danvers Call Sign Was Avenger...

We Get A Mid Credits Scene, Which Sees The Remaining Avengers (Banner, Widow, Cap And Rhodey) Finding Fury's Pager And Analyzing It At The Avengers Facility Before Carol Herself Shows Up Asking Where Fury Is...

We Also Get An End Credits Scene Where We See Goose Spit Up The Tesseract On Fury's Desk While He Wasn't In His Office...

Which Still Doesn't Help The Continuity Problems In This Movie...

And That's Captain Marvel And...It's Okay...

While The Story Is So-So, The Characters Were Well Written (Despite Billions Of Anti-Feminists Hating On Brie Larson So Much That There's A Petition On-Line To Get Marvel To Fire Her)...

The Effects Were Great I Loved How Well They De-Aged Both Clark Gregg And Samuel L. Jackson And The Villain Was All Right With The Supreme Intelligence However I Would Have Preferred It If Jude Law Had Played Mar-Vell Instead Of Annette Benning...

Either Way Though I Say Don't Listen To The Haters And See It....

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off

[myanxiousaesthetic]

Sanders Sides Dungeons and Dragons AU Concept

Nobody asked for it but I just started playing my third campaign and I couldn’t get this idea out of my head. So, I made some character concept lists.

Patton Ilphelkiir (Gemblossom)

Race: High Elf

Class(s): Druid

Age: 243 (about 34 in human years)

Alignment: Neutral Good

Yes, I decided to be that one person and make Patton an elf druid.

It works, okay? Like, elves think other races are only babies until they’re like, 30. That’s so Patton.

Anyways, Patton doesn’t have an explicitly woodsy background like most druids.

He just kinda, learned?

I was born into a noble high elf family but decided becoming a warlock like the rest of his family wasn’t for him.

So he found this one old druid dwarf who taught him the wonders that is the natural world.

He really enjoys the animalistic parts.

Shapeshifting is like, his favorite ability.

He actually screamed the first time he successfully cast Speak with Animals

It was an experience for everyone involved.

His child name was Pai

His family was completely supportive of his decision as he is not the eldest of his family and had no obligation to hold up the Ilphelkiir name.

Virgil (Vigilance) Angelbane

Race: Tiefling

Class(s): Cleric

Age: 28

Alignment: Chaotic Good

So I haven’t thought too much on Virgil’s childhood.

It was decently normal for a tiefling, scrutiny wherever he want, being called a demon at every corner.

He did have a large support group within the nearby church of Torn, the god of courage and self-sacrifice

He soon began practicing as a priest there where he met Deceit, a 8 year old orphan who was passing through.

The two got to know one another and became inseparable, like siblings.

Dee decided to stay and see Virgil through his cleric training.

Later, it was discovered that the church had taken part in the Great Flee (I’ll get into that on a later date) and the village burned down the church, with everyone inside of it.

Virgil, Dee, and several other tieflings were the only ones to escape, their fire resistance saving their lives.

From then on, Dee stuck to Virgil like a leech as they travel the country, no particular goal in sight.

Virgil has an extreme fear of fire ever since the incident and whenever Dee casts flame magic, he freaks out.

Virgil and Dee later find themselves in the dragonborn city of Djerad Thymar, in the kingdom of Tymanther, one of the few places open to any and all races, including Tieflings.

Dee (Deceit) Coilbone

Race: Tiefling

Class(s): Dual Class- Rogue/Sorcerer

Age: 17

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Dee was born on the streets, brought up by a small street gang who hoped to use the famously dangerous tiefling baby to decimate the larger gangs and rouge guilds in the area.

Dee ran away soon after he discovered the betrayal, opting to taking his rouge skills to the bigger cities located further inland.

He soon made it to Hajariguur, where a church took him in until he decided to leave.

He met another young tiefling, seemingly just out of adolescent training to become the Grand Cleric of the church at some point.

Despite himself, this Vigilance, or Virgil as he liked to be called grew onto Dee

So Dee stayed and began to practice the worship of Torm.

During an attempt at casting cleric magic, Dee discovered his wild magic, the spell turning the Grand Cleric’s robes into a suggestive outfit.

Dee was quickly sent to a local magic school that had side classes for sorcerers and other non wizards.

After the burning of the church, Dee’s young mind decided to latch on the last thing he had that he knew he could trust, Virgil.

Virgil and Dee later find themselves in the dragonborn city of Djerad Thymar, in the kingdom of Tymanther, one of the few places open to any and all races, including Tieflings.

Roman Ophinshtalajiir

Race: Dragonborn

Class(s): Fighter

Age: 19 (late 20’s human years)

Alignment: Chaotic Good

I regret many things, but not making Roman a dragonborn.

You cannot convince me of him being ANY other race.

Not even the elves are snooty enough for this ego (though he’s actually a soft boi) (We stan a Roman in this house)

Roman is a member of one of the noble dragonborn clans of Tymanther, the Ophinshtalajiir.

He is a proud warrior, bringing honor to his kingdom and clan name in the fighting rings of Djerad Thymar.

Like many other Tymantherans, Roman has a deep disgust for dragons, finding them cruel and tyrannical.

He’s always dreamed of joining a Dragon Hunt.

Roman meets the Tiefling brothers as they check into a bar, drawn by the golden dragon symbol on the back of Virgil’s Cleric robes.

Roman almost immediately take a liking to the two, respecting their belief in Torm and finding it noble.

Logan

Race: Drow

Class(s): Wizard

Age: 213 (about 28 human years)

Alignment: Neutral

I’ll admit, did not expect to be making a Drow character, but human just seemed too… plain for Logan.

Despite what many think of the Drow, not all lived in the underground, cursing the people above the surface.

Logan’s people lived in jungles with the Yuan-Ti, where the sun set much quicker.

However, these people did have a (slightly) higher tolerance to the sun.

Logan’s subrace are the more tolerable type of Drow, have decent childhoods, and can be reasoned with on the matter of not killing you.

They're still a bunch of d*cks, though.

Anyways, Logan’s family were not of the notable kind. If fact, they had lost their family name throughout the many years.

Logan has been looking for it since he hit his adulthood in his spare time, away from his magic studies.

Logan will not disclose who he has his contract with

But Patton swears he can see a small tattoo on the small of Logan’s back whenever his robes unfold in a certain way in the wind.

I’ll be honest, I don’t know much else about Logan yet, still working on him.

So… anyone interested in a comic and/or fanfiction? If not, oof but fair.

[ladybanshee19]

South Park AUs

So I feel like making several South Park AUs, each one based in a different tabletop RPGs. The first one is based in Dungeons and Dragons, 5th Edition in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. The second one is based in Pathfinder, in the official campaign setting. The third one is based in the Chronicles of Darkness aka the New World of Darkness 2nd Edition. And the fourth and final one is based on Princess the Hopeful, a fanmade mod for Chronicles of Darkness. All four of them will include a story, designs and character sheets (and I’m putting them at the maximum level 20 simply because I can). This post will just give you an idea of what to expect from each AU. I’ll make individual posts going into more detail on each one. Also worth noting is that all four of these AUs will feature both Creek (Craig and Tweek) and Style (Stan and Kyle) my two South Park OTPs.

An Ancient Rivalry DnD 5e Forgotten Realms AU The human city-state of Kupa Keep is in a crisis. Its ruler, Grand Wizard Eric Cartman, is more interested in setting a petty grudge with the wood elf tribe of Larnion than he is in actually doing his job. The people are suffering, leaving a party consisting of: the barbarian warrior Tweek Tweak, his rogue boyfriend Craig Tucker and their friends, Token Black, a cleric of Lathander and Clyde Donovan, who recently obtained power as a warlock from a demon out of desperation, to save the city from its tyrannical, sociopathic ruler, with the help of Butters the Merciful, a paladin of Ilmater and the mysterious Princess Kenny. Meanwhile, the leader of the Larnion tribe, Sylvan Lord Kyle Broflovski and his human vassal, the ranger Stan Marshwalker, must contend with protecting their home and people from the Grand Wizard, as several secrets from the past begin to surface once again.

Note: This particular AU is inspired by the boys’ Fighters of Zaron LARP game from SOT but takes its own direction to better fit into the setting of the Forgotten realms

Come Hell or High Water Pathfinder AU Trouble always seems to find you, wherever you are in the world of Golarion. In the elvan kingdom of Kyonin, elf druid Kyle’s hope for a normal life is shattered when a human oracle named Tweek from Andoran tells him he’s destined to stop a great evil. In the nation of Cheliax, a country infamous for its mandatory devil worship among other things, a wizard noble Eric Cartman has dreams of glory, a desire to rule over all of Golarion with Cheliax as its capital. To do this, he seeks out the darkest and most dangerous of Golarion’s secrets. Tweek tells Kyle that this is the evil he must stop. Fortunately, he’s not alone. In addition to Tweek, Kyle also finds help in other residents of Andoran: the ranger, Stan, the magus Kenny, the sorcerer Craig, the barbarian Clyde, the bard Jimmy, the paladin Butters and Token, a cleric of the goddess Sarenrae. With these companions at his side, Kyle must venture forth to stop the Chelish wizard from unleashing Golarion’s greatest evils again, while not letting his growing sense of self-righteousness consume his heart at the expense of everything else.

Note: This AU is also slightly inspired by the LARP game from SOT as well, but with a few more changes as well as some influence from Phone Destroyer, specifically Craig and Clyde’s classes. Tweek’s class was also inspired by a post I saw floating around about how Tweek could be a seer with how often his paranoia turns out to be justified (can’t remember where I found it, sorry).

The South Park Chronicle The World of Darkness is full of many things, and nothing is as it seems. I, your humble Storyteller, will guide you though the many chapters of this chronicle. Here, you will meet Stan Marsh, recently Embraced as one of the Kindred, a vampire who must not only work to maintain the delicate balance between his fading humanity and the Beast within him that drives him to kill and feed, but also to maintain the Masquerade, to keep the secrets of vampires hidden from mortals. You will meet Tweek Tweak, who recently discovered that he is one of the Forsaken, a werewolf who must work to protect the mortal realm from both vengeful spirits and the Pure, werewolves who wish to return humanity to the Stone Age in order to reunite the spirit world and the mortal world. You will meet Craig Tucker, who awakened as a Mage which grants him the power to protect the Sleepers from the Seers of the Throne and other magical threats, so long as he can keep his pride in check. You will meet Butters Stotch, a Promethean created from a corpse and Azoth the Divine Fire who must now embark on a journey to become human, which sadly is easier said than done when existence itself hates you. You will meet Kyle Broflovski, who was whisked away by the True Fae to their home realm of Arcadia and remade to serve one of them but managed to return to the real world to discover that the world didn’t miss him in his absence and that some of the True Fae’s changes were permanent. You will meet Kenny McCormick who died protecting his beloved sister Karen only for a Geist who calls itself Mysterion to offer him a chance to cheat death and return as a Sin-Eater, where he discovers he must use his newfound abilities to protect mortals and help ghosts who are unable to pass on, even though he’d rather look for his sister who went missing after he died and came back. Finally, you will meet Eric Cartman, who discovered in a dream that he was a monster at heart in more ways than one, a Beast who must sow nightmares among mortals to sate his soul’s unique hunger, a duty he’s all to willing to embrace. You will also see their paths cross, bonds form and watch as they struggle to make it in the World of Darkness.

Note: This one won’t be out for a long time. I’m still trying to get my hands on a few other source books, some of which aren’t even out yet at the time of this post (sidelong glance at Changeling the Lost and Geist the Sin-Eaters).

Nobles Unite Princess the Hopeful AU Darkness is everywhere and only the Nobility can stop it. The Nobility in this case, meaning Princes and Princesses, men and women armed with the power of the Light and the magic in their very beings. Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, Craig Tucker, Clyde Donovan, Tweek Tweak, Token Black, Jimmy Valmer, Butters Stotch, Wendy Testaburger, Bebe Stevens, Heidi Turner, Nicole Daniels and Annie Knitts all discover that they possess this power and pledge their allegiance to the Radiant Queens, the Queens of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades and Swords so that they may help them in their mission to fight the Darkness and its minions. However, another Blossoms and discovers this power as well, Eric Cartman who instead pledges his allegiance to the Queen of Mirrors, one of the three Twilight Queens, who tells him that he’s the True Heir, destined to restore the Kingdom to its former glory, a “mission” that brings him into conflict with other Nobles and other devotees of Mirrors who were told the exact same thing.

Note: Given that Princess has a rather idealistic setting, especially by World of Darkness standards and compared to the canon South Park universe, I figured this would be an interesting challenge.

That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more coming soon. Character sheets and pictures will be posted here. The stories will be posted on Archive of our Own.

[witcherfic]

Livefrommybedroom May 12, 2020 at 07:45PM

by Livefrommybedroom

being a seductive bard in a D&D campaign is so much easier than keeping a romantic relationship with your best friend's father secret, writing your dissertation during a pandemic, and somehow surviving quarantine with a family that truly knows no boundaries. jaskier would know.

Words: 3358, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia, Jaskier | Dandelion, Triss Merigold, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Lambert (The Witcher), Eskel (The Witcher), Vesemir (The Witcher), Coën (The Witcher), Ermion | Mousesack

Relationships: Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia/Jaskier | Dandelion, Triss Merigold/Yennefer z Vengerbergu | Yennefer of Vengerberg, Coën/Lambert (The Witcher)

Additional Tags: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Alternate Universe - Dungeons & Dragons, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Jaskier is enby, Jaskier | Dandelion Has Feelings, Jaskier | Dandelion is a Mess, Geralt z Rivii | Geralt of Rivia is Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon's Parent, Geralt is A Good Day, Secret Relationship, pandemic fic, quarantine fic, because i am also escaping through D&D, Bedsharing, and they were ROOMMATES, Eskel is DM, Geralt is a half-orc fighter, Lambert is a dragonborn rogue, Ciri is a half-elf ranger, appropiate D&D casting, Yennefer is a tiefling sorceress, basically she’s the devil incarnate, Triss is a human cleric, we stan Triss in this house, Netflix Triss, Jaskier is an elf bard, of course, he rolls nat twenties on everything, Geralt is pissed off about it, fic inspired by this tag, When your ranger character just wants to kill the boss but the bard rolled a nat 20 for seduction, Jaskier tries to seduce everyone, INCLUDING GERALT, pan Ciri, Geralt is a bi disaster in real life and in D&D, inappropiate use of italics, no past Yen/Geralt, Yen/Geralt in D&D campaign, Triss/Geralt in D&D campaign, basically the campaign is Wild Hunt, But different, Witcher videogame canon, grad student Jaskier, college student Ciri, this is really inspired by that joey batey netflix video, Recreational Drug Use

[pandorasvalleypromo]

Open Character master list

Categorized based on city of origin. For more information on the cities, follow this link.

Natives from the City of Iron

Bonnie Barnes | Cyborg, soldier. Fc: Tessa Thompson Cha Nam Joo | Human, Minister of Travel. FC: Bae Doona Trevor Highking | Human, student. FC: Keiynan Lonsdale Kara Maxx | Human, spy. FC: Kiersey Clemons Logan Metalborn | Human, soldier. FC: Sebastian Stan Nan Ji-Min | Cyborg, soldier. FC: Seo Kang-Joon La On Pang | Human, trader. FC: John Harlan Kim Helena Storm | Human, soldier. FC: Alicia Vikander Hayden Sunfield | Android, Bounty Hunter/Collector. FC: Bob Morley Nina Vargas | Human, soldier. FC: Ursula Corbero Zero | Android, traveler. FC: Lee Jong Suk

Natives from the City of Dust

Beau Daniels | Human, hacker. FC: Daisey Ridley Michaela Jung | Android, street fighter. FC: Jamie Chung Kim Jin-Hwan | Cyborg, Rebel. FC: Steven Yeun Leah | Android. FC: Sonequa Martin-Green Dean Richarden | Human, bounty hunter. FC: Tom Hardy Micheal Rodriguez | Human, pirate. FC: Diego Luna Camilia Rodriguez | Human, drug smuggler. FC: Karla Souza Jay Sinha | Cyborg, hacker. FC: Avan Jogia

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Gailan Mist | Human, advisor/mage hunter. FC: Jamie Clayton Rain Harper | Mage, fugitive. FC: Zendaya James Castor | Human, detective. FC: Idris Elba Teresa Claire | Human, soldier. FC: Chloe Bennet Kim Soon Ho | Human, special forces. FC: Ji Chang-Wook Kobayashi Nariko | Human, special forces. FC: Hayley Kiyoko Sasha Ribaucourt | Mage in training. FC: Maggie Q Kyna “Rogue” Shea | Mage, rebel. FC: Alycia Denham Carey Bobby Stark | Mage, student. FC: Tom Holland Jamie Theodore | Human, soldier. FC: Felicity Jones

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1-2, 5-6 and 15-16 for the dnd ask :>

1. What was the first race you ever played as?

Tiefling. I fell in love immediately, and want to go back to playing one again asap.

In order, I've played Tiefling, Human, Aarakocra (a Drunken Master monk in an all-aarakocra oneshot), and Tabaxi (love them too).

2. What was the first class you ever played as?

Champion Fighter with a rapier! I wanted something simple to start with while I got the hang of the mechanics. If I were to play a Fighter again I would probably go Battlemaster.

5. What is your favorite race?

Tiefling for sure. Their entire look and aesthetic is sooooooo asjdjkejjskkdkrnkl. I stan 4 lyfe.

I'm very into the aesthetic of the Genasi too. And the Yuan-Ti would be amazing to see played.

6. What is your favorite class?

It's hard to say! I've played only Paladin/Warlock multiclass for quite a while now, but I liked my Tabaxi Swashbuckler when I did a oneshot with her. I generally really love Rogues.

I like the lore of patrons, and the culture/personality of monks. I'm not sure what I'll play next, though I would like to have versatile/utility spellcasting.

15. What is your favorite weapon?

Aesthetically, I'm in love with the dagger and the rapier. Also all kinds of staffs (Chirrut, babey!!!). Dual-wielding a gun and sword is 💖💖💖 too.

Mechanically, I love magical effects tied to weapons. 👀 So most any with that. I very much dislike bulky Greatswords, and that might be the one thing to comvince me to use one. Especially if it looked as majestic as Tidus' sword, or the sword from Transistor.

16. What is your favorite spell?

Not sure! I don't have much experience with casting. But of the ones that I have seen used in games, I am VERY interested in Call Lightning. I love AOE spells and elemental magic. Pass Without Trace and other sneaky spells are so useful too. I love feeling like I got away with something.

Thanks for sending these in! 💗

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Bonnie Barnes | Cyborg, soldier. Fc: Tessa Thompson Cha Nam Joo | Human, Minister of Travel. FC: Bae Doona Trevor Highking | Human, student. FC: Keiynan Lonsdale Kara Maxx | Human, spy. FC: Kiersey Clemons Logan Metalborn | Human, soldier. FC: Sebastian Stan Nan Ji-Min | Cyborg, soldier. FC: Seo Kang-Joon La On Pang | Human, trader. FC: John Harlan Kim Helena Storm | Human, soldier. FC: Alicia Vikander Hayden Sunfield | Android, Bounty Hunter/Collector. FC: Bob Morley Nina Vargas | Human, soldier. FC: Ursula Corbero Zero | Android, traveler. FC: Lee Jong Suk

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Beau Daniels | Human, hacker. FC: Daisey Ridley Michaela Jung | Android, street fighter. FC: Jamie Chung Kim Jin-Hwan | Cyborg, Rebel. FC: Steven Yeun Leah | Android. FC: Sonequa Martin-Green Dean Richarden | Human, bounty hunter. FC: Tom Hardy Micheal Rodriguez | Human, pirate. FC: Diego Luna Camilia Rodriguez | Human, drug smuggler. FC: Karla Souza Jay Sinha | Cyborg, hacker. FC: Avan Jogia

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Gailan Mist | Human, advisor/mage hunter. FC: Jamie Clayton Rain Harper | Mage, fugitive. FC: Zendaya James Castor | Human, detective. FC: Idris Elba Teresa Claire | Human, soldier. FC: Chloe Bennet Kim Soon Ho | Human, special forces. FC: Ji Chang-Wook Kobayashi Nariko | Human, special forces. FC: Hayley Kiyoko Sasha Ribaucourt | Mage in training. FC: Maggie Q Kyna “Rogue” Shea | Mage, rebel. FC: Alycia Denham Carey Bobby Stark | Mage, student. FC: Tom Holland Jamie Theodore | Human, soldier. FC: Felicity Jones

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Bonnie Barnes | Cyborg, soldier. Fc: Tessa Thompson Cha Nam Joo | Human, Minister of Travel. FC: Bae Doona Trevor Highking | Human, student. FC: Keiynan Lonsdale Kara Maxx | Human, spy. FC: Kiersey Clemons Logan Metalborn | Human, soldier. FC: Sebastian Stan Nan Ji-Min | Cyborg, soldier. FC: Seo Kang-Joon La On Pang | Human, trader. FC: John Harlan Kim Helena Storm | Human, soldier. FC: Alicia Vikander Hayden Sunfield | Android, Bounty Hunter/Collector. FC: Bob Morley Nina Vargas | Human, soldier. FC: Ursula Corbero Zero | Android, traveler. FC: Lee Jong Suk

Natives from the City of Dust

Beau Daniels | Human, hacker. FC: Daisey Ridley Michaela Jung | Android, street fighter. FC: Jamie Chung Kim Jin-Hwan | Cyborg, Rebel. FC: Steven Yeun Leah | Android. FC: Sonequa Martin-Green Dean Richarden | Human, bounty hunter. FC: Tom Hardy Micheal Rodriguez | Human, pirate. FC: Diego Luna Camilia Rodriguez | Human, drug smuggler. FC: Karla Souza Jay Sinha | Cyborg, hacker. FC: Avan Jogia

Natives from the City of Wheats

Gailan Mist | Human, advisor/mage hunter. FC: Jamie Clayton Rain Harper | Mage, fugitive. FC: Zendaya James Castor | Human, detective. FC: Idris Elba Teresa Claire | Human, soldier. FC: Chloe Bennet Kim Soon Ho | Human, special forces. FC: Ji Chang-Wook Kobayashi Nariko | Human, special forces. FC: Hayley Kiyoko Sasha Ribaucourt | Mage in training. FC: Maggie Q Kyna “Rogue” Shea | Mage, rebel. FC: Alycia Denham Carey Bobby Stark | Mage, student. FC: Tom Holland Jamie Theodore | Human, soldier. FC: Felicity Jones

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Bonnie Barnes | Cyborg, soldier. Fc: Tessa Thompson Cha Nam Joo | Human, Minister of Travel. FC: Bae Doona Trevor Highking | Human, student. FC: Keiynan Lonsdale Kara Maxx | Human, spy. FC: Kiersey Clemons Logan Metalborn | Human, soldier. FC: Sebastian Stan Nan Ji-Min | Cyborg, soldier. FC: Seo Kang-Joon La On Pang | Human, trader. FC: John Harlan Kim Helena Storm | Human, soldier. FC: Alicia Vikander Hayden Sunfield | Android, Bounty Hunter/Collector. FC: Bob Morley Nina Vargas | Human, soldier. FC: Ursula Corbero Zero | Android, traveler. FC: Lee Jong Suk

Natives from the City of Dust

Beau Daniels | Human, hacker. FC: Daisey Ridley Michaela Jung | Android, street fighter. FC: Jamie Chung Kim Jin-Hwan | Cyborg, Rebel. FC: Steven Yeun Leah | Android. FC: Sonequa Martin-Green Dean Richarden | Human, bounty hunter. FC: Tom Hardy Micheal Rodriguez | Human, pirate. FC: Diego Luna Camilia Rodriguez | Human, drug smuggler. FC: Karla Souza Jay Sinha | Cyborg, hacker. FC: Avan Jogia

Natives from the City of Wheats

Gailan Mist | Human, advisor/mage hunter. FC: Jamie Clayton Rain Harper | Mage, fugitive. FC: Zendaya James Castor | Human, detective. FC: Idris Elba Teresa Claire | Human, soldier. FC: Chloe Bennet Kim Soon Ho | Human, special forces. FC: Ji Chang-Wook Kobayashi Nariko | Human, special forces. FC: Hayley Kiyoko Alexander Matthew | Mage, merchant. FC: Jimmi Simpson Sasha Ribaucourt | Mage in training. FC: Maggie Q Kyna “Rogue” Shea | Mage, rebel. FC: Alycia Denham Carey Bobby Stark | Mage, student. FC: Tom Holland Jamie Theodore | Human, soldier. FC: Felicity Jones

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Bonnie Barnes | Cyborg, soldier. Fc: Tessa Thompson Cha Nam Joo | Human, Minister of Travel. FC: Bae Doona Trevor Highking | Human, student. FC: Keiynan Lonsdale Kara Maxx | Human, spy. FC: Kiersey Clemons Logan Metalborn | Human, soldier. FC: Sebastian Stan Nan Ji-Min | Cyborg, soldier. FC: Seo Kang-Joon La On Pang | Human, trader. FC: John Harlan Kim Helena Storm | Human, soldier. FC: Alicia Vikander Hayden Sunfield | Android, Bounty Hunter/Collector. FC: Bob Morley Nina Vargas | Human, soldier. FC: Ursula Corbero Zero | Android, traveler. FC: Lee Jong Suk

Natives from the City of Dust

Beau Daniels | Human, hacker. FC: Daisey Ridley Michaela Jung | Android, street fighter. FC: Jamie Chung Kim Jin-Hwan | Cyborg, Rebel. FC: Steven Yeun Leah | Android. FC: Sonequa Martin-Green Dean Richarden | Human, bounty hunter. FC: Tom Hardy Micheal Rodriguez | Human, pirate. FC: Diego Luna Camilia Rodriguez | Human, drug smuggler. FC: Karla Souza Jay Sinha | Cyborg, hacker. FC: Avan Jogia

Natives from the City of Wheats

Gailan Mist | Human, advisor/mage hunter. FC: Jamie Clayton Rain Harper | Mage, fugitive. FC: Zendaya James Castor | Human, detective. FC: Idris Elba Teresa Claire | Human, soldier. FC: Chloe Bennet Kim Soon Ho | Human, special forces. FC: Ji Chang-Wook Kobayashi Nariko | Human, special forces. FC: Hayley Kiyoko Alexander Matthew | Mage, merchant. FC: Jimmi Simpson Sasha Ribaucourt | Mage in training. FC: Maggie Q Kyna “Rogue” Shea | Mage, rebel. FC: Alycia Denham Carey Bobby Stark | Mage, student. FC: Tom Holland Jamie Theodore | Human, soldier. FC: Felicity Jones

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Bonnie Barnes | Cyborg, soldier. Fc: Tessa Thompson Cha Nam Joo | Human, Minister of Travel. FC: Bae Doona Trevor Highking | Human, student. FC: Keiynan Lonsdale Kara Maxx | Human, spy. FC: Kiersey Clemons Logan Metalborn | Human, soldier. FC: Sebastian Stan Nan Ji-Min | Cyborg, soldier. FC: Seo Kang-Joon La On Pang | Human, trader. FC: John Harlan Kim Helena Storm | Human, soldier. FC: Alicia Vikander Hayden Sunfield | Android, Bounty Hunter/Collector. FC: Bob Morley Nina Vargas | Human, soldier. FC: Ursula Corbero Zero | Android, traveler. FC: Lee Jong Suk

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Michaela Jung | Android, street fighter. FC: Jamie Chung Kim Jin-Hwan | Cyborg, Rebel. FC: Steven Yeun Leah | Android. FC: Sonequa Martin-Green Dean Richarden | Human, bounty hunter. FC: Tom Hardy Micheal Rodriguez | Human, pirate. FC: Diego Luna Camilia Rodriguez | Human, drug smuggler. FC: Karla Souza Jay Sinha | Cyborg, hacker. FC: Avan Jogia

Natives from the City of Wheats

Gailan Mist | Human, advisor/mage hunter. FC: Jamie Clayton Rain Harper | Mage, fugitive. FC: Zendaya James Castor | Human, detective. FC: Idris Elba Teresa Claire | Human, soldier. FC: Chloe Bennet Kim Soon Ho | Human, special forces. FC: Ji Chang-Wook Kobayashi Nariko | Human, special forces. FC: Hayley Kiyoko Alexander Matthew | Mage, merchant. FC: Jimmi Simpson Sasha Ribaucourt | Mage in training. FC: Maggie Q Kyna “Rogue” Shea | Mage, rebel. FC: Alycia Denham Carey Bobby Stark | Mage, student. FC: Tom Holland Jamie Theodore | Human, soldier. FC: Felicity Jones

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