#map of the seas (xmen)

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Age: appears to be in early 20's, actually around 428+ Species: Mutant or Metahuman depending on sub-verse Abilities: Regenerative Healing Factor, Super Acute Senses, Superhuman Agility, Stamina, Strength, Durability, Speed, Reflexes Allies: Demon Hunter or the Kitsune Suit: He refuses to wear one until he's bullied into it in each sub-verse by someone. In verses where he has to hide his identity, he wears his black bandana to hide his green hair and a green mask over his eyes. * Essentially he's like Wolverine from Marvel without the claws

Born near the end of the feudal age of Japan and orphaned at a young age, Zoro would have grown up on the streets had it not been for a local dojo that took him in. Teaching him the art of the blade alongside the Sensei's daughter, marveling at how easily the art of the sword came to the young boy. His life, while not perfect, was simple. His dream was to become the greatest swordsman ever, traveling the country and defeating the legends that people spoke of with his best friend at his side.

That was until the day that she died.

It is hard to know if Kuina's death was what finally triggered the mutation within in or it the timing was simply that of fate. But days after her death, lost within his grief, Zoro began to notice changes. His strength, agility, senses and over all physical power began to grow. That however, was not the scariest change though.

No that change he learned a month later when he was jumped in a side alleyway, the older men trying to taking the white hilted blade his sensei had allowed him to begin carrying after Kuina's death. Running him through from behind and expecting him to fall. Only instead his body healed itself so quickly that there was barely any blood fell from the would. The sight causing the men to run screaming from him, calling him a Demon.

It was decades later, when he was known throughout the country as the Demon Hunter, that he realized the last truth of his strange powers. He wasn't aging.

Then, while hunting down a witch who was practicing Dark Magic, he was cursed. Sealed away by the monks who believed him to be one of her servants and put to sleep for over 400 years until a young girl, who looked exactly like his best friend, broke the seal and awoke him. Unleashing the Demon Hunter, out into the modern world.

After adapting to the new world, Zoro now works as a Bounty Hunter. Taking down the threats that normal people have been unable to or are perhaps more than they seem.

Upon awakening from the curse, Zoro keeps an eye on the young girl that resembles Kuina so much. Protecting her from the shadows as she grows into a young adolescent. Only reappearing in her life when she begins to show signs of mutant powers developing. Realizing that she is no longer safe, he helps her escape to America, having heard rumors upon the wind of a school that was safe for their kind. Upon arriving, Charles Xavier welcomes her with open arms and somehow manages to recruit him at the same time as a teacher and the newest member of the XMEN.

*due to this cinematic universe being pulled into MCU now thanks to the multiverse, threads originating in this verse will have Zoro as a Mutant as opposed to a Metahuman. All interactions with characters from the MCU will take place after the events of Ms. Marvel.

Zoro was approached several times by Nick Fury for the Avengers Initiative. Each time turning the man down since the offer came in the form of a semi threat/sales pitch. Content to remain where he was, hunting the threats from the shadows of the world as he continued to follow the dream he and Kuina had promised each other so long ago. To become the Greatest Swordsman. A title now held by Dracule Mihawk.

It wasn't until he was approached once more by Captain America who was looking for allies in an attempt to prevent the Sokovia Accords from being passed. It is the way in which Steve asks for help that causes Zoro to join him. It was not a demand or bargain, but a simple plea for help. Sensing that the man wouldn't stand in the way of his dreams, nor force him to remain after helping him. Little did he know that it would lead to him becoming an Avenger anyway. Something Fury is delighted to rub in his face all of the time.

*due to this cinematic universe blending with the XMEN Universe now thanks to the multiverse, threads originating in this verse will have Zoro as a Metahuman as opposed to being a mutant and will follow the timeline established in Ms. Marvel.

Having turned down the Bat when Bruce was originally trying to put together a team, it was Diana in the end that recruited him. Finding him in a remote area of the world where he'd been hunting down yet another ancient witch and offering him something he hadn't even realized he needed. A home and family that would accept him for what he was. The companionship of those who knew what it was like to be in a time they'd not been born in or different from those around them. For the Amazonian Princess saw the loneliness that was beginning to harden his heart, turning him from a meer hunter into the very Demon he'd been accused of being his entire life. That and she pointed out he'd have a better chance of finding Mihawk and taking his title as the Greatest Swordsman with the League's resources.

Let's just say that being an ancient metahuman from fuedal Japan clearly wasn't the strangest thing that existed anymore. Nor was apparently almost getting run over by a woman shooting ice from her hands.

Having tracked a bounty, a rouge metahuman that had been created in the same blast that gave Barry Allen his own powers, back to Central City he wound up running into the Flash himself when they both attempted to take down the meta. Realizing it would work better if they cooperated, he joined up with them for a few days, quickly being called the muscle of the group when people tried to ask who he was.

What he didn't expect was to fit in with the group so easily. Their friendship, so easily offered, a soothing balm on his ancient heart, causing him to accept when Barry asked him if he would stay. Stating simply that he had nothing better to do before promptly taking a nap in the corner.

*This subverse can follow a similar reason for him joining any of the other teams. Unless stated otherwise though he's Team Flash since Barry reminds him of Luffy a bit.

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Episode 55: Submarines, Unions & Savage Avengers

We long to be, under the sea, in the Octopuses garden in the shade. Hi everyone, wow, apparently Boeing are now making submarines, that’s right, subs! We start off with the news that Boeing is to supply 4 large unmanned submarines with a very large payload to the US navy. We would rather use them for science and building an underwater habitat, but hey, this means the tech needed is becoming a reality. Trust me, this is a cool topic to check out. Then we look at unions in the gaming industry and discuss what that could mean. Not everyone will be a fan, but if it helps protect people from overwork and burnout then it is worth considering as the owners and management of a lot of the software developers are only interested in themselves. Then DJ has news that Marvel is poaching another character and ruining it, Conan the Barbarian is now going to be a Marvel character in the new Marvel Suicide Squad, oops, erm, we mean Savage Avengers. Sorry for the confusion there, but it is easy to understand the confusion when it appears that once again Marvel is presenting content that is so similar to DC. Then we have our games currently played, and the plethora of shout outs for your enjoyment. We hope you enjoy and if you think of anything we should cover (other than the DJ in gaffer tape) let us know, until next week, see ya.

EPISODE NOTES:

Extra Large Unmanned Submarines - https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a26344025/navy-extra-large-unmanned-submarines-boeing/?fbclid=IwAR3bKUe869x4urVpp3dMSv7QfYXdkgzmsN0QqzbVVWTgUh3aKr5HlOfE5ds

Unions in the Games Industry

- https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/game-workers-unite-fire-bobby-kotick-1203139767/

- https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/02/an-open-letter-to-game-developers-from-americas-largest-labour-organisation/

Savage Avengers - https://comicbook.com/marvel/2019/02/14/conan-barbarian-savage-avengers-marvel-gerry-duggan-mike-deodato/

Games currently playing

Buck

– Tentlan – www.tentlan.com/

Professor

– Tetris 99 - https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/tetris-99-switch

DJ

– Apex Legends - https://www.ea.com/games/apex-legends

Other Topics Discussed

Yellow Submarine (Beatles Song)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_(song)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2uTFF_3MaA

Tomahawk Missile

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile)

A wild Orca attacked a diver

- http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/02/24/did-wild-orca-really-just-attack-diver-new-zealand/

United States ship naming conventions

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ship_naming_conventions

Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata takes a 50% pay cut

- https://www.wired.com/2011/07/nintendo-satoru-iwata-pay-cut/

Japanese Airlines CEO pays himself less than the pilots and takes a bus to work

- https://boingboing.net/2011/02/25/japan-airlines-ceo-p.html

- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japan-airline-boss-sets-exec-example/

The Hand (fictional supervillain organization)

- https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Hand_(Earth-616)

Adelaide pilot leaves a message on flight radar

-  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-20/bored-adelaide-pilot-leaves-message-on-flight-radar/10829262

Kissing Sailor statue vandalised

- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/20/kissing-sailor-statue-graffitied-metoo-death-george-mendonsa/

Hugh Jackman & Sir Patrick Stewart share Guinness World Records

- https://www.cnet.com/news/hugh-jackman-patrick-stewart-share-guinness-world-record-for-xmen-roles/

Shoutouts

19 Feb 1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patents the gramophone (phonograph), the first device to both record sound and play it back. He was awarded U.S. Patent No. 200,521 for his invention–the phonograph–on this day in 1878.

 - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thomas-alva-edison-patents-the-phonograph

Patent - http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=00200521&IDKey=BC2615746C41%0D%0A&HomeUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D0200%2C521.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F0200%2C521%2526RS%3DPN%2F0200%2C521

19 Feb 1942 – The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darwin

19 Feb 2008 - Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video format, ending the format war between it and Sony's Blu-Ray Disc - http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/02/19/toshiba.hdd/

Remembrances

17 Feb 2019 - George Mendonsa, the U.S. Navy sailor pictured in the iconic V-J Day in Times Square photo on August 14, 1945 where he kissed a stranger—a woman in a white dress—on Victory over Japan Day. He died of a congestive heart failure at 96 in Middletown, Rhode Island - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-19/kissing-sailor-george-mendonsa-dies-at-95/10825008

19 Feb 2019 – Karl Lagerfeld, German creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer and caricaturist who lived in Paris. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position he held from 1983 until his death, and was also creative director of the Italian fur and leather goods fashion house Fendi, and of his own eponymous fashion label. He was recognized for his signature white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves, and high, starched detachable collars. He died after battling privately with pancreatic cancer at 85 in Neuilly-sur-Seine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Lagerfeld

20 Feb 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings. Douglass wrote several autobiographies. He described his experiences as a slave in his 1845 autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, which became a bestseller, and was influential in promoting the cause of abolition, as was his second book, My Bondage and My Freedom. He died of massive heart attack at 77 in Washington D.C. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass

Birthdays

19 Feb 1924 – Lee Marvin, American film and television actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou, Dirty Dozen) known for his distinctive voice and premature white hair, Marvin initially appeared in supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hardboiled characters. A prominent television role was that of Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger in the NBC crime series M Squad. Born in New York City - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Marvin

19 Feb 1943 – Sir Tim Hunt, a British biochemist and molecular physiologist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Leland H. Hartwell for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells. In particular, Hunt discovered cyclin, a protein in fertilised sea urchin eggs which cyclically aggregates and is depleted during cell division cycles. Born in Neston, Cheshire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hunt

19 Feb 1957 - Raymond Andrew Winstone, English film and television actor. He is mostly known for his "hard man" roles beginning with his role as Carlin in the 1979 film Scum. He also played Kevin, an ex-army soldier, in Quadrophenia as well as Will Scarlet in the television series Robin of Sherwood. He has also become well known as a voice over actor and has recently branched out into film production. Born in Homerton, London - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Winstone

20 Feb 1925 – Robert Altman, American film director (M*A*S*H, McCabe & Mrs Miller & Nashville), screenwriter, and producer. A five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, Altman was considered a "maverick" in making films with a highly naturalistic but stylized and satirical aesthetic, unlike most Hollywood films. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in American cinema. Born in Kansas City, Missouri - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Altman

Events of interest

19 Feb 2002 - NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey

20 Feb 1952 - "African Queen" film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is released in the US at New York City at the Capitol Theatre - https://www.nytimes.com/1952/02/21/archives/the-african-queen-starring-humphrey-bogart-katharine-hepburn-at-the.html

20 Feb 1986 - The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir

20 Feb 1962 - Colonel John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn

Intro

Artist – Goblins from Mars

Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

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