#warlock messiah

[stylistic-nightmare]

Necrophagia - Warlock Messiah

[vertigoartgore]

2016's Infinity Entity Vol.1 #1 variant cover by artist Marco Rudy.

[tombofdelldracula]

WARLOCK #1-4 limited series

Grade: A

Marvel Comics | Cover dates Nov 2004-Feb2005

I originally bought this series as it was released. I liked Adam Warlock a lot, I liked cover artist J.H. Williams a lot, but Marvel was in an... interesting place in 2004. The progress of Morrison's X-Men was being unwound by Joss Whedon and Chuck Austen. Bendis was one month into disassembling the Avengers. Ultimate Spider-Man was humming along, but the rest of the Ultimate line seemed like its best days were already behind it. Even though WARLOCK #1 was joined on the stands in September by new #1 issues for Black Widow, Elektra, Gambit, Jubilee, and Madrox, there was one book that loomed large over the rest of these...

STRANGE #1

This was not an Ultimate book, but it was a big deal at the time because big deal writer J Michael Straczynski was writing it, and it was supposedly a "soft-reboot" or "do-over" of Dr Strange's origin. And that was something people seemed to want to see.

Soft reboots are not my favorite concept, and if someone in 2004 asked me my opinion on JMS? I would have pointed them to the Amazing Spider-Man arc SINS PAST that was on the stands and decline to speak on it further; some of my best friends are JMS fans.

I only bring it up because in 2004 I was foolish and reckless enough to let the stink of STRANGE #1 misinform my opinion of WARLOCK #1. It looked like a reboot to me, and I didn't read any more until after the fourth issue came out. This was a massive mistake.

Marvel describes the series like this:

In a world on the brink, human kind time is running out—but deep in the jungles of South America, a solution is being forged! A solution that will bring about a grand, new utopia... and that solution is Adam Warlock!

Here are the first three pages. I mean... it kinda feels like a reboot, doesn't it?

It's not though; it's not a reboot.

HOW is it not a reboot? I'm not telling. But I am telling you to read these issues if you have a chance. You WILL need to read all four issues for the payoff, so keep that on mind.

I reread all four issues lately and was blown away all over again.

This series is recommended for literally anyone interested in superhero comics. Pak's script works nicely, the plot is the kind of plot you should just experience rather than have spoiled in a review, and Adlard's art and storytelling has a vague Rick Leonardi vibe that I appreciate. The story sets up a potential sequel (that I don't believe we ever got to see) but is self-contained. You don't need to have read or even heard of Adam Warlock to enjoy this comic. And if you know and like Adam Warlock? Maybe you saw the preview pages above and thought "the Soul Gem on his forehead isn't a diamond! What a sad lack of detail and continuity!" you'll just have to believe me: This doesn't change, ruin, or alter anything.

WARLOCK #1-4 is definitely worth the time. It is definitely worth what I paid (wholesale in 2004), and is definitely re-readable, and I would love to see Greg Pak get a chance at a sequel.

Rereading it really took me back to 2004, to the point I thought I'd offer some annotations for just that first panel.

Page 1, panel 1

Caption 1: WARLOCK was originally set in an undefined near future. How do we know? Panel 1 mentions "troops slain" and "total killed in action." This is referring to something that was on the news DAILY in 2004: the number of American troops killed Iraq. We didn't get past 3,039 until the year 2007.

Page 1, panel 1

Caption 2: Venice is indeed still sinking and does get evacuated.

Caption 3: Threat level orange for air quality is a real thing.

And I looked up this comforting verse to save you the trouble:

Physical copies of these books might be hard to find, but they shouldn't be too expensive if you can find them. Keep an eye out; they're worth it!

Otherwise, all four of these issues (and plenty of others!) are on Marvel Unlimited, and available to purchase digitally from Marvel as well. ⚡️

[sighed-the-snake]

I am listening to I'm Afraid of Americans by David Bowie, and one of the lyrics gave me an idea:

God is an American.

And so is Warlock.

In Good Omens, there are the three boys: Adam, Warlock, And Greasy Johnson.

Crowley and Aziraphale think they are raising the antichrist, but there has been a switcheroo: The antichrist is with a normal family, Warlock is raised under occult influences, and Greasy is the spare who grows up having a normal life alongside Adam.

There is some evidence that Greasy Johnson is the Messiah. (thanks to @thesherrinfordfacility for the great meta!)

But, I started thinking about the ways Neil and Terry subvert our expectations, and God's sense of humor in Good Omens, and a thought struck me:

What if Warlock is the Messiah?

Think about it. Greasy Johnson is connected to fish, like Jesus, sure. But also like a red herring. His purpose in the story is to be a bit of a mystery, a distraction from what's staring us in the face.

What if Aziraphale and Crowley were raising exactly the correct child who needed their influence? It just wasn't the antichrist. It was the Messiah.

Kindle page 62:

Warlock now found himself being educated by two tutors. Mr. Harrison taught him about Attila the Hun, Vlad Drakul, and the Darkness Intrinsicate in the Human Spirit. He tried to teach Warlock how to make rabble-rousing political speeches to sway the hearts and minds of multitudes.

Mr. Cortese taught him about Florence Nightingale,* Abraham Lincoln, and the appreciation of art. He tried to teach him about free will, self-denial, and Doing unto Others as You Would Wish Them to Do to You.

Warlock was exposed at a young age to the pain and darkness in human hearts. He was taught by a demon who's very good at temptation (according to Aziraphale) how to sway the hearts and minds of humanity with his words.

He's taught by an angel about compassion, thinking for himself, and doing the right thing.

These are vital lessons if you're going to be the savior of mankind who needs to convince billions of humans to listen to you.

Names have power in this story. Adam Young is named after the very first human and ends up on the side of humanity.

Harriet Dowling looked at her baby and said, yep, this kid looks like a traitor.

Warlock has not yet lived up to his name. What institution is branding him a traitor? Who is he betraying? What oath is he breaking? What responsibility is he refusing?

Could it be that Heaven shows up to tell him he's Jesus reborn and he has a destiny and Warlock firmly gives them a double-dose of middle fingers?

If Adam the Antichrist is a sweet kid so influenced by humanity that he goes against his nature to save them, is Warlock the Messiah going to be such an insufferable rich kid bratty politician's child that he'll refuse to pass judgement on a single soul because no one tells him what to do? Is he going to use his influence to harness humanity against Heaven and Hell? He's already had a demon for a nanny and grew up with an angel in his garden; he's not afraid of occult forces. Occult forces wiped his bum and told him to love slugs.

Some fun implications here. Jesus being American feels very Terry.

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

Adam Warlock of the Infinity Watch

While the Destroyers protect Earth and the Houses of X and M protect Arrako (formerly known as Mars), Infinity Watch is tasked with keeping the peace between the vast conflicting cosmic empires of the universe. Adam Warlock was build from the ground up to serve as an interstellar messiah, the perfect superhero. His occasional allies and occasional rivals are the Guardians of the Galaxy, led by the similarly cosmically destined Star-Lord, a Spartoi-Human hybrid with a mysterious connection to the Mythic Forebear of the Spartax people, being known as Ego.

While Adam strives to fulfill his purpose best he can, he is pulled violently between two forces similar to himself: Her (Ayesha of The Sovereign) and Him (Magus of the Universal Church of Truth). While visions have shown Adam that the true nature of his connection to Her and Him will lead to his destruction, some force, some yearning to change--to evolve--drives him on...

[justaz]

thinking about god!merlin

the boy who did not know what he was or why he was born, questioning if he was a monster. the boy who heard of a destiny too heavy to carry on his own but doing so regardless because it gave him purpose. growing into his own power that seemed to get stronger and stronger every day. warlock!merlin noting that the druids revere him to an uncomfortable level, as if he were their messiah, their saving grace. which, according to the prophecies, is true. he is emrys and emrys is to save them all. the young man who does not abide by the laws of nature, who can create life without taking, who can speak a butterfly into existence, who commands nature with a yell, who can heal any and all ailments without punishment for avoiding death. the man who has died over and over again but keeps waking up, just a little bit off. he can feel his mortality burning away, with every spell, with every druid prayer and offering, with every death. the young boy searching desperately for his purpose and growing into the young man who kills without flinching because what is one little mortal life to him? who answers to emrys more than merlin now. who desperately craves to be young and naive and just. merlin.

[canarybell]

Personally I don't believe in "Warlock is Jesus" theory. Even if season three's Jesus turns out to be a different person from the man who died on the cross, it seems more logical to me to assume that it will be Johnson (the Beast's neighbor and all).

B U T.

I love the idea of the Metatron finding out that Heaven's new Messiah, the main star of the upcoming Second Coming is a bratty teenager without any sense of duty or something. And he's this way because of how he was raised by a certain demon and a certain angel. And they might be the only people Warlock would ever listen to now.

And then the Metatron was just "FUCK IT, you raised him - you'll deal with him!" and invited Aziraphale and Crowley back to Heaven so they could babysit Jesus!Warlock again. Or at least Aziraphale, even if Crowley didn't agree - that's at least something, the boy liked his Brother Francis when he was a kid....

[spacely0]

HORROR MOVIE RECS

♦ top tier ★ all-time fave

slashers: ♦intruder friday the 13th part 2 sleepaway camp 2 stage fright scream ★♦cold prey (Fritt velt) 1 & 2 texas chainsaw massacre 1 & 2 wrong turn halloween 1 & 2 & H2O A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors 1987 Child's Play 1 & ♦2 ★♦Curse of Chucky Phantom of the paradise Popcorn 1991 Club Dread My Bloody Valentine 1981 ★♦Society 1989 ♦Psychopath AKA Der Poppen Murders The Funhouse 1981 Peeping Tom happy brithday to me 1981 black christmas ★♦Sceance Maniac (the one with elijah wood) hell fest ♦Just before dawn 1981 Maniac Cop

scifi horror: The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 ♦The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958 ★♦Bride of Frankenstein 1935 ★♦the stuff ★♦the fly 1958 ★♦invasion of the body snatchers 1978 ★♦the thing ♦the faculty ★♦from beyond ★♦re-animator 2 ★♦prince of darkness 1987 Quatermass and the Pit 1967 ♦Pandorum Dr jekyll and sister hyde ★♦the brood ★♦its alive 1974 & it lives again 1978 killer klowns from outer space 1988 Quaatermass and the Pit 1967

hauntings/curses: ★♦burnt offerings 1976 haunting in connecticuit conjuring 1 & 2 insidious 1 & 2 & 3 & 5 ★♦ evil dead 1 & 2 & 2013 final destination 1 & 2 & 5 house (hausu) 1977 Kairo (pulse) 2001 the grudge (japanese & american) ♦ dark water Night of the Demon 1957 ♦The changeling 1980 ★♦The Hole in the Ground 2019 Whispering Corridors

folk horror: midsomar ♦ Viy 1967 ♦ impetigore 2019 ★♦ the wickerman 1973 Burn Witch Burn the medium

catholic horror: ♦ The Devil Rides Out 1968 ★♦ the sentinel 1977 nun II ♦ exorcist III

weirdos: ♦basket case 1 & 2 ♦it follows A dark song ★♦The Perfection The Empty Man ★♦The Skull 1965 Beyond the Black Rainbow dead ringers i, madman 1989 messiah of evil 1973 ★♦The People under the Stairs 1991 ★♦The Reflecting Skin 1990 ★♦Carnival of Souls

zombies: ★♦the video dead dawn of the dead 1978 & 2004 dead and buried i walked with a zombie ♦plague of the zombies The Serpent and the Rainbow

monsters: ★♦Sweetheart 2019 The Gate 1987 The invisible Man 1933 ♦Wishmaster 1997 Warlock ♦the mummy's shroud 1967

vampires: Shadow of the Vampire 2000 ★♦ Martin ★♦Captain Kronos -vampire hunter The Brides of Dracula 1960 ★♦the night stalker & the night strangler salems lot 1 & 2 ★♦son of dracula 1943 subspecies 1 & 2 & 4 from dusk til dawn Vampire Hunter D 1985

werewolves: the howling 1981 ginger snaps the beast must die!

death traps: ★♦The Pit and the Pendulum 1961 saw escape room ★♦Theatre of Blood 1973 The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971 haunt

found footage: ♦Host 2020 Unfriended 1 & 2 Cloverfield Final Prayer Gonjiam: haunted asylum grave encounters hellhouse LLC ★♦Willow Creek ★♦noroi the curse occult ★♦ghostwatch ♦V/H/S 1 & 2 & viral

★♦ ALL the Amicus horror anthologies are worth watching

[tonydaddingham]

I’m so torn on whether I want there to be an angsty desperate mid-season kiss before the resolution just to make us scream or drag the tension out til right after the resolution when everything is Finally Settled For Good and rain is falling and Aziraphale can make his apology/confession and it’s slow and tender and deep

(either way, if the Penultimate Kiss isn’t a 360-degree revolving shot I don’t want it, v much convinced that was what Neil wanted to do for the Final Fifteen before he changed his mind)

i genuinely daydream about this (and s3 in general) an ungodly amount (do i just need to pull on my big girl pants and dive into the foray of writing fic??? probably) and try to juggle what would make sense for the narrative and the characters, and make it less about what i want to see from s3 personally ep1 sex scene cold open + '7 days earlier titlecard'

babes i know this is not at all what you asked for (tldr at the bottom) but bugger it im gonna write out where im currently at with the whole 'i would give all my worldly goods for s3 to go something like this'

(and if i ever write fic consider this basically the framework) (and therefore is half serious half bants) (and if nothing else helps keep meta/speculation straight in my head - imagining it all in context):

ep1 cold opens with another BTB flashback but set after the s2 one (aziraphale and crowley arguing about the brewing rebellion for example, aziraphale tries to warn him again etc, no wing lift), and then hard cut to modern day aziraphale, stood in the exact same position but alone, in his new regalia blah blah blah, roll opening theme

so ep1 is likely gonna be a fair bit of exposition of the second coming, right? maybe there's a timeskip? either way we get glimpses into their existences in the After. im undecided whether crowley would remain in london, or specifically the bookshop? (i think he would, because there's opportunity for a mirror of the 'he saved my books' moment - ie. not let muriel sell a single one - which im sure you can imagine could be Delicious later on), but in any case i think crowley - given that he's keeping tabs on tadfield etc in s2 - would start noticing that maybe the world isn't quite right, Loads of people have started going missing (also dropped as clues in s2), natural disasters etc. Hmm This Is Strange

meanwhile, we get a bit of insight into aziraphale's daily headache in heaven, until they finally get the fax from 'god' about the plane carrying the big JC (and, look, Whoever it is that gets off the plane, whatever theory you subscribe to, let's say hypothetically it's absolutely not jezzy c and aziraphale knows it... warlock? idk). aziraphale realises it's all gone A Bit Wrong, ah shit gonna need to talk to crowley.... rolls credits

(plus im sure there will be new characters plus possible reintroductions of previous ones etc etc that will need screentime)

so they don't interact at all until ep2, not until maybe like 10 mins in - muriel calls mr crowley, he gets to the bookshop and walks in

aziraphale waiting in there, casual as you like with a dainty cupperty (wrong, he's shitting himself), and there's the awkward moment of 'oh when we were last here alone you snogged the living daylights out of me', but they're very much Not Talking (About It)

aziraphale explains what's going on, it's all going wrong, They Can't Find Josh, crowley probably gets a bit shitty with a bit of 'i told you so', aziraphale gets pissed off too because 'he's kinda got a point', but regardless please help

i think crowley would initially refuse - why would he want to be involved at all??? in ending humanity once and for all??? - and would probably leave after a bit of a wessex-flashback-callback of 'we're not having this conversation'/'fine'/'fine!'

idk maybe aziraphale would go back to heaven and start to reeeeeally panic, because the guy they've got in heaven is definitely Not The Messiah, and aziraphale needs to find Him before shit really hitteth the fan, but he needs someone on earth to help him (sigh better go back and ask crowley again)

crowley meanwhile takes this information and possibly works out that actually lol turns out the second coming came a bit early, and yeah probably do need to find him before the world starts going completely to shit - aziraphale comes back and crowley agrees this time (✨a new Arrangement✨) (OH 'THE ARRANGEMENT' WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD EP TITLE)

but it's like. The Arrangement if it was truly all Just Business - they're Not Friends etc

maybe crowley going back to hell in reconnaissance mode would feature here? deploys the beloved tactical turtleneck again? ends up claiming the grand duke position or something? or has been grand duke all along? idk

now i would LOVE another long cold open of flashbacks, but idk if that's gonna happen, probably not. but possibly ep3 is them strategising, sharing intel, Still Not Talking, trying to put the pieces together (i still convinced that warlock/greasy johnson are gonna fit in here somewhere so like. return to tadfield? ripe opportunity to bring back The Them, Anathema/Newt etc)

REVERSE WALL SLAM and maybe a little bit of a spat where some of the anger from the final fifteen is let loose or something - but nothing resolved

probably some more shenanigans of shit going down in heaven, with Cheesus running rampant - angels starting to wonder wtf is going on (and god still has her out of office email on)

maybe the end of ep3 is that they work out what's happening - who JC is, where he is, why the second coming has already started, idk but like major plot pieces start slotting together

so ep4 is where it starts getting hazy but like. i feel that this is gonna be roundabout the time where aziraphale and crowley are in the bookshop researching like mad, trying to piece stuff together, come up with Plans, and maybe crowley goes looking in aziraphale's desk, and unearths the Photo - CUE 1941 FINAL FLASHBACK

and then we return maybe to present day? and this is where they finally get out all the shit that has been building up over the centuries, and culminated in the final fifteen - all the times they've upset the other, lied to the other, etc

tender bit towards the end of this - i need a "my dear" or even BETTER a "darling" thrown in here somewhere

however. i don't think there will be a kiss. a lot of shouting, crying, and maybe yeah stuff coming to some kind of tentative resolution/understanding, but not a kiss. idk i just don't think they'd be ready for it - they might come close to it, like i suspect happened in 41, but they both just honestly say they're not ready but that they meant what they said and that their One Day is coming, they're not done, they're not over 🥹🥹

nownownow hmmmm - end of ep4? angels/demons both come for them; shit's going on in the background, they've twigged this time they're Up To Something, and this time the bookshop isn't protected as it should be - get their arses hauled up to heaven. and major thing? metatron/crowley showdown - not a physical one but a...... 'oh didn't he tell you, aziraphale?'

EP5 LONG ASS COLD OPEN OF THE WAR AND THE FALL

book of life explanation in here somewhere idk

and then yeah maybe a bit of a pinnacle moment for aziraphale of choosing crowley after whatever is revealed from the fall? because he's keeping his promise dammit and he's choosing their side, always their side

firefight out of heaven (if aziraphale falls in the process im gonna throw hands but also. mmmm whump material) and maybe then the 360 kiss? bc you're so right and i totally agree - im glad they didn't do it for s2, but i do think it was initially intended and I Need It

someone gets injured probably but they all flee down to the bookshop and start preparing for whatever is about to come - heaven and hell vs. them/humanity etc. plus the dream sequence of the bookshop will never leave my mind Ever

idk if they'd stay there tho, maybe get back out to tadfield. further heart to heart probably after the whole fall, all cards on the table, 'is there still an us'/'of course there is you old silly' thing

and whilst i don't think ep6 will be like a huge battle, seems a bit ooc, Shit Goes Down, largely gets resolved in the first half just like s1. vavoom (not that kinda vavoom) (maybe) sorted

second coming gets sorted. idk how. but it does

id love for there to actually be some kind of interaction with god? in a way? even if she just stays silent, and they basically just come to their own conclusions about What The Point Is, and she just. smiles like the mona lisa

then the rest of ep6 is just. pure south downs

kiss

OOOOH a kiss outside the front door of their new yellow cottage (i live and die by the yellow cottage aesthetic) (because it's ✨pretty✨) AND IT'S RAINING BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THERE'S A CUTE LITTLE GABLE PORCH OVER THEIR FRONT DOOR now there's a Vavoom

and another

oh go on then have another. and a cuddle. artful shot of them waking up of a sunny peaceful morning in bed together snuggling (ft. tasteful duvet/blanket draping? yes pls)

end of s3 has them slow dancing in the lounge/kitchen (in the GARDEN???) to The Song and the nightingale flies away from the windowsill outside (you can pry this visual away from my cold dead hands)

RIGHT so this is complete overkill @silcosmoke and for that you have my most profuse apologies bestie but. tldr yes a passionate snog in the midst of Tension and Drama, and then just lots of lovely little nice ones ☺️💕

[ankoku-teion]

Dioraden: World Religions - Vathism.

Vathism worships a monotheistic deity called Vathimer, whos teachings are recorded in the “Vathic Scrolls”. The faith preaches that Vathimer created the world in the dawn age and began to populate it. His first, and crudest creation was the dwarves, a strong, but ugly and squat race, he placed them deep under the earth, that their visage would not offend him.

His second creation was the Elves, beautiful race, but given to vanity and cruelty. Vathimer gifted them with the power to weave magic, but though their art they came to believe themselves equal to their creator and committed terrible blasphemies. Those who would not repent were cursed to become the first goblinoids.

Thereafter he created humans, and finally perfected his creation. Taller and weaker than than dwarves, and thus less given to brutish behaviour and more to higher things. Not as beautiful or graceful as the elves, and thus less given to vapidity. He shortened the human lifespan such that no man can achieve great feats alone, and must instead rely on community. this is, they believe, the greatest strength of humanity. Their ability to work together in immense numbers. Humans therefore are the inherently superior species to whom god has granted all the lands of the earth.

Tieflings, Dragonborn and Orcs are seen as abominations. Perversions of the divinely created human form. The scrolls decree that none should be suffered to live, and so the ancient laws do say. The Goblinoid races are permitted life by the scrolls, but they are granted only the status of dogs and other such animals.

The scrolls forbid humans from “defiling the divine power” (using magic) upon pain of death, the only use of magic permitted is by those of holy orders who have been granted the divine power (clerics and paladins). This law is one of several that have slowly fallen out of favour. By law the punishment for being a wizard or sorcerer is life imprisonment in one of half a dozen mage towers. It is only those who refuse to accept this confinement who truly face death. Warlocks are a different matter, they have made a compact with unholy forces and are thus abominations who must be destroyed.

Once confined to a mage tower, and out of the eyes of the public, wizards and sorcerers are trained in the use of their powers, such that the towers act more like schools than prisons. Sorcerers are encouraged to develop combat skills so that they may be put to use in times of war. Wizards are set to the task of developing new spells and cantrips that might be taught to the priests and paladins.

the first of the 50 prophets of Vathimer came to Man in the first century of the second age, and one in every century from then until the end of the 3rd age. The last of these prophets predicted that a time of great tribulation was to follow their death, in which the righteous would be assailed by abominations on all sides. Shortly thereafter the Dragon Empire formed and the 4th age began. In the beginning of the 5th age a messiah appeared. This messiah preached a message of  blood, warning that the holy land was being corrupted by the abominable tieflings in the south and the orcs in the north.  he led a holy crusade against both and in doing so ended the time of tribulation. He foretold that the 5th age would be an era of prosperity, a reward from Vathimer for withstanding the tribulation. He also foretold that the 6th age would bring a second great test.

[rael-rider]

With all the hype for Dune: Part Two, I just realized that Paul Atreides might have a Marvel analogue: Adam Warlock. Would you agree?

I am such a newbie with Dune and not the best person to ask but is it because of the whole Messiah thing? even though Paul from what I know takes advantage of how the Fremen worship him for his own agenda and Adam is pretty appalled at being seen that way, especially after the whole Magus ordeal.

[katoska]

I'm probably not the first one to have that thought, but what if Aziraphale and Crowley had gotten Jesus wrong the same way they did Warlock?

Cause I've recently seen a post that said Christianity in Good Omens is factually correct (though still morally a death cult that is ok to rebel against), and I wondered... is it though? Is it factually correct? Cause Armageddon did not happen, and neither side were correct about who the Antichrist was or what he was gonna be like. He was able to grow up normally and under the radar of Heaven and Hell because their respective agents messed up and kept everyone's attention on the wrong kid. So while the announcement of the Second Coming implies there was a Christ and that he's now supposed to come back, can they be really, really sure that it's Jesus? They do seem to believe it's Jesus, what with both Aziraphale and Crowley attending his crucification, and it's been heavily implied in Season 2 that Jesus will get send back through a resurrection. But in the book, the Antichrist already had a childhood nemesis, and he was called "Greasy" Johnson (get it? "Oily Son of John? Oily as in anointed?). He was the spare baby that the nuns had adopted out. He and his gang regularly start fights with Adam's gang to see whose is better. A footnote/God's voiceover said he might grow up to win prizes for his tropical fish. Nobody but the omnicient narrator knows that the nuns did not kill the spare baby.

The Guy Who Was Made To Believe He Was The Messiah might be coming back (and I hope he's going to have better luck this time), but I doubt it's gonna be the end of the world as was written in the Great Plan. Cause the Great Plan is bs and I think they have the wrong guy, again.

[charlesmoffat]

Happy May the 4th Be With You Day!

They really should make more films with Space Magic...

Looking at you Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, etc, by Frank Herbert...

And Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey...

And the Warlock series by Christopher Stasheff...

Sure, they've finally decided to make some high quality Dune films, but what about Pern and the Warlock series??? They deserve to be made into films too.

And then there's Princess of Mars / John Carter of Mars by ERB... Disney's film flopped because they ignored the source material. It really proves that you have to stay true to the source material. If you change it too much you annoy the ERB fans and the regular people who are unfamiliar with John Carter / Barsoom don't really know enough about the book series to get excited about it. If the book fans start badmouthing the film then it's a death knell for any sequels.

[hypnosiacon-archived]

Can i have uhhhh links for the gender-job systems? <:) i could search for them but i dont remember all the names <<:3

@gender-mailman

Stalker [Link]

Police / Cop [Link]

Creator [Link]

Pilot [Link]

Sniper [Link]

Host and Curator[Link]

Sentry and Sentinel [Link]

Bounty Hunter and Hunter's Bounty [Link]

Medic and Surgeon [Link]

Castellan [Link]

Liege and Liaison [Link]

Yandere and Y/N [Link]

Mailman [Link]

Overseer, Keeper and Guardian [Link]

Magic, Magician and Wizard [Link]

Lover and Rival [Link]

Artificer and Mage [Link]

Scientist, Subject and Experiment [Link]

Fighter and Barbarian [Link]

Enchanter and Alchemist [Link]

Druid and Bard [Link]

Necromancer and Summoner [Link]

Doctor and Patient [Link]

Ranger [Link]

Warlock, Sorcerer and Witch [Link]

Rogue [Link]

Paladin and Priest [Link]

In drafts soon to be queued (All without a flag sadly):

Soldier, Insecticon, Predacon, Maximal, Wrecker, Hypnotist, Survivor, Warmonger, Slayer, Reaper, Agent, Catcher, Savior, Jailer, Warden, Messiah, Caregiver, Sage, Champion, Sidekick, Merchant, Prey, Predator, Preydator

(some I also don't remember, would update probably)

[ohfugecannada]

Fun fact, while I was watching this video on the history of Adam Warlock in comics, I learned the editor at the time, Roy Thomas, was inspired to turn Adam (known at the time only as Him) into a Christ like messiah figure after watching the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

No I’m not kidding. That’s the actual reason they turned Adam into space Jesus.

So, uhh future Guardians movie directors, if you’re looking for some bangers for awesome mix vol 4, 5 or 6….

[time-travelling-chaos]

This would make a good idea for a good omens au! (Ok to be fair, as I'm completely obsessed with it, everything makes a great good omens au but still)

Not so much as in accidental way but:

Human Crowley having some big financial problems, following something he did (probably embezzlement) and that cost him his entire business and gave him a lot of debts.

One day, he gets drunk, and consider that one way to get some money would be to open a church somewhere. (He is not so much of a good person at the beginning here)

But for it to work, the church needs followers.

So, he creates and idea of a god/messiah that could represent his church.

Of course, the God has strict rules, so Crowley's followers will give him money and respect him. But They also have to be clever, and smart, and to have some kind of respect for free will because that's one of the things Crowley values. And They have to be a protector, because people need a reason to believe in them, and people need to feel safe.

So, the next day, when still drunk, Crowley starts talking about his God to some random people. And after some time, manages to convice a few of them, so his goes on with this random idea because why not?

Except that for some reason, the universe heard him, and he found himself confronted to the God he imagined, in the being that Aziraphale is. And he has to cope with it. And with Aziraphale spending most of his time scolding him for everything he did, and for trying to corrupt people.

But in the meantime, Crowley starts interacting more with his followers (that include Warlock and the Them/some of the them) and starts feeling awful about everything, because stealing from large companies and banks is a thing but taking money from young adults that are struggling with their like is a completely different one, especially when that includes lies and manipulation.

And of course, Aziraphale and Crowley slowly build a relationship together, Aziraphale discovering his personal identity, and Crowley getting a bit more of a good person (and no, absolutely not kind, no matter what Aziraphale can say, of course).

You accidentally started a cult, and now your made up deity is living with you.