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Which Endless Are You?

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Which Endless are you?

Destiny
18
23%
Death
10
13%
Dream
13
17%
Destruction
6
8%
Desire
11
14%
Despair
2
3%
Delight and Delirium
18
23%
 
Total votes : 78

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The Free Joy State
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Postby The Free Joy State » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:46 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:
Juristonia wrote:Is there an endless who doesn't get all their ideas from whatever TV show they just happened to have watched this week?
Cause I'll be that one.


I consider TV shows to be very educational and instructive. Art imitates life. Life imitates art.

Life seldom imitates supernatural horror fantasy comics.
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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:06 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
I consider TV shows to be very educational and instructive. Art imitates life. Life imitates art.


Take a philosophy class.


It might help me come up with even more hypotheticals.

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Ifreann
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Postby Ifreann » Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:21 am

The Holy Therns wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
I consider TV shows to be very educational and instructive. Art imitates life. Life imitates art.


Take a philosophy class.

The poor teacher.
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we never summon the devil
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The Holy Therns
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Postby The Holy Therns » Tue Aug 16, 2022 10:23 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
Take a philosophy class.


It might help me come up with even more hypotheticals.


Not my point but uh, sure. Let's go with that.
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Esternial
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Postby Esternial » Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:17 pm

The Free Joy State wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
I consider TV shows to be very educational and instructive. Art imitates life. Life imitates art.

Life seldom imitates supernatural horror fantasy comics.

The technical term is "schizophrenia".

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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Tue Aug 16, 2022 4:38 pm

Ifreann wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
Take a philosophy class.

The poor teacher.


I do okay in classroom environments. But I’m not sure philosophy class would be my thing.

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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Tue Aug 16, 2022 7:45 pm

Esternial wrote:
The Free Joy State wrote:Life seldom imitates supernatural horror fantasy comics.

The technical term is "schizophrenia".


I thought your nation name text was green. 0_0

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The Blaatschapen
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Postby The Blaatschapen » Tue Aug 16, 2022 11:55 pm

Infected Mushroom wrote:
Esternial wrote:The technical term is "schizophrenia".


I thought your nation name text was green. 0_0

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=520244
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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:51 am

The Blaatschapen wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
I thought your nation name text was green. 0_0

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=520244


Ah I see. Thanks.

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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:31 pm

Oh? Is Delight/Delirium the final winner?

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Major-Tom
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Postby Major-Tom » Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:35 pm

I'm not an endless, I'm just built different.

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Ifreann
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Postby Ifreann » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:06 pm

Major-Tom wrote:I'm not an endless, I'm just built different.

I'm endful if anything.
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beating the devil
we never run from the devil
we never summon the devil
we never hide from from the devil
we never

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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:11 pm

Maybe I should designate the dreamscape as a place where people can safely explore all their fantasies.

One possibility is that when people sleep they go to the Dreamscape and are matched up with a Dream Bot. The bot would help schedule, plan out, repair the specifics of the dreams etc. I could also write out some books/guides with suggestions on how to make scenarios better.
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Ifreann
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Postby Ifreann » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:14 pm

Infected Mushroom wrote:Maybe I should designate the dreamscape as a place where people can safely explore all their fantasies.

One possibility is that when people sleep they go to the Dreamscape and are matched up with a Dream Bot. The boy would help schedule, plan out, repair the specifics of the dreams etc. I could also wrote out sone books/guides with suggestions on how to make scenarios better.

Maybe don't try to rewrite Gaiman.
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beating the devil
we never run from the devil
we never summon the devil
we never hide from from the devil
we never

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Chan Island
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Ex-Nation

Postby Chan Island » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:17 pm

Infected Mushroom wrote:
The Holy Therns wrote:
Take a philosophy class.


It might help me come up with even more hypotheticals.


.... Do it.
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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:47 pm

Ifreann wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:Maybe I should designate the dreamscape as a place where people can safely explore all their fantasies.

One possibility is that when people sleep they go to the Dreamscape and are matched up with a Dream Bot. The boy would help schedule, plan out, repair the specifics of the dreams etc. I could also wrote out sone books/guides with suggestions on how to make scenarios better.

Maybe don't try to rewrite Gaiman.


Gaiman’s Dream was very solemn and detached, and was more interested in selective enforcement of justice.

I don’t think I would use the powers that way. I’d try something else as Dream.

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Jabberwocky
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Postby Jabberwocky » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:51 pm

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'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gambol in the wabe.
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe.

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Cannot think of a name
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Fri Aug 19, 2022 10:34 pm

Infected Mushroom wrote:
Ifreann wrote:Maybe don't try to rewrite Gaiman.


Gaiman’s Dream was very solemn and detached, and was more interested in selective enforcement of justice.

I don’t think I would use the powers that way. I’d try something else as Dream.

The Endless are manifestations of their aspect, not the other way around.
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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Sat Aug 20, 2022 3:20 am

Cannot think of a name wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
Gaiman’s Dream was very solemn and detached, and was more interested in selective enforcement of justice.

I don’t think I would use the powers that way. I’d try something else as Dream.

The Endless are manifestations of their aspect, not the other way around.


What do you mean?

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Thepeopl
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Postby Thepeopl » Mon Aug 22, 2022 11:17 pm

Infected Mushroom wrote:
Cannot think of a name wrote:The Endless are manifestations of their aspect, not the other way around.


What do you mean?

Humanity created the manifestations. They "forced" the endless into being.
Kinda like Terry Pratchett gods. If many believe, you are powerful . If you don't have any followers anymore, you cease to exist.

But, Death did change from "Cold and detached" to "kind and compassionate " in the story.

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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Tue Aug 23, 2022 4:11 am

Thepeopl wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
What do you mean?

Humanity created the manifestations. They "forced" the endless into being.
Kinda like Terry Pratchett gods. If many believe, you are powerful . If you don't have any followers anymore, you cease to exist.

But, Death did change from "Cold and detached" to "kind and compassionate " in the story.


But in the comics, no one directly believed in the gods, they simply engaged with their facets/domains (ex mortals dream, die, have desires etc)

I don’t remember a plotline where power correlated with the degree of faith amassed etc

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Zaeylia
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Explaining 'Destruction'

Postby Zaeylia » Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:31 am

I saw the poll results and I'm just confused by peoples choices

Destruction - Can destroy things in the mortal plane on a massive scale.


Not only does this have a DIRECT, IMMEDIATE effect on the world but you can also retcon any other Endless action.

It's a very Mary Sue option. Luckily for OP Mushroom, no one else noticed this.
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Nyoskova
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Postby Nyoskova » Sat Aug 27, 2022 10:39 am

Destiny, as there have been times I found myself thinking too much
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Infected Mushroom
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Postby Infected Mushroom » Sat Aug 27, 2022 7:04 pm

Zaeylia wrote:I saw the poll results and I'm just confused by peoples choices

Destruction - Can destroy things in the mortal plane on a massive scale.


Not only does this have a DIRECT, IMMEDIATE effect on the world but you can also retcon any other Endless action.

It's a very Mary Sue option. Luckily for OP Mushroom, no one else noticed this.


well it just depends on the interpretation of what falls into the realm of Destruction

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San Lumen
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Postby San Lumen » Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:17 pm

Dream as probably the most beautiful of all the realms and just about anything is possible in dreams.

Though I could see possibly destiny and I could make it so the universe will never end.

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