#marvel atlantis

[magnetothemagnificent]

So I came up with the headcanon the other week that Atlantis and the Atlanteans in the Marvel universe are descended from the Plishtim (Philistines), and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It makes so much sense. It's perfect. So of course I had to draw Namor wearing what a Plishti ruler may have worn, based on archaeological findings, while also making it recognizably Namor. Avimelech was the title of Plishti kings in Tanakh, and so Namor of course inherited that title. I have so so so many ideas about the Atlanteans as Plishtim now, so please. Ask me about them. I am bursting to talk about it.

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[captainsparklefingers]

I think about Namor and Atlantis a lot

And I think it’s criminal that, despite the fact Namor has been around for NEARLY EIGHTY YEARS, there isn’t a really a lot of definitive lore about Atlantis proper.

I mean...we know a lot about Asgard. We know a lot about Wakanda. We know their histories and their culture, and how they shape the heroes and villains who come from them. Where somebody is from can inform a lot about who they are as a person...so why don’t we know a lot more about Atlantis?

I mean...fuck, we don’t even really know where Homo mermanus actually came from! The fuck, Marvel?

So this is what we know:

-Atlantis is the name of both the ancient continent, the city, and the nation. Its people are known as Atlanteans. -Atlantis has moved, been destroyed, and been rebuilt a shitton of times, to the point where they’ve gotten super good at rapid construction. -Relations with the surface world are complicated and tense at best, and really have been going on since the 20th century, so they’re also fairly recent. -Arguably, all of the ocean falls under the dominion of Atlantis, so...they also technically control about 70% of the planet.

Aaaand...there’s probably a little more, but those are the big facts. And that’s all well and good! That is enough to get started with, that’s for sure, but that does not a civilization make! What’s their culture? What are their myths, their legends, their popular stories! What sort of things do Atlanteans do for fun? Do they have art? Apart from declaring war on the surface and trying to keep their people safe, what else does the government do?

They’ve got tons of reasons for hating the surface world, and a lot of them are justified...I know in the past Marvel has touched on things like pollution and oil spills and how it affects Namor and his people, but those are things that should really be explored more in depth! Not to mention the numerous wrecks of assorted surface dweller boats and planes and so on that are in the ocean! What do Atlanteans think about all of that?

Jeez...you create a country that arguably controls the majority of the planet, a country that is both nomadic and has beautiful cities, is spread out and yet is united by a single monarch, a people that can explore the parts of the sea we’ve never even gotten close to...and you do NOTHING with that?

Ugh. I have a lot of thoughts about Atlantis, and Atlanteans, and Namor.