Vertex Stan

The self-declared number 1 crazy fan of the Vertex timeline of Sentinels of the Multiverse. Pretty much all the art I use is from the Sentinel's card game by Greater Than Games, art by Adam Rebottaro. Tarogath did nothing wrong, Harpy/Apostate OTP.

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Considered writing a Sentinels Disparation fic about Fanatic becoming queen of Aeternus. The main problem is, I can't think of a way to keep it true to the concept (Aeternus being this more-or-less undefeatable realm of suffering where even Fanatic's best intentions can only hope to lessen it the tiniest bit) without being too bleak to bother writing, never mind reading!

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Hmm, haaa, Few ideas:

Fanatic uses the Throne of Æternus to direct the demons inward, trapping them in an eternal battle with her. As long as Fanatic lives, no demon can touch the throne, and as long as no demon touches the throne, no demon can attack anyone except Fanatic

Fanatic turns the demons on some other targets, such as attacking the realm of Discord, or the Gray, or Voss's regime, or even some scions of OblivAeon if you want to set this during Prime War era.

Fanatic creates some sort of demon battle royale to get all the demons in one area, fighting to get to be the new lord of Æternus, and then Fanatic consecrates the place, obliterating a huge chunk of the demons. You could have an ending bit where only two of the seven princes are left, and neither has the strength to defeat the other or attack the human world

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Mini Disparation: The Wardens of Discord!

So this idea comes from the recent Letters Page episode where Æternus and the Realm of DIscord go to war (Episode #266 for anyone who missed it). Short version for those who don't have the time right now: Ra, Fanatic, Visionary, and Argent Adept go to the Realm of Discord to prevent it from being conquered by the demons of Æternus led by Ismodial. The heroes are given Discord powers by Gloomweaver and look like this right now:

So things are at the point where the heroes were fighting fighting the Princes of Æternus, and we zoom in on the Ra and Fanatic Vs. Abbados fight, when a flaming chain lashes at Abbados. The chain wraps around his neck as Fanatic continues to slash at Abbados, him barely blocking with his axe, when said axe is ripped from his hands and used to decapitate him, and the camera turns around to reveal Agent of Gloom Spite!

(Cool guys don't use axes properly)

Then we cut to Ismodial desperately trying to complete her ritual to allow Æternus to enter Discord, when Spite, Fanatic, and Ra appear. Ismodial tries to use her aura of desire, but without the throne, it's not powerful enough to overcome Ra and Fanatic, and Spite is already too inhuman to be affected. And Fanatic Smites Ismodial! Then she and Ra start kissing (desire still affected them, just not enough to stop them). Argent Adept and Visionary finish off some of the other Demon princes, then meet up with the other heroes (and Spite, who they just think is some Discordian because why would you think weird skull face dude is someone you know).

The heroes chat a bit, and Visionary comments that she actually kind of likes her new power. Ra and Fanatic just kind of absentmindedly agree. Argent Adept starts to object, but the Drum of Gloomweaver starts making some weird noises, and both Spite and Visionary start talking to him about the value of embracing their new powers. Argent Adept looks up, and his eyes start glowing faintly red

"Some Time Later"

We see, on Earth, a team of heroes calling themselves the Prime Wardens, fighting against a Cult of Gloom. The members of this team consist of Haka, Tempest, Captain Cosmic... Deadline... and Diamond Diva. We get a bit of a flashback of Diamond Diva going hunting for allies to help her stop Bal'Taranerach. She gets the former Prime Wardens, and finds Tarogath on his way to earth, and informs him that if they don't stop Bal'Taranerach, he'll pretty much destroy this dimension. They stop Bal'Taranerach, and do some other Prime Wardens stuff. We return to the present, and the heroes are fighting through the cult. They get to the central chamber, just as a portal to Discord opens. Diamond Diva tries to use her flute to force the portal closed, but the Drum of Despair, which was used to help open the gate, starts playing itself, summoning ghosts to attack Diva. And through the portal comes Argent Adept and Spite.

What follows is Adept and Spite escaping and beginning a dark ritual that summons the other former heroes, and prepares to bring forth Skinwalker Gloomweaver. These former heroes and Spite proclaim themselves to be the Wardens of Discord, and fight a bunch of different heroes as they bring forth Skinwalker Gloomweaver. Once they bring him out, the Heroes rally to fight Gloomweaver, who boasts about how they cannot hope to overcome him and his new servants. And that's when Argent Adept calls out "all yours Aata," teleports the Wardens of Discord back to the Realm of Discord, and leaves that area completely cut off from Discord. So Gloomweaver is now stuck on Earth, and the heroes absolutely destroy him. Haka comments about how his old friends are still in there somewhere.

The final scene is the Wardens of discord breaking Gloomweaver's throne into five seats, and creating a great council table in Gloomweaver's former palace. They then briefly talk about how they now have the power to destroy threats throughout all the realms. And perhaps have some fun as they go.

Thank you for reading so far! As always, comments and criticism are appreciated! if it helps you, imagine me as a metaverse writer who is currently writing for Disparation.

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I love that Fanatic is the one with a human soul, but Apostate is the more human one

Just think about it. Fanatic objectively has a human soul, Apostate objectively doesn't. And yet, Apostate is the one who pursues human relationships, shows human feelings like rage, smugness, and loneliness, while Fanatic is described as a force of nature, eschews human relationships, and could never really express her feelings towards Ra, when she wasn't trying to kill him

I think Apostate's relationship with Harpy really helps to illustrate this. Yes it was a messy relationship, yes it ended on unpleasant terms, but the simple fact that Apostate has the level of humanity necessary to enter into such a relationship says a lot about him. Especially when he set aside his own wants to help Harpy hold together Dark Watch.

Hell, in the Miststorm timeline, Apostate was the one who took the time to consider what he was, Fanatic just went all in on the Messiah complex

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I'm so glad someone is running a dedicated sotm blog! This is such a tiny fandom here on Tumblr I'm very excited to see people posting abt my blorbos

Thank you! I do my best

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Cosmic Contest Thoughts

How the hell did Blood Countess lose to Skinwalker Gloomweaver? Lifeline was able to tear Skinwalker apart with bloodmagic, and Blood Countess makes Lifeline's magic look like a joke. Add on Blood Countess having a relatively easy bracket, and Skinwalker having a pretty hard one, and Blood Countess should have torn him apart.

I love how Operative and Mr. Fixer's battle ended almost identically to when Operative killed him previously. Only difference is that Mr. Fixer got stronger from there, and is now beyond that.

Legacy could have won against Fanatic, if he had gone all out. He lost, not because his powers failed him, but because he failed to use his powers.

Nightmist really didn't need to torment Doctor Medico THAT bad.

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Don't hate me for speaking truth

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Mini Disparation #3

What if the Legacy line was ambitious?

Joseph Parsons gets way more involved in the American Revolution, and ends up becoming sort of an elite strike commander for Washington. When Washington becomes President, he apoints Joseph Parsons as the head of Military Intelligence. Joseph commands the Bureau for decades.

During the War of 1812, Paul Parsons is awarded a medal of valor for commanding the American defense of Washington DC, and drawing a truly impressive amount of British Blood there. He ends up commanding the American invasion of Canada. Though he doesn't conquer all of Canada, he does seize Ottawa, and convince Quebec to rebel agaainst the British. Quebec then joins the US as a State in 1822. These successes propel Paul Parsons all the way to the White House in 1824.

Paul Parsons the First has been elected to his third term, when he makes a controversial decision. He tries to abolish slavery. This immediately kicks off a fracture and almost civil war. However, Paul crushes the dissidents with the assistance of his son Paul the Second. Afterwards he argues that all now freed African slaves should be full citizens. With all the things he has done, h has enough pull to basically rewrite the executive powers. He basically makes it so the President appoints their successor. After a few more years of rule, he appoints his son as the new President.

This works in large part because most of the day to day running of the country is done by state and congressional individuals, who are still elected. Additional, most of the Parsons who aren't president at any given time are high ranking military officers.

During the Mexican American war, the rumors of the Parsons being supernaturally blessed is proven true when Paul the third smashes down a city wall wih his bare hands. This, along with slavery being a dead institution leads to several Mexican provinces being integrated as States. Also, no Andrew Jackson as president, so no trail of tears and a lot more Indians in the Eastern United States.

Later, during Paul the third's presidency, Paul the Fourth leads a campiagn to conquer the rest of Canada. This leads to a largely united North America Under Parsons rule.

Things go broadly pretty good until World War 1 kicks off and Paul Parsons the sixth leads a American volunteers to join the war on the side of the Germans in 1916. His flight and power is so impressive that it leads to a few other super humans showing up and being recruited by the US government. Notably, Paul the sixth recruits a scientist called Fyodor Ramonant and helps him to get to safet in America.

America's dominance in Super heroes leads to a sandoffish relaionship with the great powers of Europe due to these unique advantages. Over time, the US widens the technological gap between them and the European powers thanks to Fyodor Ramonant, Henry Goodman, and, eventually, Meredith Stinson and Ivan Ramonant

This starts to lead to an upperclass of Superhumans and genius inventors. This leads to the modern day, where President Paul Parsons the 8th leads an United States that spans North America. At his hands he has agents like Ivan Ramonant, Dawn Cohen, and Meredith Stinson.

However, they are opposed by a sort of rag-tag opponents, sort of downtrodden, not really super humans, including Ambuscade, Wraith, and Sofia DeLeon.

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Left to right is President Paul Parsons the Eighth, Secretary of Energy Meredith Stinson, Secretary of the interior Ivan Ramonant, and Secretary of defense Dawn Cohen, on their way to a meeting in the situation room

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Draw stickmen

Draw stick men

Draw Stick Men

Draw Stick Men!

DRAW STICK MEN!

DRAW! STICK! MEN!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Alright, Alright, I'll give it a shot

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Mini Disparation #3

What if the Legacy line was ambitious?

Joseph Parsons gets way more involved in the American Revolution, and ends up becoming sort of an elite strike commander for Washington. When Washington becomes President, he apoints Joseph Parsons as the head of Military Intelligence. Joseph commands the Bureau for decades.

During the War of 1812, Paul Parsons is awarded a medal of valor for commanding the American defense of Washington DC, and drawing a truly impressive amount of British Blood there. He ends up commanding the American invasion of Canada. Though he doesn't conquer all of Canada, he does seize Ottawa, and convince Quebec to rebel agaainst the British. Quebec then joins the US as a State in 1822. These successes propel Paul Parsons all the way to the White House in 1824.

Paul Parsons the First has been elected to his third term, when he makes a controversial decision. He tries to abolish slavery. This immediately kicks off a fracture and almost civil war. However, Paul crushes the dissidents with the assistance of his son Paul the Second. Afterwards he argues that all now freed African slaves should be full citizens. With all the things he has done, h has enough pull to basically rewrite the executive powers. He basically makes it so the President appoints their successor. After a few more years of rule, he appoints his son as the new President.

This works in large part because most of the day to day running of the country is done by state and congressional individuals, who are still elected. Additional, most of the Parsons who aren't president at any given time are high ranking military officers.

During the Mexican American war, the rumors of the Parsons being supernaturally blessed is proven true when Paul the third smashes down a city wall wih his bare hands. This, along with slavery being a dead institution leads to several Mexican provinces being integrated as States. Also, no Andrew Jackson as president, so no trail of tears and a lot more Indians in the Eastern United States.

Later, during Paul the third's presidency, Paul the Fourth leads a campiagn to conquer the rest of Canada. This leads to a largely united North America Under Parsons rule.

Things go broadly pretty good until World War 1 kicks off and Paul Parsons the sixth leads a American volunteers to join the war on the side of the Germans in 1916. His flight and power is so impressive that it leads to a few other super humans showing up and being recruited by the US government. Notably, Paul the sixth recruits a scientist called Fyodor Ramonant and helps him to get to safet in America.

America's dominance in Super heroes leads to a sandoffish relaionship with the great powers of Europe due to these unique advantages. Over time, the US widens the technological gap between them and the European powers thanks to Fyodor Ramonant, Henry Goodman, and, eventually, Meredith Stinson and Ivan Ramonant

This starts to lead to an upperclass of Superhumans and genius inventors. This leads to the modern day, where President Paul Parsons the 8th leads an United States that spans North America. At his hands he has agents like Ivan Ramonant, Dawn Cohen, and Meredith Stinson.

However, they are opposed by a sort of rag-tag opponents, sort of downtrodden, not really super humans, including Ambuscade, Wraith, and Sofia DeLeon.

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Worst Character in Sentinels of the Multiverse?

Guise

Benchmark

Chairman Pike

Count Barzakh

Bloodletter

Other? (Please specify)

Voting ended onSep 5, 2023

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Okay, this is interesting

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The dislike of Guise, or the other characters I pitched?

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With the new features coming to MSPaint, will you be making stock figure doodles of your posts/ideas?

The best I could really get out of that would be stick figures on a weird background. As stated before, I have no drawing skills

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Mini Disparation #2

What if the fiddler escaped Akash'Bhuta?

For those who don't remember, the fiddler was a potential Virtuoso of the void before Anthony Drake, a young American woman in the 1800s. However, Akash'Bhuta woke up early and broke her fiddle to prevent her from becoming a Virtuoso.

So the pitch of this mini disparation is the fiddler(who is named Grace Owens here) manifesting her void powers in order to escape from Akash'Bhuta. Grace keeps running, and Akash starts sending her limbs to attack Grace.

Eventually, the limbs catch up to her on a train, and they're about to get her, when a muscular man smashes straight through several of the limbs and saves Grace. He introduces himself as Paul Parsons the fourth, a soldier returning home after participating in the millitary occupation of the South.

Grace explains what has been happening to her to Paul, who offers to take her to an old war buddy of his who knows about weird things, named Michael Diamond.

They end up in Philadelphia, and go to a weird little shop to meet Michael Diamond. Diamond is a mystic, and knows enough to explain the basics of the what a Virtuoso is, and says that she needs to deepen her connection to the Void to be able to contest Akash. He suggests finding a new instrument, and says that the place to check around here would be the centennial exposition.

They go to the Centennial exposition and , with the help of an attendant there, they find a carved wooden flute that calls to grace. She picks it up, and she gets overwhelemed for a little while, just in time for Akash to show up and attack.

Paul and Diamond fight Akash, hoping to hold her off long enough for Grace to figure herself out, when the attendent from earlier reappears clad in knight's armor and wielding a glowing sword, declaring herself to be the White Knight. White Knight helps cut through Akash, and the heroes are also joined by a wandering monk guy who has been following Grace and Paul for a while now, who states that he is Shuen Zhang, and that Akash is causing great suffering.

They fight Akash, but she is winning, when Grace rises up from the exhibition hall clad in a golden costume, glowing with power, and with the flute floating alongside her. She declares that she is the Flaxen Fiddler, and joins the fight against Akash'Bhuta. The heroes manage to defeat Akash, and afterwards they talk about how people with abilities like theirs shouldn't just sit on the sidelines. The world needs heroes if monsters like this are lurking. So the story ends with these five becoming the first superhero team in this timeline.

So yeah, opinions or thoughts are appreciated

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Mini Disparation #1

(I get a lot of ideas for Disparate Universes, so I figured here was as good a place as any to store them and subject others to them)

The Reversiverse, an opposite to the Inversiverse where characters attitude is radically altered without changing their alignment.

-Legacy is an anarchist

-Baron Blade is trying to outdo Legacy in heroics, and Legacy is not taking it well

-Wraith acts like a magical girl

-Spite is a killer comedian(not a clown, a comedian)

-Bunker is trying to defund the military

-Fright Train refuses crash through walls, he does crash through doors though

-Tachyon is a tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist

-The Matriarch effectively cheerleads her birds, which are mostly songbirds. Hugin and Munin are parrots

-Absolute Zero is a pop musician

-Proletariat is a communist dictator stereotype

-Everyone in this universe is crazy, except Guise, who is very tired

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Worst Character in Sentinels of the Multiverse?

Guise

Benchmark

Chairman Pike

Count Barzakh

Bloodletter

Other? (Please specify)

Voting ended onSep 5, 2023

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Update: Guise has somehow deleted his own picture from the poll

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Worst Character in Sentinels of the Multiverse?

Guise

Benchmark

Chairman Pike

Count Barzakh

Bloodletter

Other? (Please specify)

Voting ended onSep 5, 2023

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Prime war fan fic?

Please expand on this tag

Ok so, for those who don't know, the Prime War is a post-OblivAeon conflict where these teams of heroes and villains were brought together by entities called Prime Aspects to hop across alternate universes, each in support of an ideal espoused by their prime aspect sponsor.

And the basis of my fanfiction is telling stories from this largely unexplored era, with them hoping between disparate realities, recruiting new teammates and fighting each other.

Some highlights of this fanfiction:

-As mentioned in the aforementioned tag, Windwalker has been let go from the Bloodsworn (The team fighting for glory), and has been replaced with what I call the Fuse Operative. Fuse Operative basically has Zhu Long bound into a magical tattoo that lets her use his powers, but every time she does, the tattoo grows shorter, and if it ever dissapears completely, she'll die. But she can extend the tattoo by defeating powerful opponents.

-A major PoV character is a Unity variant who ends up studying both magic and robotics

-There is an alternate universe where the Freedom Five and Vengeance Five go to highschool together, while the normally teen and younger heroes are now the experts and long time heroes. Wraith and Ermine are step sisters

-Black Ice of the Wardens(team of Preservation) is a lovely, friendly, funny guy, who beneath it all is a completely remorseless killer

-The Vanguard(team of Conquest) work very hard to recover Iron Legacy

-Prism and Apostate fuck

-Despite the Mavericks(team of Progress) having a Laser powered Spec Ops soldier, a giant plant monster, magitech using Unity, and the version of Wraith that killed the chairman in cold blood, Parse is the scary one

-Possible arbitrary crossovers with other franchises

-Alternate Expatriette who uses Harpy's mask.

-Other things?

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Are Christopher and Adam ever going to explain why Windwalker is super cool? Or are they just going to keep saying that and leave us hanging forever.

Hoping that they finally explain her once the Disparation expansion releases, since her variant is in it.