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It's June 21st, 2022, I feel fear for the last time.
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"THEIR TERROR OF ME BALANCED BY AN ALMOST RELIGIOUS AWE."
PIC INFO: Resolution at 1680x2614 -- Spotlight on a towering Doctor Manhattan "serving his country" in the American-Indochinese War, from "Watchmen" Vol. 1 #4. December, 1986. Artwork/letters by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins (colors). DC Comics.
"The Vietcong are expected to surrender within the week. Many have given themselves up already... Often, they ask to surrender to me personally, their terror of me balanced by an almost religious awe."
-- DR. MANHATTAN on his experiences in Vietnam (script/story by Alan Moore)
Source: https://fictionalomniverse.forumotion.com/t1578-doctor-manhattan-respect-thread.
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I’m curious, what are your thoughts on Seth from street fighter?
Even post-revamp, still fairly awkward and out of place as a Street Fighter character (even if that is very much the point and always has been), but as a villain, they really won me over, there's a lot of great stuff here. Seth is a self-hating robot in a CEO outfit who poisons the world around them and whose grand plans involve imitating the actual main villain while insisting they are a different unique being (unlike their 26 exact clones), and stealing the creations of everyone else around them, who then dies and gets a sexy cool makeover to become a gruesome aimless murderous ghost, who chases traces of it's creator around to kill him unaware that it's dying with every step it takes and that it's chasing something that isn't there. They went from Frankenstein's Monster play-acting as a cold calculating unfeeling chessmaster who everyone could tell was full of shit, to the Bride of Frankenstein as a barely-held-together dangerous yet tragic monstrosity that everyone reacts to with disgust and pity. They went from what we used to think AI would be, to what AI actually is, and I'd say they were pretty ahead of their time for that alone.
(art by z3dd)
Now, IV Seth was pretty uncontestedly the least popular of the Street Fighter Final Bosses, for fairly similar reasons to Gill: they were seen as too much of a fantasy supervillain, they didn't "fit" the series, they were too weird and awkward and out-there, and where as Gill at least got a pass because of his presentation and style and sheer contrast with Bison (although that "pass" only happened because people turned around on 3rd Strike), Dollar Store Dr.Manhattan was just lesser than Gill and Bison in every way and thus was a dissappointing final boss, an out-of-place comic book supervillain who didn't justify their existence.
Granted, the series actually had way more of a precedent for Seth than it ever did for Gill, given the presence of prior cyborgs and shapeshifters (the Shadaloo cyborgs from the animated movie that Seth was directly based from, Twelve and Necro) plus Gill, and the door for comic book supervillains was blasted open in the first place with Bison (and all the fighting game bosses that descended from him). But still, Bison's thing was that he was one-in-a-million, that he broke the rules as an dishonorable intrusion, that if you reached high enough to topple the greatest fighter (Sagat) you could fight the greatest fighter's boss, a man so powerful rules and structures could not apply to him and only your fists stood between him and global domination. Since obviously you can't take a step back and you can't do the same trick twice, that formula had to be tweaked for Gill and Seth: Gill was presented as someone above even Bison on the food chain and scope, a distant immortal bearing divine judgementt on trespassers, where as Seth was defined by their role irrevocably beneath Bison, and the walking inferiority complex that ensues.
They are a Bison project, one of 26 exactly like them (which means canonically most of the fighters got to defeat "a" Seth, which really does not make them very impressive), growing from Bison's leftovers to lead a subsidiary of Bison's organization, continuing Bison's plans, with their grand plot being just an imitation of Bison's plan to control Ryu's power, and generally acting and speaking and doing things exactly like Bison while uselessly whining that they are NOT Bison and that they will succeed where Bison failed, while the narrative makes no secret of the fact that Bison is still alive, still pulling the strings, and that he was perfectly fine until Seth started getting a little too big boy pants for his liking, and now Bison's gonna put his homegrown Pinocchio in the shredder with little to no difficulty and take the reigns as Final Boss again. Which, granted, did do it's job in building Bison back-up again, but didn't do a thing to negate the idea that Seth was a superfluous, inferior rip-off, given that textually, this is how they were presented as.
Even the characters didn't seem to take them very seriously, certainly not as seriously as Bison, and that was BEFORE the breakout rock star of the IV series, Juri, debuted to ensure that Seth wouldn't even be the most popular new villain. It is the least surprising thing in the world that Seth would achieve much greater popularity, in part, by being redesigned to be more like Juri. And part of what made Juri appealing was the fact that she was a conniving, cool, unique loose cannon villain ready to make Seth eat shit over thinking that they could control her, they became the big-headed authority figure for our punk bad girl to kick like a pinata. Unlike Vega and Balrog, who only talked a big game, Juri actually got to kick her dipshit supervillain boss to the curb, and we all loved her for it.
Seth's major saving graces were their gameplay, which made them very popular competitively, plenty of aspects of their design, and the fact that all of the above worked to make Seth a character who, while not terribly compelling in their own right, did a lot to make other characters more interesting, like Abel, who was designed to be a good counterpart to Seth and not remotely interesting besides (although his stint as Guile's manchild partner in SFvsT has it's moments), or like Juri and Bison, giving them an enemy they could actually defeat to gain street cred. Frequently you need villains that only exist to let other villains be cooler by comparison or retain their dignity or put one over. Sometimes you need a Cluemaster in place of your Riddler, a Mac Gargan to make all the other Sinister Six guys omlook better by comparison, a Zant to fill in screentime for Ganondorf or a Hobgoblin instead of a Green Goblin. You need your in-betweeners even if, and sometimes especially if, they will never be anyone's favorite character. Which is a harsh thing to say about Seth, but for a while they definitely didn't seem like anyone's favorite baddie, but instead someone who made their favorite baddies look way better by comparison.
And Seth worked in this regard especially because their design was built on the idea of them being unnatural, contemptible and out-of-place. I actually think Seth's original design does work, and has been vindicated over time. Seth is a cybernetic intelligence made by scientists to consume and imitate all the brilliant techniques that the World Warriors spent years/decades perfecting, a twisted mockery of their beliefs and achievements. They look like a living yin-yang and conducts themselves posing like a Shinto god, but there is no spirituality or soul to anything they do. They are a grotesque, soulless husk that can only imitate, can only cruelly replicate the evil of their creator and not even do a terribly impressive job at it, and all of their attempts to convince others they are in any way different or unique ring hollow. They are one in many many Bison back-up bodies even among the playable cast, and all of their achievements are meaningless, either already belonging to Bison or stolen and repurposed by Bison and others.
There was plenty about Seth that already worked and was just held back by a not-particularly impressive design or presentation. The grand trick that SFV pulled was basically giving them a new one, and taking everything about Seth that used to be implied and subtextual, and basically making it textual, making it a scream they can only repeat ad nauseum, and in the process making one of the most tragic SF characters as well as one of the coolest.
Now, yes, you could argue that SFV Seth kinda missed the point in a big way by actually giving Seth a distinct and interesting design best described with the "not to be a lesbian but oh god oh fuck jesus christ" meme, when the character being soulless and unoriginal was important to their make-up. But it was never a terribly interesting idea (already done by the likes of Twelve or the Cycloids), certainly not for a fighting game character let alone a Final Boss with such massive standards to live up to, and shades of it still impart in the new design in a far more delightfully twisted way. It's Seth, except they are Juri now. They've been remade in the image of their true enemy, their hateful minion that ruined their plans, led Bison to them, killed and broke and stole them to be remade using a discarded Doll body from Bison's scrap pile, and the process has revived Seth into a pitiable broken record of itself.
The new design greatly emphasizes the corrupted Shinto / yin-yang elements of before, adding splashes of color and powerful glowing lines to the design that make it so that, while they looks less cadaverous, they look much more the part of a corrupted imitation of a deity, so that despite being downgraded from boss status they actually look much more like something you'd face as a Final Boss, something that could stand next to the other Final Bosses. And that glow-up extends to their moveset: Instead of pasting together improvised and half-hearted recreations of iconic special moves, Seth now directly steals and perfectly replicates the skills from whoever they're fighting. Seth conducts themselves with greater power and swagger this time around, with tons of new animations lifted from powerful past Capcom villains like Demitri or the Heritage to the Future take on DIO, and it works. Because even now, Seth can only imitate greatness from others. Seth has perfectly captured advancements in A.I tech because they can learn, grow, and even imitate to near-perfection, but they cannot meaningfully improve, and they are dragged down by incohence, chaos, errors and glitches in programming. In short, the fact that they are an artificial intelligence to begin with.
That's a thing about A.I and robots in general: Sci-fi has spent over a century anthropomorphizing robots and artificial intelligence characters to empathize with and make stories out of, create lovable stock fantasy characters that our culture comes back to again and again, but now that they are a real thing, and they are horrible godless abominations often used to actively make the world worse (even if it's hard to ascribe fault to something that isn't sentient enough to be malicious), we can't really deal with that. It's a cognitive dissonance that sci-fi doesn't look like it's going to catch up for a while now, if it ever will. We still like robots and robot stories and characters too dang much to know how to live with them. We still cry over Pluto, it's unavoidable.
And crying may be a strong term, but SFV actually seriously invites us to feel sorry for the dang thing, and the great final trick SFV pulled was breaking Seth under the weight of being Seth. Under the weight of being lesser, of not being real, of being an artificial creation made in an assembly line and not even the best of it's kind, of being not a terribly popular creation, of being a victim of characters that will get away with what they've done to them because nobody's gonna stand up for Seth, of being a Bison imitation made to house Bison and do Bison's bidding in the meanwhile, and thrown in the trash despite performing exactly as it was supposed to. Seth has faults of personality that make them more than a machine, and less than a person, and if the cast before generally despised them but not to the extent they despised Bison, now most characters outright pity them, as a thing living past expiration date that shouldn't be alive at all.
And because of all of this, in a way, Seth has attained a form of uniqueness. Even among the other villains and tragic characters of Street Fighter, Seth stands unique as a truly tragic, doomed villain, not even really a villain anymore so much as an obtuse, sad disaster. They are maybe Bison's greatest victim now, because even the Dolls (sans Marz) are all getting moderately happy endings, even Cammy and Abel and the Neo Shadaloo goobers got to make new lives for themselves, even Nash got to die by their terms and make his sacrifice count. Seth had nothing besides this. Seth was created for, born into, lived by, and died as an extension of Bison's evil, a tiny little bump in Shadaloo history, a piece of junk that Juri used and broke and tossed aside to resume her miserable life afterwards, and all their revival did was prolong the horror. Just one among endless horrors JP leaves behind when he's through with them.
We have yet to know what became of them after SFV, because many stories from SFV have been dropped or left incomplete in 6 (and many probably for the better), but even though Seth really was a villain and a horrible enemy to all of humanity, you kinda wind up feeling sorry enough for them to almost wish that their SFV ending happened, where they destroy Bison and ascend over their other selves, and still the question of whether they could ever be at peace lingers. This ending just fascinates me to no end, and it makes me think of the quotes that Gouken had to say to them that alone stood as an indication that Seth could be more than they appeared and insisted on being:
"Until you acknowledge the soul within, you cannot use your power for good."
"You seek individuality and identity, but you will not find it this way."
(JP win quote) "Look, you don't have to use your powers to express who you are."
Until they appear again, that this is the note that Seth as a character goes out on might even imply that this was either their true goal all along, or that Seth has genuinely progressed as a person enough to want something new. That they are now able to seek or at least aspire for peace of mind, where as before there was only a desire for conquest and power, to show the world that Bison was a ghost and that they were the king, the ruler, the greatest fighter of all. Seth constantly expressed disgust and hatred at their other variants, killing them and flying into a murderous rage at being referred to by their number, even expressing in IV a desire to "be the sole survivor of this world" presumably with everything else as data within themselves. Here, they appear before the other Seths in a pose of ascended godhood, even seemingly benevolent, like they're ready to bring their siblings along.
The spiritual elements of their design no longer appear as a corrupt imitation, but an indicator of genuine spirituality. That Gouken was right, that there really was a soul in Seth waiting to be acknowledged, that the exorcism of the great evil that once defined them has allowed at last a pursuit of individuality and identity and self-expression, to reconcile their hatred of themselves (which manifested as a hatred of the other numbered Seths). It's such a fascinating development that it almost, almost makes me wish Street Fighter would dip it's toes a little into multiverse territory, much as I hate the superhero-ification of the series in V. I have thoughts on how MK1 handled this and very mixed ones at that, but the canonization of "every character ending from past arcade modes can have happened in separate universes and we can have it cross over whenever we feel like it" is an idea I do like, if nothing else this ascended development for Seth just seems like too potent an idea to never touch on again.
I used to not like Seth, really. They used to be one of my less favorite characters. Now I'd call them one of my favorites, and I'm just feeling horribly sorry for them. I need to know what became of them. Whether they'll still come back for one last torturous round of existence, whether they are heading for some other exciting new development, or whether the very next second after the end of their V story, they simply ended with one of their victory quotes:
"A SERIOUS ERROR HAS OCCURRED."
"A SERIOUS ERROR HAS OCCURRED."
"A SERIOUS ERROR HAS OCCURRED."
"A SERIOUS ERROR HAS OCCURRED."
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I've returned with some more platonic yandere watchmen headcanons! These characters are all so interesting to write and think about.
-I feel like Watchmen would've ended differently given that Ozymandias most likely kidnapped Reader so they wouldn't be in New York when he enacts his plan. I don't think dr.manhattan would leave or that Rorschach would ask dr.manhattan to kill him. I don't think any of the watchmen characters would be fine with the idea of Ozymandias having Reader all to himself (though let's be honest, they'd all probably do the same thing under different circumstances lmao) so I can imagine there being some more conflict.
-Back when Rorschach and Nite Owl were partners, I can see Rorschach being protective of Nite Owl's sidekick!teenager!Reader even before he snapped. Nite owl would definitely fuss over any injuries they get. Rorschach would want to make sure they don't have to suffer from a horrible childhood like he did, he'd definitely beat up criminals that dare to lay a hand on Reader even more than he normally would. Obviously he wouldn't kill them since this is before he started killing, but still he would NOT hold back lol.
-Before the Keene act was passed, I can see the public cooing over Ozymandias's and Reader's dynamic. I feel like they'd love to see Ozymandias having a soft spot for Reader, and spoiling the crap out of them.
-Silk Spectre would NOT tolerate The Comedian being anywhere near Reader. Period.
-I can see Ozymandias being pretty calm about the whole "kidnapping Reader to keep them safe from his giant squid thingy abomination" thing. He wouldn't raise his voice at them if they expressed concern for where they are, or if they lose it when they find out about what he did. He'd be eerily calm throughout the entire thing, maybe even offering Reader a cup of tea to calm their nerves.
-Rorschach would definitely lose it the most when Ozymandias takes Reader. Don't get me wrong, Nite Owl becomes an anxious wreck but Rorschach would be absolutely terrifying during his and Nite Owl's investigation. I don't think he'd do his usual "break their fingers for information" thing, I think he'd genuinely straight up kill or at least threaten to do so.
-I imagine the original Silk Spectre and Nite Owl would be like a sweet grandma and grandpa to Reader. You cannot convince me that they don't go all out with buying Reader presents for their birthday or for Christmas.
#submission#Yandere#Yandere x You#Yandere x Reader#Yandere Imagines#Yandere Headcanons#Yandere Watchmen#Yandere DC#Watchmen x Reader#DC x Reader#Yandere Rorschach#Yandere Ozymandias#Yandere Dr Manhattan#Yandere Nite Owl#Yandere Silk Spectre#Rorschach#Ozymandias#Nite Owl#Silk Spectre#Dr Manhattan#Watchmen#yandere-toons: Loving all your ideas!#DC#DCU#Reader#Imagines#Platonic Yandere
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Viigna gonna Dr.Manhattan you 😠
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Dr.Manhattan / The Watchmen.
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Batfam Fancast Part Eleven: Journalists
For the next fancasts here comes the resident dirtbags of journalism Jack Ryder and Vicki Vale. Oh what a pair they make, sometimes similar to the maverick Lois Lane when their scoops line up with morals, most of the time they are as scummy as any Fox Newcaster.
Jack Ryder
The Harvey Levin of Gotham City , Ryder is a infamous journalist. Anything for a scoop even to the detriment of himself and the people around him. He is brash self absorbed and will do anything to get his way.
Behind his ego though is meta human with Deathstroke levels of enhancements. He is known as the creeper. Sometimes a ally of the Batfamily sometimes just a nut job.
In my canon I see him having a personality disorder similar to Two-Face but acts more like a werewolf. Certain triggers must be met for the Creeper to come out. Once it is met he mutates into Him and wreaks whatever havok the being choses. The creepers takes from Jim Carrey's The Mask but in a more practical and comical sense. Never really hurting anybody besides criminals. Though before his predicimemt gets worse he seeks the help of the Batman and goes to Arkham Asylum to find a way to helo himself. He soon finds that the Creeper are repressed memories that have personified in a new identity and that his meta gene is activated when he transforms hence the powers. Once reconciling with his past, the Creeper persona disappears and his meta gene becomes inactive.He soon retires from his job and seeks more honest journalism.
So who is the perfect Canidate for Jack Ryder? Someone crude but likable, jocky, egotistical.I found non-other than Billy Crudup seems to fit the role. Already known as Dr.Manhattan in the adaptian of Watchmen he has done a large palette full of roles and is shown to be a skilled actor. He can bring the creep factor to this creepy journalist.
Vicki Vale
Gothams own version of Lois Lane. This hard boiled reporter is a staple within Batman lore. Featured in all of its forms of media.
Its honestly hard to describe her as she is a very cookie cutter character. Just a generic reporter who has the same drive as the typical DC main character journalist .
I do find it interesting as how during her appearence in Red Robin, she is slowly unraveling the Batfamily secret identites only to be side tracked by both Alfred when she visits the manor and Tamara Fox saying she is engaged to Tim Drake.
For the most part casting Vicki Vale was as easy as pie. An actress in her 40s who can harness the more nosey hardass type of character. Rashida Jones is 46 and a pretty great fit for the role. Characters she played tend to roll with the punches while still focused on their goals. She has this story handled.
#batman fancast#batman#batfamily#batfam#bruce wayne#fancast#jack ryder#vicki vale#red robin#tim drake#tamara fox#billy crudup#rashida jones
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God im walking in circles thinking abt dr.manhattan again . Like hes not just "a superman irl would be scary and bad " allegory
Its if an average pushover guy who never made desicions for himself an
#you have to understand he wasnt a humble guy like clark hes a guy who never stood up for himself and let things happen to him#bc thats the most acerage guy#clark is a completely diffeeent guy
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This assignment brings me back to exploring Dr.Manhattan as a character and the powers he possesses. My initial claim I made in my previous post about who this character is has been reassured. This reading could not have come at a perfect time as what I currently am doing as a personal project is exploring superpowered characters and their trials and tribulations. The claim i made about dr Manhattan and him being an all powerful deity is clear in the juxtaposition in both the recto and the verso his ability to transform this wasteland of red rock and dust and pull this utopia of chrome from beneath the depths of mars shows how powerful he truly is and the kind of god like abilities he possesses making him in my opinion more powerful than all the others. What I think is going on in relation to either side is how he has the power to turn something believed to be dead and breathe life into it. These two different sequences are meaningful to each other because it shows how dr. Manhattan most likely yearns for a home or a safe place of his own. I would assume being different from everyone else on the planet he frequents.
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I love retiring from social media for a while. I cannot remember when exactly I started doing this but I know it began a few years ago. It feels good because you force yourself to get out the mix. Dr.Manhattan explains it as "being caught in the tangle of their lives." Does that make sense? Everything seems to stop. You do not associate with anyone and no one can bother you or hurt you. You expect nothing and also receive nothing. I think experices like that are valuable and force some sort of growth in one's life.
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Hot take 40%: Dr.Manhattan Wally west beats the darkest knight
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I heard you got into Watchmen, so naturally I had to dump my headcanons for what the platonic yandere watchmen characters would be like (heads up, if you haven't finished reading it already or watching the movie this contains spoilers!)
-I can see the watchmen characters becoming protective over a teenage!vigilante reader. I like to imagine they're the sidekick of Nite Owl, and that's how they encounter everybody else.
-i can see Ozymandias killing The Comedian for reader, even if he was a platonic yandere too for reader Ozymandias would recognize that he's a horrible person, and isn't the kind of person he'd want to be around reader. He'd definitely take him out not only for his grand plan, but definitely to protect reader, too.
-Ozymandias would definitely use his wealth to spoil reader.
-Nite Owl and Silk Spectre would both be like over protective parents for reader, Nite Owl would freak out if they got any sort of injury while Silk Spectre would be super protective of them around Rorschach, since we all know how she feels about him.
-Dr.Manhattan would definitely be an interesting character to think about, he'd definitely be fascinated by reader, maybe he's interested in the way they can diffuse situations with criminals, how they can calm them down and comfort them.
-I can see Rorschach being protective of them too for the exact same reason as dr.manhattan. he'd view them as "too pure, too innocent, too trusting". He'd only get worse with his overprotectiveness and paranoia after he snaps after the kidnapping of the little girl. I don't think he'd be able to get the idea of them being in her shoes out of his head. Rorschach would not hesitate to take out or MAYBE just break the fingers of anybody that dares to hurt reader with him watching. He'd also definitely stalk them when he's not being Rorschach.
-I also wonder if Dr Manhattan would try to take reader with him when he goes to Mars, so he could examine them forever.
-Ozymandias would definitely make sure reader isn't in New York when he enacts his plan, he'd definitely take them without warning while the rest of the characters are losing it wondering where they could be.
I'd love to hear what you think about these headcanons, I'm HYPED for any watchmen platonic yandere headcanons you write in the future!
#submission#Yandere x You#Yandere x Reader#Yandere Imagines#Yandere Headcanons#Yandere Watchmen#Yandere Nite Owl#Yandere Ozymandias#Yandere Silk Spectre#Yandere Dr Manhattan#Yandere Rorschach#Yandere#Watchmen x Reader#Nite Owl#Ozymandias#Silk Spectre#Dr Manhattan#Rorschach#Watchmen#yandere-toons: These are so accurate and feel like one of the most dysfunctional family dynamics ever!#DC#DCU#Yandere DC#DC x Reader#Reader#Imagines
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