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I hate you! (it's not against the rules!)
- Location
- Mons Regius
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Exactly as the title says. With the MCU being a success, the DCEU following suit, and Hasbro, Legendary Pictures, Universal, and Hanna-Barbera looking to start their own universes, the genre is quite popular nowadays. What would be your own universe like? You can use book series, TV shows, existing films, comic books, whatever you want, with no criteria except that they must eventually have at least one crossover.
I begin. Mine would be the "Classical Mythology cinematic universe" or the "Heroic Age cinematic universe", focusing on the heroes and demi gods of Greek Mythology.
Phase 1 from the start of the Heroic Age would be mostly centered on individual heroes battling their respective monsters. Cadmus, about the first Greek hero and founder of Thebes; Perseus, the killer of Medusa and savior of Andromeda; Bellerophon, the killer of the chimera and the first movie to hint at a larger universe, as his stead Pegasus was born from the blood of Perseus' nemesis. All of them take place before the days of Heracles (or The Twelve Labors of Heracles), who will pave the way to the actual crossover stuff, as he is the great grandson of Perseus and during one of his tasks he meets Theseus, who will go on to have his own movie (which takes place simultaneously with Heracles' movie) about the Minotaur and the Labyrinth, and explicitely trying to emulate Heracles when he starts his adventures. At this point, the centaur Chiron acts like Nick Fury as the common point between all different heroes, being the trainers of the demigods. Then the big crossover is The Calydonian Boar Hunt, featuring some of the heroes who would become the future Argonauts, and a new hero, one woman— the huntress Atalanta. Directly after it is The Argonauts, where many heroes of Ancient Greece, now all acquainted with each other, regularly team up against common foes and embark on a quest together.
Fast forward to Phase 2. It is now the peak of the Heroic Age in Classical Mythology with the end of the adventures of the Argonauts. Many of the Argonauts would go on to become the fathers of heroes of the Trojan War, but that's for later. This phase starts bright, but progressively become darker after each installments. Orpheus gets his movie, recounting the loss of the love of his life and his journey to the Underworld to save her, quest which he will fail, before being killed aboveground by jealous madwomen. The Heraclids is next, and it's about the numerous descendants of the now dead Heracles banding together and mounting an invasion of Greece, which they consider as their just due. The heroes have to band together to fight and kill the children of their dear fallen friends. They will fail, but the Heraclids will repeatedly come back for other attempts throughout Phase 2 and 3. After that, Oedipus: the killer of the Sphinx, but a more pathetic (in the true sense of the term) hero than his predecessors, his tragic tale which would later be the start of a series of events culminating in the finale of Phase 2. In the meantime, The House of Atreus, relating another similar story to Oedipus, concerning the intergenerational hatred of two brothers and their respective descendants. Finally, the big crossover is The Seven Against Thebes: upon his exile from his city, Oedipus had placed a curse upon his sons, and this war between brothers, who each engage heroes to their sides, for who will rule Thebes is the ultimate fulfilment of that curse. They kill each others, and Thebes is ruined.
Finally, Phase 3, with everything leading to the Trojan War, the ultimate showdown. Zeus plans to depopulate the Earth, especially of his demigod descendants, whom he feels will dethrone him. First, Helen gets her movie, more personnal than epic, about her struggle as the most desired woman in Greece (she is abducted by Theseus among other things). Then Paris of Troy gets his movie, who plays like a romantic comedy, even though its conclusion will have fatal repercussions. Follows Epigoni, which depicts the second Theban war, ten years after the first one, when the descendants of the Seven wish to avenge the death of their fathers and attack Thebes. Finally, The Trojan War, in two parts. Semi-divine heroes and normal badasses fight it out over 10 years; the first part is The Illiad, with Achilles as the central character; the second one focuses on Odysseus. The Phase ends with Returns (the return of many heroes), Orestes (concluding the bloody saga of the House of Atreus), and The Odyssey.
What's yours?
I begin. Mine would be the "Classical Mythology cinematic universe" or the "Heroic Age cinematic universe", focusing on the heroes and demi gods of Greek Mythology.
Phase 1 from the start of the Heroic Age would be mostly centered on individual heroes battling their respective monsters. Cadmus, about the first Greek hero and founder of Thebes; Perseus, the killer of Medusa and savior of Andromeda; Bellerophon, the killer of the chimera and the first movie to hint at a larger universe, as his stead Pegasus was born from the blood of Perseus' nemesis. All of them take place before the days of Heracles (or The Twelve Labors of Heracles), who will pave the way to the actual crossover stuff, as he is the great grandson of Perseus and during one of his tasks he meets Theseus, who will go on to have his own movie (which takes place simultaneously with Heracles' movie) about the Minotaur and the Labyrinth, and explicitely trying to emulate Heracles when he starts his adventures. At this point, the centaur Chiron acts like Nick Fury as the common point between all different heroes, being the trainers of the demigods. Then the big crossover is The Calydonian Boar Hunt, featuring some of the heroes who would become the future Argonauts, and a new hero, one woman— the huntress Atalanta. Directly after it is The Argonauts, where many heroes of Ancient Greece, now all acquainted with each other, regularly team up against common foes and embark on a quest together.
Fast forward to Phase 2. It is now the peak of the Heroic Age in Classical Mythology with the end of the adventures of the Argonauts. Many of the Argonauts would go on to become the fathers of heroes of the Trojan War, but that's for later. This phase starts bright, but progressively become darker after each installments. Orpheus gets his movie, recounting the loss of the love of his life and his journey to the Underworld to save her, quest which he will fail, before being killed aboveground by jealous madwomen. The Heraclids is next, and it's about the numerous descendants of the now dead Heracles banding together and mounting an invasion of Greece, which they consider as their just due. The heroes have to band together to fight and kill the children of their dear fallen friends. They will fail, but the Heraclids will repeatedly come back for other attempts throughout Phase 2 and 3. After that, Oedipus: the killer of the Sphinx, but a more pathetic (in the true sense of the term) hero than his predecessors, his tragic tale which would later be the start of a series of events culminating in the finale of Phase 2. In the meantime, The House of Atreus, relating another similar story to Oedipus, concerning the intergenerational hatred of two brothers and their respective descendants. Finally, the big crossover is The Seven Against Thebes: upon his exile from his city, Oedipus had placed a curse upon his sons, and this war between brothers, who each engage heroes to their sides, for who will rule Thebes is the ultimate fulfilment of that curse. They kill each others, and Thebes is ruined.
Finally, Phase 3, with everything leading to the Trojan War, the ultimate showdown. Zeus plans to depopulate the Earth, especially of his demigod descendants, whom he feels will dethrone him. First, Helen gets her movie, more personnal than epic, about her struggle as the most desired woman in Greece (she is abducted by Theseus among other things). Then Paris of Troy gets his movie, who plays like a romantic comedy, even though its conclusion will have fatal repercussions. Follows Epigoni, which depicts the second Theban war, ten years after the first one, when the descendants of the Seven wish to avenge the death of their fathers and attack Thebes. Finally, The Trojan War, in two parts. Semi-divine heroes and normal badasses fight it out over 10 years; the first part is The Illiad, with Achilles as the central character; the second one focuses on Odysseus. The Phase ends with Returns (the return of many heroes), Orestes (concluding the bloody saga of the House of Atreus), and The Odyssey.
What's yours?
