Rickus Aurelius Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Years ago I borrowed a book from a friend and one of the characters described had an origin story that seemed to mock the Elric books. I think it was called The Shape. I have *no idea* what book it was in. Am I crazy? Anyone know the book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 I think I know what you are referring to. I'll have a look at my books and see if I can find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Could you describe the origin a bit more? "The Elric books" covers a lot of territory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boll Weevil Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 There was an Elrod of Melvinbone in the Cerebus comic. Always one of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Could you describe the origin a bit more? "The Elric books" covers a lot of territory. My only guess would be the Elric brothers from Full Metal Alchemist. And I am unsure those are the ones meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickus Aurelius Posted December 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 "Could you describe the origin a bit more? "The Elric books" covers a lot of territory." Sure! As I remember the origin was a girl seeing a fight between the Lords of Order and the Gods of Chaos. It was all so cliched and ridiculous that she laughed at them. They judged her, found her too realistic and complex, and transformed her into an amorphous energy being. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 I remember reading that! I just can't remember right now which book it was in. Let me dig around a bit and get back to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Found her! She's in the adventure, Day of the Destroyer, by Scott Bennie, for Champions Fourth Edition. A member of the Villains International team, her write-up is on the very last page. "Fiona Millikan was visiting her cousin Katie in the Australian Outback when suddenly alien mutant sorcerers from another dimension landed and had a big battle. Earthshaking forces were unleashed, as the heroic outcast mutants fought a virtually omnipotent entity. Finally, after much angst, the heroes summoned the Cosmic Balance of Good and Evil and defeated the omnipotent entity, after rejecting the dark sides of their own personality. Yet for some strange reason, Fiona couldn't stop laughing. Even though the Outback had been transformed into something from Dante's Inferno, being thrown into a bad comic book with atrocious dialogue (as it seemed to her) was -- comical? Realizing It was being mocked, the Cosmic Balance of Good and Evil tried to judge her. But then it realized that while Fiona wasn't exactly a nice person, she wasn't exactly a nasty one either. Deciding that it had come across someone with depth to their character, the Cosmic Balance exploded, and it was all a dream... Except that dreams don't transform people into The Shape." Rickus Aurelius, wcw43921 and Christopher 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 LL beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Just helping out a fellow Herophile, it's not a race. (Even though I WON!!) Rickus Aurelius and wcw43921 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Mockery of Elric by way of 1980s-90s X-Men, I think -- "heroic outcast alien mutant sorcerers from another dimension." "after much angst," etc. The Cosmic Balance is from Michael Moorcock's "Eternal Champion" books, but I suspect Marvel's Living Tribunal was an homage to it. And X-Men writer Chris Claremot loved that sort of pseudo-mystical claptrap. The Shape's origin story is an excellent bit of parody, and another example of why Scott Bennie is my favorite Champions author. Dean Shomshak Lawnmower Boy and Lord Liaden 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Yup, when I read Rickus Aurelius' description of the character's origin, I thought to myself, "I can't remember where I read that, but it sounds like Scott Bennie wrote it." Dean Shomshak would have been my second guess, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickus Aurelius Posted May 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2019 Thanks guys, I appreciate the great response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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