Universes

     Today, I cover some universes I've thought about. They come from games, movies, and songs. It's a random little trip through the multiverse of my mind. And, yes, it's bigger on the inside.

     You can deduce a bizarre universe from the Beatle's songs, with cellophane flowers, rocking horse people, and that strange walrus eggman. You have yellow submarines and paradise in an octopus's garden. It is a silly place. One fun thing could be Maxwell's Silver Hammer as a D&D Magic Item. An intelligent, CE hammer covered in silver which deals sonic damage, with extra damage on a crit and auto max damage on a Coup de Grace. It was once created as a special weapon capable of scoring a crit against undead, and has been driven mad by constant constant with necrotic energies.

     This brings us to Dungeons and Dragons, which takes place in a multiverse; every home game is a different universe within the same collection of universes. The only thing that links them all are the six basic stats - Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma. Even with that, some homebrew universes add stats. Sanity is one I've seen. (Don't do that, by the way. Wisdom covers it. Sanity is for Cthulu.)

     Cthulu - well, let's just not talk about that one right now. Hastur. Hastur. Hastur.

     Then there's the adorably creepy universe of the Pixar Theory. (For which I refer you to Jon Negroni's "The Pixar Theory") This is the most comprehensive and cohesive conspiracy theory I've ever heard. Interestingly, it implies movies that still need to be made - the origin of supers, for example. In any case, I think Pixar should run with it. If they don't want to actively write to it, they can just keep leaving easter eggs; the fans will figure it out for them.

     Okay, next universe: Zelda. These people (Zelda, Link, Gannon) are stuck in a loop. Magic sword, boomerang, fairies, triforce. Fun, entertaining, yes. And I know that Gannon, Link, and Zelda have to be there. But can't we see a new take on the story? Maybe like this one. I would play that.

     Sudden jump sideways: Star Wars. Magic (Oh, sorry, I mean "the force”) is explained by midichlorians in the blood, providing access to the force’s energy. When I first saw the movie mentioning them, I could have sworn they said mitochondria, which actually are/were these critters that long ago invaded our cells and now provide us energy. But magic (the force) from mitochondria (midichlorians), is actually not the weirdest part of their universe. Neither are the vast  arrays of aliens and plot holes, nor is the question of whether Hans Solo shot first. The truly bizarre part is that it takes place long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away (presumably in our universe,) And humans are exactly the same. This implies time travel and the ability to jump quickly from one galaxy to the next.

     Expect a death star any day now.