Explaining the spam

[The_Everlasting]

A thread that's been on my mind for a while.

Basically, there are a lot of characters spammed in vs. threads, for one reason or another and to varying degrees, but I feel like users should know the character behind these objects of spam, be they good, bad or whatever. There's more to these characters than just being OP.

Take my example, Darth Nihilus. TL;DR, he's broken, yes, but he's also incredibly tragic, interesting, and puts a spin on the "Destroy! DESTROY!" villain. To give more background:

Nihilus initially began as a human living during the chaotic and dangerous time of the Mandalorian Wars. During these, he lost everything, his friends, his family, and his own will to live.

After the devastation of Malachor V, he was filled with such pain, such indescribable emptiness, that it literally ate away at him in body and soul, causing him to become a Wound in the Force. He then discovered he had the ability to "feed" off of living beings to satiate his newfound "hunger", and consumed one of the other survivors subconsciously. It felt revolting, it felt horrifying, but for a brief, euphoric instant, his hunger had subsided, before returning even worse than before.

Thus, with the arrival of Darth Traya, he was christened Darth Nihilus, the Lord of Hunger. Desperately seeking to satiate this hunger, even though the satisfaction of each feeding lasted shorter every time, this obsession became his existence. He sees life as meaningless frivolity, for this unbearable and omnipresent hunger has consumed everything he used to be.

For now, the man who lost everything was gone. Now, there is only the hunger, and the galaxy is his buffet.

They don't have to be this long, but I hope the gist is understood.

Now, fire away.

 

[Arrogant_Schmuck]

Imagine if you will, a man walking home from a botched job interview. He is intercepted by a man who became a crab by eating too many crabs. This man turned crab expresses interest in killing our protagonist, but decides to spare him due to the target of his rage being on a boy with an odd chin. The man comes across this boy as he continues his way home from the interview and realizes that the crab cannot be too far behind. Sure enough, the crab shows up and, despite initially being heavily injured by his adversary, the man successfully defeats the crab by pulling his innards out through his eye.

From this day forward the man resolves to forego these pointless interviews and become the strongest hero. Every single day for the next three years, the man does 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squat thrusts, and a 10 kilometer run. And of course he makes sure to eat three meals a day. Just a banana in the morning was fine. But, the most important thing was that he never uses the A/C or heat in the summer or winter. Through this, he strengthens the mind.

At the beginning he wishes he was dead. He thinks to himself, "What's the harm in taking a day off?" But he never stops. In about a year and a half he notices a difference: He was bald.

And despite all his efforts and the fact that he can now break planets in half effortlessly with his bare fists, he still can't stop time or erase someone's memories. So sad.

 

[Saikou_The_Lewd_King]

^ You mean he still can't beat a Mosquito

 

[Overlord775]

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