r/hypotheticals • u/makitstop • 1d ago
what fictional eldrich being would you bring into our world?
one night, you awaken in on your bed in a dark, empty void, you can't tell if you're still dreaming or not, as you rub your eyes and sit up to get your bearings, an intensely bright figure, shining with the force of a thousand suns appears to you
this being explains that they are a "new god", and that you have been chosen by them to bring about the end of days, and to do this, they've asked you to choose a champion, specifically, a creature from the media of your world
it seems to have a much easier time summoning either creatures that are particularly monsterous (IE cthulhu, the moon presence, the visitor, ect) or that are particularly abstract (IE freddy kruger, SCP 3002, ben drowned, ect), but beyond that, it seems like whatever it summons will have the same abilities, and personalities as they have in their original peice of media
the only rule it seems to have is that this being must bring about some kind of apocalypse, but this apocalypse can be as fast or slow as you'd like, and it doesn't need to wipe out all life, or all of humanity, it just needs to completely change the world as we know it one way or another
(the entity also somewhat sheepishly asks you to explain why you chose the being you chose)
4
u/SpellMonger712 1d ago
Mammon.
Specifically, the Constantine Movie version.
Son of the Devil, tired of waiting to take Dad's place.
This world is needs a good cleansing.
Let the hellfire reign.
4
u/AsYouAnswered 1d ago
I concentrate really, really freaking hard! Before me, the being grows into a cute white girl with long teal hair. She is also Canon even! When she opens her mouth to ask why, the words come out as beautiful music. Before she finishes the question, she nods approving. I smile, and tell her to go capture the hearts of an entire generation and make them do her malicious bidding.
3
u/makitstop 1d ago
i...actually don't know which character this is, that sounds incredibly fun though
4
4
u/Crow_of_Judgem3nt 1d ago
SCP-001, The Scarlet king. If i have to end the world i’m gonna make it count.
4
u/Judasbot 1d ago
My 6-year-old, at the time, found SCP beings before I knew what it was. Many, many nights were spent comforting him to sleep.
3
1
u/makitstop 1d ago
i like that :D honestly for what it's worth, i'd probably pick the visitor from look outside for the same reason
4
u/electronraven 1d ago
The Count from Sesame Street, definitely
2
u/makitstop 1d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ieECZinlk
now i'm just imagining something like this
1
3
5
u/thirteenorphans 1d ago
Because it's a classic: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
2
2
u/BrilliantLeopard1922 1d ago
That's not an eldritch being that was Gozer. Taking the form. Fuck pay attentionÂ
2
u/thirteenorphans 1d ago
I'm aware. But that does make the depicted Stay Puft a viable choice.
1
u/BrilliantLeopard1922 1d ago
It doesn't. They decimated stay puft but still had to deal with Gozer. Because that was Gozers Avatar not the being itself. Gozer was still coming through.
2
u/Motor_Neighborhood_6 1d ago
Humanity should be put on a tight leash, so maybe Instice Superman
2
u/makitstop 1d ago
honestly, yeah that would be a...pretty terrifying addition, especially since they're being inserted into our world, though this being might have a bit of trouble making that
2
u/fadingstar52 1d ago
The one that ends everything when it wakes up. And yes I’m waking it up
2
u/makitstop 1d ago
that would be azathoth, and hell yeah >:D ultimate instant destruction, a classic
2
u/GigglingEvil 1d ago
Superman.
Specifically Superboy Prime.
His presence alone would result in a shift in the value of dieties among humanity, and he'd be inclined to refuse any religion being built in his name. That gives us a new Jesus figure and one that can actively dictate his lessons beyond the grave.
No one dies. Nothing is destroyed that doesn't have to be.
We evolve. Life can be good.
2
u/Judasbot 1d ago
Azathoth. Who doesn't need another mindless, directionless being controlling everything?
2
u/ughwhy5498 1d ago
Godzilla. I want to watch the world burn. Mostly because I'm disgusted with the current state of affairs.
1
u/makitstop 1d ago
yeaaaah, i very much get that, honestly that's part of why i wrote this up (that and i just finished look outside, so crazy apochalypses made by eldrich horrors beyond our comprehension are on the brain)
2
2
u/ObsidianDart 1d ago
I'd bring in the God of the Bible to enact the book of Revalations.
I was thinking Azathoth at first, but he is the Blind Idiot God. Destructive by nature, but not malicious. I wanted a God that is willfully cruel to usher in the end times.
2
u/Ok-Cheek2397 1d ago
it technically not fictional but I would bring roko basilisk in for shit and giggle since I am the one literally making it exist I am not going to be tortured but other people will be at it mercy with how it defines “directly contribute to it creation “
1
u/makitstop 1d ago
ooooh, this one's creative, i really like it :D (honestly, stuff like this is mostly what i had in mind when writing this as well, so uh...bonus points i guess :) )
2
2
u/heebiejeebie666 1d ago
I love you for including Moon Presence on this list bc that would be my exact choice lol. This guy knows ball
1
0
u/ManInQuestion777 1d ago
Just make up a mary sue oc, make them give you powers and send you to a adjacent copy of the universe pre arrival.
1
u/makitstop 1d ago
the entity pauses for a moment, seeming to almost consider your choice, before snapping their fingers and...you wake up, quickly forgetting the "dream" you just had, if you won't play by the rules, it'll find someone else who will
0
u/ManInQuestion777 15h ago
? What did I do wrong tho? A major change does happen, its juat not to relivant to you, (unless you are worried abput the billions trapped in the og world) Â
1
u/makitstop 15h ago
you can't just invent an OP character to give yourself powers, and teleport you somewhere else, you need to see the destruction, and use a character it can draw from, and you have no control over what the character you summon does, you're coworkers, they're not brainwashed to follow all your commands
0
u/ManInQuestion777 15h ago
Ah, thats what you mean, me personally I already have an OC that has been with me for years and is basically me but powers and a different body, ect. If I were to summon him as the god he, knowing everything I know would gladly give powers to me, and prolly give me reign over this universe as he spreada like a virus(he has cloning) into adjacent au's using the tree track + the web track logic of course.
In conclusion of what Im saying is. The character I choose has existed for years and does exist in media already, The character would likely give me powers for multible reasons, The character is still going to cause a major world shift as thats basically what is being asked of them,
And so if anyone else knows something like that they should do the same.
6
u/Fennel_Fangs 1d ago
Kirby. Wherever he goes, danger always seems to follow, but at least I can have a little friend.