SHOW NOTES:
- Intro
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- Thanks to guest Jered from Fantom Zone
- Nominees for 100th episode award show + mailbag – nominations page
- Background (05:15)
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- Baphomet created by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matthew Wilson in The Wicked + The Divine #2 (July 2014)
- Makes his debut in the London Underground holding the Morrigan’s severed head, but was interrupted by the Morrigan herself – they fought until Laura intervened
- Learns of the “Prometheus gambit”, where a god can extend their life by killing another god – initially targets Urdr but gets stopped by Morrigan, and focuses on Inanna instead
- Later revealed that he didn’t kill Inanna, and they went to Laura – witnessed her transformation into Persephone, and after Ananke killed Inanna, Baphomet took Persephone to the Underground to hide
- After sleeping with Persephone, he revealed that he’s actually Nergal, but changed his name because he was ashamed of the association with Warhammer 40K – before becoming a god, he was Cameron, a role-playing nerd in love with Marian – when Marian became the Morrigan, she convinced Ananke to turn him into a god, which he did not appreciate initially
- After Persephone kills Ananke, he and Morrigan resume their relationship, which turns abusive towards him – Morrigan becomes very controlling and physically abusive
- Later discovers that Morrigan wanted him to become a god so they could kill and resurrect each other forever
- Permanently kills the Morrigan’s 3 alters to provide bodies for the disembodied heads of Lucifer, Inanna, and Tara
- Sacrifices his brain to bring back Dionysus
- Issues (17:16)
- Scared, insecure, and afraid of death
- Postures as what he thinks masculinity should look like, as well as what he thinks Morrigan wants (24:20)
- Domestic abuse from a male perspective (31:54)
- Was an identity forced upon him, or did he refuse the identity gifted to him and make his own? (42:15)
- Break (55:48)
- Plugs for Popcorn Psychology, Bedknobs & Broomflicks, and Jeremy Whitley
- Treatment (56:42)
- In-universe – Need a fan to infiltrate the Pantheon and feed information to him
- Out of universe
- Skit
- Ending (74:58)
- Recommended reading: the entire Wicked + Divine series
- Next episodes: Killer Croc, Black Adam, Stranger in a strange land
- Plugs for social
References:
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Anthony (06:27)
- Warhammer 40K – Anthony (10:05)
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Anthony (12:50)
- Spinal Tap/Goes to eleven – Doc (26:14)
- Hank Pym episode – Anthony (33:03)
- Personality Isn’t Permanent by Benjamin Hardy – Doc (49:05)
- Peppermint Patty – Anthony (64:54)
- “Didn’t I Blow Your Mind” – Anthony (75:40)
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