One week later and the character profiles over on DeviantArt are finished. So let's reveal the final ten.
1602jaw: First episode of the epilogue is an important one, it'll be a pretty big departure from anything else you've seen on the page and will set the tone for the other five parts. I've had this story in my head for almost four years now so I'm pretty excited to be finally sharing it with you guys. That being said I probably won't set a precedence for talking about it much over here out of benefit to any one that hasn't read Endless.
Me: Nice to have you back Me. I was wondering if we'd ever see you again or if you were going to just drop some characters then disappear into the either. Blissfully ignorant of my shenanigans. It seems your something of a nomad so I won't take to harshly if you don't stick around but I do hope you stay. I always appreciate new perspectives on any given work and yours seems quite different from the regulars around here.
That Guy: Glad to see these guys have your general approval Guy. Don't worry about Meg. Seth McFarlane isn't really for me either. I probably wouldn't have picked Meg if I hadn't been overruled by the two friends helping me with the cast. But since she's here I'll find something interesting to do with her. Also It's a real shame Sam definitely won't be here. Real shame.
As a refresher here's the cast so far
. Wallace Wells (Scott Pilgrim) Suggested by: MemeKing the Third
2. Penny Crayon (Penny Crayon) Suggested by: 'Me' (As in a Guest going by the name Me)
3. Miko (Glitch Techs) Suggested by: SteelRobot
4. Bruce Wayne (Batman: The Animated Series) Suggested by: Filipe
5. Meg Griffin (Family Guy) Suggested by: Guest
6. Raggedy Ann (Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure) Suggested by: 'Me' (As in a Guest going by the name Me)
7. Jack Smith (Magic Tree House) Suggested by: That Guy
8. Frank Tenpenny (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) Suggested by: PrincessGumballWatterson777
9. Sam & Max (Sam & Max) Suggested by: G-Man
10. Herlock Sholmes (The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures) Suggested by: NeverSafeFromWaluigi
11. Philip J Fry (Futurama) Suggested by: MemeKing the Third
12. Turanga Leela (Futurama) Suggested by: G-Man
13. Guzma (Pokémon Sun and Moon) Suggested by: SurvivorNerd
And now the final ten joining them will be...
14. Vultureman (Thundercats 1985 and 2011) Suggested by: 1602jaw
15: Shego (Kim Possible) Suggested by: Guest
16: Entrapta (She Ra and the Princesses of Power) Suggested by: thenewsubwayguy
17: Katara (Avatar: the Last Airbender) Suggested by: That Guy
18: Princess Zelda (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) Suggested by: Guest
19: Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate) Suggested by: TheMasterKat
20: Gary Smith (Bully) Suggested by: Happiness Studios
21: Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice) Suggested by: Mrs Filipe
22: Doctor Olivia Octavius (Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse) Suggested by: thenewsubwayguy
23: Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) Suggested by: Doctor Chaotic
And that's our cast this season! Before I leave things off I want to give some brief honorable mentions. I workshopped the cast with two friends and while it meant some characters I'm less familiar with like Steve and Guzma got a chance to make it in, other times it meant there were characters I had to give up.
Jim Chapman (Resident Evil) Suggested by: PrincessGumballWatterson777
Part of the first couple of characters PrincessGumball gave us. Not familiar with him but surface level research made it seem like he'd be fun. Utilmately though she came back and gave us more characters including Tenpenny and that was that.
Momo Yaoyorozu/Ochako Uraraka/Tsuyu Asui/Mina Ashido/Kyoka Jiro (My Hero Academia) Suggested by: G-Man
Me and my guys were debating using one of the My Hero girls G-Man gave us, the problem was we couldn't agree on which one.
Squidward (SpongeBob SquarePants) Suggested by: Happiness Studios.
Happiness made a really strong pitch for Squidward that all but sold me on him, especially after he appeared in Endless. But my other friends were less moved.
Vinny Santorini (Atlantis: The Lost Empire) Suggested by: thenewsubwayguy
God I wanted to use Vinny so badly. Again like Squidward he had appeared in Endless and had even showed interest in gameplay strategy. How perfect would have been to have him sign up for the next season? But alas.. we were trying to keep the contest gender balanced and already had to many men. Next time Vinny.
Maleficent (Maleficent) Suggested by: Guest #1
Me and one of my buddy Yerdey have been doing a bad movie night for the past couple years where we watch something that's usually terrible and rank them all best to worse. So far we're a hundred and eighty movies in and Maleficent is still the absolute worse thing we've seen. Having it pop it in the suggestions dealt us both psychic damage. And yet part of me was sorely tempted to use her as the character herself isn't unsalvageable. Developing her and using her to poke holes in the film would have been a funny effort-post. But not funny enough to pass up using Shego, who we ultimately when with out of that guest's picks.
Greg (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) Suggested by: Guest #2
Greg Hefley is one of those characters trapped by there own format. He's an obvious unreliable narrator but when you look past that he's kind of a entitled brat, but there's no chance in his home series to get past that. So seeing him in an environment where we aren't bound by his perspective and he has room to grow would be interesting. But the boys wanted Meg more. I don't regret that she's here though. Like I said I'll put her to good use.
Loki (Marvel) and Katie Mitchells (Mitchells verses the Machines) Suggested by: Guest #3
Honestly these are both great picks that really got the neurons firing over the potential arcs they could of had. But this guest also gave me Zelda and after using Princess Peach extensively last season, there was no way I could pass Miyamoto's other princess up.
And that's that. One last time thank you so much to everyone that submitted characters. There were obvious I few that I wanted that couldn't make it in but all in all and am very, very happy with this cast. I think they're going to make for some fun houseguests.
First episode comes out tomorrow, the 14th as promised.
