What if.......The Thing Gauntlet

[shadowknight]

This what if is a gauntlet of sorts for John Carpenter's creature of nightmare. The Thing starts off crashing in a rural area a few hundred miles away from a main city and has assimilated a dog in most scenarios with the end goal of taking over the planet or space station. Can the heroes of and characters of the various universes be able to identify and stop this alien infiltrator? or will the thing assimilate them all?

Round 5: Marvel Earth : 616 (Pre-Battle world)



Round 4: DC Earth (Current)




Round 3: Coruscant (Star wars Pre-Revenge of the sith, an escape pod from a derelict ship crashlands in the lower levels of the planet with the thing inside)




Round 2: Mass effect Citadel (a derelict craft is pulled into dock by C-Sec with the thing, posing as the last surviving crew member, on board)



Round 1: The Next Generation Enterprise (After intercepting a distress signal and subsequently finding a lone survivor (you know the drill) of a damaged ship the Thing starts to run amuck.

[GuardianAngel1911-Admin]

Idea is neat but I feel like they aren't in a good order, I doubt it survives either of the first rounds to see Mass Effect. Also why pre secret wars for Marvel?

[shadowknight]

Apr 12, 2016 18:16:48 GMT GuardianAngel1911-Admin said:

Idea is neat but I feel like they aren't in a good order, I doubt it survives either of the first rounds to see Mass Effect. Also why pre secret wars for Marvel?

That was just the order in which they popped into my head . I'll fix them in a while, as to why pre battle world.....I dunno. Just feel like that's for the best. If post/current would be better Ill change it.

[shadowknight]

ok, I fixed it. Basically just numbered it in reverse order which, surprisingly, makes more sense as it goes from a single ship to a space station to planets.

[GuardianAngel1911-Admin]

The Enterprise it'll do pretty good if it doesn't end up trying to eat Data first he'll like be the Things greatest threat early on.

Citadel is a straight toss up, Coruscant same but less so because Palpatine likes to hang out down there, occasionally with Anakin. Solo Palpatine leads it down a deserted alley where he's the monster with Anakin, Jedi shenanigans ensue

DC and Marvel..lost presumed vaporized by locals. Best case scenario, worst case scenario it runs into a Cthulhu.

[shadowknight]

just imagine if it was able to assimilate someone like the flash or another speedster........you think it would get those powers?

[GuardianAngel1911-Admin]

Not sure if it would, and actually assimilating them is easier said than done.

[shadowknight]

Apr 13, 2016 18:31:10 GMT GuardianAngel1911-Admin said:

Not sure if it would, and actually assimilating them is easier said than done.

oh, I know but the thing isn't stupid. In fact, I think it could possibly slip un noticed through street level heroes and villains...especially the punchy, stabby types of heroes/villains

[MugiwaraBlair]

It would fail pretty quickly in irl modern times imo so any setting with more firepower than us would annihilate it.

[GuardianAngel1911-Admin]

Was giving it the benefit of plot, Star Trek its probably just a single episode monster, maaybe a two parter at best. Mass Effect its an optional side quest. Star Wars, Palpatine puts a leash and collar on it and tries to clone an army of them and modify them with Sith Alchemy, regardless of Legends or Disney. Also he names it Fluffy for the lulz. DC and Marvel its best bet is to do like the Parasytes at the end of the manga/anime and just never do shit, unless it can get powers but even then Dr. Strange just looks at it, laughs undoes all the things it ate and stuffs it in his fridge for breakfast tomorrow with the rest of the groceries, right next to Majinn Buu's egg. Said breakfast is a Majin omelette with Hash Things with a drink of Ivan Ooze.