VOTE FOR DOOM

[doomedtorepeatit]

[Victor is sitting in a small café in Heropa, still very near Cape Canaveral, sipping a cup of coffee nearby a window as he overlooks.]

Every time I question myself, the path that I intend to take, the Universe calls out to me to reaffirm my decisions, and how appropriate that my delivery unto this place be Cape Canaveral. The Space Race of the 20th century began in August of 1955, representing both the technological and ideological superiority of two competing nations. It left a legacy of education and research and development, and I wonder to myself if I had focused my own talents in such a way what the world might then look like.

And then, to be brought into a world so affected by the shaping of divinity, I see myself once again. Is it not my purpose then to help to fix all of it? My world needs me, but I must also consider that in the vastness of the multiverse, other worlds might require my assistance as well. [He acknowledges the screen, and sets down his cup.] Well, then, speak no further. I've always said that democracy was overrated, but let me begin with the city to which my tenancy has been bequeathed. My introduction seems no better a time than to announce my candidacy for Nonah's ambassadorship.

My name? Victor von Doom.

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[voice]

[hellrisen02]

[Duo's really tempted to make fart noises as he listens to 80% of this post, but the moment the guy- a new name- is announcing his candidacy, he decides he wants to dig instead.]

[So he'll only be a little annoying.]

Hell of a name.

[doomedtorepeatit]

So I've heard.

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[bespin]

[ And here, Lando had liked the guy he'd met in that café the other day. He was sharply dressed, polite, good taste in cafés... Now that'll have to change. ]

You're well spoken, Mr. Doom, [ They don't have the "von Something" naming convention in space so he assumes it's either part of his first name or a middle name. ] but I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you on a particular point. You see, I myself am going to run for ambassador.

[doomedtorepeatit]

[There was a time, of course, when Victor would have simply disintegrated the man where he stood, but he's moved beyond that now.]

Calrissian, wasn't it? All the best to you, of course.

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[pummelgranite]

[ Bone of animal bones and flowers, as teens these days are wont to do. ]

Cool name, OK haircut, kinda shite platform though. 6/10

[doomedtorepeatit]

'What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths.' Perhaps I should instead gild you with pretty, empty words to allay you?

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[contradict]

But can you truly fix something? [ how many times had elektra heard she needed to be fixed? too many to count. but she's all smiles of doom on her end. ] Won't it always be considered somewhat broken?

[doomedtorepeatit]

There's an old proverb about teaching a man to fish. Perhaps you're familiar with it?

[ video ] » ID: Wanda Maximoff

[divaricate]

Oh jeez, I was wondering when things were going to get exciting here.

[s a r c a s t i c as fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. She knows too much about earth 616 and would like to unsubscribe from this universe.]

But hey, 'democracy is overrated' seems kind of new.

[and stupid but like. she isn't gonna say that. at least not in those words. yet.]

[doomedtorepeatit]

How eloquent. Hello, Wanda.

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[baetiful]

And they claimed I was ambitious when I ran for ambassador after having been in this world for three months. I believe you set the record.

[doomedtorepeatit]

Well, they do say that fortune favors the bold.

[video]

[cigarbribery]

[This version of Foggy Nelson is a deal younger than the version Victor might be passably familiar with, but it's definitely him—the network ID says as much.]

I'm not sure if you've noticed, since you're new and all, but typically ambassadors are elected, which is part of the democratic process. [A beat.] Good luck getting votes on that platform, I guess.

Also, how exactly do you plan to fix things? Do you have any planned policies? What kind of programs are you planning to implement? How do you plan to work with other Ambassadors and the public to "fix all of it"?

[doomedtorepeatit]

I said that it was overrated, Mr. Nelson, not that I was unwilling to work within the inferior systems provided to me. But to your more pertinent question, I turned a once impoverished nation into a world superpower on a platform of federally funded education with an appreciation for the arts.

[Audio]

[randallboggs]

You work fast.

[doomedtorepeatit]

Progress isn't made resting on one's laurels.

[Video]

[lastofthebog]

[ Galla is seated at her computer desk with a half-filled bookshelf behind her. The subjects range from texts on world history, to medical tomes, to some simplistic books on how to use computers and the internet. She doesn't look terribly impressed. ]

Von Doom, is it? I am Galla, and I'm curious what it is you plan to fix. Do you understand the issues when you're so newly arrived? How do you plan to address them?

[doomedtorepeatit]

Familiarizing oneself with current events and the local government requires little more than rudimentary review and basic intellectual skills, madam. I think you'll find the difficulties of most public administrations lie little with the system itself, and more with the bumbling fools that operate them.

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[functusofficio]

[ She's unimpressed and well dressed so far. ]

Do you consider it wise, to run for an office in a world you know nothing of yet?

[doomedtorepeatit]

I've traveled thousands of worlds, across the sheer breadth of the cosmos, Ambassador. What should make this world any different than those?

text; network ID is just a moon emoji 🌙︎

[dragony]

Quite the charmer, aren't you? But you know, announcing such an ambitious platform from a café so you can use the free wifi, it's a little gauche, don't you think?

You're going to have a rough time of it. I suppose it's still in the air, whether you'll deserve it or not.

[doomedtorepeatit]

No more tactless than any other political endorsement that's ever existed, I would imagine.

[canonized_demon]

Your last name is Von Doom? Ahahahahaha, right. And I'm Dangerous McSpookyname.

Von Doom. Damn you're funny.

[doomedtorepeatit]

How simple you must be to be so humored by a name. Perhaps you might find a better use for your time than in wasting mine.

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[notyourfathersosborn]

[Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Doom might have been dead (or something) in his universe, but there's no way in hell he's voting for the guy who (admittedly probably only in his universe) blew up Atlantis.]

That's a very hard no from me.

[doomedtorepeatit]

Interesting. A younger Norman Osborn? Or perhaps one of his progeniture from some alternative universe.

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[restingstitchface]

I happen to think that Providence is the wrong power to hinge one's identity upon; it can bend you backwards and snap you just as easily. You can be smart, you can be funny, you can be driven, but it all means nothing when people vote according to their particular idealogies. During which democratic election has tribalism never been a thing?

[doomedtorepeatit]

For a very long time everybody refuses, and then almost without pause everybody accepts. I can only offer my hand to those who would take it, and show with my actions to those who doubt me that my intention is sincere.

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[liverletdie]

Wait.

[ That's it.

He might be getting a drink. ]

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[liverletdie]

You're running for office?

video; we'll just backdate this

[shutterbugged]

Oh, my god, why is it that the first thing any of you do when you get here is run for office?! Can't you at least get warmed up with a little kidnapping or extortion, first? Give everyone some time to adjust?

[ Why is his spider-sense not on Defcon 1? IT SHOULD BE ON DEFCON 1. ]

[doomedtorepeatit]

A familiar, if not vexatious voice. Hello, Spider-Man.