Matching Hero & Nemesis

jonsills

So last night, one of my newest toons, Pyretta Blaze, reached 25. I couldn't help myself - I had to make her Nemesis Hitchhiker Joe.

Does anyone else try to make thematic matches like this, or is this just another way I'm weird? (I already know I'm pretty much weird... )

thelastsonofzod

I love thematic nemeses

For instance, my Celestial Healer is named Excelsior. He's a human mortal possessed by a sentient light entity. His Nemesis is a Darkness user named Entropy

Deathwish is a mercenary homaging Deadpool, and appropriately all of his Nemeses have been joke characters:
The Fett Man (deranged Star Wars cosplayer)
Disco Inferno (disco demon)
Master Chef (Totally stole this concept from Slapperfish's extensive library of punny characters )
Pete Kachu (Radical Manimal rights activist with yellow fur and electric powers)
Bowen McArrow (Ronald McDonald parody wielding a bow)

My Chronomancer, Nygma on the other hand, has an alternate universe Deathwish as a nemesis, as his fourth wall breaking constantly puts the future in danger.

Wyldfire and Kryptonite are both former members of the same metahuman gang, and have each other for Nemeses.

The enemy of my SWTOR style Bounty Hunter Drax Ragnos is an Alien Smuggler, wearing experimental Electrical armor. He called himself Shock Trooper

Making a complimentary Nemesis is a lot of fun, and its generally one of my favorite parts of leveling alts

sistersilicon

Sister Silicon has had one or two alternate universe evil Moiras follow her from you-know-where; The Reverse Engineer, a mad scientist who wanted to take her apart with out much regard for putting her back together again; The Broad Street Bully, a Philadelphia Flyer-turned-Draysha junkie; and now Silicate Sibling, a cheap yet highly destructive North Korean knock-off.

Hitomi Hanzo has only had one nemesis so far, somebody from her past who should not have found her...

And if I ever get back to leveling Nuada, I can get all kinds of grimdark with Irish mythology.

meedacthunist

Haywire's nemesis is a backup of a man who was dumb enough to build him. You'd be hard pressed to tell who's the villain here, though.



Vermilion's nemesis is Cyan, her alternate reality counterpart. The shtick is, they're almost the same in terms of personality. It's a case of the "hero" still being a commissioned soldier employed in a law enforcement agency and the "villain" going full merc.
Also, Vermilion a cyborg, Cyan had her genetic makeup altered, but the end results in terms of performance are the same for both of them.




Other characters don't have specific nemeses.​​