First, let's develop a criteria for what a planeswalker is. We'll use the post-mending characteristics. The foremost criterion is the ability to travel the multiverse. This is central and, of course, it's built into the term "planeswalker" itself. A secondary criterion would be the ability to use and understand magic, though this can be loosely defined and considered non-vital.
So, given what we know, which characters from popular culture and other non-mtg media could be considered planeswalkers?
As a starter example, I'll put forth Marvel Comics' Uatu the Watcher. He's been shown to travel the multiverse and possesses limited reality manipulation powers.
Last thing: Remember that only characters who are shown to travel the multiverse (on their own power) should be considered. A planebound character, no matter how powerful, can't be a 'walker by definition.
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I'm officially proposing we retire the word "insane" from the MtG vocabulary.
"The best way to be different is to be better" - Gene Muir
Prinz Lobkowitz
Una Persson
Jerry Cornelius
Frank Cornelius
Catherine Cornelius
Elric of Melnibone
Paul Gaynor von Minct aka Gaynor the Damned
Klosterheim
Rose von Bek
Each of these characters has appeared in multiple of Michael Moorcock's series. Some of the stories take place in different planes of the Multiverse, so I think each of the characters fits. Elric is the only incarnation of the Eternal Champion that can travel the Multiverse at will, though that's via Dream Quest. His body is left in one location while his conscience quests into the Multiverse, manifesting in the forms of Monsieur Zenith, Zodiac, Crimson Eyes, or Sir Milk-and-Blood. So Elric's physical form is left in one plane, while his conscience takes on a form of its own on another plane.
Corum, another aspect of the Eternal Champion, has never traveled via Dream Quest or via his own powers. Corum's race has built castles which can travel the planes of the Multiverse, so you could say the Vadhagh have the science for planeswalking.
Flagg, yes. What about IT, and the Crimson King as well. The King has visited Derry before, and Wisconsin in the Jack Sawyer novel Black House.
Is this, by any chance, inspired by Doctor Who fans listing time lords?
As of the Evangelion reboot, we can officially put Kaoru on this list. "This time, Shinji, I will make you happy." Yes, he's fully aware of previous Eva timelines, as if he could traverse them. I mean, yeah, we see his head pop off and hear the Ninth stop suddenly, but I'd still say he qualifies. (And of course, resurrection is like that.) Also, he uses psychokinesis in the original series, sometimes in a way that helps the plot make sense (levitation), but other times (opening the door) just for the rule of cool.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
I would venture from Lost, The Man in Black and Jacob. Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold in Once Upon a Time. Humorously, I'd go w/ Phil Conners from Groundhog Day (he lost his spark when he fell in love - women, psshhh...) Cenobites from the Hellraiser series (specifically Pinhead).
"A rich man thinks all other people are rich, and an intelligent man thinks all other people are similarly gifted. Both are always terribly shocked when they discover the truth of the world. You, my dear brother, are a pious man." - Strahd von Zarovich
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So, given what we know, which characters from popular culture and other non-mtg media could be considered planeswalkers?
As a starter example, I'll put forth Marvel Comics' Uatu the Watcher. He's been shown to travel the multiverse and possesses limited reality manipulation powers.
Last thing: Remember that only characters who are shown to travel the multiverse (on their own power) should be considered. A planebound character, no matter how powerful, can't be a 'walker by definition.
I'm officially proposing we retire the word "insane" from the MtG vocabulary.
"The best way to be different is to be better" - Gene Muir
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Hiro Nakamura
Peter Petrelli
Q
Randall Flagg
Harry Keogh
Elminster
Una Persson
Jerry Cornelius
Frank Cornelius
Catherine Cornelius
Elric of Melnibone
Paul Gaynor von Minct aka Gaynor the Damned
Klosterheim
Rose von Bek
Each of these characters has appeared in multiple of Michael Moorcock's series. Some of the stories take place in different planes of the Multiverse, so I think each of the characters fits. Elric is the only incarnation of the Eternal Champion that can travel the Multiverse at will, though that's via Dream Quest. His body is left in one location while his conscience quests into the Multiverse, manifesting in the forms of Monsieur Zenith, Zodiac, Crimson Eyes, or Sir Milk-and-Blood. So Elric's physical form is left in one plane, while his conscience takes on a form of its own on another plane.
Corum, another aspect of the Eternal Champion, has never traveled via Dream Quest or via his own powers. Corum's race has built castles which can travel the planes of the Multiverse, so you could say the Vadhagh have the science for planeswalking.
Flagg, yes. What about IT, and the Crimson King as well. The King has visited Derry before, and Wisconsin in the Jack Sawyer novel Black House.
They are similar, but have some key differences, among them:
Their motivations; distinctive traits/features that they retain in each form; how they travel space/time and what brought them to "our" world.
They each could be 'walkers, though. Likely pre-Mending.
I'm officially proposing we retire the word "insane" from the MtG vocabulary.
"The best way to be different is to be better" - Gene Muir
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As of the Evangelion reboot, we can officially put Kaoru on this list. "This time, Shinji, I will make you happy." Yes, he's fully aware of previous Eva timelines, as if he could traverse them. I mean, yeah, we see his head pop off and hear the Ninth stop suddenly, but I'd still say he qualifies. (And of course, resurrection is like that.) Also, he uses psychokinesis in the original series, sometimes in a way that helps the plot make sense (levitation), but other times (opening the door) just for the rule of cool.
On phasing:
Harry Potter - 2RW
Ron Weasley - 1WW
Hermione Granger - 2WU
Draco Malfoy - 1BG
Severus Snape - 2WB
Voldemort - 3BBB
Dumbledore - 3UWB
Homura Akemi (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)