Lynching ITP

"The Animorphs are circling above the confusing events down below. Piccolo and Batman are hovering, as Asuka fights Godzilla and the Khan fights Akuma."
Actual quote.

"Ok, so, need to ask... Just what, the hell, IS THIS. It is overflowing with awesome, is this an rp that is, essentially, one massive battle royale (with some rp segments) between all the forces of awesome that this world has ever and never seen?"
Yes, that sums it up pretty nicely.

These games hosted at the Giant In The Playground forums are part Mega Crossover, part MSTing. For one reason or another, a random assortment of characters from fiction have appeared in the world of a series considered to be poorly written (traditionally Twilight or The Inheritance Cycle), frequently with some motivation to kill its main characters. The game ends when all main characters of the work are dead. Sounds like a Hate Fic, except that interactions between Player Characters can make up a significant portion of the plot, to the point where the series being "lynched" is little more than a backdrop.

Over time, the "kill all Mary Sues" aspects have softened, to the point where some players will attempt to defend the canon characters, and some may be left alive at the end of the game. A game has even been run for The Lord of the Rings (which the players generally hold in high esteem).

Originally each game took place in a separate continuity, with no interaction between them. Unless you're Deadpool.

  • I can't help the way I am!

Although as of game Twilight III there has been something of a Continuity Creep leading to the games becoming part of a multiverse.

The first game is currently being transcribed into a Fanfic, which can be read here.

Thread Index


Tropes used in Lynching ITP include:

Twilight I

The game that started it all. Modern day monster hunters from all walks of life descend upon Forks and Volterra in order to combat the Cullen Coven of vampires and their allies. Just what is Edward planning on doing with that old Transelvanian Castle and when all the hunters have backed him into a corner?

Characters: Twilight I

PCs:

Hellsing: Alexander Anderson, Alucard
The Dresden Files: Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden
Solomon Kane: Solomon Kane
Marvel Universe: Morbius
Van Helsing: Gabriel Van Helsing
Hellboy: Anung Un Rama
Artemis Fowl: Artemis Fowl, Butler
Nightside: John Taylor
The Dark Tower: Roland of Gilead
Army of Darkness: Ash J Williams

NPCs:

Angel: Faith
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Giles, Watcher Council
Hellboy: Beings of the spirit world
Hellsing: The Major
Marvel Universe: Norman Osborn (Dark Reign era)
The Saga of Darren Shan: Mr. Tiny


  • All Your Powers Combined: Edward's final plan involves him acquiring Taylor's gift, Hellboy's stone hand, and Alucard's accumulated souls
  • Oh Crap: Verging on the most triumphant example, when Edward steals Hellboy's hand. Cut to the spirit world, where the just about everyone starts roaring with confusion and anger as their plans collapse.

Twilight II

The floodgates of crossover madness are opened as the endless battle against the Cullens comes to Gotham City. Instrumentality, the emotional spectrum, fallout from the time war and old Gods seeking to reclaim their long lost thrones ensue as the city falls apart in the chaos.

Characters: Twilight II

PCs:

American Gods: Mr. Wednesday
DC Universe: Scarecrow, Joker
Doctor Who: Seventh and Tenth Doctor, Ace
Killer7: Smith Syndicate
Watchmen: Rorshach

NPCs:


  • Assimilation Plot: Edward's big plan.
  • Gambit Pileup: Mr Wednesday had a convoluted plan to steal Edward's popularity and become a god again. Scarecrow wants to backstab him and bathe the city in fear, which Wednesday was counting on because it would make them all kill each other, powering him further, which Edward is also counting on because it would power his ritual Meanwhile, two incarnations of The Doctor have plans of their own, and The Joker bursts in at exactly the wrong moment...
  • Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Adam the First Angel, which was being kept in the Batcave.
  • The Chessmaster: Too many. Wednesday, Edward, The Seventh Doctor. This leads to...

Twilight III

Within London England hides another city called The Nightside. A place where every dream and every nightmare can become a reality. Alice's visions of the previous two worlds lead to them seeking power within this lost world of less than pleasent wonder and magic, unfortunately power comes at a price.

Characters: Twilight III

PCs:

Terminator: T-800
Big Trouble in Little China: Egg Shen, Wang
Nightside: Walker
Hero: Broken Sword (Using a Disgaea based ressurection)
Marvel Universe: Deadpool
Predator: A Predator
Hellraiser: Pinhead

NPCs:


  • Brainwashed and Crazy: Edward does this to some of the PCs from the first game. It doesn't last.
  • No Fourth Wall: The first appearance of Deadpool who would later become a reoccuring NPC.

Eragon I

Characters: Eragon I

PCs:

300: Leonidas and the 300 Spartans
Discworld: Lu-Tze the Sweeper
Dragonlance: Raistlin Majere, Lord Soth
The Elric Saga: Elric of Melnibone
Marvel Universe: Black Knight
Slayers: Lina Inverse, Gourry Gabriev, Xellos

NPCs:



Avatar I

After the movie ends the marines are leaving Pandora when some new human players step up to the plate. Can they fare any better than their predicessors or will they fall to the mighty beasts of the Na'vi?

Characters: Avatar I

PCs:

Animorphs: Visser 3 and the crew of a Blade ship
Firefly: The crew of the Serenity
Halo: A squadron of Spartan-IIs
John Carter of Mars: John Carter
Megas XLR: Coop, Kiva and Jamie
Star Wars: Yoda
Metroid: Samus Aran
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley-Sohyru and Misato Katsuragi
Warhammer 40,000: A squadron of Space Marines (smaller than the Spartan group and with no vehicles)

NPCs:



Twilight IV: No More Heroes![1]

Basin City, the worst of the worst that the multiverse has to offer is the new home to the Cullens. There were no heroes here (until Sanya showed up near the end) only varying shades of monsters, who would notice a few more? Unfortunately this time it isn't Edward making the insane plans to save their asses it is Carlilse and he has a few tricks up his sleave including those not of this world.

Characters: Twilight IV

PCs:

The Authority: Midnighter, Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor
Death Note: Light Yagami
The Dresden Files: Nicodemus, Sanya
Fate/stay night: Archer (Alexander Anderson's Servant)
Hellsing: Alexander Anderson
Heroes: Sylar
Kill Bill: The Deadly Viper Assasination Squad
Marvel Universe: Ghost Rider
No More Heroes: Travis Touchdown
Reaper: Sam
There Will Be Brawl: Kirby
Tsukihime: Kohaku & Hisui (abandoned)
V for Vendetta: V

NPCs:

DC Universe: Lobo
Death Note: Misa Amane
Reaper: Satan
Sword of Truth: Richard Rahl
Tsukihime: Nrvnqsr Chaos


"That's right, he had a dragon in him."

  • The Plan: V pulled off a truly spectacular one against The Authority, killing off almost the entire roster, and if not for circumstances beyond his ability to forsee, he would probably have won. Light attempted one against The Authority, and whether he succeeded or not is really a question.
  • The End - or Is It??: Nicodemus was killed, but The Devil promised him another life. And very soon afterwords, the Devil allows Sam his true love back...
  • Recycled in Space: Kohaku ends up taking care of a serial killer locked in the basement of a mansion, while the residents feed on her blood. Again. Strangely, she was put in this situation by players unaware of the events of Tsukihime.
  • Shout-Out: Too many to list. The Game Master loves these.
  • There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Nrvnqsr was finally killed by a large-scale airstrike of Hellfire missiles and napalm.
  • Where Are They Now? Epilogue
  • Wicked Cultured: V, doubling as a Cultured Badass. Carlisle also gives off this vibe, particularly when he has a talk with Kirby about the nature of evil. Nicodemus counts as well.
  • Wrong Genre Savvy: Nicodemus attempts to invoke Not So Different to a priest by making him doubt his methods and calling him a hypocrite. The priest is named Alexander Anderson.

Twilight V/Eragon III: When Worlds Collide

Edward in his never ending quest not to be horribly slaughtered comes into possesion of a Keyblade and forms an alliance with another desperate keyblade weilder Eragon Brassom and Organization XIII. Conspiracies abound and mysteries that span infinite Earths seek to destroy the players before they learn the truth much less come out victorious.

Characters: Twilight V/Eragon III

PCs:

Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians: Alcatraz Smedry
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Azula
Devil May Cry: Dante
Discworld: Sam Vimes
Fullmetal Alchemist: Greed
Magna Carta: Calintz
Justice League Unlimited: The Question
Old Kingdom: Sabriel
Planetary: Elijah Snow
Real Life: Thedore Rosevelt (zombie)
Resident Evil: Krausser
Kekkaishi: Gen Shishio
Killer7: Smith Syndicate
Kingdom Hearts: King Mickey
Rurouni Kenshin: Seta Sojiro
Shadow of the Colossus: The Dormin
Star Ocean: Fayt Liengod
Wheel of Time: Moiraine Sedai
Warhammer Fantasy: Kallad Stormwatch

NPCs:


  • Back-to-Back Badasses: Blade and Mickey Mouse have promised they will do this at some point. May not occur due to Blade becoming a Nobody.
  • Manipulative Bastard: Wednesday. Just Wednesday.
  • Darker and Edgier: We made Sin City into a site of hope and fixed the world, giving hardline antiheroes a real shot at redemption, and we made 'Our ship runs on Happy Faces' Kingdom Hearts into a war without end against a terrible enemy that the forces of light are slowly losing, and the heroes are slowly losing faith and giving up, one by one. A Crapsack World and how!
  • A God I Am: Wednesday, though he gets a pass as to actually being one. Raistlin can't back it up quite so much up against Wednesday, but the rest of the time gets by.
  • Crisis Crossover: Combines both traditional settings into one game.
  • Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Every character from a previous game was gassed by Odin in a truly spectacular Kick the Dog Moment.
  • Mythology Gag: The villainous faction is composed of characters from previous games.
  • No Fourth Wall: Deadpool remembers the events of previous games he was in.

Twilight VI: Sanity's Requiem

The Cullens barely seem to be a threat in the face of the impending apocalypse, unstopable returning Nazi Armies and their demonic allies, new Robin killing serial killer on the loose in Gotham and the spreading Biomass in New York. What is their involvement in this strange series of events?

Characters: Twilight VI

PCs:

Hellsing: The Major
Marvel Universe: Captain America, Magneto, Red Skull
Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins
Metroid: Samus Aran
Prototype: Alex Mercer
The Legend of Zelda: Ganondorf
There Will Be Brawl: Ganondorf
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Yugi Moto (Season 0 version), Bakura

NPCs:

|Disney's Hercules: Hades
Marvel Universe: The Avengers
DC Universe: The Justice League



Twilight VII: The Dog Bites Back/The Gathering Storm/The Dark Tower

Characters: Twilight VII

PCs:

Animorphs: The Animorphs
Castlevania: Dracula
DC Universe: Darkseid, Bruce Wayne-32(Green Lantern Batman), Shade
Death Note: Light Yagami
Dragonball Z: Piccolo
The Dresden Files: Harry Dresden, Sanya
The Elric Saga: Elric of Melnibone
Evil Dead: Ash
Fate/Zero: Berserker
Final Fantasy: Gilgamesh
Forgotten Realms: Quenthel Baenre
Getter Robo: Ryouma Nagare, Hayato, Musashi, Benkei
Godzilla: Godzilla
Hellsing: Alexander Anderson
Kingdom Hearts: King Mickey Mouse
Marvel Universe: Thanos, Morbius
Megas XLR: Coop
Mistborn: Vin
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Asuka Langley Sohryu
Nightside: John Taylor
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa
R-Type: R-99 (piloted by The Stig)
Solomon Kane: Solomon Kane
Star Ocean: Fayt Liengod
Star Wars: Yoda, Kreia
Street Fighter: Akuma
Supernatural: Azazel
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Kamina, Simon
The Sandman: Death
Touhou: Flandre Scarlet, Yukari Yakumo
Warhammer 40,000: Jaghatai Khan
Xenosaga: KOS-MOS

NPCs:

And many more...


Ryoma: "Hey Simon. Want to see what happens when you combine a Spiral machine with a Getter?"


Fantasy I (Eragon IV)

Characters: Fantasy I

PCs:

Conan the Barbarian: Conan the Barbarian
Discworld: Cohen the Barbarian
Dragonlance: Lord Soth, Tasslehoff Burfoot
Final Fantasy X: Auron
The Legend of Zelda: Link
The Lord of the Rings: Gimli, Legolas
Soul Calibur: Zasamal
Spice and Wolf: Craft Lawrence, Holo
Suikoden IV: Lazlo

NPCs:

Source: Name of character



Vampyr Assasin

A Gaiden Game started when the DM for Twilight VII was away for a week. Instead of trying to be serious and dramatic the game was designed for pure silly fun. The secret Government Organization BUCKLER has drugged and kidnapped a group of unlikely heroes and dropped them on the Vampyr Castle-Mech that is actively destroying Australia.

Characters: Vampyr Assasin

PCs:

DC Universe: Dogwelder
Nextwave: The Captain
Rural Reign: James Connor
Original Characters: Mecha Priest, Johhny Python

NPCs:




Twilight VIII: Future Imperfect

The White Council fell during the Tower War, and in it's stead Molly Carpender took up the Blackstaff and rose to power. Uniting the Knights of the Cross, the remnants of the White Council and conquering most of the world she brought forth a new age of magic and science. The Age of the Britannian Empire. Of course her reign is tainted by the emerging superpowers of other magical nations and the increase in technology elevating the common man to the same level as the average wizard. What could she be planning with that little burnt book with a picture of pale hands clasping an apple and what will the world do to stop her?

Characters: Twilight VIII

PCs:

Akira: Tetsuo
Batman Beyond: Terry McGuiness
Ben 10: Kevin Levin
Deus Ex: Icarus, JC Denton
.hack GU Games: Haseo
Generator Rex: Rex, Agent Six, Bobo Haha
Ghost in the Shell: Major Motoko Kusanagi
Girl Genius: Klaus Wulfenbach, Gilgamesh Wulfenbach
Half Life: Gordon Freeman
Kamen Rider Decade: Tsukasa Kadoya
Marvel Universe: Doctor Doom
Metal Wolf Chaos: Michael Wilson
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Twilight Sparkle
Portal: GLaDOS
Silent Hill: Christabella
Skylark Series: Richard Seaton
Snow Crash: Y.T.
Supernatural: Azazel
System Shock: SHODAN
Transmetropolitan: Spider Jerusalem
V for Vendetta: V

NPCs:

Code Geass: The Entire cast some of which are subjected to Canon Welding.
DC Universe: Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Conmissioner Barbara Gordon, Oracle (the Virtual Ghost of Oracle from Sanity's Requiem)
Dresden Files: Empress Blackstaff (Molly Carpender), Susan Rodriguez, Martin, Carlos Ramirez, Fallen Rangers (Denarians), Sidhe Courts, Red King Arianna



  • A God I Am: Blink and you'll miss it, but V starts quoting Jesus Christ and Sunday rather then philosophers, authors, statesmen, Winston Churchill and everyone else imaginable.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Doctor Doom, Baron Klaus Wulfen Bach, Empress Blackstaff, MICHAEL WILSON THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!, Red King Arianna and Prime Minister Lelouch Vi Blackstaff disagree on many things, this is not one of them.
  • Author Filibuster : Comes up a few times. Horribly subverted in one case. Horribly.
  • Anarchy Is Chaos: Averted most completely, then ends up getting played straight regardless due to circumstances raising the stakes.
  • Bad Future: The Entire point.
  • Bomb-Throwing Anarchists: He even threatens to blow himself up a couple of times, and steals a plane.
  • Composite Character/Canon Welding: As usual many examples.
  • Crapsack World: In order to justify the psychosis of several characters, the problems with the world are highly made plain. Everyone is ruled by Toltalitarian states who only mannage to survive thanks to mutually assured destruction, and we're using resources at such a rate that in three generations there will be nothing left.
  • Crazy Prepared: Spider Jeruselum carries around enough useless stuff to drive of real profesionals or survive anything (all the poor devils had was real guns and bullets).
  • Cyberpunk: More of the point.
  • Doomed Moral Victor: Klaus Von Wulfenbach and Richard Seaton, surprisingly. Averted by V, who says This Is Just The Begining and decides to apply it on a multiversal level now, and Lelouch, who vanishes into Nightside with Shirley and swears to kill his father.
  • Dissonant Serenity: Averted by the Sparks.
  • Elaborate Underground Base: V has at least two, Molly has one, and Seaton has one.
  • For Want of a Nail / What If: The versions of Dresden Files and Code Geass canon employed for this game are basically "What If Thomas was the chosen sacrfice for the Bloodline cure in Changes?" and "What if Lelouch joked about telling Euphimia to make out with Cornelia instead of killing Japanese?" respectively.
  • Magitek: The rest of the point.
  • Happiness in Slavery: V feels that the human race is this.
  • Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard: Molly did this to V. Which is what he wanted, as he didn't have a way of getting to those things on his own.
  • No Endor Holocaust: Very averted. Almost painfully.
  • Order Versus Chaos: Becomes a major theme, with every character forced against their will to one extreme or the other.
  • One-Man Army: V is an inversion of this, in that he could be, but never does, prefering to work from the shadows. However, he can kill men by the dozen without effort when called apon to do so.
  • Shown Their Work: V's quotes. And there are many.
  • Schizo-Tech: Most of the stuff the Sparks come up with.
  • Stable Time Loop: Several characters are sent back in time to star in earlier games.
  • The Souless: Loosing his identity and all his emotions, and thus his ego as well, and then going mad really made him far mored dangerous then he ever was before.
  • Oddly Small Organization: V's group of terrorists who are holding every government in the world at gunpoint consists of Spider Jeruselum (whom is more of an independent contractor) and three women, which only two of have any affect whatsoever.
  • The Unfettered: V. He'll sell his soul, torture his son, manipulate the woman he proports to love, and do whatever it takes to reach his objective, even when the entire point of reaching said objective no longer has any meaning, he won't even slow down.
  • Twist Ending: Something of a subversion of the expected conclusion, to say the least.
  • Wild Mass Guessing: Who is V?

Twilight IX: Of Wolf and Man

By far the strangest game in the Lynching-verse. This game took three DMs with three very different visions and levels of knowledge of the various source material to come together into one outstanding train wreck of a game. With the rotating themes of Badass Normal folks caught in a conspiracy, Sequels and I dunno whatever the Hell you want, let's end this game and move on already this game was surely a sight to be seen but will never be mentioned again.

Characters: Twilight IX

PCs:

Black Dynamite: Black Dynamite
Darkstalkers: Baby Bonnie Hood
DC Universe: Green Arrow
Doctor Who: Donna Noble
Ghostbusters: The Ghostbusters
G.I. Joe: Destro and The Baronesse
Hack Slash: Cassie Hack
John Dies at the End: John Chesse
Marvel Universe: Nick Fury, Daredevil, and Captain America (comics)
Neon Genesis Evangelion Gakuen Datenroku: Shinji Ikari
Scream: Sydney Prescott
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder (80s version)
X-Blades: Ayumi


NPCs:

DC Universe: Deathstroke
Doctor Who: The Master
Highlander: Lots of Immortals
Marvel Universe: Deadpool
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gendo Ikari, Rei Ayanami, Karou Nagisa, Asuka Sohryu
Real Life: Barack Obama
Transformers: The Fallen



  • Badass Normal: Every PC.
    • For strange and somewhat contradictory definitions of Badass and Normal.
  • Mole in Charge: Nick Fury, Ultimates version, has apparently put a large portion of this together to cover up his more-then-shady dealings with the Cullens.
  • Odd Friendship: Daredevil's a blind lawyer brought up in Hells Kitchen, with a strong sense of morality and a string of psychotic and dead girlfriends! Green Arrow's a billionaire playboy from a destroyed world who dresses up like Robin Hood and shoots arrows! They Fight Crime!
  • Logic Bomb: John uses a... interesting variation of this.
  • Put on a Bus to Hell: It's mentioned All There in the Manual that Richard Rahl was sent to the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four, where he is being made to accept a consesus reality.
  • Shout-Out: Samuel L. Jackson has a Lightsaber. A purple lightsaber.
    • Not to mention rode in on a motorcycle, shirtless, while firing two guns.
  • The Hunter: Baby Bonnie Hood, Cassie Hack and John Chesse all have this to a certain degree when facing monsters.
  • Too Soon: Due to lead time between planning and play the fact that Japan has been reduced to inhabitable rubble by natural disasters in this game seems a bit insensetive so soon after the Tsunami and Earthquake.
  • War for Fun and Profit: Destro is a firm believer. And Nick Fury seems to share his passion.

Twilight X IN SPACE! The Final Frontier

Characters: Twilight X

PCs:

Chronicles of Riddick: Richard B. Riddick
Cowboy Bebop: Spike Speigel
The Dispossessed: Shevek
Dune: Paul Atredis
Flash Gordan: Flash Gordan
Foundation: Hober Mallow
Firefly: Mal Renyolds
Outlaw Star: Gene Starwind
Power Rangers SPD: Anubis "Doggie" Cruger, Bridge Carson and Kat Manx
Ratchett And Clank: Ratchett and Clank
Star Trek: Captain James Tiberius Kirk
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Captain Jean Luc Picard
Star Wars: Han Solo

NPCs



  1. Later Sword of Truth as well
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