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- "Because we lack forms, we entrust the choice to you who have shape, Line-Block..."
- — The White
- — The White
The White are characters from Shin Megami Tensei IV
Bio[edit | edit source]
A recurring topic in the Megami Tensei series is the constant battle between the forces of order (represented by the tyrannic YHVH) and those of chaos (represented by divine anarchist Satan). As both sides tend to bring out the big guns, humanity usually is the first thing to get obliterated in this endlessly repeating cycle, but it also is humanity who promptly recreates both God/YHVH and Satan due to its inanely flawed nature and selfish desires.
The White are remnants from the previous cycles that somehow managed to make it past their own respective extinction event. Well aware that taking sides with either YHVH or Satan only results in yet another repetition of the whole damn thing, they decided it was time to stop. All of existence, that is. Whether or not they can attain this goal is all up to the player.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Season 2[edit | edit source]
The White have first appeared in 8chanmania XLVII, but quickly lost in the first round to the Moon Base Alpha Astronaut, who mocked their views by calling them nihilistic nillies'.
Having realized that the true god of the manias, TNVH, had fucked up the mania they debuted on, they realized they cannot escape his lore plans all alone, and hence decided to reenter the manias again, this time with the goal of recruiting a White Messiah rather than winning.
And so, during the events of 8chanmania L, The White returned. They found Vergil in the first round, but rejected him as a Messiah as he could not defeat them. The same held true for the Jiang-Shi Yoshika Miyako, but far from being angered, they felt nothing but pity against the girl that had been forcibly been brought back to (un)life.
In the third round however, they met the Line-Block, a mindless drone who cares for nothing but erasure via TETRIS!. Having found their perfect candidate for a White Messiah, The White fought the Block to test his might, and were defeated. Now having found their one true White Messiah, The White accompanied the Tetris Block all the way to the finals, where the Block won against Hatsune Miku and delivered salvation to Knuckles.
With the Line-Block having failed to win the grand finals of 8chanmania LXVI, the current whereabouts of The White became unknown.
Season 3[edit | edit source]
At least until 8chanmania XCVII. The latter saw a return of The White, and it happily (in so far as The White can be happy) reminded everyone of its plan by undoing The Concept of Nomination. It then ran into an assault vest-equipped Ditto, and promptly got whitewashed.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The White are named after The Great White Brotherhood from the teachings of Theosophy.
