We take our first trip to the world of the Wicked + the Divine to examine Baphomet! And it's so complex, we enlisted Jered from the Fantom Zone to help us! Does this role playing god find a name he's comfortable with? Listen now to find out! SHOW NOTES: Intro Thanks to guest Jered from Fantom Zone Nominees for 100th episode award show + mailbag - nominations page Background (05:15) Baphomet created by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, and Matthew Wilson in The Wicked + The Divine #2 (July 2014) Makes his debut in the London Underground holding the Morrigan's severed head, but was interrupted by the Morrigan herself - they fought until Laura intervened Learns of the "Prometheus gambit", where a god can extend their life by killing another god - initially targets Urdr but gets stopped by Morrigan, and focuses on Inanna instead Later revealed that he didn't kill Inanna, and they went to Laura - witnessed her transformation into Persephone, and after Ananke killed Inanna, Baphomet took Persephone to the Underground to hide After sleeping with Persephone, he revealed that he's actually Nergal, but changed his name because he was ashamed of the association with Warhammer 40K - before becoming a god, he was Cameron, a role-playing nerd in love with Marian - when Marian became the Morrigan, she convinced Ananke to turn him into a god, which he did not appreciate initially After Persephone kills Ananke, he and Morrigan resume their relationship, which turns abusive towards him - Morrigan becomes very controlling and physically abusive Later discovers that Morrigan wanted him to become a god so they could kill and resurrect each other forever Permanently kills the Morrigan's 3 alters to provide bodies for the disembodied heads of Lucifer, Inanna, and Tara Sacrifices his brain to bring back Dionysus Issues (17:16) Scared, insecure, and afraid of death Postures as what he thinks masculinity should look like, as well as what he thinks Morrigan wants (24:20) Domestic abuse from a male perspective (31:54) Was an identity forced upon him, or did he refuse the identity gifted to him and make his own? (42:15) Break (55:48) Plugs for Popcorn Psychology, Bedknobs & Broomflicks, and Jeremy Whitley Treatment (56:42)  In-universe - Need a fan to infiltrate the Pantheon and feed information to him Out of universe Skit  Ending (74:58) Recommended reading: the entire Wicked + Divine series Next episodes: Killer Croc, Black Adam, Stranger in a strange land Plugs for social References: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Anthony (06:27) Warhammer 40K - Anthony (10:05) My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Anthony (12:50) Spinal Tap/Goes to eleven - Doc (26:14) Hank Pym episode - Anthony (33:03) Personality Isn't Permanent by Benjamin Hardy - Doc (49:05) Peppermint Patty - Anthony (64:54) "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" - Anthony (75:40) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Spotify: here Twitter Facebook Patreon TeePublic Discord