I've been thinking about whether Vaughn (a.k.a. Dark Quasar) of The Cancerverse should have a page of his own, but I wanted to get some opinions from my fellow Viners before even considering making Vaughn a page of his own. Sure, Vaughn might be an alternate reality version of Quasar but he's so different from his mainstream counterpart that I can't help but think of them as being two entirely different men, it's like how Supergirl and Power Girl are perceived as two completely different women even though they alternate versions of one another.
When you compare the two, you can see that there are very large gaps keeping Vaughn from being a "traditional character counterpart" like the ones seen in the What If? comics. For instance, Quasar himself is powered solely by The Quantum Bands whereas Vaughn is also an Adept who primarily specializes in scrying, divination and summoning magic and can reinforce his cosmic energy blasts with offensive spells. Then there is his physical appearance, he looks like a Dark Elf from...well, almost anything that was spawned from the Fantasy genre and only looks like our Wendell when he uses his shape-shifting powers.
Even the way he talks is different, and I'm not talking about how well versed he is in the language of Chthulu, I'm talking about the way he forms speech and talks to others. When he's around authority figures (especially Lord Mar-Vell) he never speaks to them in a casual manner, he never cuts them off while they are in the middle of speaking and even though he does voice his opinions on certain subjects, he does it in a far more respectable manner than Quasar, Nova, etc. ever have.
He also doesn't freak out and curse up a storm if things don't go his way. Though...when he's in battle, his attitude does change somewhat, and tends to curse in Chthuluspeak.
IMHO, the only things I think Vaughn and Quasar really have in common are their given names and that they both ended up becoming wielders of The Quantum Bands in their respective universes. So, anyways, what do you all think? Should Vaughn be given his own profile page like Power Girl, Marvel Universe and King Hyperion before him or remain bound solely to the alternate realities section of Quasar's profile page?
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