More Classic Monster Heroes!

[derpurple3rd]

So with the latest hero update, we have 4 monster-themed heroes: a high society vampire girl, an eldritch entity as an unassuming bellhop, a Frakenstein's monster, and a classic ancient/old murder-hobo vampire. You can even say Billy and Paige are monster-adjacent as a Goathead man (satanic goat/Jersey Devil) and a librarian with haunted books. And soon it seems we're getting a Van Helsing-like Catholic priest with Venator and later a witch in Boho.

As cool as some of the planned and community hero ideas are, I hope we get more classic monsters heroes, so I made a list of those I'd like to see:

1. Bigfoot/Yeti/Man-Ape: self-explanatory
2. Bride of Frankenstein: self-explanatory, though could just be a skin for one of the women
3. Creature from the Black Lagoon/Loch Ness Monster: maybe Slork/Fathom is already being reworked to look like this? That or a skin. If not, a hero based on the Gillman or Nessie would be neat
4. Mummy/Egyptian character: imo Calico could use a redesign, her name and her Sphynx cat familiar already fit a lite Egyptian theme too! Though a classic bandaged wrapped mummy would be ideal. Both would be nice, an Egyptian/Northeast African hero and a pure mummy
5. Werewolf/Wolfman: wouldn't mind seeing Shiv being retroactively redesigned to be this, instead of potential another vampire
6. Insect Humanoid: 60s horror movies are full of insect-themed monsters like the Wasp Woman, THEM, and The Fly. I'm thinking of an insect queen of some sort with a hivemind at her disposable. Alternatively, Trapper should be redesigned as an arachnid-humanoid working a pest control to fit the OG concept
7. Zombie/Necromancer: we have undead people but no black-robed Necronomicon-wielding necromancer, or more ideally, a classic brain-munching zombie. Personally, I'd prefer an intelligent, talking zombie like Stubbs the Zombie or the ones from Return of the Living Dead
8. Invisible Man/Woman: Haze kind of fits this but a classic trench-coated bandaged, sunglasses, hat-wearing would be neat. Could easily be a skin though
9. Phantom of the Opera: a disfigured, ghastly specter but also a theatrically charismatic man. Could be a counterpart to Cadence, if she's still planned for release. Or, again, just a skin for someone
10. Gnome/Leprechaun/Faerie/Sprite/Kobold/Dwarf/Hobbit: just some sort of mythical, magical mischievous miniature humanoid. Of course, with so many options which to choose as there are obvious design and theming overlaps. Maybe a Leprechaun/Dwarf standing/riding on an oversized, walking soul pot that utilizes all the above? Though this idea could make for a funny Mo and Krill skin
11. Chupacabra/Wendigo: we could get both if they were designed completely different, but again there are some design and overall theming overlaps. One could say both Shiv and Drifter vaguely fits this niche so perhaps potential skins for those two
12. Mermaid/Siren: a female humanoid Deep rep is needed, so why not the classical Mermaid or Siren? This could overlap with Cadence/Fortuna if they are the resident songstress character. Maybe just a skin? Maybe a friendly rivalry?
13. Fortune Teller/'Gypsy'/Mystic woman: honestly this probably overlaps with Boho and Fortuna, if the latter is about fortune
14. Dragon-themed character: this does not strictly have to be a dragon, western or eastern. It could be a person powered by a dragon, either directly or through an artifact. They could be a mythical dragonslayer or even a dragon shapeshifted into human/humanoid form (if they are established as real). Though personally I am partial to a dragon-blooded human that has an ult that temporarily transforms them into a dragon. Would also prefer a classic Shen Long dragon over a European dragon but any kind of 'dragon'-themed hero (loose term/category) would be cool to see
15. A Japanese yokai like a Kappa or Tengu: weneed another Japanese rep, and regardless if Yamato is redesigned into a yokai, there are several other notable yokai types. Though they could just be skins. On a side note, TVSpirit/Poltergeist seems like it could be the Ringu/Onryo rep of a malevolent female Japanese spirt
16. A classic Alien/extraterrestrial, think 'Green Martians' or 'Greys': this one would be pushing it, especially with Deadlock's focus on the occult, but the concept of otherworldly visitors from space were common in the early 20th century. Could play around with it and combine the Green Martian idea with WW1/WW2 plane gremlins, which were also described as little green men from above