Reverend James

Reverend James is the microwave-loving main character of the Reverend James series. As Guardian of Fire of Universe 23, he combines his power with his boyfriend, Laurence to unleash devastating microwave-fueled fire blasts to defeat Reverend Vincent.
== Appearance ==
=== Regular clothing ===
Reverend James is a balding white man with grey hair. He wears a black shirt and trousers with a vicar's collar.
=== Old Guardian of Fire robes ===
When fused with the original form of the Legendary Microwave, Reverend James wore a hooded red robe with lighter red swirl patterns across it. In the middle of his chest was a black screen and a couple of black buttons, resembling a microwave.
=== Laurence Guardian of Fire robes ===
When fused with the repaired version of the Legendary Microwave that was part Laurence, Reverend James wore a more pink-red robe with salmon swirl patterns across it. His hood resembled a squished version of Laurence's head.
== History ==
=== Reverend James series ===
Reverend James lived in a priest's house with Laurence, Small Boy, Large Woman and Skinny Girl.
One Christmas Eve, Laurence noted that the house he and Reverend James lived in had no way of cooking food. Reverend James decided to ask for a microwave from Santa. The next day, James and Laurence woke up to find the Legendary Microwave in their living room, delivered by Reverend Jack, unbeknownst to them. Reverend James immediately found himself going inside, much to Laurence and the others' dismay.
The next day, James and Laurence went shopping and the shopkeeper could not understand the unique language James spoke. Laurence's phone told them to go to the Arctic to find the Legendary Google Translate. In the Arctic, Laurence began to die of hypothermia, but James was safe in the warmth of the Legendary Microwave. Just as Laurence went unconscious, James pulled him into the Microwave, reviving him. When Laurence regained conscious, the two proceeded to an icy cave, where they met a Google employee, later revealed to be Reverend Jack in disguise. James defeated Jack in a Pokemon battle and claimed the Google Translate upgrade for Laurence's phone, allowing Laurence to understand him. However, the shopkeeper still did not understand James, not having access to the upgrade. James was so furious he pulled out an M9 and shot the shopkeeper. James and Laurence were shortly arrested.
When they arrived in prison, the Legendary Microwave was confiscated. Reverend James pined for it, so Laurence paid a blue-haired prisoner to retrieve it. While they waited, they listened to a bedtime story from Granny about the Guardians. The prisoner returned with the Microwave, but a policeman attempted to arrest them on grounds of an unauthorised kitchen appliance. James used the Microwave's power to burn down the prison, allowing them to escape. The mania of escaping meant that neither James nor Laurence foresaw a quicksand trap, which they soon fell through.
Much like Rise of Skywalker, there was a perfectly sound cave underneath the quicksand that James and Laurence landed in. This cave was the turf of one Mining Mike, who employed them into manual labour against their will to find metal. With the power of the Legendary Microwave, James was able to quickly smelt ore into metal ingots, but a Vincent Robot appeared and stole the metal. James and Laurence made haste to chase it through the caves, arriving in the ocean, where they began to drown.
Reverend Joel was their saviour from a watery grave, revealing himself to be the Guardian of Water. He took James and Laurence on a "radical" surfing trip until they met the evil one fated to destroy the world with his Power Machine, Reverend Vincent. Vincent quickly defeated Joel and rode off. Not one to let injustice thrive, James made chase, leaving Laurence and Joel to search for the remaining three Guardians.
Reverend James, using the Legendary Microwave to dispatch of patrolling Vincent Robots, snuck into Vincent's volcanic base, where the Power Machine was being constructed from stolen metal. James used the fact that his Microwave resembled a Vincent Megabot to launch a surprise attack on Vincent. Despite being caught unawares, Vincent defeated James with his dark powers, leaving him to die beside the Power Machine.
Barely conscious, Reverend James recalled the legend of the Guardians, which stated that "the fire one would make the volcano erupt". As the Legendary Microwave had many fire-themed powers, James put two and two together and became one with the Microwave, unleashing his destiny as the Guardian of Fire, a role which every previous member of his family had fulfilled. He used his power to cause the volcano to erupt, destroying the Power Machine.
Around this time, Laurence had arrived with the other three Guardians - Reverends Joel, Jack and Jade. After destroying hundreds of Vincent Robots in one blast, James united with them, completing the prophecy that the four Guardians would defeat Reverend Vincent. Vincent fled in his ship, knowing of this legend, but Reverend James followed, grabbing onto the ship's exterior. The ship continued to accelerate to the point where James could no longer hold on and fell off. He realised to survive the drop, he would have to unfuse with the Legendary Microwave and use it to break his fall.
Reverend Jack informed James that to repair the now-crushed Legendary Microwave, they would need to head to the Temple of Repairs in the jungle. James searched along with the rest of Laurence's team, until they finally discovered it. Reverend Vincent had been following them, however, so Mining Mike and the rest of Laurence's team held off Vincent while James and the Guardians searched through the Temple of Repairs for the Repairing Hole. They discovered the Cupboard of Pure Evil, with Jack warning them of its evil power, before eventually finding the Repairing Hole. James offered to sacrifice himself, but Laurence offered himself, as unlike the Guardians, he did not have a role. Laurence jumped down the Repairing Hole with the Legendary Microwave, and returned, now part of said Microwave. James embraced Laurence in his new human-microwave-hybrid form, and the two fused, regaining James's power as Guardian of Fire.
Reverend Vincent had finally eradicated all of those outside the Temple of Repairs, and arrived to fight the Guardians. On his way through the Temple, he discovered the Cupboard of Pure Evil, and fused with it to become Pure Vincent. The four Guardians took on Vincent once and for all. Reverend Joel and Reverend Jack contained Vincent, while Reverend Jade summoned her Sun. To finally destroy Vincent, Reverend James used his fire powers to increase the heat of the sun, finally incinerating Vincent. Outside of the Temple, Vincent's body finally disintegrated. James, the Guardians, and Laurence celebrated with the song I'm a Microwave! 
Some time later, Reverend James received a distress signal from Universe 16, and used his powers to create a portal. Laurence demanded to go with him, not wanting to be apart from James ever again. James simply could not turn down his boyfriend.
== Abilities ==
=== Guardian Abilities ===
==== Standard abilities ====
Reverend James, when fused with the Legendary Microwave/Laurence, possesses the standard abilities of Guardians in Universe 23, including:
* Enhanced speed and strength
* Fusion capability
* Creation of elements
==== Specialised abilities ====
As the Guardian of Fire, Reverend James has unique powers and abilities belonging to the Legendary Microwave
===== Temperature manipulation =====
Reverend James can increase the temperature of nearby objects.
===== Ore smelting =====
Reverend James can turn metal ore into a usable form such as ingots.
===== Fireball creation =====
Reverend James can create balls of flame and fire them at high velocity to use as a weapon.
===== Explosive powers =====
Reverend James can create large explosions at will.
===== Fusion =====
Reverend James can fuse with others, even if they are objects like microwaves.
===== Revival of the dead =====
Through pure warmth, Reverend James can bring the dead back to life.
===== Dimensional travel =====
Due to the Legendary Microwave being imbued with the power of Hecate, Reverend James can use its power to create portals between universes.
=== M9 ===
Reverend James possesses a standard semiautomatic 9mm pistol that for some reason sounds like a shotgun.
== Equivalents/variants ==
=== Carlson (Universe 16) ===
Both James and Carlson are the silent, smallest of their teams of Guardians. The colours of their robes are also complimentary.
== Trivia ==
* James's voice evolved to be much deeper over the course of the series, as LDthebadman forgot what it sounded like in the first place.
* James and Vincent weren't originally meant to be the only Guardians who fused with an appliance to gain their powers - Jack would have fused with a fridge, Joel would have fused with a dishwasher, and Jade would have fused with a lightbulb. We ran out of time to implement this, though, but a remnant of this can be seen in that Reverend Jack initially appears without his Guardian robe.
* An early plot idea would be that after destroying the Legendary Microwave, Reverend James would go live in a cave out of guilt and Reverend Jack would tutor Laurence as the new Guardian of Fire. However, James does not appear to have much of a conscience in the series, literally shooting a man who didn't understand his language, so we scrapped the idea. Some of this does remain with Laurence literally becoming the Microwave, though.
* Instead of Reverend James episode 2, there was a scrapped Reverend James comic, where Reverend Vincent - then called "Reverend Jake" would try and replace James as the "main priest" of Ireland by hypnotising Laurence and Large Woman. The comic would have ended with Reverend James protecting his friends from the hypnosis by hiding them in the Legendary Microwave.