An Exhaustive List of Every Inspiration for the Face of God

## Introduction

This page displays a list of every piece of media and artistic work that has inspired the stories within the Face of God universe. It's near exhaustive (though probably a few works have been missed). They are sorted by stating the name of the work first, then naming the books that they inspired.

## Movies

### The Edge of Seventeen

The book *Heart* is heavily inspired by this movie, portraying the life of a high school student coming into adulthood. Many of the back and forth between Stacey and Rose reflects the characters played by Hailee Steinfeld and Haley Lu Richardson, so much so that a similar scene is shown in *Heart* with Stacey and Rose getting drunk. As in *The Edge of Seventeen,* this scene is followed by a plot heavy event: In the movie, Nadine (Hailey Steinfeld) wakes to the horror of learning that her best friend banged her brother, while in *Heart* Stacey shows Rose her ability the next day in her terrarium. The tone of the movie is also a bit deep, and it plays out like a dramedy. Similarly, *Heart* has heavy undertones.

### The Marvel Cinematic Universe and X-Men Movies

The Face of God is a superhero saga, nothing to debate about it. It's heavily influenced by the movies and story telling structure of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes movies such as *Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man,* and *Avengers: Endgame.* The idea of multiple universes and affecting time is brought from the ideas in this movie series. The *X-Men* movies' mutant plot is similar to how random humans acquire special powers in The Face of God.

### The *Glass* trilogy by M. Night Shyamalan

The *Glass* series is a realistic look at superhumans comprised of three movies, ending in the death of two of the main characters. The realism and nuanced exploration of mutant people is similar to how The Face of God explores its own narrative.

## Tv Shows

### Breaking Bad

Perhaps a less expected inspiration is Vince Gilligan's *Breaking Bad* tv show, which has many ideas that lend to concepts in the *Gems,* and the "Book About the Under the Table Dynasty," The whole concept of a crime centered book with far reaching subplots is heavily inspired by the show. Also, the original picture of a "southern class white family," was spurred on by the Alquist family, the white supremist gang that Walter White killed in the final season.

Also *Day* has many nods to the tv show. The whole concept of Eli Laffe taking another dangerous and secret job likens to Walt's actions, as well as the family betrayal. Also, Tam from the book is meant to be a lot like Mike Earmentraut from *Breaking Bad.*

### Game of Thrones

Again, the two stories centered on modern crime were inspired by this show. The reason being, there are many characters in Gems especially that are all trying to run the industry.

*Arm* and the story of Ailios reflect the realistic fiction described in the tv show.

## Books

### To Kill a Mockingbird

The classic novel is a very basic inspiration, pretty much inspiring the author of *Heart,* etc. to use nuanced characters and relationship centered drama.

## Real Events

There are also a few real events that are in the stories. They are as follows

### The Troubled Teen Industry, United States, 1970-80

In the midst of the hippie wave, entrepreneurs set up centers where teens could be sent for "therapy," but a lot of corruption existed in them. This may be alluded to, or in fact the center of conflict in *Hand.*

### Soviet Russia

This is the setting for "The Russian Political Drama." A second cold war also happens in *Day.*

### The Dot-com boom

According to Wikipedia, "The dot-com bubble, also known as the dot-com boom, the tech bubble, and the Internet bubble, was a stock market bubble in the late 1990s, a period of massive growth in the use and adoption of the Internet." This is when the Sanderson family became wealthy and took over the underground market.

### Internet Culture of the 2010's and 20's

Not a specific incident, but *Heart* will reference several memes and modern pop culture ideas. *Gems* has many references to the modern porn industry including webgirls.