Net.element
The net.elements are the primal substance of the Looniverse.
In a sense, all of the Looniverse is composed of the net.elements; in another sense, it is composed of the chemical elements and the fundamental forces. Both are true, from a certain perspective, and within a certain narrative.
Beings known as net.elementals are composed of these substances. Many net.heroes evoke, manipulate, affect or are affected by them, including the Net.Elementalist, and many mages draw upon their powers. Each net.element has an associated Net.Elemental Plane.
According to the Crossover Queen, some people also have a spiritual affinity with particular net.elements based on their personalities.
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Known Net.Elements
Classical Four
Flame
The most basic, destructive element, it is linked to both physical flame and the emotional flame of insults and put-downs, as well as fannish passion generally in both its constructive and destructive manifestations. It is the counterpart of fire. Mister Horrible and Invisible Incendiary are both flame elementals to some extent. Marvel Zombie Lad draws his power on his passion and frustration with Marvel Comics. (See also Flame.)
Thread
The flow of the net, thread is the water analogue. Crossposting powers tend to draw on this element, as do killfiles. Doctor Killfile has some potential in this, but has focused more on his devices. His mystic clone, Kid Killfile, had this potential brought out fully, while his daughter, Captain Killfile, seemed to be entirely device-dependent.
Net
The medium for everything, this is the equivalent of Air. This is perhaps the least understood of the classical net.elements, and perhaps the one closest to the Source Code. Lagneto taps this element, and his mystic clone L-2 was more completely an elemental of Net.
Keystroke
The building blocks of net.matter, this is Earth. It is sometimes split into two subgroups, Punctuation, which focuses on grammar, and Character, which focuses on spelling. Spelling Boy and Grammer Lad are specialists in this sense.
CAPTAIN CAPITALIZE, Typo Lad and LetterinG MaN all have some control over this element, and Ellipses King has been retconned into a full fledged Punctuation Elemental. Footnote Girl's abilities may be related; the constructs she created as the Footnote Fiend were said to be a type of punctuation net.elemental. Doctor Killfile II speculated that Deathspork: The Terminator's powers are linked to Punctuation, which is why he has a colon in his name.
Full control allows one to break down physical reality itself or create anything imaginable. This is perhaps the most fully understood of the elements, yet strangely, few mystics bother to master it. It is sometimes referred to as Pixel.
Newly Revealed
Timeindex
A net.element added in modern times, it is the counterpart of elemental plasma. It controls the rate of posting and the flow of threads. Macroman's powers are tied to it, and Moment is the Cosmic Net.Elemental of this element.
Compress
The net.element that the least is known about. It is the counterpart of the Bose-Enstein Condensate state of matter. Singularity is its Cosmic Net.Elemental.
Discourse
The net.elemental counterpart of Light, expressed as communicating. Catalyst Lass and Hell Catalyst's powers are connected to this net.element, as is some aspect of PC Person.
Lurking
The net.elemental counterpart of Darkness, expressed as listening. This is a popular theme; there are quite a few LNH characters connected to Lurking.
Other Systems
Archive
The net.elemental equivalent of Ice, part of the Norse system of elements. Within the Looniverse, only Occultism Kid has been seen to use it.
Yet More?
Many have speculated on the possibility of an Eastern set of net.elements, the counterparts of the originally-Chinese system of Wu Xing. "Macro" and "Processing" have been proposed in place of Metal and Wood, but these have not yet been observed in the wild.
Given the existence of net.elemental planes similar to D&D's Inner Planes, there are likely to be Para.Net.Elemental and Quasi.Net.Elemental Planes as well.
Other Worlds
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