| “ | James Dean is no man. | „ |
| ~ An ADA broadcast about James. |
| “ | What are we waiting for? Let's bring them back home! | „ |
| ~ Dean's famous phrase in his presidential debut ad DEANDEMOCRACY. |
| “ | I have a speech, and it has the flotsam [garbage] that you people expect to hear. But that's not fair, no, that's not fair at all. I am here for all of you, and it's only fair that you speak for yourselves. My words shouldn't be louder than yours. So I've brought many other guests to speak. They're just people like you and I. In the same time that many other presidents have spoken by themselves, America will speak. Thank you. | „ |
| ~ James Dean's inaugural address. |
President James Dean is the deuteragonist in Seasons 1 and 2 of the alternate history analog horror series THE MONUMENT MYTHOS, the first installment in the franchise of the same name. He is what appears to be a human, however he generates a cult of personality simply by existing, which he used to become president of the United States.
Personality[]
Despite his superiority over America, James is quite good natured and nice to talk to, happily racing cars with his political opponents. However, he has a more malicious side, putting ADA members in fates worse than death. He was generally considered one of America’s most beloved presidents.
Biography[]
Before Campaigns[]
Not much is known about Dean before campaigning, but he had built quite a reputation for himself due to reactions given to his campaigns, along with their effective presentation. This reputation may also be due to his superhuman charisma, creating a cult of personality out of thin air.
DEANDEMOCRACY Broadcast[]
During an ABC evening news run, anchor Peter Jennings mentions "a special broadcast of national significance." Over the course of a week he would continue to mention the broadcast, also calling it "the most unprecedented announcement in recent history." Jennings, on the night of the broadcast, would also call it "the greatest gift to the American people." Over 60 million Americans would watch the broadcast due to the hype it would receive. When the broadcast plays after the evening news, it has a black screen with a ten second countdown, and when the broadcast plays, a series of powerful pictures from Vietnam and Dean himself are shown, with Dean simply uttering a single phrase, as seen above, with the text "Dean for President" showing over his face. Many would have nervous breakdowns before the countdown ended, claiming that DEANDEMOCRACY was codename for all out nuclear war. Many viewing the broadcast would celebrate due to Dean's accurate portrayal of the frustrations of Vietnam, and due to popular demand, the evening news for ABC is cancelled the next night, and is replaced by a 30 minute loop of the campaign ad.
Before Election Day[]
Long before active campaign and debates started, Dean was shown to have a landslide popularity lead versus Richard Nixon and George Wallace, even through 1967 and 1968. Dean would go on to self direct several more ads for after the ABC evening news, and it would become a weekly occurrence every Friday throughout 1967, and would become the highest rated show on TV. Due to repeated assassination attempts on John F. Kennedy, the Democratic Party debates were postponed until two weeks before the election, where Dean would invite Nixon to a race car race. A rumor would spread that Nixon would admit Dean would be a better president than him, and would even vote for him. This rumor would curve Nixon's chances of victory. Four days before election day, Anti-Dean groups would hijack radio transmissions, saying that Dean ruined American television and youth, going on to cut power lines across the southeast United States. Dean would personally help restore the power lines despite assassination risks, resonating with younger audiences, due to his confidence and youth. Elderly white conservatives and the newly forming Anti-Dean Association (ADA) would be the only opposers to Dean and his presidency, creating campaigns and claims that he is Satan. Dean would win the election with 75% popular vote and 395 out of 538 electoral votes.
After Election Day[]
Nixon would congratulate Dean the morning after Election Day, and Dean would ignore the win, and would ask Nixon to race on the track. During his inaugural address at the Capital Raceway, he would actually speak very little, allowing Civil Rights activists, including Martin Luther King, to speak on the stand, along with Native American families. Dean would perform bongos at the end of his speech, not before racing Nixon on the track publically for the third time. The speech would be so well liked, when other inaugural speeches occurred, if Americans did not agree with the President at the time, they would instead celebrate Dean Democracy Day, rewatching his address over the current one. On April 20th, 1969, Dean would attempt to broadcast to Americans about his first 90 days in office, not before being cut off six seconds in. The ADA would claim responsibility, but many would attribute it to a technical difficulty. This would backfire, and would instead highlight Dean's disposition and facial expressions contrasting previous presidents. This boosted Dean's popularity, with filmmaker Stanley Kubrick calling it "the greatest silent film ever made."
The Anti-Dean Disaster[]
One night during a ABC evening news broadcast, anchor Frank Reynolds told viewers that they "... will witness the start of a glorious adventure." Many would believe the broadcast would be Dean related, and tuned into the ABC evening news the night after, only to be met with an ADA ad claiming Dean's American is hell. A markup of Dean as Satan would walk in, and begin making a loud siren noise, not before every air raid siren in the U.S. going off at the same time at higher than operating volume. These sirens would cause deadly stampedes where people would be racing either to bomb shelters, or to turn the sirens off. The many who would attempt to turn off the sirens would trample and kill each other, creating cones of bodies around the sirens. Fires would break out across cities and massive amounts of cars left on highways caused high carbon monoxide production, which would flow into bunkers and homes, suffocating those inside. The White House would also be placed on lockdown, Dean would be ushered to a bunker, but due to hearing the agonizing screams of American citizens, he refused. He ushered his staff out of the bunker and mobilized the National Guard to deactivate the millions of running cars on the highway to stop carbon monoxide production. Dean would call many world leaders and high ranking military officials to confirm the non-existence of a nuclear attack. He would then mobilize the military to shut down the sirens, and the military technicians would fine the cones of bodies around the sirens. Dean would also successfully shut down a siren himself, greatly damaging his ears, blood vessels, and skin, causing him to go deaf. It would take three hours after the broadcast to shut down all sirens in America.
Civilians would slowly leave the bunkers the day after, while some stayed due to the possibility of nuclear fallout. At the Walt Disney Health Center, Dean and several others were diagnosed with severe hearing loss. Dean wanted to appear on public TV for an announcement about the event against his doctors orders, but a look in the mirror discouraged him, due to the tears and bruises on his skin. He would instead organize a country wide radio broadcast with TV subtitles about the event, where he would apologise for the disaster and set up a headhunt for ADA members. He would ask the American people to report them to authorities. They would be brought to Special Trees near the Washington Monument to swap them for their Nixonverse selves, creating a drastic change in their personalities and memories. So much so that many non ADA members would ask to go through the same treatment, and Dean would swat them away, claiming that if he put everyone in prison, that prison becomes useless. Dean would later propose a project to the Department of Health after getting his own Maize Kernel hearing aid implant from Maize Machines. He would give a speech out to the American people, informing them about the project. The speech would also deeply affect the senators present due to the volume of the speech, cause by malfunctions in Dean's hearing aids, making his voice more imposing. They would quickly, during the same day, establish the US Department of Technology (DoT) to assist in the project. The projects goal is to restore hearing to all American citizens by July 4th, 1969. By May 27th, 1969, all Americans whose hearing was affected by the Anti-Dean Disaster would be eligible for Maize Kernels, with no cost. Surgical androids would be built by Maize Machines to help increase surgical efficiency by 250%. Those who had deafness unrelated to the disaster became eligible once the disaster victims were all cured of deafness. By July 4th, 1969, deafness was cured in America. Dean would later be awarded by domestic and international health agencies with banquets and awards, but ignored them for racing Richard Nixon publically for a fourth time, downplaying his achievements when asked about his actions.
Freedom's Relocation[]
When the ADA attacks the capitol in 1977, knocking down the Freedom statue from atop the Capitol building, Dean and his administration, along with the Department of the Interior, would decide to relocate Freedom to the Grand Canyon, as a replacement for the Giza Guardians. She would be used for assassination of ADA members by Maize and the US Government.
Dean's Documentary[]
In 2002, a documentary about Dean's presidency titled "DEANDEMOCRACY" would be released to the public. The documentary would narrate Dean's rise to power, from the original transmission of the DEANDEMOCRACY ad, to the foundation of the ADA and to the DEANDISASTER.
Nixonverse Counterpart[]
| “ | Take it easy driving - The next life you save might be mine. | „ |
| ~ James Dean in a Driving PSA |
In the Nixonverse, a counterpart of James Dean that was more akin to his real life self was living there. It's likely that Dean's entire life was the exact same as his real life counterpart, up to the point he got into the car crash that tragically took his life.
Encounter with Kirk Alyn[]
In 1955, while the young Kirk Alyn, later known as The Last Son of Alcatraz, was daydreaming about his place in the universe during a drive, and he would have a head-on collision with Dean. Dean would simply say to Alyn that "You won, little bastard. You won." It's likely that Dean was referring to his car, nicknamed Little Bastard and renown for being allegedly cursed, but the Last Son interpreted that as having finally "won," like the woman in his visions told him to.
This would cause the Last Son to awaken his superpowers and become inspired to help those in need, effectively setting in motion the events of THE NIXONVERSE.
Post-Fictionalization[]
It's heavily implied that, after Nixon's fictionalization, the Nixonverse was overwritten by a reality that is exactly the same as ours with the sole exception of the events of the series being a work of fiction. It's likely that Dean's fate remained the same in this new reality, but with the man that took his life being Donald Turnupseed like in real life.
Montyverse Counterpart[]
A version of James Dean exists within "The Montyverse" of Season Three. In this reality, the death of his sister Eunice led to Dean feeling that everyone hated him, and asked his friend Montgomery Clift to run as a Presidential candidate instead, with Dean serving as his Vice President. However, due to being blinded by his grief and misplaced revenge, Vice President Dean is a darker counterpart to his Deanverse self.
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Trivia[]
- He was speculated to be Satan as the ADA broadcasts stated previous to the reveal of his heroic and honorable nature.
- It is unknown how Dean dies in the Deanverse, but many speculate he may have been killed or deified by The Great Division, similar to Richard Nixon.
- A popular joke in the fandom is that Dean survived The Great Division by driving away from it, racing with The Horned Serpent, or just tanking the blow.
- Little Bastard is the name of James Dean's racing car.