Hi, I have a question about Skeleteen, specifically their name. I first heard of him in a video that said their name was Deon but the wikis say that his name is Malkyn. Was his name changed? Was Deon a place holder until they could come up with an official name for Skeleteen?
FIrst, I must ask: the place you heard his name was Deon, was it a video by Spector Creative?
If so, Spector Creative is the handle for Scott Neithlich who did work for Mattel for many years and was, in fact, the head writer for the Classics-Line comics. But, he has developed a bit of a reputation for asserting his own headcanons as actual canon. If maintaining the division between canon and headcanon is something that's important to your fandom experience, I would recommend finding a secondary source to confirm his information.
Which is exactly what you're doing here.
As far as I know, the name Deon was created by Scott Neithlich and was solely used by Scott and only Scott. All other literature on Skeleteen either lists his name as "Malkyn" or leaves him unnamed beyond just "Skeleteen".
There is also an UNOFFICIAL Masters of the Universe guidebook made by the die-hard fan gbok(sp?) that lists Skeleteen's real name as "Keldyn". But I personally don't like that name as its just Keldor's name and Lyn's name spliced together and we don't see any other characters on Eternia who're named after their parents (except for Teela, but that's a very special case).
Between all three names given for Skeleteen, I like Malkyn the best. Not just because its canon. I like the way its spelled, it looks aesthetically pleasing on the page, and I like the way it sounds. It's thenically ambiguous enough that it fits in really well with some of my headcanons about Evil-Lyn and Zalesia (spoiler: my headcanon is that Zalesia belonged to the Eternia equivalent of my own culture IRL).
But pretending we didn't know the name "Malkyn" existed for him and our only options were "Deon" and "Keldyn", I prefer Deon.
Anyway, sorry to bog down the answer to your question with my useless opinions.
tl;dr
Scott Neithlich came up with the name Deon, but it was not canonized by Mattel. Mattel canonized Malkyn.
New fic!
Skeleteen takes advantage of his secret identity to visit various places in the Light Hemisphere. He visits the Tiger Tribe one day and crosses paths with Ram Man II. He was not expecting to find a kind of kinship in one of his enemies.
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Authors Note:
This fic is an AU that pulls from multiple iterations of the Masters of the Universe franchise. Please note the tag "Canon - Comics & Cartoon Combination", as well as the specific canons I have named in the tags, "Classics-Line Comics" and "CGI MotU".
The Skeleteen, Evil-Lyn, and Keldor in this fic all come from the Classics-Line. So, Keldor is a half-Gar/half-human hybrid, Evil-Lyn is the daughter of the Faceless One, and Skeleteen is their biological son who is the same age as He-Ro II|Prince Dare thanks to absurd time-travel shenanigans.
The Krass|Ram Ma'am and Tiger Tribe come from the Core/CGI cartoon which you can watch on Netflix. Its really good and I highly recommend it!
Ram Man II also comes from the Classics-Line comics, same as Skeleteen. But he only appears in one panel and has no speaking lines. So Ram Man II might as just just be an OC. He's "canon" in name only. Its free real estate.
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love when a character appears so briefly yet compellingly in canon that the fans end up spontaneously generating a personality for them. we are goncharoving this babygirl
In the days of Skeletor, Beastman captured and broke wild gryphons for the Warriors to ride. It was a necessity of the time, but it always made Beastman’s heart ache to break an animal’s spirit and force it into a life of service and dependence.
Now that Skeletor was gone and Evil-Lyn ruled Snake Mountain, Beastman was free to raise and train his animals how he wanted; and Beastman wanted the children that would eventually become Prince Malkyn’s Warriors to bond with the gryphons individually.
A fic about Skeleteen’s gryphon.
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sorry for rambling about a character 90% of the fandom doesn’t care about do you still think i’m hot
New fic!
The mere existence of King Hiss' heir and the rightful heir to the throne of Snake Mountain is a threat to Skeleteen's claim to the throne and hold over the Dark Hemisphere. But its more complicated than that, since King Hiss' heir is also Skeleteen's best friend.
- Purple background is the wife's favorite bowling alley carpet.
- Blue background is my favorite bowling alley carpet.
Transparent Skeleteen under the cut
A passing thought while holding an all powerful wish-granting McGuffin gives Randor the perfect world and the healed and whole family he always wanted. But can his wish be maintained?
3 chapters in three days! can you tell I have depression?
Skeletor attacks Skeleteen's village. Skeleteen defends.
I don't mean to still be going on about the 2002 show bible, but... THE LINE OF GRAYSKULL ARE DEMI-GODS!
Yes this means Adam is one of the Ancients. And also his twin, Adora, his dad Randor, his grandfather Miro, and his uncle, Skeletor.
Skeletor is a descendent of the Ancients (which according to another page of the show-bible are the "real gods of Eternia"). So, yeah! The whole family's demi-gods!
New fic!
This one's another Next Gen fic with Skeleteen and Trap Jaw II.
Now that Skeleteen knows people think he's a different person when he's not wearing his skull helmet, he wants to test it. Trap Jaw II refuses to let him do anything stupid alone.
Now all that's left is the epilogue and then this fic is done.
While Noodle and Kobra Kahn try to get to know each other, Skeleteen learns more about how Clan Kobra differs from House Rattlor. Meanwhile, Evil-Lyn wants her children back and since Trap Jaw and Beastman failed the first time, she's going to get them herself!
Second chapter is up!