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[ this is thor's first public network appearance since he went AWOL on the return from the Aerie. ]
So it's gods after all.
[ the urge to add an I told you all so rises in him, and he dislikes it. it's too much like the man he was in that alternate world. ]
Some of you are from worlds where your gods are active and known to you, and you to them. Some are from world where the gods are silent, if there are gods at all. Now that the gods of this world have been outed and worshipers are gathering, I wonder what they'll do.
[ it's less 'wonder' and more 'expect the worst' if he's honest with himself ]
Tell me: what is it you expect from them? Should great power be followed by great responsibility, as a friend of mine often says? Or does the obligation not follow, even when shrines are being erected in their name? Do you think it likely that they care as little for their worshipers as many of us do for ours?
That's my experience; indifference, arrogance... self-absorption. We gods care only for how our worshipers can give us strength or prestige or the feeling of power over others. We rarely see the good we can do. It's the mortals, those who suffer and die, who choose to think how they can help.
And we're rarely worthy of them.
So it's gods after all.
[ the urge to add an I told you all so rises in him, and he dislikes it. it's too much like the man he was in that alternate world. ]
Some of you are from worlds where your gods are active and known to you, and you to them. Some are from world where the gods are silent, if there are gods at all. Now that the gods of this world have been outed and worshipers are gathering, I wonder what they'll do.
[ it's less 'wonder' and more 'expect the worst' if he's honest with himself ]
Tell me: what is it you expect from them? Should great power be followed by great responsibility, as a friend of mine often says? Or does the obligation not follow, even when shrines are being erected in their name? Do you think it likely that they care as little for their worshipers as many of us do for ours?
That's my experience; indifference, arrogance... self-absorption. We gods care only for how our worshipers can give us strength or prestige or the feeling of power over others. We rarely see the good we can do. It's the mortals, those who suffer and die, who choose to think how they can help.
And we're rarely worthy of them.
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