@loki.odinson

[selfimage]

[ it's been a bit that he's stewed on it, and honestly, Loki isn't very much up for the opinion's of others. this time, there's a nagging little curiosity in him, something that springs something else to life that he thought would be easy to bury when he arrived.

so: ]

All appropriate extended greetings and "good afternoon"s.
Which one of you hail from a universe that has gods?
Not just gods in the literal, very physical sense, but also gods in the mythical one. Please, tell me about it. Indulge my boredom.
I hereby dub it story time.

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[chocolateries]

There's been a moratorium on Zeus' junk for the past sixty years (he only mostly follows the rules) and I have, at least, twelve brothers and sisters so.

[ they all still slutty.

the moratorium applies to poseidon too but she doesn't want to mention percy's dad's dick where he can see it. the kindness of cousins. ]

[selfimage]

Just the last 60? He's lacking. That's a shame.
I suppose some things have a tendency to stay the same between universes.

[chocolateries]

Don't encourage him

[selfimage]

Do you think he can see this?

[chocolateries]

I think slivers of their essences can be called to wherever they're invoked so maybe this one isn't worth the risk to whatever poor girl he'd knock up as a swan.

[selfimage]

With what happened to me, somehow I doubt he'd make his way out.
A curious thought-provoking question, though.

[chocolateries]

Maybe whatever has the power to suppress demigods etc is also suppressing the power of the gods here and that is why they give slivers of their powers to us. Demigods but without the absent parents.

[selfimage]

A curious theory.
If there are gods here, perhaps. A point of confirmation that still has to be made. I'm not entirely convinced, even after seeing those ruins. The term "divinity" is tossed around so loosely.

[chocolateries]

So what is the correct definition of divinity?

[selfimage]

What would your aunts and uncles say?

[chocolateries]

I don't know, we've never met.

[ partially a lie, she spent half her life with mr d. ]

[selfimage]

A shame, I'd like to hear from a voice of experience.

[chocolateries]

Alas.

So what is the correct definition of divinity?

[selfimage]

Alas.
I don't give away something for nothing.
At least, Loki doesn't.

[chocolateries]

Or you don't have an answer.

[selfimage]

Wouldn't that be ironic?

[chocolateries]

Gods are only gods because people worship them and have faith. When they stop believing, when they stop having faith, the power wanes. Sometimes they're too stubborn to die, but sometimes they fade entirely.

Gods are just immortal babies with magical powers that never bother to change or make themselves better, who use their children to fight their petty squabbles.

At least where I'm from.

[selfimage]

[ it's nice to feel bitterness solidarity from time to time. ]

I don't think that's too far from the truth. There are some complexities in belief, and in story, but it does offer power.
My father had a tendency to get his family wrapped up in his petty take at business as well, depending on the whims of his own divine plans, of course. Family and divinity certainly make for an explosive mix.

[chocolateries]

Maybe that's why I'm such a bad storyteller.

[ NO POWER FOR THEM, NOT FROM SILENA ]

[selfimage]

A spark of defiance.

[chocolateries]

Yeah the flaw in demigods is that we have all that human free will.

[selfimage]

Alas, the flaw in the divine is that they're usually full of goat dung.
We all have our downfalls.

[chocolateries]

At least you accept your flaws.

[selfimage]

Oh, yes- because I'm a god.
Very clever.

[chocolateries]

I know but thank you