That's beautiful, and I get what you're saying. I can see/feel it now.
I'm glad the example worked!
I agree that if you fail at writing this mode of divinity, you do basically end up with superpowered humans and all the problems of building a religion around one (or several) of those. It's one of the ways fictional religions can go wrong for me. I understand quite well that gods are not always remote and dignified (Loki caught in your own fishing net, I'm looking at you; Loki with your mouth sewn shut, I'm still looking at you; YES LOKI YOUR JÖTUNN-HORSE BABY IS ADORABLE), but if they're just petulant, prideful, and able to blast you to smithereens, then I assume either the author is making an overt or tacit argument about religion or the author really hasn't thought their fictional culture through.
P.S. This remains one of my favorite pieces of fanart to come out of the collision of Norse and Marvel mythologies.
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Date: 2018-08-15 07:22 pm (UTC)I'm glad the example worked!
I agree that if you fail at writing this mode of divinity, you do basically end up with superpowered humans and all the problems of building a religion around one (or several) of those. It's one of the ways fictional religions can go wrong for me. I understand quite well that gods are not always remote and dignified (Loki caught in your own fishing net, I'm looking at you; Loki with your mouth sewn shut, I'm still looking at you; YES LOKI YOUR JÖTUNN-HORSE BABY IS ADORABLE), but if they're just petulant, prideful, and able to blast you to smithereens, then I assume either the author is making an overt or tacit argument about religion or the author really hasn't thought their fictional culture through.
P.S. This remains one of my favorite pieces of fanart to come out of the collision of Norse and Marvel mythologies.