Comments on: Annotated 40-11

By: Beroli

Beroli — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 06:26:55 +0000

We know that HR isn’t omnipotent and can’t kill the Five by simply unplugging the people he has in tubes, evidence being: his frustrated, frequently rant-inspiring inability to kill the Five ever since his first appearance in the comic. So I don’t think that analogy points to the conclusion you’re taking it to.

By: BM03

BM03 — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 18:23:20 +0000

I was just half joking but I do agree there is enough evidence in this world to make faith evidently a sound choice. I believe I made a post a long long time ago about how easy it is in these settings to actually be a man of faith when you tangibly call lightning, spears of light or heal wounds through your god. That being said, Syr'Nj is somehow still at some point early in the story having a conversation with Gravedust where he explains something with magic or ghosts or something of the sorts and she's all "yeah I don't agree that's real but let's move along with the conversation" in a way or another (truly wish I had proper links to give instead). On a side note, the "jumped-up archmages" gave me a good chuckle.

By: Velgar

Velgar — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:19:50 +0000

True, but my mom doesn’t have near omnipotent powers in my realm or existance and could not just unplug me in another to end my existence in this one either.

Also HR has quite a lot control in this realm in and out of it, with good change that he conjured the whole place up in the first place.

Buuuut we also don’t know just how “real” this realm is and to what are the limits of HR’s powers in it.

Then again, our mythologies are filled with flawed and limited in power deities and we still call guys like Heracles gods even if their whole thing was being strong and doing bunch of chores. Did he even have any actual godly duties of realms of expertise he was the patron or caretaker of?

By: cubist

cubist — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:53:34 +0000

I think you're misjudging Syr'Nj. In the RealWorld, the stereotypical scientist is a hardshell atheist, cuz in the RealWorld, there's no objective evidence of gods. Which means that gods are either (a) all noninterventionist, to the point where they actively conceal all signs of their existence and actions and stuff, or else (b) nonexistent. Either way, the most parsimonious interpretation of the available evidence is that there ain't no gods. In Arkerra, gods clearly do exist, and are decidedly not standoffish, noninterventionist types. So there's plenty of in-universe evidence that Arkerran gods exist. And Syr'Nj is not one to ignore evidence. I suspect that Syr'Nj accepts the existence of gods. The only question mark is whether she regards them as "yep, genuine deity-type deities", or as "eh, jumped-up archmages".

By: jdorr

jdorr — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:15:05 +0000

I think you win