Favourite fictional deity

[rt052192]

Cthulhu, or any other Lovecraftian semi-deity.

Cthulhu defines epic and he will come to tentacle rape us all one day...

 

[RelexCryo]

<3 I love Athena. I've been reading the Odyssey for Classical Civilizations, and she's just such a clever character.

also, whoever said Dormin from SotC, YES. I love its dual nature...

Fun Fact: Athena was portrayed as an utter ***** in the war against Troy, which directly preceeded the Odyssey. She actually tried to kill thousands of people and destroy a man's life because he picked Aphrodite over her in a beauty contest. Of course, because Hera is perpetuatly portrayed as a *****, she was the third entrant in the contest and did the exact same thing.

Quite frankly, like I posted above: Hades was the only consistently decent god in the entire Greecian mythos.

Well no, all the gods have pretty strong duality. Hades kidnapped his wife Persephone, which resulted in Demeter going on a motherly rampage and all the crops stopped growing and everyone starved for a while... And frankly, Aphrodite would have done the same had she not been picked. <3 I love that the gods are just like real people... they can do wonderful things, but they are also selfish and destructive.

Actually, Hades invited Persephone underground with no intent of kidnapping her. One of his servants tricked her into being trapped in the underworld by eating fruit. That servant actually did it without his knowledge and against his wishes, in the version I read.

The servant believed that Hades wanted Persephone to stay forever, so he tricked her without Hades asking him too-and Hades was angry afterwards.

 

[Meilow]

Deities in video games? Or just in General? Isis in general, otherwise Shiva from FFX and X-2. That icy ***** was sexy.

 

[Florion]

Fun Fact: Athena was portrayed as an utter ***** in the war against Troy, which directly preceeded the Odyssey. She actually tried to kill thousands of people and destroy a man's life because he picked Aphrodite over her in a beauty contest. Of course, because Hera is perpetuatly portrayed as a *****, she was the third entrant in the contest and did the exact same thing.

Quite frankly, like I posted above: Hades was the only consistently decent god in the entire Greecian mythos.

Well no, all the gods have pretty strong duality. Hades kidnapped his wife Persephone, which resulted in Demeter going on a motherly rampage and all the crops stopped growing and everyone starved for a while... And frankly, Aphrodite would have done the same had she not been picked. <3 I love that the gods are just like real people... they can do wonderful things, but they are also selfish and destructive.

Actually, Hades invited Persephone underground with no intent of kidnapping her. One of his servants tricked her into being trapped in the underworld by eating fruit. That servant actually did it without his knowledge and against his wishes, in the version I read.

The servant believed that Hades wanted Persephone to stay forever, so he tricked her without Hades asking him too-and Hades was angry afterwards.

Spoiler: How can you say actually when you only have that version? Here is the opening to Homer's Hymn to Demeter...

I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair.

And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hades

seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide.

Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden double-axe, she who glories in the harvest.

She [Persephone] was having a good time, along with the daughters of Okeanos, who wear their girdles slung low.

She was picking flowers: roses, crocus, and beautiful violets.

Up and down the soft meadow. Iris blossoms too she picked, and hyacinth.

And the narcissus, which was grown as a lure for the flower-faced girl

by Gaia [Earth]. All according to the plans of Zeus. She [Gaia] was doing a favor for the one who receives many guests [Hades].

It [the narcissus] was a wondrous thing in its splendor. To look at it gives a sense of holy awe

to the immortal gods as well as mortal humans.

It has a hundred heads growing from the root up.

Its sweet fragrance spread over the wide skies up above.

And the earth below smiled back in all its radiance. So too the churning mass of the salty sea.

She [Persephone] was filled with a sense of wonder, and she reached out with both hands

to take hold of the pretty plaything.[2] And the earth, full of roads leading every which way, opened up under her.

It happened on the Plain of Nysa. There it was that the Lord who receives many guests made his lunge.

He was riding on a chariot drawn by immortal horses. The son of Kronos. The one known by many names.

He seized her against her will, put her on his golden chariot,

And drove away as she wept. She cried with a piercing voice,

calling upon her father [Zeus], the son of Kronos, the highest and the best.

But not one of the immortal ones, or of human mortals,

heard her voice.

Got it from here. They have the annoying habit of not translating some of the more difficult Greek concepts, but it's pretty readable. [http://www.uh.edu/~cldue/texts/demeter.html]

 

[RelexCryo]

Fun Fact: Athena was portrayed as an utter ***** in the war against Troy, which directly preceeded the Odyssey. She actually tried to kill thousands of people and destroy a man's life because he picked Aphrodite over her in a beauty contest. Of course, because Hera is perpetuatly portrayed as a *****, she was the third entrant in the contest and did the exact same thing.

Quite frankly, like I posted above: Hades was the only consistently decent god in the entire Greecian mythos.

Well no, all the gods have pretty strong duality. Hades kidnapped his wife Persephone, which resulted in Demeter going on a motherly rampage and all the crops stopped growing and everyone starved for a while... And frankly, Aphrodite would have done the same had she not been picked. <3 I love that the gods are just like real people... they can do wonderful things, but they are also selfish and destructive.

Actually, Hades invited Persephone underground with no intent of kidnapping her. One of his servants tricked her into being trapped in the underworld by eating fruit. That servant actually did it without his knowledge and against his wishes, in the version I read.

The servant believed that Hades wanted Persephone to stay forever, so he tricked her without Hades asking him too-and Hades was angry afterwards.

Spoiler: How can you say actually when you only have that version? Here is the opening to Homer's Hymn to Demeter...

I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair.

And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hades

seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide.

Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden double-axe, she who glories in the harvest.

She [Persephone] was having a good time, along with the daughters of Okeanos, who wear their girdles slung low.

She was picking flowers: roses, crocus, and beautiful violets.

Up and down the soft meadow. Iris blossoms too she picked, and hyacinth.

And the narcissus, which was grown as a lure for the flower-faced girl

by Gaia [Earth]. All according to the plans of Zeus. She [Gaia] was doing a favor for the one who receives many guests [Hades].

It [the narcissus] was a wondrous thing in its splendor. To look at it gives a sense of holy awe

to the immortal gods as well as mortal humans.

It has a hundred heads growing from the root up.

Its sweet fragrance spread over the wide skies up above.

And the earth below smiled back in all its radiance. So too the churning mass of the salty sea.

She [Persephone] was filled with a sense of wonder, and she reached out with both hands

to take hold of the pretty plaything.[2] And the earth, full of roads leading every which way, opened up under her.

It happened on the Plain of Nysa. There it was that the Lord who receives many guests made his lunge.

He was riding on a chariot drawn by immortal horses. The son of Kronos. The one known by many names.

He seized her against her will, put her on his golden chariot,

And drove away as she wept. She cried with a piercing voice,

calling upon her father [Zeus], the son of Kronos, the highest and the best.

But not one of the immortal ones, or of human mortals,

heard her voice.

Got it from here. They have the annoying habit of not translating some of the more difficult Greek concepts, but it's pretty readable. [http://www.uh.edu/~cldue/texts/demeter.html]

Ah well. I submit to your point then, you are correct.

 

[prophet0607]

The Forerunners.

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While the Covenant reveres them as deities, I don't think they count.

But my vote is a 93% Haruhi Suzumiya and 7% Cthulu.

Oh, just because their religion led them on a murderous rampage against all of humanity means that their religion is allowed to be discriminated against?

A. yes.

B. forerunners still arent deities. it'd be like calling us deities to ants. it doesnt work

 

[Video Gone]

Cthulhu. I mean seriously, how can you not love this guy? Look at him! His cute face, and...
[img_inline caption="You win THIS round. I'll find a cute Cthulhu somewhere."]http://api.ning.com/files/Mtcj6Uo0B8sOskypODDn9jGorwX-v7uh5PB53T4bdUQ_/cthulhu02.jpg[/img_inline]

Also, shouldn't this be in Off-Topic?

 

[Angry Caterpillar]

The Forerunners.

\.

While the Covenant reveres them as deities, I don't think they count.

But my vote is a 93% Haruhi Suzumiya and 7% Cthulu.

Oh, just because their religion led them on a murderous rampage against all of humanity means that their religion is allowed to be discriminated against?

A. yes.

B. forerunners still arent deities. it'd be like calling us deities to ants. it doesnt work

I respectfully disagree.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Deity
It fits.

 

[ghirmeshk]

Kord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

While I don't consider them fictional how can you not follow the elder ones?!
Honestly... isn't it better to be eaten first?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxScTbIUvoA

Personally? If I had to worship a deity, and I doubt one will even manage to archive my high standards... for one they have to appear in person and have tea with me first. The lady is probably likely to be the one I put my life in the hands of. After all, my name is Jinx for a reason so she already has more control over my life then any deity out there.

http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/The_Lady

She is the only one who can defeat fate.

Intellectual foot notes: The lady is commonly known as Fortuna or Tyche by old human lore.

 

[Zeromaeus]

Lord Bahamut of course.
All hail he, the king of dragons.

EDIT: Forerunners aren't deities. They were people. Really advanced people. People all the same.

 

[Lolth17]

Erm, yeah, my gamertag/profile name explains my choice for this.

 

[Jark212]

The God Emperor from 40k. His mere existence, as dead as he is, still allows the Imperium to function and he completely destroyed Horus' soul in one strike. That's pretty badass.

I'll go with this answer...

Spoiler

 

[quack35]

I like the Maker from DAO.

I just think the whole Chant of Light thing is cool.

 

[adderseal]

Nurgle! It sounds adorable but then you see what it's about...

 

[Video Gone]

The sun!

It might not be called a deity in games, but it's a giant, constantly burning, atomic fusing ball that provides everything we have on this planet. And, of course, we have quite a lot of proof that it actually exists.

you can't get a much better god than that.

Fictional how, then?

 

[Shynobee]

Yeah I'm going with Sheogorath. Pretty much for the same reasons everyone else who nominated him has.

 

[Mr. Bojangles]

Sheogorath and Haskill!!!

"Did he tell you about the clowns?"

 

[Daedalus1942]

Morpheus from Deus Ex. That AI is god. He states it himself, it must be true.

 

[dragcrew]

I would love to say jesus but it would be taken offensively by a few ill bet, so ill just stick with kratos