But here's the thing, if you give them good luck when they aren't worshiping, then you run the risk of them thinking they're making their own luck-- that they don't need you, that they never did, maybe even that you weren't ever real.
[ really, how many people still worship the olympians? it's not like when they were back in greece, the numero unos of the ancient world. and now... well. not quite as hardcore. he thinks of the sunrises that continue, with or without him behind the wheel of the sun chairot.
he thinks of helios, who lost his aspect to apollo, and ended up just pure angry sun energy that was going to be used to turn a shitty roman emperor into a god. ]
Well! One thing is to have demigod children, who remind their fellows of your greatness, especially if they perform great feats-- my half-brother Heracles, for example, everyone remembers who he was and who his father was, because of the things he did.
Being a god sounds more complicated than I realized. [Fortune is. Probably not ready to start popping out a bunch of demigods, but...] Is it really that important to have demigod children...?
Oh... no. None of us knew each other before we ascended.
[welp]
So this is new to a lot of us. I appreciate your advice. [Her voice sounds like she's smiling.] I have until Sunday to convince some of you to join me... so I need to get very good at being a god in a short time.
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[ he smiles ]
But here's the thing, if you give them good luck when they aren't worshiping, then you run the risk of them thinking they're making their own luck-- that they don't need you, that they never did, maybe even that you weren't ever real.
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Has that happened before...? What did you do?
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[ really, how many people still worship the olympians? it's not like when they were back in greece, the numero unos of the ancient world. and now... well. not quite as hardcore. he thinks of the sunrises that continue, with or without him behind the wheel of the sun chairot.
he thinks of helios, who lost his aspect to apollo, and ended up just pure angry sun energy that was going to be used to turn a shitty roman emperor into a god. ]
Well! One thing is to have demigod children, who remind their fellows of your greatness, especially if they perform great feats-- my half-brother Heracles, for example, everyone remembers who he was and who his father was, because of the things he did.
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[hm.]
Being a god sounds more complicated than I realized. [Fortune is. Probably not ready to start popping out a bunch of demigods, but...] Is it really that important to have demigod children...?
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You could gather a sort of cohort of followers like that, a little gang! Make them immortal, have them follow you around.
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[a family that won't uP AND LEAVE YOU. what must that be like, she wonders.]
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[ are u okay fortune ]
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[welp]
So this is new to a lot of us. I appreciate your advice. [Her voice sounds like she's smiling.] I have until Sunday to convince some of you to join me... so I need to get very good at being a god in a short time.