Oh my gods!! (Spoiler warning?)

[Rijan_Sai]

So first, I don't usually frequent this forum, so I apologize if this has been brought up before...

Second, I was reading through the comic again, when I came across this little gem:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0137.html

Spoiler: Eh... I'll put it in here just to be safe

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BANJO WAS ALMOST PART OF THE ASGARD PANTHEON!!! Do you realize how much this could have changed the Godsmoot?!?

...Okay, I'm going back to lurking now.

[Fyraltari]

Yeah we do. It would have changed

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Also apology accepted and appreciated as this is has been brought up. A lot.

[drazen]

Yeah we do. It would have changed

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Also apology accepted and appreciated as this is has been brought up. A lot.

Additionally, Odin probably wasn't quite all there, mentally when he was considering admitting a puppet to the Northern Pantheon.

[Peelee]

BANJO WAS ALMOST PART OF THE ASGARD PANTHEON!!! Do you realize how much this could have changed the Godsmoot?!?

Also, there is no Asgardian Pantheon.

[PopeLinus1]

Not a whit, Fyraltari, if the cost of the spread of knowledge is repetition, the ideal man' life should be an endless pattern! We are playgrounders, Fyraltari, we are the torchbearers of knowledge, an ever spreading fire lighting up the shadows of ignorance, a fire that shall never burn out, until everyone on this earth draws there final breath. No one shall dare apologize for their attempts to gain knowledge, nor for any ignorance on their part.

We defy augury, Fyraltari, there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

[Fyraltari]

Not a whit, Fryaltari, if the cost of the spread of knowledge is repetition, the ideal man' life should be an endless pattern! We are playgrounders, Fryaltari, we are the torchbearers of knowledge, an ever spreading fire lighting up the shadows of ignorance, a fire that shall never burn out, until everyone on this earth draws there final breath. No one shall dare apologize for their attempts to gain knowledge, nor for any ignorance on their part.

We defy augury, Fryaltari, there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

I hope you convince this Fryaltari guy; you seem pretty invested in that.

[Peelee]

I hope you convince this Fryaltari guy; you seem pretty invested in that.

I'm gonna call you Fry for short.

[Fyraltari]

I'm gonna call you Fry for short.

Suit yourself, Pelee.

[Peelee]

Suit yourself, Pelee.

I am not amused.

[Fyraltari]

I am not amused.

[Riftwolf]

Really hope one day a new post will promise godly insights and not be about Banjo at the Godsmoot.
How long should I give it? A year? Two?

[CriticalFailure]

Yeah we do. It would have changed

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Also apology accepted and appreciated as this is has been brought up. A lot.

I like how that comic foreshadows The Dark One not being accounted for in any existing deific protocols.

[Wizard_Lizard]

All hail Banjo!
Mightiest of gods!

[PopeLinus1]

I hope you convince this Fyraltari guy; you seem pretty invested in that.

I do but jest, sir, Verbosity in jest, no offence in the world.

[Wizard_Lizard]

I do but jest, sir, Verbosity in jest, no offence in the world.

verbosity is a good word.

[PopeLinus1]

verbosity is a good word.

Words, there all we have to go on.

[understatement]

The chance of Banjo doing anything paramount to the universe is the same probability Giggles will.

[Aveline]

The chance of Banjo doing anything paramount to the universe is the same probability Giggles will.

Giggles has an entire island of orcs on Banjo, so I think he has a leg up.

[Squire Doodad]

Giggles has an entire island of orcs on Banjo, so I think he has a leg up.

That said, Giggles and Banjo are both believed in by about the same number of people (like 200) so that's doing alright. Though there are probably only 10 or so active Banjo worshippers aside from prayers at special events.

Really hope one day a new post will promise godly insights and not be about Banjo at the Godsmoot.
How long should I give it? A year? Two?

I'm learning towards two. It'll take a while.

[Wizard_Lizard]

Words, there all we have to go on.

do not underestimate the power of words! For is it not said that the pen is mightier than the sword!*

*but only if the word is very small and blunt and the pen is very sharp. Do not try this axiom at home.

[PopeLinus1]

do not underestimate the power of words! For is it not said that the pen is mightier than the sword!*

*but only if the word is very small and blunt and the pen is very sharp. Do not try this axiom at home.

And the most powerful pen of all is the 15th one.

[Wizard_Lizard]

And the most powerful pen of all is the 15th one.

Why is that?

ohhhhhhhh..........

I expected better of you random internet stranger.

[PopeLinus1]

Why is that?

ohhhhhhhh..........

I expected better of you random internet stranger.

Now you listen, you ungrateful wench, the mystic order of the pen15 will rise from the ashes of our dead playground. They will slaughter those who disagree with them and burn their corpses, even now they are all around their spies are always watching, always waiting to kill and replace us. When they return, they will cut off Rich's head and declare sovereignty of the playground. They will not be just rulers. If you speak out in the night, you will be brought to the gallows and your family meant to watch as they torture you to death. They have millions of soildiers just waiting to pillage this playground, don't you see? Don't you see! DON'T YOU SEE!

[Wizard_Lizard]

Now you listen, you ungrateful wench, the mystic order of the pen15 will rise from the ashes of our dead playground. They will slaughter those who disagree with them and burn their corpses, even now they are all around their spies are always watching, always waiting to kill and replace us. When they return, they will cut off Rich's head and declare sovereignty of the playground. They will not be just rulers. If you speak out in the night, you will be brought to the gallows and your family meant to watch as they torture you to death. They have millions of soildiers just waiting to pillage this playground, don't you see? Don't you see! DON'T YOU SEE!

OH NO!Kinglingus is in league with the doors!

I really hate doors

They are evil and must be stopped

[Ron Miel]

Not a whit, Fyraltari, if the cost of the spread of knowledge is repetition, the ideal man' life should be an endless pattern! We are playgrounders, Fyraltari, we are the torchbearers of knowledge, an ever spreading fire lighting up the shadows of ignorance, a fire that shall never burn out, until everyone on this earth draws there final breath. No one shall dare apologize for their attempts to gain knowledge, nor for any ignorance on their part.

We defy augury, Fyraltari, there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

Very poetic. Is this an (adapted) quote from something?

[Wizard_Lizard]

Not a whit, Fyraltari, if the cost of the spread of knowledge is repetition, the ideal man' life should be an endless pattern! We are playgrounders, Fyraltari, we are the torchbearers of knowledge, an ever spreading fire lighting up the shadows of ignorance, a fire that shall never burn out, until everyone on this earth draws there final breath. No one shall dare apologize for their attempts to gain knowledge, nor for any ignorance on their part.

We defy augury, Fyraltari, there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

I agree, and couldn't agree more.
I find the very idea of fate repulsive, because if everything is predetermined then, what's the point?

[RatElemental]

I agree, and couldn't agree more.
I find the very idea of fate repulsive, because if everything is predetermined then, what's the point?

We still get to enjoy the ride. It's like a big cosmic roller coaster.

As the powerful play goes on, does it really matter if we're contributing the verse, or just acting it out? Could we even tell the difference in the first place?

[Wizard_Lizard]

We still get to enjoy the ride. It's like a big cosmic roller coaster.

As the powerful play goes on, does it really matter if we're contributing the verse, or just acting it out? Could we even tell the difference in the first place?

No. But free will is important.

[RatElemental]

No. But free will is important.

Is it though? No one has ever offered me a sensical answer to what difference free will would make or what it even actually is.

[Peelee]

Is it though? No one has ever offered me a sensical answer to what difference free will would make or what it even actually is.

Did they choose to not tell you, or were they never really able to tell you?