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Thread: Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
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2018-10-29, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
...that he used to be a slice of pizza?
He seems seriously irritated at becoming not a ginger, but I would think the extreme discomfort that would arise from transforming from a slice of pizza or cyberpunk chinchilla into a humanoid stick figure would be far more disturbing.
Assuming the ideas of gods throughout the worlds reflects the inhabitants somewhat, because of the belief thing. Otherwise other weird implications arise like how a world of milkshakes would feel about worshiping a fantasy stick figure or why the gods happened to match this world in particular.
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2018-10-29, 05:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Presumably because there was never a popular superhero comicbook that depicted him as a slice of pizza.
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2018-10-29, 05:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
Because he was a ginger pizza.
Obviously.Forum Wisdom
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2018-10-29, 06:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
The real answer is that the whole food universe thing is a joke and should not be seriously considered.
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2018-10-29, 06:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
Because he never was a pizza.
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2018-10-29, 06:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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He was probably beer in any of the food-themed worlds.
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2018-10-29, 06:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-29, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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In a world where foods are people, the gods are cooks.
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2018-10-29, 07:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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This is the best response I've seen. More generally the last two strips strongly imply to me that the gods have always been humanoid. Most mortals are literally "made in the image of the gods". If they messed around long enough the gods' forms would change but not drastically in one world. The comment about the Thor comic tells us something I believed but should not necessarily be taken too seriously as it may be breaking the 4th wall.
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2018-10-29, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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I can't decide whether this would be pleasant or disastrous.
The Internet suggests the former.
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2018-10-29, 08:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think the bit with Odin really underlines the point.
Changing into an anthropomorphic animal form willingly because you're making an anthro world is something that's under your control, and as such you can change back pretty much any time you like. When accumulated mortal belief makes a change to your essence, that takes a lot more work to undo. Changing your hair color is minor compared to being turned into a simpleton, but it reminds you just how vulnerable to change you are.
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2018-10-30, 09:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-30, 10:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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I didn't know that ginger pizza was a thing (though I am not very surprised to find out).
I had in fact forgotten that ginger was also the name of a food.
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2018-10-30, 12:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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He IS a pizza. And at the same time he's a blonde humanoid resembling a human wielding a hammer.
My take on it is that gods are not actual, physical beings, but more akin to concepts: just as Belief determine their intellect and faculties, the belief of their worshippers determine their physical manifestation to them.
In the food universe, the Belief of his worshippers shaped him into a form that was suitable to them, so maybe a pizza (or a beer, as it was suggested before).
In a hypothetical marine world with intelligent narwhals, dolphins and sharks, he would probably have the shape of, dunno, a hammerhead shark
SpoilerDon't take this answer as too seriousLast edited by Cicciograna; 2018-10-30 at 12:07 PM.
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2018-10-30, 12:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-10-31, 02:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
I would suggest that such is a fundamental Rule of Magic: the more magical you are the more deeply vulnerable you become.
Example: The Djinn that can bestow wishes but is ruled by the owner of a lamp.
Example: The devil that can be bound and commanded to obey.
Example: The god whose hair color can be changed by a comic book.
Example: The god who could be mentally befuddled for a thousand years by a mediocre game supplement from >35 years ago.Last edited by Snails; 2018-11-02 at 04:10 PM.
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2018-11-04, 11:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Why Isn't Thor More Distressed
Keep in mind that Thor also dressed up as Freya to marry Thrym in order to get his hammer back. It's one of m favourite stories.
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2018-11-04, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-11-06, 07:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Last edited by Fyraltari; 2018-11-06 at 07:43 AM.
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See what I quoted here: Quotes from Fyraltari
Also this post from Fyraltari.
See this post from Mortsdeer.
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2018-11-06, 12:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Choosing not to have a tusk would be the "unconvincing narwhal" part. Seriously, 15% occurrence of tusks in female narwhal means it's not a particularly rare occurrence.
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silly follow on question?
Lets say a Trickster god wanted to troll Thor...
If he were to change the depiction of Thor to always wearing a purple polka-dot tutu and Groucho Marks glasses, how many generations would it take for Thor to start doing that?