001. voice.

[shadohdamn]

( potential spoilers for season one of American Gods, if you'd like me to avoid any spoilers please just lmk in the subject line. )


What do you believe in? Really believe? What do you devote your time to?

( A pause; he's having a sip of cocoa. )

Now I've been here a few weeks, I've gotten to wondering about that. There's a lot here that's the same as back home, with a few obvious differences thrown in. Advertising, TV, that kind of thing. Back where I come from, what you spend your time on and what consumes your thoughts matters. There's a lot of shit you might not realise how much it matters to you. Mattering matters, if you want to make it sound like some bullshit affirmation.

So here's the thing: what if the reason we come through those porters with the powers we got is because people believe we will? What if we only start fighting crime or committing them because people believe we will?

( A long exhale, almost a verbal shrug. ) Or maybe it's bullshit. I dunno.

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permavoice.

[shadohdamn]

I'll drink to that.

( When he has an actual drink to hand, other than cocoa. )

Were their beliefs right at some point and you've changed?

[pyrogue]

Got it in one. People get an image of you and they don't let go, no matter how much you try to change.

[shadohdamn]

( #relatablecontent )

That ever make you want to say "fuck it" to trying to change?

[pyrogue]

Sometimes. Lotta the time, honestly. But last time I fell off the wagon it ended… badly. People judging you gets tiring but still way less tiring than the alternative.

[shadohdamn]

You ever want someone to drink a beer with that won't judge... well. How about I just don't ask about the past, and then I don't have to break a promise on not judging?

[pyrogue]

It ain't really a secret, but hey, I'm always down for a drink.

[shadohdamn]

Who wouldn't be, in this place?

[pyrogue]

Tell me about it.

So what's your deal? You really think belief makes the person?

[shadohdamn]

I don't know if it makes them. It was explained to me as... gods gain strength from belief so they can make thins happen, and people believe in gods because gods make things happen. So which part comes first? And when people stop believing, what happens, when that belief made you who you were?

[pyrogue]

...Huh. Never really thought about it that way. Gods need faith just as much as we need 'em, basically?

[shadohdamn]

Something like that. I'd guess that some of them have a soft spot for their worshippers, others resent them if they don't keep on worshipping, others might feel straight up entitled.