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.

Comments

[slightlyoffchilt]

Perhaps in your universe.

Death is just entropy and the only "god" who claimed any relation to science was a "Technical Boy". Which is enough to make a Skeptical Man.

I rest my case.

[shadohdamn]

Definitely in mine. Maybe in others. I'm pretty sure most people in my world live their entire lives without knowing that gods are real. We could even be from the same universe.

( who really knows? Probably their paperwork, sure, but he's just making idle conversation. )

Wait, Technical Boy? Is that what he called himself?

[slightlyoffchilt]

Yes, he did. Publicly.

And without shame.

[shadohdamn]

If it's the guy I'm thinking of, he's a little shit.

Pretty sure none of the gods like him.

[slightlyoffchilt]

And where do you stand with the gods, in general?

"Gods."