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

[aloadeddie]

At the very least, it takes someone with enough of an ego to think they're a god to kidnap a bunch of people across dimensions like this.

[shadohdamn]

Makes corporate power plays look pretty minor.

Though, you know, I don't know if I'd say gods are always egotistical. Big personalities, though.

[aloadeddie]

I can't speak for gods, but I can speak for corporate executives - I know a lot of them. They all have huge egos.