If you were a god, what would your powers be?

[Ms Littlefish]

@ Caz That's exactly what I was thinking. If I were some sort of deity I'd definitely be one that devotes their infinite time to people always having something nice to eat, something warm to wear, and something to make their day to day life a bit more enjoyable.

But, I also wouldn't mind having the powers of coconut cream pie, either. Because you could probably throw those in people's face AND be delicious.

 

[Caz]

Oh coconut cream pie sounds amazing! Let's just be double team Baking Goddesses who bake and throw food at everyone. That seems all round more enjoyable!

 

[??????]

...If you were a god...

"if", thats cute...

 

[captainproton]

I don't know about just answering every prayer with an absolute yes. Really, wouldn't it be better to provide people with the tools so they can make their lives better on their own? Obviously, there are instances like disease or natural disaster which would require timely intervention, but if people don't work for their happiness, they don't appreciate it.

@tai : and hopefully you wouldn't morph yourself into a bull, a swan or a rain of urine to get into a girl's pants, either.

 

[Tai_MT]

Well, dem girls are already pretty kinky if they'd give it up to a bull, a swan, or golden showers  So... yeah....

 

[Alexander Amnell]

I'd be a god of perspectives with dominion over understanding. My powers would be things like showing the opposite perspective to conceited and patronizing bastards the world over as if they had lived them and open their eyes to the fact that they aren't the most important people on earth; Or even any more important than anyone else for that matter. Probably have to take the aspect of some kind of dog for that to though, maybe a chocolate lab... yeah, chocolate labs are the perfect representation of understanding and parity.

 

[Tai_MT]

I changed my mind.  Mostly 'cause Alexander makes a good point.  Ever see Supernatural?  Remember "The Trickster"?  He gives everyone their "comeuppance" by killing them or harassing them by messing with their points of view (like a guy who doesn't believe in worm holes being thrown into one).

That might be some fun God powers, right there!

 

[captainproton]

Well, while you other gods are blowing things up and messing with people's perspectives, I'll be in my lab, devising a way for animals to evolve natural wheels.

 

[Tai_MT]

I could just mess with your research and make all the false answers your science would come up with would produce pixi stix instead.  Also, the animals would suddenly turn into turtles with guns on their backs.  But, no place to put ammo.

 

[captainproton]

OR would I inspire clarity and impose logic and reason upon your manipulations, thus dispelling them?

And anyway, the Greater Painted Gun Turtle produces it's own ammo. Excess dietary minerals are collected in a modified kidney, formed into bullet-like stones, passed into a specialized bladder for storage. Then, a special gland produces an organic gunpowder, which is ignited by the spark from a pair of metallic teeth. BLAMMO!

The Lesser Painted Gun Turtle, of couse, only ejects pressurized acid.

 

[Tai_MT]

But do either of them latch to your face and put their eggs in your throat?

 

[Chester]

With the power of a God I will make everyone bow down before their Cat Overlord Chester! Meowowowowowowowowowowowo (signature laugh)... :3

 

[Bastrophian]

Can Deathswallow be the announcer for this cosmic "mines better than yours" contest!?

 

[hav1]

My personal election of extraordinary feats would be the ultracrepidarian means of frigorific sesquipedalian loquaciousness to smite the hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobiacs!

 

[Bastrophian]

My personal election of extraordinary feats would be the ultracrepidarian means of frigorific sesquipedalian loquaciousness to smite the hippomonstrosesquippedaliophobiacs!

HOZAH!!!

 

[Archeia]

I would probably be Nyarlathotep

 

[Julien Brightside]

@ Caz That's exactly what I was thinking. If I were some sort of deity I'd definitely be one that devotes their infinite time to people always having something nice to eat, something warm to wear, and something to make their day to day life a bit more enjoyable.

But, I also wouldn't mind having the powers of coconut cream pie, either. Because you could probably throw those in people's face AND be delicious.

would that make you a god of desire then?

The god desire and slapstick.

 

[Bastrophian]

would that make you a god of desire then?

The god desire and slapstick.

What's wrong with desire? There's nothing evil about wanting something, so long as you don't get it in your head that its OK to use or abuse others to get it. Intact, desire can be a very powerful motivator, to some good ends....like the ever popular desire for world peace....I guess nobody really want it that much though.

 

[Tai_MT]

Tell that to the people of Thedas...  Desire Demons are some of the most dangerous creatures in their world...

 

[hav1]

Desire is paradoxical if anything. War is a good example. If people had no desire for dominance, power, territory and resources, war would be impossible. Which it kind of was until economic surpluses came to being with agriculture.

However, lack of desire is apathy. In many ways, and for evil to prosper, all it takes is for good men to do nothing, as they say.

It's a tricky question, and I have no answer. But at least I could waste your time with my pretentious analysis.