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The Gods of Pro Wrestling
Con:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on December 31, 2021, 12:00:48 AM ---Not really looking forward to that book, not into wrestling, so it’s going to need to relegate the wrestling to a sub-plot.
If a god really wanted to obtain worship they would be playing football (soccer), as it is the most popular sport in the world, and let’s face it Pele changed gender and moved from Hawaii to Brazil to do this.
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Agreed. Can't stand wrestling.
Gods who need worship would become celebrities, athletes, actors, singers. I could see some of the Greeks becoming reality tv stars- though I dislike reality tv more then wrestling, it fits with their narcissisms. Particularly given Naricssis is Greek himself.
Conspiracy Theorist:
any profession where unearned celebrity would do.
K.L.O.E.:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on December 31, 2021, 02:31:09 AM ---Not always the team, sometimes you have a player who stands head and shoulders above the team, a Pele, a Maradonna, a Best, a Ronaldo, a Messi, and they are truly lionised by the world as something truly special.
There is no scripting, no stunts, everything they do is real if not hyper real, bestriding the world as the best and it’s champions, they don’t merely have a fan base, they are capable of bringing a country together behind them, and having the rest of the world agog with their genius applauding their own teams defeat.
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Wrestling is unique in the way it uses long term story telling to create a mythology around a character or even just a move over time. Plus the careers can be way longer. Just look at Sting who's been wrestling since the late 70s. While the singular talent of a Ronaldo, Messi, Maradona, Pele, LeBron, Jordan, Gretzky, Tendulkar, Hamilton, Bolt, or Ali come along they are lionized but its just a direct cheering for the act and the game or the race. When you have godlike power there's no competition in a race. When wrestling a god could live out the same story over and over again and receive godlike devotion from a fanbase. It's the perfect cover.
--- Quote from: Con on December 31, 2021, 12:20:55 PM ---Agreed. Can't stand wrestling.
Gods who need worship would become celebrities, athletes, actors, singers. I could see some of the Greeks becoming reality tv stars- though I dislike reality tv more then wrestling, it fits with their narcissisms. Particularly given Naricssis is Greek himself.
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I could totally see a few being reality TV stars or Actors or something as well. We already got the White Court running parts of the porn industry. There's probably a bunch of various immortals in soap operas as well.
morriswalters:
I hope it's better then American Gods. Gaiman is a better writer and he's already traveled that road, somewhat poorly in my opinion.
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Con on December 31, 2021, 12:20:55 PM ---Agreed. Can't stand wrestling.
Gods who need worship would become celebrities, athletes, actors, singers. I could see some of the Greeks becoming reality tv stars- though I dislike reality tv more then wrestling, it fits with their narcissisms. Particularly given Naricssis is Greek himself.
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I'm also, not a fan of wrestling. However, I could totally get behind the idea of minor ancient deities; and almost but not quite forgotten major ones, reappearing as reality TV stars, but also as so-called Influencers; whether on Instagram, YouTube or any social media platform. Getting "Likes" seems to me to be a perfect fit for an old deity craving some form of worship.
However, I can't see a major deity like an Athena or Zeus going the above routes. Pride was also a weakness of some of these deities, so I think they would want to do something that would give them the appearance of dignity or sagacity. With that idea in mind, perhaps some old deities could be seen on Bloomberg News making predictions about the future of the economy or market, or perhaps as a so-called political, legal or military expert who makes regular appearances on any of the major news networks.
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