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fateinthestars · 1 month ago

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Okay I'm hoping I'll have a very long fic to share with you all shortly but in the meantime I was just thinking on...

Which of the Gods would cope the most with falling from grace and no longer having access to their powers?

Thoughts (plus some spoilers for certain stories) under cut:

Tauxolouve : Let's get the one who actually tried that out of the way first. He was clearly having some trouble adjusting but he probably could have continued had it been necessary. The only problem would be, and as was proved in his route, was if MC ended up in danger he would feel like he was unable to protect her without them. Perhaps if it had happened and they weren't being pursued by another god then in time he would have learnt some form of human combat/self defence to mitigate that. As he was still clearly at odds with being a demigod at this point it's almost as though he's unsure he fits in either world anyway, which may give him an easier transition than some of the others. Though speaking of easier transitions...

Karno: Oh absolutely, no problem. He already hates how sometimes he can do nothing even though he has these almighty powers, at least without any access to them he can then do whatever he feels he can as a human to help, and he was perfectly happy to stay with MC at her apartment during his Promise of Infinity at the detriment to his own health... THAT SAID: Can you imagine Karno, someone who is already rather down on himself internally, no longer being able to hear what MC is wishing for? I think perhaps he might worry more over decisions if all he's got to go on is instinct, but he's still probably the best placed of the Zodiac Gods to live without powers. Which leads me onto...

Huedhaut: Whilst I'm sure he would do anything for MC, there is something that bugs me with Hue (and was what I was thinking on that made me decide to write this post): In Huedhaut's Fantasy story it seems like he can still at the very least summon alcohol with a snap of his fingers. So it's as though he can't quite fully let go of who he really is. That said, I feel like whilst Karno's overthinking would get worse, Hue's would get better - because of no longer being able to see the future, you'd no longer get issues like trying to avoid x because he thinks it'd to do with y when it's really z like in one of his White Day stories.

Leon: Don't be stupid. He'd not give up being a god unless he was forced to. He'd rather overthrow all of the heavens then be a goldfish. If we're talking about the Leon that is in a relationship with MC though... well lets say finding a way to disable his powers to hide them from someone was necessary... I think he'd do that. If they were just subdued rather than gone completely, he could access them if they ended up in trouble. Actually fall from grace though? I'm not sure how many meatballs MC would have to cook before he stops sulking! Talking of sulking...

Teorus: I'm sure he'd find things less stressful without having to control time but he's one of the gods who seems to simply use his powers to try to fix things without thinking. He does at least apparently have a lot of interest in the Earth so he should know more about some stuff compared to the others, and he did show in one of his epilogues that he can actually fight someone off without using powers, but as he had no qualms about summoning a giant potato in front of other people for example, he's going to be one of the hardest to get out of the habit of snapping his fingers and expecting something to happen I think. And I'm also not sure what this would do to his already terrible sense of direction. (Hey do you think Teo ever gets so lost he activates his time freeze power to try and avoid being late for something?). Also, you remember his reaction to the mere thought that MC would die one day? Imagine if that was himself...

Aigonorus: Aigo is probably the closest to Karno, at least in Wishes, of not actually needing powers at all (Plus his original reaction in his Promise of Infinity was immediately to say 'I'll become human then' without even thinking about it and the implications of it), but... Aigo can take things a little too literally and he may well be the one that would struggle the most to understand how humans do things and why. He may also be put off by how much effort some stuff is - as a god he could just snap his fingers to clean his clothes off, now he has to get changed, put them in a weird machine, wait ages, and then when they come out they're all wet? I'm also not sure whether his habit of sleeping would get better or worse as a human. As a god he technically doesn't need to do it but as a human he would: I dunno, I guess I'm just a little concerned he could sleep for a whole day straight and wake up and wonder why he's hungry...

Zyglavis: Well we know the Minister of Punishments was one of the last gods to leave the Earth, so he should at least be familiar with some things (see how he knows all the rules of French fine dining in his Heavenly Pleasures story for example) and you see in stories such as Sweet & Spicy that he is careful not to use his powers in front of humans and would rather walk over to a vending machine to fetch MC a drink than risk summoning one (which even Karno would have done the opposite of). I think possibly more the issue with Zyglavis than adapting to life without powers would be that it would probably take a long time for him to stop fretting about how things were going in the heavens without him - plus I'd also imagine if there was a crime being committed in front of him, he wouldn't be able to stand back or even just call the police, he'd try and stop it somehow, which could potentially put him in danger. Which leads me onto the other point: There's several stories where he himself in his Point of View knows that he cares about MC to the point of overprotectiveness. If they are together one of his main concerns about no longer having powers will be how best to keep her safe.

Scorpio: Scorpio already has experience of being a human of course, though not in a nice way and he also wanted to forget all of it. Even without that, though, if you look at his fantasy story whilst he is still working in Punishments and as such must have his powers, his fantasy seems to be to have a normal life, in a normal home, with MC, on Earth. There's also a story where he fetches a glass of water normally and MC is surprised he didn't use his powers and he gets all embarrassed because he didn't even think of doing that. So I think he probably could adjust to life on Earth, though he may find certain things a struggle like Lou was at first.

Krioff: The only other one (other than Aigo) where it is bought up about becoming human instead of MC becoming a goddess in his Promise of Infinity, though they of course decide against it, Krioff probably wouldn't mind the lack of powers. For a start it would stop any worries about how overpowering his fire ability can be. That said, like Aigo, he's a bit too literal at times and as he got concerned about 'the box with little people in it' and thought MC was trying to prank him when a box of ice cream fell out of the freezer... despite his interest in watching Earth and having Earth magazines due to his sister, his knowledge of appliances at least doesn't seem to be there. He probably could make the effort to learn though, and he's already shown he can follow instructions extremely easily as in Scorpio's To the Victor Goes the Spoils story he is an excellent cook simply by following a book.

Dui: Dui is the one where we've seen stories where he actually wants 'human dates' with MC where he doesn't use his powers for any reason whatsoever. He'd probably be able to make the adjustment pretty well, though his other side might be a bit impatient with how long some things would then take: Who actually might be Dui's main concern - if he fell from grace a) would Shadow Dui actually still be there and b) if he was, how would other humans react to the fact his personality can switch (even if it is now a more conscious choice if we're talking Dui when he's with MC near the end of his route).

Ichthys: I'm sure Ichthys could switch to human style pranks with relative ease but I'm unsure how he'd feel without being able to rely on powers at all. As he's the one of the twelve who is already mortal, the thought of death isn't going to worry him so much, but you see the way he would rather make people happy than think about the logical consequences... with his powers when someone got hurt that he cared about he'd heal them despite knowing what that did to his health... can you imagine how he'd feel if MC got injured somehow and there was nothing he could do to help? Also his lack of wanting to read and his impulsiveness to try things straight away I could envision causing problems. He could probably accidentally flood the apartment, worry about what MC would think, try to cover it up... think that he was right to be worried because of the look she gives him when she finds out even though she's not annoyed about the accident but annoyed that Ichthys didn't just tell her in the first place, and he'd probably hide just how hard he is finding it to adjust until he's got himself in such a mess that MC ends up making a wish so that Teorus can appear and try to calm him down. Though once that has happened, perhaps he will be a little more hesitant to try things immediately and let MC tell him how to use certain human appliances - because I'm sure he'd rather listen to instruction then try to read information.

Partheno: I've left Partheno until last because I'm not sure how he'd react cos technically he's already had experience of not having god powers at all - instead he had demonic ones. I'd imagine as someone abandoned by the underrealm and never really feeling accepted in the heavens, he already feels like he doesn't belong anywhere, which may be a positive or a negative for trying the Earth - on the one hand would he really want to try a third world, but on the other would it give him more of a fresh start than staying in the Heavens would? Imagine if at the end of his Main Story the King of the Heavens had given him a choice to become a god or become a human rather than just immediately making him a god, would he have taken the latter? At that point MC was the only person who he could know for sure had been treating him the way she viewed him because his demonic powers didn't work on her, so I could potentially see the appeal of starting completely afresh, especially as there are a lot of negative memories in the heavens, but he's also going to have the inner-turmoil that Tauxolouve would have in that not only does he not feel like he fits anywhere but if he tried to start afresh as a human what if the underworld became active again? What could he do to stop that? And if any of the gods he had wronged in the past managed to find him, they could try to get at him through MC as per later in his route and without powers that might be a big problem. On the other hand he seems one of the more intelligent at times and would probably be able to work out appliances given time.

I'm not really sure what this ramble is and no doubt I've forgotten something without going and re-reading stories but hopefully this somehow makes sense and is interesting. 😅

I shall attempt to order who I think would cope with falling from grace from most to least here:

Karno

Scorpio

Tauxolouve

Zyglavis

Dui

Huedhaut

Ichthys

Aigonorus

Krioff

Partheno

Teorus

Leon

I reckon Hue goes right in the middle because whilst he seems to keep his powers to a certain extent in fantasies, and it is said that he uses teleporting whilst on dates with MC, he is also willing to take the train with her if she asks and he has far more patience than a lot of the gods and would be willing to just sit and read if there is something he does not understand. Plus, he has more knowledge of Earth and its events and history compared to most of the others.

Karno is the obvious top of the list whilst the other Wishes' Minister is the obvious bottom of the list - the rest can kind of move around a little, and at least some of them are probably dependent on where they are in their routes as well.

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