American Gods: Starz got another one...

[Niggthaniel Essex]

What's the significance of "that purple shirt"?

No I didn't notice, but I also didn't think anything deeper into it other than he was getting a shirt.

Let a G know what's good

Martha

From what I read, purple is the color of royalty/power.

Makes sense

 

[Jutt]

Wednesday is a crafty fukk. Thats why everyone always calls him an old crook or something like that.

He knew sacrificing Vulcan would give him enough power to kill Media's goons, and then dedicating those deaths to Ostera put the battery in her back as well. A lot of people are complaining about Dead Wife, but she's a pretty important part of the story so just keep that in the back of your mind going into season 2.

 

[storyteller]

I might need to catch some of those breakdowns because I was lost at some points during the season. I enjoyed the show overall though.

It's worth it fam, I think it improves the show when the missing threads are linked. I might start the books now that I realize how much was going on that I didn't catch.



I watched these for each episode (after watching the series) and a lot of things made more sense once I was done. They compare the books and show too which is cool, since I know there are some real changes that'll make the books worth checking out.

 

[Diondon]

So does Odin have powers or is just weak? I thought not cause nobody believes in his old ass anymore.
But he calling lightning bolts and making snow and shyt
I gotta cop the book

 

[Jutt]

So does Odin have powers or is just weak? I thought not cause nobody believes in his old ass anymore.
But he calling lightning bolts and making snow and shyt
I gotta cop the book

Peep my post above. He's initially weak because he isn't worshiped as much any longer, BUT when he killed Vulcan that changed. He had the blade forged in his honor and killed him with it and pissed on his blessing basically. That gave him more power. The old Gods need blood sacrifice for power

 

[Majestyx]

i might have to read the damn books, i always dig flips of mythology. and he lokey shytting on some religions

 

[KalKal]

Peep my post above. He's initially weak because he isn't worshiped as much any longer, BUT when he killed Vulcan that changed. He had the blade forged in his honor and killed him with it and pissed on his blessing basically. That gave him more power. The old Gods need blood sacrifice for power

When you put it that way, it sounds a little like "Highlander".

 

[Diunx]

Just think, Easteria is strong enough to create famine on that scale, and easter is mainly just a American thing, and as was mentioned; when it's celebrated we just think about jesus, not her. I wonder how powerful jesus and Allah really are if that's the case, since ya know, people pray to those fukkers multiple times a day

I believe she got a small boost from Odin killing those henchmen in her name.

 

[Killigraphy]

So does Odin have powers or is just weak? I thought not cause nobody believes in his old ass anymore.
But he calling lightning bolts and making snow and shyt
I gotta cop the book

He kills Vulcan - blood sacrifice.

Slowly but surely, Shadow is believing in him....Shadow has immense power (Shown in the prison wherein Odin couldn't overpower him).

 

[tru_m.a.c]

So I started watching this series 3 days ago off the strength of boredom and seeing it stickied. God damn coli you nikkas did it again. Y'all probably seen all my daps and shyt, but I'ma have to go back and rep all you day 1 nikkas. This shyt was fukkn amazing!

Episode 1 and Episode 8 are fukkn

I didn't find a single episode .

 

[tru_m.a.c]

I dunno, man. Imagine just being worshipped by old school Lil Flip fans and kids who eat lucky Charms cereal to being like.... God of Lottery/Casinos, where everybody worships luck and wishes for gold to fall into their lap.

That's not a spoiler, btw. Just me thinking what a modern day leprechaun would be actually up to.


Matter fact, what other New Gods could you cats imagine..... without spoiling shyt?

Just think, Easteria is strong enough to create famine on that scale, and easter is mainly just a American thing, and as was mentioned; when it's celebrated we just think about jesus, not her. I wonder how powerful jesus and Allah really are if that's the case, since ya know, people pray to those fukkers multiple times a day

jesus' power is super watered down across all the million kinds of jesus people believe in

Not arguing here, just for sake of conversation: as of may 2017, in the U.S alone there are 196.8mill white, 37.6mill black, 14.4mill asian, 9mill other. For laymans terms let's assume they all believe in their respective ethnic jesus, that's still a ton more believers than people that probably celebrate easter. Like I mentioned above, that's not taking into consideration anyone not in the U.S. so even if they're watered down they still have to be way more powerful than Easteria

Nah it wouldn't work like that. The scene where the Catholic Mexicans get killed by the Evangelical Americans seals the deal on jesus' power. It's divided by race and ethnicity. These races and ethnicities fight each other, thus making Jesus' power beatable, or at the very least a weapon for personal use (see: Easter). So what you would essentially see, and what we actually do see in real life, are Christians/Catholics who believe in fukkn horoscopes, and the power of Mars, and cringe at the #13, and believe in Leprechauns, and the power of Feng Shui, and a million different saints.

Easteria has the one up because she doesn't present a visible threat to the belief in Jesus (in her current form). That's why the christian holiday and pagan holiday are able to coexist. There is always going to be a power struggle, but can your respective followers mutually coexist and worship together. That's the compromise that all God's, old or new, are faced with. The story of the Native American god dying is a story of not being able to mutually coexist in the new world once your elders pass and your descendants assimilate into a new culture. Protestants and Baptists - you name it - mutually coexist UNTIL their forced to go to war with each other in some social or economic domain.

Easteria also has the one up because she represents a season, one that brings in a new harvest. So every inch of the globe, every faith - believers or nonbelievers - depends on her existence. She ultimately wins because her disconnect with modern times is just a branding issue. You pray to god for the food on your table, but spring saved you from winters fast. Once they kick in the climate change angle, it's a wrap. So far out of the group, she has the potential to do the most damage and rock everyone's faith the worse. If she teams up with a few more harvest Gods it's officially a wrap on society.

Mr. World is extending an olive branch to Odin under the guise of mutual coexistence, but Odin rightfully sees that it's merely a ploy to keep the Old God's from ever being able to reassert cultural dominance in the world.

However the Old God's will never be culturally dominant without ripping away all modern forms of human advancement. Regression is what Mr. World is trying to prevent and what Odin needs. The end game is what Shadow Moon does not foresee.

This is all my opinion of course. I have never read the book or read a blog about this show outside of this thread.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

No sure how long I'ma be able to call homie Shadow Moon instead of Lincoln.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Just finished, it was cool.

Like it wasn't GOT or Stranger Things... Or even the last half of Legion..

But it was good and kept me interested. I had to review some of the episode plots online to understand some of the dialogue, but a lot of characters were really likeable, show has a lot of potential.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Be carefull of the third episode start skipping when the 2 arab dudes get into the elevator together.

Bruh i didn't even see this post but I skipped the fukk out of that shyt.

 

[Makavalli]

I thought the whole pool was going to turn to wine there.



I would think the 14 Jesuses at her party would have a problem with what she did.



My favorite line was when Lucy/Scully was talking to Easter like "Take the deal...St. Nick took it, and look where HE is!"
She should have taken the deal.

Show is hilariously offensive lol and maybe im slow but are they implying that jesus is a new god that jacked easter's prayers cause Odin was on some fukk that nikka shyt the whole episode.

I gotta start reading the book now to hold me over til next season