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Azathoth sits in the middle of existence but dreams it at the same time?
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He actually isn't completely separatedDarkGrath said:Well, that's why they're called the blind "idiot" god.
That isn't used to refer to Azathoth as an idiot in the traditional sense. It comes from the original terminology for "idiot", which essentially means "someone who completely separates themselves from the whole" (it only later evolved into the less nuanced term that we know today).
So that part of Azathoth's title is literally stating that he is a non-participant in the system. He's not just another layer of transcendence in the Cthulhu Mythos, he's completely separated from the whole.
1. Its actually above totality as a whole not just the center of itUradelbauer said:Azathoth sits in the middle of existence but dreams it at the same time?
How so? Azathoth sits completely external to the entire cosmology as a whole, he isn't just trascendent of it. Said cosmolgy is a Tier 0.Ionliosite said:I personally consider Creator to above Azzy by such an stupidly amount that's basically irrelevant, because the cosmologies of both verses sound identical, except Creator appears to have higher trascendence over Featherine than Azzy does over Yog.
The "Music affecting Azathoth" thing shouldn't be taken at face value.Uradelbauer said:Oh, I see. Does the fact the Outer Gods are able to affect him with their music affect his Tier 0 status?
A lot of people seem to forget that the Azathoth in the center of the Outer Void (which is far superior to the Dreamlands, which are in turn conceptually beyond existence and non-existence themselves) is actually not the real thing. It's Azathoth in the way that your self in a dream is the real you (aka it isn't). He actually exists beyond the entire totality that is Yog-Sothoth. That gargoyle of him gets punched in the face by Nyarlathotep at some point.AogiriKira said:1. Its actually above totality as a whole not just the center of it
2. Him dreaming doesnt require him to be outside the dream. People enter their own dreams all the time, thats how dreams occur.
3. Much more complex than that
Ignoring the fact that the Court of Azathoth is a High 1-A pantheon of platonic deities, they aren't really affecting him since cause and effect don't exist at these levels. What we apply to them in descriptions are just our feeble attempts to comprehend what is only a fractional part of these beings. It's equally likely that Azathoth is simultaneously awake and asleep as causality is rendered meaningless at these levels.Uradelbauer said:Oh, I see. Does the fact the Outer Gods are able to affect him with their music affect his Tier 0 status?
.....What? That's literally their entire shtick. Fan's blogs explain it better than me but in layman's terms, the Outer Gods are archetypal ideas from which all of existence is "cut".Tony di bugalu said:I thought that stuff about platonic beings was already called out as bs across the wiki?
Oh, that's what you meant. My bad. Well the Outer Gods aren't ever called that in canon but they're essentially concepts from which all of reality is derived. Don't know whether or not that's platonic but I thought you were saying that the Outer Gods aren't abstract or something like that.Tony di bugalu said:No, I literally mean that a character being called "platonic" or something like that was already called out as pure bs as there was no such thing.
Also, do someone knows when can we expect the Umineko downgrade?
In your view, how bad? On a scale of TOAA to The Star Maker levels of downgrade.Tony di bugalu said:Don't take me at face value but the word in the street is that everyone in Umineko might end up taking the D hammer
I was once skimming through old CM threads and I found one where he was inconning Shub-Niggurath (This was back when Shub transcending the Outer Gods was legit). I found another where he inconned the Ultimate Gods and this was after people had to reason out that Star didn't beat them.Tony di bugalu said:The Maker on Cthulhu lvls
Whaa.?
What is TLoW?Planck69 said:TLoW is moving to High 1-A
That's just ridiculous, you can't go beyond omnipotence, presence and science.AJ Smiles said:He is beyond Omnipresence, Omniscience and Omnipotence
DarkGrath said:become AogiriKira and Awoo at them
Or a smurf.RealMattForsyth said:You can't, unless you're a 0 tier like him.
I have tier -1 passive Empathic ManipThe God Of Procrastination said:DarkGrath said:become AogiriKira and Awoo at themBut Shub was able to survive doing the thing with her, and she even considered that a notable feat by her standards.
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