A destructive question

[Tempokai]

Let's say you're a god. Ordinary god of the generic fantasy world. Your world has a system, and is generally peaceful enough to not bother with it.

One day, you got sick of it for a reason. You want to destroy it. Even if you violate the divine law, you will destroy it. Ah, also your subordinates are against that and rebel against you if you do this.

And now the question. Why? What motivated you to do it? How you would justify the destruction?

 

[Lloyd]

FUN

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

The world disgusts me. There is no good in it.

 

[AnonUnlimited]

It’s because there is no football being played.

 

[Poleg]

Let's say you're a god. Ordinary god of the generic fantasy world. Your world has a system, and is generally peaceful enough to not bother with it.

One day, you got sick of it for a reason. You want to destroy it. Even if you violate the divine law, you will destroy it. Ah, also your subordinates are against that and rebel against you if you do this.

And now the question. Why? What motivated you to do it? How you would justify the destruction?

Destruction and creation is the natural order of things.

 

[RavenRunes]

You made a mistake and created a lifeform that put ham and pineapple on the same pizza.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

Why would I have to justify it? Yeah, if I was a human made god or something akin to a stand-in then I would have to justify it but if I am the all powerful being that created the world then what reason would I have to justify it. It would be no different than making a clay pot and destroying it because I didn't like how it turned out. No one could tell me not too because they didn't make it. Now, as a fair being, I would probably give the living creatures of the planet a way to redeem themselves if they are the reason I want to destroy it, so at least I can feel good knowing I gave them a chance.

 

[Corty]

The same reason I always gave when I sent in meteor or Godzilla in sim city:

Fuck it.

 

[RavenRunes]

Well also, if you've destroyed a world, who the fuck are you going to justify it to!?

 

[Iamnotabot]

Furries

 

[Syringe]

You know that feeling when you built a lego city/block city as a kid and had that primal urge to stomp through it all like a giant monster?

Yeah. That's my reason. You build it all so high with the purpose to watch it all fall.

 

[georgelee5786]

The world was getting too boring so I decided to shake things up a bit

 

[forli]

Why would I have to justify it? Yeah, if I was a human made god or something akin to a stand-in then I would have to justify it but if I am the all powerful being that created the world then what reason would I have to justify it. It would be no different than making a clay pot and destroying it because I didn't like how it turned out. No one could tell me not too because they didn't make it. Now, as a fair being, I would probably give the living creatures of the planet a way to redeem themselves if they are the reason I want to destroy it, so at least I can feel good knowing I gave them a chance.

So, if you managed to create a person with cloning or something somehow, would it be ok for you to kill them whenever you felt like it? Should parents be allowed to murder their children if they get bored of them?

I'll never understand why so many people act as if a character should be exempt from morality just because they are a 'god'. Most of the time these gods are written as just regular humans with a lot of power, and yet so many authors let them get away with behavior that would put anyone else into asshole villain status just because the label of 'god' is apparently a shield against any moral judgment.

I always find these kinds of double standards to be really annoying if I'm being honest.

 

[Viator]

The world has gone off the rails and the purpose I created it for could no longer be achieved. All I could see was cycle after cycle of accumulated disaster. It NEEDS to be destroyed; for the sake of the mortals, death is not the end, even if mortals fear death it isn't as consequential for them as it would be to allow this to continue. Also, for the sake of my pride. This is MY Art. I will not blemish the universe, and my legacy with such a failure. None have the right to stop me, or admonish me for enacting my rights over my creation. I will perish for the freedom of my own Will. No matter who I have to fight.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

So, if you managed to create a person with cloning or something somehow, would it be ok for you to kill them whenever you felt like it? Should parents be allowed to murder their children if they get bored of them?

I'll never understand why so many people act as if a character should be exempt from morality just because they are a 'god'. Most of the time these gods are written as just regular humans with a lot of power, and yet so many authors let them get away with behavior that would put anyone else into asshole villain status just because the label of 'god' is apparently a shield against any moral judgment.

I always find these kinds of double standards to be really annoying if I'm being honest.

That's why I started by saying that there was a difference between gods. If it were a human-like god then it would need justification and would be an evil god if it couldn't justify it. If it's an all powerful god that can destroy and remake the world and it's people at will then it would have every right to do so, not because it's bad but because it can just remake things without any moral consequences. Greek gods can commit good and evil acts because they are humanized gods with good and bad morals. Omnipotent gods don't really work in the same manner and are near impossible to create well in literature.

As for your question about cloning and killing children, no, you wouldn't have the authority to do so without consequences. You aren't God so you would have to suffer the consequences whilst God is omnipotent and has the authority to end and create life. At the end of it all, you have to answer to someone, but God doesn't have to answer to any higher power. Human-like gods such as general fantasy gods would have a higher power to answer to so they would have to be justified.

 

[HelloHound]

they weren't using the system in a good way and the world stagnated to the point where it was going to inevitably rot on the vine

 

[Bartun]

"I made a mistake, my dinosaurs were a lot cooler" - God

 

[RepresentingCaution]

I learned from my mistakes, and now it's time to try again. If matter can't be created or destroyed, I'll need that material for starting over.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Let's say you're a god. Ordinary god of the generic fantasy world. Your world has a system, and is generally peaceful enough to not bother with it.

One day, you got sick of it for a reason. You want to destroy it. Even if you violate the divine law, you will destroy it. Ah, also your subordinates are against that and rebel against you if you do this.

And now the question. Why? What motivated you to do it? How you would justify the destruction?

The level system, the guilds, and the adventurer part.

Coz if I'm going to be a god, I'd be a 'writer god', and I'm someone who loves destroying/subverting cliches.

I'll just tell my subordinates I'm rewriting that shit. You rebel against me? Poof! I'll erase your existence.

 

[Cipiteca396]

The only thing that makes sense is that there was some inherent, irreparable flaw to the entire thing. Otherwise you'd just destroy the broken bits and fix those while minimizing damage to the good bits.

If we're fine with answers that don't make sense, you can say pretty much anything. Too much evil, too much disobedience, too much change, not enough violence, not enough struggle, not enough growth.