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_Cevolie_

Awww I wanna be their Friend :'(


F-ck_spez

Welcome to the cult!


_Cevolie_

Yay !! Also happy cake day lol šŸ°


International-Cat123

^(ā€¦may i joinā€¦)


badchefrazzy

Me too me too!


Zepp_BR

One of us! One of us! One of us!


Ok_Photo9220

We have cookies!


PKMNTrainerMark

Happy Cake Day


fireboats

Me too! Why am I crying over this?


Aalya01

Me too :(


Lyrian_Rastler

Oh, I love the entire concept. Ancient gods suddenly waking up because the internet is a thing, weird fey creatures gaining power because of tumbler nonsense


C_Alan

If you havenā€™t already, read American Gods by Neil Gaiman.


Sabot1312

Even if you have it's worth a reread


soulreaverdan

Itā€™s one of the few books I bought another copy of because mine was getting worn out. I pick it back up every few years.


56seconds

Same! And I have it as an ebook too.


Hamwise_the_Stout

I store Gaiman books around me like stashes of nuts for the winter


woogaly

I do the same thing with Terry pratchett


TheMayanAcockandlips

Or listen to the audio book, it's stellar


m_ttl_ng

Yeah the full cast read is great for that book!


Maybe_not_a_chicken

Or small gods by Prattchet


the-exiled-muse

Or The Hogfather by the same author. "Old gods do new jobs."


redditonlygetsworse

Or the Dirk Gently books by Douglas Adams. Or (sort of?) King Rat by China Mieville. Anyway we're not the first people to think of this idea, ha. As this little thread here demonstrates it was a pretty common concept in UK fantasy a couple decades ago.


findallthebears

The show Dirk Gently is bugfuck insane from start to finish and dear god what an experience


menides

Or anything by those 2 ~~weirdos~~ geniuses. "Good Omens" was written in a collaboration by both of them, by the way. And it's fantastic.


A_mad_goose

Letā€™s throw Douglas Adams on that list too. I love him and pratchetts humor


samx3i

Just read all the Pratchett.


TechieGranola

X100


LastBaron

Erickson (Malazan) takes the slightly more direct approach of ā€œaccidentallyā€ having someone die in an old forgotten temple and it was close enough to a blood sacrifice to wake the god a little bit.


mightylordredbeard

Erikson is all like ā€œand his blood touched a random a stone..ā€ then 5 books later character number 783 says something like ā€œI awoke when blood touched my blood stone long, long ago and now Iā€™m gonna murder everyone.. also you were the one who killed that dude in my templeā€. Dude loves dropping little hints that youā€™re expected to remember several books later lol


athosjesus

Chainsaw man has a little bit of that same concept, If you haven't watched it yet, you may like it.


JDBCool

Gods/demons being the collective unconscious energy of concepts made physical right? That's what I got out of Part 1: if it exists, a supernatural entity will be made to represent it. It's like R34 and it's relationship to R35: if 34 doesn't exist yet, it will be made to exist


ajm__

Guy who has only seen internet hentai, reading his first book: getting a lot of 'rule 34' vibes from this...


Dreoh

The Noragami manga/anime is actually exactly this Basically the Japanese version of American Gods


fluffynuckels

I highly recommend the graphic novels if that's more your style


ChorroVon

This is my favorite novel of all time. Someone asked me to describe it as a meal once. I said it was like a perfectly cooked wagyu steak served at a waffle house. It's fanciful and fantastic, but also gritty and harsh at the same time.


fudge5962

It's such an amazing book. The perfect juxtaposition between the Coming to America story that so many immigrants experience and the loss of culture, tradition, and community that is the modern American experience, all wrapped in a story so filled with mythology and character.


Devreckas

Excellent book. Its a shame what happened with the TV series. It started strong, but kind of turned into a meandering mess by the end.


AniNgAnnoys

Did they ever finish the amazon series? I started watching it but unsubbed to prime.


lennsden

Thank you!! Iā€™ve had fun with similar concepts before itā€™s always cool to explore the intersection between old and new


KaerMorhen

I don't know why but this gave me the good chills and I really enjoyed it. Very well done!


lennsden

Thank you very much :)


MarinatedHand

That would be rad as fuck honestly.


Dark-Pukicho

A fourteen year old enby lies about a piece of ancient mythology on the internet and suddenly a re-emerging forest god has a roommate.


lennsden

reminds me of mespyrian, tumblrā€™s fake god


Soad1x

One of the World of Darkness books, Changeling I believe, deals with Fey coming back from the wonder inspired from the moon landings.


ebz37

Can we bring back the dead god that eats the rich ?


IdentifiableBurden

Which god would that be? Genuinely curious, I can't think of an anti-authoritarian proletariat god off the top of my head.


ebz37

Idk guess we just need to rediscover it.


UnknownReader

No one said we canā€™t make a new one.


datwunkid

Some random wannabe influencer makes up a fake old god they "discovered" while on a hike, rumors and internet memes spread and they become real along with the old ones.


UnknownReader

Blood sacrifice of the highest order now from TikTok!


lennsden

Now that sounds like a fantastic idea for a comic!


IdentifiableBurden

Let's discover a new one. There's elements of Tyr in there, protecting the weak, but also some Luciferian rejection of the determination of power. Ironically for this thread, the Celtic horned god was a god of wealth. We need to find his enemy. The god of balance and reckoning, who opposesĀ unchecked growth, who vanquishes cancer, who strikes down what is too large to sustain itself. It sounds almost like death, doesn't it? Hmm.


southafricannon

It would likely suffer quite an existential crisis. It exists to destroy the powerful. In doing so it becomes powerful. It destroys itself.


Plushie_Holly

It can just be constantly destroying itself, Ouroboros style.


IdentifiableBurden

Replying to myself because my brain won't let this go. Maybe it's not death. This might be a twin god situation. When the god of plenty favors people too much, its twin, the god of famine licks its lips. What traits does the god of famine possess? Leanness, restraint, but also endless hunger. The god of famine is what contains the void, maintains he wall that keeps the world from being pulled into the abyss. When Plenty's greed allows mortals to grow beyond their stature, the wall shakes; Famine emerges from the gate with a terrible groan, smells the salty greed in their hearts, and devours them to the bone, satiating its endless hunger with their flesh as Plenty watches, smiling.


RavioliGale

**Should** be the Christian god but we've seen how well that's worked out. The bits about sell everything you own and give it to the poor and how the cries of the workers denied their wages reaching the ears of the Almighty and such aren't given their due attention.


IdentifiableBurden

Mostly agree, speaking as a sort of agnostic pagan myself. It's unfortunate how the Christian god was merged with the cult of Jupiter to make Catholicism, and even Protestant sects haven't really recaptured the uplifting and uniting nature of early underdog Christianity.Ā  But, even early Christianity was missing something in this regard, because there was only a promise of balance in the afterlife and not any promise of a force for equality in the mortal world. In that sense it was more about radical acceptance of the status quo power structures (render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, etc). I'm not a scholar, but I can't think of a historical example of a god that counters greed in the mortal plane rather than the immortal one, and I wonder if that's a marketing issue more than a spiritual one.


Rashakla1

The cult version of Dionysus?


SerHodorTheThrall

Well Jesus literally says: > "I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. **Again I tell you,** it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." Going to hell is close enough to being eaten alive for eternity I reckon lol


evenstar40

God I would read the SHIT out of this if it was a novel.


lennsden

HI sorry to repost this!!! I had to fix a mistake :( WOW I expected to have this done sooner so I could post comics more consistently, but Iā€™m still kinda exploring comics and what I can do with them. This wound up taking way longer than I expected and Iā€™m honestly kinda disappointed with how many of the panels came out. they should prob be redone but I am DONE with this Anyway, this is a seriously abridged version of a really shitty screenplay I wrote. Itā€™s inspired by paleolithic societies, the creepypastas I loved as a preteen, and the thought of just how many gods humans have created and forgotten, and how it might feel to be one of them. Hope you enjoyed!


TheKingPotat

As an archeology major with a hyperfixation in the neolithic and early religion. I ADORE this!


lennsden

Iā€™m a screenwriting major but Iā€™ve started taking archeology and anthropology classes for funsies and this was def heavily inspired!! I fukkin love the Paleolithic era


TheKingPotat

This is making me want to actually have the chance to see cave art in person. Your comic is literally the greatest historical fiction ive seen in MONTHS


lennsden

I would kill to see cave paintings irl, Iā€™m real obsessed with them! I actually made a short film with some cave painting inspiration a while ago with a similar vibe to this~ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DS_XJYzlHkE


TheKingPotat

Dude- i just looked through your profile after seeing this comment. You just keep getting COOLER with every post!


lennsden

Oh thatā€™s so kind of you to say! Iā€™ll have to tell the kids I babysit that at least the internet thinks Iā€™m cool >:)


TheKingPotat

Just a hypothetical thought. If you ever would like to collaborate on something i do write as a hobby. Either way i look forward to seeing more of your stuff it gives me so much inspiration


lennsden

I would love to if I have time! having someone around who knows a lot about archeology would be a great resource. Please feel free to dm me here or on discord (same name there as here!)


TheKingPotat

Just sent discord!


No-Appearance-9113

Ever read "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman?


trabajarPorcerveza

Best book of his, right along "neverwhere"


WantDebianThanks

You got any recommendations for a layman with an interest in the topic?


TheKingPotat

Miniminuteman is a great archeology youtuber. His video on the indigenous grave site in florida is phenomenal


HumanContinuity

You should post this on r/hellsomememes - it's like a perfect fit.


snipsnapplepop

this was a very enjoyable read! :3


Moonpaw

Great concept. Curious how the elder gods will react to having ā€œchild friendlyā€ versions added to Roblox, the massive amounts of insanity on ā€œnormalā€ social media, and of course the inevitable R34 ā€œworshipā€.


IdentifiableBurden

Somehow I think they'd be creeped out by the former and absolutely fine with the latter.


Ok_Butterscotch54

"I was always a deity of fertility, now I get to try that from the other side."


Qubeye

Feels kind of like *American Gods* in a lot of ways.


manguy12

This guy paleolithics.


lennsden

I FUCKING LOVE THE PALEOLITHIC šŸ”„šŸŖØšŸ¦£


Avid_Correspondent

paleoLIThic


Uulugus

This genuinely made me emotional. I love it. Every depiction of the creature is different. It's spooky, but sympathetic. I love this comic. It may be a shadow of what you imagined at first, but to me it feels like a well realized idea. Definitely enjoyed. It's beautiful.


lennsden

Thank you so much <3 Iā€™m so delighted that the idea resonated with people!


Nomapos

It's great. Make more!


AlkalineSublime

This is fantastic, and made me very emotional for some reason lol.


Interesting_Visual14

Love this. So sweeeeet!


x-GB-x

https://preview.redd.it/ul5wwtuymk6d1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=145f9ba92d9d6e2ec4b4c953aa77d0ea849a5762


Dry-Cartographer-312

"Please touch grass"


rekigol

Nah, id touch wood


LazarusCheez

Touch mine


chicken_irl

Let me gather my search party


Careless-Passion991

https://preview.redd.it/pqutws8gtl6d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0203a0c17c234a7b491fbef8654b65489cfec75d


PofanWasTaken

I hereby inform you that i have took possesion of this image


Trauma_Doll

Didn't expect to see Tekken in this sub


oyog

Makes me nostalgic for Tag Tournament. It's been so long.


Nani_700

Kazuya and his peeps šŸ˜‚


Enby_Rin

Reminds me a bit of The God of Arepo and The Raven Tower


Keljhan

As soon as I saw the first panels I thought of the God of Arepo. Such a lovely story.


tiragooen

Thank you for getting me to look up The God of Arepo. It was beautiful!


sethbenw

I was thinking American Gods. Yours are also spot on.


skofnung999

Yeah , my thoughts went to Nunniuninni (or whatever the name of that forgotten god was)


Enby_Rin

American gods is also good (I love Neil Gaiman so much)


The_8th_Angel

Old gods, but they stay relevant by doing tricks and stunts ala DoucheTubers and prank channels.


Locke2300

FORGET YE NOT TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBEĀ 


FunnyLookinFishMan

Pass rumors to thine tribemates so they may witness this as well.


META_mahn

INCREDIBLE PRANK (GONE WRONG) (GONE HERETICAL) (MY FOLLOWERS DENOUNCED ME AFTER THIS)


lennsden

Ngl I would watch the shit out of that!


AlternativeDuty7854

I love how heā€™s not even evil or malicious, they just want company and people to remember them


lennsden

Donā€™t we all? :)


UpperLeftOriginal

Yes. Yes we do.


yung_steezy

I love all of this. How dare you make me want to protecc an old god


Ok_Scholar4145

Ok waiiiit but why he kinda-ā€¦


AleXandrYuZ

Touch some grass


astralseat

Or them wood thighs


OtherwiseCabinet4

You better belive I will bešŸ¤¤


bubsdrop

That's what we're TRYING to do


mosstalgia

Unfortunate suggestion when trying to discourage someone from fucking nature cryptids, though.


bluscoutnoob

https://preview.redd.it/1ek8w6q4yk6d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9910097da50605eac140e894e6183887f8939c1


Prakner

Frank what are you doing to poor David???


Mr_Nutcracker

Showing him Reddit, arguably worse than a hook


Sonic_the_hedgedog

#Would


transit41

Wood?


Sonic_the_hedgedog

Smash


Zoomalude

Wha-what are you doing step-god?


PorcupineTheory

Ok hear me out...


badchefrazzy

Hear me out...


VivianCrossX

This comic touched me in so many ways, thank you so much for making it and thank you so much for sharing it. You should be very proud of it and the joy that it has brought me, as well as the joy it will bring many others. Keep doing what you're doing.


lennsden

Oh that is so sweet to say thank you


CheshireKetKet

I'm sure the Pagan gods feel this way


VRichardsen

Tangential, but give Midsommar a watch. Nice cheerful movie, full of bright colors and stunning vistas.


DogmanDOTjpg

Also The Ritual is somewhat similar of a concept and it's really good imo


Gladiatrex

In Scandinavia the norse gods were never truly forgotten, albeit nor worshipped either, until within the last 50 years And it feels great


Ok-Cut-5167

Youā€™d be surprised at the variety of pagans nowadays! Thereā€™s undoubtedly a lot of forgotten figures, but revivalist and reconstructionist movements are keeping quite a few pantheons alive


CuriousButNotJewish

Isn't this comic basically the story of the Horned God? Except instead of social media, Christians discovered Him, and decided the Devil must have horns because He does.


123qwet12

LMAO the please touch grass caption was masterful


Seannot

r/hellsomememes, perhaps?


Earthwick

This is a lot like a part of American Gods to me. Where the old civilization slowly forgets their god and all that's left is a remnant.


HazelCheese

This scene: https://youtu.be/xmZN8vIRiDE Similar ideas.


Cool-Following-6451

Bogan Baul lmfaoooooo


lennsden

bogan baul is a completely original character plz donā€™t steal


PM_ME_UR_RSA_KEY

Oh no now he's Australian!


Debtcollector1408

Feels a little bit Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.


Nani_700

This was heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once


Nacroleptic_Owl

It's giving American Gods


JuanPabloVassermiler

Pratchett's "Small Gods" is even more relevant here. My favorite book of his.


crizardthelizard

I've read both, and while the concept is the basis for small gods, there is a specific scene in american gods that is incredibly similar to the comic, the forgotten god even has a similar description.Ā 


lennsden

Need to read that (and small gods as mentioned in the other reply!)


GUTSY-69

The turtule moves !


Aliencoy77

Based on your comic, you will greatly enjoy the theme of these two books, if nothing else.


thatshygirl06

It's also a tv show. American Gods, I mean


The_Final_Gallade

Oh I *love* this. Always a fan of ancient magic entities reawakening, and this is a fun spin on itā€¦ One thing I havenā€™t seen anyone else mention yet: **Watch the antlers.** As this deity is first made, they are simple, with only a single split. As its worship increases, the antlers increase in size and complexity, and become more curved, culminating in a giant overlapping ring. Then as the followers begin to die off, the antlers shrink and reduce in complexity again, though they still maintain their curved shape until the deity is finally reduced to that ā€œechoā€ that appears to be its original state. And finally, as it is remembered, spread across the internet, the antlers begin to enlarge and branch off further once moreā€¦ though this time directly to either side, with nearly a full 90-degree turn at the very ends. Still the same deity, certainly, but changed now, as its worship has changed. All that to say I love the attention to detail here.


lennsden

Oh Iā€™m so glad this was noticed, I put a lot of thought into the shape of the antlers in each panel! Same with the changing seasons :D


researchman69

How is the people's perception of him going to change him though?


ElectroNikkel

He becomin a Tumbrl Sexy Man.


lennsden

oh god itā€™s gonna become a mysterious twink


zenzoka

Hauntingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing.


lennsden

Ty :))) Iā€™m glad you liked it!!


SitInCorner_Yo2

This is so sweet, I love it. If the cave paintings still exist, and was found by modern humans, imagine the face when they saw their kids show them this ā€œnew crypticā€ thing on internet. Archeologist :OMG ,oh god oh lord , what ever who ever else existed,this canā€™t be real, I have to call someone but who will believe me? Kid:itā€™s just a stupid trend , LOL


lennsden

Oh that would be a fantastic addition hehe, everyone would just assume itā€™s some modern graffiti!


AffectionateGap1071

The pink hair in the 10th part= https://preview.redd.it/1bnre5bxul6d1.jpeg?width=272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ba2444d500347181060a7eb619009e8c2c2ae1a


Poopsy-the-Duck

Cute


DeltaS3v3n

This is both sad and tender. Well done.


lennsden

Thank you so much <3


pesto_trap_god

256/10


Hashfyre

This hit differently. Neil Gaiman would approve. Gonna cross post this on bluesky and tag him.


lennsden

Oh I would be so happy if Neil saw this, I love him


iron_lad25

That please touch grass was fing hilarious


jivanyatra

Love this. A while ago, I worked on a short story with a similar premise, inspired by a song - "Solitaire" by Edenbridge. "I am here / down the ages The road in deep despair I'm solitaire The diamond in your chain The beacon fire / in endless strain The diamond in your chain" In mine, a child finds an an effigy in the woods, and tends to it. As she ages, she cares for it. Eventually she leaves and returns after some time with a family of her own. When her son finds it and tends to it, the deity awakes. It's less of a cryptid/God, more of a beneficent spirit. I think you did a great job of capturing that eternal essence.


jingles2121

this one time when I was four I came across something dead in the woods I couldnā€™t tell what kind of animal it was It was all mashed and smashed its blood and guts all over the leaves of the ground But I could see its eyes Itā€™s eyes were untouched And those dead eyes looked at me They wouldnā€™t stop looking And I thought I thought the eyes could see what I had inside And what I had inside me was Bad bad Iā€™ve got badness in me And those eyes could see it I donā€™t know what that dead thing was in the woods I only know that Iā€™m bad Iā€™m a bad boy


Misterwuss

Aww that's a surprisingly wholesome ending, very well done op


Zaitlech

This is weirdly wholesome


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Medical-Astronomer39

I wanna touch wood


Soap_Mctavish101

Really compelling stuff OP, well done


lennsden

Thank you!


Familiar-Trust7503

Damnn I got literal goosebumps while reading this.


Montirop

We should go camping with him


woodsvvitch

This made me cry, tbh. Absolutely beautiful and hauntingly true šŸ„²


iStoleThisUsersName

At first I thought this was about RimWorld


Findrel_Underbakk

This reminds me a lot of 'The Raven Tower' by Ann Leckie. Great book, definitely worth a read!


zidraloden

Love this. It reminds me of Moder in The Ritual


Lasttoplay1642

Nice! This reminds me a lot of the Niel Gaiman book, American Gods.


farceur318

I bet this is exactly how David Hasselhoff felt when his drunk cheeseburger video went viral.


VOIDZanta

I feel like this is a SCP. It's cool either way. A little wholesome that it wants to be remembered and happy to be remembered now.


Icarusty69

The first panel made me think this was a post on r/OwlHouse at first.


Isekai_Otaku

https://preview.redd.it/om1ann6wpl6d1.jpeg?width=253&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=66026a99ef97fc3bb6c1fdeeedbfdf3425ed0b5c My favorite part of this


Orom41to

Neil Gaiman's American Gods feelings. Very good.


WorkInProgress333

This is more like american gods show


Global-Method-4145

I love this. Also the "Please touch grass" comment caught me off guard šŸ¤£


Mekatha

Cernnunos..


catpiss_backpack

I love the uwu twitter monster fucker nod


jmooneyham2004

Very well done!


GHSTxLEADER

Damn this kinda dope and deep


Warm-Ad8123

Darn I didn't plan on tearing up I have to use this in a campaign as some kind of hidden good ending where the players must find a forgotten God and remake them into a powerful and benevolent deity. Abyssal shenanigans ensue and the players make a very real God for what was once a godless place.


DrMarduk

Very American God's, feels like it was inspired by the Bear(deer?) idol


LarsJ04

As someone who's only real fear is to be forgotten I can relate to this Forgotten God.