[ He does not seem perturbed - instead satisfied, even. ]
The nature of gods on Teyvat is that they must embody an aspect, or multiple aspects. This aspect is the key to their existence and their power. They have the utmost control over said aspect, and can never stop representing it. To go against one's aspect is to face oblivion. Aspects can be material, such as the seven elements, or metaphorical, such as freedom, contracts, wisdom, war, and love. In this way gods are different from mortals; the moment they accept their aspect is the moment they become transcendent.
[ He's more serious now, a difference from the casualness that he often shows ]
What happens when gods disagree and decide to wage war? The very land is razed by their power, and mortals die by the thousands as pawns. To curb a rogue god requires the intervention of other gods. Thus did the first spark of the Archon Wars come to be, and Teyvat thus suffered more than two thousand years in turmoil. The end of war was only achieved when most deities were cannibalized by the strongest few. And these few gods that remained were then approved by Celestia to act as their regents on the earth.
To have their very fates dictated by the gods with no means of changing them, to live their lives believing that they had a chance at gaining greater power or knowledge yet be fated to fail until death... it is not appropriate. I despise the way of Celestia, to rule from their lofty seat in the sky while condemning mortals to untold suffering. If there is ever war on Teyvat, it should be by the choice of humanity to fight, and not by the whims of the gods.
[ Forneus makes a sweeping gesture, and then half- bows. ]
I wish to free humanity from predestination. If I must consign myself to oblivion, then so be it.
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[ He does not seem perturbed - instead satisfied, even. ]
The nature of gods on Teyvat is that they must embody an aspect, or multiple aspects. This aspect is the key to their existence and their power. They have the utmost control over said aspect, and can never stop representing it. To go against one's aspect is to face oblivion. Aspects can be material, such as the seven elements, or metaphorical, such as freedom, contracts, wisdom, war, and love. In this way gods are different from mortals; the moment they accept their aspect is the moment they become transcendent.
[ He's more serious now, a difference from the casualness that he often shows ]
What happens when gods disagree and decide to wage war? The very land is razed by their power, and mortals die by the thousands as pawns. To curb a rogue god requires the intervention of other gods. Thus did the first spark of the Archon Wars come to be, and Teyvat thus suffered more than two thousand years in turmoil. The end of war was only achieved when most deities were cannibalized by the strongest few. And these few gods that remained were then approved by Celestia to act as their regents on the earth.
To have their very fates dictated by the gods with no means of changing them, to live their lives believing that they had a chance at gaining greater power or knowledge yet be fated to fail until death... it is not appropriate. I despise the way of Celestia, to rule from their lofty seat in the sky while condemning mortals to untold suffering. If there is ever war on Teyvat, it should be by the choice of humanity to fight, and not by the whims of the gods.
[ Forneus makes a sweeping gesture, and then half- bows. ]
I wish to free humanity from predestination. If I must consign myself to oblivion, then so be it.