£9.9
FREE Shipping

Oh Gods!!

Oh Gods!!

RRP: £99
Price: £9.9
£9.9 FREE Shipping

In stock

We accept the following payment methods

Description

The Inhumans used to swear by evolution. This was phased out because a) it sounds kind of stupid and b) the culture was based around a very poor definition of evolution anyway. They changed up to swearing by Randac, the Inhuman who developed the terrigenesis crystals they use to get superpowers.

The Heartstrikers: Downplayed. Not only do humans still swear normally, but dragons, who have been pretending to be humans for a thousand years, do the same. Very rarely, they swear "by fire," the magic at the core of every dragon. Likewise, in the sequel series DFZ everyone still swears by God despite there being many, many more gods around now. Broker does at one point swear "blessed city," referencing the Genius Loci he lives in.

Oh, God! Book II

Villains by Necessity: Arcie often swears by the thief gods Baris and Bella. For instance, he says "Baris's balls!" when surprised or alarmed. The apes in Planet of the Apes (2001) do variants of this with Seimos, the gorilla from Leo's space station who originated their culture and became a god figure. Mission from God: The plot of the first two films have John Denver and Louanne Sirota appointed as God's messengers and tasked with spreading His message.

In Larry Niven's Known Space, spacers have been known to swear by Brennan's left ear. Murphy is also a popular choice, as is Finagle. Sheppard said: “While Helen’s immortal side is an extreme example, I think many teens would relate to feeling like they have a different identity when around friends, schoolmates etc.Similarly to the books, Game of Thrones will occasionally use this trope. For example, in one episode Jon Snow says "Seven Hells!". The Liavek anthologies love this trope. Curses range from "By the Red Faith!" (the most prominent religion in the setting) to the never-explained "Kosker and Pharn!" There's also "By the Levar's future tits!" note The Levar is not a god, but the ruler of Liavek. The current Levar is an 11-year-old girl. (which becomes "By the Levar's future womanhood," if you're trying not to be vulgar) and "Rikiki's nuts!" which, since Rikiki is a chipmunk-god who spends most of his time eating nuts (except when he's turning people into nuts), is probably meant to be taken literally. There's even a god of casual swearing by name of Ghologhosh, but, alas, no one actually swears by him. Thor often swears "By Odin's beard!" Now he also uses it in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the line has become more popular. And funnier. ("Buy Odin's beer!") It's more often "By the bristling beard of Odin!", though the shortened version does show up from time to time. He's also fond of "By the thousand threats of Ragnarok!"

Elaine Cunningham once wrote "One of my personal goals with the Waterdeep novel is come up with innovative curses that don't sound silly or stilted." in a discussion of language flavors supporting a setting or shattering Suspension of Disbelief. In Gold in the Sky, a 1958 sci-fi thriller by Alan E. Nourse, Major Briarton has a habit of exclaiming "By the ten moons of Saturn!" apparently unaware there are actually eighty-two moons around that planet. The Nausicaans' "Four Winds" (which is an extension of the original Shout-Out of their name) Savonigar's tegol, "free at last from the prison of his flesh, soared with the Wind, to the Heart of the Sky, where his ancestors awaited his arrival".Gods!" and variations thereof are common in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Characters with mentioned faiths sometimes invoke specific deities; examples include the Windborn, the Star-Eyed Goddess, and Vkandis Sunlord, the latter two having manifested as real characters on various occasions.



  • Fruugo ID: 258392218-563234582
  • EAN: 764486781913
  • Sold by: Fruugo

Delivery & Returns

Fruugo

Address: UK
All products: Visit Fruugo Shop