Permissions Post

[andtherewas]

SO WHAT CAN GOD DO?
In canon, there's basically nothing Chuck can't do. Them's the perks!

In Little Hades, he's very limited.
→ He can't do anything that'll change Hell or the nature of the people in it.
→ Mind reading is out. This will never be a thing.
→ Active power use on others will generally misfire or explode in confetti or something. Hooray. This is generally a case by case basis, in case there's ever a time when it'd be helpful for Chuck to actually be able to put someone in time out.
→ Passive powers, like the ones that keep him from getting hurt, are also on a case by case basis. If it's funny or important for him to get hurt, it'll happen. Just let me know.

This said, in general he won't use his powers unless he's super mad. If a thread gets to that point, I'll get in contact to see what's going and where you want things to go. So no worries about that.

tldr; Chuck's powers won't work most of the time, contact me if we're in a situation where Chuck will/may use his powers and we'll figure out what works

SO WHAT DO YOU WANT HERE?

One passive power that might be cool for cr purposes is Chuck's awareness of people and their history. In the show it seems to be situationally used by Chuck as a way to make connections with people or reach out to them. That's how I'd like to use it in Little Hades, as a situational tool for building CR.

If you are interested then feel free to let me know just how much you'd like Chuck to be aware of.

1. JON SNOW: Chuck knows nothing. What a shame. This is my default assumption. If someone hasn't said something, Chuck's as ignorant about a character as anyone else. I expect this to be the case for most people.

2. SEMI-NISCIENCE? Chuck knows some specific things about your character but not others. Maybe he knows old things, maybe he knows things that are public knowledge, maybe he just knows where your character worked. He doesn't know that your character killed their mother, or other big secrets that you don't want out there. Maybe he just knows one thing: that they wore pink pyjamas when they were a kid.

3. THE LORD SEES ALL: Chuck knows everything about your character. All the fun details of their lives, the name their dog had when they were a kid, where they got that scar, etcetc.

4. WAIT WHAT: The things Chuck knows are just not true. Maybe he's misread your character for their bff. Maybe he knows your character's AU life story. This will make for hilarious misunderstandings.

If you want to talk more in depth, feel free to ping me here or PM me on plurk @ sprakles.

Comments

[hellboundheart]

I am good with any and all of these. He's pretty much used to 'god' knowing everything about him. However you want to spin it is fine with me.

[hardballsy]

is there a middle ground between 2 and 3? if Chuck knows all about Josh's job etc., he'll likely just brush it off as this guy being from his world and knowing Josh as a public figure — because he was pretty public. Deputy Chief of Staff, Democrat, super liberal, obnoxious, almost got himself fired for telling a woman on live television that the God she prays to was "too busy being indicted for tax fraud." (HE MEANT THE CHURCH. SORRY BRO)

things Chuck can know that definitely weren't public:

- Josh's sister died in a house fire when he was a kid. she was babysitting him, he ran out. he's carrying boatloads of guilt over this.
- Josh's dad died suddenly while Josh was campaigning for the would-be President.
- he was (and still kind of is) in love with his assistant, Donna Moss.
- Toby Ziegler is the one who found him bleeding out after he'd been shot (because Josh doesn't remember anything about his own death and h-haha DOESN'T WANT TO. TELL HIM ANYWAY AT SOME POINT IF YOU WISH).
- his favorite piece of classical music, which pops in and out of his head at random, is "Ave Maria."
- he gave up his "in case of emergency" info card because he didn't want to be saved in the event of a catastrophe if it meant he couldn't bring his staff and friends with him.

all the small details about Josh's life don't really matter. I'm not sure how these facts will play into their CR, but I'm looking forward to it! if Josh even suspects for one second that this guy Knows Things, the first thing he'll ask is whether or not the President died the day they were both shot. (he didn't. they both survived but I killed Josh for game purposes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

ANYWAY THAT IS ALL THANK YOU

[andtherewas]

Haha, Chuck'll just meet him and frown what is your life????

[andtherewas]

AWESOME :D that's super clear, thank you.

Chuck will definitely bring the tax fraud thing up at some point, because that's great!

When asked if Josh died or not, how about if Chuck just can't see that outcome? If you want more confusion, he could say that Josh should have lived but didn't.

[hardballsy]

OH MAN......... no that would probably mess him up way too much. he's already angry enough about dying. and he feels guilty about it, of course, because guilt is his #1 emotion. he feels like in dying, he abandoned his friends, his family, and his country. :')

even though he was murdered :')

and it wasn't his fault at all :')

#dramaqueen

[andtherewas]

aw josh no. don't feel bad about being a screwup. That's, you know. the human experience. Chuck's given up expecting good things out of humans for- wow, ages.

:D #supercomforting

[hardballsy]

YEAH BUT THAT'S THE THING, he isn't even really a screwup! he's super successful and is a genuinely good guy when you get down to it, even (and especially) for a politician!

he's just super guilty and thinks everything is somehow his fault. he thinks he's a screwup. (and yet he plays it off by being obnoxious and egotistical and kinda Above It All, yeaaaahhhh defense mechanisms!)

[andtherewas]

aw josh. chuck will have to chat with him about being too hard on yourself and accepting that mistakes happen in all human plans even in the best-laid plans.

[hardballsy]

PLEASE. he needs that talk desperately.

[andtherewas]

come in for the hug, big guy

[notimeforsorrow]

So because I would love for Leia to talk to G - I mean Chuck...

I am game for #3. C:

Edit: er forgot to add just please don't give her an existential crisis about being a character in films... ty ty 8D

[dadstrade]

I've considered this, and I think door number 3 is gonna be the most amusing thing to go with? With this option comes all the embarrassing personal details with Gabriel, wild teenage years, traumatic first year of college when both of his parents were killed in a break-in gone wrong where he was also shot and was legally dead for a few minutes (terrible experience, 0/10, btw), resulting terrible spiral of poor personal choices that eventually led to him pulling himself together and becoming a cop and chasing down serial killers for a living.

Yes, I have all the ridiculous head-canon.

[andtherewas]

Awesome! I promise he'll be very gentle and not give her any crises about the nature of her universe.

I think they'll have an interesting relationship, because I don't think SW has an established religion about creation/whatever? Does she have any opinions on that?

[andtherewas]

THAT HEADCANON

That sounds awesome though. I feel like Chuck would have a soft spot for Greg, who keeps trying really hard despite being up against Sherlock's superhuman skills. There's the best of humanity right there.

[dadstrade]

It's pretty crazy, but people keep asking questions about his life, and it just snowballs from there.

Greg's been in way over his head ever since he met Sherlock, and now I don't think he would know what to do with himself if he wasn't? :D I think he'll probably get along okay with Chuck because if he didn't have many pre-existing notions as to what God would be like to begin with, and he's reaaaally gotten over them by now.

[andtherewas]

aw greg you cutie.



let's go drink warm beer together. that's what british people like to do, right?

[notimeforsorrow]

Thank you :D

I think it'll definitely be interesting! SW does have an origin story, which is that everything came from the Force. Speaking in theological terms, the Force would be most similar to "chi" in Eastern religion and to the Holy Spirit in Christianity - it permeates everything and can be called upon for strength, guidance, etc.

The SW universe has the science to back up their religion too. Their "God's particle" would be midi-chlorians, and those are present/measurable in every living thing in existence.

But before I go into a long winded essay, I'll end it here. Ahaha. Thanks for reading. C:

EDIT (I keep making them, sorry): I forgot to answer - Leia, being strong with the Force, believes this religion. She doesn't put as much thought into it as her brother does, because her primary focus is politics rather than theology, but she has felt it and knows that it's real.

[dadstrade]

Look, if you have to have your beer at sub-zero temperatures before you can drink it, that means it's awful. He would rather have a decent beer, if it's all the same to you. :P

[hellboundheart]

Need that emoticon all of a sudden again.

[andtherewas]

no that's cool! I'll go read up wookiepedia about that then, because I feel like chuck would know about star wars because he's a nerd like that!

[andtherewas]

Chuck will just make this his ringtone forever

[hellboundheart]

Just look at this shitshow not one but two versions of your favorite child hung around with. He deserves it.

[andtherewas]

You could just not hang out with them.

[hellboundheart]

He could, yeah. Free will and all. But who else would hang around with this human trainwreck?

[andtherewas]

The spiders?

[hellboundheart]

That's just wrong.

[andtherewas]

What's wrong with spiders? they're cute

[hellboundheart]

They are. Sort of. But man requires company once in awhile. Even if that company is the freeze your testicles off when annoyed and mentally/emotionally linked sort.

[andtherewas]

Look, john. you seem nice. Chuck doesn't want to see Lucifer turn you into a demon.

It's what he does to people.

[hellboundheart]

But he got the cool prophet tattoo and all! Plus, John Constantine. Who would bother? He'd make a suck demon. Always drunk and encouraging rebellion.

[andtherewas]

YOU ARE LITERALLY DESCRIBING CROWLEY.

[hellboundheart]

But Crowley sucks. John feels he is much cooler. He'd send the demons through the wall to attack if the doors and windows had salt across them.

[andtherewas]

honesty time.

john, you're cool. But you're not cooler than crowley.

[hellboundheart]

He tries. Sadly, he tries. And he hasn't had to lick Hell clean, okay?

[andtherewas]

that's true. he definitely gives crowley a run for his money in the sass department.

and he looks better in a trenchcoat!

SEE. SO MANY THINGS TO LIVE FOR. SASS AND TRENCHCOATS.

[hellboundheart]

Also never been shanked with a candy cane.

All the things to live for. If he weren't already dead. Woe.

[hardballsy]

also I need to add this thing I just forgot that I really want Chuck to know: when Josh was four he wanted to be a ballerina

[bechdelpls]

Let's go with two!

He's more than welcome to see that she's psychic (even though she half admitted that already BUT Y'KNOW), that her parents are Catholic, her dad's a garbage man and her mom is a low-cost criminal defense attorney. I can't speak to the availability of plot details, since I'm not the only cast member, but as far as her personal experiences he can see that she was kidnapped to get to someone, and that she's now mortally terrified of spiders because of vision reasons.

I'm trying to think of more relevant details. Oh, she was planning on going to Harvard and got herself a scholarship to a hoighty-toighty prep school to help pave the way.

[bechdelpls]

Oh right she also died by falling off a stool.

[andtherewas]

;A; what a tragic death!

Awesome, those are cool things to know about her, thanks :D