History WMG / AmericanGods

That was a full god, and Shadow is [[strike: [[HumansAreSpecial only]]]] a demigod. There is a running theme of one thing being two and two things being one in the Literature/AmericanGods [[Literature/AnansiBoys continuity]], so Shadow could easily be a demigod who was [[IronicNickname ironically]] (the intentional version of irony) given [[NamesTheSame the same name as]] his [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly Deader]] Than [[DeaderThanDead Dead]] half-brother, and [[YouCantFightFate accidentally stepped into his half-brother's place in things]]-- [[ImmuneToFate picking up a few extra tricks along the way]].

* Is it possible that the Egyptian Gods actually [i]entered[/i] the immaterial plane itself, and actually live there now, thus becoming independent from worship, but only able to leave in brief jaunt without a host?( In case you forgot, Wednesday mentioned that humans are drawn to "holes into the immateriam", and that we built our temples there, so it makes sense that that's where the metaphorical 'nectar' we use to make the 'honey' that is prayer that the gods live off of.) Theoretically, if they went to the source of power itself, they'd be independent from mortals. If they found out a way to enter and consume the 'nectar', why wouldn't they?

Possibly the reason the Old Gods continue to survive no matter what, while the New Gods die when the thing they repersent go out of style, is because the stories of the Old Gods are still being told. Smithing may not be as mainstream as it used to be, but as long as people continue to pass down stories he is in (such as the origin of the Greek gods), Vulcan will still survive. Railroads didn't have that advantage, so he died when not enough people took the train. Cars will not have that problem, so long as people read this book.

[[WMG: The character Burt Reynolds played in Series/TheX-Files episode 'Improbable' is the American incarnation of God.]]

[[WMG: The character Burt Reynolds played in Series/The X-Files episode 'Improbable' is the American incarnation of God.]]

* Option 2: he doesn't care, because he's one of the more relevant gods to popular culture. He was just hanging around the [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Marvel offices]], secure in the fact that people are still worshiping him, every time they buy a comic bearing his name. And the blockbuster movie only made him stronger.(Loki may have been in on that last one).

[[WMG: Loki is reincarnated in the wake of the recent marvel movies.]]

** Wednesday notes that Shadow is a lot like Thor, big, kind-hearted, dumb. I know he's supposed to be Baldr, but a lot of mythological figures have become {{Composite Character}}s over time.

** Wednesday notes that Shadow is a lot like Thor, big, kind-hearted, dumb. I know he's supposed to be Baldr, but a lot of mythological figures have become [[Composite Character}}s over time.

[[WMG: Thor ]]

[[WMG: American Gods takes place in the same universe as PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians and Literature/TheKaneChronicles]]

It explains the popularity of LOLCats.

He now has millions of fangirls worshiping him, praising him, writing about him, dressing up as him at cons, lusting after him. Only now he has black hair instead of red and resembles Tom Hiddleston.

In sum, the book was written through the influence of at least some of the gods to inspire belief about them, as said above, probably through the meddling of gods like Odin. But everyone else might have been on board with the idea, too.

* Option 2: he doesn't care, because he's one of the more relevant gods to popular culture. He was just hanging around the [[TheMightyThor Marvel offices]], secure in the fact that people are still worshiping him, every time they buy a comic bearing hos name. And the blockbuster movie only made him stronger.(Loki may have been in on that last one).

[[WMG: Low-key has some connection to Verbal Kint of ''TheUsualSuspects'']]

* Option 2: he doesn't care, because he's one of the more relevant gods to popular culture. He was just hanging around the [[TheMightyThir Marvel offices]], secure in the fact that people are still worshiping him, every time they buy a comic bearing hos name. And the blockbuster movie only made him stronger.(Loki may have been in on that last one).