History YMMV / LordofLight

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Though they use it to justify their control over humanity, "gods" have a point: humanity is not prepared for progress, as science, used in wrong way, can really destroy and pollute the planet. Knowing that the first ones were survivors from detroyed Earth, they maybe somewhat right.

* OnceAcceptableTargets: Lesbians and transmen, if Sam's smart-ass comments to Brahma (nee Madeleine) are any example.
%%** Then, the whole point of the rebellion is that they aren't actually gods and he's sick of pretending to be. Having elements of bigotry in his thinking and a plethora of sexual hang-ups is about as human as it gets.
%%** Also, Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something they're not; even pretending to be Buddha annoys him. His comments come off as targeting Brahma's insecurity more than anything: Brahma is attempting a very masculine and confident persona while constantly worrying about whether or not it's convincing in a way which neither a truly god-like being or a fully transitioned man would bother with.

** Then, the whole point of the rebellion is that they aren't actually gods and he's sick of pretending to be. Having elements of bigotry in his thinking and a plethora of sexual hang-ups is about as human as it gets.
** Also, Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something they're not; even pretending to be Buddha annoys him. His comments come off as targeting Brahma's insecurity more than anything: Brahma is attempting a very masculine and confident persona while constantly worrying about whether or not it's convincing in a way which neither a truly god-like being or a fully transitioned man would bother with.

** It's ambiguous as to whether or not Earth was actually destroyed or if the ''Star of India'' just couldn't get back to it. Also, the "humans aren't ready for Science" angle is a poor excuse at best when you consider that the gods are the ones responsible for the lack of knowledge and technology among the common man, not for environmental purposes but to keep their worshipers from being able to question or depose them.

** Also, Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something they're not; even pretending to be Buddha annoys him. His comments come off as targeting Brahma's insecurity more than anything: Brahma is attempting a very masculine and confident persona while constantly worrying about whether or not it's convincing in a way which neither a truly god-like being or a fully transitioned man would never bother with.

** Also, Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something they're not; even pretending to be Buddha annoys him. His comments come off as targeting Brahma's insecurity more than anything: Brahma is attempting a very masculine and confident persona while constantly worrying about whether or not it's convincing in a way which a truly god-like being would never bother with.

* FunnyMoments: The first outright joke in the book appears in a very sneaky way. Tak watches from a distance as Sam engages in some strange ritual with a demon, as pillars of fire appear around them. Yama explains that Sam was ''gambling'' with the demon to earn the allegiance of a number of fire elementals, which is what they were wagering on. Knowing this, the reader may flip back to that scene and notice the clues which were there: the weird ritual gestures were just ''rolling dice'', and the players' strange utterances ("Eyes of the serpent") turn out to be AntiquatedLinguistics for "Snake eyes!" "Double or nothing!" "Lucky seven!" et cetera.

** It's ambiguous as to whether or not Earth was actually destroyed or if the ''Star of India'' just couldn't get back to it. Also, the "humans aren't ready for Science" angle is a poor excuse at best when you consider that the gods are the ones responsible for the lack of knowledge and technology among the common man, not for environmental purposes but to keep their worshipers from being able to question or depose them.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Myth/HinduMythology meets ScienceFiction.

** It's ambiguous as to whether or not Earth was actually destroyed or if the ''Star of India'' just couldn't get back to it. Also, the "humans aren't ready for Science" angle is a poor excuse at best when you consider that the gods are the ones responsible for the lack of knowledge and technology among the common man, not for environmental purposes but to keep their worshipers from being able to question or depose them.

** Also Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something they're not (even pretending to be Buddha annoys him), and Sam's comments are more like calling out Brahma/Madeleine of his/her own hatred of his/her own femininity.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Though they use it to justify their control over humanity, "gods" have a point: humanity is not prepared for progress, as science, used in wrong way, can really destroy and pollute the planet. Knowing that the first ones were survivors from detroyed Earth, they maybe somewhat right.

** Also Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something they're not (even pretending to be Buddha annoys him), and Sam's comments are more like calling out Brahma/Madeleine of his/her own hatred of his/her own femininity.

** Also Sam is tired of keeping of the charade of being something their not (even pretending to be Buddha annoys him), and Sam's comments are more like calling out Brahma/Madeline of his/her own hatred of his/her own femininity.

** Then, the whole point of the rebellion is that they aren't actually gods and he's sick of pretending to be. Having elements of bigotry in his thinking and a plethora of sexual hang-ups is about as human as it gets.

* OnceAcceptableTargets: Lesbians and transmen, if Sam's smart-ass comments to Brahma (nee Madeleine) are any example.

* OnceAcceptableTargets: Lesbians and transwomen, if Sam's smart-ass comments to Brahma (nee Madeleine) are any example.