History Main / LoserDeity

** Neptune/PurpleHeart, the patron deity of Planeptune, is a lazy slacker who prefers to spend her days eating snacks and playing video games. Most games imply that the only reason Planeptune has ''any'' [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly Shares (faith)]] is because of the hard work of [[HypercompetentSidekick her Oracle, her little sister, and her human friends]]. Partially subverted in that she is at least shown to be a competent fighter when [[LetsGetDangerous she gets serious]].

-->-- '''[[Characters/ClassicalMythologyOlympians Zeus to Ares]]''', ''Literature/TheIliad'', Book V (translation by Robert Fagles)

** Barbatos is the god of freedom and wind, and one of the archons that comprise the Seven, the seven elemental gods that rule over Teyvat. In Barbatos's case, though, "rule" is a loose term--due to his ideals as the God of Freedom, he refuses to exercise any sort of rule over his nation of Mondstadt, and since an archon's power is directly proportional to how proactive they are in ruling their territory, Barbatos is the weakest member of the Seven despite being one of the oldest of them. Unlike the other archons, Barbatos [[HaveYouSeenMyGod hasn't shown himself to his people in a long time]], and people from other nations look down on him believing that he is never there for his people. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Barbatos prefers to wander the world as the bard Venti, who has alcoholic tendencies, isn't terribly responsible, and is treated with very little respect even among those who know his identity. One time, he even got thrown out of his own church when he tried to reveal his identity, as his followers could not believe someone like him could be their god.]]
** Focalors (AKA Furina) is the god of justice and water who serves as the official ruler of Fontaine. Despite having more open authority than Barbatos, her people treat her more as an amusing mascot rather than a figure worthy of reverence, and her [[HypercompetentSidekick supposed underling the Chief Justice]] has much more de facto power than she does. She's prone to large and bombastic statements that are prone to [[OpenMouthInsertFoot backfiring]] such as attempting to charge the Traveler on frivolous charges and quickly backing down once they attempt to challenge her. It's also shown that despite being the overseer of trials, she doesn't even have authority over that, as [[ComputerizedJudicialSystem trials are determined by a magical supercomputer]] that she has no direct control over. Even worse, while talking to some people in the city and in side quests, it's clear that almost no one respects or sees her as a goddess. Some even have no qualms about telling [[PlayerCharacter the Traveler]] outright that Furina shouldn't be sitting in the court or overseeing a case, despite her being the ruler of Fontaine and the god of justice. [[spoiler:Eventually [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when it's revealed that Furina isn't actually a deity at all - the Hydro Archon split centuries ago into an immortal but otherwise completely human half (Furina) and a divine half (the real Focalors, who is [[TheChessmaster much more competent]]).]]

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': Shion Yorigami, a ''binbogami'', or a god of poverty. She has the ability to absorb misfortune for others, but due to PowerIncontinence it regularly leaks out, so nobody wants to be near her. She herself isn't immune to the misfortune she carries either, so she lives in a perpetual poverty such that she considers random weeds to be luxury food. Even her own twin sister [[ConspicuousConsumption Joon]] doesn't have much respect for her.

** Barbatos is the god of freedom and wind, and one of the archons that comprise the Seven, the seven elemental gods that rule over Teyvat. In Barbatos's case, though, "rule" is a loose term--due to his ideals as the God of Freedom, he refuses to exercise any sort of rule over his nation of Mondstadt, and since an archon's power is directly proportional to how proactive they are in ruling their territory, Barbatos is the weakest member of the Seven despite being one of the oldest of them. Unlike the other archons, Barbatos hasn't shown himself to his people in a long time, and people from other nations look down on him believing that he is never there for his people. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Barbatos prefers to wander the world as the bard Venti, who has alcoholic tendencies, isn't terribly responsible, and is treated with very little respect even among those who know his identity. One time, he even got thrown out of his own church when he tried to reveal his identity, as his followers could not believe someone like him could be their god.]]
** Focalors (AKA Furina) is the god of Justice and water who serves as the official ruler of Fontaine. Despite having more open authority than Barbatos, her people treat her more as an amusing mascot rather than a figure worthy of reverence with the Chief Justice being the one who has more de-facto power despite being officially her underling. She's prone to large and bombastic statements that are prone to [[OpenMouthInsertFoot backfiring]] such as attempting to charge the Traveler on frivolous charges and quickly backing down once they attempt to challenge her. It's also shown that despite being the overseer of trials she lacks authority even over that since [[ComputerizedJudicialSystem trials are determined by a magical supercomputer]] that she has no direct control over. Even worse, while talking to some people in the city and in side quests, it's clear that almost no one respects or sees her as a goddess. Some even have no qualms telling the [[PlayerCharacter Traveler]] to their face, that Furina shouldn't be sitting in the court or overseeing a case despite her being the ruler of Fontaine and the god of justice. [[spoiler:Eventually, this gets subverted, as Furina isn't actually Focalors, but an immortal girl merely pretending to be her, and the actual Focalors is actually much more competent.]]

** Bilious, the Oh-God of Hangovers, one of several new gods created by the temporary death of the Literature/{{Hogfather}}. His sole lot in life is to absorb the hangovers that should have gone to Bibulous, the God of Wine and Things On Sticks. At least the rules of divinity throw him a bone in that, when he's given an extremely potent and HideousHangoverCure, it works without ill effects because Bibulous gets those instead.

** Focalors (AKA Furina) is the god of Justice and water who serves as the official ruler of Fontaine. Despite having more open authority than Barbatos, her people treat her more as an amusing mascot rather than a figure worthy of reverence with the Chief Justice being the one who has more de-facto power despite being officially her underling. She's prone to large and bombastic statements that are prone to [[OpenMouthInsertFoot backfiring]] such as attempting to charge the Traveler on frivolous charges and quickly backing down once they attempt to challenge her. It's also shown that despite being the overseer of trials she lacks authority even over that since [[ComputerizedJudicialSystem trials are determined by a magical supercomputer]] that she has no direct control over. Even worse, while talking to some people in the city and in side quests, it's clear that almost no one respects or sees her as a goddess. Some even have no qualms telling the [[PlayerCharacter Traveler]] to their face, that Furina shouldn't be sitting in the court or overseeing a case despite her being the ruler of Fontaine and the god of justice.

See also GodIsFlawed which can lead to this. Subtrope of CoolLoser, with the "cool" part of being a deity.