If some of the gods are killed where do their souls go?

[dshipp17]

According to...?

I'm being watched and limited on what I can say; there could be consequences. Consequences were paid for my revealing my background with God (or a background involving God trillions of years ago) and referring to the Book of Enoch (a story/history of mine best left untold); but it's Avalon or, alternatively, oblivion, if unworthy of Avalon.

[Gaelforce]

I'm being watched and limited on what I can say; there could be consequences. Consequences were paid for my revealing my background with God (or a background involving God trillions of years ago) and referring to the Book of Enoch (a story/history of mine best left untold); but it's Avalon or, alternatively, oblivion, if unworthy of Avalon.

The question has nothing to do with anyone's personal faith or beliefs.

The question is, in the DCU, where do the gods go when they die?

It's fiction. Please stick to that.

And for the last time, you are not being persecuted for your 'background with God'. You have, however, been repeatedly warned by the moderators that this is not a place to preach your personal faith. This is a comic book forum for the discussion of Wonder Woman and other related fictional characters and those who create them.

[slvn]

Dead supernaturals go to a place called Avalon.

In the fictional universe of the New 52 (and specifically in Demon Knights), there is an Avalon, but the only "dead" supernatural who I know of who went there is Merlin--and he isn't exactly dead. His body appeared to be dead, but Madame Xanadu, upon realizing that his soul was in Avalon, said that he was alive in all the ways that mattered. King Arthur was taken there at the fall of Camleot to wait outside time so that he could return when Britain needed him (but I don't know if he counts as a supernatural). Lucifer considers Avalon an insult to all the afterlives, apparently because those whose souls go there aren't really dead. He's currently (well, in the Dark Ages) trying to invade the place, as are the Questing Queen and Mordru. In the present day, the Shadow Lords who run Stormwatch apparently reside in Avalon.

[Mark_S]

Kipling in "Puck of Pook's Hill" set out an interesting theory that gods go to England to retire http://www.amazon.com/Pooks-Wordswor.../dp/1853261386 . When I first saw the First Born a few issues ago I wondered if it were Darksied.

I think the question is interesting because we've seen the gods act atrociously toward everyone and if there is no justice for all of the pain they've caused then where lay justice in this fictional world?

[klinton]

Gods don't die. They're gods. That's one of the key differences between they and mere superhumans: absolute immortality.

They merely traverse realities.

[Mark_S]

Gods don't die. They're gods. That's one of the key differences between they and mere superhumans: absolute immortality.

They merely traverse realities.

So what is waiting for them in the next reality? Justice or paradise?

[DisneyBoy]

Randomly passed through this thread and had to say...."consequences were paid"? Seriously, dshipp17? Unless you are a character in a Shakespearean play, please speak normally. If you given a warning by a mod and feel you can't answer the question, that's fine, but to say "consequences were paid"??

And as Gaelforce has pointed out, someone was asking a question about what happens to the God characters after they die...in a comic book. Perspective, please.

[klinton]

So what is waiting for them in the next reality? Justice or paradise?

That's just it...they don't have a 'hereafter'. They just move on to another existence not of this plain.

It was perfectly executed (although, not intentionally I'd imagine) when Hermes died in Perez' Wonder Woman. He was seen then cavorting with the Endless in Sandman.

Immortality is a state where death is not a concern. Don't think of it in terms like people, things or animals. They just continue, shedding one existence for another - but still very much alive.

Of course, this is my personal reading of dieties in the DC Universe. Yours may vary wildly.

[dupersuper]

Persephone seemed to have killed herself and gotten stuck in Hades --but maybe that's just because she died there and her lord wouldn't let her go. Or maybe he didn't even let her die.

In Sandman, dead gods would pass through the dreaming on their way back into the minds of mortals. The latest Batwoman seemed to say that dead gods could eventually be restored by the faith.of mortals (if mortals still had faith, or if we get it back).

In War of the Gods, Hermes seemed to be wondering where dead gods go himself.

I'm being watched and limited on what I can say

About time...

Gods don't die. They're gods. That's one of the key differences between they and mere superhumans: absolute immortality.

So Superman is a god!

It was perfectly executed (although, not intentionally I'd imagine) when Hermes died in Perez' Wonder Woman. He was seen then cavorting with the Endless in Sandman.

Gods cavort with the Endless all the time without dying...

[Gaelforce]

Guys...keep it to the topic and not to those posting.

The topic, to remind folks, is where do fictional gods go when they die in a fictional universe.

[slvn]

Kipling in "Puck of Pook's Hill" set out an interesting theory that gods go to England to retire http://www.amazon.com/Pooks-Wordswor.../dp/1853261386 . When I first saw the First Born a few issues ago I wondered if it were Darksied.

I think the question is interesting because we've seen the gods act atrociously toward everyone and if there is no justice for all of the pain they've caused then where lay justice in this fictional world?

If Kronus is spending eternity in Tartarus--or, according to the present WW book, under his son's butt--then isn't that sufficient punishment? It's strange to say, but as long as he can't escape, whether he's alive or dead seems like a moot point.

Also, whether there needs to be justice for the gods depends on whether they are moral agents. If you take War's word for it, then, according to Wonder Woman 4, the gods don't choose their own paths; their string are pulled by mortals. If that were the case, they wouldn't be responsible for their actions. (I suspect, though, that it's not completely, ultimately the case, and that we'll see a god or two act against type in Wonder Woman.)

[Mark_S]

If Kronus is spending eternity in Tartarus--or, according to the present WW book, under his son's butt--then isn't that sufficient punishment? It's strange to say, but as long as he can't escape, whether he's alive or dead seems like a moot point.

Also, whether there needs to be justice for the gods depends on whether they are moral agents. If you take War's word for it, then, according to Wonder Woman 4, the gods don't choose their own paths; their string are pulled by mortals. If that were the case, they wouldn't be responsible for their actions. (I suspect, though, that it's not completely, ultimately the case, and that we'll see a god or two act against type in Wonder Woman.)

From what I've seen they have free will, even if their natures are pre-determined by the facet of humanity they represent. If you have free will then you can go against your basic nature.