“ | My brain simply cannot process such vast volumes of data! The entire scope of human knowledge is only a speck of worthless dust before this wealth of truth! Only an omnipotent being can store and deliver such truths on a whim! I now know why God agreed to help me! I am the Overseer of the most powerful organization on Earth. I'm the wisest human alive. But I'm nothing before this thing. I'm just an insect cowering before the vastness of its powers... We humans would never care what ants think or feel about us. We may regard them as a source of nuisance at times, nothing more. The God is real. And we're just insects before the God. I shall grovel, beg and demean myself to please God and get my answer. | „ |
~ Otto Apocalypse about the The Will of Honkai. |
“ | Who am I? One name you might have for me is the World, or you might call me the Universe, or perhaps God, or perhaps the Truth. I am All, and I am One. So, of course, this also means that I am you. I am the truth of your despair, the inescapable price of your boastfulness. | „ |
~ Truth. |
Supreme Beings are deities that hold supreme leadership of the cosmos. They are an extremely rare villain type in which the traditional monotheistic God of most religions is seen as antagonistic.
Due to the extreme controversy such depictions cause, it has been a taboo for centuries but has slowly begun to rise in popularity as censorship (in some areas) has softened. It is the Heavenly Counterpart to Satan.
The characterization of God as evil or dangerous entity is as old as the concept of God himself and is inspired by the "God as Satan" debate in philosophy.
In order to count a villain must meet the following criteria:
- There can be only one Supreme Being per story/universe. Of course, there can be two or even more Supreme Beings in alternate timelines (e.g. Zen-Oh and Future Zen-Oh); however, every incarnation must be linked to a unique character.
- They are NOT necessarily powerful demons or embodiments of all evil. Only add villainous depictions of the monotheistic God - or his closest in-universe counterparts - to this category.
- They are above every other villains in terms of power, resources and scope, so they must possess extraordinary qualities.
- They are omnipotent or nigh-omnipotent.
- They are immortal, as their very essence is directly linked to the existence of their universe/multiverse.
- They must be Necessary Evil because without them, the world would never even exist.
- They must have been the ORIGINAL Creator of their setting, being a usurper does not make them a Supreme Being (thus Kefka Palazzo, Thanos with the Heart of Universe, etc. do not count, despite having powers on par with a Supreme Being).
- If an evil counterpart to a Creator exists in a setting (a true Anti-God) then they are also seen as a Supreme Being since they function as a "dark half" of the benevolent Creator (examples of this are The One Below All, the Great Evil Beast and the Darkness).
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- God
- God (Black & White)
- God (Blessed Messiah and the Tower of AI)
- God (Brittle Bones Nicky)
- God (Devilman)
- God (Legion)
- God (Monty Python)
- God (Preacher)
- God (Rapture-Palooza)
- God (Supernatural)
- God (That's Why I Love Mankind)
- God (The Granton Star Cause)
- God (The Simpsons)
- God (Tripping the Rift)
- God (Unicorn Wars)
- God of Light
- Godcat
- Goddess (Lucifer)
- GOLB
- Great Darkness
- Tathamet
- The Chroma
- The Creator (Final Fantasy)
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- The Darkness (Supernatural)
- The Darkness (The Darkness)
- The Darkness (The Fairly OddParents)
- The Devourer
- The King of All Cosmos
- The Man (Urge)
- The Shadow (Supernatural)
- The Signer
- The Voice (Far Cry)
- Thoth (Artifacts and Antiquity)
- Truth (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Tsaindorcus Vaision