[@HalfOfLancelot]As much as everyone likes to believe that they’re the subject-matter-experts on gods in every god-related RP in existence, what it comes down to is GM subjectivity. What does the GM want and what does the GM believe is acceptable? Everyone has their own interpretation of the gods/goddesses. We all do the research. We all read the multiple interpretations and reworks of every myth because there isn’t one concrete interpretation.

Horus and Ra have been the same god in several interpretations so yes, Horus could be as powerful as Ra and Horus could have in fact even been him according to that interpretation written about him. He has been associated with the sun just as Ra, and also under Re. He is one of the most diverse gods in the Egyptian pantheon. It all depends on what interpretation you want to use.

What really needs to happen is the GM(s) should write a list next to each of the gods/goddesses in that list and specifically write what he/she/them deems is acceptable. That way, the powers you get for the characters should be directly conforming to what you deem acceptable rather than what we feel is acceptable. Because I guarantee you with how things have been going so far, we’re always going to be 90% wrong and will have to rework, rework, rework, rework…

When you have the sun as your power, then it can be easily written as one power because it is the sun, which performs several functions. Thus, the subsets. It wouldn’t have mattered if I made Sun, power slot two, and Moon power slot, three. Regardless it’s the characteristics of the Sun just as if I made a Squirrel demi-god. He can not only climb trees better than the average human, move with inhuman agility/reflexes, and talk to squirrels (three subset powers), but he can probably glide (subset four) if I wanted to go that route or even see in the dark (subset five). It’s all subjective.

But sparing everyone from the subjectivity as good as you can would be helpful and in order to do that you have to provide a short/brief description separating them all to your standards. It is a waste of time and creativity to constantly make profiles that are never going to be accepted because 1) you’re not giving feedback on what would be acceptable powers, and 2) you’re leaving it up to us to read your minds. It just doesn’t work.

As for personality, I can write my character having whatever x, y, z personality. You are correct. I cannot determine how the writers’ characters will react to my character but you out-right saying that my character will automatically be hated from the get-go is you taking OOC emotions and behavior IC, which is taboo in itself. A personality is a personality. I could have said “he’s an asshole” and you wouldn’t have said a thing about it because you find that me already setting how everyone is going to see him from the get-go in “that regard” is acceptable. Sorry guy, but that argument was hogwash.

I can write my character and say he’s going to be just like this, and then surprise! People actually like him. Oh, well, that was unexpected let me go edit the personality description and update my relationships with other characters. Whatever gives you the impression that the CS cannot be edited to conform to how things progress in the game…I have no idea. It happens in RP all the time. So really, whether I said he was a leader-type, it wouldn’t have mattered. He would either wind up being a leader-type as intended, or he might wind up being the asshole as unintended. You never know. But what shouldn’t happen is people’s emo-IRL-personalities flooding IC to dictate the character’s personality because that’s not writing. That is just garbage, and only inexperienced writers do that crap.

How your character views another should be related to that character’s personality and not your personality and how you feel IRL. Characters are supposed to be completely separate entities unless you’re telling me that you come online to role play yourself under different fantastical disguises. If that is the case, then so be it. Some people get off on that shit. No judgment here.