God-Emperor/Playing With

Basic Trope: A sovereign viewed as a Physical God. (Usually with appropriate attitude on the sovereign's part.)

Straight: Emperor Evulz is worshipped by his subjects, who believe that he is a member of the pantheon.
Exaggerated: Emperor Evulz is worshipped by his subjects ala Crystal Dragon Jesus, who believe that He created the universe. Complete with Inquisition.
Justified: Emperor Evulz does have god-like powers (and matching attitude).
Inverted: A god(dess) is invited to the land and then installed as an emperor by the people.
Subverted: It's just lip-service; most people don't actually believe that Evulz is a god, and snickers about his eccentricities behind him.
Double Subverted: However, when Evulz start throwing god-like powers like a mad god, they begin to kneel and worship him.
Parodied: ~~Haruhi~~ A megalomaniacal student council president acts as though she's a Little Miss Almighty.
Deconstructed: Evulz goes completely crazy when he figure out that he can't live up the "God" part of his title, and making up for it with excessive display of "Emperor" power.
Reconstructed: Somehow, this only make people revere him even more.
Zig Zagged: One day Evulz talk as though he's an immaculate deity, the other day he's OK with listening to people's (carefully-presented) advices.
Averted: In a universe brimming with Physical God and Evil Overlord, no one from either side try to claim each other's title.
Enforced: "We need Big Bad Evil Overlord whose ego is bigger than big!"
Lampshaded: "One day he will try to do in the King of Cosmos the way he done in Emperor Horrificus."
Invoked: The Corrupt Church offered him the title of God-Emperor so they will gain significant power in Evulz' regime...
Exploited: ...and they actually supported Evulz in overthrowing the previous ruler.
Defied: The constitution states that Emperor is an entirely secular title.
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???

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