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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[A Moment of Peace]]'' the gods of the universe eat human emotions to survive, like baked cheer or gruel made of sorrow.
* [[Played With]] to an epic extent in the (now completed) ''[http://indepos.comicgenesis.com/ Indefensible Positions]''. It took this to its logical extreme by having EVERY''every'' [[MeMemetic MeMutation|meme]] being a god powered by people's thinking about them. {{spoiler|One of the characters becomes a small god after her death this way.}}
* ''[[Fans]]'' has the occasional god make an appearance. These gods usually claim they were conceived by Roman clergy, during nights with a little too much wine. These gods include the god of gaming, and the anti-cupid (who shoots you with a tommy-gun and takes away your devotion to another person).
* The creators of [[Exterminatus Now]] have mentioned that this is how things work for the Gods in that world, though it is never explicitly stated in the comic.
* The ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' universe in general employs this trope to explain any god not in the <s>four</s> three original pantheons. In particular, Elan and some orcs are Banjoists, worshippers of Banjo the Clown, god of puppets. He doesn't have many followers, so his divine lightning is little more than a spark. One of the prequel books reveals that mortal character can ascend to godhood in this manner.
** Since Elan was unwilling to leave Banjo (who is an actual puppet) with the orcs, he creates Banjo's twin brother and rival, Giggles the Clown, as the god of slapstick. The violence-loving orcs appreciate this, and immediately convert. So Banjo went back down to a single worshipper, but since they were defined as equally powerful rivals, that probably remains the case. The OotS-verse has established that being defined as a rival gives free XP to keep one side from being too weak for the role.
** Elan once tried to get Banjo inducted into the Northern Pantheon, specifically to gain more worshippers. The local priest angrily rejected this idea, and Elan then decided Banjo was too good for their pantheon, unaware that Odin (who likes puppets) approved of the idea.