Lost-Saint t1_je10aij wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:09 PM

Reply to comment by Pay08 in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

What is CHIM?

IactaEstoAlea t1_je10nhi wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:12 PM

Basically, apotheosis caused by realizing the true nature of the Elder Scrolls universe and simultaneously having a sense of self strong enough to not get retconned out of existence by the knowledge

SuperSecretAgentMan t1_je1oroh wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:41 PM

CHIM = Learning you exist in a videogame and gaining dev access.

Pay08 t1_je10jyu wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:11 PM

The Elder Scrolls version of apotheosis.

mastaace t1_je22fo2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:06 PM

You can think of it as becoming lucid in a dream (and gaining some control/agency), while knowing that the dream belongs to someone else.