Talk:Black Scripture/@comment-112.198.219.17-20180504182807/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180730202747

No, I really cannot see Ainz doing that.

Web Novel Ainz maybe, but LN and Anime Ainz is NOT comfortable with the whole godhood thing. I can see Demiurge proposing it, but Ainz shooting it down with every desperate rationalization he can muster.

And there are some pretty compelling ones. First, by claiming to be a god entirely distinct from Surshana, he pisses away the entire benefit of pretending to be a god at all. Obviously the Black Scripture suspects him of delusions of godhood already, he'd merely be confirming their bias that there was no room for negotiating with his arrogant, blasphemous, bony ass. Second, as a god he has even less room for apparent mistakes, this has extra weight as Demiurge is convinced (with some justification) that every silly thing Ainz does conceals multiple deep meanings, and thus Ainz must not be constrained by having to pretend like all his actions make sense. Third, being a true god of Death goes contrary to his plan of leaving ANY survivors in the nations he conquers.