User blog comment:BlackWizardZeref/Theories on "God Slaying" Magic/@comment-4829046-20131101141300

Right, my theories.

I also get the feeling that when they say God-slayer they don't literally mean Gods but god-like beings. I myself have used that concept in my story, where so-called "Gods" are just regular people born the same way all of us are born, no Greek incest or supernatural impregnation involved(like with Jesus >_>). The difference is that some point in their lives, they gain the ability or knowledge or position or even psychological defect that makes them appear as gods to everyone else. Similar to how some Kings/rulers/sages are considered gods.

All in all, I like this theory.

However, I also want to add the more grand scale theory. What if there were indeed Gods? What if they simply went extinct like in other stories? The problem with this is that it would suggest that there were several mass extinctions in the FT-verse and I don't think Mashima wants to go there.