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"Omnipotence is not knowing how everything is done; it's just doing it."
― Alan Watts
"I am the One Above All. I see through many eyes. I build with many hands. They are themselves, but they are also me. I am all-powerful. My only weapon is love. The mystery intrigues me."
― One-Above-All (Marvel Comics)

The power to be supremely almighty and invincible.

Also Called

  • Above-All
  • Absolute Power
  • All-Power
  • Almighty Power
  • Alpha/Omega Power
  • Infinite Might/Power
  • Supreme Power
  • True Omnipotence
  • Ultimate Godhood/Power
  • Unlimited Power

Capabilities

Omnipotence (from Latin: Omni Potens: "all power") is the almighty in every sense and aspect. The best way to understand it is it is the very principle of miracles, thus like a universal principle.

Absolute everything

Omnipotence is the very act of doing absolutely anything. It is all power, top level, absolute pinnacle and everything beyond them, existing above and beyond any other power and concept, without any effort.

To give an illustration, omnipotence is the description of everything, including every possible, impossible, beyond notions of infinity.

Omnipotence can do the impossible such as "bigger than infinity", "making a squared circle" or "transcending itself"

"Beyond omnipotence" is omnipotence

Omnipotence by definition is the absolute pinnacle. If something were to beat omnipotence, the victor is by definition the new omnipotence.

No notion of personality

To have a personality is to have sense, comprehension, thought, choice and agency. All of these are limits. Thus omnipotence is not a user and does not have a user. Any attempt to write omnipotence as a character in a story is subjecting omnipotence to limitation, including accidentally cancelling out omnipotence. Thus personality is not applicable to omnipotence, and it is best understood as an indescribable, incomprehensible thing.

There can only be one omnipotence

Suppose omnipotence splits into parts, each one of these omnipotent. Then as omnipotence is the doing of absolutely anything, any slightest opposition between each part will lead to successfully negating the doing, and hence the result is nothing happens until there is unity. But that is the same as one omnipotence, thus removing the distinction of splitting and not splitting omnipotence into multiples.

"Omnipotents" in fiction

Strictly speaking, omnipotents in fiction often have human like personalities, thus they are not omnipotent. However they are often the sole absolute almighty in their setting, thus they are close enough to represent omnipotence. Though there are exceptions (eg- Creator from Umineko)

Its one and only wielder (there can be only one in each fictional continuity, hence the "Above All") is fundamentally invincible, completely immune to all other powers, and able to defeat the combined might of all creation and its mightiest beings just by wanting it, without the slightest effort.

Applications

Specific Examples

Associations

Omnipotent Abilities

In-Universe (official)

Trans-Fictional (fan speculation)

  • Omni-Creator

Trivia

  • Although users can do and know anything without limit, they may possibly choose not to, be it because of personal rules (like the Mother of Creation), or purely out of whim.
  • Omnipotent beings can apply their power only in their respective fiction.
  • Omnipotence can't be achieved via other powers or otherwise.

Known Users

See Also: The Omnipotent.

In-Universe Omnipotence

  • God (Abrahamic Religions)
  • God (Bruce Almighty/Evan Almighty)
  • The Monad (Gnosticism)
  • Para Brahman (Hinduism)
  • Luminous Being/The Dungeon Master (Forgotten Realms)
  • Monitor-Mind The Overvoid (DC Comics)
  • Divine Presence (I/O)
  • The Creators (Megaman NT Warrior)
  • Thor (The Metaphysics of Perfect Beings)
  • Akasha (Nasuverse)
  • Game Master (Not Lives)
  • Bathala (Philippine Mythology)
  • Godhead Pickle Inspector (Problem Sleuth)
  • God (Saints Row)
  • Lord of Nightmares/L-sama (Slayers/Lost Universe)
  • Eru Ilúvatar (Tolkienverse)
  • The Creator (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)
  • God (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • U-DO (Xenosaga)

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