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Omnipresent

Summary

Philosophically speaking, Omnipresence is the property of being present everywhere at once, referring to an unbounded presence. The ability is often associated with God and other deities and assumes that an omnipresent being is never "absent" from any location across the universe.

Nigh-Omnipresence is when somebody is almost everywhere at once. An example of this includes being Omnipresent within a city or a planet.

Omnipresence as it is described above faces the same problem that Omnipotence does in-general, in that it is impossible to prove a character is truly omnipresent across all spaces and locations regardless of size, complexity or context, without diving into No Limits Fallacy territory. This is not to assume that feats alluding to the notion of Omnipresence are inherently moot, however. It's exceedingly common for a work of fiction to depict an "Omnipresent" god-like being that is present all throughout a given setting, usually a full-blown universe or multiverse. Such characters are typically portrayed as being intangible to a certain extent, and may or may not be intertwined with the location they are omnipresent over in the sense that destroying the location or part of that location may harm them.

Notable Users

  • The-One-Above-All (Marvel Comics)
  • Azathoth (Cthulhu Mythos)
  • YHVH (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Yog-sothoth (Cthulhu Mythos)
  • White Phoenix of the Crown (Marvel Comics)
  • Truth (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • The Elder God (Legacy of Kain)
  • The Endless (Vertigo/DC Comics)

Notes

  • By sheer technicality, one may argue that any given character is technically "omnipresent" within themselves, in that they occupy every point in space that is a part of themselves. Thus, it's important to recognize that omnipresence in the context of this wiki's discussion is referring to a state of being in relation to a specific location or locations, rather than just with relation to themselves.
  • Users are encouraged to specify the exact nature of the character's omnipresence on the character's profile in parentheses surrounding the ability. For example, if a character is "omnipresent" within a specific object, such as a planet, that is clearly different from being omnipresent across the entire universe or multiverse and deserves to be acknowledged.
  • In a certain sense, one may make an argument that an omnipresent character is precisely "as large" as the space they reside in, but it's important to distinguish between being present all across a spacetime and being as large as that spacetime. The former implies the latter, but the latter doesn't (inherently) imply the former.
  • Other sites may describe omnipresence as having a speed-like quality to it that allows a character to react and respond to any set of events that happens within the space they are omnipresent towards. While this might be portrayed as such with some characters, in particular with characters that are "temporally" omnipresent (in other words, they are present throughout every point in time as well as space), this is not the standard for characters with this ability and we do not regard Omnipresence as a speed statistic. As such, an omnipresent character failing to react to or notice something that occurs within the space they are supposed to be omnipresent over is not necessarily an anti-feat towards omnipresence itself, though it would imply a certain limitation on that character's ability to react to and perceive similar feats.
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