What heroes like best is themselves.
What he didn’t like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and homicidally insane when drunk.
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.
On the disc, the Gods are not so much worshipped as blamed.
On the Disc the gods dealt severely with atheists.
Magic never dies. It merely fades away.
It is embarrassing to know that one is a god of a world that only exists because every improbability curve must have its far end.
It is at this point that normal language gives up, and goes and has a drink.
It could be worse. It could be me.
If I were you, I’d sue my face for slander.
If complete and utter chaos were lightning, then he’d be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armor and shouting “All gods are bastards”.
I’ve seen excitement, and I’ve seen boredom. And boredom was best.