Here is an interesting tidbit of information which I previously unearthed in the course of researching my chosen topic Mauricio. It would seem that in the early stages of the game there was an alternative to the God Bubbles which you are not a fan of…Crom. it seems that Crom was to originally have his own avatar which functioned uniquely to the others. Crom was going to be an defensive avatar who had the ability to kill other gods by striking them with lightning. I am neither endorsing this features existence or its removal, not here anyway. Only letting you know of an alternative to God Bubbles which did once exist. Interesting hey? Here are the sources if you would like to read them further.
(Around the 33:00 min mark on the video)