Kyon's importance is kinda implied in Boredom, the tanabata one, when koizumi was talking about kings and queens.

Well I came to the same conclusion. It's Kyon who gets everything he wishes for, not Haruhi. I mean, where's the fun in being a God while even not knowing of your own powers? Considering the words Kyon said in prologue of the first book, something like "I always wished for time-travellers, espers and the like to appear in front of me, but eventually I grew up and understood that these are not the part of our real world", it's clear that the whole Haruhi thing is the product of his own subconsciousness, which are looking for the way to manifest Kyon's true Haruhi-like nature while preserving Kyon's usual sarcastic and cynical way of thought. Basically, Haruhi is Kyon's inner nature, which is projected through his powers onto someone who is by his side, allowing him to remain in his usual cynical mood while receiving all the fun his inner nature wishes for him. Plus, as a bonus, comes the ability to criticize somebody other than himself for his own faults. Now all the responsibility for his inner nature's unusual actions lies on Haruhi's shoulders.

I highly doubt it. Everyone (including the reading/viewing public) is already heavily invested in Haruhi being the "god"--it's her picture that's plastered all over the mainstream--and it would be an utter cop-out if it turned out not to be true, much like that "Who Shot JR?" thing in Dallas and end of St. Elsewhere. No one would want that. Plus, if he were the god, why wouldn't he make things easier for himself? Unless he's severely masochistic, he wouldn't wish for half the stuff that happens to him (being stabbed, nearly driven crazy by timelines and alternate dimensions, being trapped in fantasy worlds, Itsuki's repeated violations of his personal space, etc.). No, I think his supposed "omnipotence" comes from being the narrator of the story, as all narrators from every other story since creation tend to come off.

>>330
You, sir, win the internet. <3

>>330 he doesn't/can't do that, because then he'd know the truth, that he is god, and then he wouldn't be the sidekick anymore. his subconcious mind makes bad things happen to him so that he doesn't think about himself as being god. or maybe having bad stuff happen to you is more exciting than not? for example, look at how bored haruhi often is, and she's the only one who's not part of his wacky escapades. but in the end, does it matter? if god says you are a god and he is not, that's the way things are. or maybe haruhi subconsciously knows what kyon wants, and is giving it to him.

Kyon = god because he does nothing, god IRL(lets just say he exists for the sake of argument) also does nothing.

>>335
Beg to differ. I think the world would have collapsed in on itself if Kyon "did nothing", and the novels would not have been half as entertaining. Most of the time Kyon is the one running around trying to keep reality from shattering.