Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT Aug 16th - Aug 20th (4591-4595)
Marco:
And "god-powerful beings make god-awful mistakes" is a trope since, at least, the Iliad.
oddtail:
Yes, but the classical gods were god-powerful. Yay is explicitly stated to be superhumanly *smart*. Which Greek gods, to say nothing of (for instance) Norse gods, were decidedly not. Zeus is a boorish horndog, he's just a boorish horndog that can throw lightning at uppity mortals.
I know on some level it's always impossible, inherently so, to write a superhuman intellect, because a superhuman intellect will think things that the writer(s) is/are incapable of thinking (and therefore, it can be argued, imagining). But there has to be some evidence in-story of the intelligence, and Yay has shown incredible *power*, but incredible *intelligence*? Less so, to say the least.
Morituri:
Call me a media cynic, but when somebody who has thousands of youtube followers and a regular podcast says she can keep a secret, I get some screaming heebiejeebies. Particularly if she's obscured her realspace identity for the 'cast.
Not saying mama Augustus is a bad person, but the keeping of secrets just isn't compatible with her present existence.
Morituri:
--- Quote from: oddtail on 16 Aug 2021, 09:11 ---Yes, but the classical gods were god-powerful. Yay is explicitly stated to be superhumanly *smart*. Which Greek gods, to say nothing of (for instance) Norse gods, were decidedly not. Zeus is a boorish horndog, he's just a boorish horndog that can throw lightning at uppity mortals.
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And turn into various animals. Particularly swans. What up with that? Did a bunch of old Greeks really think women were into Avian Bestiality, as a norm? Or were they just really really impressed by the sheer persistence and energetic devotion to mating displayed by male swans?
Farideh:
The swan was weird enough, but what about the time he disguised himself as an ant? Or a shower of gold coins? The mind boggles. Never mind the fact that half the time the women weren't even willing.
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