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The Iliad was the first serious work of litterature I read. I was 12. Something MUST have been wrong with me...and probably still is.
I think that leaves me with a certain affection for heros of the ancient world.
That aside, what makes Greek mythology so appealing is that they are all imperfect, even the Gods. I think one of my favorite portrayals of any divinity of all time is the scene in The Iliad when Zues essentially says "Alright, Hera, I'll let you destroy Troy if you don't intefere when I want to destroy a city."
I think that leaves me with a certain affection for heros of the ancient world.
That aside, what makes Greek mythology so appealing is that they are all imperfect, even the Gods. I think one of my favorite portrayals of any divinity of all time is the scene in The Iliad when Zues essentially says "Alright, Hera, I'll let you destroy Troy if you don't intefere when I want to destroy a city."
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Yeah. Pretty cool.PallasAthena wrote:The Iliad was the first serious work of litterature I read. I was 12. Something MUST have been wrong with me...and probably still is.
I think that leaves me with a certain affection for heros of the ancient world.
That aside, what makes Greek mythology so appealing is that they are all imperfect, even the Gods. I think one of my favorite portrayals of any divinity of all time is the scene in The Iliad when Zues essentially says "Alright, Hera, I'll let you destroy Troy if you don't intefere when I want to destroy a city."
I guess I got carried away. I was popping them off as fast as I could think of them. Two Astartes? Hmmm. I've always had a fascination with the whole fertility godess thing.
What about some of the lesser known heros like Admetus who convinced his wife to die in his place yet bitched about it afterward?
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Thor stomp Greek pansies.
I never got into the Greek myths precisely because the Gods were very normal. But usually fairly jerkish and immature. I never had the sense of weirdness and wonder that I got from other literatures.
Of all myths, those in the Mabinogion appealed to me most as a kid.
Thor stomp Greek pansies.
I never got into the Greek myths precisely because the Gods were very normal. But usually fairly jerkish and immature. I never had the sense of weirdness and wonder that I got from other literatures.
Of all myths, those in the Mabinogion appealed to me most as a kid.
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Me too, those were my favorites. I mostly liked all the monsters in Greek myths, not the heroes.Wormdiet wrote:Rwawr!
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I never got into the Greek myths precisely because the Gods were very normal. But usually fairly jerkish and immature. I never had the sense of weirdness and wonder that I got from other literatures.
Of all myths, those in the Mabinogion appealed to me most as a kid.
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I read this post topic for a while, and I still don't get it... No offense to you, TCB. Are you asking what people think is wrong with greek heroes? I don't think there's anything arong with them, but I also don't know what I'm looking for as something to be 'wrong'. I dunno... spending hours practicing for my finals has really fried my brain.
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I'm reading a book of myths to my six-year-old. She has a bookmark on the page with the chimera suckling all her offspring.feadogin wrote:
Me too, those were my favorites. I mostly liked all the monsters in Greek myths, not the heroes.
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poor Greeks...they;er missing a good one!
I perdict, chrisoff ,(not having access to the ginormous NBC site which takes days to download...) that:
*Mrs Petrelli, elecrtic-girl and Sylar will become the new triumverate of evil
*we havent seen the last of Adam, OR Nathan, OR Nikki/Jessica
*Maya will become the 'weapon-of choice' for the company
AND: (out on a limb, but:)
*Clare will get pregnant from the flying boy, leave the Bennet household and move in with her trailer-park-flamethrowing natural mom
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Hmm, with regards to Nathan he's already been healed with Adam's blood but is that a one time thing? Or do the effects last longer? He was only hit in the chest, not the head, so if he can still heal then there's definitely scope to bring him back.CHasR wrote:poor Greeks...they;er missing a good one!
I perdict, chrisoff ,(not having access to the ginormous NBC site which takes days to download...) that:
*Mrs Petrelli, elecrtic-girl and Sylar will become the new triumverate of evil
*we havent seen the last of Adam, OR Nathan, OR Nikki/Jessica
*Maya will become the 'weapon-of choice' for the company
AND: (out on a limb, but:)
*Clare will get pregnant from the flying boy, leave the Bennet household and move in with her trailer-park-flamethrowing natural mom
Adam is screwed. Unless Hiro has a pang of guilt or someone asks Molly to find him.
Nikki will definitely be back. The old exploding building while she's still inside trick doesn't fool me.
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Well there's one reason for season #3!chrisoff wrote:Hmm, with regards to Nathan he's already been healed with Adam's blood but is that a one time thing? Or do the effects last longer? He was only hit in the chest, not the head, so if he can still heal then there's definitely scope to bring him back..
I have a sneaky feeling Hiro's dad and/or the Hatian is mixed up in Nathan's (attempted?) assination
Hiro does need to grow a pair sometimes, dosent he?chrisoff wrote: Adam is screwed. Unless Hiro has a pang of guilt or someone asks Molly to find him...
I keep remembering that 'Bad-@ss' Hiro that appeared to Peter in the subway during the 'save the cheerleader phase'... it's a long, slow process for his character development, yes?
yeah Im with you there too, she's got too many unresolved issues to be written out of the script..like her relationship with Nathan for a start,chrisoff wrote: Nikki will definitely be back. The old exploding building while she's still inside trick doesn't fool me.
plus, there's a writer's strike on just now also... this may have more of an effect on the plot...tha't why NBC's asking viewers to design the newest hero gtg
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Not hard to figure out. Season 2 has been dragging along aimlessly, and suddenly in the last two episodes everything goes berserk, with lots of cliff-hangers and unresolved character "terminations". Note that they are saying this is the end of the "Fall Season" and not of Season 2 completely. I guess everyone has their fingers crossed.CHasR wrote:plus, there's a writer's strike on just now also... this may have more of an effect on the plot...tha't why NBC's asking viewers to design the newest hero
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Yeah but at the end of the last episode is said end of chapter #2 then had the chapter #3: Villains header before Sylar's scene. Which would indicate that the season has finished.djm wrote:Note that they are saying this is the end of the "Fall Season" and not of Season 2 completely. I guess everyone has their fingers crossed.