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* "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/ThunderbirdsS1E730MinutesAfterNoon 30 Minutes After Noon]]":
** At the beginning of the episode, a man named Thomas Prescott is asked by a strange man to take him to the hospital, when they get to the man's destination, the man gives Prescott a bracelet, which is really a bomb. ([[spoiler:The man works for the Erdman gang, and he's planning on using Prescott to destroy important files on the Erdman gang.]]) The man tells Prescott that the key to unlocking the Bomb is in his office. \\
** At the beginning of the episode, a man named Thomas Prescott is asked by a strange man to take him to the hospital, when they get to the man's destination, the man gives Prescott a bracelet, which is really a bomb. ([[spoiler:The man works for the Erdman gang, and he's planning on using Prescott to destroy important files on the Erdman gang.]]) The man tells Prescott that the key to unlocking the Bomb is in his office. \\
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'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.\\
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'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom [=FedCom=] Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.\\
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'''You'd Expect''': Paris to choose Hera and gain a royal harem as part and parcel of WorldDomination, or to choose Athena and use his smarts to gain WorldDomination and aforementioned harem. Just about every person who has read the myth has thought this at some point.\\
'''Or''': If Paris won't have any woman ''but'' Helen, he could still choose one of the other goddesses and use their bribes to get her. In Hera's case, the idea of being given WorldDomination does suggest that you'd get sufficient military resources on hand to keep the world in line, which he could use to sort out anyone who tries to get Helen back. In Athena's case, you'd think that he could use his smarts to come up with a way of getting Helen without causing a huge amount of trouble.\\
'''Or''': Toss the apple to Hestia (she who tends the hearths of Olympus), Demeter (she in charge of all plant life), or maybe even Persephone or Amphritite, to TakeAThirdOption.\\
'''Or''': If Paris won't have any woman ''but'' Helen, he could still choose one of the other goddesses and use their bribes to get her. In Hera's case, the idea of being given WorldDomination does suggest that you'd get sufficient military resources on hand to keep the world in line, which he could use to sort out anyone who tries to get Helen back. In Athena's case, you'd think that he could use his smarts to come up with a way of getting Helen without causing a huge amount of trouble.\\
'''Or''': Toss the apple to Hestia (she who tends the hearths of Olympus), Demeter (she in charge of all plant life), or maybe even Persephone or Amphritite, to TakeAThirdOption.\\
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'''You'd Expect''': Paris to choose Hera and gain a royal harem as part and parcel of WorldDomination, World Domination, or to choose Athena and use his smarts to gain WorldDomination World Domination and aforementioned harem. Just about every person who has read the myth has thought this at some point.\\
'''Or''': If Paris won't have any woman ''but'' Helen, he could still choose one of the other goddesses and use their bribes to get her. In Hera's case, the idea of being givenWorldDomination World Domination does suggest that you'd get sufficient military resources on hand to keep the world in line, which he could use to sort out anyone who tries to get Helen back. In Athena's case, you'd think that he could use his smarts to come up with a way of getting Helen without causing a huge amount of trouble.\\
'''Or''': Toss the apple to Hestia (she who tends the hearths of Olympus), Demeter (she in charge of all plant life), or maybe even Persephone orAmphritite, Amphitrite, to TakeAThirdOption.\\
'''Or''': If Paris won't have any woman ''but'' Helen, he could still choose one of the other goddesses and use their bribes to get her. In Hera's case, the idea of being given
'''Or''': Toss the apple to Hestia (she who tends the hearths of Olympus), Demeter (she in charge of all plant life), or maybe even Persephone or
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'''Instead:''' Hours after signing the NDA, Ceemcneil in his arrogance began telling fans everywhere about the deal that his character Juju is coming to Skullgirls, including in the same forums the developers visit! Realizing that Ceemcneil could not be trusted and was difficult to work with, Lab Zero Games drop any plans of making Juju canon in Skullgirls including retconning any hint of her existence.
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'''Instead:''' Hours after signing the NDA, Ceemcneil in his arrogance began telling fans everywhere about the deal that his character Juju is coming to Skullgirls, including in the same forums the developers visit! Realizing that Ceemcneil could not be trusted and was difficult to work with, Lab Zero Games drop any plans of making Juju canon in Skullgirls including retconning any hint of her existence.existence.
* Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure: The queue is full of disabled booby traps, allowing anyone to reach the chamber of destiny. The temple is famous for the idol that [[DisproportionateRetribution send to to the gates of doom if you look into it's eyes]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' These people who are so good at disarming booby traps would carefully blindfold the idol.\\
'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.
* Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure: The queue is full of disabled booby traps, allowing anyone to reach the chamber of destiny. The temple is famous for the idol that [[DisproportionateRetribution send to to the gates of doom if you look into it's eyes]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' These people who are so good at disarming booby traps would carefully blindfold the idol.\\
'''Instead:''' They just give the tourists a warning.
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** In one arc where Rosalyn babysits, and she has to prepare for a test the following day.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another night from hell if she watched over Calvin.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another night from hell if she watched over Calvin.\\
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** In one arc where Rosalyn babysits, and she has to prepare study for a test the following day.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another restless nightfrom hell if she watched over Calvin.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another restless night
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** In one arc where Rosalyn babysits, and she has to prepare for a test the following day.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another night from hell if she watched over Calvin.\\
'''Instead''': She comes over anyway with the promise that she'll have an easy night because Calvin's hiding from her.\\
'''So''': Calvin slips downstairs after his parents leave to greet Rosalyn.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Rosalyn to put her notes away, tell Calvin she needs to be left alone and go somewhere where she won't be disturbed. If anything, she can just put Calvin to bed early like she usually does since that usually shuts him up quick.\\
'''Instead''': She simply tells Calvin to be quiet and warns him not to touch her notes which she leaves strewn on the table. Calvin steals them and threatens to flush them down the toilet.
'''You'd Expect''': Knowing [[EnfantTerrible the previous times she has babysat Calvin]], for her to realize that this is a bad idea. She needs complete concentration so she can do well on her test and she would be risking another night from hell if she watched over Calvin.\\
'''Instead''': She comes over anyway with the promise that she'll have an easy night because Calvin's hiding from her.\\
'''So''': Calvin slips downstairs after his parents leave to greet Rosalyn.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Rosalyn to put her notes away, tell Calvin she needs to be left alone and go somewhere where she won't be disturbed. If anything, she can just put Calvin to bed early like she usually does since that usually shuts him up quick.\\
'''Instead''': She simply tells Calvin to be quiet and warns him not to touch her notes which she leaves strewn on the table. Calvin steals them and threatens to flush them down the toilet.
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** The Federated Commonwealth is treating the son of the Captain-General of the Free Worlds League for severe leukemia. During the course of treatment, the boy unfortunately dies, which in the volatile political climate of the Inner Sphere could be a major diplomatic incident.
'''What You'd Expect:''' The Commonwealth would own up to the death and accord the boy's corpse with all due dignity, while also joining in the mourning and offering their sincere apologies and condolences, assuring Captain-General Marik that everything that could be done to save the boy's life was, thereby salvaging a bad situation.
'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.
'''EVEN WORSE:" Sun-Tzu Liao, the Chancellor of the Cappellan Confederation, was able to renew diplomatic ties with the FWL over the incident and give a gigantic "F-you" to Victor. The Cappellan Confederation had been the state that suffered the most at the hands of the Suns during the Fourth Succession War, and were able to regain a significant portion of territory, the remainder becoming a chaotic no-man's land.
'''What You'd Expect:''' The Commonwealth would own up to the death and accord the boy's corpse with all due dignity, while also joining in the mourning and offering their sincere apologies and condolences, assuring Captain-General Marik that everything that could be done to save the boy's life was, thereby salvaging a bad situation.
'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.
'''EVEN WORSE:" Sun-Tzu Liao, the Chancellor of the Cappellan Confederation, was able to renew diplomatic ties with the FWL over the incident and give a gigantic "F-you" to Victor. The Cappellan Confederation had been the state that suffered the most at the hands of the Suns during the Fourth Succession War, and were able to regain a significant portion of territory, the remainder becoming a chaotic no-man's land.
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incident.\\
'''What You'd Expect:''' The Commonwealth would own up to the death and accord the boy's corpse with all due dignity, while also joining in the mourning and offering their sincere apologies and condolences, assuring Captain-General Marik that everything that could be done to save the boy's life was, thereby salvaging a badsituation.
situation.\\
'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years. \n\\
'''EVENWORSE:" WORSE:''' Sun-Tzu Liao, the Chancellor of the Cappellan Confederation, was able to renew diplomatic ties with the FWL over the incident and give a gigantic "F-you" to Victor. The Cappellan Confederation had been the state that suffered the most at the hands of the Suns during the Fourth Succession War, and were able to regain a significant portion of territory, the remainder becoming a chaotic no-man's land. \\
'''What You'd Expect:''' The Commonwealth would own up to the death and accord the boy's corpse with all due dignity, while also joining in the mourning and offering their sincere apologies and condolences, assuring Captain-General Marik that everything that could be done to save the boy's life was, thereby salvaging a bad
'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.
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** The Federated Commonwealth is treating the son of the Captain-General of the Free Worlds League for severe leukemia. During the course of treatment, the boy unfortunately dies, which in the volatile political climate of the Inner Sphere could be a major diplomatic incident.
'''What You'd Expect:''' The Commonwealth would own up to the death and accord the boy's corpse with all due dignity, while also joining in the mourning and offering their sincere apologies and condolences, assuring Captain-General Marik that everything that could be done to save the boy's life was, thereby salvaging a bad situation.
'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.
'''EVEN WORSE:" Sun-Tzu Liao, the Chancellor of the Cappellan Confederation, was able to renew diplomatic ties with the FWL over the incident and give a gigantic "F-you" to Victor. The Cappellan Confederation had been the state that suffered the most at the hands of the Suns during the Fourth Succession War, and were able to regain a significant portion of territory, the remainder becoming a chaotic no-man's land.
'''EVEN WORSE THAN THAT:''' That chaotic no-man's land became a breeding ground for the [[ChurchMilitant Word of Blake]] that within a decade would launch the Jihad, the most destructive and deadly conflict the Inner Sphere had seen since the First Succession War almost two hundred years earlier. Vic, next time a VIP's kid croaks, just tell the flippin' truth, m'kay?
** The Federated Commonwealth is treating the son of the Captain-General of the Free Worlds League for severe leukemia. During the course of treatment, the boy unfortunately dies, which in the volatile political climate of the Inner Sphere could be a major diplomatic incident.
'''What You'd Expect:''' The Commonwealth would own up to the death and accord the boy's corpse with all due dignity, while also joining in the mourning and offering their sincere apologies and condolences, assuring Captain-General Marik that everything that could be done to save the boy's life was, thereby salvaging a bad situation.
'''What Happens Instead:''' Archon-Prince Victor Steiner-Davion panics, fearing that young Joshua's death will cause the FWL to cut off the flow of desperately-needed supplies for fighting off the Clan Invasion. He orders a coverup over the death and sends a doppelganger back to Atreus. Captain-General Thomas Marik [[spoiler: or, at least, [[{{Hypocrite}} a doppelganger in his image]]]] predictably is enraged at the deception and declares war on the Commonwealth, causing the FC to lose the vast majority of the territory it had won in the Fourth Succession War. This caused the sundering of the Commonwealth into two states, the rump Federated Commonwealth (the Federated Suns) and the Lyran Alliance, the latter led by Victor's unstable sister, Katherine. This directly set the stage for the FedCom Civil War, which destroyed everything that Victor's father, MagnificentBastard supreme Hanse Davion, had worked and fought for over 40 years.
'''EVEN WORSE:" Sun-Tzu Liao, the Chancellor of the Cappellan Confederation, was able to renew diplomatic ties with the FWL over the incident and give a gigantic "F-you" to Victor. The Cappellan Confederation had been the state that suffered the most at the hands of the Suns during the Fourth Succession War, and were able to regain a significant portion of territory, the remainder becoming a chaotic no-man's land.
'''EVEN WORSE THAN THAT:''' That chaotic no-man's land became a breeding ground for the [[ChurchMilitant Word of Blake]] that within a decade would launch the Jihad, the most destructive and deadly conflict the Inner Sphere had seen since the First Succession War almost two hundred years earlier. Vic, next time a VIP's kid croaks, just tell the flippin' truth, m'kay?
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'''Instead''': His hair grows back in captivity, and he [[TakingYouWithMe collapses their temple on top of them.]]
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'''However''': His strength came from God, not his hair. He begged God to give him his strength back one last time, and God fulfilled his request.
'''However''': His strength came from God, not his hair. He begged God to give him his strength back one last time, and God fulfilled his request.
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'''Instead''': He hurriedly starts his car, shifts into reverse, and floors the gas, driving into a lightpole. Oops!
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'''Instead''': He hurriedly starts his car, shifts into reverse, and floors the gas, driving into a lightpole. Oops!Oops!
* Creator/LabZeroGames, the creators of VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}, like a fan-made character named Juju by a fan named Ceemcneil so they contact Juju's creator that they might buy the rights of Juju from him and make her a DLC character in exchange for Ceemcneil to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to not discuss the deal for the time being. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ceemcneil listen to Lab Zero Games and honor the NDA and not talk about Juju is coming to Skullgirls until notice.\\
'''Instead:''' Hours after signing the NDA, Ceemcneil in his arrogance began telling fans everywhere about the deal that his character Juju is coming to Skullgirls, including in the same forums the developers visit! Realizing that Ceemcneil could not be trusted and was difficult to work with, Lab Zero Games drop any plans of making Juju canon in Skullgirls including retconning any hint of her existence.
* Creator/LabZeroGames, the creators of VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}, like a fan-made character named Juju by a fan named Ceemcneil so they contact Juju's creator that they might buy the rights of Juju from him and make her a DLC character in exchange for Ceemcneil to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to not discuss the deal for the time being. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Ceemcneil listen to Lab Zero Games and honor the NDA and not talk about Juju is coming to Skullgirls until notice.\\
'''Instead:''' Hours after signing the NDA, Ceemcneil in his arrogance began telling fans everywhere about the deal that his character Juju is coming to Skullgirls, including in the same forums the developers visit! Realizing that Ceemcneil could not be trusted and was difficult to work with, Lab Zero Games drop any plans of making Juju canon in Skullgirls including retconning any hint of her existence.
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'''You'd Expect''': The Philistines to make sure his hair stays cut, just in case. It's not an effort-intensive task, after all.
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'''You'd Expect''': The Philistines to make sure his hair stays cut, just in case. It's not an effort-intensive task, after all.\\
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** Furthermore, each time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.)
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** Furthermore, each time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.))\\
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'''Instead''': His hair grows back in captivity, and he [[TakingThemWithMe collapses their temple on top of them.]]
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'''Instead''': His hair grows back in captivity, and he [[TakingThemWithMe [[TakingYouWithMe collapses their temple on top of them.]]
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** Furthermore, each time the Philistines try this, Delilah shouts, "Wake up, the Philistines are upon you!" (Presumably this is to confirm Samson's strength is actually gone.)
'''You'd Expect''': After the first few times the plan fails, the Philistines would either come to the conclusion that this is actually a kinky sex thing Samson and Delilah are into, or just kill Samson in his sleep. Samson's power is super-strength, not invulnerability, so if they can get into his bedroom every night this should be an obvious change of plan.\\
'''Instead''': They keep doing the same thing over and over again, and each time it fails. Eventually Delilah finds out the secret and they're able to capture him, but then...\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Philistines to make sure his hair stays cut, just in case. It's not an effort-intensive task, after all.
'''Instead''': His hair grows back in captivity, and he [[TakingThemWithMe collapses their temple on top of them.]]
'''You'd Expect''': After the first few times the plan fails, the Philistines would either come to the conclusion that this is actually a kinky sex thing Samson and Delilah are into, or just kill Samson in his sleep. Samson's power is super-strength, not invulnerability, so if they can get into his bedroom every night this should be an obvious change of plan.\\
'''Instead''': They keep doing the same thing over and over again, and each time it fails. Eventually Delilah finds out the secret and they're able to capture him, but then...\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Philistines to make sure his hair stays cut, just in case. It's not an effort-intensive task, after all.
'''Instead''': His hair grows back in captivity, and he [[TakingThemWithMe collapses their temple on top of them.]]
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* The titular monarch in the song "There Lived a King" from ''The Gondoliers'', who was grieved that not everyone was as well-off as he.\\
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* The titular monarch in the song "There Lived a King" from ''The Gondoliers'', ''Theatre/TheGondoliers'', who was grieved that not everyone was as well-off as he.\\
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In both of those exceptions, the prophecy was that the child would be more powerful than the father, not necessarily that they'd overthrow the father. Since Greek Mythology is big on Self Fulfilling Prophecies, this is essentially Loophole Abuse, not full blown exceptions to a "This child will kill/overthrow you" prophecy.
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* With two exceptions (both involving Zeus), every "I fear my son will upstage me" scenario in Myth/GreekMythology. A god/king learns from an oracle "your son with this woman will one day kill you".\\
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts of patricide (this is indeed what Zeus did: after failing to prevent her conceivement by ''eating her mother'' Zeus raised Athena with enough love she did not try and kill him; and upon discovering there was another such goddess he did not sire any child until he identified her as Themis, at which point he married her off to Peleus who, being equally GenreSavvy, raised their son Achilles the right way).\\
'''Instead''': That God/king will continue to have kids, then attempt to kill or disown their son, usually picking the laziest method possible rather than one that's guaranteed to work - an act which will only justify their kid committing patricide.
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts of patricide (this is indeed what Zeus did: after failing to prevent her conceivement by ''eating her mother'' Zeus raised Athena with enough love she did not try and kill him; and upon discovering there was another such goddess he did not sire any child until he identified her as Themis, at which point he married her off to Peleus who, being equally GenreSavvy, raised their son Achilles the right way).\\
'''Instead''': That God/king will continue to have kids, then attempt to kill or disown their son, usually picking the laziest method possible rather than one that's guaranteed to work - an act which will only justify their kid committing patricide.
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* With two exceptions (both involving Zeus), every "I fear my son will upstage me" scenario in Myth/GreekMythology. A Every time a god/king learns from an oracle "your son with this woman will one day kill you".\\
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts ofpatricide (this is indeed what Zeus did: after failing to prevent her conceivement by ''eating her mother'' Zeus raised Athena with enough love she did not try and kill him; and upon discovering there was another such goddess he did not sire any child until he identified her as Themis, at which point he married her off to Peleus who, being equally GenreSavvy, raised their son Achilles the right way).patricide.\\
'''Instead''': That God/king will continue to havekids, kids with that woman, then attempt to kill or disown their son, usually picking the laziest method possible rather than one that's guaranteed to work - an act which will only justify their kid committing patricide.patricide.
** In some versions(such as the myth of Perseus), the prophecy is that "This woman's child will kill/overthrow you", without specifying who the father had to be, making the issue more complicated.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The man would straight-up kill the woman, or, failing that, straight-up kill the child.\\
'''Instead:''' They tend to have the same problem with using more roundabout methods to kill the mother or child, or sometimes just try to stay away from them, not realizing that the child [[ExactWords doesn't necessarily have to target them to kill them]].(e.x. Perseus killed his father accidentally with a throwing disc blown by the wind.)
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts of
'''Instead''': That God/king will continue to have
** In some versions(such as the myth of Perseus), the prophecy is that "This woman's child will kill/overthrow you", without specifying who the father had to be, making the issue more complicated.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The man would straight-up kill the woman, or, failing that, straight-up kill the child.\\
'''Instead:''' They tend to have the same problem with using more roundabout methods to kill the mother or child, or sometimes just try to stay away from them, not realizing that the child [[ExactWords doesn't necessarily have to target them to kill them]].(e.x. Perseus killed his father accidentally with a throwing disc blown by the wind.)
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** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming the city of Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshiped himself.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Emperor calls Lorgar and his more devout followers and has a long, quiet talk about why he dislikes the idea of being placed as an icon of worship, convincing them he's not a god and should not be hailed as one, slowly dismantling the church with little fuss and ensuring Lorgar, who is only guilty of ignoring this pet peeve of the Emperor, remains loyal.\\
'''Instead''': He sends the Ultramarines to level Monarchia and then forces the Word Bearers and Lorgar himself to kneel in the ashes to him and forced to denounce their devotion as treason. This sends them all into a spiral of hate that boils over during the Horus Heresy.
'''You'd Expect''': The Emperor calls Lorgar and his more devout followers and has a long, quiet talk about why he dislikes the idea of being placed as an icon of worship, convincing them he's not a god and should not be hailed as one, slowly dismantling the church with little fuss and ensuring Lorgar, who is only guilty of ignoring this pet peeve of the Emperor, remains loyal.\\
'''Instead''': He sends the Ultramarines to level Monarchia and then forces the Word Bearers and Lorgar himself to kneel in the ashes to him and forced to denounce their devotion as treason. This sends them all into a spiral of hate that boils over during the Horus Heresy.
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** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers Legion, the Word Bearers, created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming the city of Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshiped himself.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Emperor calls Lorgar and his more devout followers and has a long, quiet talk about why he dislikes the idea of being placed as an icon of worship, convincing them he's not a god and should not be hailed asone, one (especially so if he actually deigns to explain how Chaos actually works). Thus, the church's slowly dismantling the church dismantled with little fuss and ensuring Lorgar, who is only guilty of ignoring this pet peeve of the Emperor, remains loyal.\\
'''Instead''': He sends theUltramarines Ultramarines, the Bearers' biggest rivals, to level Monarchia Monarchia, and then forces the Word Bearers and Lorgar himself to kneel to him in the ashes to him and forced to denounce their devotion as treason. This sends them all into a spiral of hate that boils over during the Horus Heresy.
'''You'd Expect''': The Emperor calls Lorgar and his more devout followers and has a long, quiet talk about why he dislikes the idea of being placed as an icon of worship, convincing them he's not a god and should not be hailed as
'''Instead''': He sends the
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*** The Emperor really did a lot of these, to the point that the Literature/HorusHeresy comes off almost as PayEvilUntoEvil.
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*** The Emperor really did a lot of these, to the point that the Literature/HorusHeresy comes off almost as PayEvilUntoEvil.
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** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming the city of Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped himself.\\
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** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming the city of Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped worshiped himself.\\
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*** The Emperor really did a lot of these, to the point that the Literature/HorusHeresy comes off almost as PayEvilUntoEvil. See the situation with Lorgar, primarch of the Word Bearers for another excellent example.
** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped himself.\\
** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped himself.\\
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*** The Emperor really did a lot of these, to the point that the Literature/HorusHeresy comes off almost as PayEvilUntoEvil. See the situation with Lorgar, primarch of the Word Bearers for another excellent example.\n
** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming the city of Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped himself.\\
** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming the city of Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped himself.\\
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** In Lorgar's backstory, he and his followers created a religion revolving around worship of the Emperor, up to transforming Monarchia into a colossal shrine to his glory. As it happens, the Emperor is staunchly irreligious, and particularly hates being worshipped himself.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The Emperor calls Lorgar and his more devout followers and has a long, quiet talk about why he dislikes the idea of being placed as an icon of worship, convincing them he's not a god and should not be hailed as one, slowly dismantling the church with little fuss and ensuring Lorgar, who is only guilty of ignoring this pet peeve of the Emperor, remains loyal.\\
'''Instead''': He sends the Ultramarines to level Monarchia and then forces the Word Bearers and Lorgar himself to kneel in the ashes to him and forced to denounce their devotion as treason. This sends them all into a spiral of hate that boils over during the Horus Heresy.
'''You'd Expect''': The Emperor calls Lorgar and his more devout followers and has a long, quiet talk about why he dislikes the idea of being placed as an icon of worship, convincing them he's not a god and should not be hailed as one, slowly dismantling the church with little fuss and ensuring Lorgar, who is only guilty of ignoring this pet peeve of the Emperor, remains loyal.\\
'''Instead''': He sends the Ultramarines to level Monarchia and then forces the Word Bearers and Lorgar himself to kneel in the ashes to him and forced to denounce their devotion as treason. This sends them all into a spiral of hate that boils over during the Horus Heresy.
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* On June 15, 2012, WNKY, the NBC/CBS affiliate in Bowling Green, Kentucky premiered an advertisement for a local licensed sports apparel store it produced, featuring [[EmergencyBroadcast Emergency Alert System]] tones within the ad used in a non-emergency manner and went out over the station's main NBC signal and CBS digital subchannel. On November 5, 2013, the station's owner, Max Media, through its licensee, MMK License, was assessed a $39,000 fine by the FCC.\\
'''You'd Expect''': They'd give Max Media the fine and they'd run off, happy as can be.\\
'''Instead''': The FCC ended up making WNKY launch a local campaign about the EAS through their programs and the station's website, air additional emergency preparation public service announcements, and lease space on their tower to the Warren County Emergency Management agency and the City of Bowling Green for modernized warning equipment.\\
'''For Added Stupidity''': The FCC statement said the fine was a "voluntary contribution to the U.S. Treasury". Everyone at said Treasury ''must'' have been [[FacePalm facepalming]] when they learned of the fine.
'''You'd Expect''': They'd give Max Media the fine and they'd run off, happy as can be.\\
'''Instead''': The FCC ended up making WNKY launch a local campaign about the EAS through their programs and the station's website, air additional emergency preparation public service announcements, and lease space on their tower to the Warren County Emergency Management agency and the City of Bowling Green for modernized warning equipment.\\
'''For Added Stupidity''': The FCC statement said the fine was a "voluntary contribution to the U.S. Treasury". Everyone at said Treasury ''must'' have been [[FacePalm facepalming]] when they learned of the fine.
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'''Instead''': He hurriedly starts his car, shifts into reverse, and floors the gas, driving into a lightpole. Oops!
* Digital Homicide, an idie developer selling games on Steam, quickly gained infamy when [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] did a blind play of ''The Slaughtering Grounds'' and trashed it for being buggy, having bad game design, and massive use of stock assets bought from the Unity story.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide would either take the criticism to heart and improve their game or at the very least, ignore Jim Sterling.\\
'''Instead''': They took his video, uploaded it to their Youtube account, and pasted passive aggressive messages over the video that insulted Jim Sterling at every opprotunity. When Jim Sterling laughed at it, they issued a copyright take down to get the video removed and didn't respond to Jim's counterclaim, which got the video back online anyway.\\
'''In Addition''': Digital Homicide later issued a threat against Jim Sterling that they have a lawyer willing to sue him unless he signed a document stating that he would never talk about them ever again. When Jim wanted to talk to his own lawyer about it before signing anything, Digital Homicide threatened him again before ending the phone call. The situation blew up further when the two held a debate on Skype, which amounted to nothing but Digital Homicide insulting, berating, talking over, and outright mocking Jim for his views and attitude on Digital Homicide and their games. Eventually, while still pumping out crappy games, Digital Homicide actually sued Jim Sterling for mental distress, loss of business, harassment, and pain and suffering.
** The story only gets crazier when months after filing a lawsuit against Jim Sterling, their case was on the verge of being dismissed, so they decided to file for an appeal to keep it going.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide to focus on the lawsuit and nothing else.\\
'''Instead''': They decided to sue 100 Steam users for simply ''giving negative reviews over the company's games.'' Digital Homicide issued a subpoena towards Valve in order to get them to release the personal information of the 100 users so that they could file the lawsuit properly. When Valve refused, Digital Homicide sued them as well!\\
'''The End Result''': Valve completely removed all of Digital Homicide's games on Steam in response, citing that the company was being extremely hostile towards their customers. This, in turn, caused Digital Homicide to lose whatever money they were making and they could no longer afford to file the lawsuits against the Steam users and Valve.[[note]]The lawsuit against Jim Sterling is still pending[[/note]] With Digital Homicide's games yanked off Steam, they admited that the company is completely finished. Some say [[LaserGuidedKarma they had it coming for a long time.]]
* Digital Homicide, an idie developer selling games on Steam, quickly gained infamy when [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] did a blind play of ''The Slaughtering Grounds'' and trashed it for being buggy, having bad game design, and massive use of stock assets bought from the Unity story.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide would either take the criticism to heart and improve their game or at the very least, ignore Jim Sterling.\\
'''Instead''': They took his video, uploaded it to their Youtube account, and pasted passive aggressive messages over the video that insulted Jim Sterling at every opprotunity. When Jim Sterling laughed at it, they issued a copyright take down to get the video removed and didn't respond to Jim's counterclaim, which got the video back online anyway.\\
'''In Addition''': Digital Homicide later issued a threat against Jim Sterling that they have a lawyer willing to sue him unless he signed a document stating that he would never talk about them ever again. When Jim wanted to talk to his own lawyer about it before signing anything, Digital Homicide threatened him again before ending the phone call. The situation blew up further when the two held a debate on Skype, which amounted to nothing but Digital Homicide insulting, berating, talking over, and outright mocking Jim for his views and attitude on Digital Homicide and their games. Eventually, while still pumping out crappy games, Digital Homicide actually sued Jim Sterling for mental distress, loss of business, harassment, and pain and suffering.
** The story only gets crazier when months after filing a lawsuit against Jim Sterling, their case was on the verge of being dismissed, so they decided to file for an appeal to keep it going.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide to focus on the lawsuit and nothing else.\\
'''Instead''': They decided to sue 100 Steam users for simply ''giving negative reviews over the company's games.'' Digital Homicide issued a subpoena towards Valve in order to get them to release the personal information of the 100 users so that they could file the lawsuit properly. When Valve refused, Digital Homicide sued them as well!\\
'''The End Result''': Valve completely removed all of Digital Homicide's games on Steam in response, citing that the company was being extremely hostile towards their customers. This, in turn, caused Digital Homicide to lose whatever money they were making and they could no longer afford to file the lawsuits against the Steam users and Valve.[[note]]The lawsuit against Jim Sterling is still pending[[/note]] With Digital Homicide's games yanked off Steam, they admited that the company is completely finished. Some say [[LaserGuidedKarma they had it coming for a long time.]]
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'''Instead''': He hurriedly starts his car, shifts into reverse, and floors the gas, driving into a lightpole. Oops!
* Digital Homicide, an idie developer selling games on Steam, quickly gained infamy when [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] did a blind play of ''The Slaughtering Grounds'' and trashed it for being buggy, having bad game design, and massive use of stock assets bought from the Unity story.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide would either take the criticism to heart and improve their game or at the very least, ignore Jim Sterling.\\
'''Instead''': They took his video, uploaded it to their Youtube account, and pasted passive aggressive messages over the video that insulted Jim Sterling at every opprotunity. When Jim Sterling laughed at it, they issued a copyright take down to get the video removed and didn't respond to Jim's counterclaim, which got the video back online anyway.\\
'''In Addition''': Digital Homicide later issued a threat against Jim Sterling that they have a lawyer willing to sue him unless he signed a document stating that he would never talk about them ever again. When Jim wanted to talk to his own lawyer about it before signing anything, Digital Homicide threatened him again before ending the phone call. The situation blew up further when the two held a debate on Skype, which amounted to nothing but Digital Homicide insulting, berating, talking over, and outright mocking Jim for his views and attitude on Digital Homicide and their games. Eventually, while still pumping out crappy games, Digital Homicide actually sued Jim Sterling for mental distress, loss of business, harassment, and pain and suffering.
** The story only gets crazier when months after filing a lawsuit against Jim Sterling, their case was on the verge of being dismissed, so they decided to file for an appeal to keep it going.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide to focus on the lawsuit and nothing else.\\
'''Instead''': They decided to sue 100 Steam users for simply ''giving negative reviews over the company's games.'' Digital Homicide issued a subpoena towards Valve in order to get them to release the personal information of the 100 users so that they could file the lawsuit properly. When Valve refused, Digital Homicide sued them as well!\\
'''The End Result''': Valve completely removed all of Digital Homicide's games on Steam in response, citing that the company was being extremely hostile towards their customers. This, in turn, caused Digital Homicide to lose whatever money they were making and they could no longer afford to file the lawsuits against the Steam users and Valve.[[note]]The lawsuit against Jim Sterling is still pending[[/note]] With Digital Homicide's games yanked off Steam, they admited that the company is completely finished. Some say [[LaserGuidedKarma they had it coming for a long time.]]Oops!
* Digital Homicide, an idie developer selling games on Steam, quickly gained infamy when [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]] did a blind play of ''The Slaughtering Grounds'' and trashed it for being buggy, having bad game design, and massive use of stock assets bought from the Unity story.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide would either take the criticism to heart and improve their game or at the very least, ignore Jim Sterling.\\
'''Instead''': They took his video, uploaded it to their Youtube account, and pasted passive aggressive messages over the video that insulted Jim Sterling at every opprotunity. When Jim Sterling laughed at it, they issued a copyright take down to get the video removed and didn't respond to Jim's counterclaim, which got the video back online anyway.\\
'''In Addition''': Digital Homicide later issued a threat against Jim Sterling that they have a lawyer willing to sue him unless he signed a document stating that he would never talk about them ever again. When Jim wanted to talk to his own lawyer about it before signing anything, Digital Homicide threatened him again before ending the phone call. The situation blew up further when the two held a debate on Skype, which amounted to nothing but Digital Homicide insulting, berating, talking over, and outright mocking Jim for his views and attitude on Digital Homicide and their games. Eventually, while still pumping out crappy games, Digital Homicide actually sued Jim Sterling for mental distress, loss of business, harassment, and pain and suffering.
** The story only gets crazier when months after filing a lawsuit against Jim Sterling, their case was on the verge of being dismissed, so they decided to file for an appeal to keep it going.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Digital Homicide to focus on the lawsuit and nothing else.\\
'''Instead''': They decided to sue 100 Steam users for simply ''giving negative reviews over the company's games.'' Digital Homicide issued a subpoena towards Valve in order to get them to release the personal information of the 100 users so that they could file the lawsuit properly. When Valve refused, Digital Homicide sued them as well!\\
'''The End Result''': Valve completely removed all of Digital Homicide's games on Steam in response, citing that the company was being extremely hostile towards their customers. This, in turn, caused Digital Homicide to lose whatever money they were making and they could no longer afford to file the lawsuits against the Steam users and Valve.[[note]]The lawsuit against Jim Sterling is still pending[[/note]] With Digital Homicide's games yanked off Steam, they admited that the company is completely finished. Some say [[LaserGuidedKarma they had it coming for a long time.]]
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'''Or''': Toss the apple to Hestia (she who tends the hearths of Olympus), Demeter (she in charge of all plant life), or maybe even Persephone or Amphrite, to TakeAThirdOption.\\
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'''Or''': Toss the apple to Hestia (she who tends the hearths of Olympus), Demeter (she in charge of all plant life), or maybe even Persephone or Amphrite, Amphritite, to TakeAThirdOption.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and gain the grudging approval of ''all three'' - Hera's dominion includes marriage - she can't object without mocking her own power; Aphrodite's is love - she has to stay her hand for pretty much the same reason; Athena, as a goddess of intellect, would also probably approve of this display of guile and skill. And to boot, he'd ingratiate himself with the hosts.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and gain the grudging approval of ''all three'' - three''. Hera's dominion includes marriage - she can't object without mocking her own power; Aphrodite's is love - she has to stay her hand for pretty much the same reason; Athena, as a goddess of intellect, would also probably approve of this display of guile and skill. And to boot, he'd ingratiate himself with the hosts.\\
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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine who's the most beautiful at a wedding feast. Aphrodite, Hera and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\
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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine who's the most beautiful at a wedding feast.feast by giving his choice an apple labeled as "For the Fairest". Aphrodite, Hera and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and ''at the very least'' gain the grudging approval of Hera (whose dominion includes marriage) and Aphrodite (who, well, rules over love). Athena, as a goddess of intellect, would also probably concede.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and ''at the very least'' gain the grudging approval of Hera (whose ''all three'' - Hera's dominion includes marriage) and Aphrodite (who, well, rules over love). marriage - she can't object without mocking her own power; Aphrodite's is love - she has to stay her hand for pretty much the same reason; Athena, as a goddess of intellect, would also probably concede.approve of this display of guile and skill. And to boot, he'd ingratiate himself with the hosts.\\
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* Every "I fear my son will upstage me" scenario in Myth/GreekMythology. A god/king learns from an oracle "your son with this woman will one day kill you".\\
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts of patricide.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts of patricide.\\
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* Every With two exceptions (both involving Zeus), every "I fear my son will upstage me" scenario in Myth/GreekMythology. A god/king learns from an oracle "your son with this woman will one day kill you".\\
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts ofpatricide.patricide (this is indeed what Zeus did: after failing to prevent her conceivement by ''eating her mother'' Zeus raised Athena with enough love she did not try and kill him; and upon discovering there was another such goddess he did not sire any child until he identified her as Themis, at which point he married her off to Peleus who, being equally GenreSavvy, raised their son Achilles the right way).\\
'''You'd Expect''': That God/king to avoid the woman like the plague and find someone else, or eventually raise the child with the kind of love and affection that would diffuse thoughts of
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'''Instead''': Theseus chooses Helen of Sparta, a princess whose kidnapping causes a political shitstorm to roll over Athens. Pirithous chooses ''Persephone'', the beloved wife of Hades and a powerful goddess in her own right. This goes as well as expected, with both Theseus and Pirithous imprisoned in the Underworld. Even if thanks to some miracle they actually managed to carry away Persephone, this is the woman whose mother threw a tantrum of epic proportions and starved most of the world the last time her daughter was kidnapped, and whose husband also threatened to release the dead if she was taken from him. It’s safe to assume that Greece would have to deal with both EndlessWinter and ZombieApocalypse this time around.
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'''Instead''': Theseus chooses Helen of Sparta, a princess whose kidnapping causes a political shitstorm to roll over Athens. Pirithous chooses ''Persephone'', the beloved wife of Hades and a powerful goddess in her own right. This goes as well as expected, with both Theseus and Pirithous imprisoned in the Underworld. Even if thanks to some miracle they actually managed to carry away Persephone, this is the woman whose mother threw a tantrum of epic proportions and starved most of the world the last time her daughter was kidnapped, and whose husband also threatened to release the dead if she was taken from him. It’s safe to assume that Greece would have to deal with both EndlessWinter and ZombieApocalypse this time around. To be fair to him, Theseus ''knew'' that kidnapping Persephone would have been a horrible idea and tried to make Pirithous change his mind, but had to go with it due a oath (that's also why Hades ultimately lets Theseus go when Herakles asks him. Pirithous, instead, is kept there).
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and ''at the very least'' gain the grudging approval of Hera (whose dominion includes marriage) and Aphrodite (who, well, rules over love). Chances are Athena would at least be somewhat impressed by this act of cunning.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and ''at the very least'' gain the grudging approval of Hera (whose dominion includes marriage) and Aphrodite (who, well, rules over love). Chances are Athena Athena, as a goddess of intellect, would at least be somewhat impressed by this act of cunning.also probably concede.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': For added context, this all happened in the middle of a wedding. He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and ''at the very least'' gain the grudging approval of Hera (whose dominion includes marriage) and Aphrodite (who, well, rules over love). Chances are Athena would at least be somewhat impressed by this act of cunning.\\
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'''Or Perhaps Even''': For added context, this all happened in the middle of a wedding. He could have given it to the bride (since the bride is the most beautiful woman in the world in her wedding day) and ''at the very least'' gain the grudging approval of Hera (whose dominion includes marriage) and Aphrodite (who, well, rules over love). Chances are Athena would at least be somewhat impressed by this act of cunning.\\
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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine whether Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite is most beautiful. All three try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\
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* And how 'bout probably the most famous one in mythology? Paris has been chosen as a judge to determine whether Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite is who's the most beautiful. All three beautiful at a wedding feast. Aphrodite, Hera and Athena all try to bribe him — Hera offers WorldDomination, Athena offers genius smarts and martial skill, and Aphrodite offers the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.\\
