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FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
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#40476: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:09:24 AM

Okay, so Vacuo has it the worst out of all four though that wasn't always the case. Granted, it seems racism isn't an issue there, provided one fends for themselves.

Sadly, it appears that Menagerie and The Ominous Continent are gonna be omitted for the time being.

edited 21st Oct '16 10:09:43 AM by FergardStratoavis

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#40477: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:18:45 AM

Beowulf is also overrated as hell. The title character is an overly violent nutcase.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#40478: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:19:57 AM

So how much longer after it's out on their website will the episodes be on You Tube (or Crunchyroll if that's a thing)?

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#40479: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:21:48 AM

[up][up] That's often the case for ancient heroes. They come from an age where "hero" did not mean "bastion of goodness and justice" but rather "person of great importance who affects great changes through personal might, often in the name of themselves".

Like, depending on which version of the Ten Labours you listen to, the mighty Hercules may or may not have raped the Queen of the Amazons. And that was okay with people back then, because you weren't supposed to glean moral lessons from him. You were just supposed to surprised at his awesome achievements.

edited 21st Oct '16 10:24:35 AM by TobiasDrake

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40480: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:28:22 AM

[up]Never heard of that version. The closest I heard was the Amazons thought he was trying to rape her and attacked him due to Hera trying to screw with him, because she was a vindictive bitch who hated Heracles because his father was Zeus and he wasn't hers. Because remember: Most of the Greek deities were Jerkass Gods aside from like, Pluto.

Hell, the most common version of Medusa's origin story is that she was raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple, and she was turned into a horrible monster by Athena for "letting" it happen. Yeah. Like you can say "no" to the second-most powerful god

edited 21st Oct '16 10:31:09 AM by BlackSunNocturne

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40481: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:30:30 AM

Oh.

New volume tomorrow.

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#40483: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:33:58 AM

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Oh trust me, I know a lot of this stuff. I had to read Beowulf and The Canterbury Tales in my English Lit class, and there's massive amounts of values dissonance in there that disturbs me.

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40484: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:36:35 AM

[up]Same here. I don't see why it disturbs you though, unless you're used to the recent trend of Politically Correct History.

Like, all of the values today? Only recent inventions for the most part.

edited 21st Oct '16 10:37:03 AM by BlackSunNocturne

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40485: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:36:42 AM

Greek mythology in general is...

I mean we made a video game where the protagonist murders all of the Greek Gods and ultimately no craps were given because they're all a bunch of jerks.

I never hear anything as bad about Norse mythology though.

[up](3) I was kind of shocked myself. I just went to look for that sitcom-y Chibi episode people were talking about and got stuck on Ep 23, looked down at the Character Short and realized it said Oct 22.

I'd kind of expect Kotaku or reddit to be exploding with hype by now, or for there to be a new trailer on Rooster Teeth. We didn't get a new intro trailer either.

Unless this is an in-house premiere that a select few get to see a week before everyone else. That'd be kind of balls.

edited 21st Oct '16 10:39:02 AM by Soble

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#40486: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:38:07 AM

So since it wasn't answered earlier, when does the episode air on You Tube after it airs on the site?

Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#40487: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:40:10 AM

Like a day or two later...? I never kept track of it.

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#40488: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:41:27 AM

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Ever read the tale of the Wife of Bath from The Canterbury Tales?

Long story short, she goes through five (not three, apparently I was mistaken) marriages and the third one involves her husband "dominating" her (as in, rape). Somehow this was supposed to be a major feminist tale.

We had to read this in my English Lit class. I got pretty disgusted by it.

edited 21st Oct '16 10:44:41 AM by AdricDePsycho

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#40489: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:43:40 AM

"Most of the Greek deities were Jerkass Gods aside from like, Pluto."

Who kidnapped his niece and forced her to marry him.

Vacuo's relatively good track record regarding faunus descrimination makes me wonder if Sun's dismissal of the White Fang as needless rabble rousers is because his own experiences, or lack thereof, with racism back home.

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#40490: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:44:23 AM

Also, his name was Hades. Pluto was a Roman god.

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VutherA Since: Jul, 2009
#40492: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:49:08 AM

It's fine to make your own versions of ancient stories if you didn't like them. Now that's the real spirit of ancient lore.

BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40493: Oct 21st 2016 at 10:53:52 AM

[up][up][up][up]He kidnapped her after getting permission to marry her from Zeus. And he didn't force her to stay with him. He was actually willing to let her go, but she ate those pomegranate seeds while in the underworld. He was one of the few Greek gods who asked permission to marry someone, and of the myths he appears in, he's generally an amiable (if grim) fellow.

[up][up][up]It's either or actually. Pluto was what the Greeks called him around the 5th century BC. You're thinking of Plouton.

[up][up][up][up][up]I don't know why, but that amuses me. Probably because feminists today would have a conniption if they read that [lol]

edited 21st Oct '16 10:55:06 AM by BlackSunNocturne

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#40494: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:00:03 AM

He got permission from Zeus because her mother said no. And that's still kidnapping. He didn't let her go willingly, Zeus forced him to give her back because Demeter was going to let everyone die otherwise. He tricked her into eating that fruit that forced her to come back every year.

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#40495: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:02:26 AM

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I mean, I can see the tale being progressive for the time, but it's still disgusting. I have very low tolerance of showing abuse and rape in a positive light (mainly due to IRL circumstances I won't go into).

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BlackSunNocturne Since: Aug, 2013
#40496: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:07:11 AM

[up][up]And yet, kidnapping his wife is the only strike against him. Compare his brothers. Also he never tricked her, well in the one I have in my collection of Greek Myths he doesn't trick her. He specifically tells her not to eat anything in the underworld, else she'd be bound to it.

[up]Makes sense I suppose.

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#40497: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:10:43 AM

I mean we made a video game where the protagonist murders all of the Greek Gods and ultimately no craps were given because they're all a bunch of jerks.

Wasn't that because of the opening of Pandora's Box and letting it infect everybody?

@On Hades: That was admittedly the only bad thing he ever did. Doesn't make it less bad, but he's nowhere near the league of Zeus, Hera or Ares. [nja]

edited 21st Oct '16 11:11:02 AM by FergardStratoavis

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#40498: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:20:31 AM

Yes, the third game reveals that Kratos opening Pandora's Box caused the gods to become infected with all the evils of the world. It's a way of hammering home the idea that Kratos is the villain of his own story.

That's a critical part of God Of War: you're not supposed to like Kratos. He's kinda the bad guy.

edited 21st Oct '16 11:21:10 AM by TobiasDrake

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#40499: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:26:30 AM

So summarize the nations:

  • Vale: Just an okay place to me. Nothing great, but better than a sharp claw in the eye.
  • Mistral: Has little bit of everything, from high class to low cutthroats.
  • Atlas: Human gut gud and became gudder than everyone else.
  • Vacuo: Everything what hunky dory. But everything changed when every other nation attacked.

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Vertigo_High Since: May, 2010
#40500: Oct 21st 2016 at 11:27:39 AM

Sadly the RAPE IS OKAY is prevalent in a lot of old cultural myth around the world, not just Greek mythology. If it was portrayed in a bad light it's usually due more to having sex with a women that wasn't yours rather than the actual act of forcing oneself upon her.

What time exactly is this supposed to drop? i know it's tomorrow but i'm not sure when.


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