For the most part, yeah. It’s why I’m hoping for a good deal of ‘no’ moments with Zeus to at least make it clear to our only possible father that some Bearers aren’t going to tolerate him treating them as a personal weapon/possession at his disposal and will have a willful reaction if he tries to exert his will too much on them or is making clearly unreasonable demands of them.
But in a number of his stories, Zeus actually did his best to protect his lovers and the children born from his affairs in some way, so he did have some better sides to him. I can’t see Children of the Gods Zeus sticking his neck out like that unless he has something to gain from it (he did defend us, but he had everything to lose and very little to gain from the Bearer dying), but it’s at least something to think about. Not that I’m holding my breath about dreaming of seeing a better side to Children of the Gods Zeus.
But can we at least agree that Disney Zeus is a good guy? I mean, look how he is with baby Hercules.
And then when he reunites with his own kid after being apart from him for so long (though it was explicitly stated by the Muses that he and Hera watch over their child from afar).
If Zeus had a more fatherly reaction to the Bearer like that, I’d be more willing give him a chance, even knowing his not-so-great sides.
Rip Torn Zeus is best timeline Zeus, absolutely, but this version would also probably maybe not try and raise the Bearer to be a weapon, and is thus nothing like CotG Zeus.
Hmm, maybe in one of the endings the Bearer recreates the timeline so that the gods are like their Disney counterparts? (RIP Hot Hermes)
Yeah, Disney Zeus would’ve more likely have had the Bearer completely by accident from a much healthier relationship and would’ve actually tried to prepare the Bearer for the future prophecy more so that they could defend themselves from what the future has in store for them. He also would’ve been more of a father to Saint, given our younger brother a more stable family life, and would’ve cared about the Bearer and Saint equally.
I just figured I’d bring up that at least the Disney version of Zeus would’ve tried his hardest to be a father to the Bearer (in a way that I could honestly have seen Poseidon doing to some extent, though with more awkwardness involved in his case).
But I don’t want Uncle Henry to become a jerk (Although the Disney version of the Gods did make Aphrodite loyal to Hephaestus and Hera actually nice)
And it would take away from what makes the CotG’s Twelve really interesting and my personal eagerness to discover what hides behind their Godly masks (even if these gods aren’t particularly friendly and the possibility of the Bearer having a father that at least cared about them to some level is now nonexistent).
(I do want to make it clear that the CotG Gods do interest me a great deal and I’m eager to see in what ways they each lack a sense of humanity, how diverse the levels of humanity in them are, and how they may react to a Bearer who may have a stronger connection with their own humanity or a past connection to the Gods themselves).
I’m actually hoping to have a option to backhand slap Zeus for trying to think he can get everything he wants out of me. Like dude, just because you’re the King of gods does not mean I have to listen to your dumbass.
You confuse Disney with actual mythology. Disney is not repeatable for its exactness… Zeus is basically slut and Hera tried to kill Hercules not Hades.
Well yeah but at the end of the day it isint about the actual Greek myths, it’s about how rohie characterizes them, heck for all we know zeus could be closer to his Disney counter part that his myths.
Am I the only one who has felt that Zeus’ character is pretty mild? I mean, to me he came across pretty chill considering. This is only the very beginning, so I’m curious to see where she goes with his character.
…? I believe there’s been some confusion about what I was saying.
I was merely stating that Disney’s version of Zeus would have been more likely to take on a fatherly role with the Bearer than the CotG Zeus or some of the other portrayals of Zeus done in a number of his mythologies. I’m well aware of that Disney’s version of Zeus is just one of the many portrayals out there of the King of the Gods; I was exposed to written mythology long before I ever got into animation and learned even during those readings that different writers/artists tended to focus on different aspects of the mythological figures they took a interest in.
Please don’t make assumptions about what a person may or may not know. It comes off as a little insulting (even though I’m sure that wasn’t your intention at all).
It’d certainly be a shock to see CotG Zeus actually having something in common with Disney Zeus.
But you’re right; there’s very little we truly know about the Gods in @Rohie’s story. All we can do is guess until the demo gets updated and see for ourselves what our interactions with them clue us in on.
Huge fan of Hades! Him being the father would definitely be awesome, but having the father play a more important role would be great too, e.g. little scenes or choices that impact on your relationship with him (and building one if you would like to do that!)
Love the story so far, also the story of mcs childhood is very interesting as well and the choices about life and death are great! Like the MCs personality choices, being sarcastic and more toughI guess Looking forward to!
…I mean I laughed…but at the same time, I think I’ve lost some faith in humanity if that is a actual existing ice cream.
That aside:
I was re-watching the anime Spice and Wolf, and when I got to this particular scene, I could not help but see something like this happening between Sage (when she’s a little calmer) and a laid-back yet playful Bearer.
I believe there’s been some confusion about what I was saying.
Looking forward to!
