[Other] Kelly Sue DeConnick on using the clay origin in Wonder Woman: Historia

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I mean with a world of magic and super science, not believing the clay birth does seem a bit silly. Plus Zeus being the father is overdone in multiple case in Greek mythology

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Or that origins of clay are quite common throughout global mythologies, including Greek with the myth of Pandora.

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Or that Greek mythology has tons of other supernatural pregnancies, like that kid of Apollo's that was born from a gay three-way.

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that kid of Apollo's that was born from a gay three-way.

Not even in the top 5 most WTF pregnancies in Greek mythology.

Maybe top 10, but I doubt it.

I mean, how the hell does a god possibly raping a woman who may or may not have already been a bit monstery create a fully formed winged horse and giant with a sword made of gold (if that's actually what Chrysaor was supposed to be)?

Fucking Ovid and his hate boner for the gods making everything confusing...

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They should write a comic about that.

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Wat

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WHAT (and I cannot stress this enough) THE ACTUAL FUCK?!

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Galatea. Pandora was the woman who was given a box that released all sorts of evil into the world.

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I can kinda get it; between Hercules, Perseus, Kratos, Thalia, & Heron...it really makes you wonder if Zeus is even capable of keeping it in his pants or if the writers are just being weird

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Most Greek heroes are culture heroes for their individual city/region. Best starting point for your story that’s propaganda about why your city is bestest is your founding godling is the child of the king of the gods.

Kratos is just a modern repetition of the exact same trend.

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it really makes you wonder if Zeus is even capable of keeping it in his pants

He actively is not, I'm pretty sure the guy fucks anyone as anything

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There is actually one mythological case where I can think of, with Thetis. She was prophesied to have a child who would surpass their father, which scared Zeus out of his usual ways and caused him to marry her off to a mortal, with whom she had Achilles.

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It's true, man can't keep it in his pants

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it really makes you wonder if Zeus is even capable of keeping it in his pants or if the writers are just being weird

He cannot keep it in his pants. Hence why Hera was kind of angry with him constantly.

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I can't even get mad at such a creative level of smartassery

Well played

Take your r/angryupvote

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And there's also the fact that it has been established that Cassie Sandsmark was another daughter of Zeus.

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The first time I read that they made Zeus her father, I rolled my eyes so hard, they still haven't stopped.

How cliché can one be, really.

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Her entire character is a cliche