From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
    wrote:   
      
   >> And then I have 6 different starts of fantasy with gods that all   
   >> petered out sooner or later. I guess gods don't work for me. Proper   
   >> gods have to be sensible, which either makes the story pointless   
      
   > Most of the stories involved with Greek mythology, in Homer and   
   > Hesiod, are driven by the god-sized lusts, resentments, and   
   > jealousies of the Olympian gods.  Especially Zeus and Poseidon with   
   > their sleeping around.   
      
   Ah, yeah. That'd be the thing to do different for me.   
      
   Just like I made what I see as a proper evil overlord, I'd want what I   
   see as a proper god (as opposed to humans in god suits). Where I run   
   into the mentioned problems.   
      
   Gods as bad guys could work, but my evil overlords and ladies already   
   turned out to be near all-powerful, almost indestructable (two main ones   
   defined as irremovable, but I found a way to get rid of them after   
   all!), with a bunch of different motivations and/or insanities.   
      
   For the poor sods that live in their cities they might as well be gods   
   for all that the normal people can do about them. Which, I guess, counts   
   as 'done' for me.   
      
   Besides, I'd prefer proper, decent gods.   
      
   >> I started with the 10 resistor colours (black, brown, red, orange,   
   >> yellow, green, blue, violet, gray, white),   
      
   > No silver and gold tolerance bands?   
      
   Hehe. Just the numbers 0 to 9.   
      
   Actually, silver does turn up (the bad guys have silver as their   
   colour), but it wasn't part of the initial frame. And gold turns up in   
   an object that causes it all (not shown in the story yet, possibly not   
   ever).   
      
   Kinda makes sense this way, even though I completely forgot about   
   tolerances (or didn't see them as part of the 10 proper colours).   
      
   --   
   "If it didn't look truly strange, I'd run off, too. My dear parents would   
   think I left my manners somewhere out in the wilderness, hanging on a tree."   
                                        -- Ranes, Magic Earth I: Getting Caught   
   Excerpts at:    
      
      
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