From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 8, 2014 5:51:00 AM UTC-4, A. Tina Hall wrote:   
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   > >> And then I have 6 different starts of fantasy with gods that all   
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   > >> petered out sooner or later. I guess gods don't work for me. Proper   
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   > >> gods have to be sensible, which either makes the story pointless   
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   > > Most of the stories involved with Greek mythology, in Homer and   
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   > > Hesiod, are driven by the god-sized lusts, resentments, and   
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   > > jealousies of the Olympian gods.  Especially Zeus and Poseidon with   
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   > > their sleeping around.   
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   > Ah, yeah. That'd be the thing to do different for me.   
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   > Just like I made what I see as a proper evil overlord, I'd want what I   
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   > see as a proper god (as opposed to humans in god suits). Where I run   
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   > into the mentioned problems.   
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   I don't know what you mean by "proper."  You know what's proper for your   
   story, but apparently for the Greeks it's good stuff that Zeus cheats on his   
   wife; therefore, Hercules must suffer.   
      
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