From: A_Tina_Hall@kruemel.org   
      
    wrote:   
   > A. Tina Hall wrote:   
   >>  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.   
   >>   
   > I don't know what you mean by "proper."   
      
   What I would expect something to be like.   
      
   > You know what's proper for your story,   
      
   Yeah, that's what isn't working out. What I see as proper (good) gods   
   would make the story pointless. They would prevent all bad things; no   
   story to write that I want to write. If they don't they're not what I   
   call proper gods. (Unless they're the bad guys,...)   
      
   > but apparently for the Greeks it's good stuff that Zeus cheats on his   
   > wife; therefore, Hercules must suffer.   
      
   And that's what I'd do different. What anyone else thinks is good is   
   irrelevant for this, I have to like the way the characters act. Whether   
   it's an evil overlord matching what I find is a credible evil overlord,   
   or a god matching my idea of what they should be like.   
      
   As mentioned, a lot of what sparked my stories was what I'd want to do   
   different to the stuff that annoys me in others' stories (including most   
   'gods' I came across). It just isn't working out with this.   
      
      
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   "We are Farseers. We know."   
   "My brother is a Farseer, too. He knows better."   
    -- One of the council and Senar, Magic Earth II: Without Heart   
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