Board Thread:Percy Jackson & the Olympians/@comment-31481772-20170602080801/@comment-27518339-20170707165519

Oceanhalo12 wrote: 23Christopher wrote:

VidiaPhoenix wrote:

Oceanhalo12 wrote: ^Hades,Persephone,Hecate,Thanatos and other Underworld Gods are literally the most sane because they understand death and pain and grief and change. I call them the Tier One of Sanity, along with Eros, Aphrodite, and Ares(who while annoying, respect the human experience).

Tier Two is like Poseidon, Demeter, Apollo and such. Generally cool. but reckless-no problem destroying entire cities over their own disputes(or inventions in Hephaestus's case).

Tier Three is the ones who were driven mad and can be sympathized with; Hera is the main but I'm sure there are others(Aeolus maybe?).

Tier Four are the a**holes who know what they are doing and just don't seem to care-Zeus,Artemis, etc. Pretty much impossible to like. I really wouldn't rate Aphrodite and Eros as high. Aphrodite literally started a war that ended up anihilating a city because, "lol, love problems." Eros bullied a child and dragged him kicking and screaming out of the closet. We supposed to sympathize with that? He was literally beating and hitting Nico and his friend, phsychologically manipulating him until he admitted his sexuality. That wasn't kind. It was one of the most horrid and cruel displays I've seen. Zeus and Poseidôn raped their sister Demeter.

Hera had Herakles inflicted with madness, in which he killed his wife Megara alongside their children.

Ares... is Ares.

While bathing Artemis, a maiden named Aura compared the goddess' body to her own, insisting that Artemis couldn't have been an actual virgin. Artemis, in her anger, then sought out Nemesis to seek retribution for the insult; the girl was then raped by Dionysos. Well yeah we got it. Zeus is a rapist. Although I'm not sure if Poseidon really raped her. He just turned into a horse and chased her til she gave in. While it's still revolting behavior, I wouldn't go as far as rape. And yeah Hera was driven crazy though like how sane could anyone be if they're husband cheated on her non-stop with women who didn't even wan't him and your the goddess of marriage so you can't divorce. Essentially, she's just a captive for Zeus to go back to whenever he's tired of mortal women(and that one mortal prince)/nymphs/other goddesses.

Yes, but Herakles was the illegitimate offspring of Zeus; therefore any and all punishment, such as death or disease should naturally befall him. How would it be justified that his wife and children should pay for his sin? Sounds just as illogical as the Abrahamic God Himself.