Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-3146930-20140423030117/@comment-4902593-20140501064114

If the goddesses gave me this offer, then I would have a hard time trying to choose between power and wisdom.

Advantages of accepting Hera's Power: When you have power you have almost everything you want. Hot girls/guys automatically come to you (if you are a guy/girl). You get any task done at a much faster rate. The only thing you need to do is use your power carefully and not screw it up as things can go messy against you. And yes, if you have power then obviously you make a lot of enemies and you can't trust anyone. You constantly have to eliminate them, either as a hero or as a villain. And there are chances of you developing insane paranoia like Zeus does in the HoO.

Advantages of accepting Athena's Wisdom: If wisdom includes the Art of Psychological Manipulation, I'd totally take it 'cause you can automatically gain power. Also you can have a good career and have a much faster learning curve. Although there can be a tendency where you end up socially isolated. But still Athena's offer has the least backlash. Also you need to be careful about publicizing your works of wisdom as there can be cases of intelligence theft and plagiarism.

Disadvantages of accepting Aphrodite's offer: This is relatively the lamest offer ever. Who needs romantic love when you have power and wisdom. The only advantage of that offer is that it kills boredom and loneliness. Otherwise if you look at history, many powerful leaders fell from power due to succumbing to love. And love also messes up with your wisdom. Thus love must be avoided at all costs by the powerful and the wise.

Secondly, you are getting this offer from the Greek goddess (never make a solemn deal with Greek Gods) who started the Trojan War. The backlash of this offer is that you never know if the person you like is genuinely in love with you or simply manipulating you. You never know when this person will break your heart. This leads to the conclusion that "Although you love someone, you can and must never ever trust that person completely".