User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-174.59.197.1-20121021194520/@comment-3146930-20121022021720

Hercules is an interesting case. He considers being a god to be more of a curse, as he spends his immortal life thinking about his mortal one. However, he chooses to spend his time thinking about that. Achelous even said that he most likely doesn't have to spend so much time on the island and only goes there to sulk instead of spending time with his wife. He is pretty much punishing himself, so I don't feel sorry for him at all.