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Skwirl posted:Bill, Son of Bill is in the halls of Valhalla drinking with Skurge and Ultimate Peter Parker. I'm okay with him being dead. This is the best thing about Norse mythology. You get a happy ending. (At least until Ragnarok.)
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Oct 29, 2014 13:48
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Shakenbaker posted:Ares dying is right with Bill, son of Bill's death in the list of reasons I hate The Siege. The better page for this thread would be his speech about how all the sensible poo poo you do in war? That's what Athena does. Ares is just about shootin' guns and killin' dudes.
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Oct 29, 2014 14:40
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Ares, god of Orks.
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Oct 29, 2014 14:51
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We have a really distorted modern view on the mythological Ares. A good chunk of mythology comes from Athens (patron deity Athena), who as you well know hated Sparta (patron deity Ares). So while a good chunk of the ancient Greek world had a more balanced view of the relationship between the two, in the mythology we know Ares spends most of his time getting into a drunken stupor and/or bloodlust and loving everything up (in But that misconception produces stuff like this, I'm all for it.
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Oct 29, 2014 16:26
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Hey, Thor and the other Asgardians were more like a cross between drunken frat boys and The Lost Vikings than any kind of heroes, but blond Superman in a horned hat is a lot more fun to read about.
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Oct 29, 2014 16:49
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Lurdiak posted:Hey, Thor and the other Asgardians were more like a cross between drunken frat boys and The Lost Vikings than any kind of heroes, but blond Superman in a horned hat is a lot more fun to read about. Thor and Loki at Utgardr is a fantastic story. Over the course of it: Thor takes two kids as servants instead of slaughtering their whole family The boy almost outruns thought itself Loki almost out-eats a blazing fire Thor drinks the sea Thor wrestles old age Thor hoists the Midgard serpent All of this is because a magical giant was trolling them the whole time, and he runs off whooping before Thor can stove his face in with a hammer And it just ends, like, welp, that's it Jesus loving Christ. What did we learn, Loki? I don't know, Thor. I don't loving know either. I guess we learned not to do it again. I'm hosed if I know what we did. Yes Thor, it's hard to say.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:41
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Phy posted:Thor and Loki at Utgardr is a fantastic story. Over the course of it: The way I remember it, the giants were secretly scared shitless because Thor was almost doing these impossible tasks so they knew that if it really came down to it he'd kick all of their asses by himself.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:46
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AnonSpore posted:The way I remember it, the giants were secretly scared shitless because Thor was almost doing these impossible tasks so they knew that if it really came down to it he'd kick all of their asses by himself. Yeah, they challenged Thor to empty a big ol' drinking horn, but it was actually the sea. (There was a noticeable dip in sea level, which scared them.) And Thor didn't know it was Jormungandr he was trying to lift -- he was disguised as someone else. Moral of the story: Thor can't tell beer from seawater. (Unless that was part of the illusion, but it's funnier this way.)
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Oct 29, 2014 17:49
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prefect posted:And Thor didn't know it was Jormungandr he was trying to lift -- he was disguised as someone else. It wouldn't by any chance have been Fin Fang Foom, would it? 
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Oct 29, 2014 17:54
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There's a pretty great Danish animated movie based on that story, "Valhalla". The part where Thor is dying to old age part was horrifying to watch as a kid.
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Oct 29, 2014 17:55
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Metal Loaf posted:It wouldn't by any chance have been Fin Fang Foom, would it? You are the wind beneath my wings. 
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Oct 29, 2014 17:56
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Male Man posted:We have a really distorted modern view on the mythological Ares. A good chunk of mythology comes from Athens (patron deity Athena), who as you well know hated Sparta (patron deity Ares). So while a good chunk of the ancient Greek world had a more balanced view of the relationship between the two, in the mythology we know Ares spends most of his time getting into a drunken stupor and/or bloodlust and loving everything up (in Well, that's Ares' description of his sister. In Hercules, she was a pretty amoral schemer, portrayed as worse than Zeus or Hera because she was dispassionate and wise enough to know better and not act rashly.
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I've always thought that Ares is a somewhat tragic figure, because he's older than Athena. For a while there, he was the only god of war, and then Athena was created as the goddess of cleverness and also war, and Ares was lessened. I think he remembers the time when he wasn't a brute and I think it tears him up inside that he can't ever not be a brute now, because he's not whole. And I think that's why he hates Athena so much.
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prefect posted:Yeah, they challenged Thor to empty a big ol' drinking horn, but it was actually the sea. (There was a noticeable dip in sea level, which scared them.) Thought was disguised as a runner, Fire was disguised as another eater, the Midgard Serpent was disguised as a cat, Old Age was disguised as the Giant Utgard-Loki's grandmother, the Sea was disguised as a drinking horn. it is an awesome story. edit: It is noteworthy that the thought almost being outrun by a normal boy is Utgard-Loki's, which might suggest he's not a particularly quick thinker kujeger fucked around with this message at 18:37 on Oct 29, 2014 |
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Oct 29, 2014 18:31
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Male Man posted:We have a really distorted modern view on the mythological Ares. A good chunk of mythology comes from Athens (patron deity Athena), who as you well know hated Sparta (patron deity Ares). So while a good chunk of the ancient Greek world had a more balanced view of the relationship between the two, in the mythology we know Ares spends most of his time getting into a drunken stupor and/or bloodlust and loving everything up (in The Spartans were super-awful, though. Like, fantasy-novel Evil Kingdom poo poo. They were the most assholish of the Greek city-states, so it would make sense for their god to be a total rear end in a top hat too.
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Oct 29, 2014 19:44
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Small Frozen Thing posted:The Spartans were super-awful, though. Like, fantasy-novel Evil Kingdom poo poo. They were the most assholish of the Greek city-states, so it would make sense for their god to be a total rear end in a top hat too. You only think that because you've been fed Athenian propaganda your whole life.
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Phy posted:Thor and Loki at Utgardr is a fantastic story. Over the course of it: There's also the prelude to the story where Utgard-Loki disguises himself as a giant called Skrymir to gently caress with Thor. He tricks them to sleep in his glove (which somehow was pretty humorous to Utgard-Loki), he tells Thor to untie his bag which turns out to be impossible, Thor then smashes his hammer on Skrymir's head when he's sleeping which causes Skrymir to ask if a feather landed on his forehead. Skrymir then walks away from a furious Thor, probably laughing his rear end off.
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prefect posted:You only think that because you've been fed Athenian propaganda your whole life. If only Sparta had thought of Fox News.
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Oct 29, 2014 20:06
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Threep posted:There's a pretty great Danish animated movie based on that story, "Valhalla". The part where Thor is dying to old age part was horrifying to watch as a kid. Based on comics, too! It's too bad they're not available in English because I bet everyone here would love them. They're like Norse mythology as seen through the eyes of Carl Barks or something to that effect. One of the first volumes even has a cameo from The Warriors Three. And others: 
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Male Man posted:We have a really distorted modern view on the mythological Ares. A good chunk of mythology comes from Athens (patron deity Athena), who as you well know hated Sparta (patron deity Ares). So while a good chunk of the ancient Greek world had a more balanced view of the relationship between the two, in the mythology we know Ares spends most of his time getting into a drunken stupor and/or bloodlust and loving everything up (in Ares wasn't just War, he was also the source of Masculinity (so if you wanted to call a guy a wuss, you'd say "he has no Ares in him") and the God of Cops (and also the lord of Civil Disorder). It peaks through in a few stories, like when Sisyphus captured Death, Ares was the one to track down and arrest the guy, then take him to prison (Tartarus).
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Byzantine posted:Ares wasn't just War, he was also the source of Masculinity (so if you wanted to call a guy a wuss, you'd say "he has no Ares in him") and the God of Cops (and also the lord of Civil Disorder). So Ares was the proto-Judge Dredd? 
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Oct 29, 2014 20:24
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Hakkesshu posted:And others: Musical guest Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
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Oct 29, 2014 21:24
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Hakkesshu posted:Based on comics, too! It's too bad they're not available in English because I bet everyone here would love them. They're like Norse mythology as seen through the eyes of Carl Barks or something to that effect. One of the first volumes even has a cameo from The Warriors Three. They were translated to Finnish though, and were indeed awesome...over a decade when I read them and I still remember.
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Well I'd watch it... Uncanny Avengers Annual #1
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Alhazred posted:There's also the prelude to the story where Utgard-Loki disguises himself as a giant called Skrymir to gently caress with Thor. He tricks them to sleep in his glove (which somehow was pretty humorous to Utgard-Loki), he tells Thor to untie his bag which turns out to be impossible, Thor then smashes his hammer on Skrymir's head when he's sleeping which causes Skrymir to ask if a feather landed on his forehead. Skrymir then walks away from a furious Thor, probably laughing his rear end off. I swear this was done in a Marvel comic at some point but my Thor-sense is failing me.... I want to say Buscema did the art?
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Oct 29, 2014 23:47
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Marvel Adventures: The Avengers Vol 1. I think you brought the wrong gun entirely, Hatemonger.
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GPTribefan posted:I swear this was done in a Marvel comic at some point but my Thor-sense is failing me.... I want to say Buscema did the art?
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DarkCrawler posted:They were translated to Finnish though, and were indeed awesome...over a decade when I read them and I still remember. I managed to track down a few scans! From Valhalla vol. 3. Note, this was published in 1982. Odin is wandering around the wilderness of Midgard searching for warriors to defend Asgard. He's getting more and more dismayed by the idiots he's found so far, but then:  Raven: Look! Over there! Odin: Yeah... probably someone fighting. Raven: But this guy is really good! Odin: Yeah, it always starts out like that. Raven: But - aren't you going to try and recruit him? Odin: Why? There's no point... Raven: Oh, come on... Odin: Alright, fine. Odin: Nicely done, young man, I'm guessing you are a Christian? (note: This is referring to a previous "client") Warrior: No...? Odin: Oh, so you're probably on your way home to your wife... Warrior: No, I'm not married. Odin: Reeeeaaally... do you live nearby? Warrior: We've made camp over there by the bushes. Odin: WE?   Odin: If you have friends nearby, why not call for help? Warrior: Why? There were only six of them. Odin: I guess your friends aren't quite like you... Warrior: Nah... Warrior: They're a pretty rough couple. Odin: Really? How many are you?  Warrior: Three. Warrior: I am Fander... That's Hogur over there... And that's Voldsdag. We call him 'nutty' (note: Voldsdag, the way it's spelled here, literally means "violence day") Odin: And I am... ODIN - KING OF THE GODS Fander: Oh. Voldsdag: I see. Hogur: Well, hail to you, then   Odin: I offer you all a place by my side in the hall of Einherjar - follow me to Valhalla! Fander: Well... I was on my way home, but what do you guys think? Voldsdag: Valhalla? Well, we've never been there. Hogur: What about Byzantium? We've never been there either. You know we'll end up in Asgard sooner or later. Odin: B-but... it's a great honor for you... Fander: That's true, but on the other hand we HAVE never been to Byzantium. Odin: THAT'S ENOUGH. I am the god of death, so you're going to come along whether you want to or not! MOVE IT. Hogur: Well, if you put it like that... And so, Odin returned with his warriors three. Later  Odin: Giants on Iðavöllr, never before has the enemy been so close to our gates! Hogur: Yeah... what do you want us to do about it? Odin: GET THEM. Hugin and Munin, fetch my wolves. (I think you get the gist of the rest)  Warrior 1: Well now I want to join! Warrior 2: Wait! Whose side are we on? Warrior 3: Who cares! Giants are giants and giants need their asses kicked! Hakkesshu fucked around with this message at 01:51 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Say Nothing posted:Marvel Adventures: The Avengers Vol 1. Uh... isn't Giant Girl like 15 in those books?
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Small Frozen Thing posted:The Spartans were super-awful, though. Like, fantasy-novel Evil Kingdom poo poo. They were the most assholish of the Greek city-states, so it would make sense for their god to be a total rear end in a top hat too. They had a pretty good sense of humor at least. "IF"
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Oct 30, 2014 02:21
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:They had a pretty good sense of humor at least.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:They had a pretty good sense of humor at least.
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Gaz-L posted:Uh... isn't Giant Girl like 15 in those books? That's Wasp. It is easier to include her in the avengers when you don't have to pretend that her normal powers are useful.
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Oct 30, 2014 03:02
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Uh, Janet van Dyne is Giant Girl in that comic, not Wasp.
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Same difference, right?
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By Wasp I was obviously referring to Hank Pym's brief use of the name. Duh.
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Gaz-L posted:Uh... isn't Giant Girl like 15 in those books? So is Spider-man.
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