Mun is considering tushanshu

[olympic_lion]

Really, lad? No doubt there would be grand adventures in a land off the back of a turtle, and I understand you'd rather get established before that horrid-looking Hercules 3D comes forth and spawns its pale imitations, but consider all you already do. Do you really think you have the time for this?

Ah, well. Whether you persevere or let the notion fade, I appreciate your thinking of me.

Oh, and do keep reading those clever Percy Jackson books, will you? I hear there's plenty of such demigods to be found in that place, not to mention they're well worth reading! That Percy lends luster to Great-Grandfather's name.

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[fotlenke]

Three….dees? [ The little Vanir wonders what that is. Is it weird Midgardian slang? ] What would require three dees?

[olympic_lion]

Fancy mortal talk for a storytelling trick. It's easy to explain, in a moment anyway.

[What, you thought the little Vanir was going to get away from the BIGGEST BESTEST HUGS of all time? Man, who were you kidding?]

They like to tell their stories on great flat sheets, but with this maneuver they seek to go from a a flat picture to one that seems as if it's jumping out at you. ...Though I've no idea why the storytellers of this would want me jumping out at people! Apparently I'm most scary, or some such?

[fotlenke]

[ EEEE!! Sigyn loves hugs! ]

But --!! If there is to a flat picture, then why must there be jumping? Would that not be ineffective to its use? [ OH THE CURIOSITIES. ] Why not have you jump out at them without a flat picture? Much more simple.

[olympic_lion]

[Yay, hugs are of the good. So are lopsided grins! To some degree, anyway.]

Simpler, but far more expensive- and that's assuming I woud follow their bastardized script. Besides, this way they can show their flat pictures up on special walls, to almost every village in the land all at once! As grand as I am, all I can do is one place at a time, alas.

[Maybe TECHnically more if he busted out the Godly abilities, but he'd really rather not.]

[hydrokhoos]

Percy's a cute little thing.

[olympic_lion]

[THERE Gany was! Have a delighted smile!]

Remarkable, isn't he? It makes me feel a bit guilty for not being better at this 'God of Heroes' business.

[hydrokhoos]

Oh, nonsense. You're a perfect god of heroes. [ he pats his forearm fondly. ] Percy would be lucky to have you around. Though.. [ he makes a slightly grossed out face. ] .. Have you seen their version of me? He looks nothing at all like me!

[olympic_lion]

You're sweet to say it, but I know my flaws. Gods should be more about having Grand Plans to better people; I just do what I can, where I am. [He's kinda okay with this by now; the thing with Grand Plans is that it means using people, and treating tem as disposable parts. If one breaks, there's plenty more to choose from! And that's not a midnset Herc is willing to adopt, even if it leads to doing more good overall.]

I can't say I have, I've only been reading the books- and not all of them yet, either. But you make your repreasentative sound perfectly dreadful! [Poor Gany, he's not used to horrible misrepresentations yet. They should have broke him in more gently. :( ]

[hydrokhoos]

I think it's enough that you try to help people, Hercules. [ a fond smile. ] Sometimes, it's enough to be a sort of role model. You're flawed, yes, and you've made mistakes, but you've also recovered from them and bettered yourself. [ he reaches up to tweak his chin, mouth quirking. ] .. Often, all people need is an inspiration.

Well, he doesn't get much screentime, but it's enough for me to disapprove on principle. [ a dramatic eyeroll, because ganymede wouldn't be himself if he wasn't a little dramatic now and then. ] Honestly, some of the art I've seen is bad enough, but now there's this.

[olympic_lion]

[He smiled a little in return, but shook his head.] That's what being a hero is about, to be sure. Gods have much more expected of them; were I as good a god as Dionysus, say, I might not inspire as many heroes. But heroism would be a rather more survivable occupation that way. [Because seriously, the difference between 'effective god' and 'Korean Starcraft gamer' isn't all that great.

Though dramatic Ganymedian hissyfits are always fun to watch!] True, some portrayals can just seem painful. But isn't it better than not being remembered at all?

Besides, there are some good examples out there as well, eh?

[hydrokhoos]

Depends on the god, honey. Honestly, sometimes I think we could take lessons from some of the rest.

[ do you see this really unimpressed face, herc? ] .. Maybe for you. I haven't seen a decent interpretation of me anywhere. In the one Japanese comic thing I'm in, Apollo is keeping me captive in some sort of garden. And I'm helpless. [ 8| ] I haven't been helpless in a long time, even if my options are pretty limited.

[olympic_lion]

Well, there's always that vasty difference between what a good should be and what most are, more's the pity. But who's to be able to force a god to change?

What, no paintings, no sculptures to your liking? There are and have been people who care enough to create in your name and image, and I have a hard time seeing that as worse than not being cared about at all.

...Though it's rarely a good idea to pay attention to what comes out of Japan, they have a decidedly odd viewpoint on such things. Regardless, calling you helpless is absurd; as if you'd ever have made it this long that way! [Humph! HONESTLY.]

[changeanddie]

Hark, a friend of my brother and a famous one at that! Are they doing a dimension-of-three movie about your myths? I haven't seen any of those yet, as the ones I've found at the torrents of bit look awful on tablets. And let's face it, it would have been a difficult, pointless feat to drag a television set to an attic in the narrowest tower of Asgardia.

I know quite a few kids of that canon and they're interesting to poke. It's a popular kingdom of fan between the friends of my Lady Mun; I even share headspace with one son of Hephaestus. She says these books and the sequel are a quite fun read.

[olympic_lion]

[HEY, a tiny Loki! That's his very favorite type of Loki.] Two movies, in fact- this is the year I catch up with your mighty brother! Though admittedly, only one of them has all three dimensions to it. Has your neighboring Broxton no theater for such things?

[Well, maybe not 3D or IMAX in Oklahoma.] No matter; if Asgardia is in similar state as Olympus was, I can surely understand your television troubles. Besides, is not everything online anyway?

It surely is a fun story, though I wonder where I am in it. Admittedly it would make for a rather shortened series- let's face it, the children are to be the heroes, not those who have already found their place!- but when high Olympus is challenged by Typon and Titans alike, it's rather odd to have some folk sitting it out.

Still, I trust you and the smith's son get along well? I can scarce imagine what tools he crafts to aid you in your mischief! [Said with a broad smile, because this one really is about the mischief, not the malice. It's why he's the FUN one!]

[changeanddie]

Catching up to him sounds great! Hopefully they will give you justice, and you'll fare better than Perseus in the ones in which the kraken is released. They say bad publicity is still publicity, yet I can't say I benefit too much from my movie counterpart's. They do have one of those cinema-theaters in Broxton, but I'm not informed if they have the 3-D feature. I've never gone because my best friend was not interested in such entertainment, and going alone sounded dull. But as you say, moving pictures are moving pictures regardless of format, and on the Internet they're free.

I checked with my Mun, and apparently there is a Hercules cameo in the sequel series. However, it wasn't a favorable representation. Bitter, unlikable, uncouth. You're much cooler and more fun, she says. But those kids are smart enough not to judge you because their version sucks. You're like a superhero and a movie star all rolled up into one.

...He does craft amazing things, but he doesn't trust me enough to team up with me a lot. Mischief or not, Loki or not, I am a god and they're not too prone to befriend those. Bad experiences with his pantheon, I assume.

[olympic_lion]

I'll still not forgive them for that; Perseus was the hero I grew up idolizing, you know. [Greatest hero of Greece until Herc showed up- and the fact that he was family, just added more fuel to the fire!] All too true; a moviegoing should be a shared experience, complete with friends trying to steal your popcorn and whispers of 'Oh dang that was so cool!' and suchlike. Just not the same sharing it with strangers, alas.

[He winced at the further commentary, putting his hands to his ears right after 'However'.] Spoilers, lad, spoilers! You'd tear away my chance to discover for myself so that you might show off your knowledge? I should at least hope for a better return from such a clever fellow as yourself.

And given the way our pantheon operates, I can hardly blame him; Hermes may be the most blatant of us, but the petty vainglory and whimsy of my Family would make the post of Trickster God all but redundant. Why need someone to trip us up when we do it ourselves so well, eh?

But I'm sure there's room to convert the boy, so long as you play on your differences from the gods he knew rather than the similarities. Could be fun to try, perhaps?