#h1-story-discussion

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twin flare
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Are there more after?

drifting citrus
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yes

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there’s one more conversation with nyx

dusty elbow
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Yeah if she says something about like “subsection alpha gamma zeta” or some other combo of Greek letters I forget that’s the trigger

drifting citrus
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before you can proceed with the quest

waxen otter
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Does anyone know how to further unlock the Artemis gifting thing? I have just been using her keepsake every run in hopes just spam interacting with her would do something but it has been so long.

twin flare
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Goit it!

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Can you deepen your relationship with multiple people or are there negative consequences

waxen otter
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You can deepen your relationship with multiple people with zero negative consequence as far as I can tell

twin flare
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Cool

dusty elbow
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Supergiant said Polyamory Rights

uneven loom
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Yo I got a message saying a work order would be unlocked to free Orpheus, but it didn’t happen. I don’t see the work order. Did I do something wrong?

distant pike
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no, do one run and then come back

wise shard
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can you use ambrosia for anything besides gifting it to unlock companions?

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or can i sell some of this off for other thigns

flat shell
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It upgrades the summon the companions do to give you more uses.

wise shard
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ah

bleak warren
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me: "YES! I finally killed Hades!"
2nd phase
me: surprised pikachu face

haughty carbon
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Ah the bliss of lack of knowledge that Hades has two phases.

bleak warren
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I lost both of my death defy on the 1st phase too

haughty carbon
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Oh oh

dusty elbow
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Oh RIP

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Did you manage to get out, or did dad give you the boot?

bleak warren
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i died

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i dont know actually know if theres even a 3rd phase or not

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I'm scared

dusty elbow
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Would you like me to tell you or would you like to find out on your own?

undone reef
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What to do with Bouldy?

lost jungle
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love him

undone reef
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Once the Bouldy trinket acquired...

lost jungle
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he gives you a small boon when you give him nectar

frozen jolt
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love him... or else maybe_so

dusty elbow
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Give him love!!! He’s a really great listener.

ornate siren
haughty carbon
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Okay, who gave Bouldy a knife?

digital totem
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What have you got? A KNIFE! ... NO!

haughty carbon
dusty elbow
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Dear gods what are these emoticons

undone reef
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@lost jungle Bouldy gives a small boon?

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Does it upgrade a boon?

dusty elbow
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Nah, it’s a separate boon

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You believe in Bouldy so Bouldy believes in you

dense sparrow
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ambiguity bonus, what does it do?

haughty carbon
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Nothing gameplay wise

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But it gives you strength in believing yourself

brittle flume
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Conversely, if you don't believe in Bouldy, Bouldy won't believe in you

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and your lies

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Wish I had that emoticon

lyric pine
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out of curiosity, i take it that the archive room is related to the whole "get sisyphus out of trouble" thing, but what exactly do i need to do?

haughty carbon
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Have to talk Nyx about it, do a run, talk to her and then you can get the contract. Do another run and then you will have contract available to purchase.

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Suggest stacking up on diamonds

lyric pine
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ah gotcha

fathom jewel
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You know how when you finish a run the narrator says something along the lines of let's just pretend you got clobbered here

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Why don't they just make funny/stupid ways Zag dies like falling off a bridge or Gods playing a prank on him, every time he dies he goes back to the underworld whether he escaped or not, why not have a bit of fun with ti

bleak osprey
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well, you do see how he dies if you die during regular gameplay so that wouldn’t work

atomic forge
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What is the % of chance to get 3 heroic boons following each others ?

silent hull
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I am not able to find any information at all about what the Pack of Punishment Benefits Package does online, does any one know it's a permanent upgrade or temporary bonus?

manic stag
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Anyone fancy helping a bro out?
I've been trying to reunite our lyrical lovebirds, but even though I've had dialogue eluding to finding Orpheus's contract as a means of reuniting them, I haven't had anything else from this subplot (this was about 10 runs ago).
Since then I've reunited Nyx and Chaos, unveiled Arthur and took it to the surface.
Am I missing something?
I've had both at the lock since the pre Demeter patch.
I just wanna reunite them T^T

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@silent hull Benefits package gives enemies with armour a random upgrade, such as extra health, damage, AoE, Teleportation etc.
Some fun shenanigans to be had with that punishment 🙂

silent hull
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Ah so it makes the game harder for even more heat, thanks for the clarification it sounded like an bonus upgrade from the title

manic stag
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Yeah - I can understand the confusion 🙂
I think the minor prophecies lists all the available upgrades enemies can get

silent hull
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Should have called it a penalty package

ornate siren
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It's benefits for the enemies

frozen jolt
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everything that adds on heat will make the game harder

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yep - its a benefits package for the enemies, not for you shadesmile

atomic forge
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Guess I'm just going to make my own researches

frozen jolt
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i think someone here made a chart, but if you scroll a bit you can see it in the patch notes too

restive elk
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I dont know why, but I like to think that Routine Inspection makes one of the shades in the House just come into Zag's room and manually switch off the talents.

errant patio
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wait so how do i reunite people? i just give them nectar? i havent been doing that stuff yet xD

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only one i gave nectar to is my boii Cerb because he is the best doggo

restive elk
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yeah, basically drown them in contraband bevrages and do some dumpsterdiving sped-up bureaucracy.

warm sinew
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im glad dusa gave the ambrosias back lmao

errant patio
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and what means that clock heart?

frozen jolt
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not yet in the game

errant patio
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oh okay so i just wait i guess

runic terrace
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jdjfjfjfj zag goes back into his room for something n sees a shade poking at his mirror and hes like >:0

restive elk
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Dusa giving back all those Ambrosias is a huge moral dilema. On one snake the Best Platonic Girl deserves it, on the other... those Aspects are not gonna upgrade themselves and I lowkey don't wanna go past 10 heat...

runic terrace
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YEAH for sure.... in the end, i took them back and felt happy with my descision, but it was SO HARD to choose

lost jungle
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well

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she said she doesnt want your help

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and wants to achieve stuff on her own

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so yeah taking it back is the nice thing

runic terrace
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yeah!! its growth for zag

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actually Listening to what someone needs of him and respecting what they want, not what he thinks they want blobmeltblush

slim pecan
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I'm stills sad about it tho

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It hurt right in my kokoro

errant patio
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why Zag never tries the nectar? i mean he is nice and gives it away but maybe he should taste it?

restive elk
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I think the reason is:" where I'm going these are not so rare, so I'm giving them to those who would need them more than me"

errant patio
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oh yeah i remember that line

lusty barn
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Until he steps on a banana peel and dies, eternally.

slim pecan
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Or a garden equipment

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Or a beetle

errant patio
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imagine Zag finally getting to Olympus then accidently dies and goes back to Hades lol xD

pallid crag
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hes not going to olympus though

slim pecan
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He is going after his mother

errant patio
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i know

slim pecan
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Going to Olympus is a lie so the gods can help him

errant patio
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i mean he never told them he is going there

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they just assume

slim pecan
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He only said he is escaping

lusty barn
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Speaking of which, gods in game can clearly die (like Hades), so what happens to Olympians if they "die". Do they just get to use the teleporter like Hades?

errant patio
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maybe they just end up in hell and be like "Hey Hades long time no see" xD

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but i dont think gods die often

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or if they ever died

jovial cedar
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Ya think Olympus has a respawn area?

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Wonder if Ares visits often

errant patio
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xD

jovial cedar
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Or Dionysus after a really crazy night

west tundra
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among other things, they don't have authority, or at least have lessened authority, in the underworld

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and I feel like the olympians are really not interested in going anywhere where they're not in charge

errant patio
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true

west tundra
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maybe minus outliers like artemis and hermes

lusty barn
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Well Hades can "die" so I have to assume so can the Olympians, in game.

jovial cedar
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Dionysus has canonically died at least once in the myths

lusty barn
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We see Hades comes out of the stuck.

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Well dio died THEN became a god technically.

jovial cedar
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Pretty sure he was born a god

lusty barn
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But I'm talking with game lore

jovial cedar
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Not many ways a baby can survive being torn apart

west tundra
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so he's been once, and presumably wasn't too enthused about the lack of drinks

lusty barn
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Dios history.... Is... Stranger than others.

jovial cedar
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yeah he was a vampire

errant patio
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i think im missing something xD

lusty barn
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But in game, our point of reference is Hades. Who can be corporeally dead (is that a word?)

jovial cedar
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As oppose to ethereally dead?

lusty barn
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Then reconstitutes in Tartarus like the rest (assumedly). So do Olympians, if they get disembodied, go to Hades, curious ideas.

west tundra
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whose body can be killed

lusty barn
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Do they just then teleport using the red portal?

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Obviously zag should be able to do so, except he refused to learn how.

jovial cedar
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I’m on the boat that they just respawn on Olympus

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Do you mean the teleporter in the administration chamber? I thought he just didn’t have the authority to make it work.

lusty barn
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But why? We know a known OG Olympian can die and reconstitutes in Tartarus.

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Zag says he never learned how to use it lol

jovial cedar
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Yeah he also happens to be the king of the underworld and that’s his home.

lusty barn
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Right but their cosmic status didn't change with the duties assigned. Hades is not technically cthonic.

jovial cedar
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We could like, try stabbing Ares and see if he pops out of the pool of Styx.

errant patio
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xD

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poor Ares

lusty barn
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I like that plan. He should be cool, violence is kinda his thing.

errant patio
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what if you just went hunting with Artemis and accidently shot her ?

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because fly was on her back maybe?

jovial cedar
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Honestly I think that'd give her Orion flashbacks

slim pecan
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No hurt artemis

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She's good gurl

errant patio
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can anyone tell me why Demeter doesnt like Aphrodite? im super sure Demeter was talking about it but i forgot the reason xD

exotic mist
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im guessing demeter is by nature just a reserved person and aphrodite is very... extra

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maybe even some resentment for falling in love with a mortal, so she might blame aph for that

jovial cedar
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I mean would your grandma enjoy the company of some nudist lady

silent pond
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yo, has anyone found the trigger for the new Zeus/Artemis Affinity unlock?

junior field
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@silent pond you just have to keep talking, there's nothing special for em

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I had repeating lines after some new ones, and then new ones again

silent pond
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according to the codex and the patch notes there is

junior field
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I assume it's the same with Zeus

silent pond
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huh odd, I guess

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is what I mean

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both zeus and artemis have it, I cant seem to get the trigger for it, idk why

junior field
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which one do you have?

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clock or lock?

silent pond
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the lock

junior field
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yeah, just keep talking

silent pond
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odd

junior field
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I haven't gotten either of em myself but keep seeing new lines

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so probably just gotta exhaust em

silent pond
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guess I just gotta keep playing

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or maybe its getting their duo dialogue or smth

slim pecan
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Nah just talking to them

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Hey will progress the story that way and open up the rest of the hearts

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I just don't want to ||get friendzoned again like with dusa ||

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I dont think I can take that kind of dmg again

jovial cedar
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Fisguinho's resolve is tested...

slim pecan
jovial cedar
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HOPELESS

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didn't Artemis like, swear herself to chastity

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and also the fact that she's Zag's cousin... 👀

slim pecan
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Who knows, Greek mythology is like Alabama

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She's been talking about some guy so I'm getting bad vibes from it

jovial cedar
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Some guy? All I've heard her talk about is Callisto

slim pecan
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Yeah that one

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Idk who he is

runic terrace
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callisto is a girl lol

jovial cedar
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Callisto's a female nymph :X

slim pecan
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At least it ain't popping in my head who it is

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Aight

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Wouldn't be surprised to lose to her either way

jovial cedar
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Man Eros is pulling you around hard

runic terrace
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i mean, callisto/artemis is still like a thousand times more probably than zag/artemis anyway 😂 i believe greg did mention in here that thats not happening whatsoever

slim pecan
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Oof then

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Guess I'll have to go for meg

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And get skrewd

vapid parcel
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yeah seems like they setting it up for callisto and artemis given she calls her ||my callisto|| and stuff

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i'm very excited!

winged ravine
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how do i get the 4th aspecs of the weapons :c ?

vapid parcel
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you have to talk to achilles for the spear and nyx for the sword, idk exactly when those dialoges unlock tho

winged ravine
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ohh so basicly progress with conversations ?

vapid parcel
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probably a mix of that and game progress? honestly no idea

winged ravine
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okay, still thanks tho :D

jovial cedar
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You can check the pins for Arthur's :x

winged ravine
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yea i just noticed :D

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but it says i first have to get the guan yu thing o.o

echo orbit
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Alright I’d love to hear theories on what we’ll see next for the Future Weapon Aspects and who the next/last Olympian might be?

rotund moth
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I thought we weren't getting new olympians?

vapid parcel
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i think it'll be people from different continents? like we have guan yu for asia, arthur for europe

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idk who'd qualify tho

echo orbit
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Oh my bad I counted 8 and I thought there was gonna be 9

jovial cedar
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On the off chance that we do get new Olympians showing up

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I'd like to see Supergiant's version of Apollo

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supergiant pls

flat shell
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We're apparently getting one more character after Demeter but not for a WHILE

frozen jolt
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i dont think they have plans for it! you can see in the roadmap

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new boons tho :]

flat shell
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It was asked in ask-supergiant a while ago, wasn't it?

jovial cedar
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So no sunlit abs? uOu

frozen jolt
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i think some olympians were also directly mentioned to be busy in some in-game dialogue, but idr if it was apollo

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*smashes skateboard and phone*

jovial cedar
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Demeter says Hestia and Hera are busy :<

frozen jolt
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yes, ty!

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i remember i wanted to see apollo and hera the most, tho i have no idea what their boons would be honestly

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i think the gods in the game rn are great, i dont feel like the variety of powers is lacking

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more boons is always exciting tho

vapid parcel
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if they went for apollo i could imagine more healing stuff but otherwise no idea

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hera can summon one random family member asdfgh

echo orbit
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Pardon for the long quote from #ask-supergiant “<@Anonymous user
Are there plans to introduce other gods even if they don't get their own boon? Who would you like to add the most?'

Greg: We have plans for one more character as part of our push toward exiting Early Access and getting to v1.0 of Hades. It was never really our goal to add all of the Olympians, vs. telling the specific story we wanted to tell. That's part of the reason why we opted for a frankly unpopular Olympian in Demeter over someone like Apollo, who is much more widely known, but less relevant to the specific story we're trying to tell here.

We didn't always plan on having Demeter in this game, and I'm really glad we did. Our cast has expanded to include characters we didn't originally anticipate, and at this point it has just about everybody I would have hoped for. There are tons of other compelling characters from Greek myth we think about, too, though we want to fully deliver on the many individual character stories we've set up.

frozen jolt
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yeah, it feels too broken for a roguelite in theory when i thought about it, and he also shares some stuff with artemis so maybe redundant

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honestly i just wanted to see jen's take on him and the banter with artemis, i was less interested in... the actual game side of it LOL

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same with hera i suppose

echo orbit
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I totally agree with what has been said

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And I also agree with wanting to see those interactions

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Or at least one-sided cameos

frozen jolt
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but yeah. im so glad demeter is in the game over everyone else, shes been great to see

echo orbit
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Absolutely

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She’s a grumpy grandma but she’s still a well-written grandma

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Let’s see

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Hestia and Hera are busy

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Apollo’s very popular and a bit redundant (might also be busy with being the sun every day)

elfin shadow
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They might end up freeing some time in a future update/paid dlc. I would gladly pay for more biomes/weapons/olympians.

echo orbit
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That’s also fair

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I’d be happy to support SGG more

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Do you think SGG would/could do anything new with Hephaestus? Or Pan?
I know Hephaestus’ forge domain is kind of covered by Daedalus and Pan’s wild nature is covered a bit by Artemis

jovial cedar
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Apollo's god of plagues status doesn't really show up often so if he had any gimmicks I'd like something like a DoT that spreads

frozen jolt
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well, dionysus has that boon

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which is why i feel like apollo would kind of be redundant

jovial cedar
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Aw heck hangover can spread?

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phooey

frozen jolt
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yeah! theres a boon that makes it spread to other enemies, iirc?

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im p sure

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Peer Pressure: Hangover-afflicted foes contaminate other nearby foes every 4 Sec.

jovial cedar
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dreams shattering even more :'D

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if anything id imagine hed be a huge egomaniac like Theseus

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"By my Father, there's two of them now..."

burnt harbor
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God, the fact now Arthur aspect allows you to bypass traps makes all the difference for me

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As you barely could see them with the aura on

flat shell
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Yeah, no kidding, and it DOES feel more in the spirit of it to just tell the darn things "no"

burnt harbor
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Does it allows you to bypass lava?

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Lava counts as trap on the pact.

flat shell
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That'd be NICE considering the aura makes it hard to tell where the platform ends and the magma begins but I haven't tested it yet

undone reef
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Some Titans would be cool as well. Anyway, so many characters in the Greek mythology...SGG has to do the cut! Or it would become Hades in Creed Odyssey 🙂

open berry
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I won't be home for a bit still, has anyone seen updated patroclus model, I would like to see He

frozen jolt
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im updating my game rn in hopes of seeing him, but with my 100kb download speed.... it might be a while

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pls post

slim pecan
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I'm still missing one place

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Got no idea which one is it

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On the codex I mean

open berry
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@frozen jolt us @ anyone playing rn: pspspsps patroclus

tired veldt
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it seems there is also new Hades model when he's in the house

open berry
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patch notes say he has new animations but nothing about new model

tired veldt
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ye , it's more of animation I guess

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how to post a picture?

drifting citrus
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upload somewhere else, like imgur or another discord server, and paste the link here

tired veldt
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@drifting citrus , thx

drifting citrus
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👍

haughty carbon
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Hades be looking sassy doe

craggy shadow
modern hearth
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lol what the actual

junior field
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Skelly is so extra

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and he knows it

modern hearth
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In my head I can just hear it belting out opera

tight depot
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"BEHOLD, BOYO!"

glossy juniper
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omg
the real endgame of hades is a visual novel

hollow mortar
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When you keep hitting Dusa after summoning her and she be like "Good thing we have this bond!" dusa

echo orbit
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Aww no! I didn't know you could hit her!

hollow mortar
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(I thought she was an enemy, please don't hate me)

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You can, but she's invulnerable shadeembarassed

open berry
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I once accidentally knocked skelly into the lava immediately upon killing the hydra and he was like uh????

echo orbit
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Whoops

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Going back to the last Olympian discussion for a moment: I'm really interested to see whom they might choose. They might not even be a traditional Olympian. But it seems like SGG is very consistent in developing the stories of each of the Olympians as well

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Artemis and Callisto

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Zeus/Hades/Poseidon dynamic

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Demeter and Persephone

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Hermes' "undercover" work

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Aphrodite and Ares

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Athena as Nyx's contact

frozen jolt
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are there more olympians to be added? i thought demeter was the last one

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or rather. another one

echo orbit
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Greg mentioned that there would be one more, but it wouldn't be for a while

open berry
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I thought they said there was one more character, not necessarily an olympian

frozen jolt
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i thought it was just another character?

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yeah

echo orbit
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Ah my bad just another character

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Still

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I like speculating whom that might be

frozen jolt
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i mean.... it better be mom blurryeyes

echo orbit
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I mean I think Mom is already established as going to be in the game

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Heracles could be interesting...

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Part of me is really holding out for Hecate actually

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Or Hephaestus

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I'd love to see Hephaestus

frozen jolt
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i know anything could happen but part of me is hoping the ending isnt going to break my heart, id really like a satisfying conclusion for all the time i spent fighting to get out of hell

drifting citrus
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if it's not mom, i hope maybe a styx npc? all the other biomes have npcs

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either that or another face at the House 👀

frozen jolt
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i wonder how the game is going to be when you can actually escape, its terrifying to think about

echo orbit
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With the Olympians finding out?

errant mango
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It's SGG, I expect the conclusion to be heartbreaking, or at least bittersweet

drifting citrus
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idk, with the way narrative events are set up right now, i'm not sure we're gonna be able to "escape" the first time

echo orbit
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I'm thinking that if you forge maximum bonds with at least some of them, they'll be more understanding/less angry

drifting citrus
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there are many lines you unlock only after escaping the first time, and plenty of them say something like "i thought you escaped!" etc

frozen jolt
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its just that right now, every time you beat the game you go back to the house. and im assuming when the renovations arent ongoing its not gonna be like that

drifting citrus
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there's a line with hades you can only unlock at 20 heat and you've already escaped at least 20+ times at that point

frozen jolt
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either way im excited to see it

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im gonna unlock as much as i can while the game is in EA and start a fresh save when its fully released, i think

echo orbit
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I think the same goes for me

errant mango
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I'm very curious to see how they handle the ending, if there even is one. I feel like the current "loop" is quite fun and I wouldn't like if winning a run meant that you couldn't go for another one

echo orbit
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Oh! You know what? Pan as a new character could be interesting especially with "panic" since he's responsible for its conception

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And yeah that's fair

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A lot of Hades' appeal is the replayability

errant mango
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It's part of the genre at this point

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I've seen some people talk about Pan potentially being a NPC in Styx, like Sisyphus and the others

echo orbit
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I'd be interested to see what they decide to do whether Pan is "alive" or not

errant mango
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Oh yeah because he's the only god to actually die right?

exotic mist
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is there any particular reason that we suspect sggs putting pan in the game?

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ive seena lot of discussion about him but idk why

errant mango
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Not to my knowledge

exotic mist
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hm

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alright

echo orbit
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Not to my knowledge either

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I think he's just obscure enough to be interesting

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While being well-known enough to have stuff to work with

errant mango
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He would be interesting for sure

exotic mist
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i wonder if they're gonna include the gods/beings that have aspects named after them

echo orbit
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I know I've said it before and referenced Overly Sarcastic Productions, and actually "blarghhh" was here when I said it before

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But Pan might not actually have died

exotic mist
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talos would be wack but i could see eris maybe being in the house with her mom nyx

echo orbit
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Oh Eris would be fun

exotic mist
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oh lol i remember that.

echo orbit
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Although I'm not sure if the goddess of discord would be allowed in the House

exotic mist
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hm true

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wait isn't she strife?

errant mango
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Probably not?

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As the 2 other furies aren't allowed in either, for reasons

exotic mist
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is discordia roman eris i dont remember

echo orbit
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Discord and Strife are essentially the same thing in terms of definitions

exotic mist
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i disagree

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they have very different connotations

echo orbit
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Fair enough. The reason I said discord was because the sources I've learned about her from referenced her as Goddess of Discord

exotic mist
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ah

errant mango
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"Eris ("Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia"

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Confusing

exotic mist
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honestly most of my greek myth knowledge is from osp and (embarassingly) pjo/hoo

echo orbit
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So we're both right!

exotic mist
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interesting

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back to the question on where tf would eris be if she was in the game

echo orbit
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Probably either the Temple of the Styx or Tartarus

exotic mist
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ooh styx would be interesting

echo orbit
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There's a lot of chaos/discord/internal disharmony in the temple

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And I wouldn't be surprised if she played a hand in that somehow

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Oh my gosh Eris is the reason the Temple has a pest problem

exotic mist
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there's also chiron, hera, hestia, nemesis, and talos but i dont think chiron or talos would show up at all

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ooooo

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i like that theory

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though if eris would want to sow chaos, its definitely bold to work against hades

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considering her mother is in allegiance with him

errant mango
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I had no idea who Talos was until now and honestly wow

exotic mist
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all i remember is taht talos is big robot man

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i think thats wrong

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but thats all i know lmao

errant mango
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Something like that hahah

echo orbit
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He was a giant bronze man that threw boulders at passing ships

exotic mist
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if we get content past the surface, encountering talos might happen

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that'd be sweet

flint wing
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i'd always imagined hestia like, the bittersweet, somber, eldest olympian. wise but also emotionally grounded, yknow?

echo orbit
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I can't overstate how much I love Hestia

exotic mist
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hestias amazing

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idk if she would be bittersweet though

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oof

flint wing
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oh oops

echo orbit
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???

flint wing
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didn't realize we had a censor

exotic mist
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i just imagine her as like a sweetheart. imo she would best be in the game with like mini hearths that replace the fountains

errant mango
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Yep there's a swear filter

flint wing
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but yeah i was a bit thrown off by hestia's first mention in hades being 'this is the goddess with a literal GUN'

exotic mist
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lmaooo

flint wing
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she SHOOTS PEOPLE

exotic mist
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it was a PHASE

flint wing
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with her MACHINE GUN

exotic mist
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though interestingly she is referred to as the "fire" goddess rather than the goddess of the hearth

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so maybe we could get fire boons from her

echo orbit
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I mean it's just common hospitality to give someone some nice warm bullets when they trash your home

exotic mist
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but i think of her as a pacifist

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so maybe the fountains becoming hearths is more likely

flint wing
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yeah it almost gives me dark souls pyromancy vibes. fire as both home and warmth and also the fire that happens when you fire a high power machine gun

echo orbit
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That's kinda what Hestia was, really

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She stayed in her lane and was super kind

exotic mist
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was she ever the latter in myths?

flint wing
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i don't remember her mowing down chumps with a railgun but it's been a while since i cracked open daulaire's book of myths

echo orbit
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The fire as violent punishment was more of a consequence of people violating her domain of hospitality

exotic mist
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ah

echo orbit
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Since hospitality was a very big deal in Ancient Greece

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Tantalus is a good example of this

exotic mist
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wait was sisyphus the king who killed his kids and put them in bread or was that someoen else

errant mango
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???

flint wing
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that was tantalus

exotic mist
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ah

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bread man

flint wing
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sisyphus tied hades to a fence

exotic mist
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yes

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thanatos

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i thought sisyphus did other things too

echo orbit
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Sisyphus was still a terrible host though

flint wing
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ah i'd originally heard it as hades

exotic mist
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i swear he murdered someone

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meg implies so

echo orbit
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He murdered his guests and stole their stuff

errant mango
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There are several versions of that story

flint wing
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but hestia is also the firstborn of the chronos so i'd always imagined her as being sort of uniquely powerful or cosmically placed

exotic mist
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thats more an error of people confusing death and the god of the dead

dusty elbow
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Every time I forget Greek mythology is weird as hell and then it slaps me in the face

exotic mist
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b r e a d

flint wing
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i find it very funny in the context of this game that it was hades he tied to a fence

echo orbit
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I thought it was Thanatos?

exotic mist
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twas

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in the game too

echo orbit
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Ah

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But yeah I think part of the reason we don't hear as much about Hestia is because you didn't really need myths to explain a part of society that was so intrinsic

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Hestia was revered always

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And everyone knew who she was

exotic mist
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the only other myth i remember was that someone slighted her (possible ||rape?|| unsure) and the other olympians took revenge on her behalf and it was intense

echo orbit
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Yeah that did happen

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Hestia fell asleep at a party and a satyr tried to pull some funny business

exotic mist
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i think you might've told me about it aximeck but i don't remember what

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like months ago lol

echo orbit
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But Hestia woke up when a donkey brayed

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And Zeus punished the satyr

exotic mist
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o it was a satyr

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why'd i think it was like

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a titan...

echo orbit
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Ah you're fine

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But yeah in this house we stan Hestia

exotic mist
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the other non olympian in the aspects that is the most plausible is nemesis... is she also a daughter of nyx? i feel like she is

echo orbit
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Yeah Nyx

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Nyx has a looooooot of kids

exotic mist
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speaking of kids, i wonder why nyx claims that meg has no parents

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cause iirc the furies came from ouranos like aphrodite

echo orbit
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Yeah blood of Ouranos

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Aphrodite was made from seafoam

signal palm
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Maybe she means that in the same way one would say "I don't have a dad. He left for cigarettes 24 years ago and never came back."

hollow charm
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wait whats this about a man baking his kids into bread what

exotic mist
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tantalus

hollow charm
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greek myths why you like this

exotic mist
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was a wack man

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i kinda wanna see him as the head chef for the pure irony

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i thought aph came from like ouranos' genitals that turned into seafoam

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does that make her the eldest?

echo orbit
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Technically yes

exotic mist
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ive heard that both aph and hestia are the eldest

echo orbit
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I was just keeping it PG

signal palm
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Before they resolved the Orph/Eury I was hoping she would end up the chef/ in the kitchen

exotic mist
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or is hestia just the eldest of kronos' lot

echo orbit
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Hestia is the eldest of Kronos

exotic mist
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ah

echo orbit
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So technically still younger

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@hollow charm So there's no explanation why Tantalus thought it was a good idea to a) murder a family member in Ancient Greece or b) offer cannibalism to the gods, but essentially Tantalus invites the Olympians over for dinner and kills his son Pelops and cooks him for dinner

flint wing
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yeah it's supposed to be a weird duality where she's both the eldest and the youngest of chronos's children

exotic mist
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yeah he's just wack

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maybe he thought it would be reverent since they killed their parents

flint wing
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human sacrifice was a big big taboo too so

echo orbit
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Pelops gets brought back to life, Hephaestus makes him a shoulder for the one Demeter accidentally ate

hollow charm
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ok so tantalus was just crazy

exotic mist
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wait his child came back to life??

echo orbit
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And Pelops goes on to father the line of kings that results in Agamemnon

exotic mist
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hell yeah last time i heard his tale i thought they got no justice

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oh

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agamemnon

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hmm

flint wing
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augh sorry

hollow charm
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also i like to imagine the diagram for the olympians family tree is just a messy scribble

flint wing
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rephrase

errant mango
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I can't find anything about bread though? Where's the bread?

exotic mist
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i thought he put his child in bread

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i could eb wrong

echo orbit
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Depends on the version

flint wing
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gods go absolutely heckwild when they find out he killed a human in their name and tried to feed him to them

exotic mist
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i might be thinking of bread being in association with hospitality

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since its a common "host" food

echo orbit
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In some Pelops is killed and then cooked, in other versions he gets whisked off by Poseidon for appropriately Greek reasons

flint wing
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there's a eucharist joke in there somewhere

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bread as host food

hollow charm
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"appropriately greek reasons"

slim pecan
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You can check the video of "oversarcastic productions" or wtv is called

hollow charm
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that made me laugh

exotic mist
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i love osp

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they're great

slim pecan
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Red explains it very well with visual help

exotic mist
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unfortunately i haven't touched youtube in forever

echo orbit
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I love OSP

exotic mist
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i hate the platform but hrnnng need to support my fav content creators

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😔

slim pecan
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Did you know we have a patreon

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It's either that or shadow legends

flint wing
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i've always thought it was interesting that despite all the general bloody awfulness woven into greek myth and godly activity, human sacrifice is this universal taboo across all the pantheon

exotic mist
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lmao

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yeah the gods have strange morals

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they're a reflection of the worst of humanity tbh

echo orbit
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Except for Hestia

exotic mist
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*the olympians

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rip hestias position though

flint wing
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also re: aphrodite, she's the closest olympian to the primordial beginning of it all, since she comes straight from ouranos. so, makes sense with her insane greater call move lol

exotic mist
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honestly i think aphs call and her trial should be wayyyyy harder

flint wing
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her trial is one of the hardest for me tbh

exotic mist
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the other gods allude to it but aph is a goddess of literal fear

flint wing
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that heart moves so fast i usually avoid angering her

errant mango
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I find the heart projectile funny for some reason idk

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The whole idea of running away from a heart

echo orbit
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Achilles said it well. A broken heart is one of the most deadly things in the world

flint wing
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i always really liked hestia's portrayal in the percy jackson series, i thought it captured that kind of quiet, bittersweet home and hearth feeling

exotic mist
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same

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i dont remember her being bittersweet?

flint wing
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which kinda took me aback for such an action oriented ya series

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i thought tone wise, at least

exotic mist
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or was it whole "dio took my place" thing

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oh

flint wing
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like how percy gives her pandora's box

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and gives her hope as his offering to her

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and the way she appears as this kind of quiet, demure counsel in the middle of all the hogwild YA-fic new york war excitement

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and then the fact the whole book is straight up named after her, 'the last olympian'

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tbh hades has had me really wanting to reread the percy jackson books

exotic mist
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the pjo series is fun. not in the sense that it's like great revolutionary literature but more like its an enjoyable power fantasy

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nothing against riordan tho

flint wing
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i really enjoyed just, the very unnerving sense of sadness behind it all? like below the quirky YA action there was always this unedgy darkness to it that i thought really set it apart

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like the huge overarching themes of child abandonment

exotic mist
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personally i felt he didn't tap into that aspect enough tbh

flint wing
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there's also the way it never really frames teens going on adventures as a good thing?

exotic mist
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like no one really rejects the gods or higher beings in general despite all the bad things they've done

flint wing
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isn't that kind of the point of chronos? he basically built an army of abandoned teens who felt so rejected and unwanted by their family that an abusive monster could easily paint himself as their best option

exotic mist
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and not in that like edgy athiest "the gods are dead" etc way, but they kinda do things because thats in their nature as demigods and no one really questions it

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kronos? i suppose. i frankly don't even remember much about him other than possessing luke and something about a bridge

flint wing
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there was also that moment when he summons the shade of theseus in i think book 4, and is really taken aback that theseus is just a teenager, about his age, and is kind of disturbed to see someone he'd always imagined as an older man just be a kid, and the really awful implications of a kid who'd gone through the whole hero rigmarole

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cause kronos's whole schtick was getting demigods whose parents never claimed them to join his army, and percy mentions a few times that he actually recognizes a bunch of the kids who ended up in joining him

exotic mist
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rip the nemesis and hecate kids 😔

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ethan? and i forgot the other one

flint wing
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oh yea that nemesis kid, cause he was the one that did the big blow to kronos in the throneroom

exotic mist
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i think he died very tragically in a spin off book

flint wing
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nah he died there. i still remember that his last words were 'if they only had thrones...' before kronos kicks him off the side of the building

exotic mist
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not the nemesis kid

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the hecate kid

flint wing
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oh i have no idea who that is

exotic mist
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i know for a fact that he was in the demigods adventure books thingie

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he did spells in latin and it was cool

flint wing
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oh that sounds neat

jovial cedar
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Ethan Nakamura got his own spinoff book??? ouo

modern hearth
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I liked the books he did that touched on Egyptian mythology and connected it all with his Greek/Roman series.

onyx spoke
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the egyptian and the norse ones were my favorites

terse jasper
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out of curiosity, is there somewhere to find Charon's Shop theme?

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i can't find it online

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and i don't know what name it would be under in orpheus' song list

chilly hawk
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It's there

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One of the low cost songs I believe

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They have descriptions

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His one says it was specifically commissioned for him

terse jasper
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ahh

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i'll look for it, thank you

chilly hawk
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Happy to help!

flint wing
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talk about aphrodite earlier as the eldest olympian and the one closest to the weird eldritch primordial soup of the beginning has me vibing like, a terrifying, eldritch-looking aprhodite design

open berry
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OOHHH I FINALLY GOT TO SEE NEW PATROCLUS MODEL im so 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺

vapid parcel
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😭 i love him

thorn compass
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"woe is me" - Pat

chilly hawk
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Yall are makin me jealous

atomic forge
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He's beautiful. cell

drifting citrus
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if nyx and chaos, and eurydice and orpheus can reunite, let pat and achilles do it too >:V

vapid parcel
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yeah!!

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they already had so much sadness and drama

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let them be happy!!!

open berry
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surely its in the works..................... i can be hopeful right

vapid parcel
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yeah i think they'll do it... but i want it now :c

junior field
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I wonder if that means Achilles will get some touch ups

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his portrait doesn't have the hood covering his head but his model does

vapid parcel
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probably in the works, i'd say, like charon

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btw does anyone know what that phrase he says is all about? ||fear is for the weak|| i mean?

open berry
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given they gave pat a unique model, i would say all of the hooded npc models are going to get a unique touch by full release

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the hooded portraits were always meant as placeholders, so the hooded models may all be placeholders as well. i wasnt sure if sgg would mess with them but if theyve done pat...

frozen jolt
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yeah, they seem to be placeholders :]

modern hearth
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Your name is making me want to replay F.E.A.R.

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And I already did that like six months ago.

frozen jolt
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I love to see how the game is slowly getting all those seemingly small visual touch ups, but when you look at it all together, it’s a HUGE improvement from what it was a year ago and so much work has been done. supergiant art team doing fantastic work

junior field
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@vapid parcel probably generic pep talk

frozen jolt
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ahh that’s just my name D: no relation to scary alma

vapid parcel
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idk about that tho? it sounds like such a specific thing tbh

junior field
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I mean, Zag had to face Hades

modern hearth
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I don't think Alma is scary inherently, she was made into what she is through years of abuse and experimentation.

junior field
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telling him not to crap his pants is a solid advice

modern hearth
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Haha but I suppose she still causes like literally all the spooky to happen as a result tho so I understand the distancing.

frozen jolt
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idk anything about that game other that it’s horror soz

modern hearth
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Dang those first two games are so good.

vapid parcel
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i mean you're right but also this doesn't seem like something achilles the way we know him would say like that? like he also said that every.setback is an opportunity to learn and that's a very different approach

frozen jolt
junior field
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well, who was the god of fear?

modern hearth
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Phobos.

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Hence phobias.

junior field
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Phobos, he doesn't appear in the game

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I don't even recall him ever being mentioned

modern hearth
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Nope.

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I don't think the children of Aphro and Ares exist in this game.

junior field
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I dunno, maybe a hint towards him

vapid parcel
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maybe

frozen jolt
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he also says it in the complete codex entry for Patroclus

junior field
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ah

frozen jolt
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it just seems to be some sort of mantra of his

vapid parcel
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yes almost obsessively in that

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yeah

junior field
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well, there you have it

modern hearth
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He's just spitting facts

junior field
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it's just pep talk

modern hearth
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Fear is for the weak

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There's no room in the Underworld for lil babbies

vapid parcel
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tbh the way he says it sounds more like sth very unhealthy

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i'm very excited

junior field
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@modern hearth there is though

frozen jolt
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well, it’s not necessarily a very healthy one to have, yeah

junior field
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babies go to Hades, too

frozen jolt
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if you shut down all your emotions like that

vapid parcel
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yeah

modern hearth
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Why are they sending babies to Hades

vapid parcel
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def not good and probably trauma bc of the rage

modern hearth
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Do they become baby shades

vapid parcel
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he went into after pat died

junior field
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because Hades is heaven and hell

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that's where the dead belong

frozen jolt
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the fact that he passed it down to zag as well is :((

vapid parcel
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YEAH

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i'm like???!!! bro. bro. why

frozen jolt
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it’s time for therapy in the house of hades I think we could all use it lads

modern hearth
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So do they reside in some sort of limbo area because aren't the areas you arrive at usually designated by your actions/morals in your life?

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A baby is essentially a morally blank canvas

junior field
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who knows

vapid parcel
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it’s time for therapy in the house of hades I think we could all use it lads
@frozen jolt oh def

modern hearth
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Do they stay babies forever

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It would suck to perpetually be an infant

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Hades needs to reexamine this baby clause.

open berry
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thinking about song of achilles where achilles tells patroclus, they dont allow you to be famous and happy, and just looking at sgg achilles and how remorseful he is.... oof.

frozen jolt
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Depends if you believe in tabula rasa Thonk

bold niche
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it would be great to be an infant perpetually

frozen jolt
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are there evil babies in hell

junior field
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I don't think anyone ages downstairs, nor do they seem limited to the form they died in

bold niche
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shame you realize it too late

modern hearth
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Not if your mind was that of an infant perpetually as well

frozen jolt
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I need to finish song of Achilles

vapid parcel
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its so good

bold niche
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exactly bc of this

vapid parcel
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very sad but so good

frozen jolt
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I have trouble reading books but i enjoyed it

open berry
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[chanting] read it read it read it

vapid parcel
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i wonder what myth they use as base for his story

bold niche
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everything is new and wonderful

modern hearth
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It'd be kindest to just let babies reincarnate and get a chance at ageing their souls a little before assigning them to an eternity of paradise or pain.

bold niche
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you don't have a clue how things work

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so life is full of magic

frozen jolt
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babymode...

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in hell...

modern hearth
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I want to see Baby Zag now

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With lil tiny baby laurel leaves

frozen jolt
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you can, in fact

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Jen zee has graced us with it

modern hearth
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o:

vapid parcel
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WHERE

open berry
vapid parcel
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AHHHHHH

open berry
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got u fam

frozen jolt
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ty dusaHeart

vapid parcel
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tho also than is def older than him tho

modern hearth
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Wow that makes me want to die from how cute that is

vapid parcel
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like way older

frozen jolt
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Remember it

vapid parcel
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very good art tho imma cry

modern hearth
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I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE LIL BABBY MEG

frozen jolt
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babymeg makes me very happy I love her

vapid parcel
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also skelly ahshdhfh

thorn compass
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Alecto and Tisphone are grounded from life

modern hearth
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lil baby pierced butterfly too

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Baby Than's uninterested expression is going to be my new avatar

frozen jolt
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you can find it in higher quality somewhere in #announcements btw, iirc

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uncrunched by twitter

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as well as other lovely illustrations by Jen and Joanne

vapid parcel
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this is so cute

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i'm dying

modern hearth
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This is the way

vapid parcel
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this is the way

thorn compass
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turn left

modern hearth
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Here we go, this is a better crop.

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Have to have the crossed arms for the full measure of disappointment Baby Than is experiencing.

vapid parcel
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perfect

modern hearth
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Baby Zag reminds me of Baby Hercules from Disney's Hercules.

valid vale
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thats what it reminded me of!!!

modern hearth
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It's the spirals on the elbows and the general chubbiness haha

thorn compass
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Disney Zeus

valid vale
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it was bothering me fkdhdkfg

vapid parcel
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oh my god you're right

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tbh the one thing i think is a bit weird is that partially they use the greek names for stuff but then they use latinized names for other stuff? it kinda confuses me xD

errant patio
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is it just me or anyone else thinks Nyx is just super mean now? before update i thought she was kind and sweet but now she is just mean all the time

valid vale
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I haven’t gotten any mean dialogue tbh

modern hearth
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I think that just may be a coincidence revolving her events.

open berry
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ive never seen her be mean?

modern hearth
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I thought she was mean the moment I saw her bullying Dusa and that was way before update.

vapid parcel
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yeah that was mean :c otherwise not tho

bold niche
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maxed her dialogues before updates, and I think, i can tell how things are going before.. don't think she was that kind.. at least to everyone

atomic forge
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I wouldn't consider that bullying Dusa so much as being rather strict considering who Dusa's ultimate superior (Hades) is.

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That was the one time Nyx wasn't full-tilt "I support you and everything you do."

open berry
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nyx is very matter of factly and i think some people may interpret that as mean in some instances

modern hearth
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Mmmmmmmmm

valid vale
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also yeah it’s kinda weird they use some latinized names and other names that are greek

modern hearth
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I think in a lot of instances, being strict directly conflates with being mean.

open berry
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at the end of the days gods and primordial entities dont really experience empathy in the same manner as we do, zag is like. the outlier

vapid parcel
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||he's quarter human tho||

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he don't count

valid vale
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he is the outlier and he should not be counted

modern hearth
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That reminds me, does that mean when he's full grown he'll only be 3/4th the size of a God?

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Are all the other Olympians the same scale as Hades?

open berry
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humans dont continually regenerate upon experiencing horrifying deaths like zag does :v

valid vale
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no wonder Asterius calls him short one

vapid parcel
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agsgdgsggs

modern hearth
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What development period of growth would you place Zag at rn

vapid parcel
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100%

modern hearth
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Late teens/early twenties? Mid/late twenties?

vapid parcel
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mid twenties

bold niche
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from 17 to 24

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something like that

modern hearth
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I was thinking 24 - 26.

vapid parcel
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yeah same

modern hearth
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But based on his design and general attitude he acts more like he's closer to 19 - 21.

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I mean I love him but he's rife with the YA angst.

vapid parcel
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idk if id say that

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we need to remember that his whole life just changed

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and his father is abusive

modern hearth
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I'm just basing it on the general age of warriors/soldiers/heroes back in Ancient Greece. 18 - 25 was generally their primetime.

bold niche
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who knows how he would act and what his personality would look like if he was raised by Hades alone, or surrounded with persons like Hades

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but yeah, he kinda looks older that he is probably

vapid parcel
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oh god i don't want to imagine that :c my poor bby

errant patio
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okay another question. why Hades doesnt want Zag to leave? is it because Hades couldnt escape and is now jealous or does Hades actually like Zag? im pretty sure that they were talking about something i dont remember but i havent played in a while

vapid parcel
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i think hades just doesn t want him to escape his control

modern hearth
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Hades is protecting him from something.

west tundra
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it's complicated and I think there's elements we haven't heard about yet

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though I think primarily it's that Hades is controlling

valid vale
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||he also mentions there will be consequences greater than the endless winter if he tells Demeter who his real mother is||

modern hearth
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If I were Zag I would be selfish af and tell Demeter asap lol

vapid parcel
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ahdhfjf idk if that's a good idea

modern hearth
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Get me the heck outta here, Gma

vapid parcel
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given how she talks about everyone and persephone

bold niche
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maybe I think he is that kind of parents, who see kids as a property.. he already made up a life for him and gets irritated every time his property dares to mess with his plans

modern hearth
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Throw hands at my dad while I finally escape

mighty tinsel
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If you read the mythos

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You would realize that would be a very bad idea

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She literally created winter for "losing" her daughter

modern hearth
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Which she's already done by the point of the game.

bold niche
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she is quite able to freeze the hell.. and heaven

atomic forge
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Oh, yeah, Demeter is among my candidates for final boss battle if she finds out that her daughter had a child with one of the Olympians.

modern hearth
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In the mythos she gets Perse back with the help of Zeus and co and then we get seasons.

junior field
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well, Hades is hardly an olympian

vapid parcel
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he used to be tho

modern hearth
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But this game seems to have diverged already because ||Hades doesn't know where she is either||

atomic forge
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He's their brother.

vapid parcel
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and she doesn't want to be found by them

modern hearth
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I wonder what her reasoning is

vapid parcel
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and why she didn't mention zag in her letter

modern hearth
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Why knowingly drag out a winter

west tundra
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he's more of a chthonian, then? by appointment at least

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hard to distinguish nature and office in this particular situation

valid vale
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hades is a mole olympian. live underground. also kind of a butthead

shy nimbus
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Also, where in the earth Persephone can be that she doesn't notice the neverending winter out there?

vapid parcel
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maybe she just don't care

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she deserves her own live

shy nimbus
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That's a theory

errant patio
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oof xD

modern hearth
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How did she even escape

valid vale
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||nyx said she helped her||

open berry
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i think theres more at hand beyond simply hades being controlling. he is and there's no question of that, he's controlling of every aspect of the house, not simply his dealings with zag. but why have achilles train zagreus if hades truly intended to make sure zag never escapes? that part doesnt add up, in addition to the fight commentary

errant patio
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maybe paid tons of money to Charon?

west tundra
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by not having anyone looking for her?

bold niche
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raised by mean mother, got to mean husband, don't think she wants at this point to be found

modern hearth
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Ah blanketed her with night like she's doing Zag?

valid vale
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yep

west tundra
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hades was maybe more mellow before she left

modern hearth
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He likely was.

west tundra
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tho I'd like to imagine she got some cool fights in

shy nimbus
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People have different sides

modern hearth
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I think Hades might know more than he's letting on about the circumstances of Perseph's departure.

vapid parcel
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oh deg

shy nimbus
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Hades can be a total mitten when he was with Persephone. Who knows?

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Cupid works in mysterious way

bold niche
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maybe he thought he was

vapid parcel
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i just hope they don't try to redeem hades

open berry
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hades definitely knows more about whats going on in general than he lets on

bold niche
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but nah.. unlikely

modern hearth
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Hades hasn't really done anything that needs redeeming.

shy nimbus
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I don't think Persephone in the surface either

modern hearth
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He's just doing what he's literally being forced to do by his two a-hole brothers because they wanted the cooler jobs.

vapid parcel
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i mean... he's clearly abusive toward his son?

shy nimbus
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Otherwise Helios, her uncle will spot her already

atomic forge
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Verbally and implied physically abusive, in the past.

vapid parcel
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yep

valid vale
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yep

modern hearth
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My point is that that's in character for him, not a trait that requires a redemption arc.

atomic forge
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An abusive person doesn't require a redemption arc?

valid vale
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and I’d hate this game to do the thing popular media enjoys doing, which is redeeming abusive parents

vapid parcel
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yeah exactly

shy nimbus
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That reminds me the whole speak Zag made in some early boss fight conversations lol

vapid parcel
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let zag beat his ass

open berry
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i dont think anyone has ever said he needs a redemption arc, simply that they hoped there wouldnt be one.

bold niche
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we've talked about that the way he treats others can be understood.. why is he like he is

open berry
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so theres no reason we need to make the assumption he will get one

bold niche
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but still, he did make mistakes

atomic forge
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Sorry, didn't mean to put it like that.

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I think there will be some softening of his character, but his relationship with Zagreus will never become truly loving at this point.

modern hearth
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It's okay to provide context through which we can sympathize with his actions.

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But it doesn't make him less of the bad guy.

atomic forge
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Okay, I agree with that.

errant patio
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wait until now i thought Hades tried to leave because he didnt want to be stuck under surface forever but now i just realized he tried to find Persephone for sure

open berry
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but a big major thing people are forgetting is that we still have an incomplete story, and we dont have all of the information that led events to happen in the way they did. nothing will ever change the actions hades has taken but we dont have all the pieces

vapid parcel
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yeah i just don t want them to make excuses or anything

bold niche
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most of the bad guys had some issues.. bad things in the past

modern hearth
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Sympathetic villains are 10/10.

vapid parcel
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but i am very excited to see where it goes

modern hearth
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But still villains.

bold niche
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something that made them broken

modern hearth
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Unless your writing is good enough that you can pull off a Zuko.

west tundra
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I think the big three drew lots for their positions

modern hearth
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In which case I would love for SGG to Zuko Hades.

west tundra
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zeus got heaven, poseidon got sea, hades got underworld, pretty much at random

modern hearth
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But I doubt that's the direction.

atomic forge
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God, Zuko is so good.

vapid parcel
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zuko is awesome

atomic forge
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He was also never on top like Hades kinda-sorta-not-really is.

vapid parcel
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yeaaaah

west tundra
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I could see a... "this is why your dad is how he is, but you don't have to forgive or like him"

modern hearth
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Zuko is imo one of the best written characters, just, in general. Of all time.

atomic forge
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So a lot of his venom early in the series was cushioned by people able to go "Uh, no."

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Agreed, Cale.

west tundra
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"just understand that there are reasons your jerk dad has become this way"

atomic forge
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Completely agreed.

bold niche
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actually, there is a lot more in Zag from Zuko.. than in Hades

vapid parcel
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yeah def

bold niche
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beside he has never been a bad guy

vapid parcel
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and not just the eye thing

west tundra
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maybe... what's a comparable Bad Dad Redemption Arc

modern hearth
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Well I was using Zuko more as a verb than a descriptor.

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As in, to supply a character arc written well enough that his transition from villain to hero would actually work

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But given how he's treated Zagreus even the greatest of intentions don't really make him a good guy. Just a bad guy who has done some good things.

atomic forge
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I don't think Hades is in a place where he could fully transition into a heroic character, not just in the ending we have left.

open berry
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there's nothing in the dialogue currently to suggest they would ever go that route

vapid parcel
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yeaaaah

bold niche
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well, etiher that, or some kind of Dio Brando thing.. bad childhood, cruel father, abandoned by everyone, but still you want to hate him.. as a worst person in the world

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either a good bad_guy, or good bad guy

modern hearth
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The only sort of 'twist' I could see happening is that maybe Hades actually conspired with Persephone on her escape and they're both planning something.

thorn compass
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like a divorce?

atomic forge
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That I could see.

open berry
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a divorce wouldnt be a twist that would mean anything to the game's narrative lol

shy nimbus
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Then that conspiracy is a bit too cruel with her leaving that note

vapid parcel
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possible but he'd be a very good actor

west tundra
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signed a chthonic prenup

bold niche
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what if Zag was not so much wanted child and Hades knows it?

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and he doesn't want him to ever know the truth

vapid parcel
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he def acts like he doesn t want zag either

thorn compass
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so illegitimate?

shy nimbus
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The biggest problem I have with Persephone is that she didn't mention Zag at all, while she mentioned the dog

vapid parcel
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yeaah

modern hearth
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Maybe she didn't write it

shy nimbus
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Like, is she even his real birth mom?

vapid parcel
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maybe she was pregnant with him

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that would give her a reason for leaving too

open berry
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its not so much that he doesnt want zag as it is that he expects zag to contribute to the house as everyone else is fully obligated and expected to, so of course he gets angry that zag says no and blows that off. there's also nothing to suggest that zag was an unwanted child.

modern hearth
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Did Demeter start the winter when Persephone initially arrived at the Underworld?

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Or did it start at some point in time after she left.

bold niche
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well, that was just a speculation

shy nimbus
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Like, did Zag pop out of a pomegranate fruit or sth? How on earth did you not even mention your son, woman?

bold niche
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conspiracy theory

vapid parcel
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yeah i think we're just bouncing ideas arojnd

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tbh i feel like the only way that really makes sense is if he wasn t born yet?

modern hearth
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Yeah I guess we don't know the exact timeframe of her leaving, even.

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Time is weird in the Underworld.

open berry
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the ultimate moral of this story is communication is very important since nearly everyone in the game has communication issues, good grief

vapid parcel
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ahdhfhf

bold niche
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in different ways

modern hearth
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Do you think Zag's flaming feet will be an issue on Earth

open berry
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doesnt he leave charred footprints in the snow

shy nimbus
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According to Demeter (and Zeus), Persephone just dissapeared one day (Helios did see her entering the Underworld, Demeter refuses to believe it). So I guess over time Demeter grew weary and became completely disregarding to mortals.

open berry
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i literally just finished a run i should remember this but i dont

modern hearth
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He leaves charred footprints literally everywhere he runs

open berry
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well the snow is on the surface

vapid parcel
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yeah its very good and yes he melts the snow

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so does hades

modern hearth
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The snow is being useful in counter-acting the fire part

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But I mean in areas where there is no snow

shy nimbus
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Zag would leave watery holes every where.

thorn compass
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brace yourselves: Demeter is here

modern hearth
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How tf is Zag going to walk around without starting fires everywhere

open berry
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zag walks in grass and starts a fire instantly

shy nimbus
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Or just mud.

modern hearth
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Also do you think the flaming feet contribute to his restlessness

thorn compass
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Zag needs tungsten shoes

modern hearth
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That's like restless leg syndrome x 10000

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Imagine trying to sleep but your feet are on fire

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He's always doing runs because he can't stand still

vapid parcel
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i think that migjt just be adhd xD

thorn compass
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percy jackson

modern hearth
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How how do you think his feet are in degrees

open berry
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have yall thought about how all the chthonic denizens that are shown with their feet are barefoot.... zag, hades, thanatos, hypnos, and all the furies

thorn compass
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i'd say yellow hot steel

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so...

vapid parcel
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shoes are for the weak

shy nimbus
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Most of the Nyx's side can fly. So...

modern hearth
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His feet are hot enough to cause combustion on contact, even without an obvious fuel source besides oxygen.

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Is there oxygen in Hades?

thorn compass
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1093 degrees C

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maybe?

bold niche
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guess there are other gases in the underworld

shy nimbus
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Like, if I can float like most of them, you would never see me touching the ground ever

bold niche
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and magma is still much hotter than his feet

modern hearth
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That's true.

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Most magma is 700 - 1300 C.

open berry
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i just think its funny. its hard to tell with the furies but they are definitely barefoot as well

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welcome to the underworld, leave your shoes at the door

bold niche
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also, we should consider atmosphere pressure

shy nimbus
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We are a float only household

modern hearth
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And the color of the fire at Zag's feet is deep red, which means they're clocking in at around 600 - 800 degrees C.

bold niche
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abandon thine shoes

vapid parcel
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tho i we don't know if achilles wears shoes and i think sysiphus wears shoes so maybe only the gods

modern hearth
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They could be orange-yellow tho, I'm color-blind, admittedly.

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Which is 1100.

bold niche
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well, if he ever gets out and takes part in some kind of dancing activities, he better watch himself.. consequences can be disastrous

modern hearth
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That's roughly the same amount of heat that a house fire puts out at full blaze.

open berry
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@vapid parcel theyre shades though, not gods or aspect incarnates or anything

modern hearth
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Therefore, Zag's feet have the potential to burn down entire Greek villages.

vapid parcel
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yeah i know, i assume they wear what they wore in death

bold niche
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what if when he dashes, the heat raises guickly, causing combustions

vapid parcel
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tho... that also means patroclus is still wearing achilles' armor

bold niche
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and that's why there are these traces everywhere

shy nimbus
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I don't think so. Theseus should have been a really old man when he died

bold niche
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considering.. dashing is not something a mortal can be able to do

modern hearth
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bet

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i'll dash rn

bold niche
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maybe shades can choose how to look.. or they look like people remembered them

vapid parcel
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that would be cool but also unreliable id think

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and what if no one remembers you

modern hearth
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All this Greek talk has me craving a Gyro

bold niche
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well.. then you're just a amorphous entity in a hood

vapid parcel
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gasp

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but i do like the idea of you wearing what you wore in life, just for the sad drama

modern hearth
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I feel like a lot of shades would just be naked then

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Those Ancient Greeks were wilin'

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They'd all be oiled up too

vapid parcel
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u sure that's what the shades want xP

bold niche
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it's hot underground

modern hearth
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Do they even feel temperature as shades

vapid parcel
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shrug

modern hearth
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What should I have for dinnerrrrrr

bold niche
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well, shades in Asphodel sure look melted, but they're ok

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"it's fine"

vapid parcel
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this is fine

bold niche
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y

vapid parcel
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What should I have for dinnerrrrrr
@modern hearth sushi

modern hearth
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No sushi place here is open with this Corona outbreak going on lol

vapid parcel
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pizza

modern hearth
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Food establishments can only deliver and carry out.

vapid parcel
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i keep swearing on accident 😭

modern hearth
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it's ok

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I have to be super conscious of it because normally my vocabulary is very uh

vapid parcel
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same

bold niche
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there are no more grains and pasta at our place

vapid parcel
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oooof

bold niche
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everything was swept away

modern hearth
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And Italy is on lock down too now

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Who will replenish the world's pasta stocks

vapid parcel
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commercial voice you can! yes you! with only the right ingredients and recipe, you can make pasta

modern hearth
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Yeah if only all it took was flour, eggs, water, and sometimes (but usually) salt.

bold niche
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(comment with sound)

flint wing
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no swearing on supergiant’s christian video game server

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wait

bold niche
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what if all the spoiled food get in the underworld

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and that's what shades eat

vapid parcel
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huh

bold niche
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even if they don't need to

modern hearth
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Shades eat the ghosts of all the food that gets sacrificed to the Gods

vapid parcel
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also yk zag keeps commenting that "they must have lots of these upon olympus" when theres a huge pomegranate tree in his home

flint wing
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it's wax and decorative

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like in a fancy restaurant

vapid parcel
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agshfhfjh

flint wing
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when persephone ate those pomegranate seeds the reason she has to stay three months, in myth, is that the seeds are plastic and won't digest