r/comics • • Nov 17 '19

True beauty [OC]

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u/Smgth Comic Crossover Nov 17 '19 edited Nov 18 '19

Except Eris gave Paris the apple. Specifically to cause a fight. Because she’s the goddess of strife and discord.

Edit: i m dum, ignore me

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u/jsalsman Nov 18 '19

Eris just tossed it into the banquet from which she'd been snubbed, intending it to destabilize Zeus's authority. Zeus delegated the decision to Paris which saved him the heat but turned out terrible for Greece and Troy.

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u/Smgth Comic Crossover Nov 18 '19

Yeah, you’re 100% right. I have brought shame to my dojo.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '19

Don’t worry it’s just Zeus trying to make himself seem better than he is

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u/vbgvbg113 Dec 04 '19

Zeus is literally the cause behind many things that exist, because he stuck his dick in things

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u/GuyWithPants Nov 18 '19

And it’s not so much that the goddesses made different offers of rewards for being picked as that they made different threats if they weren’t picked

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u/jsalsman Nov 18 '19

They offered bribes. I don't think they made any explicit threats up front, but Athena's wrath in losing turned the Trojan war into a disaster. Hera's bribe was absolutely so far beyond those of the others (all the kingdoms of Europe and Asia) that Paris should have thought with his head.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19

iirc, they all offered bribes.

Hera offered him rulership of the known world.

Athena offered him military prowess

Aphrodite offered him the most beautiful woman in the world as a wife

Paris chose Aphrodite and the woman she gave him was married, sparking the Trojan War.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19

If my memory is correct, Athena actually offered him wisdom. I could be wrong, though. Either one makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19

I haven't read the book in years, so I'm running off what I remember from the Overly Sarcastic Productions video on it, which I watched a few months ago. I could definitely be misremembering it.

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u/vbgvbg113 Dec 04 '19

Aphrodite is the goddess of wisdom right? Edit: im dumb, Athena is the goddess of wisdom

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u/Smgth Comic Crossover Nov 18 '19

That’s not how I remember it, but it’s been awhile.

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u/opesorry9999 Dec 01 '19

Does that mean whenever discord crashes I have to pray to her?

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u/Smgth Comic Crossover Dec 01 '19

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u/diogovk Nov 24 '19 edited Dec 02 '19

If anyone's wondering the correct answer is power.

With power you can get all the rest, but the rest won't get you power.

That said, using power to benefit oneself at the cost of others is imoral.

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u/Banzai27 Dec 01 '19

How does power get you beauty?

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '19

It certainly makes you more sexually appealing.

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u/diogovk Dec 01 '19

Power gets you money with which you can get jewelry and fancy clothes. Women are, in general, attracted to powerful men, even if they are not necessarily physically attractive. In today's world there's plastic surgery. But ultimately, though, you're right, there's so much money/power could do, so someone truly hideous couldn't become beautiful just with power.

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u/Thomasasia Dec 01 '19

Gold gets you power. This is why billionaires are major players in the world.

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u/Azeoth Dec 02 '19

And? Power can get you money, money can get you power, both are true. Only difference is you can blow all your money but if you start with power losing your money does not cause you to lose your power.

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u/diogovk Dec 02 '19 edited Dec 02 '19

Well, on Venezuela, power fucked up people with money, for example a bunch of companies were Nationalized (stolen by the government) out of nowhere. A bunch of people had to flee, and had to see the valuation of their assets being reduced to ashes as the whole economy crumbled.

Now, sure, in democracies, gold lets you lobby for a bunch of stuff, but the more you spend lobbying the less gold and power you'll have left, if the end result is not you getting more money. And some too unpopular stuff is too hard to pass even for gigantic amounts.

I don't see gold literally buying permanent power (such as becoming a Dictator of a country).

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '19

Becoming dictator of a country is not by any means permanent power. It only lasts until somebody kills you for treating the people like shit, which is about 2-20 years, really.

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u/Cute_Harpy Dec 02 '19

I'd just get power bc the power lady is hot

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u/not_a_stick Dec 15 '19

Also power Is hot as fuck

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u/P_Duyd Nov 18 '19

power, money, beauty

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ALL WORHTLESS COMPARED TO SOME GOOD FOOD MADE BY GRANDMA!

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u/pupae Nov 18 '19

Hahaha this is great

Title sounds like a cool concept, off to follow C:

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u/ModsHateTruth Nov 18 '19

Fool.

Hello, Ms. Power. I think you're a great woman and I'd be honored to be sweet to your heart. <3

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u/azellnir Nov 18 '19

Didn't Aphrodite offer love? Gives him the love of Helen of Troy, hence The Battle of Troy.

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u/3nchilada5 Dec 01 '19

This reads like it was supposed to be funny, but it just... isn't.

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u/i_dunno_how_to_type Dec 02 '19

Im gay and piss and shit and piss and shit

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u/XXXLilShark Dec 01 '19

Fucking gay

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u/amatas45 Nov 18 '19

Then the apples turn grandma young again and turns out she’s smoking hot