alphamule at 12:12AM, Dec. 29, 2015

Japan supposedly had a period where most people just wanted to die and get it over with?

alphamule at 12:11AM, Dec. 29, 2015

As said before: But there's a definition of 'man' that doesn't involve being male. Something tells me Loki is going be having some laughs at the blindspot in that prophecy. Imagine being able to best the greatest swordsman, and then getting defeated by the worst swordsman... using a gun. A bayonet is a type of sword, right? ;)

mhalpern at 7:00AM, June 5, 2015

@Dipti when the world of the living is filled with such horrors to the point where death becomes synonymous with freedom, and the other gods just watch.

Dipti at 8:47PM, April 8, 2015

am i missing something in the back story or have i just forgotten? why would the living pray to the god of the dead?

Mr Kaos at 1:44PM, April 7, 2015

Damn.

Katzen Irastra at 10:05AM, April 6, 2015

when all fail... just relax and enjoy the ride

mhalpern at 6:45AM, April 6, 2015

Lan and a few others can likely kill Mr Z, in mythology "man" often simply refers to "male humanoid form" or other specific on "man = male human", especially with protection spells, in addition "child" typically means any descendant, be it by blood or adoption, Elvina (as well as Lan's other wives) for example is the symbolic child and equivalent of Persephone, Lan is the great-grandchild of Persephone and Hades I, however as her powers are still strong in his blood, he is still considered a child of Persephone as he is also considered a child of Hades, even if the spell was only specific to him being killed by a female child of Persephone, which I doubt, he is still killable, gifts by deities and other magical entities are always trickier than they sound some parts are more literal (Midas' touch), while others are rather loose, if one is granted the skill to best the greatest of mortal swordsman, they will be beaten by a novice.

mhalpern at 6:21AM, April 6, 2015

I think he just couldn't use his powers to survive, or make life easier for him, this doesn't effect Hades directly, it's poetic, and he gave Mr Z a mere taste of what he wants, the folks at Mt Olympus would consider that a proper action, most would be a little more severe for his crimes, such as giving him Hades job for the day, but that isn't really an option as that would be turned against their cause the moment he manages to tune out the prayers, also making him listen to the prayers is not a power restricted to being the god of the dead any god/goddess can do it, and seeing as he's allowed magic in the bet, he made the chaos butterfly (he used mostly Tesb's blood but that could be attributed to having reduced magic when it comes to matters of personal survival, as per the deal- this not having to do with personal survival, he is allowed to do it)

mhalpern at 5:09AM, April 6, 2015

Boo lives, those blessings are rather litteral, man could just mean human, child could mean any descendent.

clem at 4:42AM, April 6, 2015

the rationalizations of villains, they always have one. i'm guessing elsewhere = terra. i note in passing that hades is currently a boy, not a man.

skobel at 3:32AM, April 6, 2015

5

mhalpern at 2:35AM, April 6, 2015

Hades just gave him a terrible threat, and it doesn't even compute for Mr Z

Darius Drake at 12:18AM, April 6, 2015

I'm actually a little curious. Does this count as Hades using his Divine Powers? I mean, what he did was give a Demigod/Divine Offspring one of his Divine Powers, without the ability to turn it off. What does this mean, if anything, for Hades and Zeus's bet?

starj at 12:13AM, April 6, 2015

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