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Were ancient gods in stories the original gary stew/mary sue?
Look at pic related
>dude I can do EVERYTHING perfectly lmao
>dude I am the most just person ever
>oh yeah I can also kill anyone with my op spear that follows you when throw
>if you thought that was bad then you better worry about my sword which will make collapse when you see it bare

>> No.11790027

>>11790005
>Were ancient gods in stories the original gary stew/mary sue?
If you’re talking about the Greeks, no

Otherwise I don’t know

>> No.11790654
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>>11790005
you really worry about characters in ancient epics being mary sue's?

>> No.11791058

>>11790005

Not at all. Gods were often fickle, fought amongst themselves, had many flaws and were able to be overcome by mortals.

>> No.11791083

obsession with tropes is the hallmark of pseudery

>> No.11791161

Setanta is cool as fuck

>> No.11792116

>>11790005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

>> No.11792195

I immediately thought of that story where the forge god hepahestus or whatever caught his wife aphrodite fucking aries the god of war and everyone on olympus came by to laugh at him.

>> No.11792224

>>11790005
The Greeks deliberately made their gods flawed and would often play up on those flaws for comedic purposes.

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>>11792195
Hephaestus is /ourgod/

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>>11790005
Pic related is (You)