Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Bible Reboot

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  • 10 comments
paka

paka

May 16 2012, 05:12:04 UTC 9 years ago

Of course you can kill him! I mean, Wisir died. Ra lost an eye, even though it came back. Herakles had to die before he could become truly divine.

That's part of how comic books are mythology! People keep killing off the gods and then they're like "oh uh, I guess people really liked Baldr, maybe we should bring him back, uh... nobody saw the body except for maybe Hermod."
ysabetwordsmith

*laugh*

ysabetwordsmith

May 16 2012, 06:47:40 UTC 9 years ago

Yeah, but it's still funny.
thnidu

thnidu

May 16 2012, 17:18:53 UTC 9 years ago

Wisir = Osiris?
fayanora

fayanora

May 17 2012, 00:04:34 UTC 9 years ago

Of course gods can be injured or killed! Part of what makes them gods, though, is it doesn't stick.

Hell, I have a fantasy universe with "gods" that are energy beings. They *can* be killed, with the right magicks, but their souls remain intact; one of the goddesses killed in the back-story gets reincarnated as a male god.
paka

paka

May 17 2012, 00:31:48 UTC 9 years ago

It's my contention that comics are mythology. Not just in the Jack Kirby, "these are sort of what gods would be for us" sense.

I figure; any mythology works on commonality and is there for entertainment. Having a god die (and come back with handwavy explanation and possibly cool new powers) is solid drama, guaranteed entertainment for weather-trapped audiences in hogans/long houses/whatever. What storyteller can pass that up? And invariably it does make for canon that's kind of a mess.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

May 17 2012, 00:36:32 UTC 9 years ago

For me, mythology is the intersection between the sacred and the commonplace. It explains why the world is as it is, and how to get along in it. It tells universal stories through specifics. And when people experience mythology, they don't just passively observe it; they interact with it and expand on it and pass it on. It becomes a part of the culture.

So yes, Superman and Star Trek and all kinds of stuff qualifies as modern mythology.
catsittingstill

catsittingstill

May 16 2012, 14:45:49 UTC 9 years ago

:-)
fayanora

fayanora

May 17 2012, 00:01:49 UTC 9 years ago

More like, the New Testament and other later things (like the Koran) are Old Testament fanfiction with original characters.
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

May 17 2012, 00:34:23 UTC 9 years ago

Go go Marty Stu!
fayanora

Re: Yes...

fayanora

May 17 2012, 02:16:38 UTC 9 years ago

You noticed that too, eh? I wasn't gonna say anything, I was gonna be polite. ;-)

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    There are a lot of them, and without advance preparation, Earth is defenseless. We need to get the Umbrella up.