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"You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry" - Clabo

Where is the honor? Where is the virtue? Why must the gods intervene so often. It's as if they say they won't involve themselves... that is, until one of their favorites are about to die. The Achaeans have been slighted by the gods on so many occasions. I know that they have also been helped by the gods in certain instances, but It just seems as if the Trojans are the fan-favorite here. Previously, Menelaus was denied the revenge he so rightfully deserved, and when the Achaeans had seemingly won the war, the gods intervened and started it all up again. Now, Aeneas and Hector are saved from Achilles hands by Poseidon and Apollo, and Apollo even disguises himself as Agenor so that the Trojans have time to retreat. In my personal opinion, there is just too much involvement from the gods. It is almost as if the heroes are kids on a playground and the gods are parents who are standing by and ready to swoop their kids away from danger or hurting themselves. I say that they should just let it play out. Let Achilles go on his "Hulk Smash" rampage and do what he was, well, half-destined to do. Is anyone with me? 

P.S. I commented on Haley Riddle's and Caroline Tucker's posts.

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  1. Braylan StringfellowAugust 31, 2020 at 3:40 PM

    The gods definitely are involved too much in this war. I love how you compared the gods to over-reactive parents at a playground.

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  2. abbieheddenAugust 31, 2020 at 8:45 PM

    Jacob I fully agree with you. The parents aren't letting their kids just fight it out and figure things out for themselves. I'm kind of reminded of Dumbledore in Harry Potter, who always swoops in and awards Gryffindor wayyyyy too many house points at the end of the year.

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