fandomhigh | The Various Gods & You, Monday, First Period

Both teachers were at the front of the class this time! And Jane looked much calmer about it all. Which was nice.

"Hi, everyone," she said with a smile. "After the movie last time, we'll be looking at the Greek pantheon. Which is... just as weird as the Norse one, it seems."

"I would say weirder," Don said, possibly because he was obligated to do so. Possibly because there was at least less incest on the Norse side of things. Possibly because, "None of the Norse ate their kids that I'm aware of." Okay, but you had that boat made out of dead men's fingernails, Don.

The lowest bar ever, Don.

"Yeah, there was a lot of that," Jane admitted. "And also so much punishing mortals for vague insults."

"Well, gods are touchy. Some gods, okay? Some gods." And some gods were proving his point. "The Greek pantheon is led by Zeus, at most the second-best god of thunder, and his sister-slash-wife, Hera, which may explain why he's cheating all the time." Look, Don called it like he saw it.

"She's also the goddess of marriage," Jane added, "so she doesn't take the cheating terribly well. By either trying to kill the poor women or children involved."

Not cool, Hera. Not cool.

"In my universe," Don said, "the Greek gods we probably dealt with the most are Ares, the Greek god of war--well, one of them. Athena is the goddess of....tactics, strategy, things that generals plan out in tents. Ares is the god of the soldier bleeding down in the dirt. So he often comes off as a bad guy, someone who has to be stopped, because he always seeks to continue violent conflict. We also see a lot of Hercules, the half-mortal son of Zeus who's something of an adventurer-hero." Also, not that bright. "He and Ares fight a lot." Definitely information you could all use!

"So today we'll be asking you which of the pantheon you identify most with," Jane suggested. "A thought exercise."

Don passed out a handout on the Greek gods that, yes, had just been printed out from Wikipedia. Listen, it was this or you got Thor's commentary. "Also, which gods do you think you're not like? Who would you get along with? All that sort of thing."

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Godly?

Zeus: second-rate. Jot that down.

Which god would you be and why?

No, Steve, you can't cop out again.

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They're here!

Thor: Tell them more about what an asshole Ares is.
Don: Also Ares is really hot.
Thor: WHAT
Don: I don't know why I said that! It was like someone made me say it!

Dean Winchester

Dean frowned as he went back and forth on the list a few times before he shrugged and just went with his instincts. “I’m going to say it’s Artemis for me. Pretty simple. I’m a hunter and she’s goddess of the hunt. Of course she’s probably not hunting monsters but it’s the same general area. The rest of her area of influence is definitely not me.”