Cupbearer (An Impractical Guide 36 unbetaed)
Added 2025-08-30 12:09:34 +0000 UTCAll right.
As always, one must deliver a few warnings: youare forbidden to enlist among the ranks of the Grea Penguin's Army, to fight Titans, or to sell your souls to doomed and futile causes where malevolent entities will screw you for eternity.
You will thank the Suicide Squad later for all of that, believe us.
(read the paper handed between two acts)
Oh, dear. Oh dear.
It seems the august Tyrant, in all his benevolence, has decided to push for a re-branding effort.
Effective immediately, the Suicide Squad won't be known by that name (all your T-Shirts won't be taken back, sorry).
You want to know more?
You will have, I'm afraid, to read several pages where your sanity will be sorely tested...
Comments
well shit, the stakes have been raised just a wee bit. And considering that all three Calernians are heading into this bloodbath I can only imagine that things are going to get messy
Eli
2025-09-17 23:20:04 +0000 UTCThis just leads to some interesting implications like the primordial level gods of each mythology(i.e: God in christian mythology, the concept Ahtma or the big three[brahma, krishna, and shiva] in hindu mythology, or Shangdi[the heaven splitter} and Tian[the heaven ruler] in Chinese mythology) all being valid in this universe since they’re all also primordially conceptual similar to the greeks or lovecraft, if lovecraft is greater than or equal to the primordials in power. Again, doubt this is a natural conclusion for a reader to go down. You just have a Philosophy/Math major alongside your audience who concerns himself with the logical implications of your statements! Love your story either way!
Manan Kothari
2025-09-04 11:03:16 +0000 UTCFirstly, thank you for the compliments. Knowing you enjoy reading my comments beats back my insecurities abt this deep analysis. Secondly, I had a second question regarding something brought up near the end of the sea of monsters arc but not touched upon since. We’ve established the Cthulhu/Lovecraft mythos is part of this reality, but due to them being primordial level and part of their pantheon, they don’t follow the treaty of jerusalem and frankly don’t care about a multiversal split, it’s below them. We’ve also established classic greek primordials are taking an interest in this reality. Are the lovecraftian great old ones above the greek primordials(thus putting them out of this story unless you want to cameo them again), with or equal to the greek primordials(making them part of this story and a factor), or below the greek primordials since they’re a more recent mortal mythology(again having the same consequences as putting them on the same level as the greek primordials). Not a major issue, since Lovecraft was a fun cameo either way. I’m just mildly confused since you’ve established an alternate mythos behind the treaty of jerusalem restriction, lumping them with our current highest-level, without any clarification on their relevance or power. Doubt it’s relevant either way! Just a question I had
Manan Kothari
2025-09-04 10:57:57 +0000 UTCAnother question. The Olympians are increasing their influence in the mortal sphere. But why now? They had nearly 60 years without competition. The removal of other pantheons meant there were billions of potential new worshippers, so why didn't they make their move earlier? It seems simple enough to do, as is being demonstrated currently. Further, why did they hide from the mortals originally anyway? I can't remember if the books explained it or not; however, in this universe, the Mist seems to be powerful enough to explain the loss of millions and an entire island. They could have stayed ruling and simply hidden the more extreme things that may cause unnecessary panic amongst the mortals. The Hindu Pantheon continued ruling; why not the Olympians?
Sagewizard88
2025-09-02 15:14:47 +0000 UTC
