A new catson! And ANTIGODDESS ARC giveaway with swag! (Ends Friday, July 12th.)

[kendare_blake]

So this is a long and rambling giveaway post. I should probably break it out into more than one, but being the infrequent blogger I am, this is how it goes. First off, we had a minor freak out last week when we thought Tybalt was losing weight. There were several possible explanations for this (having his fangs removed, a recent food change, stress

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Antigoddess

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Ok, well your history lesson made me more excited for the book, so thanks for that.

I guess I would pick Hera's bribe. Well why not, have the power and riches to travel the world and do whatever I want, seems like a no-brainer for me.

Thanks for the giveaway! :D

Re: Antigoddess

[kendare_blake]

The history lesson was a gamble...half the reader probably tuned out :) so I'm thrilled it did the opposite for you!

Antigoddess for the win!

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I would totally go with Athena's offer. I mean vast riches and hot dudes are cool and all, but we are talking great glory and hero powers here! Paris was a fool for choosing the hot chick. I mean really, there are tons of hot people out there and Paris was a prince so I'm sure he wouldn't too many problems finding one for himself...especially if he had tons of riches and/or hero powers and glory!

Antigoddess

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Yeah, I don't like Eris, lol.

Anyway, just thinking about choosing one of the offers makes me cringe. Why? Because whoever you choose, you'll end up upsetting one of the other goddesses...and you know the goddess when they get upset. But if I HAD to choose, I'd probably go with the hot boy...mmm. One of my many fictional BFs would be great! But then again Hera's offer is pretty tempting too...nah, I'm going with the hottie! ;)

Re: Antigoddess

[kendare_blake]

Excellent point. And I suppose going with the hot boy can't get you in as much trouble as Paris choosing the hot girl did back then! Or at least I'd hope not :)

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I'd pick Athena because if you were the greatest hero and you had glory on the battlefield -- no matter how hard that was and how many sacrifices you had to make -- history would remember you. People of all time would know you. But if I picked Aphrodite and got beautiful ladies, even they would age and eventually became ugly and had wrinkles. And I chose Hera, I got richness and vast kingdom, but even the biggest kingdom couldn't prosper forever. So yeah, I'd pick Athena cause that way, you'd somehow become eternal through history. And people would remember your greatness.

[kendare_blake]

Excellent answer. You are totally channeling Achilles :)

hmm~

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I feel like with any offer from the gods, any way you choose it'll probably be twisted somehow-- like how Helen was the most beautiful woman in the world, but also insanely taken by someone else.

Probably choosing Hera's kingdom would mean unseating another rich king, someone with the friends and the connections to try and take it back. I can also see Athena's bribe working out something like Achilles' fate in THE SONG OF ACHILLES (which omg so good) where you'll get great fame, but you have to die young for it.

With all that in mind, I think I'd still choose Athena's. Knowing that you're going to be immortalized even if you die young is kind of a big thing, so I feel like it would be worth the sacrifice.

Thanks for the giveaway! :D The Trojan War is also one of my favorite things (woo hoo Aenas~) so this is a fun question to answer.

Re: hmm~

[kendare_blake]

You're probably right. They'd find a way to screw you over. It's just in their nature :)

I also love Aeneas! I was sort of bummed he didn't find a way into Antigoddess.