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maskormenace2018-06-17 03:59 pm
halfblaked) wrote in maskormenace2018-06-17 03:59 pm
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As a professor, whenever a holiday comes, it's always an opportunity for learning, and today happens to not be an exception, despite the personal nature of the holiday.
I suspect there are not many who celebrate such things, but perhaps it is a nice time to speak of them, considering it's father's day. I'm reflecting on fathers of myth, of course, not real ones -- but, ah, if you need someone to listen, I am, of course, here to listen.
There are, unfortunately, not a terribly high amount of good fathers in mythology, at least from my world. Sometimes, if you think of yourself as a poor parent, you can at least remember that you are no Zeus, or Hiranyakashipu. One was merely...devoted to sowing his progeny around Greece, as we all know, but Hiranyakashipu attempted multiple times to murder his son, because he worshipped a god he hated. [ A soft chuckle, and a shake of his head. ] I worried about moving too much, with mine! I suppose things could be worse. Then again, there is also Cronus, the god who ate his sons, [ he starts ticking on his fingers, ] Tantalus, Izanagi, Abraham...
Well, we're not short on those, are we? [ A soft chuckle, and a shake of his head. ]
I suppose there's something to be said, when we consider ourselves bad parents, yes? Not that we should ever excuse ourselves. [ A beat. ] I suppose I'm just...thoughtful, today. Moreso than I thought I would be. [ Another pause. ]
Are there others out there, who are thinking of things like this today?
I suspect there are not many who celebrate such things, but perhaps it is a nice time to speak of them, considering it's father's day. I'm reflecting on fathers of myth, of course, not real ones -- but, ah, if you need someone to listen, I am, of course, here to listen.
There are, unfortunately, not a terribly high amount of good fathers in mythology, at least from my world. Sometimes, if you think of yourself as a poor parent, you can at least remember that you are no Zeus, or Hiranyakashipu. One was merely...devoted to sowing his progeny around Greece, as we all know, but Hiranyakashipu attempted multiple times to murder his son, because he worshipped a god he hated. [ A soft chuckle, and a shake of his head. ] I worried about moving too much, with mine! I suppose things could be worse. Then again, there is also Cronus, the god who ate his sons, [ he starts ticking on his fingers, ] Tantalus, Izanagi, Abraham...
Well, we're not short on those, are we? [ A soft chuckle, and a shake of his head. ]
I suppose there's something to be said, when we consider ourselves bad parents, yes? Not that we should ever excuse ourselves. [ A beat. ] I suppose I'm just...thoughtful, today. Moreso than I thought I would be. [ Another pause. ]
Are there others out there, who are thinking of things like this today?
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Or experience. I've never known any women who wanted to eat their children.
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[ A wave of his hand. ]
But yes, women and men can be exactly the same. Just because society has often told us that women are soft, and cannot act in certain ways, doesn't mean they actually can't.
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Maybe the moral is that we should be afraid of everyone, especially the ones that are supposed to care about us.
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[ Says David Blake. Father of the Fucking year. ]
If that's the moral, then I'd be worried for the future of our society.
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You're not worried already?
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[ A laugh. ]
About children, the economy, life, society... Need I go on?
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This world in of itself is strange, as is our place in it.