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Blog by "The Great Ovid" in which he recounts myths and legends from various cultures in his own irreverent vernacular. Also features some multi-part video retellings.
The mythologies covered on the blog include [[Classical Mythology]], [[Norse Mythology]], [[The Bible]], [[King Arthur|Arthurian Mythology]], [[Fairy Tale|Fairy Tales]], [[Celtic Mythology]], [[
A dead-tree edition is in the works.
Found [http://bettermyths.blogspot.com/ here].
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* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Ovid sees Sir Galahad as this.
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* [[Edutainment]]: Sort of.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: In "WHOOPS":
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sleep well
try not to die brutally during the night
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA }}
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The multi-part video myths tend to go this way. For instance, part one of the Genesis series was called "Did somebody say GENESIS?", and subsequent entries continued to speculate on whether or not anybody had indeed said Genesis.
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: Used from time to time, such as in "Medea Kind of Sucks Also".
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or 2 birds with one robe i guess
one poisoned robe
and instead of birds it is nobles
but the metaphor holds }}
* [[No Punctuation Period]]: The earlier stories had very little punctuation; with time Ovid shed even what little there was, so that most of his myths are completely unpunctuated (emphasis and pacing is provided instead by line/paragraph breaks and frequent use of ALL CAPS).
* [[A Rare Sentence]]: In "Robin Hood is for Pussies":
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and he's like yo
you should check your closet full of doves
there are religious personages in there
and the count is like boy
how did I get to a point in my life where that sentence makes sense }}
* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Inserted into a myth in "It is hard for Set to not be a douchebag".
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** Also, consulting the Oracle at Delphi is a terrible, stupid idea.
** Ovid sniggering at anything that sounds a little dirty.
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is right on the banks of this river Peneus
haha peneus }}
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: A key element of Ovid's writing style.
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is I get to routinely use words like fucking and seminary
IN THE SAME GODDAMN SENTENCE }}
* [[Space Whale Aesop]]: A natural result of trying to synthesize a moral out of most mythology.
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is if you are going to have a goddess for a mom
try to have a less shitty one than aurora
one that can save your life in battle
instead of turning your smoking corpse into some angry birds }}
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: Each story ends with this kind of moral, generally a [[Space Whale Aesop]] (see above), or a [[Warped Aesop]] (see below).
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: In "ENOUGH with the cows":
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and are like i bet you cant get out of this ribbon
and fenrir is like come ON guys
there is no fame to be gained
from breaking a fucking little girl’s pretty bow
and [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|i dont think youd even be asking me to break this]]
[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|if you had not magicked up some ridiculous bullshit]]
that means i will like
lose my balls
or my face will come off
when you tie me up
and the gods are like no no no
why would we do that
what do you think we are
desperately afraid of you or something }}
* [[Warped Aesop]]: The other natural result of trying to synthesize morals out of mythology.
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if a charismatic religious figure offers you a pill
eat it
even if it has been clearly demonstrated
numerous times
to be deadly poison
in fact
especially in that case
take two if you can
take a dozen
take all of them
come on don't you want to be immortal }}
* [[Your Mom]]: Apparently The Iliad did the nasty with her. Your dad too.
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