Hera, Poseidon, and Athena had betrayed Zeus?
When Zeus's thunderous roar rang out, countless people seized on those words and began turning them over in their minds.
In Krov's livestream, comments flooded in so fast they seemed to have gone mad. Everyone was using them to express the same thought: Holy shit.
"Holy shit. I thought this 'Wrath of Zeus' might have happened because someone blasphemed against Zeus, or because people didn't worship him. I never imagined it was because Hera, Poseidon, and Athena had betrayed him... The answer I didn't even dare consider turned out to be the truth."
"Think about it. Betrayal is everywhere in the myths of the Olympian Gods. Maybe this isn't all that strange."
"Good thing Zeus's wife isn't Gaia, the Earth Mother. Otherwise, instead of roaring about stolen lightning, he'd be shouting, 'How dare you cut off my little dick?'"
"The person above is asking for it."
"The person above is asking for it +1."
"Did anyone else notice Zeus said he was asleep? Gods like him shouldn't need to sleep like mortals. Or at least they shouldn't be completely defenseless when they do. But apparently, three gods chained him up while he slept. That makes no sense."
"So here's my bold guess: Sleep God Hypnos put Zeus to sleep. Of all the gods, only he has the power to do that. The Iliad describes Hera getting Hypnos to put Zeus to sleep, then taking the chance to plot against Heracles."
"But Hypnos is one of the Underworld Twin Gods. It makes no sense for him to attack Zeus just because Hera ordered him to. The gods of the Underworld rarely take orders from anyone on Olympus Holy Mountain besides Zeus, the God King. And wouldn't Hypnos fear Zeus settling the score later? I