(because I have no plans to archive these 3 Sentence Ficathon fills on AO3)
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rthstewart, buried not by earth and stone but by the crushing weight of inbox notifications': put that on my gravestone."
"Bytes and pixels don't weigh that much; I mean, they don't have mass and can't exert force, right, which is why wanting to kill people over the internet doesn't seem to matter."
"Air molecules also don't weigh that much, but you'd still regret being under two atmosphere's worth or zero, and I hope you're not saying virtual hugs don't matter either?"
The annual sacrifice in the month of Hekatombaion of a hundred head of cattle, provided by one of the richest Athenian citizens (chosen by lot) so that Gods and mortals alike may feast and the entire city prosper, is of necessity a bloody, time-consuming, laborious event. Smaller offerings—a flower crown, a poured-out cup of wine, an hour spent to aid someone the petitioned God protects—are suitable for smaller petitions, and smaller thanks-offerings for smaller gifts.
There is some question, of course, as to whether demigods are Gods or mortals—indeed, Herakles is honored as both mortal hero, ancestor to all of Greece, and Zeus's divine son: in some locales, one of the Twelve Olympians!—but mortals accept gifts and salaries in many kinds of coin as well: might cookies, gold-star stickers, a handheld label-maker suit an organizer, or might thanks and kudos be worth more?
RIP Rthstewart's inbox 1,455 and counting2567+ Virtual Hugs
[1455 being the number of comments on the fest post before
" 'Here lies
rthstewart, buried not by earth and stone but by the crushing weight of inbox notifications': put that on my gravestone.""Bytes and pixels don't weigh that much; I mean, they don't have mass and can't exert force, right, which is why wanting to kill people over the internet doesn't seem to matter."
"Air molecules also don't weigh that much, but you'd still regret being under two atmosphere's worth or zero, and I hope you're not saying virtual hugs don't matter either?"
Meta,a meditation on the nature of offerings
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The annual sacrifice in the month of Hekatombaion of a hundred head of cattle, provided by one of the richest Athenian citizens (chosen by lot) so that Gods and mortals alike may feast and the entire city prosper, is of necessity a bloody, time-consuming, laborious event. Smaller offerings—a flower crown, a poured-out cup of wine, an hour spent to aid someone the petitioned God protects—are suitable for smaller petitions, and smaller thanks-offerings for smaller gifts.
There is some question, of course, as to whether demigods are Gods or mortals—indeed, Herakles is honored as both mortal hero, ancestor to all of Greece, and Zeus's divine son: in some locales, one of the Twelve Olympians!—but mortals accept gifts and salaries in many kinds of coin as well: might cookies, gold-star stickers, a handheld label-maker suit an organizer, or might thanks and kudos be worth more?
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