Well. This is a big decision and no mistake. If we go ahead with the complaint, Zeus will be obliged to take it to the Commissioner for Mortal Rights, and, given the information we've got, several Gods won't be any more. Well, that's not strictly true, they will still be Gods, but they won't have any power or authority. They will still be immortal, no-one can take that away, but I should imagine it won't be particularly attractive to them - especially since, with losing all their powers, stuff like eternal youth goes out of the window too, so they'll get very, very, very, very old...and still not die....eternal life isn't everything, you know. Got to be careful what you wish for....
Aphrodite would be absolutely devastated by it, for one, wouldn't be able to cope, if you ask me. As for the others, it will be a very nasty shock - the rules say they'd be replaced by someone else, and go into some sort of god limbo. And it all seems to be down to me. Me and Calliope. She's more of the injured party on this, it being her son they were after, so I suppose I'd better ask her what she wants.
Thinking about myself, I'd lose Aphrodite, lose the two thirds of the time I spend in the real world, and have to spend all my time down there with the dead folks. Not something I think I'd really want to do.
I did take the hint that I might be the boss down there, but I'm not sure it's a job I'd want - Perspehone is a bit bossy and possessive - and she might not be too pleased if Hades is kicked out, after all, she did pick him to begin with, and, although that was a few millennia ago, she still has feelings for him. Believe me, I know, she has made a point of telling me from time to time.
So it is a big decision - my principles about right and wrong against my own life and all its comforts and privileges....but it's more than that -there's Eurydice and Orpheus to think about too, and what it could mean for them...I'd better make sure I get this one right - and that could take some time !
So I'll be back with some ideas soon....
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