But at least Hephaestos was the god of controlled fire/volcanoes in the service of intelligent life; Ares is just out and out aggression, which seems to fit Sterling pretty well.
She’s also the goddess of magic, crossroads, witchcraft, sorcery, ghosts and necromancy in ancient Greek religion and myth. Not just a nicey-nice lady – as would be expected of the mother of Sterling!
Those panels with Hermes are the best! It’s so great how he’s just casually flying along, “La la laaa” and then accidentally trips – “Oh dear, I’ve dropped him…look at him falling down…I’m sure I could never catch him again…oh well, back to Olympus.” Fuft is a perfect sound effect!
It looked to me like it was just mirroring Wallace’s leg, bending sideways, as he usually mirror’s Wallace’s actions. When you’ve only got a single line to interpret it can be pretty subjective though!
But at least Hephaestos was the god of controlled fire/volcanoes in the service of intelligent life; Ares is just out and out aggression, which seems to fit Sterling pretty well.