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Clark standing guard at the medbay door: “we can’t let you in. his secret identity could be—”

Dick: “Bruce Wayne.”

Clark: “—what?”

(To preface I am not a Christian but I love learning about theology) no, “Zeus’s law” is not the same as something Christian god would decree. Zeus does not “love” humans the way that Christian god is described to love humans. “God”’s commandments are for the benefit of humans and so they love each other, Zeus’s “laws” are basically threats because we are not his children and he doesn’t even like his actual children.

you treat a Christian angel badly in disguise and they might smite you. you treat them well and they’ll reward you.

you treat a god in disguise well and they don’t kill you. you treat them badly and they kill you.

you don’t defy the gods, they are literally everywhere and everything. you don’t live under their rules because they have your best interests at heart, you live staying out of their way and making sacrifices and praying to them for your own safety because at the smallest slight, they will literally create plagues, wars, and whole seasons. Odysseus works with Athena but that is because he is the EXCEPTION not the RULE

in Christian scripture, being good and generous is rewarded. In classical mythology you literally don’t have any other choice but to make yourself useful because the gods didn’t care how many humans died in the titanomachy and they won’t care if they kill one more.

Zeus’s law isn’t a decree or a scripture, it’s a lesson you learn the hard way and you pass onto your children. But that’s also because Zeus’s law isn’t even REAL and Greek hospitality can’t be boiled down to one single aspect of their mythology and culture Mr Nolan I’m looking at you when I say this

EDIT: TL;DR is that anglicizing the concept of Xenia reduces it to essentially the most prominent western societal understanding of religion-based “deity in disguise” generosity, which comes from biblical values. My post is just defining the ways that those two instances of “gods in disguise” differ

“Open the door or I’m gonna throw rocks through your windows, you dumb whore!”

Bruce, voice frantic and muffled from the other side of the door, “Who taught you that word!”

“I HEARD IT ON TV!”

“WHAT TV SHOWS ARE YOU WATCHING?”

Imagine one of the younger bats, who think they have a good understanding of Dicks childhood just coming up short when they hear Dick say “Uncle Clark” in a not-quite-a-joke voice because they knew Dick was close with the og Leaguers but not that close.

Or imagine they see Dick interact with Talia for the first time without Damian present and realize that have evil stepmother level beef that Dick has simply never acknowledged.

It could even be as simple as Dick offhandedly mentioning that time his apartment got blown up or that he does actually know how to shoot a gun because he was forcefully taught by fucking Deathstroke the Terminator.

Secret Grudge (1327 words) by eaglerayys Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Jason Todd Characters: Tim Drake (DCU), Dick Grayson, Talia al Ghul, Jason Todd Additional Tags: POV Tim Drake (DCU), Batfamily (DCU), Batfamily Dynamics (DCU), Talia vs Dick, they hate each other, But Only When Damian's Not There, Humor, canon? I hardly know her, Rated T for language, Dick Grayson Has Secrets Summary:

Somewhere along the line Tim had neglected to account for two very glaringly important facts: Dick Grayson could stage a performance like no other, and he was uniquely adept at manipulating the way he was viewed by younger heroes, especially those he considered to be his younger brothers. And Tim, being one of said brothers, made the fatal mistake of forgetting that he was not immune to Dick’s maneuverings.

These realizations came rather synchronously as Tim watched Nightwing and Talia al Ghul exchange blows in a dark warehouse on the outskirts of Blüdhaven.

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