yeah i mean on an abstract level i agree that the idea of anyone 'deserving' anything should not be a serious element of any socialist politic. but on the other hand, it's not like all the commies cracking jokes on the computer personally loaded these guys into the sub themselves, or like any amount of ill-wishes or mean-spirited jokes were what caused the catastrophic implosion, right? i think all these kinds of jokes (and 'officer down' and jokes about the queen etc.) aren't meaningful political praxis and i don't think anyone believes they are. politics to me is what you Do, not what you Feel or Say--politics is contained within actions only. like everyone having a laff about this is (and i say this in a value-neutral way, not the chud way) virtue-signalling.

These are only for romantic pairings, not platonic.

The ships in the polls are the twelve (12) most popular ships for each character based on the number of fics on AO3. However, Athena isn't shipped with twelve different people and so there are only eleven (11) options for her poll.

F.A.Q.

Hermathena, Hermes and Athena by Federico Zuccari 1566-1569

"Herm-Athena, a statue representing Mercury and Minerva, (called by the Greeks Athene) in one figure. Pomponius Atticus having found one of these rare statues at Athens, writes to his friend Cicero, that he would send it him to adorn his library. It was natural to see Mercury and Minerva joined in the same statue, the one deity presiding over eloquence, the other over arts and sciences. On the reverse of a medal of the emperor Adrian, who piqued himself upon his learning and eloquence, is an Herm-Athena."

-John Bell (1745-1831): Bell's New pantheon, or, Historical dictionary of the Gods, demi-gods, heroes, and fabulous personages of antiquity; page 394 (405/419)

These are only for romantic pairings, not platonic.

The ships in the polls are the twelve (12) most popular ships for each character based on the number of fics on AO3.

F.A.Q.

It’s easy to see why Cicero loved the Hermathena. For him politics is the most noble of all callings: “there is really no other occupation in which human virtue approaches more closely the august function of the gods.” And how can anybody flourish in politics without the having the qualities of both Hermes and Athena, even those that seem contradictory. To succeed in politics, as Cicero did for years, you must be two-faced.

It only took me two years to finally figure out why I draw both Athena and Hermes (granted I had a year hiatus from polytheism).

It’s easy to see why Cicero loved the Hermathena. For him politics is the most noble of all callings: “there is really no other occupation in which human virtue approaches more closely the august function of the gods.” And how can anybody flourish in politics without the having the qualities of both Hermes and Athena, even those that seem contradictory. To succeed in politics, as Cicero did for years, you must be two-faced.

It only took me two years to finally figure out why I draw both Athena and Hermes (granted I had a year hiatus from polytheism).