(urth) Father Inire Theory

Son of Witz Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Mon Dec 6 09:39:57 PST 2010



On Dec 6, 2010, at 6:01 AM, António Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com> wrote:

> David Stockhoff wrote (06-12-2010 13:31):
>> I missed this comment of James'. Yes, Typhon was definitely
>> Alexander-like in his rapid conquests, whatever they were. That's a
>> great point.
>> 
>> And further, Alexander presents an excellent example of an emperor being
>> treated like a god after his death (horns and all). His example led to
>> all sorts of contortions for some Christians, too, because they felt
>> they had to acknowledge or somehow deal with his pre-Christian godliness.
>> 
>> And he is the first God Emperor of Dune, too.
> 
> I had never noticed it before, but all this time I've been picturing Typhon with the exact same appearance I picture Alexander, curly blond and all (I don't even picture Typhon with two heads).
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Until you said it, I hadn't realized that my vision of Typhon was Alexander. I drew him the other day and was compelled to put a laurel wreath on his head, which is totally inappropriate, but it came out that way. Blonde hair and all.
~witz


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