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* Poor Metis...Zeus married her, but then found out that her children would overthrow him. For this, he tricked her into turning into a fly while he turns into a bird and swallowed her up, trapping her eternally in his mind. The story emphasizes how lonely she ended up being while [[{{Jerkass}} Zeus]] lives it up on Olympus, and eventually she births Athena in there, trains her and forges her armor (which causes Zeus a massive headache). And Athena, upon being born, swears UndyingLoyalty to Zeus and has very few memories of her mother (though the memories are there, they are few and fleeting), leaving Metis without even the satisfaction of being avenged or even ''recognized'' by her daughter.
* Ares dropping this little bombshell in an argument with Hephaistos, in the comic that bears the latter god's name:
-->'''Ares:''' You're sad because they don't like you? Big deal! [[JerkassWoobie Everyone hates me and I! Just! DEAL WITH IT!]]
** Also from ''Hephaistos'', we have Apollo making jokes about Hephaistos' disability to his face pretty much just to be [[{{Jerkass}} an asshole]]. Artemis is [[PetTheDog quick to call him out on it]].
* In ''Ares: Bringer of War'', we have Ares getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Zeus, telling him in front of the rest of the pantheon that he hates him and that if he were any child but his own, he would've thrown him off Olympus. And he says all of this ''while Ares is wounded''. [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Aphrodite looks horrified]].
* Achilles' reaction to Patroclus' death in the same comic.
-->'''Achilles:''' (''to Thetis'') It should've been me.
* Achilles' desire for revenge is ''heavily'' emphasized, at one point screaming at Scamander that he has no intention to stop slaughtering the Trojans until either he kills Hektor or Hektor kills him. While the story also depicts his desecration of Hektor's grave as a ''massive'' WhatTheHellHero moment (with even the Gods who worked against Troy being disgusted at him for it), the close up of Achilles' BerserkerTears stained face make it very clear that Patroclus' death was a ''very'' personal offense to him.
* Artemis tearing up after killing Orion. It's clear that she wanted to be his friend, but his [[EntitledToHaveYou attitude towards her]] leading to him trying to cause [[EnemyToAllLivingThings untold ecological destruction out of spite]] put her in a position where that was no longer possible.

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