Really enjoyed reading this story. So amazing.

PLEASE WRITE THE SEQUEL, THIS IS GREAT AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW THE STORY ENDS.

When they swear by the Styx even the gods must keep their word

Like humans the Olympians were capable of good and bad deeds

But it could be argued their immortality and massive power (and the same could be said of superheroes) disconnects them from humanity

if a man was caught peeping on a bathing goddess she might blind him reflexively on instinct but if it was an accident she may then give him the gift of prophesy

To those who worshiped them remember they are from a far more brutal time where thinking the next village over as subhuman was par for the course

In actual mythology

The Olympians were like humans in that they ran the gamut from bad to good to indifferent to somewhere in between it could be said their immortality and massive power disconnects them from humanity

The Olympians were very much do as we say not as we do types, Zeus was a freaking rapist but he was also god of law, justice, and civilization in general and he DOES punish the truly vile, even if he has hypocrisy issues (liars, oath breaker, incest), one could argue that gods should ONLY interfere with the most horrible taboo breakers and/or extreme circumstances

Athena as a goddess of intelligence, she will help people as long as they are following the rules and/or striving to right injustice. But breaking them means she will allow no mercy, she punished her own high priestess Medusa for losing her virginity to Poseidon. Regardless of whether it was rape or consensual, Medusa's vow had been broken, and there had to be a punishment.

Ares in his Roman incarnation he is pictured as the god of farming as well as war. The connection being that war was in the mind of early Romans(and early Greeks) turf fighting between farmers. Thus in the Roman interpretation Mars was a god of citizen-soldiers defending their crops, and the Greek Ares was a god of the horrors of war. Ares always supported his children and tried to protect them (namely the Amazons) Yes, he goes on bloodthirsty killing sprees during wartime (he's basically a stupid thug even if he does know everything about armed and unarmed combat Ares personifies war as bloodshed, violence and destruction, and Athena is the goddess of generals, battle tactics and strategies) but he is quite devoted to his mother He loved Hera, as he saved her from getting raped by two giants at the cost of being imprisoned in a jar, and various children unlike a lot of the other gods except Hermes Athenians explained the name of the Areopagus by saying the first trial there was when Poseidon prosecuted Ares for murder, over the death of his son Alirrothios. Ares was acquitted on the defense that he was protecting his daughter Alkippe from being raped by Alirrothios

Orion at least tries to be god of JUST war violence only when necessary

Luthor like Doom

"I am Bast, Cat God of Egypt, Panther God of Wakanda. Lie to me, Doom, and I WILL DEVOUR YOU!"

Doom: "I know who you are. And I know that when I stepped through that arch, my life was forfeit."

"But know this: I give to you what I have given to no one else. I open my mind and heart and soul to you."

Bast: "Is that bravery or arrogance that puts such steel in your voice?"

Doom: " Neither. It is faith. I know who and what I am. Look into my soul, cat god. Look and see the truth that is DOOM."

Bast: "You would slaughter millions to save billions. You would rewrite history, wreck nations, let yourself be called a tyrant and a murderer. All to satisfy your dream of one world under Doom."

Bast: "And yet."

Bast: "You believe that this is the only path to salvation for all mankind. You believe that with your whole heart. Everything you have ever done-your plots and twisted excesses-all serve this one goal."

Bast: "I, too, have looked into the million pathways of the future. I, too, have seen the one path that leads to a world without evil, without hurt, without want. And though my own soul cries out in denial, I must act according to the truth."

Bast: "Though your methods are abhorrent and vile, your intent is pure. You have passed the test. The vibranium is yours to take...do with it as you will."

Checkmate...Doom.

Diana is the one that can't cook. Clark always knows how to cook.

Amazing story.

Well, I spent yesterday night reading this... I couldn't just stop...it was tha good :) I hope you'll write that sequel one day!

Really love this story, edge of your seat type stuff. I enjoyed on how you took a different approach to The Kryptonians and their background/history. Please realease your sequel im dying to see what happens next

Your later chapters... were not as good as the previous. At about chapter 15 everything decreased in quality. The characters started to seem more forced than natural, there was too much being revealed all at once and it just got too big too fast. Maybe if it was paced just a little slower? The moutain that they use when describing a story, begininng, buildup, climax, resolution, end. You seem to have skipped the buildup? Or rather, the buildup and climax were kind of the same length. The beginning was the whole bit with Clark and Diana learning each other. This battle among the gods part was the climax... but the buildup to it felt compressed.

Overall a nice read. I've been waiting for someone to involve Rao actively in a fic and having him interact with the local earth gods. You may have changed him from benevolent to evil, but hey fanfiction. Liscense for change. I'll be checking out the sequel, but my hope will be that it returns to the quality of the first chapters over the rough feel of these later ones.

Oh and just a note, pay attention to your battle taunts. You had every character either use the bring it on gesture or say bring it. Remember to use some variety. Not just because variety makes for a better story, but also because it is realistic. Different personalities after all.

That was a really good story. I enjoyed this alternate story line of Superman and the Kryptonians. While I loved the new backstory for Kal's people and God, I really enjoyed how you portrayed Aphrodite...the Goddess of Love is a straight badass. Now that Zod is back and about to bring more Kryptonians into the war, Darkseid and Rao are going to have one hell of a battle on their hands. Great story...I hope your still working on the sequel, because I would love to read. Thanks for all the hard work you put in for this story.

Pretty good start. Clark's journal was a nice touch, but I really liked Rao putting Ares in his place.

Better than the beast? He's beaten?

That attitude is why the DC Universe is a total shit storm.

I'm gone,

- Thorndsword

Nice cliffhanger.

Cool to see Zod fighting on the side of our heroes.

Seems with all the gods and heroes in alliance that the baddies are in for a serious butt whopping :-)

I think in this chapter you did a better job of choreographing the fights/strikes. Somehow they seemed to flow better. Good job there.

See you in the sequel and in your unseen man story :-)

A fitting end to the traitorous Ares. Aphrodite continues to impress here.

Was that Zod?

Something tells me he's going to join the fight on the side of the angels this time.

Now enter Darkseid. Just when the battlefield was mostly cleared!

Me thinks Kal-El is going to be needing some help now.

Very nice ending to the chapter.

Do I get a cookie for posting the 100th review lol

I really love this pairing, but this is where I think I will stop reading. I didn't like that everything seemed like it was "fated." I'm not a huge fan of destiny and things like that so I didn't like this. The other thing I didn't like was the whole, "Rao, Source, Ares, Aphrodite" and so on. There was too many gods and even though Superman has faced off with Darkseid, and Diana faces off with Gods as well the way you wrote it, made it seem like Clark was a god himself. You made it seem like he was overrpowered. His only weakness so far, seemed that he had some weird personality thing. I disliked "Lak" so much. He said, "pathetic, worthless, etc" soo much it was annoying.

I hoe you continue writing though. You seem to have a lot of ideas, and I hope that next time I encounter some of your work I enjoy it more.

Well heck, it looks like the bad guys continue to get away for the moment, and will wonder if after all Rao and Darkseid do, if they will let them live in the end after defeat, because the good guys are better than that, or if Kal and the rest will put them down hard? Can't wait to find out!