Comments by "SantomPh" (@SantomPh) on "Overly Sarcastic Productions" channel.

  1. she was the last Ptolemy and actually bore Caesar a son, plus the last absolute ruler of Egypt before Rome took it over for themselves. Naturally she would be the most well known.
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  2. In those days a caste system kept social order but with a degree of social mobility. Societies like Egypt and Greece were no different, and the Chinese also had a social hierarchy that strangely put merchants at the bottom. The Laws of Manu was what turned a wheel into a ladder with broken rungs.
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  3. Philos = love (like philosophy is the love of wisdom) , "adelphos" = brother . William Penn, the man Pennsylvania is named after wanted a town where people could just get along without any of the religious issues evident in other colonies. Hence he founded The City of Brotherly Love = Philadelphia. The incest of the Ptolemies was Philadelphia taken in an erotic context, unlike the American city.
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  4. the Ptolemies believed that they had to pass on the names.
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  5. the Ptolemies were carrying on Egyptian traditions so it counts. The Targaryen histories however read like a retelling of Ptolemy's families at times.
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  6. Sokka was never a moron to begin with, he merely developed as a character and gained skills over time. A moron hidden badass would be Varrick, who was a cowardly villain in book 2 but became a somewhat courageous genius inventor in book 3.
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  7. Actually it only applies to Usopp and Chopper. The Monster Trio are powerful regardless of how moronic they are and Franky is a bleeding cyborg. In fact Usopp is the only one who graduates from feeble weakling to brave hero.
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  8. it's a plural form of philo-adelphus , like Columbia is the feminine-plural of Columbus.
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  9. That is not a trope it is a connection made by queerbaiters who link everything to their cause.
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  10. Alexander held together his empire by force of will but with no real bureaucracy or delegation of power. The Persians he defeated ironically stood back up and emerged as the Seleucid, Parthians , Sassanids etc because they could go back to their established systems of governance. Alexander would have faced rebellions eventually from his subjects as he was a conqueror, not quite a ruler. His son would have faced the same issues and the empire would have collapsed eventually. The Diadochi fighting over the kingship would have been an inevitability in any case
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  11. it does not help that characters introduce themselves in bombastic manner- instead of "I am Liu Bei" he will say something like "I am Liu Bei, eldest brother of the three, member of the Han royal court, restorer of the Emperor's rights, holder of the jade pen, sweeper of the floor....."
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  12. Amazons were literally written powerful,intelligent and amazing. No real heroes' journey, unlike Atalanta
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  13. Atalanta was the only female to be a hero in the classical sense, like Theseus, Achilles, Perseus , Hercules etc in that she fought her own battles and ran her own show. The Amazons are only powerful as a group and live in a rather isolated community, and heroism is not apparent in their culture. Athena is a godess. No chance of being a hero.
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  14. Homer's Illiad is not "mythology" as such despite the presence of several deities, much like how Journey to the West was a novel involving all of China's religious figures.
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  15. The salt rose and created marshlands where Arabs convened and created a kind of desert hillbilly society. Saddam Hussein hated these people so much he drained the marshes and chased the people out.
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  16. Bruce Lee never portrayed a moron.
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  17.  @weirdofromhalo  Mandarin as we know it is only dated from the 1950s, the language used in the Jin ,Yuan and Ming is still different, being more literary and flowery. The Four Classics have been written in that Chinese but now recited in formal modern Mandarin.
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  18. the "Shu" kingdom was actually "Shu Han" which meant "New Han", as Liu Bei originally wanted to keep the Han Emperor free of Cao Cao's influence but later crowned himself an emperor claimant.
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  19.  @rickpgriffin  a lot of modern (read: China) audiences don't get these themes.
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  20. insert name here actually Avatar references IT. The Water Tribes actually celebrate this by coming together and Avatar Kuruk both gained and lost his wife during the moon festival
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  21. Going round the Himalayas?
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  22. Iroh is an actual badass. Even as a tea swilling old man he is a badass.
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  23. the Witcher is successful as a book and video game series (not so much a TV series) because it is based in Polish and Slavic folklore rather than typical chivalric heroic fiction. Russian and Lithuanian fairy tales are frightening as well. Even Djed Mraz (Santa Claus in Croatia) is accompanied by Krampus, who kidnaps bad children.
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  24. Wukong (and Red Boy) is a shape changer so his height varies. Triptaka is a child in most versions of the written story. Sandy is supposed to be tall.
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  25. Thing is we all know Alucard is the real persona.and the goofball is an act.
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  26. Henry VII was not a direct line member of the House of Lancaster, he was related via his father who was a Welsh vassal related to the Lancasters through a lower female member of the family. The "Tudor" sigil is the combination of Lancaster and York, after all. There exists a scroll where the York line is prominent while the Tudor line is portrayed as a long, black unremarkable line beside it with few noted names apart from Henry VII. Henry in fact was exiled in France when he heard the York call to arms, being literally the furthest relative.
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  27. She is a godess of mercy but not charity
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  28. The Lord's Day Observation Society belongs in hell. White Christianity at its worst.
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  29. It never does.
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  30. the Initial D music lol
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  31. am sure north Munster is Meath
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  32. *canon
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  33.  @rodney2x48  that "Ethiopia" is not the one we know ; like Eritrea it is a place somewhere in the Aegean allied to Troy, rather than an African country. Colonials named the two countries in accordance with these Greek myths
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  34. Sargon is an Anglicized version of his Akkadian name so it is ok
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  35. Triptaka is a child in the official version and sworn not to do much so yeah, like a fairytale princess
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  36. 5:54 it's because half the gods supported Troy and the other half supported the Achaeans. Also Poseidon's hate-on for Odysseus was not a universal hatred by the gods, those like Athena and Hermes supported him all the way.
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  37. Kirk, McCoy and Spock. Still the best trinity in Sci Fi.
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