#and I think mars is going to be a mirror to Kratos where he is also tired of being a conquerer and just wants to go home and farm

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One of the biggest reasons why Kratos was able to actually defeat the Olympians easier to compared to the Norse pantheon is because they’re not really trained combatants. The Titan war was thousands of years ago, and frankly, besides Ares and Athena they’re probably not training much in traditional combat. Unlike, the Æsir, where they’re constantly sparring and fighting is what they live for. Thor could easily tear them apart.

The Olympians are spoiled and too dependent on their godly powers. They can’t fathom that they could die while the Æsir prepare for it. It would be interesting to see Rome because that society is focused on war, much like Sparta. The Olympians would’ve learned from this. Rome conquered over thirty countries. Even Mercury would probably be formidable, or at least, better trained than Hermes was.

Aphrodite was a war goddess in Sparta but in Rome she is their mother much like Mars is seen as their father. Ares was immature and reckless, Mars is mature and strategic (probably compensating for the lack of Athena/Minerva). Them tag-teaming Kratos and Freya would legit be the hardest fight of Kratos’ life, and he already struggled against a depressed Thor.