Gaia - A Deconstruction of Villainy

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  @willwh9228 · 3 weeks ago

  It's kinda funny how Gaia spent all of Kratos life watching him and getting the perfect scenario to manipulate him and then she screwed it all up last second in the first scene of god of war 3. If she kept her mouth shut or atleast acted like she was trying to save Kratos then she probably wouldn't have died. Honestly I don't know what was the biggest throw. Gaia just suddenly smack talking Kratos for literally no reason or Zeus who literally had to do nothing to stop pandora box from being opened and somehow failed at that.

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  @littlefrogonalilypad · 3 weeks ago

  Gaia: Spends two games and some number of expanded universe media carefully training an attack dog conditioned to respond to betrayal with total destruction of you and everyone you love<br><br>Also Gaia: Betrays him

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  @grfrjiglstan · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  One thing the games don’t really address is that the attack on Olympus is the last time in the series <i>until Ragnarok</i> that Kratos ever commands any troops in batte. So when Gaia tells him in GoW 2 that she wants him to lead them into war against Zeus, she’s appealing to the general he was, and when she betrays him, it’s not only the betrayal of a mother figure, but also of a soldier against their commanding officer. Really, she committed every form of treachery it’s possible to commit against one person.

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  @crimsonredx3241 · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  It&apos;s worth noting, during the beginning of the boss fight against the sisters of fate, one of the sisters tells kratos that gaia had poisoned him with her lies.<br>That&apos;s good foreshadowing

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• KA

  @karnege101 · 3 weeks ago

  with how easily she invades his visions in the second game we cant ignore the possibility that Kratos&apos; visions have always come from her, or at least that she constantly put the gas pedal n them. &nbsp;While i agree that her whole &quot;betrayal&quot; of kratos scene wasn&apos;t written the best i do think it encapsulates her character as someone builds long reaching grand plans to allow for a moment of opprutunity but when the moment arises completely fumbles. &nbsp;She wouldn&apos;t have had to overthrow 3 god kings if she ever really had a chance/want to rule herself, she has zero follow through.

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• KA

  @KarinAnima282 · 3 weeks ago

  I think Gaia betraying Kratos when she was just 1-shot by a lightning bolt was just a heat-of-the-moment kind of deal. She completely lost her composure, got a reality check of her own weakness and probably was grasping at straws how she is actually in control, by pretending to assert her dominance over the next best bystander (Kratos). Odin had a very similar crashout.

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• ER

  @ericadraw98 · 3 weeks ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_heVLD0tM&amp;t=41">00:41</a> The three of them weren&apos;t just any three kings of gods. They were her husband, her son and her grandson respectively. Moreover, Kratos is technically her great-grandson. Had he become the next King of Gods, I wouldn&apos;t be surprised if Gaia wouldn&apos;t be satisfied by his ways of ruling or making decisions that wouldn&apos;t be in her favour, so she would try to overthrow him, likely using Kratos&apos; child against him; thus continuing the cycle of generational trauma amongst her descendants. <br>That was just something that crossed my mind. I&apos;m sure Kratos wouldn&apos;t want to become the next King of Gods, let alone let anyone get that title, especially Gaia. <br>Also, in GoW3 final fight she yells:&quot; Father and son will die together!&quot; However in an ironic turn of events, only grandmother and grandson died that day.

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• FU

  @FunvoltGunvolt · 3 weeks ago

  Gaia in the beginning of GOW 2: &quot;remember Kratos, dying is gay...&quot;

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  @Cassiii33 · 3 weeks ago

  It’s most telling that Gaia is one of the first betrayers in the entire Greek mythos, which spiralled into a legacy of betrayal amongst the titans and Olympians

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  @theoofshow69420 · 3 weeks ago

  I think the god of war greek trilogy can be explained as &quot;One often meets their destiny on the road they take to avoid it.&quot;

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  @Ennahdee · 3 weeks ago

  Linda Hunt&apos;s portrayal of Gaia is among the all-time greats

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  @TheConservatarian · 3 weeks ago

  “Babe wake up, Fatbrett uploaded a new GoW video.”

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