Some close-ups of the dinos! The three layers broken out -- sky, land, and sea -- and some spotlights on my fave lil dudes, including the chonky and spiralsaw-jaw sharks, the toothy T.rexies, the not-so-Littlefoot, and an orange Nessie! (Pattern by UnaBuenaPieza.)
A lot of people on twitter wanted me to explain how I draw expressions, so here you go
Unless you're drawing explicit realism, in my opinion, expressions should be exaggerated to some degree. If you aren't doing a 1:1 recreation, the point is to get the FEELING across. Try making the expression you want to draw and feeling how your face pinches and stretches.
Skin doesn't just "disappear" when your face moves it around --- that's where wrinkles come from! Pay attention to where your skin creases when you emote, and use it to your benefit. It's a fine line between overdoing it and underdoing it -- find your own balance.
Ultimately, every expression has a little bit of push and pull, unless your face is completely neutral (and even then, there are still some wrinkles...). Learning to think of expressions as actions and reactions is VERY helpful in learning to draw them without needing a reference, and in learning how to stylize and push expressions based on references as well!
I think a lot of people end up with stiff or unexpressive emotions in their art because they're just trying to recreate a picture instead of understanding WHY and HOW the face is moving --- and it's a tough thing that takes a while to really pick up and learn. Hopefully is helpful in showing a way of thinking about it that can influence your process and approach to emotions!!!
Also, bonus: even without the lines, the planes alone still show a LOT of emotion.
Update: after I reblogged this someone messaged me offering me tickets to the sold out Hausu screening with a Q&A and autograph session with the director
A Cybertronian Taste Guide to the Periodic Table of Elements
What exists below is a list of every element and a guide to how it tastes to Cybertronian kind.
Hydrogen – Dangerous, tastes extremely cold and bitter with sour undertones. Poisonous as it makes metal brittle.
Helium – Minty tasting gas can be refined to form a super-conductive concentrate used as Cybertronian equivalent to the drug speed
Lithium – Very sweet, cybertronian equivalent to pop rocks. Should not be mixed with liquid fuels
Beryllium – Minty and cold. Excellent topping to go with sweet flavors
Boron – used mainly as a cleaner. Tastes EXTREMELY bitter
Carbon – has no taste and is often used as a ‘food base’ in its pure form similar to rice or bland potatoes on Earth.
Nitrogen – has little taste and is considered of little use, is often used as a filler in cybertronian junk food
Oxygen – Considered dangerous in its pure form. It can, however, be used to purge system contaminates in smaller more diluted forms.
Fluorine – Poisonous and corrosive this is not safe for consumption. I’m told it tastes both sour and bitter with rancid undertones by those unfortunate enough to have tried eating it.
Neon – cold with a fresh smell. The plasma is used in medicine and it’s not often consumed as food but is used in the preservation of food in coolers and refrigeration units.
Sodium – only safe in its iodized form. Tastes salty ( I don’t know what else you expected )
Magnesium – sour-sweet taste favored by flight-frames for its health benefits
Aluminum – Sour and tastes warm even when served cold. Best used in combination with sweeter additives.
Silicon – savory-sweet often consumed as an aphrodisiac because of its similar tast to certain portions of a mech’s anatomy.
Phosphorus – extremely bitter and sour. While not often used in food it is used as a spray-on chemical deterrent on items not meant for consumption in order to ensure sparklings (and idiots) don’t accidentally consume something they shouldn’t.
Sulfur – savory and bitter, it is generally only used in medicine but some mechs have refined it to use as a flavoring on certain kinds of snacks.
Chlorine – salty and sweet, it’s best avoided as it’s poisonous and can create an oxidizing effect and lead to painful rust infections. Some mechs swear by it as an additive to some savory dishes … so long as one keeps plenty of antidote on hand.
Argon – Harmless, tasteless gas which is usually not consumable but can be used as an additive in items such as whipped energon in order to create a lighter, fluffier end result.
Potassium – Salty and sweet this is used in many dishes as a flavor enhancer or spice and can even is a favorite dessert topping
Calcium – savory and sweet it’s often used as an additive to flavorful dishes and is favored by speedsters
Scandium – savory with a slight bitter undertone, often used in stews and in thick gruels
Titanium – savory with very slight sour undertones this is often eaten for it’s medicinal properties and enjoyed in nearly every savory dish
Vanadium – savory with slight sweet undertones it is highly favored by larger hauler class mechs who enjoy sprinkling it over various street foods.
Chromium – a very popular savory additive that is beloved for its anti-corrosive properties. Some of the oldest Cybertronian recipes feature heavy amounts of chromium. It is particularly enjoyed in pasta dishes.
Manganese - Another popular savory additive though less popular than chromium due to its slightly bitter undertones. Can often be found used as junk food flavoring and is usually associated with unhealthy fuel despite its harmless nature.
Iron – savory with mild sour and bitter undertones depending on who you ask. Beastformers however love this and proclaim it to be salty instead of sour or bitter. It is a common base in many Eukarian dishes.
Cobalt – savory and salty. A common flavoring for snack food, particularly chips and fries.
Nickel – savory and mildly sour this is favored only for its medicinal properties and is usually pared with carbon or calcium when used in recipes.
Copper – a sweet and slightly savory additive that is favored by the miner and warrior castes as a cheaper alternative to sweeter additives like gold. Miners often use it as a topping on popped coil kernels creating a Kaon local delicacy known as Copper Kern.
Zinc – a salty and sour additive that is popular in cocktails as a garnish in a similar manner to olives or pearl onions
Gallium – bland with mildly sweet tones, gallium often forms the basis of most Cybertronian ‘bread’ products as gallium wheat is a popular product due to its speed of growth and ease of cultivation.
Germanium – a semi-sweet element with mildly bitter undertones Germanium is considered to be the Cybertonian chocolate and is used in conjunction with sweeter additives or even cyberorganic fruit as hugely popular candies.
Arsenic – semi-sour, Arsenic is greatly favored as a pairing with other spicier flavorings. Tyger Pax in particular was known for a dish made of Arsenic and uranium.
Selenium – Salty and semi-sweet this is often used as a garnish for savory and sweet dishes
Bromine – while not often used in food Bromine is an effective ‘downer’ drug and is used in the production of Syk.
Krypton – In high dose case canisters Krypton can be used as a sweet tasting additive for circuit boosters and energy drinks. A particularly popular energy drink known as Krypt was the native creation of Polyhex and the drink’s mascot, Unicron, was often pictured climbing out of his grave to hand customers a can.
Rubidium – warm and slightly spicy this element is often used to add a very mild heat to a dish akin to the way humans use black pepper.
Strontium – in its stable form it is considered to be fresh and sweet. When consumed in its unstable form it is sweet and spicy. Either way Strontium is often used in mixed drinks and smoothies.
Yttrium – mildly sweet and fresh with health benefits that aid optical sensors. Yttrium is often used in salad toppings or mixed into soups.
Zirconium – savory but with a distinctive earthiness that most find distinctly unappealing.
Niobium – Bitter and savory it’s often eaten as a health food but otherwise is not much enjoyed. Certain products will add it to their flavorings as a way to appear healthier than they are.
Molybdenum – savory and fresh this element is favored by warrior caste mechs and is often added to shakes in order to help boost performance.
Technetium – savory and spicy this is often used as a the main flavoring in Cybertronian curries.
Ruthenium – sweet and savory with distinct bitter undertones that make it undesirable to most. It’s often paired in dishes with Yttrium in order to tone down the bitter aftertaste.
Rhodium – a light, savory and sweet additive Rhodium is favored by bots concerned with their appearance as it is said to have finish enhancing abilities.
Palladium – sweet, savory and fresh Palladium is a coveted part of most high-class Cybertornian meals.
Silver – sweet and fresh silver is the most common flavor additive and is often referred to as the ‘vanilla’ of the Cybertronian world. Perhaps that is why the term ‘silver-plated’ is often used to refer to mechs who aren’t considered adventurous in the bedroom.
Cadmium – sweet with a sharp earthiness that most Cybertronians cannot stand, though some take it as a medicine to help improve energy retention.
Indium – A fresh, bland, and mildly bitter element Indium is enjoyed for its ability to strengthen a mechs gloss and shine. It is often used in light nutritious meals or in beauty supplements.
Tin – An earthy, fresh tasting alloy often used to cut-down either sweet or spicy flavors in dishes. Though usually used in small amounts tin also has helpful properties that many mechs find appealing.
Antimony – A sour and fresh tasting additive that is also used in many cosmetics. Antimony can often be seen used in certain summer time drinks as it’s considered to be quite refreshing and cooling.
Tellurium – The Cybertronian version of garlic Tellurium is used in basically any dish that most mechs would consider to be good. It has a strong salty, fresh, and slightly sour taste that many bots cannot help loving.
Iodine – normally not consumed save to assist in the case of radiation poisoning Iodine is extremely bitter and sour in a horribly unpleasant way.
Xenon – a downer, Xenon is often ‘smoked’ as the Cybertronian equivalent of weed. Save for flyers who have an opposing reaction and use it often as booster. Many energy drink marketed and designed in Vos feature Xenon and have led to the mistaken belief that most Seekers are constantly high.
Cesium – Extremely sweet. So much so that most mechs cannot stand the taste until it has been added to other elements. It’s surprisingly well-liked by miner-castes who sprinkle it on just about all of their desserts. Tarn in particular was known for their Cesium Sweets, a taffy like candy a mech could chew for nearly a full hour without losing flavor.
Barium – A tasteless, bland, cleanser often used to help clear out a mech’s vents. Usually taken as a remedy for some lesser illnesses affecting a bot’s respiratory systems.
Lanthanum – a savory-sweet element that is favored for it’s light effecting abilities. It’s particularly popular with Praxians who swear by it for afternoon snacks.
Cerium – Savory and highly sour Cerium is mostly used in cosmetics but you can also find it used in certain savory dishes once the sour taste has been neutralized by other blander ingredients.
Praseodymium – A bland and mildly savory additive that is often used as a base in baking for darker and more savory bread blends. It is particularly enjoyed as a crust on savory dishes.
Neodymium – A bland and mildly sour additive that is mostly used in medicine to help treat audial disorders. Most bots associate this taste with medicine due to its use in many medicines marketed for new-builds and sparklings.
Promethium – spicy and savory Promethium is often enjoyed in mild salsas and sauces
Samarium – a savory and mildly spicy additive that is used in medicine and few places else as it rarely pairs well with other flavors
Europium – A savory additive often beloved in cocktail mixes that activate its phosphorescence for an impressive display.
Gadolinium – Minty and sour this is often enjoyed by rescue bots working in hazardous fields due to its health properties.
Terbium – a savory filler additive often enjoyed as a snack.
Dysprosium – a bitter and sour additive that is often taken to improve memory health. It is often consumed as tea and treated with great respect by older mechs.
Holmium – savory and sweet Holmium is a deadly Cybertronian poison that has been historically used to poison food as it can be undetectable until after consumption. Many famous figures have met their end due to this element.
Erbium – A sweet and fresh tasting element, Erbium is often favored by femmes who often extol upon its refined palate.
Thulium – A bland semi-savory additive often eaten as a flat chip snack by smaller bots, particularly laser-pointers who can’t seem to get enough of the stuff.
Ytterbium – the more dangerous cousin to thulium, Ytterbium is not often enjoyed despite its savory flavor due to its habit of catching on fire. That said, it does make for some truly impressive meals if you’re brave enough to try.
Lutetium – A crunchy and slightly spicy additive that is often eaten like popcorn at movies.
Hafnium – A semi-sweet additive often enjoyed by medics who often add it to their morning rations of stimulant.
Tantalum – a sour-sweet additive often made into energon candies and particularly enjoyed as a rust-stick flavor.
Tungsten – a bitter and sour additive often used by warrior caste mechs in cocktails or brewed into Engex ales. Kegs of Tungsten Brew are a particular favorite of young warrior caste parties.
Rhenium – A bland and savory additive favored as a snack by flight frames, particularly seekers who serve it drizzled over noodles or raw cyber fauna meat.
Osmium – A crunchy and savory additive often used as bar nuts in pubs
Iridium – A savory and so-called gamey additive not often consumed on Cybertron proper but beloved by Beastformers as a delicacy.
Platinum – a light and savory additive, Platinum is highly prized as a delicacy.
Gold – everyone’s favorite sweet and tangy treat! Gold is used in just about every dessert, cocktail, and snack food Cybertron has to offer.
Mercury – A mildly sour-sweet additive that is often enjoyed as a palate cleanser between meals by natives of Iacon's Towers.
Thallium – A sour treat often only enjoyed diluted though certain mechs enjoy it served raw on their energon ( those bots are, of course, psychopaths).
Lead – A slightly savory and bland additive that is often used in dishes meant to be easy on the tank. Though eating too much of it will cause ‘lead tank’ syndrome which can lead a mech’s systems to slow down and become clogged.
Bismuth – a slightly sour additive with mildly spicy undertones that is particularly favored in Cybertronian BBQ dishes.
Polonium – A very spicy additive with sweet undertones that is a favorite of places such as Tetrahex and Helex who use it as a sauce in some soups and noodle-dishes.
Astatine – An explosively spicy additive it is advised that this should not be consumed unless one is in space. Open air space restaurants are usually famous for their Astatine salsas.
Radon – a spicy gas with sour and sweet undertones that often causes hallucinogenic fits in Cybertronians.
Francium – A very spicy additive normally only used in extreme hot sauces.
Radium – An extremely spicy additive with savory undertones that is beloved in Cybertronian burritos and curries alike.
Actinium – a spicy additive often added to drinks to alter their color. Some mechs from Nyon swear by their spicy Nyon Sunset mixes though other cities often refer to the drink as a ‘Bloody Sunset’ instead.
Thorium – A mildly spicy additive with sweet undertones that is highly favored by scientist caste mechs. It’s often used in spicy snacks or candies and can often be seen as a flavoring on snacks littered around labs and science buildings.
Protactinium – A spicy and sour additive that is not particularly popular as it rarely pairs well with other spices.
Uranium – a moderately spicy additive with savory undertones that is highly favored as a snack and mixture in sauces and spice mixtures for many dishes. It was particularly popular in Tarn and Kaon.
Neptunium – A moderately spicy additive that is favored by shuttles and is featured in a notorious Vosnian dish that features many variations with recipes being jealously guarded by entire build lines due to competitions held to determine which house has the better dish. It is comparable to chili on Earth.
Plutonium- a moderate to extremely spicy additive that is used in everything from savory and spicy sandwiches to flaming hot chip recipes.
Americium – A mildly spicy additive favored for it’s smokey flavor. It’s a particular favorite of boil dishes and barbecue meals out of Tyger Pax.
Curium – a very spicy additive often avoided due to its habit of easily reaching critical mass. Though one candy company has done well marketing it as ‘explosively good’. Nukes, as they're called, were a treat enjoyed in certain circles in Iacon.
Berkelium – A very spicy additive with sour undertones often used as a minuscule starter for some Cybertronian baked goods
Californium – A very spicy additive with savory undertones that is enjoyed in certain seafood dishes
Einsteinium – An extremely spicy additive not advised for consumption. If you eat it any way we suggest having a barrel of Boltvine milk on hand.
Fermium – An extremely spicy additive only idiots consume.
Mendelevium – An extremely spicy additive that is nearly impossible to consume and yet you’re going to try anyway aren’t you? Dumbaft.
Nobelium – Why are you trying to eat something so spicy you’re guaranteed to go blind doing so?
Lawrencium – An extremely spicy thing that exists and you can’t eat it. You can’t. Because I said so.
Rutherfordium – How would you even eat this extremely spicy element ? That’s not a question we want an answer to by the way. Save yourself the trouble and don’t eat it.
Dubnium – If you try to eat this your fuel pump and your spark go ‘unst unst unst’ and then you die.
Seaborgium – Ha! It only exists for 14 minutes so I bet you can’t eat it anyway! It’s very spicy and – No that wasn’t a challenge!!
Bohrium – You know what, if you can eat something that only exists for 61 seconds all power to you. You spawn of Unicron you.
Hassium – Sixteen seconds to eat it. Go. I bet you- BLURR NO!!
Meitnerium – Why are we? You can’t eat it, it barely exists. And I bet it’s so spicy it’ll literally burn right through you.
Darmstadtium – I don’t know why I’m including this but it would set you on fire just touching it to your glossa. Don’t try it.
Roentgenium – I bet this one knocks out all your teeth and then takes your lunch money.
Copernicium – The burn that keeps on burning
Nihonium – It’s a theoretical burn so bad your offspring feel it.
Flerovium – You’re about to get roasted! By science!
Msocovium – You’re so dumb I bet you’d try to eat a star while still on the spaceship!
Livermorium – Oo!! Burn!
Tennessine – Well boy howdy bot you can’t eat that ya’ll’dve hurt yerself
Oganesson – It doesn’t even exist so don’t even try it.
part 2 of every creature from spore origins; link to part 1. once again this is all emulated, all the screenshots are from my own recordings
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debuting in deep blue level 11 is a creature vaguely referred to as "this one"
these creatures will aim at your creature and then charge forwards after a few seconds. only the smallest sizes of this creature can be eaten, so they are quite tricky
in deep blue level 12, the entire gimmick is the lack of any food creatures spawning normally, so you have to get these creatures (the only ones spawning in the level) to hit icebergs. contrary to what i thought, it actually kills the creature and makes it turn into food, as opposed to the food coming out of the iceberg
curiously in the java version the smaller ones are colored differently, with less obvious markings
these creatures stick around until the very last level
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debuting in kelp forest level 13 are these creatures (also just referred to in tutorial text as "these"), which alternate every few seconds between two states. when theyre blue they heal themselves (upon which they also swim away from predators), when theyre green they poison you (on contact or when eaten)
java, where its a bit easier to tell how it looks
naturally these can be pretty annoying to deal with, especially early on in the level when you have only 1 hp. these creatures also stick around until the end of the game
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seen only in kelp forest level 14 is a creature only referred to as "the predator". one swims around in the level, you have to first eat some other creatures to increase your size (in this level they dont give you any dna points) and then, once youre large enough, you have to attack the back end of the predator and eat it segment by segment until its done
(android and java respectively, and tutorial screenshot from java)
this is maybe the most fun part of the game, as you basically get to whale on its segments
eventually it gets reduced to only the head, which once eaten will end the level and it will also disperse into a few food creatures
side note. because of the predator, this is the level where you easily get the biggest score every single time
compare to kelp forest level 14 for example. you can see in level 15 i have a much bigger highest combo, also just more eaten in general
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debuting in sandy coast level 16 and seen for the rest of the game (which is only sandy coast) are these obstacle creatures, more or less. its like how deep blue's gimmick was icebergs. most of the time they hide in these little holes (whatever they are)
if any creature, player or npc, swims over them, they poke out of the hole to bite it, damaging it if it doesnt get away in time. also some holes dont have these creatures in them but a lot do
also they are seen in different sizes
in the java version they look basically the same
in both versions the larger ones are slightly greener. i cant upload the image to show it though i hit image limit
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debuting in the same level are these creatures, which are small enough to be edible pretty early on in the level
however sometimes they will attack by becoming really big and spiky and sort of charging forward, and predators will run away from them in this state. otherwise they like to sit around, though they can swim too as evident in the title screen sometimes
java
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debuting in sandy coast level 17 are the biggest creatures in the game, also vaguely referred to as "predators" in the tutorial text (referring to using "other predators" against them). as you can see in the android version some of the fins have pretty bad texture mapping, the texture being cropped or otherwise
their behavior is mostly just slowly swimming towards you
the gimmick in sandy coast level 18, the final level in the game, is there are once again no food creatures spawning, and you have to use the charging creatures or the hiding ones to damage them enough to where they die and explode into food
i tend to just have them swim in circles and get damaged by these hidey creatures and hope that other ones will charge into them, until it works eventually and i finally get to hunt the smaller charger creatures and just hope i dont get hurt before then
java screenshot
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and after all of that the game ends
heres some more gameplay from the latter half of the game, from my fastest playthrough
id recommend this game if you want a tough but replayable experience! the apk is linked in the smc database, this is where i got it. i just run it on bluestacks (EDIT: dont use bluestacks though! its ad-ridden and the devs love web3 type stuff), i think it would probably work fine on an actual phone (well, fine as in be able to run, you can still tell this game runs too fast)
you can probably find the java version for yourself and play it on something like kemulator, might be more manageable for someone new to spore origins since it runs at a normal framerate
(though the java version feels really slow and crowded to me personally because im much more used to the android one; sandy coast level 18 was somehow even worse there. idk just pick whatever version you want)
Hello OP, i don’t have anyway to prove this is the same recipe they make in the shows but i make this to calm my inner kid from wanting the fictional soup:
300gr bacon, beef or chicken. A meat of your choice. These go specially well. I prefer chicken tights. Diced
1 medium onion, diced.
Garlic minced (i used 2-4 pieces depending on size)
300gr carrot, cleaned, peeled and diced.
3 sticks of celery, washed and diced.
800gr potato. Washed, peeled diced in quarters.
1 head of broccoli.
8 cups of stock of your preference. I recommend using the bones of the beef or chicken, but veggies stock works too for a vegetarian or vegan version.
3 tablespoons all purpose flour.
1 cup whole milk. (Almond or rice milk work fine for a vegan option)
½ cup heavy cream. (Skip it for a vegan option)
Salt and black pepper to taste.
½ teaspoon paprika, use the spicy one to get the warmth up a notch in winter.
1 tablespoon fresh chopped coriander. Optional.
1 cup diced gouda or manchego cheese. Optional but really ties all together.
Make sure you have all your ingredients ready and at hand for this one to make sure it comes out nice and tasty!!!
In a pot put water and the bones to prepare your stock (chicken, beef, veggie) You can use premade or bouillon cubes, just make sure its 8 cups worth of broth. In a different pot boil the potatoes until soft.
In a big pot put some butter or olive oil to fry the onion, when it turns a little transparent add the garlic, move constantly.
Add the celery and diced carrots, moving constantly.
The carrot will get a little brighter in color, add the diced meat. Salt and pepper to your taste.
Meanwhile, blend the potatoes with enough stock so your blender wont have trouble blending. If you have a food processor, it’ll be easier.
Ad the remaining stock to you big pot with the veggies and meat, add the broccoli chopped in bite size pieces. Add the paprika and taste for salt and pepper. Let over a medium fire for 10 min.
Separate 3 tbsp of the stock to mix with the flour, set aside. This will be a thickening agent.
Pour the potato mix on the big pot, move to integrate and taste for salt and pepper.
Add the milk and heavy cream. Move with a laddle. Have a final taste and let over low fire for 5 min.
Serve hot and decorate with a pinch of coriander and some cubes of cheese.
ENJOY!
Notes:
I personally prefer to use chicken, love how it goes with potatoes and veggies. Also the tight is very tender and flavorful. With beef you have to be careful not to overcook it or it’ll get gummy and hard to bite, so make adjustments.
VEGAN: could also skip the meat, cheese and heavy cream for a vegan option.
I make it for my younger sister and she loves it. Instead of meat i add some diced, toasted nuts when served. Cashew, pecan and pistachios work nicely.
You’ll have to use 5 tbsp of flour to thicken up the broth a tid bit more without the heavy cream but you can still use a vegan milk.
You can totally skip the coriander, but it adds another dept of flavor.
Do try it with the cheese tho, i promise it’s GODLY. Gouda and manchego are my fave, the melt nicely and have a strong after taste, but i guess any cheese that melts could work.
Finally, if you are like me and like spicy food you can add chopped chili. Serrano and arbol chiles are my go to’s, freshly chopped sprinkled just after serving my bowl.
Hope y'all give it a try and if you have any doubts do ask!
Substituted spinach for broccoli because my partner is not a fan of the latter and used chicken and bacon. Gonna try it again with a nice Italian sausage in place of the chicken next time.
I used to enjoy Pokemon games a lot, but lately some of the newer entries have been kinda controversial due a variety of issues.
But instead of focusing on that, i'm here to bring you back to the past to the Nintendo DS era of Pokemon, where many (myself included) would say that the quality and care of the series was at it's peak!
Games included in this collection:
EVERYONE IS HERE!! Every single Pokemon game released for the Nintendo DS is featured in this pack. Two emulators are included in the set, just download and play
Every time someone tells Worf about Greek Mythology he’s just like “The humans know where Zeus lives. Why do they simply not raid Olympus and slay him for his misdeeds”