Week 11 Reading Notes - Epified Krishna Part B

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Episode 11:

 - Has Brahma never been incarnated as a human? He seems really confused with how friendship works.
 - So does Krishna know which god he is? or just that he is divine?
 - Replacing children is creepy and it bothers me that no one noticed this.

Episode 12:
 - clearly ancient indian teenage boys and Oklahoma high school boys today are very similar. Only teenage boys would want a bunch of strength so they could punch a cow.
 - honestly the fact that the villagers are still shocked at anything Krishna does is ridiculous.
 - I like that krishna appears most powerful when using his music.

Episode 13:
 - "they could not live a moment without each other" except for all the times krishna has adventures with her bros
 - Ohh I like that Krishna can't marry Rahda because I can definetely use that in my Kamadeva diary. I had no idea this would happen when I had kamadeva curse Krishna.

Episode 14:
 - Yeah Krishna has a statistically impossible win record.
 - I like that Akrur technically did his job and still decided to warn Krishna.
 - The tension of Krishna knowing why he is being summoned works really well for this story.

Episode 15
 - "They all at once decided they would not let him go"  Have these people not witnessed Krishna defeat literally every single thing that has gotten in his way.
 - I am not at all surprised that Balhram came with Krishna. I feel like having a hero undertake a journey with one close companion is a really common theme for Vishna stories.


Episode 16:
 - LOL at Krishna and Balram going around the city. Just having fun and getting in some fights.
 - Wait Krishna's normal form is blue bodied? Is that normal? Or does the old woman just see his real form.

Episode 17:
 -  Yeah I bet Kamsa  is just now realizing that killing those other 7 kids was pretty much pointless.
 - Kamsa is a terrible villain with terrible plans. Honestly after everything else that Krisha has survived I don't know why Kamsa thought that would work.


Episode 18:
 - So an elephant didn't work and Kamsa set elephants? Kamsa is officially the stupidest villain out of any of the stories so far.
 - I like that the bow is being used differently in this story than in the Ramadava.


Episode 19:
 - I like that the city almost dissolved into anarchy until Krishna took charge. It is an interesting commentary on how little people have changed since this these stories were written.
 - Aww I'm glad that he finally got to meet his parents.


Episode 20:
  - I'm genuinely surprised that anyone was impressed enough by Kamsa to ally themselves with him, much less avenge his death.
 - I like that Krishna comes up with a genuinely innovative idea to escape attacks.




Bibliography
Epified Tv, Krishna, Part B