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Flying mounts are a plot failure almost every time they are brought up in fantastic stories. Most fantastic stories revolve around a perilous journey through harsh environments and monster lairs.

This happens in a good number of movies such as Clash of the Titans where they journey to get the medusa's head, but return on flying pegasus. This also happens in Dungeons & Dragons (2000).

Morale : Do not add flying mounts to your scenario, or have your characters fly all the time, otherwise it makes no sense



According to the actual myth, Pegasus was created when Perseus killed Medusa.

Of course, you can't expect Hollywood to not somehow totally fuck up even a 3000 year old story, it's kinda what they do.


See also: The NeverEnding Story


Heck, that one has a hole in the title, let alone the plot :P


You just hide out in the bathroom before the movie ends, then sneak back into the theater after 15 minutes or so.




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