When it comes to Hollywood’s messaging, subtlety is dead—and so, apparently, is the sanctity of motherhood. Mythic Quest Season 4, Episode 5, titled “Second Skeleton,” is a case study in how modern media undermines family, glorifies abortion, and portrays motherhood as an inconvenience rather than a blessing.
The episode kicks off with Poppy discovering she’s pregnant. You’d think this would be a cause for celebration, but no—the show takes a hard left into dystopian absurdity. The very first line of dialogue? Ian, Poppy’s business partner, announces: “Let’s kill God.” Yes, really. This sets the tone for the overtly demonic programming to follow.
The “Second Skeleton” Illusion
Poppy, despite the show’s anti-family agenda, initially acknowledges pregnancy as a miracle and shows no desire to abort it, stating, “Right now, at this moment, I’m building a teeny tiny second skeleton in my body. That’s reason enough to keep it.” This is an undeniably beautiful and awe-inspiring thought—until Ian coldly replies: “No, it’s not.” And just like that, Poppy, instead of standing firm in her instinct, weakly parrots: “Right.”
Excuse me? No! Not right.
This scene is designed to normalize abortion—to make women feel that their perfectly natural emotions of awe and connection to their unborn child are somehow irrational or trivial. Even calling the baby a “second skeleton” evokes an image of death, subtly reinforcing the idea that the baby isn’t really alive yet. This is intentional. Hollywood isn’t just anti-family; it’s actively pushing a satanic worldview that treats life as disposable.
📖 Psalm 127:3 – “Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.”
Motherhood as a Horrifying Experiment
Like many first-time moms, Poppy expresses a very normal fear: “What if I have no maternal instincts?” Instead of reassuring her with truth and love, Ian suggests she simulate motherhood using video game technology. Because apparently, bringing new life into the world—the most natural thing humans have ever done—requires “testing” like it’s a science experiment.
It gets worse.
The simulation involves a virtual baby, and Ian crafts a “training scenario” where Poppy must multitask by cooking food in a restaurant while caring for the baby. The scenario quickly turns nightmarish. Ian yells: “Fry that baby!” Poppy looks down and sees a virtual baby in a diaper. With Ian pressuring her—“Hurry, Poppy, there are customers waiting!”—she places the baby in a frying pan over an open flame. The baby cries while she shakes the pan as if frying bacon.
Yes, it’s a cartoon. Yes, it’s “just humor.” But what exactly is funny about desensitizing people to the idea of harming infants? What’s hilarious about turning babies into objects to be disposed of for the sake of convenience?
📖 Isaiah 5:20 – “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.”
“Your Career is More Important Than Your Child”
After that horror show, Ian reveals his true feelings: he doesn’t support Poppy having a baby because they have a work project underway. He even refers to the project as “the first baby to be conceived,” insisting that their focus should be there instead.
Translation? Your job is more important than your family.
We’ve seen this messaging before. Hollywood constantly preaches the lie that career fulfillment matters more than creating life. Women are told that babies will ruin their success, that family is a hindrance, and that their ultimate purpose is their professional ambitions.
📖 Genesis 1:28 – “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.'”
But here’s the thing: careers don’t love you back. Children do. The most fulfilling job in the world won’t hold your hand when you’re old, won’t call you “mom” or “dad,” and won’t give you grandchildren. Work is what we do, but family is who we are.
The Ultimate Insult: “You’re Going to Be a Terrible Mom”
Poppy, now completely emotionally wrecked, finally turns to a woman who has raised children, seeking reassurance. In the most heartbreaking, vulnerable tone, she asks: “Can you just tell me I’m going to be a good mom?” And how does the woman respond?
“Oh sweetie, you’re going to be a terrible mom.”
This is the nail in the coffin. This entire episode—wrapped in humor but dripping with insidious messaging—is designed to plant the idea that motherhood is a joke, that babies are burdens, and that women are foolish for wanting to be moms.
What’s the Real Message Here?
Hollywood is running a full-scale propaganda campaign to discourage marriage, parenthood, and biblical family structures. They elevate selfish ambition over selfless love, and they do it while mocking God in the process.
📖 1 Timothy 4:1-2 – “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.”
This is why the birth rate is plummeting. This is why people are miserable despite their “dream jobs.” This is why society is filled with adults who feel lost, alone, and without purpose. Because we’ve abandoned the very structure that God designed for our joy and fulfillment.
If You Didn’t Get the Hint, Here It Is…
The Bible tells us exactly what brings joy, purpose, and true success. It’s not endless career pursuits. It’s not money. It’s family, love, and raising children in God’s truth.
📖 Proverbs 22:6 – “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
So, let’s call this episode what it is: anti-family propaganda, wrapped in a cheap sitcom laugh track. Women don’t need simulations or work-life “balancing acts” to prove their worth. Motherhood is not a weakness—it’s a divine calling.
And no amount of Hollywood programming will ever change that.
Anyway, time for this Byrd to fly. Bye Bye Now.