True, but it's a start. There are so few modern retellings of these myths, that frankly, I'll take something sexful over nothing at all.

Call me indiscriminating, but I'm somehow a fan of the sex-angst-violence type of stories. Snake Woman did seem over the top, but I like that the premise behind it is that an Anglo person is a reincarnated Naga, because quite frankly, it's not as if Hindus have a monopoly on reincarnation.

I'm also a fan of historical/mythological/epic fiction, which makes me appreciate the fact that authors are finally combining my two loves, Hindu mythology and fiction, into a book or a comic.

But I definitely agree with you about Draupadi. Draupadi is simply the epitome of womanhood, in all its strength and glory. =)