The Evil Trans Man They Warned You About

Quick gwen sketchdump bc im dying and screaming in an attempt to make her design work with being a Gila Monster Gecko Person

I'm not talking here about myth literalism. I'm talking about how people write smut about them in the present days. I'm talking about the books Hades and Persephone (I didn't read it but many of my friends did) and how it made me view Lady Persephone as a "fictional" deity. And I hate this, because Lady Persephone is so much comfort to me and I love all that she is, I just struggle with changing some stuff in my head.

Same for Percy Jackson, that I HAVE read, and even though I know that it's only fiction, there's a part of me that has learnt who were the gods via these books. And, don't get me wrong, I love the books independantly of religion. But I struggle with my image of some gods because of this.

And it's not horrible, the sky isn't going to fall because religion got mixed with fiction in my tiny head, but it's a struggle I wanted to share, because it's real and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.

Going into a religion when you were/are told its not real and its all fiction feels like its just as hard as not believing in one god anymore. Not to take from anyone or anything, im sure monotheists have a much worse time mostly, esp since monotheists will treat you like a serial killer for wanting to change religions. They might tell you youre stupid or demonic

But atheists will tell you youre stupid and illogical and then back their shit up with actual inarguable facts! They'll shut down any religion at all, and it can isolate you even further. Theres just always that thing in the back of your head telling you its not real, youre praying to nothing and the gods are nothing more than characters in stories.

But they are real. Zeus is the thunderstorm, the rain. Hes politeness and hospitality.

Aphrodite is the skipped beat of your heart when you see someone you love.

Hermes is a roadtrip with your friends, a street sign or a paved path.

Apollo is the medicine you take when youre sick, the song you hear over the radio, this damn poem itself.

My boye....