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People have been retelling myths with their own spin reflecting their own values and interpretations since before we invented writing. Homer didn't invent the Odyssey or the Trojan War, he just wrote a really popular version of those stories, and did so according to the values of his time. He made the Lore Olympus of his day.

Example: I love Arthuriana, and almost every version of the King Arthur story works with the premise that Arthur was a nearly perfect King. This means each version in turn reflects a different author's idea of what a near-perfect king is. Is he a conqueror, or a peacemaker? Does he rule by might, or by diplomacy? Is he wise and experienced, or innocent and naive? Is he a furry? You know, important questions.

And even the adaptations that try to subvert our expectations by showing Arthur to be a bad king, actually, are playing into that conversation - because it is a pretty powerful statement to look at a history of stories about the best possible king and say, "No king can be good."