The whole situation started because of this anon >> here << getting mad i draw most of the gods with darker skin.
This Ask Saying I'm changing the gods to be like pop culture characters is genuinely silly since if that's the fucking case, Jesus Christ is also considered a pop culture character since people like to use him in ways that don't depict him in his original version and even drawn fanart of him for CENTURIES.
you're allowed to not like how i depict Hera, but i'm not here to cater to every person who want's a specific version of her. make your own version of her for your liking and block me.
the fucking fact that me drawing the Greek gods, who can change how they look however they want, turn into animals, and even be concepts of things, like the sun and moon, is somehow more realistic and understandable than them having a darker skin tone is RACIST.
None of these fucking anons have given me any form of advice on where i can look up proper references for Greek culture in any way, shape, or form. I'm always up for learning if I made a mistake, but I do meant his that NOT ONE of these anons brought up how i draw the gods in whatever clothes or hairstyles or make up they're in is incorrect or not, no one brought up how i might be drawing the buildings anywhere incorrectly either, or anything regarding cultural norms over in Greece or anything relevant to respecting their culture.
All these anons are only bringing up how I draw the gods not looking Greek enough, all because I drew them with darker skin. I fucking bet if I had every one of the gods with olive skin or lighter, none of this shit would be happening to me.
I'm not erasing anything from someone, I'm not even taking anything from anyone! I'm no fucking pillar of Greek mythology trivia or knowledge, I can't even make a DENT in changing anything in the stories that have been around for thousands of years. I'm literally just some guy making a story I've never seen before with the Greek gods!
the fact that multiple anons and people have been making fun of me, insulting me and accusing me of not respecting the culture, all while giving me little to no advice on how i cam maybe work on respecting the culture shows they don't care about what they're saying, they just want to police me because god fucking forbid I design someone with darker skin and say they're Greek.
