#hmmn

In the uber listening to the mtv unplugged version of freak on a leash by korn

Knowing I shouldn't have a third energy drink and shouldn't go to a christmas themed rave after having a christmas themed anxiety attack VS wanting to hurt myself n new and unique ways bcause it's alluring to

I think people getting mad about more modern interpretations of greek stories and plays is intriguing because the whole point of many plays and stuff was just to put commentary into ongoing politics and social issues of their society and readapting the stories to be for a more modern era just keeps within the theme of doing this.... there is a conversation to be had about how our modern interpretations of these things are warping the history of these stories and how that is an issue, but like, not every story must vow itself to total accuracy some stories are simply allowed to be something different and something new.... like hadestown is not a perfect interpretation of the story of orpheus and eurydice because it also takes time to make commentary on more modern concepts like global warming, industrialization, and capital in ways or to extents that likely were not as major of a concern if a concern at all for people in ancient greece. like the concept of persephone going willingly into the underworld and choosing to be hades wife vs her capture modern interpretations and the way people tried to rewrite more historical views of this story is a problem but someone reinterperating a piece through a modern lens is not inherently so in every case, that is at least to some extent the point of the story, and based on how these myths were passed and interpreted historically, the way they have always been used.