Quick question SINCE WHEN HAS LORE OLYMPUS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL? Like I just went to follow more blogs because I'm new to social media (kinda like Persephone!), and I find nothing but bitching about immortally beautiful assholes acting like assholes. In ancient times morality was not black and white; it was green and orange AND PURPLE because fuck you.
Like are the critics familiar with the concept of polytheism?? How these offensively sexy brightly colored tissue paper shapes are not real people they are DISGUSTING AND BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS AND CARACATUREs of us perfect and only-so-flawed humans. This never actually happened. None version of it ever happened. It is a goddamn allegory for getting along with your inlaws and compromise and shit! Rachel Smythe's LORE OLYMPUS in particular is about consent and oppressing women AND HOW THAT IS BAD?? WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING ABOUT THIS INSTEAD OF OVERTHROWING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE EPSTEIN FILES
Sorry I really. Went off.
My point is. They are not humans. They are also supposed to be bad. Hades is really not that bad.
You want some EXTRA juicy Lore, search up "ancient fertility goddess patriarchy". You can research anything with a good browser and adblock! (For now!!!)