Ok there's not nearly enough feral O'dessa (2025) posting on here, so I guess I've gotta do it myself.
First point:
GodDAMN the choice to make the only three god-inspired characters the main players maintaining the fascist state is Such a strong choice. Big "no gods, no kings" energy.
Like obvi there's Plutonovich as Pluto/Hades, Lord of death and no return. He is separate and untouchable, and creates his own mythology by televising his kills, even those that leave the body but kill the will (think facejobs). He is not a gentle shepherd of the already dead. He is actively causing it to grow his power. He is a dark and twisted reflection of a natural force. And he tries to portray his twisted spectacle as "for the people" but it's all for him. He's not providing a service, he's demanding allegiance and fealty.
Priscilla/Persephone is a more complicated character, as they chose to really play up the angle of her being a literal child taken (most likely against her will) to marry the Much Older Plutonovich. She has some measure of power as a performer with name recognition, but you can see how much Plutonovich sidelines her in HIS show. He uses her as a shield to appear less diabolical. She is used to humanize him and play as a character reference, but almost certainly is being exploited and abused behind the scenes.
Dion is a cleverly subtle dark reflection of Dionysus. She presides over sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but not in a way that provides freedom and joy. She emphasizes control and profit, exploiting anyone she can find for everything they can give. She controls Euri's sexuality and body, even when he is not working, and holds the newcomer contests to scout new victims. Her divine madness manifests not in dance or song, but in violence. She was the perfect choice as the third god to feature in the story, as her real job is to sniff out dissidents to fuel the endless pipeline of "entertainment" from Plutonovich. As we see in the first Satylite city scene, she also stages her own performances featuring particularly notorious rebels.
Anyway I just think that portraying the gods not as beings with a power beyond themselves but as people with power that comes only through fear and control is just a really fun angle in our current times for no particular reason 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️

















