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Minthe panel redraw w/ redesign

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I don't even WANT to imagine what would happen if Rachel got her hands on Native American mythology-

She would definitely use problematic and racist stereotypes, that's for sure 💀

Im bored, lets play a game

How do you think Rachel Smythe, creator of Lore Olympus would fuck up your country's mythology/gods if she did a lore olympus-esque webtoon of it?

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Starting to get my own ideas for my own series now, a series that's completely unrelated to LO AU's-

If we all collectively think about it together, we can probably manifest a Hades and Persephone series where Demeter isn't the villain for once-

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If we all collectively think about it together, we can probably manifest a Hades and Persephone series where Demeter isn't the villain for once-

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Hey fellas-

I have a pronouns page now:

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Well fellas, first day of finals-

Fortunately it's history and I'm pretty good at history-

Unfortunately I have advanced algebra and physics finals next week, wish me luck on those because I suck at math 😭

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if you think your art sucks just remember you didnt make lore olympus

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GOOD RIDDANCE LORE OLYMPUS 🖕

Not defending Leto, but pulling the veil of a woman of modesty is NOT FEMINISM!

Demonizing a complex character who was rightfully angry is NOT FEMINISM!

Terrorizing the working class is NOT FEMINISM!

Fetishizing your female protagonist for her childlike features is NOT FEMINISM!

Portraying a grieving mother as an evil helicopter mom is NOT FEMINISM!

Putting women down to lift your self-insert up is NOT FEMINISM!

Objectifying women is NOT FEMINISM!

Body shaming and slut shaming is NOT FEMINISM!

SPOILERS AHEAD AND POSSIBLE TW! More ranting…

Another point I want to make is how this comic coddles evil men but harshly punishes women who do not deserve it.

Kronos, a child abuser, was given a sad backstory (boohoo 🙄) and Hades forgave him.

Apollo, a literal rapist, got away with community service.

Hades, who enslaved human souls and targeted vulnerable younger women, was never held accountable. Not surprised there.

But the thousands of humans Persephone murdered, including women and children? Have to pay coins for an eternity of slavery.

Leuce? Her home was broken into, and her life was threatened.

Minthe? “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” type punishment. She was turned into a sentient plant for reporting a crime and having a mental breakdown at the wrong place, wrong time.

Seriously. Good riddance Lore Olympus.

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So...

I'm thinking about renaming my AU, because I don't know if Lore Olympus: Retold is already taken-

If it isn't taken, I'm still reconsidering a possible rename, but at the same time I kinda like the current name :'}

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Y'know, for a supposedly oh-so-feminist re-telling of Greek myths it's weird that LO never in any way mentions the Amazons.

Yeah, remember them?

That mythical tribe of warrior women who kicked all kinds of ass? The original girlbosses? Ares' beloved daughters whom he had a very close relationship with?

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Ranting about LO (Specifically the claim of it being a "Feminist Retelling" of Greek mythology)

RS: Lore Olympus is a feminist retelling of Greek mythology!

Also RS: *Proceeds to use the most sexist and problematic character tropes and make almost everyone simp for Pursephone/Her pink self insert*

My honest reaction:

In all seriousness...

HOW THE HECK IS IT A FEMINIST RETELLING!? WHERE'S THE FEMINISM!?

Hey RS I'm pretty sure having everyone simp for your infantilized pink 19 year old self insert isn't feminism, like that's just a self-indulgence thing.

Also, feminism is about equality for women, and also women supporting each other. Meanwhile Persephone is horrible to almost every women in the series. 🤦

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Fun fact: I was planning to make my redesign of Minthe have a shade of mint green as her skin color, but I ended up changing my mind and chose a darker shade of red, instead I decided to make mint green her eye color.

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I thought I would be done with my Minthe redesign by now-

Turns out it's really difficult for me to decide what colors I want to use for her outfit 🤧

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Fellas I might be offline for a while, finals are gonna start next Friday and I'm gonna have to study a lot-

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my unabridged thoughts on 278-279: