#I made a 300 page comic projecting onto zag

[spiderbirdo]

Hey I wanted to ask you a question since you like hades and I like hades too. I read hades fanfic and I’ve noticed that if it’s about Hypnos they make nyx the villain or be a bad mom? I’ve never played the game but I’ve seen all of the dialogue and I didn’t really think nyx was bad mom but mostly a mom who wants her child to succeed but the child isn’t well suited for the job they are doing and would need some aid and that she is doing it in a let the child grow on their own type of way. Kinda like she expects her kids to be more independent in a way. Maybe she has a bit of favoritism? I just wanted another perspective on this because I can’t really seem to find an answer. I hope Im not like overstepping bounds asking you for this.

I guess it's because she seems to be neglecting hypnos as in she doesn't talk to him at all and doesn't seem to intend to any time soon. I don't really see her as a bad mother, she might be a little misguided on how to handle hypnos since he's so different from the rest of her children.

The thing about making fan content is that you take one tiny aspect of something in canon and blow it up. So someone saying they like bread will become their entire personality in fic. Or a negative aspect of a character will be emphasized and exaggerated for the drama or plot.

Any case this is just to say nyx is a little harsh in never talking to hypnos despite being one corridor away from him, mixed with Than's early distaste for hypnos' work ethic, you can kind of draw a line between the two dots and say nyx is harsh and neglectful of hypnos because he's not like her other incredibly accomplished children and this attitude rubbed off on Than who is the more 'accomplished' twin.

I suppose which ppl takes to the extreme in hypnos focused fics because angst and drama. Or ppl project onto and relate to him and dump their trauma onto their relationship with their neglectful parents onto him and nyx. Totally understandable tbh.