#I remember someone else pointing out how weirdly cruel it is to depict Perseus going against Danae’s wishes when the mythology is the exact
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Honestly, it feels unnecessarily cruel when ppl depict Andromeda’s relationship with Perseus as abusive, like I’d understand if we didn’t have any sources telling us that she loved him but we do, in fact ancient playwrights used their story to write romantic dramas, including Euripides and in his play Andromeda (which survives in fragments) she makes the decision to leave family and country to live with Perseus. Ppl have this warped perception of Perseus thinking that bc he killed Medusa therefore he’s mean to all women which literally not true if you read the damn source material.
It doesn’t help that those negative depictions portray Andromeda as black, you did enough research to know she isn’t yt yet you still want to depict one of the only WOC in mythology as having a tragic unhappy life when she actually had a happy one? C’mon.
#I remember someone else pointing out how weirdly cruel it is to depict Perseus going against Danae’s wishes when the mythology is the exact#Perseus was willing to risk his life to defend his mother’s choice to not be with Polydectes#yet writers either brush that of or have her willingly marry Polydectes with Perseus being a hater for no reason#which like eww#it also doesn’t help that ppl ship her with Medusa#like no Andromeda deserves better than to have her story warped and ignored so you could shove her in a relationship with your girlboss#greek mythology#ancient greek mythology#greek pantheon#princess andromeda#andromeda#Perseus#perseus and andromeda#Medusa#Medusa retelling#Greek heroes
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