#blood of hercules

[wordsmithic]

Anglophone Greek Myth retellings demand money from you, and then they have this much nonsense in just one page......

1. Patroclus' name is shortened to "Patro" and the writer believes it to be the coolest name. Meanwhile it's like shortening "George" to "Geor" 😂

2. He's also called "Sex" and "The Son of Sex" which sound weird even in English. Idk if it's supposed to come from the Latin "sextus" but in any case the logic and the sound are horrible.

3. Why is Patroclus adjacent with anything Spartan, and even called Spartan?? And his House is Spartan. Perhaps he was born in this life as a Spartan (whatever that means) but og Patroclus was characteristically not Spartan. Do Anglophone writers die when they write about other Greek cities except Sparta, Athens and Thebes?? Genuine question because I don't know at this point. Would it kill the author to have here the name of the region Patroclus is from?

Actually I even doubt that the author did a basic Google search for the origins of the character who inspired her. Not to mention she uses "Spartan" like it's a faction or a family, as if Sparta and Spartan people are not real today.

4. Nemean jaguar?? (as in, from Nemea, Greece). Is "Nemea" another gang so all their animals are described by Nemean? I doubt it, cause the phrasing "Animal Protector: Nemean Jaguar" makes it look like "Nemean" is the animal's origin. Has future Greece been populated by a distinctly American animal? This is probably a play on "Nemean Lion" and it sounds quite stupid.

Excuse my harshness. I don't speak like this to writers I consult. BUT this is a published work??? And hear this: The problem is not the fantasy/futuristic setting or any other creative thing the writer has thought. But there are elements of a real culture there, and they're written like shit. If one page is like this, I can't imagine how nonsensical the whole work is. And she wants us to pay for this book??

How do you spend months or years writing and then publishing something for money without getting it fact-checked?? How can you just write nonsense and sell it as if Greeks don't exist out there and as if your audience is stupid?

Writers who don't want to write elements of another culture accurately are like the comedians who complain they can't do comedy anymore because of "cancel culture".

Anyway if you don't want to end up writing a fuckfest of idiocy, please let me (or someone else) be your Greek Cultural Sensitivity reader because we Greeks are ddyyyyiiing out here with all the bullshit we see every day 🫠

[withswords]

if you gave blood of hercules 5 stars the government should test your house for lead free of charge

[kwilber-art]

The Blood of Hercules gang

📚: blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mass

[wingsofhcpe]

for every chapter of Blood of Hercules I read, Jasmine Mas owes me 20€.

[pagan-corruption]

*Putting on my tinfoil hat* The reason Blood of Hercules is bad because it's not meant to be read. It's meant to be bought by a popular tiktok influencers, put it in a tiktok with jalapeño emojis, and thrown into a dusty closet.

[monkeyfishgirl]

The fact that she uses 'venomous' correctly is sending me

[akhillaous]

So blood of Hercules is fucking awful

[s4f3r]

i was ten years old, banging my wrists against rocks to get out of ropes

[proceduralbob]

The devil has a pretty face, and humanity is going to hell for worshipping it.

Blood of Hercules, Jasmine Mas

[thebookloverscoffehouse]

The fact that this author has a degree in Greco-Roman classical studies from Georgetown has convinced me that she is knowingly misrepresenting the myths it's supposedly based on and is treating her readers as if they have a 6th grade level reading comprehension at most. This book is an insult to the readers.

Look at the blurb of this book my friend sent me I'm losing my mind

[yourlocaltinsmith]

Merry Christmas! My gift to all of you is to read this my book rec. Free trial for 125 pages on google it's called the blood of hercules and wait where are you going

[starii-void]

going to chb must be crazy like imagine sharing a camp with

-one of the strongest demigods ever who's saved the world like at least 3 times, fought multiple gods & titans and WON (and is a tartarus survivor)

-the literal main architect of OLYMPUS who's also saved the world multiple times (also tartarus survivor)

-THE lord of the wild who's also close friends with the first two (and has helped save the world multiple times)

-an emo kid from the 1930s who again helped save the world and is also a tartarus survivor (TWICE)

-a son of apollo who survived tartarus with nothing but cargo shorts and sheer will (pun intended)

-the main designer and builder for the argo II, also the first hephaestus kid to have fire powers since hundreds of years ago (did i mention killed gaea? no? yeah he did that too)

-a girl who somehow charmspeak-ed gaea into falling back asleep (also side note daughter of super famous actor because why not)

-pretty much everybody is a two-time war veteran

-THE GOD APOLLO who just sometimes comes down to visit in the form of a teenage boy

-did i mention dionysus, god of wine madness and theatre

-also chiron, trainer of pretty much every greek hero ever

[gingerale14]

do yourself a favor and look up some excerpts of this book. i couldn’t get past the first two pages

[nyxenthusiast]

Hestia in different media!!

Hades II

Lore Olympus

Percy Jackson

Blood of Zeus

Gods School

Tell me if I missed any!

Edit: apparently there’s a Disney Hercules tv show and Hestia is there??

Edit 2: here’s some Hestia apparences in DC comics through the years (and different universes)

[illustratus]

Death of Nessus by Jules-Élie Delaunay

[raphael-angele]

If Hades raised Nico and Bianca Part 33 (feat other Hades)

"Hades" Hades: Hello, little ones.

Nico: Hehe Hehe Papa! Papa! *running to him*

Bianca: Papa! *running to him*

Hades: *carries them* There we go. *kisses their foreheads*

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"Disney" Hades: Hey there, kiddos.

Nico:

Bianca:

Nico: *throws a pomegrenate at him*

Hades: OW!

Bianca: Why is your hair on fire?

Hades: Cuz...I don't know.

Bianca: Why is it blue?

Hades: I don't know

Bianca: Why is your face so long? Why are your eyes yellow? Do you have jaundice? Why is your skin blue? Why are your teeth pointy? Why is your nose pointy? *keeps adding questions*

Hades:

Nico: *throws a pomegrenate at him*

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"PJO Series" Hades: Hey, kids!

Nico:

Bianca:

Nico: You look old.

Bianca: Like a grandpa

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"Blood of Zeus" Hades: Hello, children

Nico:

Bianca:

Nico: *cries loudly*

Hades: No no no no no, Nico, don't cry *picks him up to try and comfort him* Shh, shh, don't cry.

Bianca: *hesitantly takes a step forward*

Hades: Come here, angioletta. *picks her up*

Bianca: *feels his head* Where's your hair?

Hades: *chuckles*