#equally so and what I'm familiar with is Hades chose the underworld / at the very least took no issue in little brother ruling over the god | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

dragontamer05 · 1 year ago

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I know my memory ain't perfect but I can still honestly say within the past almost like 20ish years when I think about all the various things I've watched that involved Greek mythology and specifically had Hades in it,

I can only think of one where he was actively portrayed as not just a good guy but like friendly. Oh he could still get mad, but over all a decent fellow. Now he didn't have a big role and only appeared in a handful of episodes but still,

Class of the Titans has one of my favourite Hades portrayals. Yeh he can be a little over the top and goofy sometimes but it works within the show and it's just fun.

The man loves his dog, is over the moon smitten in love with Persephone and is willing to lend a hand to those who ask if he can.

Even Thanatos God of Death himself isn't even made to be seen as evil, he's just doing his job.

There's even an episode where one of the characters pretty much dies, comes close to yet even then. While he literally has to fight and run away from Fate to avoid going to the Underworld, while an antagonistic role- because you know he's fighting against what they want. It's not treated or framed like they're bad for doing this, this is just their job.

Character is supposed to be dead so they're just trying to get them to go to the Underworld, while MC does everything to avoid that- as they wait for their friends to return with the means to save them.

#I also vaguely remember reading some book that was very much a reimagining /interpreation of like Hades/Persephone thing / greek gods #don't remember the exact plot but I do remember enjoying it well enough #I'm not saying there are other books or movies or whatever out there with positive Hades protrayals just in my experience i've come across #very few of em #also how about we finally just ditch the interpretation that Hades was tricked/ otherwise unhappy with getting the underworld #Even in Greek myth itself while that may be an interpretation that exists/was written #equally so and what I'm familiar with is Hades chose the underworld / at the very least took no issue in little brother ruling over the god #Big bro Hades had no interest in having so much power wasn't interested (and quite possibly neither was poseidon)#in the underworld he gets to avoid most of everyone else's drama and problems

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