#how dare you say he made Apollo accurate or kinder

[percabeth4life]

Yes, I know the myths aren’t literal, I am a Hellenist.

The canon of Percy Jackson treats them literally. Which is a bad decision, but it’s a central conceit of the entire franchise so I figured it was something we were both forgiving in this instance.

So. You admit that Hera is cruel in punishing those who transgress on her domain, and yet say that Hera manipulating and using Jason and his loved ones is out of character?

Making the myths literal changes what the Gods are. This is the entire point Of how Rick characterizes them. Taking the myths literally, they would mostly be rapists and sadists.

I know that the Gods are intelligent expressions of the world’s natural forces, I’m a reconstruction dodecatheist. A bit of a new one, in the name of intellectual honesty, but it's been years and I've researches how to properly modernize the traditions.

Unlike you I am not quite rude enough to say you do not understand your Gods, but you do not understand how these fictional stories compare to our Gods.

Zeus transgressed the sacred loyalty of marriage by having Jason, so she used Jason as a central pawn without concern for his welbeing.

If anything, Rick twists the myths to make these the-myths-are-literal Gods more forgivable characters. He writes Apollo as mourning Daphne's fate for her own sake as a person, and regretting his behavior.

Okay anon, this is the last of your asks that I’m answering. I’m hitting block for anymore after this.

EDIT: so turns out you sent three asshole anon comments on top of this one, probably trying to appear like different people disagreeing with me. But I hit block on one of those, making all the ones from that IP address get auto-deleted so :) You look like so much of a bitch rn for doing that. Doubt you can see this since you’re blocked, but good luck <3

It’s fine to have different beliefs, and I encourage it. Hellenism is a widely varied religion.

But I draw the line at you disrespecting me like this. Having your own beliefs is wonderful, but saying that I don’t understand how these compare to our Gods, when I know all too well that they don’t and that’s why I’m complaining is incredibly rude.

His stories are not my Gods, but the fact is that most everyone who doesn’t bother to look things up thinks it is shows just how much he’s shaped the view of the Gods. The number of times I have to point out to people that, no, those aren’t the Gods, no, the myths don’t work like that, no that’s not how it works is ridiculous. My blog is where I combine my beliefs and mt enjoyment of the books and compare and contrast them.

I’ve seen people say that Hera should divorce Zeus, literally mythological Hera and real Hera, and solely because of how Rick shows it. Because they only care about Rick’s views.

Just because you don’t take offense at the way he portrayed them, doesn’t mean I can’t. Don’t you dare try to police my way of interacting with my Gods.

Rick does not take the myths as actual existence, he takes his preferred version, adds to them what he wants, doesn’t research the reality of them, and then makes up more to make things worse.

Hera is cruel mythologically and specifically to Zeus breaking his vows to her. I have actually never once said that her manipulating Jason was out of character, doing a mythological portrayal would have that.

But what is inaccurate is her shoving Nico out of the family tree. It’s her kidnapping people and wiping their memories to use as tools (like say, PERCY). It’s her stepping in years ahead of time and doing basically nothing but being present. It’s her insulting them, ignoring their needs, manipulating their situation, not caring for their family, not caring for her family, dismissing her children, and more.

She aids them when it suits her, not because of their needs. She manipulates all of them, not just the one that directly insulted her.

Her taking offense to Annabeth’s disrespect? yes, accurate. Her anger at Percy? At the rest of the children? The dismissal of pain of others who do things for them?

That is not my Queen.

You came in and said Rick portrayed the Gods accurately. I said you were wrong, and to say so shows a misunderstanding of the myths. I did not say you misunderstood the Gods, that is not my place to say. But the myths? Yes. The way you spoke in your first ask (not to mention the inaccuracy of the myth with Zeus and Hera) read as someone who did not know the myths or their purposes or the Gods as a whole and took Rick’s portrayals as literal.

Also, the way you’re policing my relationship with the Gods and the media depicting them is far more insulting then me pointing out that someone I did not know was a Hellenist was wrong.

And you bring up Apollo? The God I work with more than any other? And dare say Rick made him more likable?

Rick said he was in the wrong for punishing those who broke sacred oaths with him.

Rick said he was in the wrong for punishing the birds who took a job for him then failed it of their own disinterest or care as if those very birds aren’t sacred to him.

Rick made up a myth saying Apollo bullied a God he’s never shown interacting with solely to make him look worse.

So yeah, I don’t agree with you. And while you have a right to your beliefs, I have a right to be angry at how you’re trying to police mine.