#lo spoilers

[meanya]

I don't think I ever posted about this, but I noticed a long time ago that there's a facial expression that seems to pop up in Lore Olympus a lot.

I can't tell if I just see it everywhere now just because I'm acutely aware of it... I tried to catch it every time I saw it on rereads. I'd taken to calling it "Lore Olympus Face," it's this sort of exaggerated eyeroll + open pog mouth 😅

Am I just looking too deeply at the details? Did anyone else notice this expression everywhere or am I just seeing it now because I'm looking for it?

[the-rouge-robin]

GIANT WOMAN, GIANT WOMAN

OMG GAIA IS SO PRETTY OMG I COULD STARE AT HER FACE FOREVER MMH MH MMMMMHHHHHH RACHEL YOU OUTDID YOURSELF!!

JUST... JUST LOOK AT HEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

I love her sm

[justmenoworries]

Okay, no, I'm gonna rant a bit more about this.

It really pisses me off that the myth of Sisyphus was reduced to a mere side gag in LO. Because if there ever was an organic way for this comic to actually show that Persephone can be both the compassionate mortal-loving goddess and the fearsome Queen of the Underworld you shouldn't mess with, it's the goddamn myth of Sisyphus!

In the original myth, it was actually Persephone who let Sisyphus go back to the mortal realm after he pulled his whole "Uwu, my awful wife didn't give me a proper burial, pwease let me go back and sort out my affairs" - spiel. And this was after Sisyphus had chained Thanatos up to avoid getting dragged to the Underworld and caused significant trouble for everybody in the process.

So Persephone's kindness would actually be shown instead of just being a Word of God thing that is continually disproven by the actual story.

And after Sisyphus of course takes advantage of that kindness and returns to his body instead of coming back to the Underworld, that would be the time to show that Persephone isn't the meek village girl who would have taken that kind of disrespect lying down anymore.

She has Hermes re-capture Sisyphus and then she is the one to give him his iconic punishment of pushing a boulder up a hill that will always get away from him at the last possible second and roll back down, to show him the futility of trying to cheat/escape death.

Heck, if you want to make the whole thing even more personal to Persephone, in some versions of the myth it was Hades who got chained up by Sisyphus.

You could show Persephone finally being forced to step up as leader of the Underworld, now that her husband is MIA. Show her connect to her people, reassuring them and working to get them through these uncertain times.

You could even let her have a #Girlboss moment by teaming up with some of the other gods to make Sisyphus' life hell until he releases Hades.

All this potential for an engaging story arc, squandered. Because RS can't write for shit.

[genericpuff]

fp spoilers ahead and a content warning for violence:

hades normally:

hades when he's possessed by his dead dad and threatening to rip his wife's head off:

i rest my case, make murder hobo hades president, rip her head off you beautiful sick fuck-

[maybelacrimosa]

warning spoilers for the finale

the lo ending was honestly worse than I was expecting, it was Persephone just going down a bullet list of resolutions that just didn’t feel satisfying. Ugh it’s one of those epilogues where it’s treated as a happy ending for everyone when really it’s only a happy ending for the main characters and their friend group, honestly makes me want to do a deconstruction fic or something. Like Dio speed runs through his childhood, Semele is back but probably spent years working in the iPhone factory, the tgoem and whatever support network it provided is gone, Metis is free to go be a creep in the mortal realm (she didn’t fix the time line so Metis still slept with someone she met when he was under 19) and I’m sorry I just refuse to believe Hera will be a good queen, LO Hera spent the early seasons being cruel to nymphs and satyrs and treating her daughter as a bartender and mini me. Like I’m glad she divorced Zeus but that’s about it in relation to Hera. And of course she reduces 6 months to 3 months with the added bonus that they can visit each other whenever they want, why make Persades sacrifice something when they can have happily ever after handed to them on a silver platter. Like Gaia even hand waves the whole “Persephone killed everyone” thing away because I guess she can raise the dead now with her fertility powers.

[elvencantation]

thetis honey you gotta stop doing this

[zbearhugz]

DUN...

DUNN...

DUNNNN~!

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I know this is very serious™ but I can't unsee this as him dancing 😭

[persephadees]

Fast pass spoilers/// they were just getting along tf?? 😭

[candied-mushroom]

Ngl im so tempted to fastpass to the next episode of lo solely to see Persephone mistreating Leuce so I can try and get the Leuce/Minthe ball rolling.

[breoasis]

Y era un domingo en la tarde, fui a los coches de choque tiririririririririri 🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺

[lauraneedstochill]

Alicent watching her son Aemond who was maimed by Luke (S1EP7) vs Alicent seeing her son Aegon II who was maimed by Aemond (S2EP5) 🔪 inspiration

[the-rouge-robin]

POST-CREDIT SCENE TIME

grrrrrrrrrrr there was no Zagreus, damn u rachel, I riotttttttttttttttttttttttttt /j

[justmenoworries]

Lore Olympus Episode 246 Spoilers

Holy shit, I hate this episode.

The first half is just RS making Demeter grovel before her daughter's groomer, who then proceeds to victim blame her.

"It's not my place to speak on [Persephone's] behalf."

-Continues to speak on her behalf and make assumptions about how she might feel about her mother.-

The way Demeter's and Hades' conversation is just Hades going "Yeah, if you had just let your daughter marry me, the guy who groomed her and is infamous for taking advantage of young, vulnerable women through my wealth, then you wouldn't be in this position now."

Goood, I want Demeter to bring a devastating winter so bad. She deserves to go off on these assholes without being villainized for it.

Oh hey, RS remembered Artemis exists. And of course she still doesn't know about Apollo, even though it's basically common knowledge in Persephone's friend-circle now. Tell me you don't give a shit about a character without telling me you don't give a shit about a character.

I don't know what's worse:

Persephone being completely unapologetic about harassing and scaring the shit out of Leuce, who she knows can't retaliate, or Hades going "Oh yeah, my wife abusing her powers to bully a peasant woman is so hot, let's have sex right now."

Like, you have to be a special kind of oblivious to write a scene like this and not realize how horrifying the implications here are.

Persephone's annoyed look when Hades tells her Demeter's message that she loves Persephone and misses her. Fuck right off you spoiled, pink bimbo, you do not get to make that face after everything you put your mom through.

Poor Chiron, she probably had a real busy day and then this entitled Karen just comes crashing into her DMs demanding a therapy session with her mom right then and there.

Persephone, did you ask Demeter for permission before you wrote her up for this? Prolly not, this session is a blatant excuse for even more Demeter-bashing. Hades had his turn, now Persephone gets to have a go.

I hate it here.

[crimmson-sight]

My fav lawrusso moments 💕✨ Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3

[rowinablx]

Hector's scenes are pretty much all that was used from the original production of Born Again, due to his actor Kamar De Los Reyes tragically passing away after the creative overhaul was ordered but before filming began. His wife said he was excited and proud of his work for Daredevil.

Rest in peace Kamar, we loved you as our beloved White Tiger. 🖤

[elvencantation]

THIS CHAPTER!!! DEAR GODS