#lore olympus fast pass

[misandristsonic]

dude the new lore olympus fast pass was TERRIBLE. i always will try to have grace as an artist, but i cannot excuse this entire chapters EVERYTHING. it was so bad. i can’t. the art was terrible. the interpretation, not even that, the MOCKERY of Leuce’s myth is insulting. the hades and thanatos plot? so horribly ended. could’ve been serious and angsty and MAYBE had hades feel some paternal distress towards his missing son but NOPE, it was comical. the art, the art, the art. the art was terrible. the spaghetti limbs, the body proportions, the disappearing and reappearing of certain features. it was so genuinely terrible. i cannot even see how this was caused by anything other than no care or just being a terrible author and artist with no respect for your fans or story or the myths you’re basing it off of. jesus christ

[herlavendersyrup]

Hi I like never do this and hopefully I’m tagging correctly but If not spoilers for fast pass Lore Olympus

Okay so like, I’m not one to shit on the story cause I actually love this fucking comic so damn much and it got me through a rough patch of my life (and a whole ass pandemic but like, y’all too right?) and like I’m obviously very happy Hades and Persephone got married (like we knew it would happen… like… duh)

But… did anyone else just not feel the moment the pay off?

I’m not sure why, but it just felt so contradictory to everything Persephone wanted when she told Hades that she wanted “everything”. the dating, the shitty apartment, being actually engaged for a bit (though I do understand how like, her mom stole her chance for that and maybe if that’s the direction Rachel is going for, then all of this is dumb and I hope she explores it more cause that’s an awesome view point I haven’t seen before!)

Idk, I don’t really have friends who read the comic so I figured I’d come here. Again, I’m really a fan.

I just oddly feel disappointed by this last chapter.

[problematic-faves-appreciation]

Rando: Minthe was turned into a plant! Whereas, Apollo got a slap on the wrist! She received the worst punish–

Persephone restored Minthe to her true form and the river nymph got to live a peaceful, free life in the Mortal Realm. No everlasting punishments from the author (Minthe's "number one hater", according to certain people 🙄): Minthe was given an opportunity to turn a new leaf. A happy ending for her.

Apollo: *Unending mental anguish and life as a pariah (torture for someone who craves people's attention and adoration)*

And his bodily autonomy was violated by Ouranous, who made him his vessel. He became purple goop. Apollo got better following the fight versus Ouranos, but the fact that he'd been working with his great-grandfather definitely bolstered his pariah status even more.

His first time ever feeling remorse. He did not want this. *World's smallest violin*

[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-

[psyaurorak]

Ok I just wanna say, yes Minthe did bad things and made bad choices but did she ever murder an entire village, turn people into plants, bully the working class, abuse her power, support slavery, commit crimes and then act like the paragon of innocence afterwards?

No?

But do you know who did?

[lunian]

it's been 0 days since I found out origins of my name😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[museit]

EPISODE I SPOILERS WITHOUT CONTEXT

~~~~ ✨️Season 3 ✨️ ~~~~

We are back in business boys....let's go!!!

I read it too fast but wow......

[persephadees]

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

[galadrielaaa]

Spoilers no context LO fastpass episode 233.

Me wanting poor **** to be LEFT ALONEEEE 😭

[themusesof75]

Lore Olympus FAST PASS: 252 spoilers

Or wait a month!

Seriously, spoilers will ruin your life...

[midnightsecfan]

Lo Fast Pass spoilers Chapter 265

for the others

All I want is for Melinoe to be saved, and meet her parents.

In This chapter, Melinoe was in a watery disguise and she spoke to Morpheus about meeting.

Hades has decided to do another Sleep Dive. (Melinoe meets her Dad, maybe????? Do we find out if my theory is correct?)

my theory is during the Banishment Period is Hades got pregnant from Persephone's magic tree and Melinoe was the result. Zeus had kids out of his head and leg sooooo totally plausible.

Persephone is absolutely drained (physically, mentally, emotionally).

Hades comforts her; by talking nice things, calling her Dread Queen, and positioning to eat her out. Congrats, hun.

While it's very, very sweet I really want more Revenge Action!!

Persephone, after Hades tells you of your magical little girl, I hope you're inspired to put your arm through Apollo's chest and rip out his little grey heart. Maybe save your daughter first, I don't timing.

Also, I miss Artemis and Eris.

[problematic-faves-appreciation]

The haters wouldn't be complaining about Apollo's punishment if someone else's name was written on this outcome. But because Rachel's the author, they're just hating for the sake of it.

Apollo's punishmemt was handled in a most satisfying fashion; the asshole became forever consumed by guilt he would have NEVER felt himself, EVER — forced upon him by the very arrow (basically a love potion) he had planned to use on Persephone, but she saved herself from being forced to fall in love with her rapist. Had him confess everything he did to her live on air, turning public opinion against him and Apollo into a pariah. Something he'll never get over, given his narcissism. Everyone hates him now! What's more, they also had him work off his punishment by doing temple restoration. A god like him having to work at all.

The people saying Rachel "went too easy on Apollo" didn't read the same comic everyone else did.

I rlly don’t understand the hatred and vitriol people have for lore Olympus like yea there’s deserved criticism but then there’s just looking for any small reason to hate a story and it’s author for things that are at the end of the day common in the genre/subjective

You’d think Rachel had done something absolutely awful with the way some people talk about her Vs writing a mid story.

[antiloreolympus]

What is LO Cooking?!

I heard Lore Olympus was ending soon, so I caught up, and wow, it somehow got worse. The main thing I'm stuck on is Hera being the fertility goddess.

I don't know about y'all, but this is NOT the same person. But I assume this is for the reveal to be a 'surprise'.

((If you have to switch up a character's whole look and remove their only "unique" trait (mole) for a surprise, maybe don't do it.))

To continue, while this recent episode (273) depicts Zeus as awful for using Hera's powers. It also doesn't explain why Metis couldn't fight Kronos herself.

I haven't read the fast pass, but I'm going to make an educated guess that Hera is going to solo Kronos easily like Persephone did.

If this is the case, wouldn't that mean Metis was powerful enough to stop Kronos on her own, and she simply chose not to? Not only that, but she and Hera could've teamed up him if they were this powerful on their own.

It's very odd how this story wants me to believe Zeus did this only out of greed and not necessity if even Metis can't handle Kronos.

Also, Metis not only didn't take Kronos out but kept the truth from Hera? The blame is instead shifted to Zeus as if Metis didn't have the responsibility of telling her daughter.

If the story is willing to critique Demeter for lying to Persephone, why isn't Metis getting the same heat story wise?

This isn't me saying Zeus is justified using Hera's powers post-titanomachy as that is unacceptable (RIP Zeus Stans). Only in the context of defeating Kronos.

It just feels like another way for Metis to be seen as a "caring mom" as if she didn't sleep with Young Zeus, knowing two of her kids had a crush on him.

- - -

The potential reasons I have are between:

"RS didn't think this through and made Metis such a terrible mother that most of the aftermath could've been prevented if she had either fought Kronos on her own or taught Hera how to use her powers."

Or

"Hera (and Metis to an extent) wouldn't have been able to use the full extent of their abilities without a man using them as a battery first."

Both of these are terrible, and I hate it here.

[winns-stuff]

Agree that shippers of kronos and hera are freaking disgusting, though im a little hesitant to lay the blame on rs. When i first read it, i recognized it for being awful and insidious abuse and thought it was framed surprisingly well. Webtoon readers are known for being shit balls at reading and media comprehension, so many other webtoons i read suffer from readers being way too obtuse and rooting for genuinely abusive characters that the creator always frames as toxic. (tho full disclosure i haven't read the fast pass episodes so this might have changed!!) while i also do wish rs might make it clearer that its abuse so these commentors would shut up, at the same time i think its sad creators would need to sacrifice more sublte, clever storytelling just so that certain sections of the fandom won't misunderstand.

I understand your point, the main reason why I included Rachel in that rant is because if she can make an authors note about Persephone not dying, she should be able to come out with at least a statement saying that you shouldn’t ship Hera with Kronos at all because half of those people are grown adults, they should absolutely know better.

Rachel never holds her fans accountable when they’re saying fucked up things in Rachel and Lore Olympus’ defense and she’s known for being active in various groups including Lore Olympus so she should have no problem making an announcement condemning stuff like that. The problem isn’t that her subtle writing wasn’t clear enough for her fans the problem is you have over 45 comments on your main page talking about how Hera’s SA wasn’t SA and victim blaming her for the trauma Kronos gave her and you’re not saying anything about it.

It’s even worse since like I’ve said there’s a lot of fans who relate to both Hera and Persephone with their traumas, having a fandom like that condoning disgusting stuff like that and dismissing coercion and SA is disingenuous and honestly made me lose even more respect for her. I’m not asking her to stand up for her fans as an anti I’m asking her to stand up for them as a decent person, it’s the bare minimum to make a statement and of course if the fandom doesn’t listen I won’t talk anymore about it since she’s one person but she hasn’t said anything and that’s the problem.

[museit]

WELL FOLKS ITS BEEN AWHILE....

Now, since we are all caught up to speed to some extent with LO and finding out the Child Deity is Persephone and Hades's future daughter. I would like to say I'm scrapping my theory on it. Though I would like to hear what people think about having this child come so soon and the episodes overall?

Is anyone up for theories and discussions?

[ecsta-zi]

Well, I can't believe that only after I access my account again Lore Olympus is coming to end. Per usual, I fast pass, so Yup, I read the season finale.

Get ready to shed some tears and experience the justice we waited 6 years for.

I started reading Lore Olympus at my lowest. I was just released from the precient after a DV situation. I was bald, my bird was taken from me and k-lled and I was crying in a hotel room late at night looking for SOMETHING to distract me. And BEHOLD, there were already several Lore Olympus episodes to read, about 2/3 years worth. I scrolled endlessly for days taking my time to look at each panel carefully. Just to admire the artwork and really take in every detail I could.

I am now, much older, stronger, and in a different place in life. I'm expecting my first baby, I'm healthy, I'm happy, and I am in a much more stable position in life.

Thank you, Rachel Smythe, for giving us this amazing story that got me through the last 5 years. I appreciate you for getting me through my darkest times. ❤️