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kindred-spirit-93 · 2 months ago

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HOO BOI. i desperately want to write volumes about this topic alone but ill stick to a tag rant because is have so much studying lol.

demeter they could never make me hate you. you were imo the only sensible person in the myth(s) actually and a good mum. fuck u zeus

The story of Hades and Persephone isn't an abduction romance, or even a tragedy of not being able to be in two places at the same time. It's about how fucking wild it would be to have a mother who gives a shit about whether you're dead or alive, and whether you are happy.

#hades and persephone #the ill get back to this eventually tag #sick with all the awful adaptations & retellings that romanticise aspects at the price of completely and irreversibly ruining others #look i dont care what u want to enjoy or wish to believe thats none of my business its all fun and games at the end of the day #but to so blatantly ignore the orignal mythos in favour of aesthetic or whatever and insisting *thats* the standard is just cruel #part of it falls on how much were missing in the critical thinking & media literacy department and tend to accept pop culture as is #again one of the beauties of literature is its potential for interpretations.. and storytelling relies on appeasing the masses #and reaching audiences and demographics and adapting to fit the everchanging social norms and all that jazz. i know #thats not what im referring to here #its the denial of nuance and refusal to acknowledge that hey sometimes a piece of media isnt really accurate? or right? like at all #(i for one as of late have been extremely fascinated w darkfics and heavy topics being explored in media.. esp in greek mythology)#and it honestly wouldnt matter if it werent for the vehement hate it breeds against the source material and the very valid #opinions on the other side of the coin. the least we can do is do some background reading and have some common sense guys.#in this case the erasure of justified rage and grief to accentuate rebellious femininity or whatever to me is just sad #making demeter the villain? a mother who was rightfully horrified after her (underage) daughter was stolen from her #making persephone who cried and mourned during her stay in the underworld a girlboss who waltzed in on her own volition?#in some versions of the myth hades tricked her into eating the seeds. she had no idea what the implications were. NOT COOL MY DUDE #look i actually like hades and persphone in terms of theme and symbolism. like a lot. im working on stuff with them in it #but keep in mind the people places and things at play when engaging with media. think of the prices that were paid and how it relates to us #myths serve to teach lessons and morals as well as explaining natural phenomena and other things. folklore doesnt exist in a void #also as much as i love to dunk on zeus for being a piece of shit and serial rapist #he is extremely complex and multifaceted as a god and king of the gods and much more than that. as is the case for everyone in the pantheon #agh i need to go before i go on a rabbit hole so deep i find iron lol

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