#somewhere in recent history every 30-something “romantasy” debut author just HAD to write about H x P being a “misunderstood power couple”

[genericpuff]

hot opinionated take but i swear to god the 'subversion' of "demeter was an overbearing mom who persephone ran away from actually!" in H x P fics is about as 'original' as public domain cartoon characters for kids getting turned into edgy jumpscare horror fics

like do you REALLY think you're being original or are you maybe just reaching for the lowest hanging fruit

and that's not me saying you can't do it, because obv do what you want (and it'll get whatever reception it gets by extension) but it's not "subversion" if every person ever jumps to that same cookie cutter trope in an attempt to be 'original and subversive' while not doing anything new with it IMO