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[souliuus]

The Hestia/Athena relationship

Something that really bugs me out in LO is the relationship Rachel gave to Hestia and Athena.

Hestia and Athena are official members of TGOEM, with Hestia even being the founder and leader of the group, later in the series we find out that these two are actually dating.

Artemis finds out and this makes her mad, she even asks if she is the one who actually takes being an eternal maiden seriously. Hestia claims that the relationship happened suddenly and they didn't know how to tell anyone.

As I stated before, they are part of TGOEM, meaning they must be virgin goddesses to be part of it.

Hestia and Athena could've easily just stayed as girlfriends without having sex. It defeats the whole point of their characters.

This is ace erasure and the ship doesn't make sense. Zeus and Apollo are examples of male gods who had male lovers and we don't see any reference of their male lovers in the comic. Rachel just HAD, she NEEDED to pick the ones that are supposed to be virgins.

Hestia has always been my favorite deity in greek mythology (followed by Apollo). It just makes me disappointed on her portrayal in LO.

Oh and another thing, if you are going to make a LGBTQ+ ship, don't antagonize them or make them hypocrites just for your MC to end up being "better" anyways. This isn't just for LO, I'm just tired of seeing it in media.

[souliuus]

My favorite part of the day is grabbing snacks and just scrolling through the anti LO tags.. like.. damn.. you guys are so smart.. I could never come up with such great analysis /g...