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#today on River's extremely niché literary pet peeves:
rivilu
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I dont really believe in afterlife as a place, but if one exists im finding the Roman fucker that adapted the Medusa story and pummeling him to death a second time
#today on River's extremely niché literary pet peeves:
#greek mythology
#sa mention
#<-- for as I ramble on
#I've an unwavering hatred for the romans as a whole but this one adaptation in particular . THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR
#idk man theres just something about changing the story to include medusa getting raped that makes me unbelievably violent
#and i understand how a modern audience may want to reclaim that medusa as a symbol and all
#but . Danae is right fucking there
#you know? Perseus's mother? Who already had to bare a zeus child? which as you can guess she didnt have a choice to deny?
#THE SOLE REASON PERSEUS HAS TO SLAY MEDUSA IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE THE KING WANTED TO MARRY HER AGAINST HER WILL
#AND THAT WAS THE SUICIDE QUEST HE WAS SENT ON IN EXCHANGE FOR HER RIGHT TO STAY FREE????
#I cant express in words how Danae being overlooked in nigh all non greek adaptations of this myth pisses me off but that's a discussion-
#for another day
#But back to Medusa. I get it. I get the wanting to stick with and support the 'other' ; the outsider etc
#but shes a tragic character in /EVERY/ version
#even in the ones where shes a generic monster
#The roman version only serves to hurt her on a new plane that she SHOULDNT have to be hurt on.
#and keep in mind that the person that wrote that probably didnt do it to add to the tragedy; but to make her seem more deserving of death
#i dont know where im going with this tldr the medusa myth is super complex and interesting when you take all the characters within -
#into account; and the roman version as all things roman is just fucking worse and i hATE IT- sorry the demons
#- and the roman version being taken as the true one in a lot of modern circles and adaptations does a huge disservice to all of it
#because for medusa to be the Symbol; perseus often has to be the Villain; and for him to be the villain Danae is just forgotten.
#Like. Perseus can be grey. Most if not all greek legends are grey in a way or another.
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