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valiantvillain · 2 years ago

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I would really greatly appreciate it if people who aren't actually Classicists would stop talking about having to relearn Classics as if they themselves are the experts. Like I can concede you have points, but you seriously lack the wider context to properly integrate them into the thing you're talking about while respecting those stories as part of an ancient culture.

#greek myth retelling problems #greek myth #greek mythology #i'm taking the classics away from you until you know how to properly play with them #psa from your grumpy neighborhood classicist #ramblings of a classicist #i used to be excited for all these feminist greek myth retellings now i'm just jaded and disappointed #y'all we can write feminist retellings without completely villainizing ancient greek heroes and men #i'm telling you it'll be fun if you just try it #think of all the complex characters you'll have #isn't that what you've all been begging for for years? complex characters?

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