Demeter and Persephone were the core of the story. It was about her grief as a mother losing her daughter to politics, her rage, and her eventual acceptance.
The story of Demeter and Persephone was and is reflective of all mothers in Ancient Greece that had to lose their daughters to patriarchy and politics. It was a comfort and an unfortunate lesson to them.
It’s a story about women, for women, and reducing it down to focus on only Persephone and Hades misses the purpose of the story.
I’m not saying that Hades and Persephone aren’t a great couple, but the story of her capture and marriage and how it’s perceived should have more emphasis on her relationship with her mother and how they were pawns in both Zues and Hades plans.
I really hate it when people act like it’s a crime that I/a lot of other Greek myth lovers think that PJO/HOO/TOA aren’t good Greek myth adaptations.
People have different opinions, and I’m all for that! I chose to be a fucking Ares stan, I’m use to having “weird” opinions. But, it’s really silly to get like ACTUALLY mad at someone for having a different opinion then you.
I personally think that the PJO franchise fell into the same thing that a lot of popular media does to the Greek gods, and they are as followings.
Ares is big, scary, evil, misogynistic dude bro
Aphrodite is a hoe!
Underworld gods are mean and scary oOoOh
And to all the people that are like “Hades got better!” Not by much!! Still a sucky ass dad :(
The other Greek gods ALSO got reduced like, they painted Zues and Hera as one dimensional evil villains, Athena as this cool person who is better at war than Ares, and every else in the standard ones!
And I’m not saying that you can’t like this series, go ahead and love all your heart out! I personally love some of the characters Rick made (my grievances with some characters would take up a whole two posts).
Also if you are trying to get into Greek mythology, and your learning through those series,I’m so so SO proud of you for learning about other peoples culture/history. Just make sure to do some read historical texts as well.
But, if you read the series and think your a myth expert, chances are you probably aren’t. It’s ok to learn from those things, thats how I got into this! But, please don’t act like you know more than someone who devoted their time to be good at it.
Just please, for the love of all that is good in this life, don’t fight Greek myth fans for pointing out the flaws in the PJO myths, and don’t fight us for not thinking it’s the best retelling
Out past the grocery market
Middle of the field
Hoping for a lightning bolt – Zeus!
Or is the rain alone the domain of Poseidon?
Give me a mystery with less hesitation
Not even the hostess can seat me
Let alone greet me
As they too are snobbily assessing the skies
Give us a sprinkle or misting
Something off of the menu couture
A hale winter storm
Full of sleet or of hail
With the wind roaring loud as it wails
Out of reach of my car
My umbrella too far
As the rain, spotted rain!
Crashes down
Not one single bolt
Not a sizzle nor crack
Seems to bless me
On this chilly threshold
Precipice to precipitation
One so highly anticipated
Galloping, galloping, I can’t err
No mistake to be made in the rain
It is plain that it's over too soon
With a lion-dubbed roar
With dinner and din
Not a mist or a sprinkle or drizzle
Just shy of deluge
Not to greatly misuse
As slowly it came
How quickly it left
Like a lover
Or waiter – night’s end
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