#lore Olympus leto

[lo-shouldve-been-an-email]

Does Rachel have something against moms?

#anti lo #anti lore olympus #lo critical #lore olympus critical #lo criticism #lore olympus #Lore Olympus nyx #lore olympus thetis #lore olympus Leto #lore olympus demeter #the only ones that haven’t been butchered are Rhea and Hera #like #leto is the titanes of motherhood and she straight up gaslights Artemis #like Leto in myth still gaslight gatekeep girlbosses but not her own children

[the-mental-archaeologist]

Morpheus hiding in the dream sequence

#lore olympus #rachel smythe #lo webtoon #lo #lo hades #lore olympus hades #lo persephone #lore olympus persephone #lo morpheus #lore olympus morpheus #lo zeus #lore olympus zeus #lo leto #lore Olympus Leto #lo apollo #lore olympus apollo #eerm yeah

[sydnieminty]

☀️ Apollo ☀️

His wrathful/true form takes on an appearance similar to Leto

Info ☀️

- Since Leto is their mother, Hera is particularly resentful of Artemis and Apollo. Hera is not happy about any of Zeus's affairs obviously but this one was particularly angering because it was with an immortal (and titaness) instead of a mortal.

- Apollo knows about how Hera tormented his mother during her pregnancy and is resentful of Hera in return.

- He's very busy, since he is the god of many, many things (prophecy, music, poetry, archery, healing, protection of the young. There's more than this btw)

- He is very much loved by mortals and he enjoys it. He often visits the many temples built for him, giving gifts and prophecies to his worshippers

☀️ Artemis and Apollo

- Like I said on Artemis's post, Apollo and Artemis are twins but they aren't similar in appearance (plus that's not how opposite-gender twins work anyways lol) There's very contrasting appearance between them along with pretty opposite personalities.

- They have a great relationship between each other and are both pretty competitive, especially when it comes to archery

- They're always trying to do things for Leto, who is ostracized for being the last titan not locked up in Tartarus or forced into servitude, along with being hated by Hera.

I probably might as well do a Leto post sometime since I've done Artemis and Apollo lol

#someone replied to artemis's post and said don't forget to make apollo a bisexual mess #and i'm like absolutely *salute* #apollo #lore olympus #lore olympus redesign #lore olympus critical #lineless art #character design #greek mythology #my art #lo critical #leto #artemis

[kores-pomegranate]

*snicker*

#lore olympus #rachel smythe #webtoon #hera #apollo #asspollo #leto

[gold-as-hera]

Hera: yo mama.

#lore olympus #webtoon #lo persephone #lo hades #rachel smythe #lo apollo #lo ares #lo asspollo #lo hera #yo mama #your mom #lo leto

[kotamagic]

Lore Olympus this week is whole lot of OOOOHHHH FFFFFUUUUUCCCCCKKKK!!!!!

No sooner has Apollo taken over than he starts cleaning out the dissenters, starting with Eros and Psyche. You know, like a real-world dictator!

Medical gods so corrupt? Why does the American Healthcare system come to mind? Oh yeah.... insurance.

Thank you, Eros, for pointing out the blatant repeat of history.

Oh, and just in case E&P won't be silenced...

...Apollo's got his Mom as his backup with his bullshit.

What pisses me off more is that Leto actually believes her son's bullshit. Like, I get that Zeus & Hera both shafted her when she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis, but I'd like to believe that SOMETHING had to come off as odd to her about her son. However, given that I don't think she knows Apollo SA'd Persephone, there might be a lot more that Leto doesn't know (and should) about her son's deeds.

And Apollo doesn't stop at just Eros & Psyche. He signed the note as Hebe intentionally to get her out of the way without having to jail her. Ugh!

While Apollo is cleaning out the palace, Persephone is having a serious crisis --- Everything is turning to winter.

From some of her thoughts, snow and winter were a legend of the past, but that it hasn't happened in who knows how long. I wonder if autumn was just an extra long season until Persephone ate the pomegranate.

Needless to say, Demeter is furious that her daughter's very purpose is just flat-out gone. Naturally, she blames Hades, and for once, she's probably not wrong.

[IN B4 YES, PERSEPHONE ATE THE POMEGRANATE OF HER OWN FREE WILL.]

Could we blame Apollo's machinations for this? Possibly. It could be something related to the prophesy, but I don't think this is the case. In terms of Rachel's method of storytelling, there could be a deeper connection to the prophesy of Apollo's takeover.

I think Persephone causing winter instead of spring here was more a part of what she gave up when she ate the pomegranate. If my theory of there being an extra-long autumn is the case, then the pomegranate deal meant that winter happened instead. Persephone had to spend a whole half of the year in the Underworld instead of just 3/4 of it. That would likely put things more in line with not only the real world, but with the original myth as well.

I was going to put this bit in my own words, but Rachel just came right out and said it, so I don't have to.

I know that I and other LO fans have made guesses and speculations that turned out to be incorrect before. It happens. I know I've guessed wrong before. I think in this instance, Rachel didn't want an incorrect assumption to be made right out of the gate and nipped it in the bud immediately.

Anyway, thanks for coming to my LO post!

#lore olympus #lo apollo #lo eros #lo psyche #lo leto #lo persephone #lo hades #lo demeter #LO HOSTILE TAKEOVER

[aj-thegreatest]

Love the redesign you did with artemis and apollo, the monochrome coloring pops out quite well

Thank you so much! I’m glad it pops out, was a little worried the blacks/whites would blend together values wise. It really makes them stand out from the rest of the cast!

#lo critical #anti lore olympus #lore olympus redesign #lo redesign #lo apollo #I’d imagine Leto would have a marble skintone? maybe? #it feels right for these versions lol #hushed mutters

[jennrypan]

Oh GOD

Was the fast pass absolutely something

I--

I'm laughing it's so..it got soo much worse

#lo critical #j.p speaks #leto and apollo being such cartoony villains is so.. #the threat doesnt seem like a threat and theres also winter which should be more important but??? #also why are they acting like normal weak humans when theyre gods?? #and Apollo isnt the most threatening god?? like..eros is Ares' #son. im POSITIVE he can fight just fine?? #sigh #also Hebes a damn idiot apparently?? #wild #anti lore olympus #this is so FUN Y

[monstrumpuella]

Not a monster in law

#lore olympus #lo persephone #lo leto #now I don't like leto especially given her wanting to have revenge on zeus and hera and have her golden child apollo becoming king #yet it looks like (in the dream) leto really does care about Persephone as she asks to make sure she's okay #it seems that leto wants to be closer to her just like mother and daughter

[minthe-defender]

Leto redesign.

She looks more sun-like, like Apollo. I wanted her to look less like a copy of Hera with different eyes.

#leto #lore olympus #lore olympus critical #lo critical #lore olympus redesign #lore olympus rewrite #panel edit

[shizukateal]

Lore Olympus Fast-Pass thoughts (204)

My coin-grinding game is still going strong ✌

First roadblock, here we go.

Leto? Oh no...

Oooooooh nooo, this is not a dream, this is a nightmare. Such a pretty dress wasted on it, too...

It's unclear how much this aligns with Leto's actual personality, but the implication of her actually being compassionate towards Persephone even if she sees her as a pawn in very interesting nonetheless. She is a motherhood goddess after all.

That rage panel is very good, very effective.

Hi Morpheus 🖐

Oooof, please tell me the whole episode is not going to be this. Not because it's bad or anything, just because it's painful and I can only take so much.

Panathenaea, should research that later but it sounds like party of the pantheon. He's changing the timeline to occupy Hades' place.

Ah yes, nothing more classically chauvinistic that disguising women's exploitation as the weapon of "true love <3", check out Revolutionary Girl Utena for more info on the subject.

Thanks Morpheus.

Hm, I wonder if the implication is that Apollo is actually dreaming this r/n? Serves him right to not have what he wants even in his dreams.

Ooof, thanks, out of the nightmare and still some episode left.

Girl, you literally just listened to how she rejected a model for you. Eh, can't blame her too much, insecurity eats at you like that, especially after 10 years separated.

Awww, 2 kids <3 Melinoe and Zagreus, maybe? Or Bolo like last time?

💕She's blue with pink eyes and has her mommy's wings, she's so aesthetic, I love her💕

Perse has a point, but you can't expect "Daddy In Every Sense Of The Word" Hades to not spoil his kids rotten.

Why be sad Perse? Now you can help make that dream a reality. You're even waking him up with the sweetest sound for him to hear :)

Hm, not quite opening his eyes yet. Time for a sleeping beauty kiss? The big door is opening.

#lore olympus #lore olympus fast pass #lore olympus 204 #lo persephone #lo hades #lo apollo #lo leto #lo morpheus

[dresspheres]

66 Icons | Leto | Lore Olympus

66 Icons for Leto from Lore Olympus.

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Credit me if you edit them! Otherwise, credit’s very much appreciated.

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#Leto #Leto Icons #Lore Olympus Icons #Webtoon Icons #Lore Olympus #hc: white #hl: tied up #female #yellow skin #ec: yellow

[sydnieminty]

Leto ☀️ Goddess of Motherhood

🌑 Info

- Reserved and modest, she is quiet and graceful

- Always wearing a veil. Underneath, her skin glows faintly

- she is a titaness in a world where the new generation of gods have taken over

- Zeus seduces her which results in her pregnancy with Artemis and Apollo

- She was already a social pariah, but this only made matters worse because no one would risk being seen with her, since they would be risking the wrath of Hera

I haven't made my Hera design yet but one of my goals is to make Leto and Hera more distinct than "Leto is Hera but with black eyes"

At first I wasn't going to keep Leto's black and white color palette but I read "Like her sister Asteria she may also have been a goddess of the night, or alternatively of the light of day." So I thought black and white is actually quite fitting

There's a lot of overlap in Hera and Leto's duties that make things awkward. Marriage and motherhood are very hand and hand. And I think the possibility of Leto being associated with night or stars while Hera is goddess of the sky and stars of heaven is also an interesting overlap

#leto #lore olympus #lore olympus critical #lore olympus redesign #greek mythology #lineless art #character design #my art #digital art #webtoon #apollo #artemis

[moodyfish]

Do I like Leto? No. Is her character design cool? Yeah.

#mood board #moodboard #collage #lockscreen #aesthetic #lore Olympus #leto

[gold-as-hera]

This bitch is so shady

#lore Olympus #lo eros #lo leto #lo psyche #rachel smythe

[moony-2001]

The real-world impact of Lore Olympus

i.e. do your research Rachel

Trigger warning: racism, fetishization, appropriation, mentions of SA

Long post ahead

A while ago, someone told me that Lore Olympus was just a silly little comic written out of boredom. That it was made to be "funny". They told me that "[I] can't hope [for] an extremely [well-written] story when it was just made with the intention to make something goofy" and that if Rachel actually wanted to make something serious like I had, she would write a book and not a comic.

At the time of this exchange, it was past 1 a.m. and I was exhausted. I did not want to argue with this person and it simply wasn't worth my time or energy in the moment.

But looking back at that (mostly one-sided) interaction, I can't help but think that there is so much wrong with that point of view. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion about Lore Olympus, whether good or bad. But Lore Olympus isn't just some silly little nothing comic about nothing important. It is a comic that actively appropriates and erases Greek Culture. It is a comic that has no respect for the actual stories that have been passed down over thousands of years whether by word of mouth or written text. It is a comic that perpetuates a false narrative and harmful stereotypes about characters or certain groups of people. So, no, it's not just a silly little comic.

Incorrect information

Here’s an example of what I mean:

When I was doing research for my post about the 10 year time skip, I looked up Leuce to reconfirm the little information I knew about her. Wanna guess the first thing that popped up about her?

A Lore Olympus Wiki article.

Okay. How about Minthe? Hundreds of pictures of her from Lore Olympus and a LO Wiki article as one of the top 3 results. Both character are horribly represented in LO and unfortunately there isn’t really any documented stories or records that can refute how LO paints them. Because of this, other characters in Greek Mythology like Leuce and Minthe, whose stories have little to no documentation, stand to suffer the most harm from deliberate misrepresentation on Rachel’s part.

Of course well-known and better documented figures in Greek mythology face slander as well. What about Thetis or Leto? How about Apollo? All of their portrayals in LO are HORRIBLE. I have seen people online absolutely drag them to filth not because they're upset about how the character is portrayed compared to their mythological counterpart, but because they have no knowledge of how they are actually portrayed outside of LO. They just assume that's how the characters are. Similarly, people who have either very little or no prior knowledge of Greek Mythology and Culture would look at the comic and go "Yep, sounds legit. It must be true." and go about thinking that what is portrayed in LO is accurate to what was transcribed thousands of years ago.

Creative interpretations and racism/fetishization within LO

Don’t get me wrong. Creative interpretations and artistic liberties can be great. When they’re done tastefully. I personally think if done correctly, a Greek myth spun in a modern way has the potential be very good. But that's not what we were given.

Characters like Minthe, Leuce, and Thetis (all nymphs btw) are portrayed as trashy tramps who put out and are used as a foil sabotage Persephone and/or her relationship with Hades. Compare that to Greek Mythology where in the Iliad, Thetis is very well-respected by the gods, particularly Hera. Unfortunately, other similar characters like satrys (and basically any character that isn’t a god) are usually portrayed as a low-class POC that can be easily exploited, manipulated, or used as a temporary villain/lover/pawn to “get back” at Persephone, our white-coded protagonist who can do no wrong.

Additionally, there is a clear race/class bias against characters like nymphs in LO. We see many cases scattered throughout the comic of gods like Hera or Aphrodite referring to nymphs as "trash" or "low class" or the idea that nymphs do not belong with gods being heavily implied if not outright said. I cannot tell you how often I've seen Minthe be called some variant of "cheap" by the readers of LO. Even Persephone (who created the flower nymphs) treats them with such disrespect. She frequently calls them some variant of "stupid" or "simple" like saying how they're not the sharpest crayons in the box even though she's the one WHO MADE THEM. However, it's so odd not really to note that nymphs like Echo, Amphitrite, or Psyche (who was previously disguised as a nymph) are not discriminated against. This is because they are liked or trusted by the gods they are around and ergo are often portrayed as the "good ones", which is a disgusting mindset to have.

We also see the fetishization of nymphs in the comic that is disturbingly similar to the fetishization of women who are Black, Asian, or Latina. It is a known fact that Hades has a flower nymph fetish. Not only is this implied in the comic, but Rachel stated it outright in an old Patreon post. Nymphs are also generally treated as sex-symbols, disposable, and as a lesser-than. Zeus frequently displays this behavior by abandoning nymphs he knocked up in the mortal realm.

For example, when Persephone finds out Apollo is dating Daphne, she isn't upset he's dating her friend. She's upset he's dating a flower nymph, beings that are generally considered to be "rare", "dumb", and objects of sexual desire. Ew.

Even on the Lore Olympus website (loreolympians.com) nymphs are regarded as "beautiful", "desirable", and "very exotic". And when they're not described in a sexual manner they're say it with me now regarded as "low class" or "workers" for some kind of god/goddess.

Final thoughts

So not only is the characterization of characters like Minthe or Thetis harmful to Greek culture and the stories that are so ingrained in their society, but it is also perpetuating harmful stereotypes about people of color and women who are confident in their sexuality.

Of course, the characters within Greek Mythology had their own issues. Zeus was a serial rapist, many of the goddesses deemed to be "feminist" by today's standards were actually horribly misogynistic looking at you Athena. But 1. that's just how things were back then (but that does not make it right) and 2. all of the good, the bad, and the ugly is still there in Greek Mythology. They're not denying how fucked up it is, but they're also not changing their history to better fit their own narrative or the narrative of the modern world. It exists, it happened, but now it is studied and called out by historians.

Rachel, on the other hand, is doing exactly that. She is actively changing the Greek's cultural history to better fit her fic's narrative. She is constantly sweeping things under the rug or going "No this is how it ACTUALLY happened". Lore Olympus is marketed as a "feminist retelling" yet somehow, it takes allllll the ugly parts from Greek Mythology (rape, incest, problematic age gaps, dubious consent, etc.), mixes it with a majority of the issues we have in the modern world (white feminism, rape-apologists/rape culture, grooming, fetishization of certain minority groups, etc.) and then amplifies the concoction to 20. Lore Olympus cannot be a "progressive, feminist, retelling" and also have characters that are morally apprehensive/come straight from the ancient myths. It does not work. In fact, IMO it makes all the problems from both eras worse.

News flash: actual cultures that are still thriving today are not your toys. They are not "made up". They matter. Do better.

#anti lore olympus #lore olympus #anti lo persephone #anti lo #lore olympus criticism #lore olympus critical #lo critic #lo critical #unpopular lo #unpopular lore olympus #appropriation #greek mythology #if anyone who is actually Greek wants to comment on this or share their thoughts please feel free #I'm not Greek but I have a deep love for mythology/Greek culture so this is just my take on things