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[genericpuff]

LORE | REKINDLED EPISODE 50 - THE RIVER STYX (PART 1)

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Shorter episode this week on account of IRL stuff going on that's had to take priority! Full announcement here for anyone who missed it!!The 'next episode' date is NOT incorrect, there WILL be another short episode next Saturday to make up for the episode getting split in half <3 Thank you all so much for your patience and support !! (ノ°▽°)

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[gotstabbedbyapen]

Sorry, my MinthePhone brain is kicking in.

The original panel is from Lore Rekindled, created by @genericpuff.

#lore rekindled #persephone #minthe #persephone x minthe #minthe x persephone #minthephone #my edits

[cherrytea556]

Lore Rekindled; The Lore Olympus that should have been

To be honest, I checked out the rekindled version before the original one and now having reading the original as well, it's extremely odd. Y'know goodbye volcanic high where the original was a mess but a group of 4chaners made a parody game which turned out to be of better quality than the original? This is like that but replace 4chan with tumblr users, mainly @genericpuff whose series is pinned in their tumblr blog where you can check all of the episodes, especially updated ones. In this post, I will be praising this series of how it fixes the problems of the original

The Pacing

One thing I notice about lore olympus and lore rekindled is the pacing. Not just the flow of the story but where it chooses to focus on. Now in lore olympus, the pacing is kinda a mess and its mainly to do with what it focuses on. An example is the magazine plotpoint; in the original, its basically kinda there in between doses to focus on other stuff like persephone and hades together, persephone's sa (i'll get to that later), eros story, zeus and hera etc...The flow generally isnt that bad per say (except for persephone's sa cuz that was way too quick) but for a story meant to be a romance between hades and persephone, you'd think it idk, it would focus on persephone and hades specifically, not eros which is another example of; its flashbacks. Eros specifically has such a dragged out flashback in episode 12 which we didnt need or at least with that much exposition when it should've naturally expand in the story and that's what rekindled does. The magazine plotline has turned into the first conflict of persephone and hades as we see how it affects their lives and relationships. This works for its pacing better because it doesn't give you too much stuff to jumble with, making the narrative more concise and easier to understand where the story is going. And with the flashbacks, rekindled cuts out the fat in the flashbacks from the original to a perfect balance where it gives exposition of the characters while also leaving mystery for the audience to be intrigued, my favourite one would have to be this (though it more of a nightmare than a flashback specifically speaking);

It's of persephone in a greenhouse her mother placed her in with this red eye thing following her from outside the greenhouse. I have no idea of this lurker if its her metaphorical rage or a danger in her life but either way, i am intrigued by its presentation.

The Characters

When reading lore rekindled and lore olympus, the characters are definetly an odd experience. For lore olympus, the characters arent exactly uh....great per say. I think the main reason for this is how their ultilised, with characters like eros, hera, hectate etc being there to mostly be a matchmaker for hades and persephone even if it was initially seen as wrong like with hera and hectate, be antagonistic as a way to have conflict between hades and persephone like minthe, demeter and recently leuce even if ones had reasons too like minthe with hades emotionally cheating on her and demeter because lets be honest, she had a point. Then there's hades and persephone, whoo boy where to start with them.

Hades starts off as a creep eyeing at persephone during a party, specifically at her body and still lusts persephone even being aware that shes 19 and he's 2000 years old. Also is a shitty boss, father AND contributes to slavery with it while being adressed in some way, doesnt change him which isnt good for a character that's meant to be the main protagonists love interest.

Persephone though, I can get the self insert vibes. From favouritism towards the story, being who most of the men in the story are attracted too, portrayed as a 'cinnamon roll' (they actually said that early on in the story, im not kidding) who cant do no wrong. She acts like a teenager rather than a young adult which makes the scenes where shes sexualised just more uncomfortable (and they already unnecessarily were) along with adding that uncomfortability to the romance

But with rekindled, they expanded on the characters much more than they originally were. Persephone for instance has turned from a 'sexy baby' legal teenager to an actual young relatable adult with agency and allows her to screw up (e.g, getting drunk on her own rather than eros drunking her). Her adult attitude makes the romance between her and hades not only more palpable, but also strays away from the infantilisation/uncomfortable sexualisation of her character which is nice to see. Hades also is written well in the series from how it acknowledges his faults while still making him likable. And thats the same for every character really, their personalities are much more fleshed out and nuanced which makes their characters feel real to life, gaining effectiveness for more emotional scenes with them. An interesting thing too is that they even expanded the magazine guy's character from making fake news for profit into feeling guilt over what they done, standing up for persephone which is a pretty nice change.

No Sa Plotline

Not like you cant have sa in your story ever but if you never planned it from the beginning and only did when people tell you that the scene you drew from your comic was sa then....maybe just not do it. Lore olympus does exactly that where while an attempt was made, it goes on to retcon it into making apollo (the guy who sa'd persephone) into a lesser evil like that would made a difference instead of just cutting it out from the very beginning. Lore rekindled thankfully just made apollo into his pilot version, a shitty bf but more likeable and expanded upon (which should have been his portrayal from day 1). His shittiness doesnt come up in the story, more like self absorbness/egotisticalness although with its recent chapter of the magazine guy offering persephone lunch, it might reveal some cracks or at least further down the story it will be revealed to us which futhers how effective rekindled character writing is in how its expansion of characters would give us the feels. That or portray him as not a good match for persephone, either way much better than the original.

Artstyle

Lore olympus has a pretty good artstyle (at least in s1/the early episodes, s3 is just kinda goofy) but lore rekindled has got a good artstyle which is on top, more consistent too. Here's some examples;

Comedy

It's objectively funnier than lore olympus, no question asked

All in all, if you want to read lore olympus, i recommend you to read the lore rekindled one instead as it's better in every way. Give it a read.

#lore olympus critical #lo critical #anti lo #anti lore olympus #lore rekindled #generic puff #genericpuff

[ember-juice]

Been reading lore rekindled, I’m liking how it’s going so far with the story and I wanted to draw one of the panels from ep. 31, fan art in a way I guess

( Lore Rekindled by @genericpuff )

#lore rekindled #lore olympus rewrite #lore rekindled comic #lo critical

[a-gnosis]

3: Persephone from Lore Rekindled

Lore Rekindled is a webcomic by @genericpuff that is a kind of reinterpretation of Lore Olympus. If you thought that Lore Olympus had some interesting ideas, but didn't like how those ideas were executed, then maybe you'll like Lore Rekindled. I certainly do. Persephone has a personality, Demeter is not portrayed as a villain, all the characters feel more nuanced and the story is a lot more focused on Hades and Persephone (that is, it doesn't try to squeeze in as many plot points and Greek myths as possible).

#genericpuff #lore rekindled #persephone #my scanner sucks at reading pink colors

[persiesposts]

Something I love about Lore Rekindled..

So by now everyone knows about the lovely @genericpuff and their LO rewrite (if you don't you have to check it out!!!) and I've been re-reading it alongside LO just for the sake of comparative analysis and I noticed something within the first few eps that was so amazing.

Persephone noticed and approached Hades first in Rekindled.

It seems like such a small change at first but looking at it in comparison to the original it's a HUGE shift and immediately sets the tone for who Persephone is as a character in Rekindled vs LO.

In LO based on first impressions of Persephone we see a young woman who is hopelessly out of place and severely in the "damsel mindset." The first time Hades ever sees her is when she's in distress after being knocked over. We see her through his POV and don't see the situation through her eyes at all.

In Rekindled the focus is on Persephone and her POV, she sees Hades at the bar and through her we see this immediate connection (though not instantly a positive one, i.e. "he's terrifying"). It leaves the audience immediately interested by what she means by "terrifying". Despite that initial impression she chooses to still approach him which shows remarkable agency and boldness on her part in comparison to her OG counterpart.

She also approaches with a decent amount of social awkwardness, she's more forward than most who were raised on Olympus, handily securing her "small fish in a big pond" characterization without making her seem like a ditz. It makes her showing up in his car later (another change there that I could write a whole other post on) less weird and creepy since they've at least had a conversation before that moment.

TLDR: I love Lore Rekindled and the shifts that were made to make these characters feel more realistic and less flat.

#anti lore olympus #lore rekindled #anti lo persephone #lo critical #lore olympus critical

[bubsgirl291]

Miraculous Awakening and Lore Rekindled are single-handedly reforming and reviving my love for the first two franchises with pink-coded female leads that I’ve ever loved, and I’m so happy about it

#anti lore olympus #antiloreolympus #lo critical #lore olympus critical #miraculous awakening movie #miraculous ladybug #miraculous movie #lore rekindled comic #lore rekindled

[justsigneduptolookattags]

A fun art idea I had for @genericpuff! The character is a Lore Rekindled version of my version of Plutus, Demi-god brother of Persephone and son of Demeter and Iaison. (He's blind that's why his eyes are more glossy)

A style emulation of a style emulation! It was hard to nail the glow and went a little ham with the background! Lore Rekindled is a great read and I love your art style! Thank you so much for the passionate petty project, it's a gift and Persephone deserves that justice!

If you'll haven't yet please read Rekindled!!!

(Just realized I should have blurred the background)

#lore rekindled #anti lore olympus #anti LO #technically an “LO oc” but want to clarify I am a hater #Plutus #my art

[abyssalbest]

Me when the lore is rekindled

I’ve been thinking about @genericpuff ‘s Persephone a lot.

#art #fanart #my artwork #traditional art #artists on tumblr #artwork #lore rekindled #anti lo persephone #anti lore olympus #sand drawings (art tag)

[swallowtailcherry]

I was reading another version of Lore Olympus (Which is called Lore Rekindled) and it's by a user named @genericpuff! (If you see this by any chance, hope you don't mind me tagging you as a way to credit you!)

And I fell in love with it immediately!

It does have scenes similar to Lore Olympus, but a lot of it is original and not in Lore Olympus.

The characters are the same, but they're drawn pretty realistically, the interactions are funny for me (Especially the ones between Apollo and Artemis. They feel like actual siblings.) (Same goes for Persephone and Hades. I actually laughed at their interactions 😂)

Speaking of Apollo.... He's actually not an asshole in Lore Rekindled. Plus he looks a bit younger, but that's fine with me.

All in all, I love Lore Rekindled.

#random post #lore rekindled #i love it

[genericpuff]

Today's the last day of my first tattoo expo of the year and then I get 3 days off before I have to leave town for ANOTHER one. I'm very tired but having a lot of fun working on the stuff that comes my way at the expo's.

Have a very cute drawing of Hades writing in his diary like a happy lil' baby girl that we workshopped in the LR Discord LOL

#this is the closest to baby girl LR hades will ever get #he's a menace but that doesn't mean we can't have our fun LOL #lore rekindled #lore rekindled art

[multifandomeweirdo]

Mood

This is from Lore Rekindled, by genericpuff on Tumblr! For those of you who were disappointed with Lore Olympus's various... problems, this is the perfect choice for you! With actually funny humor, actually interesting lore, and no forever-nineteen stuff, it is everything that Lore Olympus should've been. Go read it!!

#webcomic #lo critical #lore olympus criticism #lore rekindled

[webcomicreads]

The Issue with "Foefic"

For as long as humans have created things, others have looked at the fruits of their labour and thought, "I can do that better." Drawing inspiration from something you see and think you could improve upon is not wrong, it is how innovation works when it comes to creating tools, art, cooking. However, some people mean it in a malicious way. A way that teeters on jealousy and, if I may, clout-thirsty.

Lore Rekindled is a "retelling" of the (unfortunately) Eisner award winning webcomic Lore Olympus. From what I saw on the post introducing it, it is "better drawn and better written." I, like many, have issue with Lore Olympus. The writing is lacking and absolutely not award-worthy, and it even misses the mark as a cheesy harlequin romance. Persephone's characterization has no consistency. The art, while striking and easily recognizable, leaves a lot to be desired, especially when it comes to backgrounds. I don't consider it noteworthy, but it is heavily pushed by Naver's Webtoon, and that is probably why it keeps winning awards. With how low my opinion of Lore Olympus was, I dived into Lore Rekindled hoping to find something with more substance.

I did not find that substance.

LR suffers in different ways than LO. It assumes that you have read or are at least familiar with the major characters of Lore Olympus, which is understandable. The characters are re-written and interact strangely. Many of the characters in LO are meant to come off as "old money," and this shows in their lifestyles, fashion, and way they speak. The characters in LR all appear to have the same voice. If I were to print out a transcript of this comic and read it out loud, they would all be indistinguishable. LR is "better drawn," but what I think they meant is it is less toony. The backgrounds are better most of the time, but the panelling is boring and lacks the dynamicism seen in the original work. The plot is, if I'm being honest, just AU fanfiction (derogatory).

When I also learned that this creator had an original comic, I was very interested to see what it brought to the table. As I understood it, LR was a side project. So you can imagine my surprise when I looked at both the old and the new Project Reaper and it is just objectively a worse comic. The the majority of the cast has same-face syndrome, and seem to live in a cool-tone hell with no furniture most of the time. The concept of how to dress and style characters seems to be locked into what a 15 year old thinks is badass, but that fits for the story. The plot and dialogue reads like something a middle-schooler would make as an RP scenario with friends. The colouring is lazy dodge and burn, which just emphasizes that the author does not care about cultivating a space or atmosphere or world for these characters to live in. They are just toys to mash together to make your angsty super cool comic that you're going to pitch to Dark Horse for REAL, GUYS. And the first comic for this series is written right to left. In the author's defense, they were a teen when they started the original comic.

So how does someone whose average panel looks like the example above come to the conclusion that they can make a better comic? It's simple: Project Reaper is original, but LR has base material you can go off of. Anyone can read a comic and think "I would do THIS for this panel, and I would do THAT for this character introduction." I did it reading both of these comics. But if I were handed only the script for either of these projects, it would not come as easily. Lore Rekindled only looks "better" because it has Rachel's work to build off of. This goes back to what I was saying at the beginning, that the "I could do that but GOOD" view isn't doing you any favours, especially when you aren't doing your own IP well.

I think writing a little hate piece once in a while is good. Draw a hate piece if you really need to (though I would just show it to friends, personally.) Consuming a little media you hate is also good. As a creator, it is important to see and understand why you hate something, what you would change, and what little glimmers of good are in an otherwise pile of garbage. It helps you grow, to realize your tastes, and what not to do in your own work. Critically acclaimed writer Alan Moore agrees! But to have a whole comic with a regular update schedule redrawing something you hate is... It's giving "look at my sonichu comic redraw!" It is loser behavior.

Plenty of people create media out of spite, and I encourage it. I do it too. But the work should be your own. You need to put this energy into your IP. If you keep being a "hater," you'll never guess what you attract. Other haters! And those haters will like you, for now. But one of these days, someone will go through your list of essays and think, "oh, but I don't see any fat people in YOUR work that aren't plus-size model attractive." All it takes is one comment or take that a similarly-minded reader doesn't like and there could be a master list about you!

I am, of course, not saying you can't make derivative works at all. The doujinshi market is full of fan creations, and every art site you go to will be full of fanart. But the difference between LR and these works (generic sexy flavour of the month artists aside,) is that they are made with love. With passion for the original work. I think back to Homestuck AUs because, while I may not have liked them, these creators were doing it out of love for the characters. I follow a few guys on twitter who have been drawing a picture of their anime wife every day for over 10 years. That's love! Then you have more transformative works like Hello from Halo Head, of which some of it's characters are off-brand animal crossing characters. I love that. I think it's neat that the creator loved that little cat twink enough to bring him into their comic in a new form.

I think the point of this post is that you can use spite as a motivator, but it should be for your own creations. We have a limited time on this planet, and even less time where our hands are still able to pick up a pen. Put this towards your passion for the medium, for the stories in your heart. It's rough out there for creators, and it can be hard to find an audience in the ever-churning seas of the internet. But, please, don't put all your effort into "foefiction." That is cringe. And, if you're going to anyways, it'd better actually be good.

PS B^u

#lore olympus #lore olympus critical #lore rekindled

[cherrytea556]

Which is better - Lore Olympus or Rekindled

Gonna make a post about the rekindled series soon though I wonder who considers it better in terms of storytelling and tell me why

For those of you who dont know lore olympus, its a popular webtoon comic meant to modernise and depict greek mythology, mainly through the romance between persephone and hades. You can find it on webtoon without pay.

For Lore rekindled, its a rewrite of lore olympus, meant to fix the problems of the original. Its on tumblr with the creator 'genericpuff' pin post on their blog linking all of the episodes for you to see.

#lore olympus #lore rekindled #lo critical #lore olympus critical #poll #ask

[themusesof75]

my thoughts on Lore Rekindled

Criticism, fanart and retellings are cool .

Piggybacking off something popular and barely changing the designs of the original, not cool.

#lore olympus #lore rekindled #My two cents

[gotstabbedbyapen]

*gasps* What do we have here???

An angsty Hyapollo fic?

An "Artemis is a good sister" fic?

A fic inspired by a Lore Rekindled fan headcanon???

It's more likely than you think.

#apollo #artemis #hyacinthus #apollo x hyacinthus #hyacinthus x apollo #apollo and artemis #artemis and apollo #the archer twins #my works #fanfiction #AO3 fanfic #lore rekindled #more like inspired by generic puff's Lore Rekindled #this is just an LR fan theory it's not entirely canon nor confirmed by the author #but i do love the idea that Apollo changes his color from golden to purple as a way to remember Hyacinthus #i can't find the one who made the Apollo change color theory so please tell me if you do know them so i can credit them properly #and yeah the purple Apollo we're talking about is from Lore REKINDLED not the other Lore #we don't talk about the other Lore #i know LR is a transformative work but since i quit the other Lore long ago i will read it as an independent work