“Why does Tumblr romanticize Hades so much?”
Idk Clarice, maybe we’re just tired, and life is uncertain, and we like the idea of a stable husband with a steady job and a big dog and his own place away from all the loud, shapeshifting-kink party gods.
– Persephone ghost wrote this.
Hades is a rapist
plz don’t romanticize a god whose most important mythological role was as a kidnapper and rapist
He didn’t rape her, actually. For a moment, let’s entertain that the most commonly studied version of their story (titled The Rape of Persephone) is the correct one. In that context, the word Rape doesn’t refer to an actual sexual assault. It refers to a loss of innocence. When Persephone was taken to the underworld, she left her sheltered and controlled life and began to see things as they really were. Demeter is the definition of a helicopter parent, and because of that Persephone was naive and too trusting. Her time in the underworld kind of showed her that she needed to grow up, take charge of her own life and power, and through the process she fell in love with Hades.
However, that’s not the only version of the story, and ones that predate it, state that Persephone not only seduced Hades, But went down to the underworld willingly-and ate the seeds knowing full well that it would bind her to the underworld. If anything, she did it at insurance to ensure that her mother couldn’t force her to stay up above by threatening to kill the mortals. There are also other stories that say that Demeter wasn’t Persephone’s real mother, and that she was actually the child of Zeus and a nymph who resided in the River Styx, meaning she had been the queen of the underworld all along and had been restored to her rightful throne.
Let’s also remember that Persephone is a GODDESS. not a poor defenseless maiden. Had she defied Hades, he would have backed off. He may be a King, but given her power and will, she would not have let him boss her around and force her to do anything she didn’t want to do.
So no, Hades isn’t a rapist. His brothers are, but not him. Can we stop acting like that horrible version is the gospel and make an effort to study the other ones please?
He’s, like the coolest god around the Greek mythology (most of “pure blood” gods are assholes), that’s why despite it being a great movie I resent a bit Disney’s Hercules. It shows him as a villain just because he’s the ogd of the underworld, and that’s bad, and Zeus as a caring and loving father, while at least half of the problem in greek mythology could’ve been prevented if Zeus and company could keep their dicks in their own pants.
that reply farther up, his ‘most
important mythological role’ was being a kidnapper and rapist, are you serious?? Are you actually… i cant even put into words how infuriatingly willfully ignorant that response is
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