Not sure if it’s just me, but I think there are tooooooo many similarities between Romeo and Juliet and Lore Olympus such as...
The story starts off with Romeo/Hades moping over a girl:
-Romeo is upset that Rosaline doesn’t love him back and that she took a vow to remain chaste. -Hades is upset that his date, Minthe, bailed out on him to go to a party with him.
They didn’t want to go to a party but went anyway for only one reason: -Romeo only goes just to see Rosaline. -Hades is obliged to attend the party hosted by his brother Zeus.
Romeo/Hades instantly forget about their so-called crushes when they see Juliet/Persephone and fall in love at first sight. -Juliet returns her mutual feelings towards Romeo, while Hades and Persephone are very secretive about their crush towards each other.
Many people around them are opposed to their relationship on the grounds of:
-The family feud for Romeo and Juliet; need I say more? -For Hades and Persephone it’s their age gap, his brothers perverted reputation, Demeter’s over-protectiveness, and TGOEM want her to join them and take a vow of celibacy.
Two bros that hang out with Romeo/Hades (Literally in Hades’ case!) -Benvolio and Mercucio/Zeus and Poseidon.
Paris/Apollo will stop at nothing to get to Juliet/Persephone, be it wife or lover respectively.
A person who was against the pairing AT FIRST but ultimately became shippers overnight:
-Friar Lawrence initially calls out Romeo for falling in love with Juliet so quickly when he was so upset over Rosaline’s rejection, but realize their union will stop their families feud and marries them both.
-Hecate was angry at the tabloid article of Hades together with Persephone, initially believing he was using Persephone to get in her pants. Once Hades made it clear it was all a misunderstanding, she ships them both.
Juliet/Persephone have a friend (Nurse/Eros) who helps them out with their love for Romeo/Hades.
While I was tempted for make a comparison between Artemis and the Nurse, what with being lady friends with the female lead, but the similarities ends there. The MAJOR difference between the two is while the Nurse ships Romeo/Juliet up until Lord Capulet wants to marry Juliet/Paris together, Artemis never ship Hades/Persephone because she hates him simply because he’s a man and his brothers are Zeus and Poseidon. To her, that automatically makes Hades a pervert like his brothers, which is ridicules. Sorry Artemis fans😞😞😞
There’s also sooooo many Roman mythical illusions to Romeo and Juliet; examples included Cupid, Diana, Aurora, and so on.
The BIGGEST difference to all is that half the cast of Romeo and Juliet drops dead by the end; All the gods of Lore Olympus are immortal so our OTP have nothing to worry about, since the myths state they are married.
Well that and one story takes place in Renaissance era Italy, the other is set in Ancient Greece albeit modern styled Olympus but that’s about it for changes.
See any similarities? None? Imma just head out now.
Happy reading webtoon fans!
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