Pasiphae retellings
@sarafangirlart
The magical elements weren't totally removed. But for some reason were changed in a more confusing way
@nardialrose
I decided to check the book. It's a mess in a way I wasn't expecting
I really don't understand why Pasiphae is associated with the moon here. And for the surprise of no one, this Mistresses cult is just vaguely female-centered
Now we have oc daughter of Europa, perfect 😑
There's a reason why Keraso had many kings and it's dumber than you think
Knossos is a matriarchy that only let's women rule.
"Circe had gone off into one of her regal harangues about the responsibility of incarnating the power of the Mistresses and preventing their cult being watered down by foreign gods."
Just reading this line explained everything about the later half of the book
You know how in those Circe retellings Pasiphae tends to be a bad sister? Well here Circe is evil because she's better at magic or whatever and Medea thinks it's fun to see Pasiphae being insulted 🤦♂️
Our protagonist is the daughter of a random guy named Aloeus who's living in a isolated cabin because otherwise he would be hanged following a stupid tradition from a stupid country 💀
Perses married while 16 years old to the Queen of a "barbarian horse-folk". He's also a sociopath who wanted to torture a squirell for fun years prior
Aeetes just barely exist in the background
Circe married to a guy named Agrius, who we quickly discover was staring at Pasiphae's breasts the day she had the first bleeding
I have no idea if Helios exist
Seriously that Christos was the best name you could think of?
Circe will be an antagonist for some reason
Instead of the powerfull daughter of a Titan, Pasiphae is now reduced to a random woman daughter of random peasant
There's no attempt to recreat the ancient marriage ceremony of the time-place instead she's bathed, put in a white silk gown, enters a room and Minos appears later during the night to sleep with her
There's a sequel
The existence of her sons is removed I guess, most of her daughters are gone and for some reason Ariadne is daughter of the Minotaur 🤦♂️
HUH!?
