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She/her Leave my loneliness unbroken ~Edgar Allen Poe~ Currently loosing myself in ink on paper and fandoms to escape my problems and my mind. Adult

[starweaverblog]

The failure of Greek myth retellings

This is a personal rant about how I, as a Greek and mythology lover, view these modern retellings and how they came out more as a disappointment.

Here are some examples of forced labelling from the book sites like Bookreads:

Do you see a pattern? Is not only they are telling the audience rather than showing how "feminist" are these retellings but also..

Man vs woman

According to the retellings all ancient Greek men are bad, sexist, misogynists, worthless, abusers and women are girlboss ✨. But it's obvious that humans regardless of gender are complex beings.

But when you read the Original epics you realise that women have as much importance in the story as men. But not in the way you are used to...

The women aren't afraid to speak their mind, they have agency, they are a driving force the admire, but it's not with shields, armor or physical strength. They are also showing it with kindness, empathy, cunning but also with anger, sorrow, vengeance.

Penelope, Electra, Antigone, Ariadne, Andromache, Helen, Cassandra etc. ARE strong women! They don't have to go to battle to prove it!

BUT that also doesn't mean we should glorify the women who are abusers and do wrong things!

Clytemnestra for example, exiled Orestes, had her daughter Electra a slave, showed proudly her Trojan women (also slaves) and killed Cassandra an innocent woman.. Do i understand how and why she acted? Yes 💯. Does this justifies her actions ? Of course no.

Medea, killed her brother and her children, and also poisoned Jason's next wife and her father because "she wanted to make him suffer like her". Do i understand why she did it? Yes. Does it justify to have everyone suffer because of one man? No.

Hera, punished several women and men alike because she couldn't do it on Zeus (because he is the king and stronger). Is cheating bad? Yes. Does it justify her to punish someone who was obviously a victim or was powerless against a god? No.

The retellings:

fail to do complex characters.

fail to let the audience come to their own conclusions who's right, wrong or neutral.

They fail to make daring characters without be labelled on a modern stereotype.

Fail to understand the norms of ancient Greece and how they shaped these stories.

Fail to realise that men and women are more complex than modern stereotypes.

I am not against retellings but do better! Making a great retelling respectful to the source and having complex characters with quality reading would be deeply appreciated.

And to the readers to not rely on retellings as "faithful resources".

[whineofglass]

Romantic cannibalism is to love in a way that is fundamentally messy, raw, sacred, & tender…so intrinsically aligned with the core of human nature, stripped bare and untamed. It’s carnal desire and the likeness between devotion & the urge to devour.

[vciousevrvale]

this book. we can't let m l rio get away with this

[rot-topic]

I need to get laid…. to rest. like let me sleep forever

[prettylucifherr]

Can life pause for a second so I can catch my breath

[yars]

[supersexyawesomeness]

[lexi-anastasia-astra-luna]

Work work work work work work!!!

[darkpoetryshop]

Cannibalism is a metaphor for love

[jacobblieu]

they say the world began with a song.

a hum into the void that brought with it a rush of matter and life. tiny unnoticeable life that, through pressure and heat and time, became every part of my world.

life woven into every strand of your hair. life woven into the colors of your eyes. life woven into you, woven into me.

they say the world began with a song.

i say it began with you.

[zacshian]

We talk a lot about the dead poets society. But think about the original D.P.S., where Mr. Keating was a member. Imagine their poetry , imagine their ideas...imagine what made Mr. Keating as Mr. Keating that influenced the new D.P.S.

Imagine the original dead poets and their genius.

[deathsweetblossoms]

(Takes deep breath)

[serendipitouslyyyyyy]

"we're gonna get to see the underwater kiss" "we're gonna get to see silena and clarisse" "we're gonna get to see baby nico" you guys are all wrong. we're gonna get to see walker scobell as percy motherfucking jackson talking to fucking horses. will they poorly cgi the mouths to move? will they start talking in his head? will the voices be silly or perhaps recognizable celebrities? who knows. but i feel like we've all forgotten the talking horses and honestly it's a crime because THATS what im most excited to see on the big screen

[wingedcupidx]

richard papen decided he didnt want to be basic anymore and then got into drugs, became an alcholic, got friendzoned hard, almost died of frostbite, assissted to murder one of his friends, got betrayed by the teacher he loved most, and witnessed the murder of the love of his life his idol...

stay safe y'all. stay basic.

[darlingod]

Jude: never trusting Cardan even though he can’t lie (valid)

Cardan: trusts Jude with his whole heart even though she can lie (unhinged)

[zmorowanie]

solangelo 'the kiss' by gustav klimt homage <3

[thebigqueer]

no mourners no funerals my ass. i’m mourning and i’m funeraling

[timeisacircleofangst]

Great Expectation quotes the Crows would've said

Kaz: "I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, sorry-"

Inej: "Are you sullen and obstinate?"

Nina: "She was not a good looking woman, my sister,"

Wylan: "Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it."

Jesper: "Well, to tell you the truth, I ain't much in the habit of drinking at anybody elses expense but my own."

Matthias: "I won't cry no more over you. (Which was a lie, of course, because I was crying to her inside just then)"

Kuwei: "I wish I was a frog. Or a eel!"

[princessmoonyy]

y'all forget that annabeth gave up immortality first when she didn't become a hunter.