I Change My Color Theme Based On My Nail Polish

Go get dead, angel face

[rottenguppy]

CH p1→ p2

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While I'm not exactly 100% proud of this, I'm glad I finished it actually.

I hope you enjoy and I'm aware it's not the best quality, because when I started it I didn't realize what resolution it was in.

I'll post References later when they are actually lined (I have them sketched and colored but not lined)

[mythsandheather]

Theory: we don’t see much of Poseidon in LO cuz he’s protecting his peace by avoiding Hades.

[infernothechaosgod]

Greek culture in LO

The other big issue with lore olympus is how it erases all of the greek culture

It called Chiton a greek traditional dress ugly

It showed absolutley no greek food exept for baclava

It showed no greek sayings like "put horns on someone"

It showed no traditions

It activley has characters named like there some white dudes/chicks

And my favorite, It accualy spits in the face of hellenism and fails to represent it AT ALL what kind of human woud even try do dissrespect a nymph? A MINOR GODNESS

Also in case you didn't know RS accualy drew ares in a N*ZI UNIFORM and just replaced their symbol with an olympus symbol RS WHAT THE FUCK?

HOW DO YOU MAKE CIVILIZATION THAT INVENTED DEMOCRACY INTO A DICTATORSHIP?

[moony-2001]

The real-world impact of Lore Olympus

i.e. do your research Rachel

Trigger warning: racism, fetishization, appropriation, mentions of SA

Long post ahead

A while ago, someone told me that Lore Olympus was just a silly little comic written out of boredom. That it was made to be "funny". They told me that "[I] can't hope [for] an extremely [well-written] story when it was just made with the intention to make something goofy" and that if Rachel actually wanted to make something serious like I had, she would write a book and not a comic.

At the time of this exchange, it was past 1 a.m. and I was exhausted. I did not want to argue with this person and it simply wasn't worth my time or energy in the moment.

But looking back at that (mostly one-sided) interaction, I can't help but think that there is so much wrong with that point of view. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion about Lore Olympus, whether good or bad. But Lore Olympus isn't just some silly little nothing comic about nothing important. It is a comic that actively appropriates and erases Greek Culture. It is a comic that has no respect for the actual stories that have been passed down over thousands of years whether by word of mouth or written text. It is a comic that perpetuates a false narrative and harmful stereotypes about characters or certain groups of people. So, no, it's not just a silly little comic.

Incorrect information

Here’s an example of what I mean:

When I was doing research for my post about the 10 year time skip, I looked up Leuce to reconfirm the little information I knew about her. Wanna guess the first thing that popped up about her?

A Lore Olympus Wiki article.

Okay. How about Minthe? Hundreds of pictures of her from Lore Olympus and a LO Wiki article as one of the top 3 results. Both character are horribly represented in LO and unfortunately there isn’t really any documented stories or records that can refute how LO paints them. Because of this, other characters in Greek Mythology like Leuce and Minthe, whose stories have little to no documentation, stand to suffer the most harm from deliberate misrepresentation on Rachel’s part.

Of course well-known and better documented figures in Greek mythology face slander as well. What about Thetis or Leto? How about Apollo? All of their portrayals in LO are HORRIBLE. I have seen people online absolutely drag them to filth not because they're upset about how the character is portrayed compared to their mythological counterpart, but because they have no knowledge of how they are actually portrayed outside of LO. They just assume that's how the characters are. Similarly, people who have either very little or no prior knowledge of Greek Mythology and Culture would look at the comic and go "Yep, sounds legit. It must be true." and go about thinking that what is portrayed in LO is accurate to what was transcribed thousands of years ago.

Creative interpretations and racism/fetishization within LO

Don’t get me wrong. Creative interpretations and artistic liberties can be great. When they’re done tastefully. I personally think if done correctly, a Greek myth spun in a modern way has the potential be very good. But that's not what we were given.

Characters like Minthe, Leuce, and Thetis (all nymphs btw) are portrayed as trashy tramps who put out and are used as a foil sabotage Persephone and/or her relationship with Hades. Compare that to Greek Mythology where in the Iliad, Thetis is very well-respected by the gods, particularly Hera. Unfortunately, other similar characters like satrys (and basically any character that isn’t a god) are usually portrayed as a low-class POC that can be easily exploited, manipulated, or used as a temporary villain/lover/pawn to “get back” at Persephone, our white-coded protagonist who can do no wrong.

Additionally, there is a clear race/class bias against characters like nymphs in LO. We see many cases scattered throughout the comic of gods like Hera or Aphrodite referring to nymphs as "trash" or "low class" or the idea that nymphs do not belong with gods being heavily implied if not outright said. I cannot tell you how often I've seen Minthe be called some variant of "cheap" by the readers of LO. Even Persephone (who created the flower nymphs) treats them with such disrespect. She frequently calls them some variant of "stupid" or "simple" like saying how they're not the sharpest crayons in the box even though she's the one WHO MADE THEM. However, it's so odd not really to note that nymphs like Echo, Amphitrite, or Psyche (who was previously disguised as a nymph) are not discriminated against. This is because they are liked or trusted by the gods they are around and ergo are often portrayed as the "good ones", which is a disgusting mindset to have.

We also see the fetishization of nymphs in the comic that is disturbingly similar to the fetishization of women who are Black, Asian, or Latina. It is a known fact that Hades has a flower nymph fetish. Not only is this implied in the comic, but Rachel stated it outright in an old Patreon post. Nymphs are also generally treated as sex-symbols, disposable, and as a lesser-than. Zeus frequently displays this behavior by abandoning nymphs he knocked up in the mortal realm.

For example, when Persephone finds out Apollo is dating Daphne, she isn't upset he's dating her friend. She's upset he's dating a flower nymph, beings that are generally considered to be "rare", "dumb", and objects of sexual desire. Ew.

Even on the Lore Olympus website (loreolympians.com) nymphs are regarded as "beautiful", "desirable", and "very exotic". And when they're not described in a sexual manner they're say it with me now regarded as "low class" or "workers" for some kind of god/goddess.

Final thoughts

So not only is the characterization of characters like Minthe or Thetis harmful to Greek culture and the stories that are so ingrained in their society, but it is also perpetuating harmful stereotypes about people of color and women who are confident in their sexuality.

Of course, the characters within Greek Mythology had their own issues. Zeus was a serial rapist, many of the goddesses deemed to be "feminist" by today's standards were actually horribly misogynistic looking at you Athena. But 1. that's just how things were back then (but that does not make it right) and 2. all of the good, the bad, and the ugly is still there in Greek Mythology. They're not denying how fucked up it is, but they're also not changing their history to better fit their own narrative or the narrative of the modern world. It exists, it happened, but now it is studied and called out by historians.

Rachel, on the other hand, is doing exactly that. She is actively changing the Greek's cultural history to better fit her fic's narrative. She is constantly sweeping things under the rug or going "No this is how it ACTUALLY happened". Lore Olympus is marketed as a "feminist retelling" yet somehow, it takes allllll the ugly parts from Greek Mythology (rape, incest, problematic age gaps, dubious consent, etc.), mixes it with a majority of the issues we have in the modern world (white feminism, rape-apologists/rape culture, grooming, fetishization of certain minority groups, etc.) and then amplifies the concoction to 20. Lore Olympus cannot be a "progressive, feminist, retelling" and also have characters that are morally apprehensive/come straight from the ancient myths. It does not work. In fact, IMO it makes all the problems from both eras worse.

News flash: actual cultures that are still thriving today are not your toys. They are not "made up". They matter. Do better.

[pechpoppy]

Envy! This one wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be! I had a lot of fun working with the wolf motif, it honestly made the design process so much easier for her ;; Wrath should be next! I’m going to cook up some small concepts while I’m at school today, so we’ll see what happens! Usually my better work comes out of school, so I’m sure I’ll make something I’m happy with for him✨

[pechpoppy]

DID I MAKE INGRID FIRE EMBLEM BEFORE SHE EVEN EXISTED?

[pechpoppy]

A sweet bat/fennec fox inspired alien girl! She’s one of Alex’s friends (and an ex of his who he’s on good terms with!!) and part of the Crew™️ She doesn’t have a name yet tho ;;

[pechpoppy]

Me: alright so here’s a cool new idea for the timeline I finally put together—

My storyline: bitch keep up we’re on the next slide already

[pechpoppy]

I love watching Worst Of YouTube because cow chop is FUNNY AS HECC I saw this scene from one of the episodes and immediately thought of Alin???? Cause like??????? Lbh this fits them so well (Alex’s face in the last one hAS ME DEAD)

[pechpoppy]

As promised uwu

[pechpoppy]

This is a message to Apple from animal crossing: I hate u so much u tart streudel pie bitch suffer in the inferno u belong in, u crumpet demon idiot, u will only know the taste of iron and fire when I’m done w u, dried crisp chip bastard mf, KNOW ur place

[dhaaruni]

Courtney Milan gets it!!!!

[royalruination]

why’s there still so many horny people on here??? don’t you have twitter??? sorry to burst your bubble but here we only talk about being trapped in abandoned grain silos

[pechpoppy]

Ok but also we shouldn’t have let Twitter becomes Horny Hotspot because there are some MAJORLY disgusting people on there who need therapy immediately, not 13,000 likes on a “noncon” drawing🧍‍♀️

The internet is just not a good place for that shit tbh

[moveslikekeithrichards]

when like 3 people within 50 feet of each other see an animal & ur all like “oh yo an animal” thats what being a human is all about

[moveslikekeithrichards]

this is the human experience

[cityvvibes]

“so ma’am, how would you like to pay today? cash or check?”

[flimflix]

[greelin]

the inherent homoeroticism of someone else bandaging your wounds

[greelin]

haha yeah man thank you for not letting me bleed out on the floor and shit. Now kiss me on the mouth

[broteampill-deactivated20200407]

[bacardis-leghair]

mutuals stop putting this on my dash challenge

[aintmyjewelry]

the photos of prince philip leaving the hospital have my fucking yelling

[aintmyjewelry]

that’s a corpse just walking around

[powerfulwizard]

[bananahomo]

get his ass

[x-life-can-be-a-dream-x]

[x-life-can-be-a-dream-x]

[hieroglyphic-lion]

[hieroglyphic-lion]