On Cu Chulainn’s mythological background:
I want to make it clear that this is strictly about the mythological Cu Chulainn and that, as there are people who would be appalled by the behavior of even the mythological origins of the characters they enjoy within the Fate series, there isn’t much exposition on Cu Chulainn’s background as a legend.
I also, while editing this post, decided to add in some information about his father/foster-father/king/man who has been associated with his life since the very beginning, Conchobar Mac Nessa. Reading about him, you’ll begin to understand what an awful person he is.
I’ve spent at least 3 years researching Ulster mythology as a side hobby and the one thing that never really came into the spotlight was that Cu Chulainn had committed some heinous crimes. It’s been lightly brushed upon before, this I know, but these specific things from his origins (and I mean the actual texts; not the retellings of his mythos that came later) have near-never been spoken of on tumblr. This is a blogging website, I am a blog author sometimes and not just a shitposter, so sometimes I really want to write about things that are - to me - important to know or reflect on. This will likely also be published on wordpress at some point for a more permanent home.
Preliminary trigger warnings are: sexual assault, threats of sexual assault, cheating, incest mention.
Under the cut I will give the full trigger warnings
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been thinking about this a lot. It's very clear from the way he speaks to The Morrigan how he is a misogynistic pig tbfh
